I want to just say that this is a big chapter something like 8000 words, so go and fav this story for my hard work.

Note - sentences with ' ' are thoughts or telepathic communications.

Now enjoy.


The Sickness Called Dispair

After arriving at the inn the day ended pretty quickly. The next day Emilia was sitting in the carriage with Roswall, ready to leave with Rem sitting in the driver's seat with a pout on her face.

"Have a safe journey, Emilia-tan, Rem!" Subaru waved at them with a smile.

"It paaaaainsssss me that you do not wiiiiiiiiish me safe travels, Subaruuuuuu-kunnn" Roswall playfully said while Subaru tried to ignore him.

"I wanted to stay with you Subaru-kun" Rem said sadly.

"I'm sorry Rem but Ram can't handle the mansion alone and seeing that Crusch-sama graciously offered a personal maid to me." Subaru said trying to convince her to go back to the mansion but Rem was more worried about the part of him getting a personal maid.

"Anyway thank you Subaru, come back soon, me and Rem will be waiting for you" Emilia replied as Rem whipped the reins relucantly and carriage started moving and both the girls waved at him to which he replied by waving back till they were out of sight. A carriage rolled in-front of him that Roswall had arranged for him to get to the Karsten manor. His luggage was already loaded so he quickly climbed the carriage and sat down while telling the driver to head to their destination.

TimeSkip~

The carriage stopped in-front of the Karsten manor's gate and Subaru stepped out of the carriage and a butler took out his luggage and moved towards the room he will be staying in to pace ut there.

This manor was a bit bigger than the Roswall mansion, it had a simplistic design but it looked more attractive to Subaru for some reason.

"Welcome to my lady's humble abode, Subaru-dono." Wilhelm greeted him, who was standing in-front of the gate, waiting for him and beside him was standing-

A girl with maid outfit she had silky smooth white hair reaching till her lower back, sky blue beautiful eyes and skin paler than Emilia's she had face anyone would be jealous of, a slender waist, thick thighs and long (sexy) legs (I am pretty bad at describing people) The only words Subaru could think of to describe her were 'The word "beautiful" is an insult to her' and needlessly to say it wasn't Subaru's fault that he caught himself staring at her dumbly with his mouth open making her hide her blushing face by bowing.

"T-thank you for accepting me as your student, Wilhelm-san." Subaru immediately regained his composure

"It is quite the opposite, I am honoured to be able to train someone as talented as you." Wilhelm replied smiling at the display he showed earlier and complimenting him in return.

"You exaggerate, Wilhelm-san" replied Subaru sheepishly while Wilhelm smiled at his attitude.

"Subaru-dono, this here is Elena, a maid in the Karsten manor, she will be your personal maid while you stay here." said Wilhelm pointing towards her.

'Atleast I have good luck with something'

'You really have a good luck with that Subaru~' Ruby said in a teasing manner while he tried to ignore her comment, as he forgot that she could read his mind.

"I am Natsuki Subaru, Emilia-sama's knight. I will be in your care then" Subaru said extending his hand for a handshake and giving her a smile.

"I-I am Elena, a maid in the Karsten manor, and your personal maid from now, I hope we get along Subaru-sama" Elena said hesitating and shuttering a little at first but she took his hand and smiled when she felt the warmth in his hand.

"Now that introductions are out of the way, you should greet Crusch-sama first. I will lead you to her." Wilhelm said opened the door and walked in the mansion with Subaru and Elena followed him after a while Wilhelm finally stopped at a door which was most likely Crusch's office.

"Crusch-sama, Subaru-dono is here." announced Wilhelm as he knocked on the door.

"Come in!" came the commanding voice of Crusch Karsten from the other side of the door. They walked in to see Crusch sitting on a chair in-front of her desk with a pile of papers resting on it, she was wearing a military outfit with a small cap and Felix standing beside her wearing a... dress.

"Welcome to my humble abode, Sir Subaru" greeted Crusch as she set aside the papers that she was working on.

"Thank you for having me here, Crusch-sama and please just call me Subaru" said Subaru trying to get on friendly terms with her.

"Fine, Subaru then you must call me just Crusch as well" replied Crusch with a smile and Subaru replied with a hesitant nod and a smile.

"Hiya Subaru-kyun! Nice to have you here." interrupted Felix with his usual catly mannerisms with Subaru giving him a nod and a look saying 'Yeah me too' sarcastically.

"You should freshen up and start what you are here for" said Crusch as she turned her face to Elena. "Lead him to his room please, Elena".

"Yes Crusch-sama, at once" replied Elena as she nodded and opened the door gesturing Subaru to follow her.

The halls of the mansion were quite luxurious, it was more impressive considering that this wasn't even the main Karsten estate.

"This is your room Subaru-sama" said Elena interrupting his thoughts as she opened the door. It opened up to reveal a luxurious room with a king sized bed and his belongings already there, it just all shouted NOBLITY!.

"Thanks Elena and just call me Subaru." said Subaru as he walked into the room with Elena behind him.

"I can't do that, Subaru-sama your position is far higher than me." Elena said as she made a disapproving expression.

"There's no need, I am no one special... wait right, as you are my personal maid I order you to just call me Subaru" Subaru said smirking at her making her pout.

"Fine then Subaru-sa- S-ss-subaru" Elena said struggling to call him just Subaru embarrassing her and making her blush which made Subaru chuckle at her which in turn made Elena pout even more, making her so cute that he almost even said that she was cuter than Emilia.

'At this rate she is gonna steal the no. 1 cutest position!'

"You should freshen up S-subaru" Elena suggested, managing to say his name easily this time.

"Yeah, I will go do it, can you please inform Wilhelm that I would like to start the training soon after I freshen up?" Subaru adked as he made his way to the bathroom door and when he opened it, he got what he had expected 'normal personal bathrooms' which were about the size of a whole dining room.

"Of course, I will bring you refreshments." Elena replied with a bow as she exited the room.

Timeskip~

Subaru and Wilhelm were standing in a small garden with wooden swords in their hands while Elena was watching from the side lines.

"Remember Subaru-dono, no magic this is pure sword and physical training" said Wilhelm as he took a defensive stance with Subaru taking a offensive stance

"Yes" said Subaru as he deactivated all of his passive magic like mana reinforcement, sound, sight and smell enhancement, and mind acceleration.

'You can do it Subaru!' 'Go, Subaru!' 'Kick the old man's ass, Subaru!' his spirits were quick to cheer for him.

"Now come at me!" Wilhelm said, hearing that Subaru immediately lunged forward though it was not as fast as always due to not using mana reinforcement, he was quite fast. He sent a strike towards Wilhelm but he parried and counterattacked, Subaru dodged to the left and sent a upper cut towards Wilhelm but before he could hit Wilhelm he felt pain on his head, he moved his eyes up to see Wilhelm's sword being firmly placed there. He fainted.

'Or not...' Noelle said quietly as Aqua started healing him.

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Timeskip~

Subaru slowly opened his eyes to see the face on an angel staring down at his face with evening sunshine adorning her face

"An angel" Subaru slowly muttered as he felt his head resting on something unbelievably soft, the said angel blushed deep red at the comment he made and covered her face with her hands.

(This is Subaru's first Lap pillow.)

"Am I getting a lap pillow" Subaru asked as he felt himself lying in the grass.

"Y-yes, Subaru" Elena said timidly as she gently stroked his hair while trying to maintain her composure.

"What good deeds have I done to deserve this I wonder." Subaru mused with a smile on his face, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of his head on her lap and her soft fingers caressing his hair.

"D-d-do you like it" she asked timidly.

"I don't like it-" he said shortly.

"I-I a-a-am sorry I got ahead of my-" she started panicking and stopped stroking his hair and Subaru enjoyed the view of her panicking but cute face.

"I love it" he continued with a teasing smile.

"Hmph, I have the worst master in the world!" Elena let out a relieved sigh and pouted but continued to stroke his hair.

"You are so cute, I can't help but tease you, Ella" he said as he smiled he looked at her blushing face..

"Ella?" she questioned blushing at his compliment.

"A nickname, do you like it?" he asked unsure if he is getting too close for her comfort.

"Yes, I love it!" Elena said after a short pause with the most beautiful smile he has seen in his entire life, making him blush.

"I lost miserably didn't I?" his smile turned into a disappointed expression as he said that.

"That's not true, as far as I have heard your forte is magic and not swordsmanship" she said while closing his eyes with her fingers "and Wilhelm-sama is a very strong individual, most of the royal knights won't even stand a chance against him" she continued trying to get his spirits up.

"That doesn't change the fact that I still have much more to improve." he said while opening his eyes.

"I'm sure you can become much more stronger, Subaru" Elena said as she smiled while looking at his peaceful smile.

"I hope that's the case, by the way, who healed me?" Subaru asked wondering if it was Felix.

"After you got knocked out, I was about to call Felix-sama but 6 spirits appeared and the blue one started healing you so I put your head on my lap and let the spirit do its work" she said as she wondered something. "Were those your spirits?" she asked curiously.

"Yeah, they were mine" he replied as he signalled his spirits to appear which they did.

"Thanks for healing me Aqua" Subaru said as he took the spirits between his hands.

"No problem, Subaru" Aqua quickly replied but Elena didn't hear a thing.

"Are you talking to the spirits normally, Subaru?" Elena asked with a shocked and surprised expression.

"Yes, Is it not common?" he asked, oblivious of the feat he achieved.

"I don't know much about spirits, but there is no one who can talk to the spirits normally, spirit-arts users have to usually understand spirits by their actions." she replied recovering from her shock and explaining like a maid does.

"Is it true, Noelle?" Subaru asked his expression shifted into a thoughtful one.

"Yes, it is very rare for someone for talk with spirits normally." Noelle replied shortly

"I see, it must be because of my high spirit affinity" he said aloud.

"Yes, that must be the case, now I think you should take a bath, I will serve you dinner after that" Elena suggested with a smile.

Timeskip~

After taking a bath, Subaru headed towards the dinning room for dinner. When he reached there there was only Elena standing near one of the chairs.

"Nobody else is here yet?" Subaru asked with a surprised face.

"Subaru-sa- Subaru, this is one of the many days when Crusch-sama is unable to have dinner here because she is busy with work, so Felix-sama and Wilhelm-sama also have dinner when she does" Elena replied as she pulled a chair for Subaru.

"I see" he muttered as he sat down, while Elena served him, after serving him, she just stood behind him.

"Come on, you have dinner too." Subaru said as he turned his head towards her.

"I can't-" she tried to protest but Subaru wasn't willing to let her.

"Nope, you can't disobey your master's order right?" he asked giving her a cheeky smile.

"But-" she tried to protest again but to no avail.

"No buts!" he said pulling a chair beside him for her to sit. She quietly sat down with a smile and didn't bother to protest when Subaru served her.

'He really is a very kind a person' smiling at the thought she had a merry meal.

Timeskip~

Subaru was in his room and was changing into his night clothes and was about put on his shirt when the door opened to reveal Elena with a tray which contained a jar and a glass, the moment she saw Subaru's torso she was turned from a elegant maid to a blushing a mess, her face was beet red and her reaction was justified because ... Subaru's torso wasn't exactly as it was when he came to this world, he had six-packs and not just his torso but his whole body was very well built.

"I-I-I-I'm S-s-s-sorry, I s-s-should have knocked!" she hastily said as she turned back and slammed the door shut with a loud thud and slumped her shoulders. Subaru quickly put on his shirt and shook of the blush on his face he got, because of the embarrassment. He heard a knock on the door to which he replied by a "come in". Elena entered the room again and her eyes were covered by the bangs on her face. She quickly set the tray in her on a table, at the side of the room

"I'm sorry, Subaru-sama, It is common courtesy to knock on the door, yet I... , please forgive me..." Elena said with with a lowered head.

"You didn't do anything wrong Ella and I am not angry or anything, just a little embarrassed" He replied motioning his hands in a cross to show that he is not angry. But it seemed that Elena was more disappointed in herself as she didn't raise her head

"Now don't get so disappointed, you have been a great help to me" he continued to try to raise her spirits.

"But, I have been acting like anything but a maid!" she quickly shot him down as she shook her head, denying his claim.

"I don't want you to act as a maid." he said with a smile as he walked closer to her and put his hand on her head "I want you to act like a friend!" he continued with a smile and patted her head, making her eyes widen. She realised that she was trying to become something she didn't need to. He just continued to pat her head, not noticing the heavy blush on her face.

(Her height is a little less than Subaru's.)

"Thank you, Subaru" she said said as she raised her head which revealed a happy smile plastered on her face and stepped back making Subaru retract his hand and give her a smile in return.

"If you need anything please inform me, I will be sleeping in the next room." she said as she walked backwards "Goodnight, Subaru"

"Goodnight, Ella" he replied as he sat on the bed.

"Now please excuse me." she said as he stepped out of the room and closed the door quietly.

"One day, that golden heart of his is going to be the reason of his demise" Elena muttered slowly as she walked to her room which was next to Subaru. "but that will only happen if there is no one to watch his back" she continued as she opened the door with a smile as a thought came to her mind.

'Maybe I can be that person?'

Timeskip~

Elena woke up early in the morning as she usually does and changed into her maid uniform, she then took a bath, and went on her way to complete her new duties.

knock knock*

Nobody answered the door, so she took that the owner of the room was still asleep so she opened the door slowly and took a step in to see the spirit knight sleeping soundly on the comfortable bed. She took a look of his face.

'He's so cute when he is sleeping' she thought as she moved closer to the bed.

'I feel bad for waking him up.' she thought and decided she would wait 5 more minutes meanwhile 6 certain spirits were watching her.

'Everyone observe her, we will see how she wakes up Subaru, I don't want you hurt Subaru when you are waking him up anymore' Aqua said as she focused on the beautiful maid.

'Yes, yes but waking him up normally is boring.' Ruby replied in a bored tone.

'Atleast it is quiet' Noelle interjected in her usual tone.

5 minutes passed and Elena was also stuck on how to wake him up as she was too busy adoring his cute face in the last 5 minutes. She finally decided to shake him making him stir a little.

"5 more minutes, mom" Subaru grunted as he pulled the blanket over himself.

"No 5 more minutes, you have wake up now Subaru." Elena declared as she removed the blanket over him and pulled his cheeks. 'They are so soft!' Elena squealed mentally and pulled his cheeks harder without noticing making him scream.

"I-I-m sorry Subaru" Elena quickly apologized as Subaru sat up instantly and cupped his cheeks with his hands.

'I think he got hurt' Jean quietly broke the silence between the spirits that occurred because of Subaru's scream.

'You see, you can't wake him up with making him scream!' Ruby said cheerfully as she didn't have to let go of her usual morning fun and Aqua was dead silent.

"Why! Why! Why can't anybody make me wake up without making me scream!, Ram doesn't have any patience so she breaks my one finger and my spirits always burn or freeze me!" he yelled out turning his head towards Elena.

"I'm sorry Subaru" Elena apologized again, feeling guilty. "I will do any one thing you asked me to do" she offered.

"Okay, then..." Subaru's pained expression quickly turned into a evil smile.

"Let me..." he said and Elena gulped

"Let me pull your cheeks whenever, I want for today" he concluded making Elena sigh in relief.

"Just that, then that's fine." she replied quickly not knowing that this was going to be subjected to unforgettable embarrassment.

"And please wake me up normally, from now" he replied making a 'please ' face.

"Of course, now please take a bath, I will be waiting for you in the dining room." Elena spoke as she started to walk to the door of the room and was about to leave but-

"No-No, not so easily" Subaru stopped her as he stood up.

"What is it?" Elena cutely tilted her head in confusion.

"Of course I am going to use my reward now." he said with a evil smile while walking towards her making her gulp.

10 minutes of Chibi Subaru pulling Chibi Elena's cheeks making her blush and letting out cute noises later.

Subaru quickly took a bath, wore his knight uniform and headed towards the dining room once again. He entered the room to see Crusch and Felix seated there with Wilhelm standing behind Crusch's chair and Elena standing behind a vacant seat, reserved for him.

"Good morning, Crusch, Felix and Wilhelm-san" Subaru greeted as he took his seat.

"Good morning, Subaru-kyun" Felix replied in a cat like fashion.

"Good morning, Subaru-dono" Wilhelm replied in a professional manner.

"Good morning, Subaru we were just waiting for you to start breakfast" Crusch said.

"Thank you, but you should have started without me, your work schedule must be full as always." Subaru replied surprised that they were still waiting, he was pretty sure he woke up late.

"How can I eat before a guest, Subaru Natsuki, now Wilhelm if you may..." Crusch continued making Subaru smile at her nature.

'She's a kind woman, she just doesn't show it on her face.'

and at her command both Wilhelm and Elena started serving, when they had finished they moved back to their orignal positions. Crusch and Felix started eating but Subaru just started at his plate wondering if it would be rude to ask Crusch to let Wilhelm and Elena eat with them and Felix seemed to notice his behaviour.

"Is the fooyd nyot to your liking Subaru-kyun." Felix asked tilting his head

"Uhh, n-no that is not the case" Subaru broke out of his thoughts due to the loud voice of Felix.

"Then is there a problem, Subaru?" Crusch asked as she looked towards him.

'Ok here goes, nothing!'

"I don't mean to be rude, but can you please allow Wilhelm-san and Elena, have breakfast with us." Subaru bravely asked as he straightened his posture.

"Subaru-dono, I don't thin-" Wilhelm said as she turned his head towards Subaru.

"Hmmm, that's a good idea, Subaru" Crusch interrupted with a amused smile.

"Then will you allow it?" Subaru asked with relief, that Crusch didn't take that as offence.

"Fine, I shall allow it" Crusch declared and Wilhelm and Elena both sat down and ate with them.

"Subaru, I'm curious do you eat with the maids in the Margrave's mansion too?" Crusch asked curiously.

"That is correct, but only after I arrived" Subaru replied as he gulped down the food in his mouth so that it won't be considered as ill mannered and so masters and servants enjoy the breakfast together.


Subaru informed Wilhelm that he was going to spend some time creating a new spell, which would help in sword training.

He just had to make his brain learn faster and not give it additional buffs and in about half n hour of trial and error, Subaru perfected the spell, he decided to name it "LEARNING MASTERY" yeah that's it, he was running out of names and so Subaru and Wilhelm were yet again standing in the garden facing each other with wooden swords in hand but this time Crusch and Felix were also watching them for her office.

"Please don't hit me hard enough so that I would be knocked out this time, Wilhelm-san" Subaru said as he took a offensive stance.

"Of course, Subaru-dono now come at me." Wilhelm yelled and Subaru once again lunged at him.


It was evening and Subaru was panting heavily on the ground. Wilhelm was still standing but it clear that he was also exhausted and had sweat running down his forehead.

"You made great improvements in just one day, Subaru-dono." Wilhelm sighed as he accepted the glass of water Elena offered him.

"Thank you, Wilhelm-san I wouldn't have gone this far without you. But I still have a lot more to do" Subaru grunted as he stood up and took the glass of water from Elena.

"You give yourself little credit, Subaru, this is the result of your hard work" Elena interjected as she looked towards him with a smile and Wilhelm didn't question her on addressing Subaru so casually as he already did in one of the many breaks they took during the training. The breaks were... embarrassing for Elena to say the least because Subaru constantly pulled and squished her cheeks in-front of Wilhelm.

Subaru shrugged at Elena's comment and continued "I think, I will take a bath now, please excuse me."

"Elena-dono, please take good care of him... he seems to be over-exerting himself." Wilhelm said as he watched Subaru heading towards the mansion.

"Yes... I will" Elena muttered with a concerned face before heading to the mansion too.


Subaru lied in his bed, ready to sleep but he just couldn't.

'Damn it!... I can't even beat Wilhelm'

'If I can't do that what am I even here for!'

'I'm just leeching off of everyone's goodwill'

'My spirits, Emilia, Rem, Roswall, Elena, Crusch, Wilhelm... I'm just a useless trash bag leeching on them'

'I didn't deserve to be a knight'

'I couldn't even keep up with the expectations of mom and dad... I didn't even think of them when I got summoned here'

'They must be worried sick for me... but they should be happy that they got rid of their useless son'

'I don't deserve them'

'I'm useless' his thoughts ended as Vega knocked him out, they tried to talk to him but Subaru blocked their connection unconsciously, so knocking him out was the only option.


Subaru woke himself the next morning, quickly took a bath, had his breakfast and trained the whole day with Wilhelm, but he still couldn't beat him. The whole time Wilhelm felt a little off about Subaru's eyes, his eyes were determined but they had a... different glint to it, as if he was desperate about something, desperate to be useful.

Elena noticed the change too, he didn't talk to her as much as he did yesterday. He refused to take breaks while training and he didn't have his usual happy smile on his face. Then she finally decided she would do something.

knock knock* Elena knocked at his door after dinner.

"Come in" came the tired voice of Subaru from the other side.

She quietly opened the door and stepped in.

"Subaru, sit on the floor please" she requested as she saw him sitting on his desk working on something.

"Huh? why? can't I just sit here?" Subaru questioned with confusion in his voice.

"Just do it please" Elena replied no willing to tell him the reason.

"Okay, fine" Subaru relucantaly sat down and Elena sat down next to him. She gently placed a hand on his head and urged him to let her take the lead, so he just let her hand guide his head, it went down and it finally touched a very soft surface, Elena's lap.

"A lap pillow? I don't think I did anything to deserve this" Subaru said as he tried to get up from her lap.

"No, mister you aren't going to do that" Elena declared with a determined voice as she kept his head on her lap by keeping her hand on his eyes.

"Why, why? are you being so kind to me!" Subaru yelled as he couldn't comprehend, why a person as amazing as Elena was being so kind to him.

"You really are stupid sometimes" Elena whispered softly "Just relax, Subaru".

"It has been hard hasn't it?" 6 words left Elena's mouth as she stroked his hair, which finally broke the mental dam that had been blocking his mental stress.

"I tried so hard, I'm trying so hard, then why?" Subaru cried as he pressed his face against her lap, letting his emotions take over.

"Why can't I be USEFUL!" Elena continued stroking his hair and patting his head with a smile.

"You are not useless, Subaru" Elena spoke in a gentle manner.

"That's wrong! I'm just leeching off of your kindness" he denied instantly.

"You are the most amazing person, I've ever met in my life" Elena pressed on.

"I'm the most useless person, you have met in your life." Subaru shot back but his denial was weaker.

"You talk to me equally even though I'm just a maid." Elena continued with a smile, speaking her mind.

"Because I don't deserve my position" he replied as tears streamed down his face.

"You have a heart of gold, which nobody else in the world can have" she continued

"I- "he tried but couldn't come up with an excuse

"See, you are just trying to convince yourself that you are useless, Subaru Natsuki." Elena whispered, using his full name.

"But-" he tried to deny her like a child denies his mistake.

"No buts, remember how you said that, I was trying to become something I didn't need to and was just trapped in my mind." she shot him down and continued with the words which would resolve his useless complex (I don't know if I should call it that but you get the point anyway.)

"You too are trapped in your mind. Try asking the people around you what they feel about you. I already told you how I felt about you but I will repeat it anyway" she slowly whispered as Subaru calmed down and his tears stopped.

"You are the most, useful and amazing person I have known in my whole life." Subaru looked up to her face to see a beautiful smile, seeing her smile and hearing her words, Subaru felt genuinely happy and gave a slight smile unconsciously.

"And I am sure lady Emilia and all the residents of the Margrave's mansion also think the same way" she stopped to look at his face, she saw a slight smile on his face.

"Thank you, Ella, can I stay like this a little bit longer?" he asked timidly as he looked away, a blush present on his face.

"You can stay, as long as you want" Elena whispered in his ear lovingly. He happily closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

'He's so cute!' Elena squealed in delight as she saw Subaru's sleeping face.

'Yeah he's so cute' a cute voice squealed with her, in her mind.

'huh what? did I hear something?' Elena questioned herself mentally.

'Yep, it's me, Subaru's contracted spirit.' Vega's voice answered in her head.

'But how can you talk with me, I don't have a spirit affinity.' Elena asked in her mind.

'I'm using a telepathy spell to speak with you'

'Huh, what is it Aqua?'

'Okay okay, I will get to the point? So we just want to thank you for helping our contractor, Ella.' Vega said as she finished talking with Aqua.

'No need to thank me, I was just doing my job as a maid.' Elena shortly replied, thinking that Aqua was one of his other spirits.

'Is watching your master sleep also a duty of a maid~' Vega said in a teasing manner, making Ella blush.

'N-n-no it is not' Elena replied ashamed of herself

'Don't feel bad about it, we will allow you to watch his face a little longer, and the others want to say something to you, so I will make it quick as I can't keep up this spell for very long' Vega said reassuring her.

'Jean says that she will be rooting for you.'

'Aqua says that you will have to work harder to get closer to him but, this conversation was a big impact on him it definitely left a big mark, he's even dreaming about you right now.'

'Lumi says that you should be careful there are a few other women who have their eyes on Subaru'

Hearing the others' comments Elena was completely beet red and was hiding her face with her hands, with steam coming from her ears.

'Subaru's right you look cute when you are embarrassed, Bye I can't keep up the spell any longer!' Vega left her last remarks before cutting the connection.

'Cute...' Elena was again left with watching Subaru sleep, after a while she picked him up and placed him on the bed, though he was heavy she managed to complete the task with some difficulty. She headed to her room, quickly changed into her night gown and headed to sleep, having nothing but Subaru in her thoughts.

'How did I even pull it off?!' Thought Elena as all the things she did came to her full force, making her blush.


knock knock*

No answer.

Elena opened the door to see Subaru smiling in his sleep.

'KAWAI~' she squealed in delight at the sight, after a while of adoring his face

'But sadly, I will have to wake him up now...' she thought as she made her way to his bed.

'I have to wake him up in the best way possible.' she wondered. 'What will be the best way?'

'Maybe a kiss~' a teasing voice answered her in her head.

'Ehhh is that you, Vega' she tried asking but didn't get any reply.

'Maybe a k-k-kiss won't be so bad' Elena thought blushing beet red at the thought. She bent down slowly and Subaru stirred in his stopped for a moment but advanced, she eventually made her way to his cheek and her lips were mere millimetres away from his cheek, meanwhile 6 certain spirits were watching with undivided attention. She timidly moved her face forward and the moment Elena's lips touched Subaru's face his eyes opened drowsily and stared into Elena's eyes. The moment both of them realised what was going on, Elena stepped back with a blushing face and Subaru sat up blushing as well.

"I-I'm s-s-sorry, Subaru" she shuttered out while covering her face with her hands.

"No need to apologize, Ella, can you just tell me why did you do, it?" he asked after a short pause with a shocked face.

"I thought It'd wake you up" she half lied.

"I see, that really is a better way to wake me up" he muttered the last part with a blush.

"T-then do you mind it if I do it the next time too" she asked, as she saw that Subaru didn't particularly hate that idea.

"I don't particularly hate it!" he replied hastily looking away to hide his blush, to which she smiled.

"Ella, thank you for yesterday" he thanked sincerely but blushed again when he remembered that he cried pathetically in the lap of a beautiful woman.

"No need to thank me, Subaru" she replied giving him a smile. "I just did what you did for me!".

"Now please excuse me." she excused herself, and went on her way to help here and there in the mansion, till Subaru arrives in the dining hall.


Thus, 4 days went by in the Karsten manor and Subaru progressed significantly with both sword training and his relationship with Elena. Wilhelm started to have a hard time, sparing against Subaru since day 3. Subaru started to see himself in a positive light more making Elena proud of herself for being the reason behind it, also Elena actually woke him up the next day with a kiss~.

Subaru was currently sparing with Wilhelm as usual with Elena watching him with awe.

'Danger... Mansion...Danger' 3 voices suddenly started saying these 2 words at the same time.

"Wilhelm-san, wait a moment please." Subaru requested as he jumped back from Wilhelm's strike.

"What's the matter, Subaru-dono?" Wilhelm questioned as he stopped.

"I'm conversing with my spirits" he shortly replied.

While Subaru was in the mansion, he contracted 3 lesser/minor spirits to keep watch on the mansion for any danger, while he was gone. He had to go through a lot of trouble to convince his 6 daughters/spirits/sisters to let him make a contract with them.

He focused on the link between the 3 spirits.

'Sara, Kokomi, Rosaria what's the matter.' he asked but had little hope that he would get a clear answer.

'Subaru... Mansion...Danger' was all the reply he could get.

(Yeah, Genshin Impact, waiting for 2.2 banner, hoping it's Ganyu, I have 81 Interwinned fates ready.)

'This must be serious, they sound distraught'

"Wilhelm, I want to talk with, Crusch, it's urgent." Subaru quickly made his decision.


"So what you are saying is that, your spirits are informing you that the Margrave's mansion is in danger" Crusch asked for confirmation as she crossed her legs on her chair. Crusch, Felix, Wilhelm, Subaru and Elena were currently in Crusch's office and Subaru had just informed her of the danger.

"Yes, that is correct." Subaru nodded in confirmation.

"So what do you plan to do?" Crusch asked curiously.

"I will head for the Mathers domain immediately." he replied firmly.

"I see, you understand that the moment you leave for the Mathers domain, we will be enemies again, right?" Crusch asked as she leaned forward on her desk.

"I know that, but I also know that, we are friends with or without contract, right? after all we shared drinks on the same table." Subaru replied with a smile.

"Very well then, the Karsten house will provide you with a carriage and a driver to reach to the Mathers domain safely" Crusch concluded.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Crusch" Subaru replied happily.

"Crusch-sama, if I may" Elena asked for permission to speak as she raised her hand.

"Go on" Crusch ordered as she turned towards her.

"May I please, see Subaru-sama till the Mathers domain?" Elena politely asked.

"You don't hav-" Subaru tried to interject but Crusch had other plans.

"Of course, if you want to you can be the driver" Crusch gave her a smile.

"Thank you for your generosity, Crusch-sama" Elena bowed with a smile.

"Fine, now please excuse me, Crusch" Subaru said as he smiled and left the room with Elena following but Felix stopped her for a moment.

"Good luck with Subaru-kyun Elena-chan, may he understand your feelings and not be so dense" Felix giggled in a catly manner making Elena blush and excuse herself.

"You shouldn't have said it to her face, Felix" Crusch said as she leaned back in her seat.

"Nyou can't blame me, it's very satisfying to tease them." Felix replied making Crusch sigh.

'Young love is so beautiful' Wilhelm thought, as his wife came in his mind.


"Goodbye Subaru-dono, It was a pleasure to teach you" Wilhelm said as Subaru sat in the carriage.

"It was a pleasure being your student as well Wilhelm-san, Goodbye" Subaru replied as he closed the door and looked out of the window

"Subaru-dono, please make sure to avoid the Liafus Highway, fog has shown up there, it is probably the White Whale." Wilhelm informed, he emanated intense bloodlust when he took the name of the Hakugei.

'He really hates that beast.'

"Yes, I will make sure to do that, Wilhelm-san" Subaru said as he looked towards the small window that showed the driver seat in-front of him. "Elena, let's go".

"Ok" Elena replied as she whipped the reins and the ground dragon started moving.


They traveled for the entire the day and Subaru tried his best to get some more information from the lesser spirits but to no avail, the ground dragon couldn't go any further so they decided to stop in a small town for the night. They booked 2 rooms in an inn and called it a day.


Elena woke up once again and quickly changed into her maid uniform, and went off to... kiss Subaru. (Ok that sounded very weird) Since the day she first woke him up with a kiss, morning was the favorite part of the day because she could adore his face and k-kiss him. She still blushed whenever she thought of that. She opened the door to his room and looked at face making her smile.

'So cute! but I have to wake him up now' she slowly made her way to his bed and pressed her soft lips against his cheek.

Long story short- Subaru woke up, blushing as usual, changed into his knight uniform, had breakfast with Elena and immediately left for the Mathers domain.


As they closed in the Mathers domain, the ground dragon started growing nervous, Subaru decided to sit in the driver's seat beside Elena, in case anything happened.

"The ground dragon is sensing danger, Subaru" Elena informed as she grew uncomfortable with the suspicious silence in the forest.

"Right, but we will have to go in" Subaru replied as he told wandering spirits to look for anything suspicious.


They finally reached Arlarm village and Elena stopped the carriage while Subaru jumped down with Elena following him.

Subaru quickly walked into the village to see corpses scattered around, their insides on the ground, all the bodies were of the villagers.

"W-what h-happened" Subaru muttered in a shaky voice as he closed his eyes and vomited on the ground, Elena covered her eyes with small tears trickling down her cheeks.

"N-noo no no no no no NOOO!" Subaru shouted like a mad man, devastated at the sight, but soon anger took over him and he realised that he had to head to the mansion immediately.

"We- we have to go to the mansion, Elena stay with me" Subaru slowly muttered as he turned around a approached Elena and his spirits appeared on his head, all of them on high alert. Subaru suddenly picked Elena, bridal style, none of the usual playfulness on his face, Elena yelped at the sudden contact but understood what he was doing.

"AL AKRA" he chanted and a golden light surrounded his he took his first step and sprinted to the mansion, they were at the front gate in mere seconds, such was the speed boost of "AL Akra".

Subaru placed Elena down and looked forward to see corpses of men in hoods, but what drove him to tears was, Rem's bloodied morning star stuck in the pavement. Subaru took a step forward. "Elena please stay with me" he held her hand tightly (AL AKRA deactivated)

He looked sideways to see Rem laying on the ground, face facing the ground with a knife stuck in her head, he immediately ran towards her.

"No- no no, you can't die Rem, you definitely can't, Aqua Aqua, quick" Subaru shakily and fearfully shouted as he lifted her up.

"I-i'm sorry Subaru, she's dead" Aqua sadly replied with a shaky voice as well, devastated at the sight of so much death, as a healer she genuinely felt sad

"No-no no, she can't die, yes she can't die, she definitely can't" Subaru rambled on but Elena couldn't let him.

"S-subaru, I know that you are devastated but we have to, find the other residents" she shakily said.

"Y-you are right" he looked back at her and gently placed Rem down, but when Elena looked into his eyes, there was no hope, no light, as if he had given up.

He slowly walked towards the mansion and opened the gate, there were dozens of bodies littered around with the strange robes. WITCH CULTISTS. He opened the door to Roswall's office, when he opened the door, Ram's body was laying down as she held Petra in a protective manner.

"Ram" he muttered sadly as he bent down with little hope that Petra was still alive. He moved her head to face him only to see her eyes being removed, he jumped back shakily and Elena looked away swiftly shedding tears with a sad face. He continued to find the secret passage opened, but when he walked in, the walls and everything else was frozen.

'Puck's work'

He kept walking with Elena behind him, she started shivering so he enveloped her in Ruby's mana.

When another door appeared, the temperature dropped more, forcing him to envelope himself in Ruby's mana as well. He tried touching the door but immediately retracted his hand instinctively.

"You are already too late" big yellow eyes started at him, sending a chill up his spine, and he also felt fear from his spirits

"Puck... I'm sorry" he muttered out making a barrier in-front of Elena as a raging blizzard started.

"You made Lia smile, and your spirit affinity is high making me feel sorry that I am going to kill you but there is nothing more important than Lia." Puck sadly muttered as his whole body, became visible to Subaru and Elena, making the later flinch in fear.

"You can't destroy the world Puck" Subaru replied not fearing him in the slightest.

"But I have to, destroy it as much as possible till "he" comes, it is the condition of my contract after all" Puck said and the blizzard roared, the interior of the passage also started freezing more and more, but Subaru made no attempt to do anything, he had given up.

'I am not going to let him die!' Elena used her wind magic to throw him out of the passage and the last words he heard from her were. (Elena has a wind and yang affinity, Subaru doesn't know yet.)

"Live for me, Subaru!" the smile she gave him at that moment, made him realise something, he was being an idiot but it was already too late, it took way more mana than he had expected to keep up his shield against Puck's freezing cold and the mana in the air was all sucked in by Puck, Subaru's spirits made a barrier around him and tried their best to convince him to run away, but finally their mana reserves were expended and they used their OD to give him some extra time but they died in the end.

'It was an honor being your contracted spirits, Subaru' they silently uttered as they were taken into the Od Launga.

"I am sorry everyone, I am sorry Aqua, Ruby, Lumi, Vega, Noelle, Jean. I love you... Ella." and so Subaru Natsuki DIED.


Finish. So many people would be confused that, Subaru said "I love you Ella" instead of "I love you Emilia.", this is because

1. Emilia didn't save Subaru here.

2. Subaru isn't dumb enough here, to just love her because of her looks or the kindness she showed.

3. Ella helped him in overcoming his mental problems, and you can probably guess the other reasons by reading their interactions.

4. Elena/Ella is NOT Satella, I just wanted to clear this doubt that Ella isn't Satella, because in many fanfics Ella is used as a nickname for Satella.

Tell me if you liked the idea of adding, Ella to the mix or you don't like. If you don't like it please tell me why?

and my last question, do you want this to be turned into a harem shit show? If yes expect me to add most of the female characters in it.

and at the time I am publishing this I am very, very VERY ANGRY, because, I have write my friend dumped his work on me... :(