Upon arrival, Subaru is rescued from thugs by Emilia, a silver-haired half-elf. While helping her retrieve a stolen royal insignia, they are brutally murdered by an assassin. Subaru immediately wakes up at a previous marketplace, realizing he possesses "Return by Death"—the cursed ability to rewind time to a specific "save point" whenever he dies. Bound by a taboo that forbids him from ever speaking about this ability, he uses his memories from failed timelines to rewrite history and successfull