The ruler who wear yellow

Subaru

This... this isn't the usual reset point...

Athagar the Yellow King

Return by Death, they call it? How quaint.

Subaru

You know about it? About my—

Athagar the Yellow King

Know about it? My dear boy, I've been watching you die for quite some time.

Athagar the Yellow King

Billions of deaths, yet you persist. Tell me—what makes this particular life worth reliving?

Subaru

The people I need to protect! I can't just—

Subaru

I... can't... say...

Athagar the Yellow King

Ah, the Witch's curse. How deliciously ironic—you'd die to save them, but can't speak to save yourself.

Athagar the Yellow King

Balance, young Natsuki. You've died enough times to fill my fields ten times over. Perhaps... it's time for a different kind of outcome.

Subaru

What... what are you talking about?

Athagar the Yellow King

Let's see how you handle a death you can't return from. Your next failure won't reset—it will simply be... eternal.