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Chapter 8: Returning Memories?
Dream:
"Subaru what are you doing back away now!" Haji screamed in fear as Subaru kept reaching for the Lagmite Haji tried taking control but something was blocking the link between Haji and Subaru, Haji kept trying to stop Subaru but it was too late he had grabbed one of the Lagmite but it reacted differently, Haji and the Od Laguna gets information by the Library of the Dead, anyone who dies leaves behind their memories and knowledge which they can use.
The Lagmite absorbs Subaru's mana but something else happens, it jumps out of Subaru's hand glowing different colors: red, blue, brown, grey, black, and white. Subaru snaps out of it after the Lagmite jumped out of his hand feeling very drained, He can hear Haji again," Subaru are you okay?!" "Yeah… I'm fine, just a bit drained. What happened?" I asked Haji while the Lagmite finally stops jumping around; Haji performs a check up on Subaru finding nothing wrong except for a piece of his Od is gone but regenerating. "Wha-what is going on? That Lagmite takes all your mana and sucks your Od dry but instead when a piece of your Od was ripped out and it did something to that Lagmite, even stranger now your Od is regenerating."
Subaru looks at the Lagmite it's no longer glowing hypnotically instead it was glowing with life, Subaru and Haji could sense it, a piece of Subaru's Od was inside the Lagmite changing it completely and giving it a soul, it was alive. "It's like a Spirit, but in terms of defense I'd say because of the Lagmite body they can be shattered and killed quite easily, you might want to give them a cover." Haji concludes. Subaru starts thinking, looking around the cave to see 5 more Lagmite of Death he grabs all of them and repeats the process, afterwards he slept due to the sudden loss of both his mana and pieces of his Od. Waking up a few hours later feeling refreshed but Haji was no longer there and the world went white.
The Next Day:
Subaru POV
I stretch my body, getting of my bed.' These dreams are crazy, unless they aren't dreams.' I thought as I prepare for the day ahead when the voice from my dream suddenly spoke,' Took you long enough Subaru.' I scream and jump, landing on the bed looking around frantically. 'Oh my, not again why do I keep forgetting.' "Haji? Is that you, I told you so many times don't do that!" Suddenly the door bursts open with Rem coming in holding a flail, she looked around the room. Seeing no danger she asks why I screamed, I answer I had stubbed my toe. She seems to buy it, but then closes the door and locking it before turning back to me, "Subaru, Rem wants to ask what your intentions are?"
It took me a moment to process the question before I answered," My intentions are to befriend all of you, though some of you are making it very difficult." Rem was taken aback by my answer, 'What is he planning?' She wonders, after our chat Rem and I make our way to dining room to prepare breakfast. 'So Haji, why didn't you talk to me until now?' 'It's simple Subaru, because of your decision 400 years ago. You didn't just get 2 of those things but three!' Haji scolded Me.' Simply put because of that your connection to me was severed and it took way too long to fix, didn't help you were skipping bedtime degrading your already flimsy psyche.' I made my way to the kitchen to prepare some breakfast for everyone.' What are you doing now? Are you pretending to be a child again, or did you tell someone?' Haji asks.
'Unfortunately no, I have revealed what I am to most of the people in this mansion.' I answer Haji, while I prepare some omelets for everyone. 'I see you can still cook, oh my you have really been experimenting while I was gone, I didn't know you could do that.' Haji says impressed. Breakfast was a bit awkward as I felt everyone on the dinner table stare at me. "Subaru~ can I please speak with you after breakfast?" Roswaal asks, I quickly nod and say," Yes Lord Roswaal." After breakfast I meet up with Roswaal in his office, and he was sitting in front of paper work but as I enter the room he finished the last document on the pile. "What do you need sir?" I ask as a polite butler should. "I must~ ask are you familiar with Echidna? And~ do you recognize me?" He asks smirking, while I was confused until Haji advises I check his Od,' Wait this Od, why does it feel like… no.' My eyes widen as I realize who the person in front of me was, he was the original Roswaal from 400 years ago. "How are you still alive?" Suddenly my head started hurting, I clutch my head as different memories start flashing at once and it was too much happening at once.
My head felt like it was splitting open, I was on the floor with Roswaal looking surprised as the world grows dark. I wake up some time later in a familiar shadowy void; I sit up only to see 2 figures, I recognize them to be Satella and Haji. Haji can materialize in my mind when I'm asleep or in this void, when he does he takes the form of an adult version of me with noble clothing. "Well if it isn't the witch, even in this void you're still a waste of space." Haji says. Satella responds," You're… terrible…. Subaru is…. Hurt…. yet…. the first… thing you… do is… insult me!" Haji looked away before sighing," Yeah your right, hey Subaru how are you feeling?" "Yeah, I just want to know what happened." Haji picks Subaru before answering, "Your mind couldn't take anymore reminders and the dam broke, basically you have a lot of repressed memories either from traumatic events, because you ignored bedtime, or because of your authority. This has been building up for some time; I guess when Roswaal revealed himself it triggered many memories at once which is the reason why you fainted."
3rd Pov
While Subaru continued to chat with Haji and Satella, his body was being examined. "What's wrong with Subaru?" Everyone was there, with Beatrice examining Subaru. "There's nothing wrong with him psychically but I am curious about this necklace around his neck it won't come off, I suppose." Beatrice explains yanking the necklace, even though it looks like a normal it stuck to Subaru's skin preventing Beatrice from taking it off. The maids came during their break to check on Subaru, they decided to help clean Subaru's room where they find his clothes: an orange, black and white cloak along with some common clothes worn by people from both Kararagi and Lugnica common folk, made from standard material but looked like he stitched it all by himself.
The day progressed as usual, Ram and Rem continue their usual duties, Emilia remains diligent in her studies, Beatrice remains a shut-in and Roswaal was out on a business trip. In the library Puck and Beatrice were looking for something in the Forbidden Library, "I know mother must have something here about that boy, I suppose." Beatrice mutters as she continues to look through the seemingly endless amounts of books, meanwhile Puck was looking through another section of the library searching for anything about the strange boy. They kept searching until they found a book with a strange cover, a cover colored white, black, and orange. "Hey Beako, do you think this is it?" Puck asks as he pulls out a book called 'A deeper look into the Spirit Child' "I've never seen this book before, where did you find that I wonder?" Beatrice asks Puck points at a section of the library only to hesitate, "It was over there or was it over the other way, I can't remember" Puck answers, a bit confused.
They try to open the book, only for the book to remain shut as if something was keeping it shut. "Not this again, who would put a magic seal on a book, I wonder?!" Beatrice shouts fed up with the situation. Puck and Beatrice begin to inspect the seal, "There is no question mother must have put this seal here the question is why, I suppose." Beatrice concludes after feeling the familiar magic from the seal, Puck and Beatrice soon decide to try and break the seal to no avail. The magic on the seal was ancient; they had no method of removing it, several hours had gone by and they still haven't found a single way to unseal the book." Urgh! What is this seal there is 400 years' worth of knowledge and not a single answer as to break this seal, in fact!" Beatrice fumes as Puck seemed to have had enough," Hey Beako, let's stop here and check on Subaru shall we." Puck suggested seeing that this going nowhere. "Very well let's check on the boy, I suppose."
Back in the void
Subaru Pov
"So, how long until I wake up?" Subaru asks as he watches Haji and Satella start another argument, what it was about was outside of my understanding. "Well I would answer but frankly I am quite busy with this witch here." Haji turns back to Satella only to see her starting to vanish, "Looks… like I… wasted… too much… time… I guess… I'll see… you later." Satella says as she vanishes from the void. "No, I didn't get a chance to talk to her. Haji! Why do you hate her so much anyway?" I ask disappointed I couldn't talk to auntie at all, Haji simply looks to the distance for a moment before answering," I'll tell you when you get your act together for now it's time for you to wake up." After saying this, the void start to fade and a bright light envelops everything.
I wake up in my room, everything looks normal and my head doesn't feel like it's going to explode anymore. "I wonder what time it is."" It's 5 in the morning, in fact." Beatrice answers, my mind takes a moment to realize I wasn't alone before I react, jumping in place screaming. "What are you doing here? No, unless… no way, so… what do you want?" She seemed impassive to what had just happened and asks, "You're a peculiar human, or at least partially human I suppose." She seemed to be gouging my reaction to see if she was right, but that's not going to work thrice. "Hmm… maybe so but what are you doing here, a cute girl like you should be in bed." I answer with a pick up line, and it worked as she blushed a vibrant pink color,' Wow she's cute' I thought as she raised her hand towards me and grab my arm, I felt my mana getting drained as I passed out.
The next morning
My body feels so sore, like someone stretched it like a rug before folding it and shoving it into a closet. "What time is it?" I ask myself as I look around my room this time Beatrice wasn't here; I quickly get up and get ready for the day. After I freshened up I quickly tried to find Rem and Ram but I couldn't find them, I decided to head to the dining room where I found Rem and Ram setting up the table. "Ah Barusu, you've recovered now come help us set the dining table, also we will need to resupply this afternoon so you and Rem please prepare yourself for a supply run to Irlham Village." Ram explains, I nod and help them set the table. After setting the table we head to the kitchen and prepare breakfast with whatever we had left.
To be continued….
Hope you enjoyed, also yes I edited this chapter as I had forgotten to add these little notes.