I woke up in the morning to bright sunshine, where I expected two maids to greet meet and make harsh remarks, but the people I expected to see weren't there. So I got up from my comfortable bed, and regarded my surroundings before I found my attire that I made from my clothes from my world.
After putting on the lab coat like a makeshift cape once again, I stepped out of my room, and saw Subaru running around like a maniac before he saw me strolling around, and right away, he gripped me with some incredible strength that I did not expect. "Bro, Subaru, that kinda hurts, you know?"
"Sorry, but did you have any blackouts recently?" He asked me, and I tried to remember, but can't.
"No. Wait, did you die again?"
"Twice, and I don't know what happened. When I fell asleep in the first loop, and I woke up where I started, and I had no idea why. In the second loop, I suddenly got really sick and was almost died before someone used something to kill me in the mansion."
"In the mansion?!" I said, acting confused. It seems that Rem did it, after all. "Did you hear anything that sounded weird?"
"Hmmm... before I died, I did hear chains though, so maybe the killer was using chains? I don't get it, how-"
"Wait, you died during the night, right?"
"Ya.. but what does that have anything to do with it?"
"I think I don't have blackouts when I'm asleep. And since that Rem and Ram are not there when I wake up, I don't know if you Returned by Death or not. Good thing that you could still tell me about this stuff, though. Imagine if I don't remember everything. That would be quite disastrous."
"Ah... I see." Subaru nodded before his eyes were suddenly alert. "Wait, how do you know that Rem and Ram were in my room when I woke up? I never told you!"
I struggled for a response, and I sighed before i revealed part of the truth. "Well, Subaru, it seems that I possess knowledge of this world's future. And the more I know at the present, the clearer the future becomes. (That was a lie, but making my ability balanced. Cough.) Also, do you know of the Periodic Table?"
"Ya, like that thing from science classes?"
"My power seems to have something to do with that. I can create certain elements on the table, and fuse them together if I must. That's how I created the purple ball of acid back when we fought Elsa." I told Subaru, and he nodded as if he truly believed me.
"So if you know the future, you should know who killed me, right?"
I shook my head. "Sorry, Subaru, but since this is the start of a loop, I don't have much information. Actually, I've got a plan. You went to the village last time, right? I'm willing bet that your disease that made you sick might be from somewhere there. So while you go do a little research there, I'll go do my part to look for your killer in the mansion, okay?"
Subaru's face lit up when I said I'll help him. "Great! Make sure to follow your part, though!" I nodded as he and I went separate ways, and I went back into my room to scheme for my next step.
After I entered the room, I shut the door and Alchemis floated out of my body. "Why did you send him down the path that he'll surely die in? I know you're not cruel, but..."
"Subaru might resent me when he finds out the truth, but when he grows up later, he will learn that his ability is not a curse and that through each loop, he should gain as much information as he can." I answered my spirit. "Besides, we've got work to do."
"As in?"
"I seemed to have done a lot of practice with my helium and hydrogen for the last two loops, so I should probably take a look at the new stuff I got." I said as I activated the Authority, and tapped on the imaginary screens as I found the new elements. Lithium and Beryllium, each unlocked after I raised the mastery of helium to stage 1. Now I don't know much about beryllium and its uses, but I do know that it is an important part of the gem emerald. And also it is a nice, somewhat sturdy metal at solid state. Lithium Hydride can be a substitute for pure lithium since it oxidizes. Now, with helium and hydrogen both at stage 1, I can produce pure spheres of helium hydride without having to wait for them to fuse, which means I can produce endless amounts of acid. But instead of a tide of poison, I'm thinking something for along the lines of grenades.
I could store some acid in bottles, and throw them as grenades when I need to use them, which means that I have to find some glass tubes/bottles. My god, it would've been so nice if I had my beakers and test tubes here, but I'll have to work with what I got, it seems.
I wander around the mansion to try to find a room with glass bottles since I didn't want to ask since I'm still quite introverted, but as I opened the first door I thought that was right, I knew...
I f***ed up.
"Huh? Who are you, I suppose?" The blond loli who was actually a Great Spirit said as I gradually closed the door as I waved a sorry.
Timeskip featuring Beatrice screaming as I proceeded to break her Door Crossing by accident
"Okay, maybe I'm just too cursed for this." I said as I returned to the Forbidden Library, and slumped down on the floor as I faced the Great Spirit that was staring me down with a confused look.
"First that boy, now you. How do you people keep on breaking my Door Crossing?"
"Well, I'm trying to find some glass tubes or bottles. Do you happen to have any? Because every room I go into leads me back here." I answered.
"Betty has no obligation to help a stranger like you." She said and I suddenly got an idea. The only room I remembered was the kitchen, so I quickly dashed there after grabbing any snack-like foods before I rushed back towards a door and bursted back into the closed space, scaring Beatrice once again.
"Here! Want some snacks?" I said as I handed some pastries to her, and she gave me a glare before reluctantly taking it and munching down on it.
"Don't think you can bribe Betty with just some pastries-"
"Okay, okay..." I sighed. "You don't have that attitude with Puck, so why do you have to do this to me and Subaru? You gotta be nice to not just people who you feel comfortable with, you know?"
"Bubby is a different case, still."
"Listen, do you have any glass bottles in your multipurpose room? I really happen to need some, so
I was about to argue back when I suddenly felt a tug in my gut, and I knew something was wrong. "Subaru's going to die." I realized as I rushed out of the door, but it was too late, the darkness came for me as I woke up in the same bed as the last loop, and Subaru came bursting through the door before I could react to anything.
"I died... again." He said as I got off the bed and walked over to him as I patted his back.
"Bro, calm down, did you see who the killer was?" I asked, genuinely concerned for once.
"Yes. You're not going to believe me, but it changes things. It's Rem."
"Okay, so I think the future has cleared up a bit, at least up until your next save point." I said to him as I laid out the information. "This time, we're going to go down into the courtyard to learn some magic, okay? But before that, tell me about your last loop, and I'll explain our plan."
"Okay..." Subaru nodded as he explained the third loop, about how he worked as a guest and ended up having to leave, so that I could catch the killer. However, as I was waiting out in the mountains, the chain-like weapon attacked me and I was lured into a trap. Rem then revealed herself and killed me." He shuddered as he thought about his last loop, and I began to write the future in Japanese.
"So it turns out that you a curse inflicted upon you, and since I don't know much about the curses, you can ask Beatrice about that after you go to the village this time." I told him. "Also, Rem also suspects you of being a terrorist organization called the witch's cult since you have the witch's miasma on you, which she can smell. So you just have to convince her that you're not one of them."
"How do I do that?" Subaru asked me, but I just shrugged. "You will figure it out yourself since you are a smart dude, aren't you?" I said before leaving the room to attend breakfast, before Subaru went down to the courtyard to meet Puck.
"What is she doing?" Subaru asked me as I saw Emilia talking silently to herself, with a variety of little glowing dots surrounding her.
"She's probably communicating to spirits," I replied. "The spirits seemed to like her a lot, which means her affinity with them seems to be quite high in some sense."
"That's quite right, Y/N!" Puck said as he floated down to us. "But how did you know all of that?"
"Well, I read a lot of books in the capital while I was there, so I was able to learn some basic information about magic and spirit arts."
"Yup, you see, magic users and spirit users are different. Magic users draw mana from their own body, while spirit users draw mana from the atmosphere."
Subaru raised his hand suddenly, and asked a question. "And how exactly are those two different except from that, Puck-sensei?"
As I left them to their own devices, I noticed Alchemis sending signals towards one of the spirits that Emilia was communicating to, and I didn't really get a good look at the spirit before it left the others and rushed over at insane speeds before bumping into me and giving me a little rub before detaching itself from me and floated over to Alchemis.
"Yo, Alch!" She screeched as she stopped before Alchemis. "I didn't expect to see you here! And judging by your standing... you're travelling with the chosen one, right? Master's successor?"
"Yup, although it has been a long time, I found him." Alchemis said as he 'turned' towards me and gave a little dance. "Y/N, meet Cahya, a yang spirit that served your predecessor alongside myself."
"A yang spirit?" I said as I talked to Cahya, who seemed to like me a lot because she snuggles around me way more than Alchemis ever did, but maybe because she's a yang spirit and stuff. "Does this mean I can use Yang Magic now?"
"Well, I could help you." Cahya said as she came over. "Now, Jiwald is an easy offensive spell-"
"Eh? This isn't so good-" Puck began, and I suddenly understood what he meant before I gave a look to Alchemis and Cahya, telling them to run as I heard a loud 'POOF' noise, and the courtyard was then covered in a giant mushroom cloud of black smoke that blinded senses.
"Jiwald!" Cahya yelled as the smoke from Subaru's Shamac dissipated around me, and I returned to my normal state as I realized that I've been blinded a moment ago and was now in a weird pose.
"Well, that was unexpected..." I said as I plumped down on the grass, traumatized by the Shamac experience.
Timeskippu*
After that, Subaru told me his affinity was Yin, and he was straight out depressed when he learned that it was basically debuffs.
"Well, that's not entirely true, as spells like Minya and Murak are insanely useful, I told him. Hey, if you someday manage to learn Al Shamac, you can even send your enemies to another dimension!" Now that, lit his face up as he was suddenly filled with another pump of energy as he threw his fists in the air before shooting back into the mansion and began helping out.
I also went in and helped, peeling potatoes and hanging clothes while also cleaning bathrooms with him before it was even noon. But when it was time to go to the village, I told him I have something to do, so follow the plan while I work on something that'll help him later.
As I stepped into Beatrice's library, I greeted her, making sure to prepare the fill of snacks as I praised her before she finally willingly listened to my demands. I mean, all I wanted to do was read books and use some glass cups/ tubes, so what's the big deal?
"Well, never mind all that stuff now, because I have work to do!"
Name: Y/N L/N
Authority(ies):
Authority of ? (Commonly known as Authority of Elements):
-Vacuum Trigger: An innate ability stored within the tesseract-shaped ? Witch Factor, allowing the user to spring themselves from unconsciousness when the mana fluctuations around them changes drastically, as a built-in self-defence mechanism of the body.
Elemental Masteries:
Hydrogen Mastery: Stage 1, 475/2000 complete. (Spells: Hydrogen Gas Formation, Hydrogen Gas Wall, Hydrogen Gas Mist)
Helium Mastery: Stage 1, 190/2000 complete. (Spells: Helium Gas Formation, Helium Hydride Acid Creation)
Lithium Mastery: Stage 0, 300/1000 complete. (Spells: Lithium Hydride Solid Formation, Lithium Pellet Bullets)
Beryllium Mastery: Stage 0, 255/1000 complete. (Spells: Beryllium Solid Creation, Beryllium Mirror)
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (turquoise), Cahya- yang spirit (white)
Magic Spells:
Goa- shoots a small ball of fire from the tip of the user's index finger when imbued with mana.
El Goa- manifests three fireballs around the user, and shoots them towards the opponent at high speeds
Jiwald- fires heat rays from the user's fingers.