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

Chapter 101: Reunion

A/N: Hello everyone! I wanna start out by saying how happy all the feedback and reviews and all the nice comments I received on the last chapter made me feel! I'm very glad you all enjoyed it as much as you did! We have about a half dozen or so chapters left for this act/arc so please look forward to lots more interesting chapters to come! As sort of a last minute edition as well, I used some AI art to create a scene for this chapter, which will be visible on WP and AO3, but like always, won't be on FFnet due to site limitations. It's an edit of some official artwork to fit the scene, hopefully it helps paint a picture in your mind for the story.

But alas, here's the chapter! Please enjoy!

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Chapter 101: Reunion

Driving through the night, YN looked down at himself.

Oh. Woops.

Failing to notice it before he had parted ways with its owner, YN was still dawning the magically infused white cloak.

Emilia had gone her separate way after receiving Puck back from the thief who had attempted to steal it. She had re-entered her original carriage with her Driver remaining loyal this time.

Too bad Rem wasn't with me, I don't know what became of that Witch Cult lady...

The woman with the auburn hair and freckles had seemingly remained absent for the entire ordeal, suggesting she had remained in the shadows the entire time. But with nothing he could do now, YN simply sighed as he rumbled towards where the battle with the White Whale was currently unfolding.

It's a good distance away, but I'll try and help as much as I can...

Continuing to let his mind wander while he drove, his contracted Spirit made itself known again by emerging from thin air, and resting itself on his dashboard, almost like a small pet might look out the window of the car.

YN: We still gotta tell everyone else about you... I don't know how Rem or Subaru are going to react...

Feeling a wave of uncertainty from the white spec, YN shook his head.

YN: It might just be hard for them to swallow at first, it's not like either of them hate spirits.

With a single shake of conformation, the spirit retreated back behind YN and into thin air. Focusing out onto the horizon still illuminated by the moon, YN had been left driving for a few more minutes in silence before a sudden jolt of pain caused him to nearly lose control of the wheel.

YN: —Gah!

Correcting his direction, YN forced his body to cope while he got the car to a safe stop.

Resting his head on the steering wheel, he breathed in sharply as sweat ran down either side of his face. The pain he was all too familiar with never got any easier. His chest ached, his head felt foggy, and his mouth had gone dry, just like every other time he had been subject to this pain.

YN: Aaargh... Subaru...

It was a full fledged Consequence he had just experienced thanks to the existence of Return By Death, meaning Subaru had just tried saying something about to someone he shouldn't.

Jeez... Even at such a great distance, this power is still in effect...

Entirely unsure if distance, no matter how far it was, could affect the ability that seemed focused around Subaru with YN as a strung along bystander, he thought to how Rem was also privy to knowing, but only by an extremely round-about fashion that involved her finding out via his memories. Thinking of that, another idea came to mind; a realization.