Keith Disappeared... (Part 3)

Keith Disappeared... (Part 3) (キースがいなくなってしまった…（中編）, Kīsu ga Inaku Natte Shimatta... (Chūhen)) is the 23rd episode of the My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! anime.

Synopsis
Katarina awakens in her bed after a brief dream involving a young Keith. Later that day, the group station themselves close to the mansion on the outskirts of the town where Keith is believed to be held. Maria notes the immense and potent dark magic power that envelops the mansion. Therefore, Lorna contacts the Department of Magic for backup. However, the backup will arrive the following day, which Katarina cannot wait that long, and volunteers to rescue Keith by herself. Gerald also volunteers to tag along, on the other hand, Lorna refuses their request in favor of them all going in together.

The group then breaks into the mansion and following Alexander the teddy bear's guidance, they find Thomas unconscious on the floor. After he regains consciousness, he confesses that he had Keith kidnapped out of his extreme envy and that he teamed up with Sarah to help him with his goal to make Keith suffer. After he dies, the group finds a hidden passageway and finds Keith within a hidden basement with dark magic. Wasting no time Katarina cries out to Keith to wake up, but to no avail. It's with the power from a mirror trinket that helps purify the Dark Magic enough that Katarina can free Keith from his binds. Soon, Keith awakens and kisses Katarina on the cheek. A dark pile that was part of the dark magic that bound Keith transforms into a puppy and immediately gets affectionate with Katarina. Sarah then appears and claims that she wanted the familiar for herself, but allows Katarina to have it and leaves the place.

With Keith being rescued, the group returns home with Keith and Katarina's new puppy she names Spot. An attendee then informs Katarina that Keith has finally awakened. In Keith's room, Keith confesses his love for Katarina, but Gerald refutes that, noting she belongs to him. This is refuted by Katarina's friends who claim she belongs to no one.

Characters

 * Katarina Claes
 * Keith Claes
 * Maria Campbell
 * Sora Smiths
 * Suzanna Randall
 * Gerald Stuart
 * Sarah
 * Thomas Coleman
 * Luigi Claes
 * Anne Sherry
 * Tom
 * Millidiana Claes
 * Raphael Walt
 * Spot
 * Mary Hunt
 * Alan Stuart
 * Sophia Ascart
 * Nicole Ascart