After being attacked, sliced open by Elsa, and stabbed in the back by punks, Subaru should have been dead. Instead, he found himself back where he started in the same parallel world every time.

After being badly wounded by Elsa, Subaru somehow survived and awoke in the mansion of Margrave Mathers, in the Kingdom of Lugunica.

Subaru's first day at the Roswaal mansion begins again. First he grew weak and died in his sleep, and then he was killed by an unknown attacker. The sound of chains from his second death replays in his mind, waking him in a terrified, cold sweat.

Subaru's first day in Roswaal's mansion begins for the fifth time. Determined to save everyone this time, he makes it a point to keep his best smile on his face in order to earn the trust of the mansion's staff.

Subaru risked his life to save the children from a pack of Ulgarm, but he was so powerfully cursed that there could be no saving him. Even Beatrice is unable to undo the complex web of curses on him, and says he'll grow weak and die within half a day.

By order of the council of elders, Wilhelm and Felis visit Roswaal's mansion as emissaries. Emilia and Subaru head to the imperial capital.