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Today, Grassis went to Subaru's room on her own to wake him up. Regularly, she'd have her sister accompany her but she wanted to be Subaru's little helper today. After that little coff interaction, she wanted to get to know Subaru more.
"Good morning Subaru-sama." Grassis bowed her head to Subaru.
However, Subaru was staying perfectly still. Not even budging an inch.
"Subaru-sama?" Grassis walked over to Subaru's bed and began to shake him. "You need to wake up, Master Reinhard and Lady Felt are-"
Grassis's eyes widened. Subaru felt cold and he was completely motionless.
In a panic, she yanked the covers off of Subaru. His body looked perfectly normal. She placed the back of her hand over his neck to check for a pulse and discovered Subaru had none.
Subaru was dead.
"How...?" Grassis began to tear up. She quickly used her divine protection to telepathically contact her sister.
'Sister! Our guest... He's... He's...!'
Even through her own thoughts, Grassis couldn't finish that sentence. There was silence for a moment before she connected back to her sister.
'Master Reinhard and I are on our way.'
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"Master Reinhard...?" Grassis barely peeped. Reinhard was doing the best he could to find a way to help Subaru and understandably, the poor little girl was distressed.
Reinhard looked very distressed himself. He couldn't believe his friend died in their sleep, in his own home no less. "I don't understand... There aren't any wounds, it's as if his body gave up on him in his sleep..."
Felix informed him that the internal bleeding was patched up, he also couldn't think of a possible motive why anyone would be capable of sneaking into their home and doing such a thing. The only logical conclusion would be if Subaru was cursed at some point.
Everything was so peaceful and he doesn't recall crossing any shady individuals.
"My friend... I should've paid more attention!" Reinhard cursed himself. If only he watched Subaru more closely, he'd still be alive. If only he was stronger. "Please... Forgive me."
"Hey, what's taking you guys so long?" A familiar crimson eyed girl came into the room. "Really? Is big bro refusing to wake up again?"
Reinhard swiftly took Felt's hand. The knight had a dead serious look on his face. "Felt... I'm so sorry..."
Felt tilted her head. "Can't you make just a little more sense? I feel like you guys are keeping something important from me."
"Miss Felt, I'm afraid that Subaru..."
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Felt glared at Reinhard. "That's a pretty shitty joke."
"Miss Felt..." Reinhard started. He got down on his knees, bowing apologetically to the girl. "Please forgive me."
This time, Felt's eyes widened. She stared at Reinhard for a while and then looked over to Subaru who was still in the bed. "No!!! I know you're messing with me! He's just sleeping!"
Felt ran to the bed and drop kicked down into Subaru's stomach.
There was no response.
He was cold.
He wasn't breathing.
"B-Big bro...?" Felt was shaking. "T-This isn't funny anymore! Wake up!" She stomped her foot down on Subaru.
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Nothing.
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Felt dropped to her knees, now beside Subaru's body. "I SAID WAKE UP!!!" In a fit of rage, Felt began to repeatedly punch Subaru's face.
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Felt dropped her hands to the side and gritted her teeth. "Who did this Reinhard?! I'll kill the bastard who did this!"
"I am unsure who did this, Miss Felt."
There was a moment of silence for a little bit. Tears began to form in the golden haired girl's eyes.
"Liar..." She muttered.
Felt grabbed Subaru's collar and yanked him closer to her. "You said you wouldn't ditch me!" She screamed, now crying uncontrollably.
"Miss Felt..." Reinhard reached over to the crying girl. However, she quickly tried to smack the knight's hands away.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!"
Despite her smack not hitting the knight, Reinhard backed off regardless.
Without saying another word, Felt let go of Subaru and ran out of the room.
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"STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!" Felt screamed out as she fiercely punched and kicked her bed.
Everything else in the girl's room was practically obliterated. The wardrobe was knocked over. Her desk table was broken in half as well as the chair that was used to do so. Overall, the room looked as if someone raided it.
Fury burned in the girl's crimson eyes as she began to bite down on one of her pillows like a rabid animal. Felt had never been this mad before and there wasn't a culprit vent out that frustration on. The best she could try was to break her own stuff.
"Miss Felt?" Reinhard said as he let himself in the room. " I understand you're upset. I'm very upset over this situation as well. But there are better ways to go about this."
Felt glared at the knight.
That's when it finally hit her.
"You... You did this..." Felt muttered, each word filled with overwhelming malice.
That caught the knight by surprise. Especially knowing that Felt was 100% convinced of this. "Miss Felt, I assure you that I had no involvement over what happened to Subaru."
"LIAR!" Felt screamed. "It was you that dragged us both here! Weren't we supposed to be safe here?! This is all your fault!" Tears began to leave Felt's eyes.
"YOU KILLED BIG BRO!!!"
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Reinhard didn't have an answer for that. After all, what Felt said was true. Subaru died under his supervision. Therefore, the fault does belong to him.
"Miss Felt..." Reinhard started. He knelt down, bowing apologetically to the girl. "I vow to find the culprit responsible and bring them to justice."
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"Get out."
"Wait, Miss Felt-"
"I SAID GET OUT!!!" Felt screamed as she snatched one of the broken table legs and threw it at Reinhard.
The knight effortlessly caught the tossed object. However, Reinhard nodded. "Very well, I will leave you be." The knight got back up on his feet and left the room.
With Reinhard gone, Felt collapsed in her bed. She reached under her other pillow and pulled out the doll that Subaru made her. She tightly wrapped her arms around the doll and began to cry uncontrollably.
"This isn't fair... T-This isn't fair..."
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One week had passed since Subaru's death and Felt still locked herself in her room. She was no longer doing any of those lessons, not like she had a reason to anymore.
The girl's escape attempts were much more frequent as well as brutal. It was so bad that Grassis and Flam weren't allowed to try and stop her anymore in concern for their own safety. The only time the staff could rest from playing prison guard was when Felt exhausted herself.
Despite not being allowed to try and stop Felt, the young twin maids did attend to her needs. Although it was mainly delivering food to her front door. Felt absolutely refused to associate herself with anyone else here.
She hated this place.
She hated how unsafe she felt.
And most of all, she hated Reinhard.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Felt glared at the door. "Go away." Her demand wasn't as loud as it usually had been. The girl had been exhausting herself with her countless escape attempts this past week and it had finally begun to catch up with her.
"Lady Felt, I brought you food." The person on the other side said.
It sounded like one of the twins. With an exhausted sigh, Felt started, "Fine, bring it here."
Usually she demanded for her food to be left by the door but she was a lot more lenient with the twin maids. They were the ones who seemed genuinely heartbroken over Subaru's death so she had at least some common ground with someone here.
The twin opened the door and very cautiously made her way into Felt's room. The way she was acting really annoyed the blonde haired girl.
"C'mon already, I'm not an animal." Felt ushered.
The little maid flinched as if caught off guard but recomposed herself instantly and proceeded to walk in with more confidence. Without uttering a single word, she placed the tray of food she was carrying by the edge of the bed, that being the only stable spot to place it other than the floor. She then bowed her head and began to walk out.
That was a new one, Felt thought. Usually anyone who came to see her always persisted to rejoin everyone. "Hey, Flam was it? Did you all finally give up?"
The little maid stopped and turned to Felt. Normally the twins had a very calm expression but this twin in particular looked very nervous. "I'm Grassis... I didn't think you wanted to talk still so..."
Grassis began to fumble with her words, not entirely sure how to finish that sentence.
Felt waved her hand dismissively, though still looking pretty exhausted. "I'm glad at least someone in this hell hole has some common sense."
Not knowing what else to say, Grassis rested her hand over her other, standing there silently and awkwardly. After a long moment of silence, Grassis finally spoke up, "I'm really sorry about what happened to Subaru-sama..."
Felt glared at Grassis. "Stop it. You're starting to sound like Reinhard." Reinhard always said that. He kept apologizing for Subaru and it pissed the girl off beyond any measure.
"I'm sorry! It's just... I-It's just..." The little maid looked down. "It isn't fair..."
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Felt blinked a few times. After a moment, she began chuckling. Not that what the maid said was funny or anything but she felt a little relaxed. She thought that Grassis actually gets it.
"Yeah, this isn't fair at all." Felt agreed.
Despite Felt showing to be more relaxed, Grassis was still looking down gloomily. After a moment, The crimson eyed girl scooted over, making more room on her bed. "Do ya feel like talking?"
Snapping back to reality, Grassis shot her head back up. "O-Oh! Um... I'm not too sure..."
Felt clicked her tongue. "Tch, C'mon already, quit stalling and sit with me."
Despite the little maid's hesitation, she relented and sat beside Felt. "Sorry..."
"Quit saying sorry, I heard you the first dozen times."
Grassis complied by not saying anything at all.
Eventually, Grassis took notice of the doll that was sitting on Felt's lap. It bore a striking resemblance to a certain spiky haired boy. "Did Subaru-sama make that?"
"This?" Felt lifted up the doll and looked at it for a moment. "Heh, yeah. I bet that dumbass was trying to use this as some kind of peace offering."
Grassis tilted her head and blinked a few times. "Peace offering? Did you two have a fight?"
"Pfft, it's more like struggling to tame big bro's stupidity." Felt chuckled a little before looking back down at the doll. "I guess I'm a little glad that we at least left on good terms..."
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"Lady Felt... Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"Unless it's a way to get out of this prison, I don't want any help."
Grassis nodded. "I'll be happy to help you leave."
Felt blinked a few times as that answer caught the crimson eyed girl off guard. "Wait, are you serious?!"
The young maid nodded. "I am. With everything that has happened, I believe we've proved that we aren't capable of protecting our guests and that you should have every right to leave if you want."
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"Huh..." Felt was at a loss of words. She honestly didn't expect to get any help from anyone in this manor. "Well, I guess let's plan a prison break then."
"That won't be necessary. I'll just convince master Reinhard to let you go."
"Tch, as if that's gonna happen. I'm better off leaving in the middle of the night than trusting that dumbass to be reasonable."
Grassis got back up on her feet. "I will try. If master Reinhard still refuses, then we'll go from there."
Felt rolled her eyes. "Good luck I guess. Doubt it'll go anywhere though."
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"THAT LYING PIECE OF SHIT!!!"
Felt was screaming out profanities as she furiously kicked the wall of an alleyway. A few days had passed since she had that conversation with Grassis and she managed to finally be free of that manor.
Despite her rage, she had to give that little maid credit for actually keeping her word. She was relieved to no end that she was actually let out without a fight.
What pissed her off was Reinhard. She knew he could've done something that didn't require her to stay there and it took the death of someone important to her for that idiot knight to actually try.
That conversation was still stained in the girl's thoughts.
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"Miss Felt, you are no longer required to stay here if you don't want to." The knight suddenly declared.
Felt gave Reinhard a look of disbelief. "Holy shot, that squirt actually convinced you?!"
"Grassis didn't need to convince me. After the incident with Subaru, I took it upon myself to get in contact with the council. After informing them of the situation, it was agreed upon to drop your standing as a royal candidate and you may withdraw without having to make a public statement."
The blonde girl processed those words and glared daggers at the knight. "You're saying that you could've done this from the start?!"
Still keeping his calm, Reinhard answered, "Due to various circumstances, I do not have the ability to make such decisions without consequences. However, due to the recent potential break in as well as the murder of Subaru occurring in my own home, I recognize that I have proven to be incapable of protecting the inhabitants."
This really didn't go well for Felt in the slightest. Before she went ballistic on Reinhard, he suddenly handed her a large and rather heavy coin purse. "I will provide you with the proper funds to make up for my incompetence. Just know if you ever change your mind, I'll be more than happy to keep you here and I promise to not let this mishap ever happen again."
Normally, Felt wouldn't accept a charity case like this but considering what was lost, she believed that this wasn't even enough. Regardless, the pissed off girl was just happy that this was finally over and didn't have to wait for who knows how long.
"Good."
That was all Felt said before taking her belongings from her room and left without saying a word.
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"FUCK YOU! FUCK THE KNIGHTS! FUCK THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY!" Felt howled.
She kept kicking the wall as if that was her new life's purpose. With all the money Reinhard gave her, she could easily start that life she always wanted. Normally, such a thing would excite the young girl to no end but the cost of it all ruined it.
She was unnecessarily a prisoner and still would've been for who knows how long. The loot house was destroyed which caused Felt to worry about Rom all the time. And finally, her first friend was ripped away from her.
Yeah, she only knew Subaru for about a week but it was great. For a moment, she thought that her life was finally turning for the better.
"Grr...! Is this just a joke to you?!" Felt yelled to no one. "Is fucking with my life that goddamn funny?!"
Felt stomped her foot down on the ground. However, she stopped instantly as she felt something soft and fuzzy beneath her foot. After seeing what she stomped on, the young girl panicked and knelt down.
"Shit shit shit!" The girl chanted as she checked for any damages. Eventually, Felt sighed in relief after confirming that the doll that Subaru gave her looked fine.
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For a good while, she stared at the doll. This is her only momento from Subaru that she had. Felt grit her teeth as rage bubbled back inside her. She finally knew what to do now.
"I'll avenge you." She muttered to the doll. "I'll find the bastard who did this and I'll gut them like a pig!"
The blonde girl knew it had to be her. The culprit would never be caught if it were up to the knights. Even if they did find them, they'd probably just put him in prison.
That idea didn't go well for her. Whoever did this had to die.
With conviction in her eyes, she raised her fist in the air.
"For big bro."
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