This is a sequel to (Forgive Me) and (Known By No One But Them)
Make sure to read them before you read this one, it helps a lot with clearing doubts with the current circumstances.

Please enjoy 8D

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Chapter 1: Their Arrival

"He did what now!" Aldebaran was reading the news about the success of the recent subjugations which were on a display board in the capital. "Well, that sure was something, I'll wait a bit to see if it works out... AGH!"

He was smacked on the head with a fan, the one holding it was Priscilla, she wore her usual crimson red dress, "Stand aside, Al, I wish to see what this commotion is all about... humph, commoners, to get excited over ink displayed on a board"

"I think It's what the ink says, princess"

"Whatever, go get Schult I'll be late for dinner if this persists".

They walked away from the board and climbed on to her lavish dragon-drawn carriage, lined with gold, jewels, and crimson red ribbons. Al took a look at the poster one last time before ordering the driver to leave.

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After they left, people started to disperse, then two people came up to the board, one wore a ragged white robe, with sheathed twin blades on his back. He had messy black hair and dark green eyes, his left cheek had a scar on it. On his shoulder was a younger girl, about half his age, she wore a dark silver cloak, unlike the white robe the boy was wearing, her cloak was kept tidy. She had hidden brown hair within the robe, her eyes shone a dull orange.

"So, what's it all about, Tsuki?" The boy asks the girl on top of him.

"Ki-san, it's someone wearing a tracksuit..." She pointed at a picture, it showed Subaru in his normal tracksuit, beside him was Emilia, there was a picture of the other Anastasia and Crusch but they ignored it.

The boy walks closer and gets on his toes to look over.

"Hmm, haven't seen that in a while... Emilia camp, we'll have to find a way to him, he might know something... though that can wait for later, you hungry?"

He tilts his head up, Tsuki looks down and nods at him. He lowers her down from his shoulders and they walk of continuing their venture through the market of the capital.

"It seems Hoshin and us aren't the only ones getting sent to another world..."

After riding for half a day, Subaru and the others they finally reached the village of Arlam, it was almost evening, the late afternoon sun slowly fading behind the distant mountains. Subaru's and Emilia's heads were peeking out from the back of the carriage as they looked outside, the barrier gems can be seen glowing from the forest. They stopped at the gate of the village, It was all very nostalgic but...

"No ones here..." Subaru said as he steps out of the carriage with Beatrice, Rem and Emilia following.

He was right, the whole village was empty, no one was outside, the torches were unlit, it was as quiet. Subaru was now silently panicking, he went away for three days, and half of the village just disappears, what could have happened, Beatrice sensed his unease and just tugs at his hand 'Calm down, I suppose'.

"It doesn't seem like anything happened, the other half probably haven't returned yet..."

Subaru breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Otto's opinion.

"But... it takes eight hours to reach Sanctuary so they should reach here before us..." Emilia said worriedly.

"Either their playing safe..."

"Or something happened at Sanctuary, I suppose."

Beatrice completes Subaru's sentence, it happens often now, occasionally Subaru would say half of a statement and Beatrice would finish the rest. It's amazing how they would be perfectly in sync everytime this happens.

"It would seem that it is the case, Subaru-kun"

They had the smaller half of the villagers consisting of the village children, their parents and many young men that served as the villages military force. With half of them absent, it would be difficult for the village to operate properly.

"Well... can't do anything about it as of now, let's return to the mansion for the time being. Hey Otto, you have no place to stay so you're coming with us to the mansion okay."

"What!? I couldn't possibly do such a thing, to lounge at the Mather's mansion. I can sleep in the dragon carriage, you know."

"Shut it, how are you going to meet with the weirdo if you can't even enter his house, I suppose" Otto slumped in defeat after Beatrice's sharp remark, "Beako's right and you better get used to it cause I'll pull you deep into this camps affairs"

They waved the villagers off, Subaru and Otto's friendly banter proceeded for a few more minutes while the others were laughing. They walked towards the mansion, it shared a similar atmosphere to the village but it left the impression that it was left just a few minutes ago because it seems that everything outside was tidied up, the hedges were trimmed, the flowers were watered, it was thoroughly taken care of, even though nobody was 'supposed' to be present.

They all entered the mansion doors, all except Otto, who split off with them to bring Patarasche and his ground dragon Verhoe into the stables. To their surprise, they saw that the whole place was spotless, it appears that it has been recently mopped, the flowers beautifully presented in their vases, the windows cleaned so perfectly.

"Woah, I don't remember the place being this clean before we left..."

"You have returned..."

A voice, it was feminine no doubt about it, came from the top of the stairs, there stood a tall figure, covered by light shadows, it held an elegant posture and was holding what seemed to be a broom. Subaru looked at her, clearly surprised, "Frederica-sama, you have returned?" Rem called out to her.

The woman, one Rem called Frederica, went down the stairs slowly, as her figure entered the light they could see she was wearing a maids outfit, slightly different from the one Rem was wearing, she had blonde hair and bright green eyes.

"It is good to see you again, Rem, Emilia-sama..."

As she reaches down the steps she does a graceful bow, her gestures show that she had years of experience, she probably mastered the art of service. She slowly lifts her head up and faces the man she doesn't recognize, "Greetings honored guest, I am Frederica Bauman, maid of..."

Halfway through her introduction, she stopped as her eyes focused on the little girl beside Subaru, "B-Beatrice-sama..."

"Fang maid..." Beatrice replied impassively.

She blinked her eyes several times, 'Impossible' ran through her head multiple times, though she snapped out of it in mere seconds, "I-It seems you have found... They?"

"No, I suppose, but he will have to do for now"

"For now! Your planning on ditching me later on... even after all I've been through to get you out of there, I suppose..." He said jokingly, patting the little girls head. "Even if I wanted to, I can't due to our contract, I suppose" She pouted and looked away annoyed.

The rest chuckled a bit, they continued their introductions with tea and biscuits.

They went to a rather large lounge room, Frederica came in with a tray and set it down on a large round table. Subaru sat down on one of the couches, patting on the space beside him, telling Rem to sit there, she blushed a bit and sat with him, It wasn't a very maidly action, Frederica furrowed her brows a bit, she looked like she was going to voice her thoughts but stopped, she could tell that Rem is fond of Subaru, so she decided to see it play out a little. Beatrice, seeing that there is no space, came to sit on his lap, Frederica sat opposite to them, Emilia on a chair to Subaru's right, Otto still not present.

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"So Frederica-san used to work here about three months ago?" Subaru asked.

"That is correct Subaru-sama, but due to some problems, I have been sent to another branched estate of Roswaal-sama"

"He has another mansion?! Man, I knew he was rich but that's a bit much..."

"Roswaal-sama several more Subaru-kun, we were planning to move to the main estate in a few weeks actually" Rem who was sitting beside him said. Subaru showed a perplexed expression, 'He is too rich' he thought. Shaking off the thought for later he faced Frederica.

"So Frederica, why are you back?" Emilia asked her.

"The master has sent me a letter, requesting my presence in the mansion, I was shocked when I found that the mansion was empty but Ram left letter about what was happening"

They continued conversing, Beatrice finishing off all of the cookies, it was revealed that Rem and Ram were taught by Frederica, with her being their senior maid, they shared a few laughs, Frederica showing her sharp teeth startling Subaru a little. After a while, Otto came in.

"I've put Patarasche-chan in the stables, she was feisty but we managed," He said as he approached the four, his shoulders slumping down.

"Okay good, Frederica-san, give Otto a room, I'm going to the library with Beako, gotta discuss some important things"

They all split up, Emilia went to her room, Rem continued with the mansions cleaning, Frederica brought Otto to a vacant room and then went and joined Rem. Subaru was with Beatrice in the Library.

Otto was in his room, taking something out of his pocket, it was a sack, a small, nearly empty sack. "Huuh... can't let this chance go to waste..."

He sits on a chair that was beside the window and peers out, he sees Subaru walking across the lawn and sighs, "Chances aren't the best but I have a feeling it might work out..." He continues talking to himself.

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Emilia was in her study, looking at the green crystal on her necklace, "Come on Puck..." The crystal glowed faintly but that's all. She sighed and stared at it for a while, she then continued with her studies.

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Frederica and Rem were preparing dinner, Frederica noticed that Rem was much more lively than she last saw her, it peeked her interest so she decided to ask her about it, "Rem, I don't think I have seen you smile like that before, did something happen while I was gone?"

"Well... everything in the mansion lightened up when Subaru-kun showed up. Even Beatrice-sama, she started to come visit for meals regularly," Rem said cheerfully. Instantly, Frederica thought, 'Doing the impossible, Subaru-sama is an interesting person'.

"Burn it, I suppose..." She tosses her Gospel over to Subaru, he caught it, surprisingly it was light for a book it's size, it would make sense how she can carry it all the time. He decides to postpone it till later.

"Okay then, I guess I can do that... surely that wasn't the only thing you wanted to tell me, right?"

"Take a seat, I suppose" She points to a chair, with a table in front of it, there were sweets on the table, they looked quite fresh but who knows, they might have been there for ages.

"I want to talk about the conditions of our contract, I suppose"

"Okay then, I'm all ears" Subaru sat, taking one of the sweets and stuffs it in his mouth, Beatrice doing very much the same.

"Betty is an artificial spirit so my mana consumption is at a very inconveniently high rate, I suppose, our contract has several conditions you must follow. First of all, you cannot form a contract with any other spirit besides Betty, secondly, Betty isn't able to restore mana on her own or use atmospheric mana like normal spirits do and lastly Betty can only be supplied mana from Subaru, I suppose"

"Woah, those are some tight conditions, so then where have you been getting your mana from for those four-hundred years?" he said as he munched on a muffin.

From Subaru's knowledge, spirits require mana to manifest themselves physically so when you run out of mana you basically disappear.

"Betty can use the Forbidden Archive to leech mana from anyone who enters, Betty can then use that mana for herself, though the rate of draining is low as to not immediately tire them out"

"Wait, so all that time, you let me in the library just so you can take my mana?! That explains why I get sleepy... I thought my brain got bored of reading books. You know you could have just asked if you wanted some mana..." She 'humphs' and looks away.

There was some back and forth conversation between them until Subaru asked her about, "Mother... who is she, the one who created you? I'll have to have a little talk with her considering your last contract..."

"Mother is dead, I suppose..."

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Silence, it invaded the now awkward atmosphere, ofcourse she's dead, what was he thinking, no one could live for four-hundred years... unless they're immortal. Beatrice just kept on eating the sweets, as if oblivious to the change in the mood, "Uh..."

"The witch killed her a few hundred years ago, now she resides in Sanctuary, I suppose"

"She resides in Sanctuary...? Nevermind, what is sanctuary anyway?" Subaru decides to pry into the topic it later, she doesn't seem uncomfortable talking about 'Mother' but Subaru does, a little anyway.

"Sanctuary is a place where halves, found by clown face, gather. It has something to do with a war many years ago, Betty doesn't know much about it, I suppose"

She continues eating more sweets, 'doesn't she get full?' Subaru thought, "Okay, then this library is..."

"It's yours now..."

"Okay co... Wait... Mine?! Wasn't it Roswaal's or something, why is it mine?" He was always under the impression that The Forbidden Archive belonged to Roswaal since he was a magician and there is a saying that magicians never reveal their tricks, but he was wrong.

"The Forbidden Archive was Mother's, she told Betty to guard it until 'They' arrive, then the fate of the library rests upon their hands, I suppose, Betty just integrated it with the mansion through Gate Crossing. Your not 'They' but who else will Betty give it to, I wonder"

"I guess that makes sense... though what do I do with a library, I can't even read properly..."

"For all Betty cares, you can just burn it with the book..."

"Alright then, I'll think about it... now, to more important stuff..." From one of his pockets he takes out a black book with spiral patterns on it, It was Betelgeuse's gospel.

"Juice's gospel... you want Betty to help you read it, I suppose?"

"Yeah, all I see is jibberish"

"Obviously, only the reader of the gospel can read it, though Juice's witch genes might make some of the text fathomable, I suppose..."

He kept on inspecting the book, "Witch genes? What are those?"

"They are like blessings, though only a total pair of nine exist and only one can have the same Witch genes at a time, I suppose, It is how Juice was able to use his authority. When the previous holder dies it goes to find someone compatible".

Rem has left the kitchen and was heading for the dining room where she came across Subaru, he was waving to her, "Subaru-kun, Dinner is almost ready, is there anything you need?"

"Yeah, I'll need a lit torch, I'm gonna burn a book, can you bring it outside?"

In an instant, she zips past him into a storage room, ruffling can be heard, Subaru sighs and walks outside where Beatrice was waiting, she was holding her Gospel. As he left the door, Rem was already beside him, holding a small lit torch, "Woah... your fast Rem..."

"Subaru-kun should know that if he needs help, Rem will be there in an instant"

She hands the torch over to him, he takes it with his left hand and gives her a head-pat with his right hand. Her cheeks were tinted pink though it wasn't very noticeable. "Thank you, Rem"

Beatrice gave them an annoyed look, she didn't like being unnoticed, "Okay let's get this going" Beatrice hands over her Gospel to Subaru, he lights it on fire and throws it up, Beatrice then shot it with several Minya stakes, it fell on the ground, the fire turning purple as it ate the book.

"Okay now that that's done with let's go eat"

They all came back inside after Rem cleaned up the remains of the burnt book.

"Ahh, I missed you" Subaru took a big bite, Rem's cooking combined with mayonnaise was the best thing he has ever tasted.

In the dining room, Subaru sat beside Beatrice, Emilia sat where Roswaal would usually sit and Otto was opposite of Subaru. Rem stood beside Subaru while Frederica stood behind Emilia.

Emilia and Beatrice were enjoying the mayonnaise, though Beatrice tried to hide it, it wasn't working well. Otto also seemed to like mayonnaise, though not as much as the other three. He was very curious about the ingredients and was surprised by the small amount needed.

After they finished, a discussion about going to Sanctuary started, they decided that they would leave in two days, early in the morning, to bring back Roswaal and the other half of the villagers.

"Okay then, I guess we can call it a night"

They split off once again, Subaru went to the stables where he saw Frederica doing some cleaning, he goes over to Patarasche and raises his hands to her snout, "Hey Patarasche, thanks for the help back there, kinda late but who cares. I'll be counting on you from now on okay"

He pats her and she licks his hand, Frederica seemed amused by their interactions.

"You have tamed quite a fine ground dragon Subaru-sama..."

"Tamed? Well... It's either I'm really good at handling them, or Patarasche just really, really likes me, though It's most definitely the latter"

After a few more pats on the head for Patarasche, he went back to the mansion, looking to find Emilia, he found her in her study looking at her crystal.

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"Hey Emilia, is Puck out yet?" For the past three days, Puck has been inactive, he hasn't formed and it is making Emilia anxious.

"No... I know he's in there but he isn't responding... this is longest he's been out..."

"Well, he's probably in there trying to save the world or something, we'll just have to wait a bit longer" He calms her down and they have a little conversation until she went back to studying.

Subaru then went to take a bath, after two days of running around killing whales and hooded madmen he accumulated a fair amount of sweat and one bath simply won't cover.

After he was finished he went back to his room, he opened the door and was surprised to see Beatrice on his bed, "Hey Beako, we're back at the mansion and you have your bed, you know..." During their stay at the Karsten residence, Beatrice slept with Subaru due to the lack of rooms, Subaru has gotten used to hearing someone else breath while he sleeps, but now since they are back she can go sleep on her own again, she knows this.

"D-Don't you get tired of sleeping in the same room for four-hundred years, I suppose?!" She says this as if she heard him say something unbelievable.

"Hmm...Fine, move aside..." he drops beside of Beatrice and pulls the sheets over them, "Goodnight Beako..."

"Goodnight, I suppose..."

Immediately Subaru fell asleep, however, Beatrice was awake, her eyes still closed though, she was in deep thought, about Sanctuary, and that person...

A/N

I'm back with the sequel of Forgive me, It now has 3.5k views OMG :3. This fic will cover all of arc 4 so get ready for a long ride.
I'll try my best to make each chapter at least 3k words long, but updates may take very long, I'll try my best to make one every five days though it may stretch over to a week and a half, mostly because the fic is still in the planning stage.

Soo... You want to know who Tsuki and Ki-san is? Hmm... Nah I won't tell you. Just know that they are OCs so searching on google won't do you good.

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