human
Subaru:  When accepting someone’s reply to your suspicions, you at least had to look him in the eye. As Subaru did so...
gpt
Roswaal:  "—I guided events so they would be resolved without me needing to confront the Witch Cult." Roswaal closed one eye and said.
human
Subaru:  “…Huh?” Subaru was dumbstruck, unable to digest the meaning of the words Roswaal had spoken openly while looking him in the eyes. When he crunched, chewed, and swallowed the words down, tasting their meaning with his brain, the contents permeated his very soul.
gpt
Subaru:  “I don’t…get it. Then you mean…what? You ran? You actually did get cold feet when the Witch Cult was coming, and then…? How…could you!”
human
Roswaal:  “Is it truly incomprehensible? That I, among the kingdom’s sages, a prominent man of influence…I, capable of a violent rampage even greater than the menace of the Witch Cult, would avoid battle with the Cult?”
gpt
Subaru:  “Damn right it is! You of all people could’ve easily taken care of all of—”
human
Roswaal:  “That is precisely why I did not. Had I resolved the matter, no credit would have gone to Lady Emilia, nor would there be any fame to be won by you, would there? That would have rendered it meaningless.”
gpt
Subaru:  “Wh-wha…?” Subaru genuinely couldn’t comprehend what was being said to him. The statement would have been a hundred times better if it had been a joke or Roswaal toying with him. But Roswaal’s face showed nothing that could fulfill Subaru’s wish.
human
Roswaal:  Roswaal kept one eye closed as he continued. "The effect was tremeeendous, was it not? Indeed, ever since the Witch Cult was driven off, the attitude of the residents of Earlham Village toward Lady Emilia has been the complete opposite of what it once was. She has gone from a Witch beyond their comprehension to the savior whose efforts protected their very lives…and their assessment of you has similarly risen, yes?”
gpt
Subaru:  “Y-you… Do you even understand what you said just now…?” The jolt inside Subaru’s throat made his voice quiver indistinctly.
human
Roswaal:  However, the sounds that were not garbled made Roswaal cock his head, his lack of comprehension clear. It was that demeanor that gripped the bottom of Subaru’s heart in incomprehensible fear. Roswaal had essentially said this: His understanding of the menace of the Witch Cult had been in no way deficient. He had anticipated that the Cult would launch an attack. And, so forewarned, he had used the expected disaster for public relations purposes. But—
gpt
Subaru:  “That’s just judging by hindsight. It ended up that way, that’s all. If you’d resolved it all, Emilia definitely…maybe Emilia and the villagers would still be in the same place. But—!” He recalled the scene from the previous evening—Emilia exchanging words with the residents who had evacuated to the Sanctuary, where they had entrusted their hopes to her. Certainly, that scene might never have become reality if things hadn’t gone as Roswaal had planned them. “But that’s all hindsight!!"