Petelgeuse Romanii-Conti a man Subaru hated more than anyone in the entire world and there he was standing in front of him, however, something was wrong with Petelgeuse, it was like he was trapped in something unable to move or even speak all he could do was breath.
Subaru: No way, don't tell me you're frozen like the rest of those witch cultists?
Subaru smiled, his smile was similar to one of a madman, Subaru only had one thing on his mind "KILL HIM, MAKE HIM SUFFER!"
So he set out to do that one thing, Subaru walked towards Petelgeuse with a murderous glint in his eye.
Subaru: Oh you're frozen, How truly Slothful you are, its making my brain tremble!
Subaru said mocking the madman's way of speech, as he said this he grabbed Petelgeuse's arm twisting it with all his might. The sound of bones breaking could be heard.
Subaru: Oh, what? Are you not feeling anything- I can stop it if you just say something.
Only the sound of faint breathing could be heard in response to Subaru's question, however, Petelgeuse's eyes moved around rapidly showing that he was clearly in pain.
Subaru: Oh, you're in pain? Then why don't you say something? Could it be that you're too Slothful to do anything about it? How truly, truly, truly comical!
Subaru just circled Petelgeuse laughing at him, mocking him, but before long Subaru stopped and looked him dead in the eye.
Subaru: You KILLED THEM ALL, and for what? You ended the lives of everyone in the mansion, all those innocent lives wasted, ILL KILL YOU!
He violently kick Petelgeuse to the ground, he then proceeded to beat Petelgeuse's frozen body until the sound of faint breathing couldn't be heard, he died the man that Subaru hated the most was dead, and Subaru couldn't help but regret the fact that he couldn't make him properly pay for his crimes. Subaru turned he needed to bury all the victims from Petelgeuse's acts of terror, just as he turned towards Emilia's dead body getting ready to pick it up
Subaru: I gotta give them a prope- hk~
He felt something no- Someone enter his body.
Petelgeuse: HAHAHA! Despite my fingers being killed by that spirit and me being stuck in ice you still failed to do what you had to do! You failed to eliminate me! That is sloth! Its sloth, Its sloth, Its sloth!
Petelgeuse laughed mocking him, how did he fail was he going to be stuck with Petelgeuse the man he despises more than anyone, if he didn't kill himself would Petelgeuse be allowed to run rampant around the world killing more innocent people!? Subaru managed to break a table nearby and grab one of the wooden pieces just before he killed himself by thrusting the wood piece into his throat he stopped, he couldn't do it, the truth of the matter is that Subaru honestly didn't want to die
Subaru: I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE!
He felt his control over his body slipping, there has to be something, ANYTHING he could do.
Subaru: I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, I DON"T WANNA DIE, even if I can return by death and come back what if my save point is back to when I was in that GOD FORSAKEN CAVE!
Suddenly a hand appeared, shoot! Subaru forgot about the curse, it must have activated when he admitted to returning by death, how unlucky could he be? Even while the control over his body is being taken over by a madman he still gets tormented by the strange curse preventing him from mentioning his return by death, however, something was different,
Petelgeuse: AHH- The witch have you come to finally give what you're diligence servant deserves!
The hands surrounded Petelgeuse seemingly to give him a hug however they pass right through him.
?: No, you are not him.
The hands that once attempt to hug Petelgeuse now violently slapped him away
Subaru: What did I just witness?!
Petelgeuse badly beaten body layed in front of Subaru.
Petelgeuse: Why!? How could you forsake your diligent servant
As the madman said that tearing up, Subaru kicked Petelgeuse's stomach as hard as he could, "Die" and just like that Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti was no more.
Subaru carried Emilia's body outside the mansion so she could be properly buried, he had to dig a hole big enough for Emilia to fit in by hand so he did he dug and dug even as blisters formed on his hands he continued to dig, surely he could do this, not only did he fail to save Emilia and Rem he also failed to kill himself to stop Petelgeuse's rampage, how pathetic could he get if he wasn't lucky and activated that curse would Petelgeuse still be alive? Everything Ram had said about him was correct he was lower than lower absolute human garbage, if he couldn't even give them a proper burial what good is he? Why is he even alive?
Subaru: It's almost daytime Have I been digging this hole all night? Well, no time to think.
As he said this he grabbed Emilia and gently placed her in the hole before covering it with dirt again, he then knelt and mourned he cried for hours on end all while cursing himself for being too much of a useless piece of trash, cursing himself for not helping.
He got up and walked toward the two Oni sisters Rem and ram they were on a bench lying next to each other.
Subaru: I am sure you two would like to be buried together, ill start digging-
As he said this he looked at his hands they were covered in blood, tears, and blisters it wasn't a pretty sight, but he continued to dig this time an even bigger hole than the last to make sure the sisters get buried together. After hours of digging the sun started to set but he did it, he was able to give everyone in the mansion a proper burial, he knelt and placed a couple of flowers on top of the two graves, Subaru looked down towards the ground before slamming it over and over.
Subaru: Forgive me for being unable to save you all, however, I promise that I'll rid the world of scum like the witch's cult!
Suddenly he heard footsteps he immediately looked around it was a witch cultist, not just one but dozens of them surrounded him.
Subaru: YOU MONSTERS! HOW PERSISTENT ARE YOU?! YOUR LEADER IS DEAD LEAVE THIS PLACE.
The witch cultists ignored what he said, one of them walked towards him, and Subaru readied himself to fight his way through them or die trying, The witch cultist grabbed something from his coat, it was a small black book covered in blood.
Subaru: Huh? Is that what Petelgeuse called the Gospel?! And why is there blood on it? Don't tell me that's his book and you took it from his corpse, that's incredibly disgusting.
The Cultist held the book out in front of Subaru,
Random Cultist: Take it, you are a new member, no- you are the new Arch Bishop of Sloth.
Subaru: Arch Bishop!? You're out of your mind if you think I'll become Petelgeuse's replacement.
Random cultist: Take it, after you do that you would have completed all the requirements needed to be a Sin Arch Bishop.
Subaru: Requirements!?
Random cultist: You must have an authority and a gospel to become an Arch Bishop
After a bit of thinking Subaru reached out and grabbed the Gospel.
Random cultist: So you accept your new position?
Subaru: Don't get me wrong, I am still going to kill all of you, however, it's best to destroy something from the inside.
When Subaru grabbed the book all the witch cultists near him bowed, he inspected the so-called Gospel he opened it but the things contained inside were complete gibberish. But there was no time to dwell on that.
Subaru: Alright here are your first orders, half of you go get food I haven't eaten in days because of this you, and I'm afraid if I don't eat soon ill die, the other half, I want you to search every room in this mansion, I already searched but I may have missed something if you find someone alive tell me, wait if they see you wearing that outfit it's likely they'll start trying to fight back uh, there are a bunch of maid and butler outfits in the mansion wear those.
The cultist bowed before quickly set out to do as they were told, Subaru decided to take this time to sleep he hasn't been able to sleep with all the action that has been happening recently, so of course, he decided to sleep in the room he stayed in when he was a servant in the mansion, as he layed in his bed he thought "Could their actually be any survivors, Roswaal might still be alive but who else? Could Puck or Beatrice still be alive? Well if they are still alive the cultist should be able to find them, and with his mind, at ease, his eyes slowly started to close.
Subaru awoke again due to a tug on his shoulder.
Subaru: Eh, how long did I sleep.
A woman in a maid outfit stood there, after a moment of silence she spoke
Random cultist: We've woken you up to report that we got the food and changed our outfits as you asked.
Subaru: Oh, right, what about the people I sent to look for survivors in the mansion?
Random Cultist: They're still looking, they should be finished soon.
Subaru: Alright whatever, so I imagine the food is waiting for me in the dining hall.
Random Cultist: Indeed.
Subaru got up out of bed and headed to the dining hall, every door he passed by was open and he could see the witch cultist opening every door in search of people, when he passed by them they bowed and continued their search, after a long walk he finally arrived at the dining hall, he sat where Roswaal normally sits, funny never thought I would sit here.
After a little while people came in each wearing butler or maid outfits and placed plates on the table, there was a wide variety of food on the table, the amount of food on the table could feed 100 people or more, it was something a person of high status would eat.
Subaru: Why the hell did you make so much food?
Random cultist: You weren't specific on the amount you wanted so we made as much as we could.
Subaru: There's no way in hell I can eat all this so after I'm done ill let you guys enjoy the leftovers.
Random cultist: Understood
After Subaru completed his meal he quickly got up and entered his bedroom again.
Subaru sat on his bed,
Subaru: How am I so pathetic? I am getting help from the very people I swore to kill, HOW AM I STILL SUCH A WEAK WORTHLESS COWARD!? Well, I need to deal with it there's no way I can cook and do other necessary actions I just don't have enough strength alone. However there is no way I will act like a Sin Arch Bishop, if being a proper Sin Arch Bishop means slaughtering innocent people then you can count me out!
After a moment of silence he continues mumbling to himself
Subaru: Hmm, I need to come up with a way to defeat all the Sin Arch Bishops, but my priority is to find any survivors, there has to be someone! I just know it!
After mumbling to himself he heard a knock on the door.
Subaru: Uh, come in.
It was an older gentleman wearing a butler outfit,
Subaru: I am starting to regret making you wear those outfits it's all kinds of confusing, anyway what did you want to tell me?
Random cultist: Well the team you sent to look for any people who might still be alive has finished their search.
Subaru: And?
Random Cultist: They found someone.