"Huh?"
'I…..I...I just died...right? What the hell is going on? Was that a dream? An illusion? No it cant be...it was too real to be a dream'
"Subaru? Are you alright?" asked Emilia with concern.
"yeah...i am...fine" said Subaru, trying his best to mask up him fear.
"hmm? Really? Fine...let's go now. We have to search for the thief." said Puck.
"I think I know where that thief is." said Subaru, who was still hiding his fear.
'I don't know what happened, but for now all I can do is act dumb and make good excuses if they think I am suspicious' thought Subaru
"Ho? But didnt you say that you don't know where the thief was a few minutes ago" asked Puck who now clearly suspicious of him.
'Busted!'
"ohh I did? Err….sorry. I never met her before so I didn't recognize her but her appearance matches with the thief Felt. She is pretty famous around here. If you ask any vendor here about her with a little compensation, they will tell you about her." said Subaru while sweating profusely.
'I need to make use of the knowledge from my previous try and make them believe me or else...i am dead' thought Subaru
Puck used his mind reading/emotion sensing thingie to check whether Subaru was lying or not and said "You aren't lying, but if you lie and hurt Lia, then I will not hesitate to kill you." with a lot of venom. He wasn't even trying to hide it.
'Eeeeeeekk!'
"Puck! Don't say that and please, don't scare him. He is trying to help us. He just gave us some precious information too. I think he is trustworthy" said Emilia.
'Emiliaaaaa, thank you' Subaru didn't say it out aloud, but it was visible on his face.
"OK, now follow me, I will take you to the thief and get back your insignia!"
Subaru and Emilia were on the way to the loot house when Subaru noticed something.
'I fainted a few minutes ago, right. What was the reason again? My gate is too small? That's what Puck told me anyway. And what is a gate?'
"Hey Puck?" called Subaru
Puck came out of his crystal and materialized. "Yeah?"
"Is there a way to increase my mana capacity?"
"Nah, it increase along with you age, there is no way you can increase you mana capacity by using any external methods" said Puck
'Arghhh' "hmm ok thanks" said Subaru with a little disappointment
"Do you want to become a mage Subaru?" asked Emilia.
"Huh? A mage? Uhh..yeah i do"
'I don't have any future plans, but let's go with the flow'
"Don't worry Subaru, work hard you can become a good magician" said Emilia with a motherly tone in her voice.
'Man, her voice is so sweet' thought Subaru
"Unfortunately that's not possible," said Puck.
"WHY?" asked Subaru, practically he was yelling.
"I diagnosed you while you were sleeping and found that your gate is very small. It was a gate which newborn babies have. So you will just faint after a simple spell which utilizes most of your mana. Your magic affinity is Yin, which is kinda rare but it is not useful. Yin magic spells are mostly support spells like blinding your opponent or reducing gravity etc. There is a strong spell called minya but with your gate, casting it is impossible" Puck finished
"..."
Subaru was sad, way beyond sad. If he could he would have started crying right away but since Emilia was beside him he needed to be strong.
"But there is also a good thing about you." said Puck
"Huh?" said Subaru blankly
"You have a high spirit affinity. It's the highest I have ever seen. With that you will be able to cast spell with help of your contracted spirit"
"First! Tell me what a gate is, and what are spirits? You are a spirit right? And what-"
"At first, I thought you were smart, looks like I was wrong." said Puck.
"Heyyy!"
...
Puck explained everything to him from Gate to different affinities to spirits.
"Hmmm…."
'Ghost san mentioned that my power is copy, but are abilities the only thing I can copy? Maybe I can copy others mana capacity or in short gate. Then i can use the frozen icicle thingy multiple times too'
"Thanks for the Lesson Puck-sensei"
"Hehe" Puck huffed.
'...your affinity is yin...yet you used fire magic...interesting.' thought Puck
Subaru and Emilia reached the loot house earlier than last time. Subaru was sweating bullets, scared. He wanted to run away and hide but he couldn't. He needed to be brave for Emilia.
"Do you have any money on you?" asked Subaru
"Huh? No I don't have any money on me right now" said Emilia with a confused look on her face.
"Hmmm ok. We mostly will have to buy the insignia back, for that we need money which we don't have. So….." said Subaru but was interrupted by Emilia.
"What? But the insignia is mine. Why should I pay for it when it's mine?" asked Emilia, frustrated.
"Well this is a loot house. The person running this place buys stuff without asking the seller how they got it. The thief stole your insignia so she will mostly sell it for money. Because she is poor, you know. That's why she is in the slums. They need money to survive. So we have no choice but to buy it back" explained Subaru.
"But don't worry I can trade my Cell phone for the insignia, its old and have no use here so I dont need this anymore" Subaru continued
"..."
"Emilia?"
"Subaru…"
"Yeah?"
"You can leave now if you want to. There is no need to give away something so precious in exchange for my insignia. I don't want you get caught in my mess"
"But i really want to help-"
"NO Subaru….I am a silver haired half elf!"
"oh"
Emilia waited for his reaction. He will either be scared and run away or just curse her and leave her alone. But….
"Ohhhhhhh, so that's why you are so beautiful!"
"Ehh?"
"I always thought that elves and half elves were the most beautiful people on the planet!"
"Subaru! I resemble the witch of envy! The very definition of evil"
"I don't care," said Subaru. "I don't know who this witch of envy is, but that person is not you right? You are…you. Not some stupid witch. You are the kindest person I have ever met Emilia, you helped some random stranger on the street even though you had something very important to do. This shows how kind hearted you are."
Emilia was once again shaken by Subaru's answer. This is the first time someone has ever seen her as….a person rather than comparing her with the witch. Emilia started crying.
"Eh ehhh? Did I say something wrong Emilia? I am so sorry i am so sor-"
"Subaru, you dunderhead"
"Dunderhead? Who even uses that word anymore?"
"Baka! Now let's go inside" with a blush on her cheek.
"Haiii, lets go" said Subaru, completely confused.
Emilia knocked the door and someone inside answered them without opening the door.
"Password?"
"WE HAVE MONEY!" yelled Subaru.
Chapter 3 - Second Try
Re_Copy
Things are escalating quickly, i guess
Ahhh finally done, I broke this chapter into two because….i didn't write the second part yet [hehehe].
I will be making Subaru a bit OOC, just a bit. Emilia will be...less innocent, just adding some spice in their personality.
And again, sorry, I know my writing is terrible.
