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It turns out that Beteleguis may have been a spirit like Ia, Puck, or Beatrice. Betelegius takes over bodies that have the Witch Factor. All the fingers had them. Subaru does apparently too. What exactly is the Witch Factor remains a mystery in this Act, but it something Felix can detect when he touches a person. That is how he found out that 3rd Finger (merchant) as he had a similar odd presence that Betelegius (original and red hair girl) had when in the first loop of this battle. Betelegius asks Subaru to show this when he asks him about the Gospel in the second loop of this battle. In the first loop of this battle when Emilia fights Betelegius, Puck could not engage in the battle. Apparently, he is bound by a pact to not interfere with the Trial. He did not remember this until he tried to join. (This is likely changed in the Light Novels.) The epilogue for this episode/Act was cut. When Subaru and Emilia travel back to Crusch's mansion, Subaru brings up Rem in the conversation. Emilia's response... Who is Rem? If you look back to the loop when Otto pushed Subaru off his wagon, Otto was killed on the road. The great tree and Rosewall's manor are about 3-4 hours apart. This means there was another set of cultist on the road. Betelegius had no contact with these cultists as he didn't know the White Whale was killed (Subaru confirms this when he was bluffing with Betelegius). Subaru blames himself for this mistake. His had the clues but didn't realize it in time. The clues he had: Otto's death, the blank letter which was written by Rem, the villagers overly well reception to Subaru (Subaru believes all of Rem's achievements when she fought the beast are overridden as his glory.) Subaru especially sees this with Petra's over attachment to him. After Subaru left for Rosewall's manor, Crusch and Rem encounter the Archbishop of Greed Regulus and the Archbishop of Gluttony Batenkaitos. There was no hope. The Archbishop of Greed according to Julius is an extremely powerful being rumor to have singlehandedly wiped out the capital city of the neighboring kingdom. Rem and Crusch are alive. Rem is in deep sleep unable to be awoken. No one remembers her. Crusch lost all her memory but is overwise fine. She acts as a lost girl. Everyone still remembers her. Due to this Ferris wants to break off the alliance. Subaru upon seeing Rem immediately takes a knife and slit his throat. After death, he returns by Rem's bedside. This is the new save point.