human
Subaru:  "What does the barrier being cut mean here?"
gpt
Rem:  "It means that demon beasts can cross the boundary. This forest is their habitat, you see."
human
Subaru:  "Demon beasts…? Huh? So, um, what are they, anyway?"
gpt
Rem:  Rem’s eyes waver as she delivered a textbook reply. "They are beasts imbued with dark power, the enemy of intelligent life. It is said that the witch created them."
human
Subaru:  "More of the witch, even here, geez…" Subaru grimaced at the piece of vocabulary that stuck out.
gpt
Subaru:  Before Rem’s eyes, Subaru stepped into the gap between the trees she had called a barrier and headed deeper into the woods.
human
Rem:  "—! Subaru, what are you—? !" Rem, surprised, raised her voice to stop him.
gpt
Subaru:  "The kids are in there. I have to save them."
human
Rem:  "Do you have hard proof of that? Master Roswaal’s permission is required before crossing the ba—"
gpt
Subaru:  "The scar on my hand is proof!" He raised his left hand so that Rem could see the animal bite mark on the back of it.
human
Subaru:  "The kids had a cute puppy with them. It looked like a dog, but what if it wasn’t a dog? What if it was a demon beast that curses whoever it bites?"
gpt
Subaru:  "This gets worse the more time passes. We don’t know if the kids are already cursed, but for now we’ve got to bring them all back to the mansion and purify them."
human
Rem:  "Hold on. You cannot simply decide that on your… In the first place, the situation is too suspicious."
gpt
Subaru:  "Huh?"
human
Rem:  Rem pointed toward the village, which happened to be toward the mansion as well. "To have such a problem occur while Master Roswaal is absent… Are you certain this is not a diversion for an attack on the mansion?"
gpt
Subaru:  "So what would you do? Abandon the kids in trouble right this minute, go back to the mansion, and batten down the hatches?"