Re:Zero - Starting Life in Chaos

The first time, the second time.

On April 1, 2024, in the morning, in the bathroom on the third floor of the villa in the northern district of Dongdu, the island country.

Beichen took a towel and wiped the water droplets on his face.

As a cultivator in the foundation-building realm, there is naturally no dirt on his body, and he does not need to get energy through eating.

But for psychological reasons, he still maintains the habits of being an ordinary person.

After getting dressed, he went to the first floor.

Beichen looked around the simply decorated restaurant and did not see Ram. There was only a blue figure, who was standing behind the main seat with his hands folded on his lower abdomen and his eyes closed.

Sensing the movement, Rem opened his eyes and bowed slightly to Beichen:

"Master Beichen, my sister is still feeling a little unwell. She has gone back to her room to rest. Please forgive me."

Walking to the main seat and sitting down, Beichen waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care.

He was quite pleased with the diligence of the two.

He had already told them clearly yesterday.

This villa is surrounded by several large formations, and it does not need guards or cleaning.

They don't need to waste time on maid work. It's better to practice well, improve their combat effectiveness, and help him in the future.

Now it seems that they didn't listen to his words and still insisted on repaying him in these ways.

In their own words, it was to be a maid to pay the rent.

In this case, there is no need for him to be hypocritical, just accept it openly.

But now they have just recovered from a serious illness and still need more rest.

Thinking of this, Beichen turned his head and said to Rem:

"Rem, you should go back too! Even if the external injury is healed, you still need to rest more."

Hearing this, Rem showed no sign of moving, but just lowered his head slightly:

"Thank you for your concern. I am fine and my spirits have recovered well. You don't need to worry about me."

"Okay, don't force yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, go back to the room to rest. Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future, so there is no need to care about one or two days."

"I didn't force it, Lord Beichen. It is the duty of the maid to serve the master's family for dinner. If you can't even do this well, it would be too dereliction of duty."

Seeing the girl's determined face, Beichen stopped persuading her and put the steak on the plate into his mouth.

While chewing, he asked, "What's the situation with your sister? Wasn't she fine before?"

"Sister..." Speaking of her sister, Rem's expression was a little gloomy.

"You should also know that my sister...she can't absorb magic power. This time, my sister overdrawn too much..."

The girl's voice became smaller and smaller, and her blue eyes also revealed pain and self-blame.

If it weren't for the experience on the Four Grasshopper Island, Rem didn't know that her sister couldn't actively absorb magic power after her horn was broken, and the magic power in her body was constantly lost.

She just thought that her sister was more likely to fall into weakness after losing her horn.

Now that she knows the actual situation, it undoubtedly exacerbates her deep guilt.

After saying "Oh", Beichen remembered that he didn't replenish Ram's magic today.

Although the names are different, the essence of various magic elements and various attributes of spiritual energy is the same.

They are all pure energy.

Beichen usually absorbs attributeless spiritual energy to practice, and the attributeless spiritual power formed in his body is also attributeless spiritual power.

Attributeless is also known as chaotic attribute.

It is one and it is also ten thousand.

It can be mimicked and transformed into various spiritual power/magic power.

Coupled with Beichen's superb control ability, replenishing magic is a piece of cake.

When he brought them back the day before yesterday, Beichen used a clear spell on Ram.

After a while, her body was filled with spiritual power.

However, perhaps because of the serious injury and overdrawn physical strength in the battle, her mana bar dropped a little fast in the past two days, and she needed to replenish it every once in a while.

When Beichen thought of the scene when replenishing magic for Ram, his face suddenly became strange.

After all, replenishing magic is not suitable for children.

Even if the way to replenish magic for Ram is simply to inject her spiritual power.

Rem didn't know what Beichen was thinking. After seeing his strange expression, he couldn't help but ask with some concern:

"Master Beichen, what's wrong with you? Is the food not to your taste?"

"No, the food is very much to my taste. You cooked it very well."

Quickly putting the remaining steak on the plate into his mouth, Beichen gave Rem a thumbs up.

Rem was obviously relieved to get Beichen's affirmation.

"I'm glad you like it."

Look

Seeing Rem's fear of doing something wrong, Beichen joked:

"Be more confident, you've done a good job, don't be so restrained."

"Just now in the bedroom, you were very brave and dared to mock me."

"That's different, my sister was there at that time..."

"Why, Liang... Did Ounei give you the courage?"

"Hey! As long as my sister is there... As long as my sister is there, Rem will feel at ease." Rem responded with a serious face.

At the same time, a trace of fear flashed in the depths of her eyes.

She was really scared this time!

Almost! Almost! My sister died in front of her.

On Sigua Island, she tried her best to send her sister to the safe zone.

But the result put her sister in a more dangerous situation.

She is still so useless!

Just like when she saw her sister fall in front of her, she was not only scared and unable to move, but also had such a despicable idea.

"Rem is weak and has no talent. She is the weakest among the ghosts."

"So no matter what she does, she is not as good as her sister. Rem is her sister's substitute."

"And she is a low-quality product that is several levels lower."

Looking at Rem who started to complain for no reason, Xiao Beichen was full of questions.

"Eh, no, why did she suddenly become emo?"

"Can't you let me eat properly?"

Although he wanted to complain, Beichen still picked up the tissue, turned around, and looked at Rem who was getting more and more frustrated.

"Why didn't Rem's horn break?"

"Why did my sister's horn break?"

"Why was my sister born with only one horn?"

"Why are my sister and Rem twins?"

"Sure enough..."

"Rem... Rem shouldn't have existed from the beginning!"

As her voice fell, an indescribable sadness filled the air.

Realizing that tears were sliding down from her eyes uncontrollably, Rem quickly lowered her head and tried to wipe away the tears with the back of her hand.

Just at this moment, a tissue appeared in her blurred vision. Rem took the tissue in a panic, wiped it quickly a few times, and then raised her head and looked at Beichen with an apologetic face.

"I'm sorry, I said strange words and showed such an ugly appearance in front of you. This is my fault. Please forget it."

Hearing this, Beichen waved his hand.

"Then you may be disappointed. I can't forget these words of yours."

"Huh?"

"You forgot that I have seen your movie."

"I have heard these words of yours for countless times before. They are so familiar to me!"

Watching the girl's expression change from sadness to confusion, then to astonishment, and finally to a red face, Beichen suddenly became evil.

He stood up in a flash, leaned over to look at Rem, then said in a mean way:

"Are you embarrassed? Or angry? Do you want to hit me?"

"Well~ Lord Beichen is so self-aware, which really makes Rem feel relieved."

"After all, taking care of a fool who has no self-awareness will undoubtedly increase my sister's work."

Seeing the girl regain her expressionless state and insulting herself, Beichen laughed.

Then he raised his arm and put his hand on Rem's head.

The heat from the top of his head made Rem tremble slightly.

But she did not dodge, but raised her head and looked at Beichen.

Stroking the girl's slightly cool hair and smelling the fragrance coming from her body, Beichen said slowly:

"Be more confident, Rem-chan. To be honest, if it weren't for you, Ram would have died in the hands of those monsters long ago."

"No, Lord Beichen!"

"If it weren't for Rem, my sister with two horns would be able to adapt quickly even if she fell into a different world."

"And those monsters would become vulnerable in front of my sister."

Seeing Rem trying her best to protect her sister, Beichen curled his lips and retracted his hand.

"You think too much!"

"When I brought you back before, I checked your body..."

"Hmm?"

Hearing the physical examination, Rem subconsciously raised his hand to cover his chest.

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ps1: In the original book, Rem didn't seem to know Ram's survival status after the horn was broken. In any case, it is assumed here that she didn't know

ps2: According to the information I have found so far, the mule can replenish Ram's magic not because of the contract. It is just a verbal contract with no actual benefits. He was able to replenish Ram's magic because he was powerful, had protection, was proficient in six types of magic, and had first-class control over magic. After all, replenishing magic was a "delicate" job that ordinary people couldn't do.