(Rem x Reader) Re:Reader - Starting YOUR New Life in Another World

Chapter 35: A Visitor It Seems.

A/N: Again, shoutout to tobychevy and Haseo8 for finding the errors in the last chapters. This is going to be a long chapter (over 10k words!). So please, buckle up, and enjoy the ride!

Rem's consciousness drifted through a dark and murky void as she felt the effects of the magic Beatrice had cast, allowing her to see YN's memories.

With the dark inkiness behind her, Rem felt as if she stood before a much clearer blackness.

This must be it. Beatrice-sama said Rem must manipulate YN-kun's memories like a book, so Rem must try opening it...

Trying to imagine herself opening a large tome, a brightness began to form from the clear blackness before her.

Filling her vision, was a view of hands, scrubbing away at dishes. Everything looked rather familiar, from the dishes to the sink, Rem recognized them as the mansion's own. And the hands, those too were recognizable.

Hands she had held before, and given mana to. Hands she enjoyed holding. YN's hands.

With nothing happening, it was like Rem was staring at a painting of YN's hands on the dishes. Thinking, Rem decided on how to proceed.

If it truly is like a book, Rem must flip the pages then...

Imagining herself turning a page, the scene progressed. YN spent a few moments scrubbing the dishes under the warm water, before taking them out and beginning to dry them. As he did, the scene stopped once more.

Rem had been imagining turning the page of a book, but stopped. As the scene played out, Rem felt a very faint sensation on her non-existent hands, as if she herself could feel something that YN could feel. She was already seeing his memories from his perspective, so it did not feel unnatural that she could feel what he felt.

Rem still has no idea when this could be... YN-kun has probably washed the dishes a few times now, so Rem should look further to see where she is in YN-kun's memories...

"Turning the pages" once more, Rem continued to watch.

Taking the dish in his hand, YN struggled to get into it's spot on the cabinet. As he did, Rem had heard the same noise she had unintentionally made, as the door to the kitchen's hinges creaked from her entering.

YN: Back so soon? Did you forget something—

As YN had said those words, he had turned to look, and as Rem tried to progress further in the memory, all that remained was the blur of blue before her.

Unable to see further, Rem noticed the sensation of a faint "flick" on the back of her head, exactly in the same spot she had chosen to strike YN to knock him out.

Rem is so sorry that she needed to harm you, YN-kun. But Rem will find out what burden's you.

A tang of guilt ran through Rem's consciousness as the scene before her faded to black, much as YN's probably did.

Knowing she was at the tail end of YN's memories, Rem now knew where she was.

If this is the end of YN's memories, Rem needs to go backwards a few days.

Imagining herself grabbing a series of pages in a book, Rem "flipped" back a good distance, hoping to find memories of about a day or so before he arrived at the mansion.

Arriving to a point, the brightness once again appeared before her consciousness, and the memory began to be read.

Seeing the ceiling of the guest room, Rem figured she had skipped to the morning of the first day at the mansion.