Episode Title:
The Sound of Chains.
Episode Description:
Subaru abruptly wakes in his room for the third time, with his injuries healed again. Realizing he has four days before the attacker strikes again, he chooses the role of a guest in Roswaal's mansion. He asks Beatrice about magic that can weaken and kill, and she proposes two possible causes: a curse, which she considers unlikely, or draining of mana, which she thinks only she and Puck within the mansion can do. She also reveals that she healed him when he first arrived at the mansion. In a talk with Ram, Subaru tells her a folktale in which a blue demon sacrificed his own reputation to help his friend, a red demon. Ram comments that both demons were fools and Subaru and Ram disagree about the messages within the story. Subaru says that from their folktale books he learned about the legends of the dragon and kingdom, and the story of the Jealous Witch, which Ram refuses to discuss. She also advises Subaru not to tell his demon story to Rem. On the fourth day, Subaru decides to leave and observe the mansion from a nearby cliff. At sunset, he is suddenly attacked by a heavy spiked ball and chain. He evades the first two impacts and grabs the chain of the assailant, who, to his shock, turns out to be Rem.
