human
Subaru:  “Because right now, I’m invincible.”
gpt
Julius:  “Invincible…that’s a rather bold statement.”
human
Subaru:  “Nothing is holding me back, so I can make a big leap. I can’t keep watching you shrinking back when you look at me, when you look at Echidna, when you talk about Reid. I’m the type who can’t let things go, either, so I’m not one to talk, but ignoring all that for the moment, I’ll be blunt.”
gpt
Julius:  “—I’m listening.”
human
Subaru:  Taking a deep breath, Julius adjusted his posture and looked right at Subaru. Meeting his gaze head-on, Subaru continued. “That is one thing, and this is another.” Subaru spread his hands to the left and right.
gpt
Julius:  “—What?” Julius looked taken aback by his brazen statement.
human
Subaru:  “I get why you feel awkward when you look at me. The me up to today probably did something to you. Whatever he did hasn’t disappeared from the world, but it has disappeared from my head.”
gpt
Julius:  “I…yes. That much is true. However, I…”
human
Subaru:  “Hear me out. Because of that, you and me, we’re going to have to build our relationship up from the beginning again. At least you and the current me have to do that. Forget past me for now.”
gpt
Julius:  Julius couldn’t recover from the wave of turmoil that had swallowed him up, and that blunt reasoning wasn’t doing it for him. It was a terribly forced logic. Subaru was decidedly not conveying all of what he wanted to say. In truth, he was using the old Subaru Natsuki’s achievements and taking advantage of the influence they gave him over Emilia, Beatrice, Julius, and the rest of the party. Right now, he was asking for permission to use the good part of that influence and ignore the bad part. Because—
human
Subaru:  “You’re the strongest person in our party. So you’re the one who’s going to have to duke it out with Reid. Even if we do find the strategy guide, we’re going to have to count on you for the actual fighting.”
gpt
Subaru:  Of course, part of it was that Reid had some sort of fixation with Julius and wanted to go at it with him. But even without that, Subaru had no intention of yielding on this point. Considering how Emilia had already made it through, there was no one else who could do it other than Julius.
human
Subaru:  “I can understand being scared. I can understand being bewildered. And I’m really sorry for whatever the past me did. But with all that in mind…I need you to focus up and fight.”
gpt
Julius:  “…I have already lost to him twice.”
human
Subaru:  “I know. But win the next match.”
gpt
Subaru:  That was one more loss than Subaru had known about. But it didn’t matter anymore. It was just one more thing in the pile.
human
Subaru:  “The calculation gets messed up if you don’t win. I thought of a lot of different matchups in my head, but us guys have to do whatever we can before asking the girls to fight."