Ch 17, Tatoes here, i don't like to rush this since i enjoy writing these stories, not much to say this time around except that if chapters are slow please forgive me because sometimes no matter how much i sit here and try to write nothing but crap comes out and im not trying to produce that, with that said enjoy my erotic fanfiction about the characters of Re:zero!

Subaru awoke to the feeling of the sun hitting his face, the balcony door had not been shut so a direct stream of light had directly shined upon him, Subaru took a second to enjoy the fact that waking up in this bed wasn't a sign that he had died a horrible death, but now this time it was of something very good. Last night he had sex with the royal selection canidate Crusch Kursten, he looked over and saw her dark green hair splewed over her pillow, her figure was covered by a blanket but in the night since she must have moved a portion of the blanket fell to her waist revealing one of her breasts, Subaru could feel his face heating up at the sight but chose to be a gentle man and cover her up. Her sleeping face was something of beauty that Subaru has had the pleasure of seeing a few times now even though the previous method of seeing it was a brutal one, all that was behind him because now he could observe her anytime he wants….it was less creepy in his head, reaching his hand down and fixing her blanket Subaru decided that he should probably get going before he got in trouble.

Walking out the door Subaru took a double-take down the hallways making sure no-one was there to catch his walking away from his scandalous act, he has been down these halls many times but most of the time he was running so it was a blur. The walk back to his room was a quiet one, it was still quite early but most of the servants should be up, he worried that people heard them last night, scratch that he knew it was inevitable that someone heard them, his anxiety started to build up, nobody could do anything to him as long as Crusch said so and plus nobody would want to hurt him, if wilhelm found out he might have a lower opinion of Subaru….or maybe he would give his support? The questions were toxic to his mind, but there was one person who would want to harm him and that was Felix. Although Felix could be a problem, that wasn't Subaru's biggest issue currently, he was sent here to establish better relationships with the other camps and so far it's safe to say he established a pretty strong bond here. The next candidate should be someone he could trust and in all honesty he couldn't trust the remaining two, Felt and the sword saint Reinhard were already on good terms but not only that but they are currently away from the kingdom so he couldn't even be with them to kill time. Priscilla Barielle and Anastasia Hoshin, both of them were people Subaru didn't exactly like that much although if he had to choose which one he hates less it would be Anastasia, ever since that time Priscilla made fun of him and Anastasia took advantage of him Subaru just couldn't see them in a positive light, at least with anastasia he had a small alliance with her and she lended some of her troops in the fight against the witch cult. The decision was a tough one, he would have an easier time getting along with the latter but he was not the one to choose the easy path or else he would have given up a long time ago.

Finally inside his room Subaru tried his best to ease himself, his anxiety was strong for no particular reason, it was a simple choice between the two, if he could he would choose none but since this was all for Emilia he couldn't do that. There he sat on his bed trying once again to calm down, the only major problem he has would be the growing size of his lovers, currently he had 3 but it's more like 4 which is quite a bit more than your average relationship, his first two girlfriends dictate whether this would work or not and so far it has seemed fine, not perfect but better than he could have ever imagined. Subaru getting out of his bed made his way out his door and in front of the one right next to his, inside was Ram and she was the only one he could truly talk to about stuff like this. Knocking on the door Subaru could hear the bed creak on the inside which made him feel better knowing she was in there, the door opens and there Ram stood with her light pink nightgown, it reminded him of Rem only that this one was pink, they were twins after all but they still felt completely different.

[Ram] "what could Barusu want so early?"

[Subaru] "What are you talking about? It's not even early, it's at least noon."

[Ram] "Ugh, what does Barusu need, Ram could be getting her beauty sleep."

[Subaru] "Heh, well i can't deny it works."

[Ram] "Stop trying to flirt with Ram."

[Subaru] "Pssh, whatever, listen I think i established a strong enough bond between the Crusch camp and ours so which other candidate should i go to next?"

[Ram] "It seems Barusu is using Crusch-sama"

[Subaru] "No it's not like that…."

[Ram] "Oh, It seems Ram's nose doesn't lie, Ram knew she smelled Crusch-sama heavily on Barusu, hmph, so Barusu could sleep with everyone else except Ram?"

[Subaru] "Ugh, just answer the question and stop making everything about that."

[Ram] "No, it's unfair!"

[Subaru] "I'll…..we could do something later if you could just answer me."

[Ram] "If you insist, Ram can't blame you for wanting to give into your lust for Ram."

[Subaru] "Son of a-"

[Ram] "Either way, Barusu should go over to the Priscilla camp and gain their trust first, Roswaal-sama instructed Ram to tell you that in order to get the item he ordered we would need to have the Anastasia camp on our side."

[Subaru] "Oh yeah i forgot about that, what did he even order in the first place?"

[Ram] "Ram was told not to tell barusu, only Roswaal-sama is allowed to say."

[Subaru] "That only makes me more curious! And a little suspicious actually…"

[Ram] "Hmph, so now Barusu owes Ram a good pounding later."

[Subaru] "How can you say that so calmly?!"

[Ram] "Heh, if that is all would you leave, the thought of Barusu and Crusch-sama doing it makes Ram feel very hot inside."

[Subaru] "Dear god you need help!"

It was settled, coming out of Ram's room Subaru made his way to the bath, cleaning himself off from his escapades Subaru was a bit relieved of how well things were going….at least that's what he thought but since was in a happy moment he completely forgot about his last loops where he was killed by Elsa, even though he wanted to forget her and his encounters with her, a part of Subaru begged to find out how she knew about his RBD or atleast how she got an idea of it, now wasn't the time though. Out the shower Subaru decided to wear something new, He had a white button down with the sleeves rolled up past his wrists and a black vest to go over it, he also has simple black dress pants while his shoes were also black dress shoes, the outfit wasn't something you would ever think to see on Subaru but it also looked nice on him. Walking out of the bathroom Subaru was immediately greeted by Ram once again with towel in hand.

[Ram] "It seems all the attention finally went to your head, just because Barusu is popular with the ladies doesn't mean you can go around dressing like someone important."

[Subaru] "What? No, if I'm going to go meet someone of Priscilla's caliber then I should dress the part, plus I think it looks good and I know you do too!"

[Ram] "...Anything other than those weird clothes Barusu always wear would look better….but Ram supposes those don't look too bad on Barusu…"

[Subaru] "Aw so flattering!"

[Ram] "Shut up!"

Running past Subaru and into the bathroom Ram shuts the quickly leaving an amused Subaru behind, when Ram was flustered he found it cute, walking away Subaru could feel his stomach rumbling, he could feel that it was hunger and it just hit him that he had not eaten dinner or breakfast. As if his prayers were answered as he started to walk down to the dining hall a servant came up to him getting his attention.

[Servant] "Subaru-sama, Crusch-sama would like to invite you to her room for breakfast."

[Subaru] "Oh thank you, I'll go right away!"

[Servant] "Before you go i feel the need to inform you that Felix-sama is looking for you and is very upset, Wilhelm-sama is currently trying to console him but you should proceed with caution."

[Subaru] "Oh….thank you for letting me know…"

With a small bow the servant went away leaving Subaru behind to contemplate his next move, this problem with Crusch's knight would need to be resolved soon but he doesn't know the exact way he should do it, a civilized talk should do it but Subaru was pretty sure something like that couldn't happen...Eh, he'll worry about it later because right now he needs to go fill his stomach and go meet his newfound lover. Now in front of the large engraved door that lead into Crusch's bedroom Subaru gave a knock which then was answered by a maid which took Subaru by surprise, walking inside Subaru saw a table set up at the balcony with four chairs and dishes covered by silver domes, inside the room were two maids and two other people, Subaru could feel chills run up his spine when he saw Felix, he could feel his intense aura of hatred, next to Felix was Wilhelm who greeted Subaru like normal, the situation was a weird one as he looked over to Crusch who waved him over with her hand and a smile. As Subaru started to walk over he could feel himself become even more uneasy under the stare of Felix, the closer Subaru got to the table the more he thought something might happen, his guard was completely up just in case something were to happen, Subaru had locked his eyes with Felix giving him an equally fierce look as if to say he is not scared of him, of course that was a lie, Felix was said to be the weakest combat wise of the knights but as Subaru saw yesterday he could easily kick a hole into Subaru if he so pleased. Both Wilhelm and Crusch noticed the scary looks on both of their faces but couldn't decide what to do, nodding their heads at each other Crusch got up and grabbed Subaru's hand which grabbed his attention off of felix and to look at her, she had a bright smile and her long green hair draped over her shoulders, just seeing her smile made Subaru feel a lot more at ease, so much so that he himself forgot about Felix's menacing aura and completely focused on Crusch as she led him to the table. Wilhelm put his hand firmly on Felix's shoulder signaling to him that he should stop but Felix didn't feel it at all, the only thing he felt right now was anger as he stared at Subaru who stole the woman he loved away from him, Wilhelm could feel this and stood in front of the angry cat and looked him in the eyes trying to gain his attention while nearly shaking him, this seemed to work as Felix calmed down a bit and with Wilhelm they both made their way over to the table. Both Crusch and Subaru sat to one side while Wilhelm and Felix sat to the other side.

[Crusch] "Ahem, my apologies Natsuki-kun, please forgive Ferris he can be very overprotective."

[Felix] "Ha, you gave him his own nickname!'

[Wilhelm] "Felix!"

[Subaru] "...It's fine, i understand…."

[Crusch] "Uh….Please everyone enjoy your food and then we can talk…"

[Subaru] "Thank god I'm starving!" The two maids on the sidelines came in and removed the tops of the domes revealing a fancy looking breakfast underneath much to everyone's delight, Subaru dug into the food a bit too aggressively which made Crusch giggle a little as she saw him eat, Wilhelm also seemed amused it at the same time a little ashamed, Felix didn't touch his food and instead stared at the two across from him.

[Crusch] "You shouldn't eat like that Natsuki-kun, it's bad manners hehe." Subaru looked up at Crusch who smiled at him warmly and reached with a napkin to wipe some sauce that was on his face while Wilhelm watched with an amused smile on his face, it would be a very nice scene if it wasn't for the nearly fuming person on the other side of the table.

[Felix] "THAT'S ENOUGH!" Slamming his hands on the table Felix grabbed the attention of everyone in that room.

[Crusch] "Ferris?!"

[Felix] "CRUSCH-SAMA PLEASE FORGIVE ME BUT I CANNOT LET THIS GO ON, SUBARU MUST HAVE BRAINWASHED YOU AND DISGRACED YOU!"

[Crusch] "Eh!? What do you mean?"

[Felix] "I KNOW WHAT YOU TWO DID LAST NIGHT I BELIEVE EVERYONE DOES, HOW COULD LET THIS MAN DO THAT TO YOU!?"

[Crusch] "..."

[Subaru] "Oi, calm down you shouldn't talk to her like that!"

[Felix] "SHUT UP-"

[Wilhelm] "FELIX! Calm yourself at once and apologize to Crusch-sama and Subaru-dono!"

[Felix] "What the hell are you talking about!? You should be upset too! He disgraced our master and-"

[Wilhelm] "Enough! Although it is surprising and sudden I believe Subaru is a wonderful man for Crusch-sama, she is a smart woman who would never do something as irresponsible as this if she didn't love this man, am i correct Crusch-sama?"

[Crusch] "Yes…...yes you are correct…." The shame of knowing that her two closest people know of her disgraceful actions with Suabru made her feel off but right now wasn't the time.

[Felix] "WHA- CRUSCH-SAMA SURELY YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU LOVE THIS MAN!?"

[Crusch] "I believe i already answered that question…"

[Felix] "SUBARU! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL RIGHT NOW!"

[Subaru] "What? Why would i accept that you clearly are stronger than me!"

[Felix] "SEE! HE IS NOTHING BUT A WEAK COWARD WHO CAN'T EVEN DEFEND HIS OWN PEOPLE!"

[Subaru] "Huh?"

[Felix] "PATHETIC, HE COULD NEVER BE A MAN FOR YOU CRUSCH-SAMA!"

[Subaru] "Stop…."

[Felix] "IF YOU CONTINUE TO BE WITH HIM THEN THE WITCH CULT WON'T BE FAR BEHIND BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS WITH THAT CURSED HALF ELF!"

Suddenly Subaru stood up slamming his hands on the table in the process sending utensils flying, his head was down and his body was shaking, his fists were clenched so hard that his knuckles were turning white, his body was so tense and his anger floated in the air so strongly that the once screaming Felix fell silent with intimidation, lifting his head Subaru locked eyes with him with a fierce look, everyone was silent and only the rough breathing of Subaru could be heard. Even the strongest one in that room Wilhelm seemed to be taken back by his aura.

[Subaru] "...if you want to insult me….that's one thing…..but if you insult Emilia…..i accept your duel….right now…."

[Crusch] "Natsuki-kun don't!" Crusch grabbed onto his arm but then let go as if she had just burned her hand, he wasn't hot but the look he shot her once she touched him made her instincts tell her to back away fast. Suabru wasn't exactly strong by these peoples standards but somehow he was able to make everyone for a second fear him. Seeing Crusch's reaction Subaru snapped out of his anger like trance and reached out for crusch to which she was hesitant at first but then grabbed onto his hand.

[Subaru] "...Im sorry Crusch, i just-"

[Crusch] "No it's alright, i should be apologizing for the behavior of my knight, please don't act rashly based on your emotions…"

[Felix] "hmph, he accepted the duel so it will be done!"

[Crusch] "Stop being such a childish felix! He clearly didn't mean to-"

[Subaru] "I still accept it."

[Crusch] "Huh! Natsuki-kun you can't win against him!"

[Subaru] "Heh, that's harsh, whether I win or not doesn't matter, I can't let him talk about Emilia like that and get away with it!"

[Crusch] "Are you serious? You could get seriously-" Subaru raised his hand and held Crusch's face looking deep into her eyes, though she saw his eyes as intimidating right now they looked kind and soft, she felt safe looking at them, leaning down Subaru placed his lips on hers which enraged Felix on the other end of the table.

[Subaru] "You should trust me by now, alright let's go then."

[Wilhelm] "Although i do not recommend you accept this Subaru-dono i respect the reason you wish to accept this duel, please allow me to moderate it."

[Subaru] "Sure, i would appreciate it if you made sure he didn't kill me."

Although Subaru seemed calm, inside he was freaking out quite a bit, he let his emotions take over and now has to fight Felix, Subaru did have some kendo training as well as some training with wilhelm but that would be nothing compared to what Felix has, the group of 4 walked down the halls and encountered Ram on their way to the courtyard.

[Ram] "Barusu what is going on?"

[Subaru] "Well just a few minutes ago Felix challenged me to a duel and i accepted.."

[Ram] 'What? Why would Barusu do that? Ram expected you to know better that you can't win!"

[Subaru] "I won't know until I try right?"

[Ram] "This is out of Barusu's character!"

[Subaru] "Yeah probably but it's too late to back out now."

[Crusch] "No it's not, Natsuki-kun please I beg of you to rethink this!"

[Subaru] "I have, don't worry this is just a mini boss and I'm the underdog!"

[Crusch and Ram] "What!?"

Now out the doors of the mansion and in the courtyard the group of 4 seemed to have gained an audience as a few servants had followed to watch and through out the mansion you could see a few people in the windows watching, Wilhelm had brought two wooden swords that they would use, handing both of them one sword Subaru felt the handle and did a few practice swings, looking over at Felix Subaru noticed that he held it very awkwardly as if he was shy towards it. Subaru took a few steps back to take position holding the sword in front of him with both hands, his form was not perfect but it was good enough for him, Felix only few yards in front of him held the sword also with both hands and took up an odd stance, Subaru took note of all this as he would need any advantage he could have.

[Wilhelm] "The winner will be decided out of submission or knock out, No magic allowed, BEGIN!"

So he couldn't rely on shamaac but maybe that was best since Felix couldn't use any of his magic either, once Wilhelm yelled begin! Felix immediately charged at Subaru ready to swing but even Subaru could tell that he had awful form, whether it be from his lack of combat or because his emotions were too high Subaru didn't care because he could exploit that. Subaru stood strong as he approached closer, Felix's sword was raised up for an over head swing which left his front and body completely open, the only problem was that Subaru wasn't skilled enough to do something about it, finally within sword's reach Felix swung down barely missing Subaru who had jumped to the side, the swing was so strong that when the Sword hit the ground it left a sizable hole in the floor, it was best that Subaru dodged the attack because there was no way he could take that head on, immediately after dodging Subaru rushed at Felix ready to swing overhead making the same mistake that he did when suddenly Felix lifted his leg up and kicked Subaru square in the chest sending him flying a foot back, it hurt but since he was just at the end of his range Felix couldn't put too much force in the kick, getting back on his feet and back in his stance Subaru was barely able to react as Felix had came rushing at him once again swinging wildly, Subaru was just barely able to dodge his attacks but the distance between them was getting shorter meaning he would have less time to dodge. Subaru was starting to notice a pattern in his swings, right as he was starting to get the pattern down suddenly Felix hit Subaru with a left hook knocking one of his teeth out, dazed from his strike subaru was open to anything, Felix charged up a front kick and let it fly as Subaru who luckily had his sword in the way slightly dulling his attack but it nonetheless sent Subaru flying back. The bystanders all let out a collective gasps as Subaru stood back up coughing blood, he could feel at least one of his ribs broke and probably punctured his lung, he could tap out now but then that would give Felix the win, Subaru's pride was kicking in and gave him more resolve to see it through. Felix once again came rushing back at him swinging madly, once again Subaru saw the pattern and thought of a counter, guessing his next move Suabru dodged to the side barely avoiding Felix's overhead, cocking his left hand back Subaru let a full force punch go hitting Felix right in the jaw, Subaru could feel that his ring finger broke from the impact but now wasn't the time because his punch seemed to be really effective as Felix was now stumbling around, putting both his hands back on his wooden sword Subaru swung it like a baseball bat right onto Felix's neck which hit a nerve making him collapse to the ground out of consciousness.

[Subaru] "Holy shit!" Wilhelm, Crusch, and Ram had rushed onto the field and surrounded the collapsed Felix and bloodied Subaru, Wilhelm kneeled down and checked on Felix who seemed to be waking up.

[Wilhelm] "Natsuki Subaru-dono is the winner of the duel, it is a bit embarrassing to see one of our own defeated and my feelings are conflicted because I wished to support both of you.

[Crusch] "I feel the same…...Are you alright Natsuki-kun? You are bleeding alot from your mouth."

[Subaru] "He knocked a tooth out and I'm pretty sure he broke my ribs again, also one of my fingers is broken but…..otherwise than that i'm doing great!"

[Ram] "Unbelievable that someone would lose to Barusu!"

[Subaru] "Oi, that's mean!"

[Ram] "Hmph, Crusch-sama please forgive Barusu for doing this."

[Crusch] "uh, well Felix was asking for this duel and lost so i suppose there is nothing to apologize for….i just never expected Natuski-kun to beat him and my feelings are conflicted is all…."

[Suabru] "You okay? You're breathing pretty heavily and your face is red…"

[Crusch] "Huh? Uh yes I'm perfectly fine, we should get you to the infirmary."

[Subaru] "Yeah probably-" Coughing up a large amount of blood Subaru collapsed to his knees holding his chest, he could feel his consciousness start to fade, the 3 around him reached down for him but before they could do anything he blacked out….

Subaru woke up in a warm bed, he felt as if he just got the best sleep of his life, his body felt so refreshes, the pain he felt in his chest before he passed out was gone….wait where was he, jumping out of the bed Subaru could tell he was his room, it was still day time but what happened to him? He just fought with Felix he knew that but why is he here now, walking out his door Subaru was greeted by Ram who looked up at him with a smile….she was kinda cute like this.

[Ram] "is barusu feeling better now?"

[Subaru] "Uh, yeah i guess, what happened?

[Ram] "one of Barusu's ribs had gone too deep into your lung and so Barusu passed out."

[Subaru] "Oh i see….how much time has passed?"

[Ram] "About 30 minutes….Barusu, seeing you defeat someone was really something…."

[Subaru] "Uh thanks, I feel bad for what happened"

[Ram] "Barusu should have no reason to be, it was a fair duel and Felix-sama lost, Crusch-sama isn't upset if that is what bothers Barusu."

[Subaru] "Well that makes me feel a bit better….my next question is who healed me and who cleaned my clothes?"

[Ram] "Felix-sama did it as an apology and Ram cleaned the blood off of Barusu's clothes."

[Subaru] "...thanks….you didn't do anything to my body while I was asleep right?"

[Ram] "Ugh, who do you take Ram for?"

[Subaru] "Hehe, nothing, you know you're really cute when you are nice to me like this."

[Ram] "...Stupid….Anyways we need to get going to Priscilla-sama's territory, our time is limited."

[Subaru] "Relax we still have like a week left."

[Ram] "Barusu really is hopeless, bonds are formed over years and Barusu plans to make them in days and unlike with Crusch-sama we won't be staying there."

[Subaru] "Alright I get it, when do we go?"

[Ram] "Now, Ram was on her way to get Barusu, our carriage is waiting for us."

[Subaru] "Alright geez, let's go then!"

Finally, I don't hate Felix or anything but after season 2 episode 1 I figured this was the least I could do to get back at him, I had trouble coming with ideas for this chapter and this was the only thing that would come to my head so I hope you enjoyed, if you enjoy the plot aspect of this whole thing I hope you enjoyed this and those who just come for the smut aspect of this whole thing I will work on something for you guys too, leave a review if you want and see you next chapter!