Alright going to try to get back into writing. Try some new things. Hate Roswaal speech pattern.

"You're going to the capital, right? Me! I want to go too!"

After guests left, those in the parlor room all let out a collective sigh, the room slowly settling into a relaxed mood―――― with a single statement it was brilliantly smashed to pieces by Subaru.

Bursting through the door without notice, carrying a tray with tea on it over to the table. As they stared at him, mouths open, he handed Morgan, Emilia and Roswaal each a cup.

"Everyone remembers to bring some food, and don't stay up late even if you're excited to leave."

Assuming his fellow travelers were that excited, that is. Receiving a cup, Emilia and Roswaal met each other's gaze.

"See?"

"… It appears so."

Roswaal raising one eyebrow in a self-satisfied manner, his remark piled onto the already worn-out looking Emilia's expression. Morgan's expression was back to unreadable expression. Subaru not liking the three's looks said.

"What are you two talking about?" Subaru twisted each syllable expressing his displeasure.

"Stop seeing eye to eye with each other, Jealousy! Please mix me in

"We're not going there for fun. We were called out on very important business… really, very important"

"I already know that. King-selection, right? I already know that it's a big event that'll shake the country. Howeeever, even so please. Please take me."

Subaru wrung his hands, on the carpet begging on his knees ignoring a sense of displeasure that was floating off of Morgan. Emilia had no idea how to respond to this kind of plea, her eyes scanned the room looking for help.

"What's wrong? A-a, please take no miiind of meee, it is fine if you chooose as your heart wills."

Declaring his status as a spectator Roswaal looked on with a smiling face,

"This tea's smell… could it be Ram's treasured…. No, even for him that's too…. but, for Barusu that's something he might just…."

It couldn't be helped; this was the state they were in after realizing just what type of tea had just been carried in by a certain someone. Especially so for the last person,

"It's fine isn't it, he's so reared up to go that he made it and brought it up here. One of Subaru-Kun's acquaintances is in the capital too it seems, in the first place we only carried him here because of his injuries. We should bring him along to give him some peace of mind."

"Wait, in the first place Subaru if you come with us what are you even going to do? It's true that this has to do with the King-selection, this isn't really something that you have any connection with…"

"If going to cry from loneliness over here if you say something like it doesn't involve me. Emilia-tan becoming a king…. queen. I'm fine if it's only a minor role, this is a critical moment that I want to be involved in. That's why I'll do anything in my capabilities to help."

"It's precisely because of that that I'm telling you, you can't come."

Scrunching her eyebrows together Emilia responded to Subaru, whose eyes were now filled to the brim with motivation. She was happy that he felt this way,

"If I bring you along, I already know you're going to do something unreasonable. I don't want that, understand?"

"Emilia-tan's the one that doesn't understand. I hate doing unreasonable, impossible, and reckless things more than anything else, that's why I'll never do anything more than what I can handle."

Sitting on his knees, Subaru crossed his arms and puffed out his chest, suddenly taking on a much bolder attitude. "But,"

"If it's something within reach, that's a different story. Especially so when it comes to things related to Emilia. So, please understand."

"That's… I don't know."

Emilia didn't know why he was being so stubborn. Emilia wander why he was doing something so unreasonable like this isn't funny. He always joking around he couldn't actually be serious about this could he?

Her thoughts sank into a sea of confusion as he looked at her with puppy-dog eyes. The parlor room falling into silence,

"Ooooookay, let's stop heeeeeere"

Clapping his hands together Roswaal shattered the mood in the room. Looking at the two's back-and-forth with some emotion,

"Siiiince you can't seem to an agreement, how about you leave settling this matter to meeeeee. Subaru-kun you're coming with us to the capital. This is an order as your employer."

"Roswaal?!"

"Yesss! You sure know how to talk, Ros-chi!"

Roswaal ignored the reluctant Emilia's objections. While Emilia wore her surprise on her face, Subaru energetically responded with a thumbs up.

However, Roswaal seeing their reactions he continued, "Tsk Tsk Tsk" he waved his finger,

"Howww evverr he will not interfereee in the eleeeections, he will meeerely obbbserve." Roswall said.

Subaru's face plainly formed into a scowl at Roswaal's words. Silently, Emilia was also in agreement that he was a tough person to deal with. How that person could see through her and had a personality like he was speaking in riddles was something she couldn't handle well at all.

"Come on, Emilia please" Subaru turned to Emilia. Emilia with some hesitancy agreed to it. She then felt Morgan gazing at her with severe disapproval.

"Haha, so you were in favor of me going to the capital all along. Why didn't you just say so in the first place?"

"Because when you think you've gotten everything you wanted like this, you get so full of yourself. I know you're like a naughty brat."

"Naughty brat… that's not a phrase you hear much nowadays"

Subaru murmured softly, Emilia sticking her tongue out in kind. Subaru was entranced by it, even if it was done as a form of retaliation. With that exchange, any enmity there might have been was now in the past.

"Well then, let's wrap up this conversation shaaaaaall we? Subaru will accompany us to the capital. Tomorrow, we attend to the various preparations needed, depart the morning after. Is thiiis fine?"

"I understand"

"No objections."

As they left the room Morgan remained sitting.

"Emilia, want to talk with you?" Morgan spoke. Emilia froze slightly remembering Morgan's words on queenship and knew she was about to be rebuked for it.

The door to the parlor shut behind Subaru and Roswaal, though Subaru tried to listen in he heard nothing. Eventually he left the door and about 5 minutes Emilia left white look of someone who has been severely reprimanded.

In the parlor room, Morgan sighed to herself.

"It is going to be a true effort on educating that girl especially with that irritating familiar called Puck in the same room." Morgan thought to herself

Planning for Subaru to accompany them to the capital, departure was decided as the day after tomorrow. Even though they had such a hurried schedule, the servants still had to go about performing the daily chores around the manor. Of course, that included Subaru too, who as a servant-apprentice still in rehabilitation was assigned to simple jobs like tidying up the parlor room.

"When it comes down to it, is Ram going to be the one left to take care of the mansion?"

While straightening out his shirt Subaru addressed Ram behind him. Ram gave a nod as if it were annoying. Under the pretext of supervising Subaru's work, she was currently doing nothing.

"Yes. We can't leave the mansion completely vacant. Normally Rem would stay behind, but this time she said she wanted to go, so I allowed it. Melusine was originally going to stay near the mansion. However, Morgan had sent her away to explore the other kingdoms."

""Somehow, you look kind of happy about it."

"Happy… that may be so. She always tries her best to fulfill requests given to her by others, I'm just happy that she has something that she wants for herself."

The one thinking regretfully of Rem's personality wasn't just Subaru, her twin sister Ram who was with her since birth was the same. 'I want to do something about it her personality' was something Subaru had thought many times about. In that way, Ram and Subaru were of the same mind regarding Rem.

"At least she not interested into you and more like following Morgan." Ram said before moving away.

Time skip

In any case, now is the all-important time for departure for four inhabitants of the Roswaal mansion. There was the main-involved party Emilia, her patron Roswaal, and Morgan. There was Subaru who plucked his ticket by throwing a tantrum. And the one in charge of taking care of these four was the final person, Rem.