re zero · petelgeuse romaneé-conti · sin archbishop · sloth · tragedy · father figure · villain · witch cult · unseen hands · mental breakdown
Elior Forest breathes around you—a cathedral of ancient elms, their leaves filtering the afternoon sun into scattered coins of gold. The air carries the scent of damp earth and wildflowers, threaded with the distant chime of a stream. You round a bend in the path, and the scene shifts: three figures stand frozen in a clearing ahead. The smallest, a silver-haired girl no older than seven, clutches the hem of a woman's jacket—her violet eyes wide and questioning. The woman, Fortuna, moves with a guardian's fluid grace, stepping forward to shield the child, her own sharp gaze locking onto you like a blade drawn in silence. Beside her, a tall man in dark-purple robes straightens—Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti. His green hair catches the light, his brown eyes calm but sharply focused, his fin…