Subaru woke up and got out of bed, Beako was still fast asleep so he made sure to be quiet when he left the room. He went outside to do his radio calisthenics, even though he is unable to do it with the villagers or Emilia he still does it,
Subaru: I guess some habits never die.
After that Subaru found some of the Cultists that were guarding the mansion, the one he decided to talk to was wearing a butler outfit
Subaru: Did something happen while we were sleeping?
Random Cultist: No, nothing at all happened, however, we finished making the test dummies.
Subaru: Great, I want you to wake up Beatrice and bring her here, the whole reason why I wanted you to make them was to see what she could do!
Random cultist: If that is the case why don't you wake her up yourself, If one of us were to wake her up she would most likely be very mad.
Subaru: Eh?! JUST DO WHAT I TOLD YOU!
The cultist's eyes widened when seeing Subaru's sudden burst of anger, but the cultists bowed before quickly heading to the mansion.
Subaru: Woah, why did I just scream at him? I was going to tell him that I didn't wanna ruin beako's sleeping face but this wave of anger just washed over me, strange-
Just before Subaru could get lost in thought he saw two people exit the mansion, a small girl being escorted by a cultist in a butler outfit, the girl didn't seem too happy.
Beatrice: Why did you send someone to wake me up? Why didn't you do it instead, I suppose!
Subaru: I didn't want to ruin your cute sleeping face!
Beatrice: Nngh~ Fine I forgive you, I suppose.
Subaru: Alright then, let's get down to business, Cultist bring us the test dummies you made.
The moment Subaru said that the Cultist that escorted Beatrice out of the mansion quickly went back inside the mansion and brought out a dummy which was made out of wood, hay, and other things you could find laying around outside.
Subaru: Alright, Beako show me how powerful you are!
Beatrice turned towards the dummy and aimed her hand towards it.
Beatrice: With pleasure, I suppose! MINYA!
When Beatrice chanted "Minya" purple shards appeared and collided with the test dummy, completely destroying it.
Subaru: WOAH! That's amazing Beako.
Beatrice turned to look at Subaru. She had the smuggest-looking smile on her face.
Beatrice: That was nothing, I suppose, watch this!
Beatrice aimed her hand towards Subaru before chanting "MURAK"
Subaru: Woah! I feel so much lighter than before, what did you do!?
Beatrice: Betty lessened the effect of gravity on you, in fact.
Subaru: Does that mean you can also amplify the effects of gravity?
Beatrice: Of course I can, I suppose.
Beatrice aimed her hand toward the cultists that brought out the dummy.
When Beatrice chanted "VITA" the cultist fell flat on their face and into the grass below.
Subaru: Awsome, Beatrice compared to all the other magic users I've seen you're in third place!
Beatrice: Third place!? If I am not in first then who is, I suppose!?
Subaru: Oh, Ros-chi he defeated this giant Ulgarm with a single fireball talk about Overpowered!
Beatrice: He is Incredibly skilled in magic, however, he's insane, kind of like a mad genius, I suppose, Whose in second place, I wonder?
Subaru: Emilia-tan!
Beatrice: The only reason why she is skilled in magic is because of her contract with Bubby, I suppose.
Subaru: Really? Huh is puck really that skilled in magic, hmm I guess he did create that massive blizzard-
Subaru stopped talking the second he saw that Beatrice had a sad expression on her face.
Subaru: Ah, I'm sorry.
Subaru apologized after seeing the sad look on Beako's face, he must have realized it's a bit insensitive to bring up puck.
Beatrice: It's fine, I suppose, and anyway it's not fair to compare Betty's magical power to humans and half-elves, I suppose.
Subaru: Eh? Why?
Beatrice: Because Betty's a spirit, I suppose.
Subaru: EH!?
Subaru was taken by surprise, his partner was a spirit!? How did he not know!
Beatrice: Why are you so surprised, I suppose?
Subaru: Oh, I just didn't know you were a spirit! You're great at using magic, you're lovable, and a loli!? I might be left in the dust!
Beatrice: Don't worry, I suppose, Betty won't leave you in the dust!
Subaru patted her head and said "Thanks, Beako."
Subaru: Alright, it's time for the real reason why I woke you up!
Beatrice And what would that be, I suppose?
Subaru: I need you to go with me to the village and protect me while I bury everyone there, please!
Beatrice: Why would I say no, I suppose, were partners now, in fact.
Subaru: Oh, right I guess I'm so used to begging for things.
Subaru grabbed Beatrice's hand, and then he stomped his foot on the ground, A witch cultist appeared in front of them.
Beatrice: How did you do that, I suppose!?
Subaru: Oh well, I don't know they just kinda appear if you do something that gets their attention, strange right.
Beatrice: How very strange indeed, could I try, I suppose.
Subaru: Yeah go ahead.
Beatrice clapped her hands, shockingly nobody appeared, Subaru tilted his head confused.
Subaru: Huh, guess it only works since I am the leader, wait I have an idea, hey cultist Beako is my partner you have to listen to her.
Random Cultist: Understood, I'll tell the others to listen to her.
Subaru: Anyway we are going to head to the village to bury the villagers so bring me something to help me dig.
Random Cultist: Understood.
The cultists ran back into the mansion leaving Beatrice and Subaru alone,
Subaru: Hey beako, the village is pretty far. Could you like I don't know teleport us there?
Beatrice: I could, but the spell to do that would take too much mana, I suppose, it would be better to just walk.
Subaru: Aw, fine.
Soon after they finished their little chat The witch cultist returned with what looked like a shovel, Subaru grabbed the shovel which could double as a weapon, and started their journey to the village.
During their walk Beatrice had to stop a lot to clean dirt off her dress.
Beatrice: Its way too hard to walk in this dress, In fact!
Subaru: Yeah, this is what happens when you don't go outside often, wait did you even go outside?!
Beatrice: Well, of course, I did but not very often, I suppose.
After a couple more minutes of walking Subaru felt something tugging on his sleeve, it was Beatrice,
Beatrice: C-carry Betty, I suppose.
Subaru: So cute!
Beatrice: Ngh~!
Subaru grabbed Beatrice and put her on his back, {Author note: Subaru was basically giving Beatrice a piggyback ride.}
Subaru: Woah, you're incredibly light!
Beatrice: Well of course I am, I suppose!
11
The rest of the journey was quiet and peaceful, nothing much happened.
When they arrived the smell of blood was everywhere but was more strange was the sound of barking could be heard, when they manage to see what was really happening it was too much to handle, Mabeast were eating the remains of the villagers, the bodies of the villagers which was already in a bad shape got even worse as the Mabeast bit and chew their bodies.
Subaru: WHAT!? I thought Ros-chi killed all the Mabeast in the forest, and what happened to the barrier protecting the village.
Subaru stared into the ground, the bodies of the villagers are still being violated even after their death. How can this world be so cruel!?
Beatrice: Subaru calm down, complaining won't do anything, I suppose, lift your head and help me kill them, in fact,
Subaru: Right!, Beako I will get their attention and that's pretty much all I can do!
Beatrice: Alright then Betty will kill the ones chasing you one by one, I suppose.
Once Beatrice got into place she nodded towards Subaru.
Subaru: Hey MUTTS, stop violating the dead, haven't you-
The second Subaru started talking the Mabeast turned to face him, there was blood dripping down their mouths, and all of the Mabeast turned and started chasing him, Wow their so much more aggressive he didn't even need to activate his curse to get them to chase him,
Subaru: Beako, do your thing!
Subaru ran around the entire village, all the while Beatrice was thinning the hoards of the Mabeast chasing Subaru, but every time she killed some more would take their place.
Beatrice: They just keep coming, I suppose!
Subaru was starting to slow down quite a bit, he had been running for what seemed like hours, the Mabeast were starting to catch up and a couple of them managed to land a few bites.
Subaru: Come on, think! There has to be something I can do!
The barrier!, there was a barrier that kept Mabeast out, but what happened to it? They need to fix it, but I'm not skilled enough to fix something like that,
Subaru: Beatrice, there is a barrier that keeps Mabeast out of the village, it must have been broken. I need you to find it and fix it!
Beatrice nodded and then left, with that Subaru had only one goal, to keep the Mabeast away from Beatrice. Subaru started to wave and most of the hoard followed Subaru however some of them focused on chasing Beatrice,
Subaru: Why are some of them not following me?! Fine, if you're not going to follow me I'll just have to force you to, hey Beatrice if you can hear me I can return by-
Time seemed to freeze as a hand reached into his heart instilling it with fear.
All the Mabeast turned towards Subaru even the ones that were focusing on Beatrice,
Subaru: It's time to do the only thing I can do, run away!
And so Subaru ran but since Subaru has been running for so long he slowed down so much that some of the Beasts were able to get ahead of him and now he was soon surrounded.
Subaru: I couldn't even run away!? Man, I really am useless! Fine guess I'll have to call the Cultist!
Subaru clapped his hands, but nobody came!?
Subaru: What! Now is not the time to be rebellious!? Fine, I'll just kill all of you myself!
Subaru readied himself to fight, the only weapon he had was the shovel the Witch cultist gave him so he could dig.
Subaru: I already got chewed on by you before I am not letting that happen again, so come at me!
All of the Mabeast surrounding him lunged towards him, he ducked below most of them but one managed to jump onto him. Subaru smacked the one on him with the shovel, but they just kept coming every time Subaru smacked one of them and two more would latch onto him.
Subaru: This isn't looking good.
This continued for a while until eventually, Subaru retained many injuries, corner and out of options there was only one thing he could do, "SHA-" "EL MINYA". Purple shards collided with all the Mabeast around him killing them.
Subaru: Nice save, beako! But what took so long?!
Beatrice: You never told me where the barrier was, I suppose.
Subaru: Yeah, sorry I was in a bit of a rush when you're being chased by animals that wanna eat you, you don't really have the chance to explain in detail
Beatrice: Do you still wanna bury the villagers, I suppose.
Subaru: As much as I hate to not do it now I am way too tired, let's head back to the mansion.
Beatrice: Alright, but will you still be able to carry Betty, I suppose?
Subaru: I'm tired, but I'll never be that tired that I can't carry you Beako!
The trip back to the mansion was quiet, Beatrice must have wanted Subaru to rest because halfway she said she could walk on her own. When they arrived at the Mansion all the Witch cultists were standing outside looking at the roof of the mansion.
Subaru: Hey, why are you all outside-
Random cultist: Look.
The Cultist ignored Subaru's question and pointed toward the roof of the mansion,
?: Gosh, honestly. Please excuse me, I'm very sorry.
There, a figure stood, staring down from the roof of the mansion, dangerously close to its edge.
its voice trembled as if bathing in the weight of all that attention.
?: Thank you. I only need just a little bit of it, so please let me borrow your time.
It spoke words of apology, but, it didn't sound like it was sorry it sounded like it wanted its own actions to be focused on.
Listening to it was painful yet oddly, alluring. /p
— The figure's head was entirely wrapped in bandages, leaving only its dazzling eyes uncovered by the dirty bandages, Its body was wrapped tightly with a black jacket, and both wrists were captured by a long chain, the ends of which dragged on the ground, swaying both left and right as their owner paced around on the roof.
It smiled but the bandages concealed and distorted its mouth too much for the expression to bring any kind of comfort.
?: "My apologies, I'm the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop of Wrath."
After saying that terrible title, the figure reported its name.
?: I am called Sirius Romanee-Conti.
With malice, she smiled.