"It seemed that… you fell victim to Gluttony too." Ram stayed silent for a moment to monitor her sister's expression.
Which was a slack-jawed stare.
"Wha..?!"
"You were defeated by Gluttony after he used his authority upon you… which lead to a really unfortunate turn of events."
Gulping, Rem stared at her sister with worry. Her heart beating heavily as the implication that she might have died settled inside her mind.
"Wh-what happened to me sister?"
"…"
"…"
"Your existence was erased from the world's memory. Making you null inside of everybody's thoughts and recollections. Every achievement and item you've owned were either gone or moved to someone else."
Rem's shock reached her core as a phantom feeling of pain and misery filled her heart at her sister's words.
"You were removed from everyone's minds. No one knew who you were. Gluttony's power made you fall into a state of sleep akin to a coma. You turned out to be one of many victims, forgotten and inactive, left to die with no one to remember them."
Ram looked at the ground with her shame covering her entire form.
The blue-haired Oni held her hands together as her entire body trembled in place, shaking from the agony and horror that were placed in here from hearing that implication.
"Y-You didn't let me live like that… Right?" Rem asked whimperingly, with a pleading look that screamed her despair.
A fiery lady from the back snorted while watching the display.
Ram softly grimaced as she gave her pleading sister nothing but her silence.
"S-Sister?" Rem asked once again, stepping closer to her twin, her eyes filling up with tears of disbelief. Wanting nothing more than reassurance that at the very least, her beloved sister held on to her unworthy existence.
Ram gave nothing but silence.
Rem slowly backed away, her eyes blurry from the painful truth. Her loving sister, the one person she respected and loved most… had forgotten about her. But as the despair filled the small girl's heart… the thought of someone else entered her mind… Someone she also cherished very much… A person she wanted to die for…
Her heart beating heavily, her tears soaking her cheeks. Rem turned around and looked at the sleeping boy settled at the very front of the room.
Shaking, Rem whimpered in a whisper… "Did… Did he… "
"He didn't."
Rem's blue-eyes widened immediately. Her head turning to face her silent guilty-looking sister. An expression of pure disbelief and hope suddenly showing her face.
Ram flinched softly but kept her head down as she spoke. She needed her sister to know that she wasn't alone during that coma. She cared for her very deeply… but Ram understood that she wasn't the one who saved Rem. And she wasn't the one who helped her little sister.
But she also understood the need for her sister to know this. To know that someone was still beside her.
"Barusu… was the only one in the entire world that could still remember who you were."
Rem's eyes shed tears of pure joy as she gazed at her twin with a slackened jaw. Softly, her heart fluttered in her chest as she spoke. "S-Subaru-kun? He was still able to remember me?"
Ram nodded her head, noting the slight happiness in her sister's tone. "Barusu somehow had the ability to keep the memories Gluttony erased. He kept you by his side and explained who you were to everyone."
The blue-haired Oni could only tremble in place with an expression of pure joy and relief. The boy she loved so much was still able to remember her existence and name. He kept protecting her even when she was useless. The thought of him struggling for her was painful and yet somehow euphoric at the same time. Her heart complicated and her lungs burning in emotionally induced pain, Rem noticed how her sister's eyes began leaking tears once again.
Acting on impulse, Rem immediately hugged her guilt-ridden sister as tightly as she could. Giving her whatever she needed of affection. "Sister shouldn't feel guilty for forgetting Rem. You're already amazing enough to feel guilty for her." The Oni spoke softly to her trembling sister.
Garfiel and Otto looked at the two in sympathy while Felt shook her head in pity. All of them were watching the scene between the two with heavy hearts and amused looks.
The knights present all respectfully looked away from the two, unable to watch such a tender moment for they were not worthy of it. They couldn't keep these two subjects protected.
As Ram calmed down, swimming in her sister's warmth for a moment longer, before pulling back and dropping in her seat beside an amused clown lord. The emotional toll of that scene exhausted her enough to paralyze her weak body.
Rem quickly wiped the few tears streaming down her cheeks and held her head high with a joyous smile, her heart beating in excitement and hope as she turned around to face her objective.
Garfiel and Otto unconsciously stepped out of the maid's way as she whimsically stepped down the rows of seats until she reached the bottom level. Where a certain dear person was seated in a sleeping form on one of the chairs.
Softly stepping towards the black-haired young man with a smile filled with affection and warmth, Rem did not forget to greet her superiors.
Giving a polite bow, Rem humbly greeted the bored-looking great spirit and the overwhelmed looking silver-haired beauty. Each sitting at one side from the sleeping boy.
"Emilia-sama, Beatrice-sama, pardon my bold action to come here. I hope you're both in good health."
Beatrice simply looked away from the maid in disinterest while hooking her fingers with her contractor.
The silver-haired lady beside her had much to say, however. Emilia softly gazed at Rem, trying to form words that might show her guilt and need for forgiveness.
"Rem-rin… I'm so sorry… I don't know what to say…"
"There's no need, Emilia-sama. I've been blessed enough to learn how much my hero has fought for me. I can't blame anyone of you for a power that you don't control."