Why is it snowing?
Emilia-sama!
Everyone! What happened?
Why is it snowing?
It only started falling moments ago,
and it's already accumulated this much.
And of course, we can't evacuate.
We've escaped it thanks to this, but...
Who made this for you?
It wasn't you, Emilia-sama?
What? Me?
No...
But that spirit said if we wanted to thank someone,
We should thank Emilia-sama... rather, "Lia."
Puck...
You still have a job to do, don't you, Lia?
Everyone, I've finished the trial.
But I think it'll be too dangerous to move now.
So take refuge in the graveyard.
You...
Can I count on you to handle this?
Yes!
What will you do, Emilia-sama?
It seems like I have to go over there.
Can you stay safe and wait for me?
We will keep the promise we made before you started the trial.
Please stay safe yourself, Emilia-sama.
Ram...
You lost your temper when she burned the book.
That's not like you...
But she was prepared for what would happen.
She is strong.
Ram... Why did you...
Roswaal-sama, I love you.
You've lost, Roswaal.
She achieved her goal.
She crossed that fine line.
Soon, Lia will complete her trial.
And the book you relied on is gone.
Your attachment to it was impressive, but...
Snow?
It can't be!
You got me. You inscribed the spell that calls the snow clouds before the battle began?
The snow will fall.
It'll turn out just as Subaru feared.
I'm going to go try to delay that.
Roswaal, you amaze me.
You're quite the magician.
As far as I know, there's no human alive as skilled as you.
But no matter how far you go, you're still a human.
You'll never be like that devil.
I made snow fall, as the Tome of Wisdom dictated.
What do I do now?
Ram...
Yes, that's it, Ram...
Teacher, what shall I...
What shall I... What am I supposed to do, Teacher?!
I don't... I still don't know anything.
So give me your guidance again, Teacher...
Mana is swirling here.
Is this what's making the snow fall?
Puck is waiting. I have to go.
Ryuzu-san?
Emilia-sama? Why are you here?
This many of you?
That must've been really rough on your mother.
Explanations about us clones can wait.
Please, for now, just stop me!
Stop... you?
You're Shima-san, right?
The fact that you are here, Emilia-sama,
must mean that you have overcome the trial.
Young Gar's wager was correct.
Is that Ryuzu-san inside the magic crystal?
Are you here to get her out?
Should we all take her to the graveyard together?
Unbelievable.
You see this, and that's the first thing you think of?
Yes, it'll be fine.
If we make a sled and put her on it,
I think we can all pull her there.
We do appreciate it,
but the reason I came here is to fulfill my role,
along with my progenitor, who sleeps within this crystal.
Fulfill your role?
This crystal is the core of the barrier surrounding the Sanctuary.
You undid its spell, Emilia-sama.
Now, once the core is gone,
the Sanctuary's role will be completed, and it will be liberated.
If it is gone, that is.
Um... Does that have to happen right now?
It's snowing really hard outside...
In the event that this facility is destroyed and the one who runs it is lost,
the resulting damage will be irreparable.
We are the key to preventing that.
Emilia-sama, take this.
Wait! Is this Puck?
The great spirit visited here in advance
and delayed the spell's activation.
He exhausted all of his strength to save everyone.
He made that wall of ice to protect everyone from the snow,
and pushed himself this far to let me know.
How many other impossible tasks did you do?
He lent us aid in many forms.
Now that we have been given this opportunity,
it is my responsibility to fulfill our role.
I understand your role, but—
Our beloved grandson has been with me for ten years.
Garf, our grandson, is giving his all to make it to the outside.
I will give him a push.
Please watch and see where it takes him,
my sisters made from half of me.
I'll take care of the rest.
You have grown a shocking amount in only half a day.
This is the one thing old folks such as me take pleasure in.
Let's go, Ryuzu-san.
There's something we need to do.
Emilia-sama...
A desire has been entrusted to me,
and I have a wish I want to fulfill.
So crying and all that can wait.
That's what the people I love told me, always with a smile.
Please, tell me where Ram and Roswaal are.
Ram! Roswaal!
Come on, Roswaal! You can't stay here!
You can't freeze solid!
Ram?
Ram? Ram!
She's alive!
It's all right. There's still time! Roswaal!
You're helping Ram, right?
Roswaal, just bring Ram and come with me.
I'll do what I can, so don't give u—
It doesn't matter.
Huh?
It doesn't matter anymore.
Don't say things like that!
What do you mean, it doesn't matter anymore?
Of course it still matters!
Don't just give up and accept that it's over!
For me, for Ram, and for you...
There's not a single thing that doesn't matter anymore!
I completed the trial!
The past that I was afraid to face,
the happy present that could have happened,
the tragic future that might come one day...
I saw it all!
I saw it and still made up my mind to walk this path!
And now I finally get to start walking!
When you're talking with someone,
you need to look them in the face!
I won't let anyone say it doesn't matter anymore.
As long as you're alive, there's nothing that doesn't matter anymore.
So I'm never going to give up on anyone again!
They're following me.
Right... because I'm a witch.
Or is it because Puck is with me?
Take Roswaal and Ram.
When we get back to the graveyard,
I will protect all of you!
I first began waiting for "that person"
right after I lost Ryuzu,
and the Sanctuary was established in her place.
Beatrice, I'm leaving you in charge of the library filled with my knowledge.
I want you to continue protecting this library until the time comes.
What?
I know. We'll call it the forbidden library.
I will write down all of the knowledge I possess and store it there.
W-Wait...
Build the library in Roswaal's mansion.
I'm sure he will help you.
Wait, I suppose!
Wh-What forbidden library? I don't know what you're talking about!
I want to stay with you!
I'm sorry, but you'll be of no help against an enemy Roswaal can't handle.
If both you and I die,
what becomes of that accumulation of knowledge?
I am obligated to pass it down.
You mean... my power exists... for this moment?
You knew it all from the start?
What is this?
It is incomplete, but it's a replica of the Tome of Wisdom, the Authority granted to me.
It should serve as a simple guide to its owner's future, at least.
There are two copies of this book.
This one is for you, and I gave the other to Roswaal.
I'm sorry, but please understand.
Let's discuss the time frame.
If, for some reason, I don't return,
someone suitable for inheriting my knowledge will come for you.
Come... for me?
For now, let's just call them "that person."
Wait for that person. This is my last request.
Betty...
I want you to grow up healthy, at least.
As Mother instructed, I relocated to Roswaal's mansion,
built the forbidden library, and became its librarian.
At some point, Roswaal started visiting the forbidden library frequently.
Hello. I'm back for another visit today.
Replicating a soul...
What he sought was within the books.
Saving it in a vessel...
We rarely spoke to each other at all.
Pleased to meet you, Beatrice-sama.
I have heard about you from my predecessor.
Do not worry.
As the current Roswaal, Roswaal B. Mathers,
I will inherit your role and your debt to your mother.
Control over the mansion was handed down throughout the Mathers clan
from one Roswaal to the next.
Nothing worth speaking of happened for 400 years after that.
A few people found their way to the forbidden library
and tried to take me out of it,
but it never happened.
When I was unexpectedly reunited with the one I admired as a big brother,
my heart sang for the first time in ages.
But I quickly realized that
my brother and I weren't the same.
Driven by envy and jealousy,
I killed my emotions and stopped talking so I wouldn't hurt the half-devil girl
who was always with him.
And then...
NPC #1 found!
Suddenly, with no hesitation, an outsider walked in with his dirty shoes on.
Yo!
For whatever reason, he stayed in the mansion.
Beako!
He was somehow different from the others who had come to the forbidden library.
At times, I even thought he might be "that person," as Mother had talked about.
Afraid that the faint hope I had would end up betrayed,
I sent him to the Sanctuary according to Roswaal's plans.
Then Roswaal departed for the Sanctuary,
saying he was off to see the Witch of Greed,
and I realized he intended to settle the score.
What about me, then?
A blank book, a promised savior who never came for me...
I finally realized
"that person" was never going to show up.
I've known that for a long time.
And yet...
I'm getting you out of here, Beatrice.
This time, you're gonna let me drag you out into the sunlight...
Would you be... "that person" for me?
Are you dumb?
There's no way I could be whoever "that person" is—
I'm so tired.
Damn it! Where are you, Beako?!
I might as well just...
I finally made it back!
Hey, you idiot! You've got some nerve—
Belote!
You're the one who ended our conversation.
And now you... How impudent you are, I suppose.
Cut that out already!
You have the temper of a child!
If you jump straight to violence, we'll never—
You need to cut it out!
I endured that one!
You don't know when to give up!
Until you actually shut me out for real,
I'll just come back over and over!
I am shutting you out for—
No, you're not! If you were serious,
would I be able to come back here so many times?!
You're just putting on a front!
You... You're not... "that person"!
You said yourself that you're not!
You said it! You did, I suppose!
If you were "that person"...
If you'd said you were, even if it was a lie,
I know I would've believed you.
Even knowing it was a lie, I would've had to believe you!
Beatrice...
But you said you weren't, I suppose!
You said you weren't, and I was dumb! That's what you said!
Because I'm a fool... a huge fool who can't forget a 400-year-old promise...
So no matter what you say, it's over, I suppose!
I'm...
I'm not whoever "that person" is.
I'll say it all you want!
But...
I want to stay with you, Beatrice.
I want to be near you so you won't be sad,
because you're a nice girl!
What the...
Beatrice!
No!
The entrance to the mansion...
Is she telling me to just leave for good?
If all the doors in the mansion burn down,
her forbidden library will...
Farewell.
"Farewell," my ass!
You think I'm just gonna let you end it like that?!
There are no doors left...
Yes, there are!
Beatrice, if you can hear me, listen.
There aren't any other doors left.
This is the last one.
If I open it, I'll probably die.
Beatrice...
I have faith in you!
You are a fool.
That's the first thing you say?
Well, it's true, I suppose.
It's a stalemate now.
There is little more I could ask for now.
My promise with Mother has been fully realized, I suppose.
Then...
hear me out until the end.
Beatrice...
Please save me.
H-Huh?
I thought about all kinds of cool things to say,
like how I was gonna save you from loneliness,
but they all just sounded like stopgaps thought up in the heat of the moment.
You don't need me to save you. You don't need my help at all.
You're strong, smart, and cute.
You're plenty well-equipped to survive on your own.
So saying I'd save you or help you out wasn't enough.
But even as strong, smart, and cute as you are,
you were afraid to live on alone.
You were hurting... and sad, weren't you?
So no one could blame you for clinging to the idea of "that person."
Y-You think...
you can just reject how I feel?
What do you know about me?!
I do know you.
I know you're a kind girl.
A girl who'd hold someone's hand and calm them when they're wracked by nightmares.
Don't talk as if you know me.
I don't have any strength, so I can't be of help to you.
But if there's anything I can do because I don't want to leave you alone,
it's to just hang on and keep begging.
Beatrice, please help me.
Without you, I'd be too sad to go on living.
So please help me.
Not fair...
It's not fair... to ask me like that.
You said... that you're not "that person."
You rejected me.
And yet...
I've been alone for 400 years.
Even if I take your hand here and now,
you'll just die soon anyway.
Compared to mine, a human's life is over in the blink of an eye.
Clinging to that now wouldn't...
But I'll still be able to hold your hand tomorrow.
Tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after!
I can't make it 400 years,
but I can spend the days I have with you.
Even if I can't be with you forever,
I can treasure you tomorrow and right now!
So Beatrice...
Choose me.
But... you're not "that person"...
No, I'm not.
I'm me. I'm Natsuki Subaru.
Just forget this crush on some stranger you wouldn't even recognize.
Instead of fearing a goodbye that might or might not happen,
live with me through a guaranteed lifetime of tomorrows!
I'm weak, but I want a lot.
Since you're so caring, you'll be so busy looking after me,
you wouldn't have time to think about being bored or lonely.
Choose me, Beatrice.
But you'll... go away.
There is no "forever."
The future you're so afraid of will come sooner or later.
But still...
You'll leave me.
But still, let's be together!
Let's live together! Let's do things together!
Let's make so many memories together that you'll be able
to proudly say you've had fun!
Take back those lonely 400 years you've had, with interest!
Even if... I do... you'll leave me alone eventually!
For someone like you who'll live forever,
your time with me might feel like just a moment.
So...
I'll engrave it all into your soul!
The moment you spend with me,
and the fact that Natsuki Subaru was a guy so memorable
that even after an eternity, he'll never fade to sepia!
Choose me, Beatrice!
You want someone to get you out of here!
Isn't that why you always sat right in front of this door?!
Otto-san, look!
Subaru...
Yeah, that's right.
Subaru... Subaru...
That's right. That's my name.
Subaru! Subaru! Subaru! Subaru!
You finally called me by my name.
I absolutely will not let anything or anyone be lost!
Mother and Geuse, everyone from today,
and the words he wrote... So long as I remember all of them,
I won't give up!
You don't have to push yourself that hard, Emilia-tan.
You can step back and leave the rest to me now.
I need to make a revision to my first battle.
Sorry... I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Don't blame me for whatever may happen next.
Sure.
We'll make it work out!
You and me together!
Choose Me