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3rd Pov
"Arghh!" Subaru grabbed his chest as he started panting, he looked around to find himself in the guest room.
"Is it after Emilia had left the room?" he muttered; however, he was sure it was the case.
"That bitch" he spat with hatred in his eyes as he recalled how she killed him without any mercy.
"What should I do? I will die again; I don't want to die again" he said while tears escape recalling how horrifying his death was.
Normally a single hit would have been enough to kill him, however due to his increased vitality he was forced to live, with his bones crushed, his chest crushed, his limbs becoming squashed mess, his head cracking under her assault.
"Only if Reina can come here- Wait! Can I call her?" he suddenly realized, is it possible to seek her help if he was to call her name?
Didn't she have like one million and one Divine Protections? She should have an ability to know if someone calls her name desperately.
'However, chances are not that great' he sighed and decided to test it out later on.
He came outside the room and then searched for Betty's library, once he found it, he entered the library.
"How rude to enter Betty's library without Betty's permission" Beatrice said as she looked at the intruder.
'Should I say that I am 'that person'?' he thought, Echidna wanted Betty to choose her 'That person' however instead Betty waited for the imaginary 'that person' who never came for her.
'Leave it, there is no need to tell her that. Although I can be her 'that person' as of now I am not her that person' he thought.
"Sorry, it seems I entered the wrong room, however which room is this?" he asked.
"This is Betty's Library, I suppose" she said and stared at him with unkind eyes.
Subaru entered the room and looked at the books neatly arranged in the bookshelves 'Damn this is basically fountain of knowledge' he thought.
"Can I take one book?" he asked however he received a glare from her.
"No one can take Betty's books without her permission, in fact" she said and rejected him.
"I see" he sighed, and thought how good it was if he could touch the books and focused on a book, wanting to read it.
Suddenly the book came out of the bookshelf and floated in front of him.
"What?!" the book fell on the ground with a thud and Beatrice stood up from her chair, she looked at the book and then at him with glint in his eyes.
"Why was the book floating?" she asked him, as she didn't sense any magic being used.
"I- I don't know, all I wanted is- for the book to come towards me and it happened" suddenly the book again started floating as he focused while Beatrice's eyes narrowed.
"Impossible, you are not using mana. How are you doing it, in fact?" she asked in a cold tone.
Subaru meanwhile ignored her and instead became excited he tested his new ability, just like how he wanted the book floated, he wanted it to revolve around him and so it did.
He started testing it more and decided to focus on other books, suddenly multiple books came out of the bookshelf and started floating around him, if one was to look carefully, the books were covered in a blue light.
"Hey! Don't ignore me!" Betty suddenly got angry and touched him, Subaru froze and suddenly he felt all of his mana being drained out.
"You seem to have a decent amount of mana, I suppose" she said with a sadistic grin on her face.
He fell on the ground and so did the books, he groaned in pain and slowly stood up.
"Why would you do that?" he asked and she snorted.
"Hmph! For ignoring Betty, I suppose" she replied and then continued "Now show if you can still float the books" as if ordering him.
Subaru groaned and tried to lift up the books, suddenly a blue stream of energy came out of his body and lifted up the books in air, with no reduction in power.
"I have drained you all of your mana, yet you can achieve this. This isn't magic! But an authority, in fact!" she said and looked at him.
"I can smell witch's miasma from you. Are you an Archbishop of Sin?" she asked with suspicion and got on guard.
But again, will an Archbishop will be stupid enough for her to drain his entire mana? She couldn't help but doubt.
"Nah, I am cursed by the Witch. That's why I reek of Miasma. As for why I have the ability to move things without mana? Honesty, I am not sure" he said honestly, however he did have an inkling of what was happening.
It was Telekinesis, and since with each death, his abilities have been increasing. Maybe his psychic ability has increased?
In fiction it is often stated that if someone's mental capacity increases beyond a certain amount. They can use psychic abilities.
Perhaps, that's the case.
'I will have to test how strong this ability is, as for its name? Let's call it Ruler's Authority' he picked the name from a certain Shadow Monarch, as it matched.
"Is that so?" she stared at him with suspicion and then her eyes got a glint.
"Something that isn't Magic or Authority, and neither curse! It's a totally new type of ability!" her eyes shined as she realized how precious this knowledge was.
She looked at Subaru as if looking at prey, Subaru couldn't help but shudder seeing her sparkling eyes, however she soon realized her mistake and recovered from her excitement.
"The fact that something like this isn't recorded in Forbidden Library is totally unexpectable, in fact!" she said as she eyed at Subaru.
"If you let Betty analyse this ability of yours. You can read books from the library, I suppose!" she said as she looked at him for his reply.
"This is totally a deal worth it!" Subaru smirked and grabbed her small hand and shook it.
"Hmph! Remember it doesn't mean you can disturb Betty, I suppose" she said and he nodded.
"How about you come for breakfast? It should be prepared by now" he asked and she hesitated for a moment before nodding.
They came out of the forbidden library and met Rem "Are you the guest Miss Emilia has talked about?" she asked and then looked at Beatrice standing beside him in surprise.
"Miss Beatrice you are outside the library?" she asked and Betty snorted.
"Yes, Betty is outside of her library, I suppose" she said and Rem decided to not say anything lest she angers her.
She then escorted them to the dining hall, where Subaru again met with Roswaal, and had breakfast.
Finally, he made the same requests as he had made with him in previous loop, first to get a lot of money and second for someone to tutor him, as he hadn't finished learning the language of this world.
He then wondered if he should tell he reeks of miasma due to the curse of the witch, like the previous loop.
In the end he decided to come clean and said the same thing, as for whether they believe or not?
It's their problem, last thing he wants to feel guilt.
'Then again, I must be ready to face Rem. I should go in forest and check my abilities first' he thought and left the mansion and went to the forest.
He took out his two knives and swung it against a tree, a deep slash mark appeared in it.
"As of now, I have only these two knifes as my weapons, however I would prefer to shift to a sword" he muttered.
He wanted to shift to a sword, because the strongest weapons in Re Zero were the Ten Legendary Swords out of which Dragon Sword was strongest that could cut through the concepts.
Yes, unless Reinhardt draws the Dragon Sword, he cannot cut through the concepts.
If he could obtain even one of them, then he can be becoming a powerhouse.
That's why he preferred sword as his main weapon, unfortunately right now he just had the two knives he had stolen from the thieves back in Lugunica as his weapons.
After testing his abilities for a bit, he came to a realization.
He could now smash away trees with his fists alone, his speed had increased immensely, almost doubled.
'Wait! Doubled? Does that mean all my abilities double with each death?' he thought and realized it should be the case.
After all, if his abilities tripled or quadrupled then he would have been ridiculously powerful by now, and if his abilities increased just by 50% or 70% percent, he wouldn't have been this strong.
He had hit the mark.
He then returned to the Mansion, ready to fulfil his promise with Beatrice and learn about his newfound telekinesis.
To be continued...