Re:Zero: Picked Up by the Sword Saint from the Start

When the Bowel Hunter's blade came down, Natsuki Subaru threw himself in front of Emilia and collapsed into unconsciousness.

When he woke again, he wasn't looking at the ceiling of Roswaal's mansion, but the ceiling of the Astrea estate. That day at the loot house, Reinhard had not only taken away Felt, the fifth candidate for the royal selection, but also brought the unconscious boy back to the estate. The Dragon Sword, which only leaves its sheath for an acknowledged enemy, had reacted to this mysterious young man.

From then on, Natsuki Subaru became the least strategist-like strategist to the youngest candidate.

He planted crops in a slum where no one paid him any mind, and tucked a little flower into the hair of the Sword Saint, the embodiment of the rules. He shifted the game in the royal capital with a jar of mayonnaise, then repeatedly made himself bait in the White Whale's mist and the shadows of the Witch Cult, dragged back to the past by death.

Someone taught him that dignity should never be sold cheap, that life was his greatest asset, and asked him with a smile, “Heads or tails? Mr. Natsuki, why do you have to choose?”

This time, he will move between all the factions throughout the royal selection.

Factions unite, the throne is contested. Companions, rivals, the Sword Saint, princesses, merchants, and half-elves... He wants them all!

And yet, the Sword Saint became his best buddy, the finest knight defected to his side in public, Qing considers him half a brother, and his “fellow countryman” would risk life and limb for him.

The royal selection candidates all say, “Aren't we the heroines?! Natsuki Subaru, what are you doing?!”

Natsuki Subaru: “I-I want to know too! Why did I meet your knights before I met you?! Has this royal selection gone off the rails somehow?!”