human
Subaru:  “Damn it, just after I stop worrying about things all on my own, this happens!” He lamented that he had stood and faced one hardship with all his being, only to have this happen immediately. Subaru surveyed the area, clicking his tongue at the unchanging scenery.
gpt
Subaru:  “Heyyy! Anyone there?! Is it just me here?! Answer me! Someone—! !” Subaru desperately raised his voice. Worst case, he’d be drawing the enemy to his position, but he didn’t care. If he could draw even a single foe away from his allies, it was better than doing nothing at all.
human
Subaru:  However, Subaru’s idea was fruitless, with no sign of either friend or foe answering his call. It was odd. It was strange. Had Subaru been sent to another dimension all by himself? He was not thoroughly versed in the rules of magic of that world; was such a thing even possible?
gpt
Subaru:  “Hold up, Patlash. Let’s be cool… Calm down and think…”
human
Patlash:  Accepting Subaru’s instruction, Patlash slackened the speed of her run and came to a standstill.
gpt
Subaru:  That instant, when they were stopped, was the perfect moment to strike, but there was no sign of that, either. The forest had returned to eerie silence, with nothing to hear save the wind and the voices of insects. With so many living, breathing humans erased, desolation dominated the world all the more. The situation was truly what the world would be like if it came under the Witch Cult’s dominion— …No? No, this is different. Once he’d thought that far, a palpable sense of wrongness made Subaru jerk his head up. He looked around the area. The scenery had not changed. However, when he focused his ears, he heard his own heartbeat mixed with Patlash’s breathing, and something like the sounds of crickets—sounds that would have been extinguished if it were a world ruled by the Witch Cult.
human
Subaru:  “It’s not teleportation. Then what the hell is it…?” He hadn’t been transferred to a place under the Cult’s dominion. Furthermore, making the same highway scenery loop over and over should have been impossible even for ultra-top mages. If that was the case, something was wrong with his premise. He thought back to what had initially taken place. What had happened at the instant when he thought, I’m alone? First had been a gust of wind. That was strange all by itself. Patlash’s wind repel blessing should’ve been up. If I wouldn’t feel shakes or wind normally, where the heck did that gust come from?
gpt
Subaru:  “— Something happened the moment that wind blew. No, if something was the trigger, it happened before that. If this was an attack, what stood out was…the scent of flowers? The scent of flowers. Yes, the sweet scent of flowers. The thick aroma had mixed with the gust of wind, slipping into Subaru’s nostrils, soaking into his brain. And that very moment, the aroma was thick enough to make his chest feel awful.”
human
Subaru:  “—?! Uh, eh, what the heck…?”