The Roswaal Mansion and Reward!

The ride to the mansion was mostly quiet with Emilia asking some questions while Subaru was communicating by thoughts with his spirits.

'Hey guys I can't just keep you calling spirits so I will give you names okay?' said Subaru telepathically.

'Yes contractor we would we very happy to get a name.' said the fire spirit with excitement.

'Okay then The fire spirit Ruby , the water spirit Aqua , the wind spirit Jean , the earth spirit Noelle , the yin spirit Vega and the yang spirit Lumi' said Subaru.

'Do you guys like those names?' asked Subaru.

'Yes contractor we love these names' replied the spirits at the same time each happy to get a name.

(Yes GENSHIN IMPACT references)

As Emilia was watching Subaru talk with his spirits she was very impressed he was able to make contract with spirits of each affinity and full spirits at that. As the mansion came into view. The carriage stopped as Ram came out of the carriage and opened the door for Emilia with Subaru following suit.

"Emilia you never told me you owned such a big mansion!" said Subaru completely shocked at the size of the mansion. He knew that it would be big but he didn't imagine it would be this big.

"Subaru this isn't my mansion, My sponsor owns it" replied Emilia smiling at his reaction.

As they reached the main entrance another maid was standing in-front of it. She seemed surprisingly similar to Ram with the only difference being her eye and hair color which were both a shade of sky-blue.

'Probably her sister' thought Subaru.

"Welcome back Emilia-sama and guest-sama" said the maid while bowing with a emotionless face.

"My name is Natsuki Subaru just call me Subaru" said Subaru with a smile.

"Yes Subaru, I am Rem a maid at the Roswall mansion." said Rem bowing down and opening the door for them.

"Rem show Subaru the room he will be sleeping in.I am going to sleep now. Goodnight Subaru" said Emilia while starting to head towards her room.

"Goodnight Emilia" said Subaru and giving her a smile.

"Please follow me guest-sama" said rem with a stiff posture she started to move towards room he will be staying in with Subaru following,he could only sigh at the fact that she switched back to 'guest-sama' again. After a few minutes they reached their destination.

"This will be your room for the time being" Rem said with the same face and tone while pointing towards a door. "If you need anything call me or nee-sama" said rem and excused herself.

Subaru opened the door and lay on the bed and fell asleep almost instantly after all it was a tiring day. 'That boy smells of the witch but it is almost non-existent.I will keep an eye on him' thought Rem with a determined face.

'I guess it wasn't a dream' thought Subaru as he opened his eyes and sat up.

'Hey are you guys awake?' asked Subaru to his spirits.

'Yes we are awake contractor' they replied in unison while appearing in front of him.

'Are you guys all okay?' asked Subaru.

'Yes contractor we are in fantastic health' said the spirits.

'So can you guys train me?' asked Subaru while standing up.

'Of course contractor!' said the spirits floating around his face.

He proceeded to exit the room and started walking in the hallway only to realize that he came a across the same painting twice.

"So a looping hallway.. huh" muttered Subaru, he a felt a aura around a particular door he opened it and the smell of old books hit his nose and he saw a massive library with a little girl sitting in the center on a little stool.

"What a truly aggravative man you are I suppose." said the blonde-girl sitting in the middle of the room.

'Contractor she is a great spirit' he heard aqua's voice in his head.

'You are right I feel something different about her too' said Subaru telepathically

"Come on smile you are ruining the cute face with the cold expression" said Subaru while curving his lips upward with his fingers.

"All you deserve is a decisive sneer" she said with a cold face.

"So what is this place?" asked Subaru looking around the room.

"This room is betty's multipurpose room which serves as a bedroom and library" she said pridefully.

"So I assume your name is betty, betty...betty... beako I will call you beako!" he said with a grin, hearing the nickname her temper was about to blow up.

"I have had enough of you human" she started to walk towards Subaru and she was about to touch his abdomen but Subaru's spirts appeared circling him in a protective manor.

"Do not try to harm our contractor great spirit" 6 of them said at the same time.

"Hmph... go away human" she said coldly.

"Okay I will bother you some other time bea~ko" He said while exiting.

"Don't call me that I suppose" said beako to no one as Subaru had already left.

'Is he 'that person', mother are you finally showing betty the way?'

Subaru was looking out of the he saw a very big garden he felt like it was more of a field than a garden.

'Maybe I can train here' thought Subaru.

He started to walk down the stairs and saw Rem walking up the stairs.

"Guest-sama I was just going to wake you up" she said with a bow and emotionless tone as always.

"Don't worry I am a early riser, can I train in the garden?" he said with a smile.

"Of course there's the way to the garden " she said while pointing at a door. Subaru began to move towards the door he opened it to be hit with a refreshing breeze.

Subaru was now in the middle of the garden he was about to start doing radio calisthenics he heard a voice behind him.

"Good Morning Subaru. Subaru looked behind him to see Emilia in the best attire he has ever seen.

"Good Morning Emilia-tan, Whoever chose that outfit totally gets it" he said with excitement.

"What are you talking about but knowing that it is stupid is disappointing" said Emilia totally not getting that it was a compliment.

"You wound my heart Emilia-tan" he said while doing a over-dramatic pose.

"What do mean by tan?" asked Emilia.

"It is used to show affection from where I come from" he said unsure if she would like it or not. Emilia didn't say anything but her face was beet red.

Subaru then began to do radio calisthenics as Emilia watched him.

"Subaru what are the strange movements you are doing" asked Emilia curiously while watching him.

"Emilia-tan this is radio calisthenics just follow my moments and will drill the essence of radio calisthenics into you" said Subaru

"O-okay" said Emilia trying to copy Subaru's movements

"And say 'Victory'" shouted Subaru with Emilia following suit and Puck coming out of Emilia's hair and shouting "Victory!".

"Good Morning Lia, Subaru" said Puck while sitting on Emilia's shoulder.

"Good Morning Puck" said Emilia with a smile.

"I almost lost you yesterday Lia, if not for Subaru you wouldn't be alive so Subaru you can ask me any one favor you want " said Puck.

"Then let me pet your fur whenever I want" said Subaru without a second thought.

"That's all you want? asked Emilia completely surprised.

"I knew you were thinking that but I am surprised you actually said it" said Puck with a surprised face while floating into Subaru's arms.

"For a first-rate fur master such as myself being able to love on the objects affection any time is worth as much as a multimillionaire's riches" said Subaru while playing with Puck's fur.

"Oh.. what brings you two here?" asked Emilia to the twin maids who were behind Subaru.

"Our Lord, Roswal-sama, has returned" they said in perfect sync while bowing.

Opening a door Subaru entered a dinning room with a long dinning table in the center of the room. Beako was standing to his right

"I was watching you from above and I found out you are as stupid as you look." said beako.

"Hey, I am not stupid" said Subaru but beako seemed to ignore him. Emilia entered in the room with Puck on her shoulder.

"Betty I haven't seen you in 4 days have you been staying well and lady-like" said Puck turning towards beako.

"Bubby I missed you will you spend time with me today" her personality took a complete 360 and turned to the one of a cute little girl.

"Of course betty we will relax together today" said Puck while jumping into betty's palms.

"Aghast aren't you that Beatrice is so taken with Puck" said Emilia while Beatrice was cuddling with Puck.

"Who even says Aghast anymore?" said Subaru and Emilia pouted at him.

While Beatrice was cuddling with puck a tall and slender man with clown makeup and attire entered behind Subaru.

"You guys have a clown to entertain yourself before meals I can't understand you nobles." said Subaru while patting the said 'clown's' back.

"Subaru that is actually th-" said Emilia but was interrupted by the 'clown'.

"I am the lord of this manor Roswaal L .Mathers, Natsuki Subaru-kun".Subaru's face turned from a smiling to a horrified one in an instant. He had just insulted the lord of the manor making the worst first impression anyone could make.

Now everyone was sitting on the dinning table except Rem and Ram who stood on either side of Roswaal.

"Natsuki Subaru you truly are a strange man you are in the Dragon Kingdom of Lugnica yet you claim to know nothing" said Roswaal.

"Why did anything bad happen in the country?" asked Subaru.

"Well, the kingdom doesn't have a king. The nation is currently governed by a council of wise men and they are now in the process of selecting a new king" said Roswall with a smile.

"I am starting to see the picture.. because of the king's absence the royal selection is causing confusion in the kingdom. Then I suddenly appear so I am totally suspect" said Subaru in a surprisingly calm manner.

"On top of that you made contact with Emilia-sama thus becoming connected to my house-hold" said Roswaal.

"You are addressing Emilia-tan with sama so it means... Emilia is one of the candidates to become the king of Lugnica!" he concluded with a calm face 'Did contracting the spirits raise my I.Q?' thought Subaru surprised with himself.

'Contractor I have cast a spell on you which increases the speed of your brain' he heard Lumi's voice in his head.

'Thanks Lumi this helps a lot' thanking Lumi Subaru payed attention to what Roswall had to say.

"You are indeed sharp Suba~u-kun. That being said I can't thank you enough for saving Emilia-sama's life and insignia. So you can ask me any one favor you want." said roswaal with his never leaving smile.

"As my reward I will be a guard and I want you to teach me how to read and write and allow me to use the place for training with my magic and physical combat, and I will also help in household work." said Subaru while standing up and banging his hands of the table. Nobody said anything for a while but Ram broke the silence with a "aachoo!".


Chapter 2 done with almost 2000 words. I know that nothing much happened in this criticism is appreciated. I decided to make Subaru act mature in some parts and childish in others I hope you enjoy it and please leave a review.