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Lachins:  Lachins had actually used it during one of the loops when Subaru asked him to summon Reinhard. Unfortunately, the “just call Reinhard” plan had been put on hold because of Sirius’s nasty ability. But Reinhard had not been exaggerating about intending to come immediately if he got the signal from one of his allies. And yet he had not been able to do anything for hours while the cultists had free rein. What could possibly have stopped him—?
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Reinhard:  "—Lady Felt was held hostage by Vice-Captain Heinkel."
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Subaru:  "" For a second, Subaru failed to understand. And it was not just him, either. Everyone in the room was at a loss for words at the absurdity of that statement.
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Reinhard:  "It was an irrevocable failure on my part. And with Lady Felt at sword point, I failed to find an opening to counterattack and remained held there." As he gritted his teeth at the shameful memory, Reinhard’s expression was etched with the regret burning inside him.
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Subaru:  Hearing that, Subaru realized why Reinhard’s face had darkened when he was first asked what had happened. The master he had sworn to serve had been taken hostage by his own father, of all people. And because of that, he had been unable to leave. It was shocking to think about how troubled he must’ve been and how much heartache he must have endured. And it had not ended there, either. There was an even darker possibility.
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Subaru:  “…So then…what? Was he an agent of the cultists?” Reinhard’s shocking admission opened the door to a cruel and terrible possibility. Subaru had heard that cultists sometimes wormed their way into local governments undetected, but he didn’t want to imagine what it might be like to discover someone in your family could be one. Particularly not after learning about all the different terrible, nauseating Archbishops who existed besides Petelgeuse.
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Reinhard:  "—I don’t know. If he was, then…" But Subaru’s theory seemed to be provoking complex feelings in Reinhard.
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Subaru:  Subaru himself looked dubious, as did half the people around the table, but Anastasia, Julius, and Otto all seemed to have reached a different conclusion.
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Reinhard:  Reinhard furrowed his brow and slowly shook his head. "I have no intention of defending him on the basis of our blood relation, but the vice-captain is almost certainly not connected to the cultists. At the very least, there is no reason to suspect that based on what he said after taking Lady Felt hostage."
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Subaru:  "That’s absurd. Why would he take her hostage, then? What would be the point…?" That was when Subaru noticed it. Given Reinhard’s melancholic expression and the matching miserable looks that Otto, Anastasia, and Julius all sported, there was a reason Subaru could think of for Heinkel to do that. It was a terrible reason, utterly beyond redemption, but not one that he could simply laugh off as unthinkable.
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Subaru:  "You can’t mean…he stopped you from leaving…in order to protect himself?"
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Reinhard:  "—. He said so himself.