human
Shaula:  “B-but I love that part of you, too.”
gpt
Shaula:  “Making me worry for nothing…” Swinging her long legs up and then back down, Shaula nimbly stood up. Her long hair swayed as she looked around the room, then cocked her head. “Huh? Why are we here? Didn’t we get past the examination, thanks to Master’s dramatic insight, and head up to the next floor…?”
human
Subaru:  “Yeah, that wasn’t a dream. That happened.”
gpt
Shaula:  “Then Master held me and said ‘I’ll never let you go’…”
human
Subaru:  “That part was a dream! You fainted right at the start of the second examination!” Shouting at Shaula, Subaru tried to get her to remember what happened right before she collapsed.
gpt
Shaula:  But Shaula snorted as if laughing at the idea. “Passed out? There’s no way I would do something pathetic like that. I didn’t pass out after meeting you again after hundreds of years, did I? Don’t make me laugh!”
human
Subaru:  “I can understand being dubious about it, but you really did pass out. Subaru and Meili were both reeeally worried. Please believe us.”
gpt
Shaula:  “Eh! Master was worried about me?! Geh-heh-heh, I believe you.”
human
Subaru:  “So easy…”
gpt
Meili:  “The way I was totally uninvolved just now sort of feels rude…” Subaru and Meili each were of two minds about how easily Shaula changed her mind.
human
Shaula:  Shaula cocked her head. “Huh? But what could’ve happened that made me pass out? It’s weird for me to get knocked out. If that happened, wouldn’t everyone other than Master get slaughtered…?”
gpt
Ram:  “I can understand your wild expectations of Barusu…or rather, your master, but it is the truth. Please carefully think back… The long, long stairway is right there.”
human
Ram:  “Long, long stairway…” Ram’s voice was almost hypnotic, as if trying to get Shaula’s mind to travel back to what happened in her memories. “There was a white room at the end of it, and a steel sword sticking out of the floor. And when it was taken, a strange voice echoed in everyone’s mind…”
gpt
Shaula:  “Mm-hmm, mm-hmm…” Shaula and Emilia were both getting drawn into Ram’s evocative, sensuous words.
human
Shaula:  “Just then, a figure appeared deeper into the room. A man in foreign clothes, with long red hair and a blue eye…”
gpt
Shaula:  “Hiyaaaaaa!” Reaching the critical moment, Shaula screamed and leaped backward. She turned to cling onto Subaru, but predicting it would come, Subaru lowered his center of gravity and used his whole body to catch her. This time, he did not get bowled over. Instead, he was smothered by Shaula’s soft skin.
human
Subaru:  “Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! D-do you remember?! You do, right? !”
gpt
Shaula:  “Wh-wh-why—why is he here?! You all said he was dead! He’s alive! He really won’t die even if you kill him!”
human
Subaru:  “Hah?! What are you…?” Subaru’s eyes were watering in pain as he tried to figure out what Shaula was saying, but then it dawned on him. He understood what she was saying.