The Emissary From The Capital!

"VICTORY!" shouted Subaru as he ended the radio calisthenics session with the villagers and them doing the same.

It had been almost a month since the ma-beast attack, Subaru enjoyed himself to the fullest in the break he got from all the fighting, they had a snow festival because of Puck's mana let-out (can't remeber the word for that), a well known wandering chef visited them and cooked for them with Subaru cross-dressing as the cook only served ladies, and currently Subaru's was on his 3rd date with Emilia who was wearing a cloak with white color and purple strips and was conversing with a few villagers.

"Subaru let's head back now, Subaru, Rem and Ram must be waiting for us" said Emilia saying bye to the villagers and walking towards him.

"Okay, Emilia-tan, bye kids!" said Subaru waving at them.

"Bye Subaru visit again tomorrow" shouted the kids back while waving at him.

"Did you enjoy the date?, Emilia-tan" asked Subaru as they were walking on the dirt road that led to the mansion.

"I enjoyed it! some villagers even talked to me." replied Emilia with a smile on her face.

"Glad to hear that, my lovely Emilia-tan enjoyed it" said Subaru with a smile as well, the mansion came into view and they spotted a carriage parked at the gate of the mansion.

"They must have come here to inform us about the royal selection" said Emilia fastening her pace by a little.

"Then this is the time to show my newly gained knightly behavior!" exclaimed Subaru walking as elegantly as he could and keeping up with Emilia.

"Don't be silly Subaru, just don't cause too much trouble" said Emilia

"Stop treating me like a kid, Emilia-"sama"" replied Subaru as they reached the mansion gate and Emilia just giggled at "sama".

"I apologize for parking in-front of the gate Emilia-sama" said the old man while bowing who was standing near the carriage. He was wearing a butler out-fit, he had white hair, sky-blue eyes and a formal expression on his face.

"Don't worry it is not a problem, may I ask what business you may have?" asked Emilia looking towards him.

"The Blue is waiting for you in the mansion to inform you about the royal selection, please hurry back" answered the old man in butler out-fit.

"Yes, thank you" replied Emilia and continued entering in the mansion.

'Why would 'The Blue' come here to inform us about the royal selection?' thought Subaru as he had read that The blue was the best healer in the kingdom and followed Emilia who was walking in the mansion. They walked in the hallways for a while when they reached the meeting room and saw Rem standing in-front of the door waiting for them.

"Emilia-sama, please enter the meeting room, the guests are waiting for you" said Rem as she saw Emilia approaching.

"Yes,Rem I will enter immediately" said Emilia as she closed the distance from the door.

"Emilia-sama should I come with you" asked Subaru walking behind her.

"I think I can handle it, Subaru" said Emilia turning towards him and giving him a reassuring smile.

"If you want that, okay just call me if anything happens and good luck, Emilia-sama" said Subaru giving a smile as well. Emilia walked in the room and Rem closed the door behind her.

"Subaru-kun, you should see if the guest waiting outside are comfortable" said Rem turning towards him.

"Yes, Rem, I will go and offer them some tea" replied Subaru as he looked out of a window to see the old man standing near the carriage looking bored he took some of the mansion's most expensive tea and walked to the old man near the gate.

"Care to have some tea, Sir-" asked Subaru as he reached the man and offered the cup of tea on the tray he was carrying while asking for his name.

"Wilhelm Van Astrea a butler at the Karsten Manor and I would certainly be pleased to accept the offer" said Wilhelm as he took the cup from the tray and took a sip from it.

'It's the sword demon himself, Crusch Karsten sure has some famous people in her camp.' thought Subaru

"It's delicious" complimented Wilhelm taking another sip.

"This is the best tea in the mansion, if a certain maid finds about this she will kill me." said Subaru while laughing.

"Then what do you get out of this Sir-" asked Wilhelm while asking his name as well.

"Subaru Natsuki, Emilia-sama's knight, nothing just keeping you company" said Subaru the former with pride in his voice.

"The road you are taking is a hard one, Sir Subaru you understand that she could be the queen in the future." said Wilhelm mentioning how close he seemed to Emilia and how his eyes showed his devotion when he looked at her. (He is not a simp in this fic though.)

"We are just friends and lady to knight for now, when you proposed to your wife you must have thought that she was the most beautiful girl in the world" replied Subaru the former with a thoughtful expression.

"My wife,...Yes, indeed you are correct" replied Wilhelm with a short pause.

"Sorry to keep you waiting,Old man Wil" interrupted a cute voice. Subaru looked towards the direction of the voice to see someone with cat ears and a female outfit.

'I guess, The Blue really dresses like a girl, If I hadn't read about him I would have totally have been fooled and thought he was a girl' thought Subaru making a disgusted expression at the later.

"Oh, you must be Emilia-sama's knight Subaru Natsuki correct?" asked Felix

"Yes, you are correct" answered Subaru.

"I am Felix Crusch-sama's knight, nice to meet you" said Felix with adding Nyan here and there and bowing a little while getting closer to him than needed and inspecting him . (I am not going to replicate his speech pattern, its annoying.)

"Likewise" replied Subaru while bowing in return not very comfortable with how close he was.

"Old Man Wil let's head back" said Felix as he boarded the carriage and Wilhelm sat in the driver seat and ordered the ground dragons to move but not before saying thank you for the tea.

/Time-skip at the lunch table/

"Emilia-sama,Subaru-k~un and Rem will be heading to the capital toworro~w for the royal selection meeting." said Roswall sitting in his usual position with Ram and Rem standing on his either side, nobody made a comment on it and everyone just nodded.

"Rem is my uniform ready?" asked Subaru to Rem was standing behind Roswall.

"Yes, I will deliver it to you after lunch,Subaru-kun" replied Rem with a smile.

When lunch was over they started packing and when the next day came Emilia and Subaru were standing at the mansion gate waiting for Rem who was bring the carriage. Subaru was wearing his knight uniform which was mostly the same as the royal knights with some minor changes and and the royal crest replaced with the mathers crest and his sword rested on the belt he wore. Emilia was wearing her normal clothing which was the same type of clothes she wore in the capital with a few minor changes.

(I am not good at describing clothes)

Rem arrived shortly after in a carriage which Subaru boarded first and helped Emilia in like a knight. The ride to the capital was a quiet one, they reached the capital and checked in at an inn. Subaru and Emilia decided to head out as Emilia had some business at the guard station while Rem stayed behind to clean their rooms and maybe did something more than necessary in Subaru's room.

"The capital is as lively as ever!" said Subaru enthusiastically to Emilia who was walking beside him and wearing the identity obstruction cloak.

"Yes it is" replied Emilia with a sad smile as she remembered the prejudice she faced when she visited the capital for the first time.

"Emilia-tan lets buy some appas from there first before going to the guard station." said Subaru pointing at a familiar appa stand, trying to lift her mood.

"Do you know the shopkeeper of this stand?" asked Emilia as they walked towards the stand.

"I won't say we know each other but I met him before when I was at the capital" replied Subaru.

"Hey, you are the broke kid from before." said Kadomon turing towards them.

"Hey, Kadomon-san give us 12 appas please" said Subaru handing him 24 copper coins.

"Just 1 month ago you were flat broke and now you are a knight!" exclaimed Kadomon handing him a bag of appas.

"Even I don't know how I was able become a knight, bye now" said Subaru as he and Emilia walked away but 'not that I deserved to become a knight' was left unsaid.

"Come again to buy some appas" shouted Kadomon one last time.

(The conversation with Kadomon wasn't natural, I know that so sorry for that)

Subaru and Emilia finally reached the guard station and were standing in-front of the door when they saw a man with purple hair and yellow eyes who was wearing a knight uniform walking towards them from their right direction.

"Well, if it isn't Emilia-sama, have you been well since the last time we met?" said the knight while bowing.

"Everything is basically the same, you also seem to be well Julius." said Emilia turning towards him while Subaru stood behind her as a knight should.

"The mere fact that you remember me is an honor" said Julius as he walked towards her and kneeled down to kiss her hand. Subaru didn't like him kissing her hand but let it go as it was the behavior of a knight.

"May I ask who is this young man here?" asked Julius standing up.

"I am Emilia-sama's knight, Subaru Natsuki it is an honor to meet you Julius Juukulius a fellow spirit knight" answered Subaru while bowing.

"A spirit knight you say?, will you be willing to show them to me" asked Julius curiously.

"Of course" said Subaru as he held out his hand and signaled his spirits to appear when they appeared Julius had a surprised face when he saw six full spirits appear on his hand.

"It is quite impressive that you contracted 6 full spirits of different affinities" said Julius with a impressed face.

Julius's spirits suddenly materialized and moved towards Subaru and started circling around him and talking with him and his spirits while Julius had a shocked expression on his face.

"Your spirit affinity is very high it appears, you were even able to attract my spirits" said Julius after a solid minute while Emilia was smiling at the sight of the spirits.

"Heh, I got carried away" said Subaru while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly as he broke out of a conversation with the spirits.

"Now let me show you the conference mirrors, Emilia-sama" said Julius as he telepathically signaled his spirits to come back but they protested a little but dematerialized when Subaru told them to.

"I will stay here while you complete you business, Emilia-sama" said Subaru as he turned towards Emilia.

"If you say so, but if you want to come you are free to do so" said Emilia walking in the guard station with Julius.

Subaru turned around to see a lady being dragged into a alley in-front of the guard station.

'Pretty bold to do that in front of the guard station' thought Subaru as he walked towards the alley.

"Want us to mess that pretty face of yours" said the small thug who was standing beside his 2 friends and in front of them was a lady wearing a red and black dress.

"You three again, didn't you learn your lesson" said Subaru as he saw the thugs and when he saw the lady he added "I don't even need to interfere, she is strong enough to beat the shit out of you three".

"I-It's that spirit arts user run" said the tiny one in fear as he ran away with his friends as they were almost out of the alley old man rom walked in for the opposite end and they bumped into him and continued running.

"Hey you know where Felt is?" asked Old man Rom when he saw Subaru.

"You don't know? Reinhardt took her with him" replied Subaru with a surprised face.

"It had to be an Astrea huh?" muttered Rom but Subaru was able to hear it but didn't think much about it.

"What happened to the loot house?" asked Subaru remembering the condition of the loot house after the fight ended.

"I don't have money to repair it so I am doing it on my own. I better go now" replied Rom as he started walking away.

"I didn't need your help commoner, I could have handled it alone after all the world is made for me" said the Priscilla while covering her mouth with her fan.

"Yes, yes I know you could have handled it alone Priscilla-sama" replied Subaru as he remembered the candidate for the throne who had Volanican royal blood and the one who owned the holy Yang sword. (Not sure if I wrote Volanican spelling right.)

"Hmph, at least you have some manners for a commoner." replied Priscilla haughtily. Just as Subaru was about to leave Emilia and a man with armor and a missing arm entered the alley.

"Oh Emili-" started Subaru but stopped when he saw the armored man.

"Who is this Emilia-sama" asked Subaru staring at the man's strange out-fit.

"When I was looking for you he seemed to be looking for a lost child as well so I asked for his help" replied Emilia with a smile.

"I see, who are you looking for, Sir" asked Subaru to the man.

"How attentive of you Al to wait for me where I would be, I commend your dedication Al" interrupted Priscilla with a slight smile.

"You were the lost child?" asked Subaru and Priscilla continued smiling so he took that as a yes while Emilia hid behind his back.

"We both found who we were looking for, Lets go" said Subaru sensing Emilia's uneasiness and turning to leave the alley.

"Wait what is in that bag" asked Priscilla stopping them.

"They are appas, haven't you ever seen one?" asked Subaru.

"Don't make me laugh, appas have white flesh" replied Priscilla narrowing her eyes.

"Their insides are white, you have never seen a unpeeled appa?" asked Subaru as he turned towards her but she didn't give him a reply so he tossed one appa from the bag to her and left the alley with Emilia.

"Subaru the girl from before where did you meet her?" asked Emilia walking towards the inn, looking down.

"Don't worry Emilia-tan, some thugs were trying to rob her so I went there to help her, though I didn't know she was who she was, the rule states that royal candidates shouldn't meet till it's started but as she didn't know you were a candidate so you are in the clear" said Subaru Subaru while rubbing a appa and taking a bite.

"I am not even surprised anymore that you know all the rules of the selection." said Emilia smiling at him.

After returning to the inn Subaru found his room completely clean, he wished Emilia a good night as she was nervous about tomorrow, talked with his spirits for the night and slept soundly for tomorrow.


2500+ words sorry for this big delay but it is finally here. LEAVE A REVIEW ON HOW I CAN IMPROVE.