I'ma back and I got a new chapter to all of you. Sorry that it's not as long as the first two. It's hard to write 4,000 words chapters constantly. Though I think it's still okay. But I am also sorry that not too much happened but that's my opinion. Y'all might think other wise. And please, if you could, leave a review on what you though of the story and how I might can make it better. Anyways, I hope you all are having a great day...and enjoy the chapter.
Within the dining room of the mansion, everyone had had their fill of the delicious, savory food that the two twin maids had prepared. Escanor formally placed the eating utensils where they were before they had been disturbed. He used the napkin that was placed at his side to clean off the crumbs that had gotten on his face. He looked at Ban, to see the fox sin rub off the food with his right sleeve.
The room was verily quiet at this time.
"Haha...thanks for the meal," Subaru blurred out just after finishing his plate, "I can't believe that nobles get to eat food that's this good."
"Hehe, is it not so," Rosewall told Subaru, " Rem's cooking is one of a kind."
"Since nii-sama is not the best at cook. I am in charge of the dining."
"So let me guess, your sister's good at like cleaning," Ban asked.
"No, I am better at cleaning than nii-sama as well."
"Why the hell are you here, than," Ban asked Ram, who decided not to answer Ban.
"Mister Rosewall, might I ask a question," Escanor asked the mansion owner.
"Go ahead."
"Thank you What I was wondering where the other mansion workers were. I have yet to see any except Rem and Ram. Why is that?"
"I was actually wondering that too," Subaru said.
"Well, you see, at the moment, Rem and Ram are the only people that still work here."
"Wait! Only two people maintain a giant mansion like this!?"
As Subaru we're asking the twins about how have they not worked themselves to death yet, Ban asked Rosewall, "Let me guess, something has happened that caused all the workers to run away."
Rosewall sighed before he said, "It's very unbelievable that you are uneducated about the present state of the kingdom."
"Enlighten me, than," Ban tells Rosewall.
"As you wish," Rosewall said before going into the question at hand. "As of late, the kingdom of Lugnica is without a ruler."
"Really? And I thought it was something like a war, just get the kid to take over," Ban told Rosewall.
"If it was that easy than it would've been done, but there was a incident half a year ago that killed off the king as will as his descendants."
"Now that's a problem," Ban said.
"Indeed, it is," Rosewall said.
"So then what are you going to doing since the king and his descendants are dead," Escanor asked.
"Right now, the administration of the country is being handled by a council of the wise. However, even though the council can easily administrate the country, we must select a new king."
"Okay, I'm slowly starting to understand. So in addition to not having a king and with all the chaos, and the rush to find a new king, relationships with other countries have been neglected. And now, two strangers appear out of nowhere, so that means that me and Ban are very suspicious," Subaru concludes.
"You are quite perspective, Subaru. However, you are correct in your assumption," Rosewall told Subaru. than decided to ask a question. "But there's one thing I'm wonder, if you're the owner of the mansion, than why do you refer to Emilia as Emilia-sama?"
"I believe that is because Sama is used after a person's name to indicate that that person is of higher standing than oneself," Escanor explains.
"Wait! In other words...that means Emilia's…," Subaru was going to say before getting cut off by Emilia.
"I am forty second in line to the throne."
"Seriously," Subaru yelled in surprise.
As Subaru was mumbling to himself after yelling that out, Ban asked Emilia,"You said something about forty second inline, so that means there are more people who are trying to become king?"
"Yes, but I think we should really be moving on to the main subject now," Emilia told Ban before took out what looked like a guitar pick out of her cleavage.
"Isn't that the badge that got stolen," Ban asked.
"Yes, This badge is called the Symbol of Lugnica," Emilia tells Ban.
"Why is that important again?"
"You see Ban," Rosewall tells the sin, "the candidates for the crown need the badge to be qualified. The badge is used to identify if a certain individual is worthy to asind to the throne."
"Don't tell me you lost the qualification to be king," Subaru said quickly.
"It's wrong to say I 'lost!' A thief took it," Emilia defends herself.
"That's the same damn thing," Ban tells Emilia.
"N-no it's not," Emilia tells Ban.
"A king is someone who hates the responsibility of the who kingdom," Rosewall tells Emilia, "it would be blastfummy if a person who has such responsibilities is incapable to hold onto a single badge. Why would the kingdom be intruded in you if you can not keep up with a badge?!"
"When you put it that way, you have a point," Emilia tells the master of the mansion. If I know how important it was, then I'd have kept it more secure."
"Is the news got out about her losing the badge, than it would be terrible so Emilia had to go search for it on her own," Rosewall explains.
"Ya," Emilia said.
"So basically, that damn badge is very important, and that if it wasn't for me and Natsuki, she might've lost the badge completely," Ban asked with a small smirk.
"Yes, and that's why, as long as it is within my abilities, you two can ask me for anything you desire," Emilia proclaims.
"Can you bring the dead back," Ban suddenly asked.
"That's a strange question to ask, but no, I am unable to do that."
Ban sighs says, "Worth a shot at least," before thinking, What the hell should I ask for now?
However, before he could guess an answer for himself, Subaru got his answer and said, " I would want to work in the mansion."
Almost everyone in the room looked at him with shock.
Ban than thought, 'Why the hell not? At least than I would have a place to live until I find the others.'
"I guess I'll work here too," Ban said, "I got nowhere else to so why the hell not?"
"What," Emilia said with surprise, " You two...are asking too little."
"Not really," Ban said, "It's rather that than living on the street for be."
"Is...that so," Emilia said, "So you two won't be changing your answers than."
Ban and Subaru shocked their heads.
After what happened at the dining room, Ban and Subaru were following Ram, who was holding two butler uniforms.
"You two will be wearing these uniforms if you want to work here. You can't be working in such informal attire, especially you, Ban," Ram tells the two.
"What's wrong with the clothes I'm wearing," Ban asked.
Ram looked at Ban than rolled her eyes. "Anyway, this area we are in is the servants quarters so you can choose whichever room you personally like. You will also being using that room to change into your clothes."
"Okay than see you when I'm done," Ban told Subaru before going into a room to find out he was right back in the library. He saw Beatrice was playing with Puck and acting like how she looked.
As she played with Puck, she saw Ban as he said, "Sup brat," before Beatrice raised her hand and Ban has a hunch what Beatrice was going to do, which reminds him of a certain young fairy he once know. Ban went flying out of the library and hit against the wall of the mansion. "She must hate my guts or something," Ban said has he got up.
"No, Beatrice is like that to almost everyone," Ram told the sin.
"Of course she is."
The conversation ended as Ban and Subaru gone to other rooms to change into the butler uniforms that Ram had with her. Ban double checked the room he went in to see if it was the library before he entered into his room.
After the two got their uniforms on, Ban had found that the uniform was tight on his muscles and too short for his body. When Ban gone out of the room, Subaru let out a little giggle like a high school girl at the fact that the clothes Man was eating were to small for him.
Ban than started laughing at Subaru, saying, "You sound like a little girl when you laugh like that."
"No I don't," Subaru interjected to Ban's statement.
Ram looked at Ban and told him, "It seems that the arms, legs are, and shoulders are too long."
"I think it's the clothes that's that problem," Subaru said.
"And for you, Barusu, it seems there is a problem the the shoulders and length of the legs. And it does not look good on you whatsoever." Ram sighed before she said, "let's postpone any changes for now and probably just focus on the jacket for you, Barusu. And we're need to have to get a whole new uniform to fit Ban since that was the largest uniform we had." Ram than snaps her right fingers as she said, "Rem."
Suddenly Rem appears as if like magic. Subaru gets shocked and came up with another strange question that Ram explained simply which makes Subaru feel very dumb. Subaru then went off with Rem and when he did, Ban told Ram, "I guess I'll be going too."
"Incorrect," Ram told Ban with an assertive tone of voice, "You're going to help me maintain the plants around the mansion."
"Yeah~,no way in hell," Ban told Ram, "I'm not that kind of guy. Go ask Escanor. He loves doing boring shit like that."
"He completely useless at almost everything. He kept screaming every time he saw a large sized insect and almost cut off his fingers multiple times."
"That's Escanor for you. He's worth nothing when he's in that form."
"That from? Are you implying he has a transformation?"
"Yeah, why do you care," Ban asked.
"Cause I can and what form does he have?"
"All I know is when it's the day, he becomes stronger and stronger until high noon than he starts getting weaker."
"So he has a form of divine protection."
Divine protection, Ban thought to himself, what the hell's that? Not questioning it, Ban played along.
"Yeah, everyone in my team has a form of divine protection," Ban told Ram, not even knowing what divine protection is.
So your divine protection is that you're immune to all physical attacks."
"Yeah," Ban lied.
"Interesting," Ram said in a low voice, probably so Ban would not hear her.
"You say something," Ban asked.
"No, nothing whatsoever."
"Okay," the sin said before he started walking away. Ram did not try to stop Ban since from that small argument she had with him makes her see that you would not be able to get Ban to do something if he did not like it.
Later within the kitchen, Ban, Subaru, and the twins were cooking the dinner that they would give to Emilia and Rosewall. Ban was chopping carrots like he was a blinder. He was able to get one stick of carrot completely chopped up in less than ten seconds.
As he was doing that, he kept hearing Subaru say "ow' everytime the knife slipped off the potato. Ram talked down to Subaru like a king would to a peasant.
The white haired sin looked over his shoulder and said, "It's sad that you make it look so hard peeling a potato, Natsuki."
"I never done this before so cut me a break," Subaru said.
"Ya, ya, ya, whatever you say, Natsuki," Ban told the suddenly notest someone was missing. "Wait, where the hell's Escanor?"
"He's probably wondering lost somewhere," Rem plainly answered.
"Really," Ban asked, "And why aren't any of you stalking him like y'all keep stalking be?"
"Because he seems to be a...very unlikely threat if he's gets scared of a small insect," Ram answers Ban.
Ban chuckles as he thought, if they only know the truth. The three looked at Ban a little strangely after he was done laughing.
So to break the silence, Ban asked Subaru, "Anyway, how have you never peeled a potato, Natsuk."
"Cause I never even held any cookware except
chopsticks."
"Than you better learn of you're have scars all over your hands soon."
"It's terrible motivation!"
"Ya, ya, ya, whatever you say Natsuki. I don't care."
"Why are you so rude to everyone," Rem suddenly asked Ban.
"Rude? I'm not that rude."
"You make fun of others. You swear heavily. You do not listen to what Nii-sama tells you to do."
"So? None of my teams ever had a problem with that."
"Than your 'team' must not be every will mannered."
"Yeah, what the hell ever. And if you don't mind, I'm gonna get back to chopping up these damn vegetables."
"Okay."
After Ban and the three were done at preparing the food and ate, they all took a bath.
When Ban endured the bathing room, he was happily surprised that the bath was like a mini pool. The whole room was filled with water vapor from the hot, but not too hot, water. Ban submarines himself in the bath.
"Now this is living the high life," Ban said as he stretched his arms out, putting them on the edge of the bath as he leaned his head back.
The warm, almost perfect feeling of heat that the water radiated felt so very relaxing. It gave off a relaxing sensation all over Ban's body, kind of like a hot spring.
Ban yawns as he hears the sound of the bathing room door open. Ban did not really care about how the person was and was still relaxing as if he was in a soona.
The person loudly said as he saw the pool. "WOW! The bath's like the size of a pool."
"Yeah, I know Natsuki. You don't have to shout it out for the damn world."
"Oh, sorry Ban. I didn't see you there."
"Of course you didn't. You didn't even look," Ban tells Subaru.
"Wh-huh, you're not wrong," Subaru said before getting into the bath pool. "Ah~, you're not wrong that this feels amazing."
"I agree with that."
Right after Subaru said that, Ban than seen that in the corner of his right eye, at the very end of the pool was a humanoid shape. The shape had a very thin frame work from what Ban could make out.
"What are you looking at," Subaru asked as he followed Ban's eyes. "Wait, whose that," Subaru hen asked Ban.
"I don't fucking know," Ban answers Subaru before raising his voice at the shape, "HEY! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?"
"P-p-p-please don't get alarmed Sir Ban," the shape said on a very familiar voice.
"Oh~ why the hell are you over there Escanor? Get over here."
"Y-Yes sir," the stuttering Lion Sin tells the Fox Sin.
Escanor went over to Ban and Subaru as he was apologizing repeatedly.
"Why are you so scared of everything," Subaru asked.
"That's just the way he is," Ban tells Subaru.
"I'm sorry."
"Hhuh… you don't have to keep saying 'I'm sorry' Escanor."
"I am sor—," Escanor cuts himself off.
There was no answer or reply for a moment until Subaru asked, "So how did you two meet each other?"
"When we joined a team together," Ban answers.
"Really, So are those tattoos you two have suppose to be a brand to show you are apart of the team?"
"Heheh, you could say that," Ban chuckles.
"So does that mean Escanor has an op superpower like you?"
"OP? What the hell does that mean?"
"Over powered."
"If that's the case than yes. He's the strongest member of our team."
"What!? No way! You're joking, right," Subaru shockingly asked.
"Nope. Normally, from doun to dusk, he is a completely different person and becomes stronger and stronger until high noon."
"Really!"
"Yes, Sir. Ban is correct. But because of this ring I have on, I am able to stay in my normal from," Eacanor explains to Subaru as he shows the ring on his finger.
"Ow~," Subaru says, "So If I took that ring off, tomorrow, than I would see how powerful you are?"
"W-well yes...but I wouldn't recommend doing it."
"Hhuh? Why?"
"I just...don't want to."
"Man. That's such a lame reason. I though you would say something liked, 'It's because I might hurt or kill someone.'
"That's funny," Ban tells Subaru, "No one in our team has a problem with killing someone, unless it's a innisent person."
"Really, So are you an assassin or something?"
"No, we are former holy knights," Escanor tells Subaru.
"Really? That's so cool."
Before the three of them said another word, the door to the room opened again and incame a man who none of them have seen before. "Who the hell are you," Ban asked the man.
"Oh, my apologies Ban. You must not have recognized me without my make up on."
"So that what you look like without that clown makeup on," Ban says.
"Yes and what where you three friends talking about."
"Oh, they were just telling me about theirselves," Subaru answeres Rosewall.
"Really now. Would you be so kind to tell me about yourself as well, Ban?"
"Sure, why the hell not? It's not like I was kinda expecting Subaru to keep his damn mouth shut," Ban says in a passive aggressive voice."
"H-hey! How was I supposed to know?"
"He has a point Sir Ban. You did not tell him to keep it a secret."
Ban pauses for a long few seconds before saying, "Damn it!"
Well, that'll be a rap everyone. I hope you enjoyed the chapter even though you might of if you're reading this but who am I to complain? I'm just a nobody who loves to write and draw. See y'all (hopefully) the next month from now.
