Let's make this short and sweet
My English sucks
I am a noob writer, so my fic sucks
Please, don't expect too much from me, okay?
This fanfiction is purely for self-satisfaction.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH" shouted Subaru at the top of his lungs. He stood up and fell onto the floor as his legs failed him. He started shivering, crying as if it was his last day of life.
"Woah, Woah, child, calm down. You are safe here. No one is going to hurt you okay?" said a familiar voice yet again.
"P-Puck? PUCK? What the hell happened? The mansion just….blew up-"
"Blew up? You probably had a bad dream Subaru. That explains why you screamed at the top of your lungs right after you woke up"
"O..oh"
"Rest, Subaru. You can barely walk right now in your current state."
"Um…ok, thanks…Puck"
"No problem! And thanks for saving my daughter. I am indebted to you."
After that Puck left his temporary room and left Subaru alone to think.
'OKAY! That was not a dream….I heard ghost san so it was not a dream. Why is Puck acting as if that stuff never happened? Something like this happened before too, when I was with Emilia and Puck at the alleyway.' After thinking for a few minutes Subaru concluded.
'I can return to a certain point of time after I die! But damn….why do I need to die to go back in time. That's a heavy cost. Respawning sure hurts. Keeping that aside, let's think about my recent encounter with Ghost san. He said something before I died'
*Flashback starts*
"Face…..the…..consequence" It was the ghost's voice
The ice started spreading on his chest.
"No….more…than…..two"
His hands froze and broke off.
"Or…else…you….either…die"
His entire body froze.
"Or…..face….the….painful…..future," said the ghost
*Flashback ends*
Subaru remembers everything that happened during that…..loop. The ghost's words were printed down in his head to be never forgotten again.
'Face the consequences? Of what? No more than two? What do you mean by that-'
Suddenly Subaru remembers his first encounter with Ghost san
'Is it related to the power he gave me? No more than two….no more than two abilities? No fricking way…So basically…it's like I can't copy more than two abilities? What if he was referring to something else…..Nah, there was nothing else we talked about so it is the copy ability.'
'Or else I die a painful death or a painful future? How is copying more than two abilities related to me dying?' Subaru's logical thinking which he acquired from playing games and understanding game mechanics was shifting gears continuously.
'Hmmm….so he will kill me after I copy more than two…well that sucks I guess…those weird visions I had didn't make any sense to me either…I barely remember anything about them'
'How many did I copy that day?'
7
The number suddenly popped up inside Subaru's head 'That's convenient
'And what are those abilities?'
Popsicles
'Hmm…a cringy name but a useful ability.'
Hyper Regeneration
'Thank god I have this ability, only if I had pain tolerance….'
Divine Protection of the Sword God - allows you to use any weapon with perfection.
'Hell yeah, my main offensive ability. Now I can crit as many times as I want
Divine Protection of Arrow Evasion - Deflects Projectiles
Divine Protection of Swiftness - Makes you fast, ofc
'Meh, I dunno why I am not surprised about these abilities….it feels as if I had these my entire life'
Mana Sword - Combines mana from the atmosphere with the weapon you have
'OKAY! Now that's something really good. That's the move used by Reinhard to kill Elsa. But I think this should be my second last resort. It's too powerful.'
*Sigh*
"I am in a new world where a ghost can kill me anytime it wants, have an insane ability with a limit, I can also time travel…this world is getting crazier and crazier each time I think about it"
"...!"
"I have 7 abilities, right? What is the 7th one?"
?
'No info huh…that's sad'
Subaru got up and started walking slowly and trying to maintain his balance. His legs were wobbly, visibly shaking. He got out of the room and started walking in the hallway. He walked and walked and walked but ended up seeing the same painting multiple times.
"Looping hallway huh, so I need to find the right door to get out of this…. "
Subaru opened the door right beside him and….there sat a little girl who looked around 10 years old reading a black book.
"What profoundly aggravating man you are, I suppose"
"Wahhhh, NPC found! You are gonna ruin that cute face of yours with that cold attitude, cmon, smile! Smile!"
"The only smile worth giving you is a derisive sneer"
"Are you mad because I guessed the right door on the first try? I am pretty good with such kinds of situations."
The little girl gave him an annoyed look as he continued speaking "so, what is this place anyway?"
"Betty's multipurpose room, I suppose"
"Talk about a typical response. Are you one of the manual girls everyone is into now?"
This made the living tiny time bomb explode. The girl closed the book and jumped down her stool and walked toward our hero.
"Betty has had enough I suppose"
She was now standing in front of Subaru. The door being Subaru closed which startled him.
"Betty is going to teach you a lesson I suppose."
"Wo-Woah, calm down. W-what are you going to do to me?"
"Don't move! Anything you would like to say?"
"D..don't hurt me?"
The girl looked at Subaru without any expression and raised her hand at his belly and waited for a few seconds. Subaru looked confused but he started screaming "AHHHHHHHH" as his mana was drained completely from his body.
Subaru fell to the floor, crying and breathing heavily.
"What the hell did you do to me? You drill loli" asked Subaru in a low panicking voice.
"I just drained your mana, I suppose. Now I can confirm that you are not an enemy"
"You are not a human! Are you?"
"Took you long enough, I suppose"
Before Subaru could ask another question he passed out.
Subaru opened his eyes and looked straight up "I know this ceiling"
"Oh, he woke up at last, sister"
"Indeed, he woke up, Rem"
Subaru tilted his head towards the source of the voice and was surprised at what he saw.
"Maid outfits? Wow," Subaru was mentally exhausted so he didn't comment much about what he thought about maids. He didn't want to talk.
"I just want to rest more," said Subaru and slowly closed his eyes.
"Did you hear that sister? He has been sleeping for 3 days and 4 nights and he still wants more sleep"
"Yes, truly the words of a loser. I heard him, Rem"
As the voices criticized him Subaru shot up and looked at the maids.
"Alright! Why are you guys criticizing me in stereo"
Before the maids could respond, the door to Subaru's temp room opened. A silver-haired half-elf entered the room. "Subaru!"
Emilia jumped and directly landed on Subaru, giving him a tight hug, with Subaru's head being crushed by Emilia's hands.
"Uuwa..uuu..too ti-tight"
"Ah sorry!" said Emilia as she jumped back, embarrassed. She had a light blush on her face.
"I was so worried Subaru, you passed out right after the fight! I checked you for any wounds but you didn't have any external or internal wounds. Even the knife stab on your heart was completely healed-" Emilia spoke so fast that she could become a rap god. Subaru didn't understand a thing as she spoke too fast so he just asked her to calm down.
"Thanks, Emilia…..and you two too, maids, for taking care of me while I was sleeping. I have been stuck here for too long, it's time to go out and do some exercise!" Subaru stood up and started walking towards the door but was stopped by none other than Emilia.
"Subaru! You need to res-"
"I have rested enough, Emilia-tan. The hug you gave me energized me a lot" said Subaru. The truth was that Subaru wanted to test out his abilities. He was excited, a little too excited that he completely ignored the maids behind him.
"OKAY! Emilia-tan, lead the way"
"Huh? Tan? What does Tan mean?" Emilia tilted her head cutely.
"Uhh ... .tan? You can ignore that for now" said Subaru
"I hope it's not something which makes fun of me"
"It's not! Don't worry"
Emilia and Subaru were now in the mansion's yard. It was big, really big.
Subaru took a deep breath and started doing warm-ups on the grass while Emilia watched him with a confused look.
"Those are unusual movements. What are you doing?"
"My homeland's ancient practice of warm-up exercises." "Come on, Emilia-tan, join me!"
"Radio calisthenics, number two! Bounce on both feet to loosen your body!" Subaru began jumping.
"Huh? You're kidding! What is that?"
"Just do what I do."
Emilia began copying Subaru's weird movements and she was embarrassed.
"I'll drill the essence of radio calisthenics into you!"
Beatrice watched both Subaru and Emilia doing weird movements from her window.
"Now, raise both arms and shout, Victory!"
"V..Victory!"
The puck suddenly flew out of nowhere and shouted. "Victory!"
Subaru looked at Puck and asked cheerily "Yo! Puck! Good morning"
"Good Morning Subaru, you look energetic for someone who just woke up"
"Well, I have been sleeping for a few days right now, so I have unused energy."
Before Puck could speak again, they heard footsteps behind them.
"Huh? Ram? Rem? What brings you two here?" asked Emilia
"Emilia-sama, our lord, Roswaal-sama has returned," said the maids in unison.
"Please come inside."
'Aw man, I wanted to test out my abilities...' thought Subaru
The scene shifts to the dining table. The lord is at one end of the table, Emilia at the side, and Subaru opposite her. Roswaal filled him with the current condition of the Capital and told him about Emilia's rank.
'Royal Candidate? Possibly the next King? Seriously?' thought Subaru
"You lost the insignia which qualified you as a royal candidate?" asked Subaru
"I DIDN'T LOSE IT. it was stolen you know"
"Any~ways, since you helped Emilia-sama ret~rieve her insignia as well as saved her life…"
Subaru looked at the clown with a confused look. Subaru's first impression of Roswaal was..bad. His guts told him to be wary of him and not trust him easily.
'What is this guy planning?'
"... I will grant you any wish, as long as it is in my power to grant"
"Anything?"
"Yes, anything"
Subaru started thinking intensely 'I don't want to live here for free, that's going to make me feel bad. Maybe I should work here? A butler? Nah, I won't be able to use my abilities if I became a butler, maybe a guard or something. How about Emilia's bodyguard? Her knight! Yes! That's it.'
"...make me Emilia's knight"
Silence…..no one talked or made a noise after Subaru's request but the silence was broken by Ram, the pink-haired maid after a few seconds which felt like an eternity.
"Achoo"
Chapter 6 - Explanatory Mansion
Re_Copy
Mansion of hell
I know it's been a long time. I have exams, so I wrote this chapter in a hurry. This is a poor, unedited, with grammatical and spelling errors type of fan fiction. Sorry if this story doesn't meet your expectations. Their wont be any chapters until my exams are over...sorry (I am not dropping this fic)
I wish I was better T-T
