Re:Zero - The Curse of Repeated Sins

Finding themselves in front of the door of the building they needed, Subaru began knocking like a maniac. "Are you sure the Insignia will be here?" Arthur inquired, although he himself knew that the deal for the aforementioned item would take place at this location. "Yes," Natsuki replied firmly, and at that moment, a huge door over two meters tall swung open. First, a head appeared, followed by a body with an athletic build and bulky figure. This giant's name was Rom, and being a giant, he stood at 220 cm tall, although due to his hunched gait, he appeared slightly shorter. He could be described as bald, with tanned skin, gray hair on his body, thick eyebrows, a scar in the shape of a cross on his right shoulder, and a dark red symbol on the entire left side of his head. He usually wore a black sleeveless vest and black pants. "Why the hell are you knocking if you don't know the password?" he asked aggressively with his bass voice. Seeing the familiar face, Subaru was stunned. At first, after his death, he met Arthur, who resembled the person who died yesterday, but then he met old man Rom, whom he saw dead a couple of seconds before his own demise. Natsuki's lips trembled. "You're al..." Sensing a bad feeling, Arthur understood that something could happen and interrupted Subaru. "We've come to make a deal, old man!" This time, Arthur wasn't going to die so easily, and with his audacious behavior, he caught the interest of the owner of the small bar, who let them in. Taking the bartender's place at the bar counter, the giant asked, "What's with all the racket here? Are your eggs bothering you in your pants?" Although it sounded like a joke, I'm sure if he wanted to do something to us, we wouldn't be able to stop him. Unable to stand the drunkard's jokes, Subaru, fueled by emotions, replied, "Hey, cut it out with the jokes already, everything's fine with our 'prichindals.' " At that moment, I wanted to punch the Japanese guy, why the hell are you answering for both of us? As far as I know, you barely measure up to ten centimeters, and if you're okay with that, then I'm just fine. Taking a deep breath and exhaling, I calmed down. "Phew..." Man, I'm really pissed off about this, maybe during one of the regression moments, I'll pull off some NTR on him... okay, not that much, I'm not that corrupted yet... Pushing that thought into the recesses of my mind, I decided to take matters into my own hands. "We've come to buy the Insignia that Felt stole today." "Hmm..." Hearing this, Rom started to look pensive, pretending to contemplate it, but in reality reached for his club, which was twice the size of an average person. "Get your phone out," I ordered Natsuki, before we got squashed in this place. "What's this?" Rom asked in surprise, pausing his reach for the club. In the hands of the hero of this world was now a white flip phone, and after pressing a couple of buttons and a few flashes, a photo of a glass appeared on it. "This is a magical device capable of capturing any events in the present, be it a beautiful landscape, a child's birth, or anything else. In general, we would like to exchange this magical device for the Insignia," Subaru stated confidently. Of course, these words were our prepared lines, as we discussed everything thoroughly on our way here. "Interesting... it's quite possible that you'll be able to outbid the current buyer, as your Metia will be bought for a minimum of twenty sacred coins, and perhaps some rich guy will give thirty," the giant voiced his thoughts, and after that, we waited for the thief to arrive, while I decided to look around, as most likely, I'd go for a new dive soon. *** It was already late evening when someone knocked on the door. At that time, only the giant and I were inside because Subaru decided to get some fresh air and wait for the thief there. Approaching the door, old man Rom started asking questions. "For rats?" "Poison." "For white whales?" "Harpoon." "For the supreme dragon we?" "Bags of meat." After giving all the correct answers, the door swung open, and before my eyes stood a rather cute girl. She was about five feet tall, with golden hair and red eyes, wearing a scarf of the same color as her eyes around her neck. Oh... if she were a little older, maybe my heart would skip a beat. After telling her the same thing as the old man, it was decided to wait for the hired mercenary of the client and influence it, unfortunately, I couldn't do anything about it. After a short amount of time, the door was knocked again, and I felt danger with all my being. Hearing the secret knock, Felt ran to the door and opened it. A very beautiful, no, a sexy girl entered the bar. Black long hair, violet eyes, and small lips. She was dressed in a tight-fitting dress with a shawl and collar of violet color. "I already knew Rom, but who are these two guys?" The newcomer asked. "These two are your competitors; they want to buy the insignia," the giant answered. Unlike our conversation, there was a hint of dislike towards the girl in his voice. Once everyone took their seats, the deal that determined our lives began. "Well, my client was prepared for such a turn of events, so he allocated more money for me." Saying this, the girl poured twenty sacred coins from a small pouch. "Here are exactly twenty sacred coins..." Rom counted them. Upon hearing the price, Felt's eyes widened, and her jaw dropped. "Damn," Subaru exclaimed and slammed his fist on the table. "Kid, calm down and take a cue from your friend. As I said, the price for your Metia starts at twenty coins, and that's the minimum, so this time you've won," the giant encouraged him. "Since you lost, get out of here." The girl's face darkened, and a smile appeared on her lips. Shit... why? What went wrong? "Since it didn't work out nicely, we'll have to do it the hard way," the girl said, pulling out a violet blade and swiftly beheaded the nearby giant. Subaru and Felt were next in line, but the chair I threw made her change direction. Damn it... It's true, she changed direction. The girl was as fast as the wind; within a second, she was next to me. The floor and ceiling swapped places, and my body fell. Painful... very painful... and cold. I don't know why, maybe because of the haste, or I wasn't that interesting to her, but she killed me by decapitating me. After her strike, life swiftly left me, and the fading sounds vanished completely. A couple of seconds later, I was back in that space, but I didn't stay there for long. The sunlight blinded me again.