Return to Arlam
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Meiss rolled his shoulders, the rough fabric of a simple mantle all that covered his upper body. His running pants were in bad shape, but they covered the important parts. Actually they were now shorts.
"It sucks I lost my clothes, but Felix got me back to... 70 to 80 percent-ish."
Meiss poked at his forearms. The skin was still slightly inflamed but they no longer hurt. Subaru walked up behind Meiss, Rem was in his arms, Ferris not far behind. Meiss looked at the exhausted girl, who snuggled into Subaru.
"It's a shame that Felix can't do anything about fatigue. She really pushed herself Subaru, should we send her back to the capital to recover?"
Subaru glanced at Rem, his eyes soft and far from the scariness they usually exhibited.
"Yeah, Felix was just talking about sending her back, doctor's orders."
The two walked to the carriage that Crusch was boarding. Ferris walked ahead and exchanged a few words with her, before beckoning Subaru to the carriage.
"Rem... Time to wake up..."
Subaru poked the sleeping beauty a few times. Her eyelids fluttering open, she immediately smiled when she saw Subaru. Then she realized Subaru was placing her in a carriage.
"Subaru-kun?"
Rem tried to climb out of the carriage, only to almost fall off. Subaru caught her, the momentum driving him to the ground.
"Careful! You've exhausted yourself Rem, you can't move. Felix said you need time to recover, so you're going back to the capital for a few days."
Rem grabbed the front of his tracksuit in a vise grip.
"Rem shall not. It hurts to be so far, Rem can't bear it! Rem knows you're going into more trouble, Rem wants to be the first to reach out to you. So please..."
Subaru set her on the carriage bed, and grabbed one of her hands in both of his.
"You don't have to worry. You've already saved me so many times. Don't you realize how much you've done for me up till now? I want you to help me from now on too, but this time, leave everything to me."
Rem smiled, tears dotting the corners of her eyes.
"Right now, your hero is as zealous as a demon. I'll find a way, I always do."
The tears in her eyes rolled onto Rem's cheeks. She pulled Subaru into a hug, which he returned.
"Rem's hero is the greatest in the world!"
Meiss walked away, he felt weird and immoral for listening in. Even so, those two brought a smile to his face. If it was within his power, he would do all he could to make sure they got some semblance of a happy ending in this cruel world.
The carriages started to ride away, and Meiss watched the Demi-human that was injured in the battle, and another, smaller, Demi-human he didn't know start talking with Subaru.
The buff Demi-human,Ricardo, nodded his head towards the road the carriages left on mere minutes ago. A small group of mercenaries was coming over a hill. Meiss saw Subaru scowl as the group came closer.
"All right..."
Subaru sat down in front of the tight semicircle that everyone made around him to hear what they were to do.
"Thanks to all of you, the Hakugei is dead. But that's not the end of it. I have a score to settle with the Witch Cult guys that picked a fight with me. Once that's done, the Hakugei subjugation will be complete."
The small Demi-human piped up.
"The Witch Cult is next!?"
Her brother adjusted his monocle, worry on his face.
"Can we trust allegations that the Hakugei and the Witch Cult are connected? We only came as reinforcements for the Hakugei subjuga-"
The Mimi hit her brother with a wooden staff, eliciting words of anger from him.
"If you can't believe him then just believe me!"
Subaru forced a smile.
"I'd prefer it if you believed me, though."
"I don't like to recall it, but I've been up against the Witch Cult before. I learned that they were connected back then."
Ferris turned to Wilhelm.
"Didn't you look into that, Will-ji?
"I would not term it definitive, but their appearances coincided in several aspects."
"That makes it doubly credible! On that note, we're going to head for the Mathers domain. The Witch Cult is lurking in the forest there. The way we defeat them is as simple as it gets. Raid them before they can read our movements, and crush them!"
One of the older soldiers asked about the villagers safety, and Subaru revealed that a band of merchants was hired to evacuate Arlam in exchange for buying all their goods. A letter, written by Rem, was also on its way to the mansion to inform them of the events that were about to unfold. Meiss raised his hand, feeling like an elementary student. Of course he knew the answer to his own question already, but he was asking it for those who didn't have much knowledge on the Cult.
"What should we expect from the Cult? They must have at least a small bit of firepower to their name to be so infamous."
Subaru turned his head to the sky.
"Most of the members wield fire magic, and have uncanny accuracy with daggers. Other than that, one person that would truly give us trouble would be the insane man. He has something called the 'Authority of Sloth'. It's scary invisible hands that come out of him to attack."
Meiss grimaced. Wilhelm closed his eyes and looked down.
"While that last comment unsettles me, I would like to say that we have never enjoyed such an advantage in a battle with the Witch Cult before."
"Yeah, with Julius and his crew, we don't have to worry about numbers."
Julius raised his hand, and corrected Subaru.
"My name is Juli. Please take care to use it."
"That'll be a hassle in casual settings!"
Subaru exclaimed loudly at Juli for a few seconds, before composing himself and looking back at the semicircle.
"The Whale was so strong I thought I would die. Some of us did, or vanished, never to return. Let's win this battle without any losses, let's all return home alive!"
Meiss watched everyone mount their Ground Dragons and Ligers. He helplessly looked around as he was the only one without a ride.
"Maybe I should have taken Crusch up on her Ground Dragon offer..."
Subaru trekked through the woods. He hopped over a fallen log. Almost immediately, purple-garbed members of the Cult surrounded him. Just like moths to a flame, they sensed the Witch's miasma on him.
"Wow, you guys are quite diligent. That doesn't matter though, and I would appreciate it if you would not get in my way."
The cult members bowed in respect, before vanishing into the air.
"If they would have stuck around long enough for me to order them to gather their stuff and leave, this would have been so much easier..."
Subaru palmed the foliage to the side as he stepped out into a clearing. A familiar stone tunnel loomed in front of him. He blinked hard to dispel the image of Rem's twisted and mangled body from his mind.
A man in a purple cloak greeted him from across the clearing.
"I have been waiting for you, believer in love. In the Witch Cult, I am Sin Archbishop, representing Sloth, Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti. I welcome you, beloved child, blessed with love."
Petelgeuse did a little dance and repeated "Wonderful!" Over and over.
"Hey. I really appreciate the unexpected welcome. But I'm not sure I really feel this 'love' you keep bringing up."
Petelgeuse waved his arms in front of himself.
"It always begins suddenly. Everyone, on a certain day, realizes they are loved. They feel the love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love!"
Subaru watched Petelgeuse shake back and forth as he repeated that phrase.
"Um, and what am I supposed to do now?"
"Ah... The Witch's love is generous upon you... You wouldn't happen to be Pride, would you? Of the six Sin Archbishops, only Pride's seat remains vacant..."
Petelgeuse slid across the ground creepily until he was mere inches from Subaru. Subaru saw his invisible hands lift him an almost unnoticeable distance off the ground to preform this action. He tried not to look at them, lest he give away the fact that he could see them.
"You have received the Gospel, haven't you?"
"The Gospel?"
Petelgeuse closed his eyes and spread his arms.
"My brain... trembles!"
Petelgeuse bended into an impossible position, his only support being his unseen hands, and produced a black book. It was akin to a small journal. He started rapidly flipping the pages.
"Presentation of the Gospel, proof of love... Proof! Proof! Proof! Proof!"
Petelgeuse slammed the book shut dramatically, he raised his wide eyes to Subaru.
"My Gospel has no account of you. Then why did you appear here? Why visit here? What fortune are you here to deliver?!"
Subaru looked at the black book worriedly, this was new...
"Oh! So that's the Gospel! I see, I see... I understand. You should have just said so."
Subaru started frisking himself, searching for a book that was never there. When he turned up empty, he apologized.
"Ah, darn it! I'm sorry! I used it as a coaster and it got a bit messy..."
...
"So I threw it out."
Petelgeuse looked dumbfounded for a second, as if Subaru was the insane one, not him. The awkward stillness lasted for several seconds.
"Proof of love! TAIDA NO KEN'NŌ... MIEZARU TE!"
Unseen hands shot out from Petelgeuse and reached for Subaru. Subaru jumped back as the hands grabbed at him.
"What?"
"Miezaru Te? It's a pretty lousy invisible hand if I can see it!"
"You can see my Miezaru Te?!"
Subaru dodged another attack, as he hit the ground two sonic screams shot over his head. The tunnel collapsed as Mimi and Tivey shot a second volley at it.
"Prepare to be buried alive! Suffer as you regret the things you've done!"
Petelgeuse looked at the remains of the collapsed tunnel behind him.
"How... How could this be? My fingers, so cruelly, so mercilessly, so chaotically, so arbitrarily, so artlessly, so meaninglessly... My brain... My brain trembles!"
Mimi and Tivey dashed away.
"Yes... Yes, of course..."
Petelgeuse looked menacingly at Subaru. Rage pulsed through his veins and spilled from his scalp where clumps of hair were torn out.
"Fine... Fine. I understand. Let's do this. I'm ready to do this. The time has come to learn which of us is worthy of her love! Her love! Yes, her love!"
"Sorry to interrupt your fun, but I have other people lined up to take you on."
Meiss shot out from behind the pile of rubble. He landed behind Petelgeuse and slammed his body into the ground so hard he bounced. Meiss caught him at the height of the bounce and held him out for Wilhelm to split in half.
Meiss then slammed his upper body into the ground and applied pressure to Petelgeuse's head. His hair caught on fire as Meiss's hand heat-carved it's way through his skull.
"Woah, woah! Meiss he's already dead!"
Meiss wiped his hand on the mantle he wore. His blue eyes seemed to pierce through Subaru when he looked over. His normally round and soft eyes seemed to turn as hard and cold as ice for a second.
"You never know, I heard one of them can regenerate from almost nothing..."
Subaru widened his eyes, and scooted away from Petelgeuse's body.
Ferris looked at the body, and decreed that he was very much dead.
Mimi and Tivey started looting the Sin Archbishop.
"Doesn't look like he's carrying anything useful."
Subaru squatted down, his face scrunched.
"You're ransacking his body like its the obvious thing to do... I don't know how I feel- You too Meiss?!"
Meiss looked up, a stress ball in his hands.
"You get the best items from bosses like these, don't you?"
"MEISS! One of the first things I learned was that this is no game here!"
Meiss grimaced before pocketed the stress ball as Tivey pulled out the Gospel. Upon learning what it was, he tossed it away like someone would swat a bug when in bed. Subaru picked it up and flipped through the pages.
"Felix, can you read this?"
"Waah! Nyo way! Don't point that thing at me! And don't do something as stupid as trying to read a Gospel!"
Subaru closed the book and pocketed it.
Mimi looked up at everyone.
"Hey, hey. We got the ones here, we should go kill the rest of them!"
Disturbing.
Subaru rode Patrasche next to Ferris and his Ground Dragon. They were on a trail heading towards Arlam village and the mansion to evacuate it.
"Subaru-kyun, you should really make up with Julius soon."
"We already did that, didn't you see?"
"I knyow you still harbor resentment subconsciously."
"Ah... all right."
Subaru pulled up close to Julius and his Ground Dragon.
"So... Hey... There's something I wanted to say to you..."
A blue petal floated past Subaru, catching his eye. When he turned back, the world was covered in blue fog. Everyone was gone, only Subaru and a frozen Patrasche remained. Subaru hopped off her and yelled out for everyone. He covered his nose as an intense smell wafted over him. It smelled like someone had overused floral perfume. It was headache inducing.
"Don't tell me... Did I do this somehow? Do I finally have a useful power? HAHA! Behold, The WoAAAHHHHHHH-"
Suddenly, vines wrapped around Subaru's arms and attempted to pull them from his body. He dug his heels into the ground and pulled back. The vines were coming from a small blue flower on the side of the road. Subaru looked over at the Ground Dragon.
"Patrasche?"
She was unmoving.
"So time must really be stopped, that doesn't make any sense! It's been well over five, or even nine seconds... I don't think time stops are even possible here, minus my condition! This must be an illusion. It's all make-believe!"
A red orb flew from Subaru, surprising him. It floated over to the flower and touched it. The blue flower instantly combusted into dust and the vines died. The sudden release sent Subaru onto his rear, he quickly scrambled to his feet though. The blue shifted to normal colors again.
"Subaru?"
Meiss stood over him, the front of his mantle was dirty. Julius was behind him. Subaru looked at Julius.
"It was you?"
"That tone means it's definitely you. I cannot imagine my subconscious creating such an accurate depiction of you."
The two looked back at the carriage line to see most people recovering from something. Meiss didn't look back though, he scanned the road ahead and the trees.
"I'm assuming you guys got the blue haze thing too?"
"This is a bewitching spell, only us three have returned to normal."
Julius opened his palm and six spirits circled it.
"How did you break free?"
"I burned a flower."
"I crushed a blue flower."
Subaru and Meiss responded at the same time. Julius whispered to the spirits. Two of them floated up and created a large spark. Subaru immediately doubled over, clutching his head.
"Subaru! Juli what did you do?"
"I told my spirits to show everyone the way out of the illusion, his spirit affinity must be high for it to affect him this much. What about you? You don't look even the slightest bit bothered."
"... Spirits don't seem to like me."
A shadow passed overhead. Julius and Meiss both looked up as a figure in a white cloak descended on front of Subaru. They swiped their leg underneath him and picked him up, preparing to dash off.
"Wrr, Dolorem!"
Meiss' legs glowed under his new shorts as he shot towards the figure. He dived for Subaru, aiming to break the figure's grip and go sailing past them. The figure held fast, and Meiss pulled both of them along. Realizing this, he elbowed the figure with a normal arm hard, then kicked Subaru away to focus on the attacker. The figure hopped away, but was met with Wilhelm's sword.
"That will be quite enough."
Ferris and Ricardo jumped behind the figure, who removed their hood.
"Kill me. I won't accept this disgrace."
Subaru's eyes widened, and Meiss spoke in confusion.
"Rem? But she has pink hair... and looks meaner."
"That's Rem's twin, Ram"
"Creative names, huh?"
Everyone settled as Ram, Subaru, Ferris, Wilhelm, Juli, and Meiss stepped behind a carriage to talk.
"And? What is the meaning of all this? Barusu, you'll explain it to me, right?"
"That's what I'd like to ask you. You attacked us first. What were you thinking?"
"You shouldn't have to ask what I was thinking. It's rich, coming from an ingrate like you."
"Ingrate?"
"You are, aren't you? After all Roswaal-sama did for you... Once you're done with him you go wag your tail for another master."
"Woah, hang on I think you're mixing up your stories!"
"So this is what it means to bite the hand that feeds you."
Meiss frowned.
"We sent a letter that should have explained our reasoning for being here."
"Yeah, wasn't it delivered to the mansion?"
"Yes, I did get a letter from the capital, but... It was quite amusing sending me a blank letter."
"Blank?"
"Ah, I remember learning about these in history, Subaru. Blank notes are kinda like passive-aggressive ways of saying you don't want to talk."
Julius cut in.
"Yes, though it could easily be interpreted as a declaration of war."
Subaru recoiled.
"This is a huge misunderstanding! Do I look that clever to you?"
"So this is what it means to bite the hand that feeds you."
Meiss raised a finger.
"While I admire the amount of fucks you give, Ram, was it? We're kinda on a tight clock here."
"Well, I can't say it enough. But I get the gist now. The blank letter was some kind of mistake, and you're still Emilia-sama's dog. Correct?"
"Dog? Not really... Ok sure, dogs are family too. In any case, these guys are reinforcements. They're friends. We pulled them together to wipe out the Witch Cult. Speaking of, Meiss was right about the clock. We need to start evacuating the villagers."
"You shouldn't be happy settling for the title of dog."
"I know."
Everyone boarded carriages or mounted Ground Dragons. Subaru put his hand to his chin.
"Rem wrote the letter... It arrived blank... Nothing was wrong with the messenger when he returned, so how did that happen?"
Subaru smacked his face hard as his train of thoughts got dark. They killed the Hakugei, nothing could have erased her this time.
The carriages were parked in a semicircle around Arlam's well. Subaru had just gotten done with convincing the villagers to flee. He walked over to Julius, who was sitting on a wall. The two talked for a second before starting to walk off. Meiss ran over to them.
"Can you fit another in the party? This is the Emilia-camp's area right? I have literally nowhere to go, so you mind me staying when this is over?"
"No, but that's not really up to me to decide. I'm gonna go get Felix, we need at least one Crusch-camp member to smooth things over with the blank note."
Suddenly, a loud explosion cracked apart the air. A large fireball rose from the villages center, smoke billowed through the streets.
Julius ran off, and a large piece of rock sailed towards Subaru. Meiss activated Dolorem, dived in front of Subaru, and punched the boulder apart. It split into a few pieces, one of which nailed Subaru in the skull. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
Meiss cursed at himself and slung Subaru over his shoulder. He hopped on top of a building and cursed out loud. The village center was a smoking crater, Julius and a few other knights were fighting Witch Cult members around the crater. Meiss spotted Ferris perching himself on a wall, light enveloping his lower half.
Meiss hopped off, and dashed over. Ferris was using a large brick to hold himself up as Meiss landed next to him.
"Ferris! What the hell happened!"
"There was a Finger among the merchants! They stowed away in the carriages and we didn't take care of them. I failed."
"No, damnit. You didn't fail. You must've had a reason you didn't tell me so I'm not gonna ask. Anything you can do for Subaru?"
"Get me clothes first."
Meiss set Subaru on the ground, Ferris began healing his head. Meiss found a slightly crispy burlap sack and gave it to Ferris. Meiss hopped around and sorted through dead and injured, bringing the injured over to Ferris.
"Start attacking the root of the problem, Meiss! With you going all out that should be easy!"
"I wasn't completely clear-headed when I killed the whale clone, I usually try not to go all out!"
"Screw that! Why would you hold back!"
"Fine, but you're healing my electrical burns afterwards!"
"Elect-row what?"
Meiss dashed away. He felt warmth spread through his palms as Acedia activated. He decided to keep it only to his fists so no one would question what the snakes of light were.
He grabbed a Cultist's neck, the skin and muscle burning away as he constricted his hand. He threw the body at another Cultist who dodged. Meiss was faster though. He shot foreword and increased the heat. His hand Kakyoin-ed through the Cultist, leaving a smoking hole. He swiped his hand to the side, almost burning the body in half.
Meiss saw Wilhelm fighting one of the Fingers. Meiss sprinted over and launched himself at the Finger.
"WRYYYAGH!"
Meiss punched at the Finger's face, his hand almost effortlessly burning straight through it. Meiss touched the ground and slid across it several feet. Half a face missing, the Finger fell to the ground, dead. Meiss looked at Wilhelm for a second, before frost started to invade the sky.
Dirt, rocks, and sticks pummeled Subaru as he was dragged away by Unseen hands. He tried kicking them off to no avail. Behind him he heard Julius running at full sprint towards him. The hands pinned him against a wall as the the Finger stepped into the open. Subaru felt an intense nausea split his skull again as Julius activated nect. Somehow, Subaru forced his eyes open to watch the fight.
Julius closed his eyes, and looked though Subaru's. He could see the unseen hands when they killed Petelgeuse, so now should surely be the same. Julius swiped at his side, destroying an unseen hand. Yep, Subaru could still see them. Killing the Finger was rather easy, with a terse flash of light, it was rendered defenseless. Julius twisted his sword into the Finger's gut.
The Finger embraced death with open arms.
"My life is spilling forth, my... brain... tremb-"
The Finger fell to its knees, then slumped to its side. Julius looked at Subaru, who was rubbing his head after being dropped on it. He got up and started walking over to Julius.
"That's the third Finger we've killed, Subaru. There should be either two or sev- Subaru?"
Subaru clutched his head. He seemed to be having an internal conflict. The little red spirit was flung from his body and returned to Julius. It felt as if sludge was working its way though Subaru's veins.
"AGH! Julius! Stay away from me! Sloth is-"
"Subaru?"
Subaru stood rigid.
"Wrong, I am a Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult, representing Sloth... Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti!"
Julius drew his sword.
"Vacate that body! Subaru! Realize what you're about to do! Remember what you came here to do!"
"What? Don't 'what' me you moron! I am Petelgeuse Rom- Shut up! I'm Natsuki Subaru!"
Subaru clutched at his head and stumbled into Julius.
"Julius, kill me. If you don't we can't win"
"No, I can't do that Subaru! Wasn't there something you meant to tell me?"
"Sorry, looks like I won't get the chance. If you won't, then I will."
Subaru grabbed the hilt of Julius' sword and kicked him away. He fumbled around for a few seconds before the tip rested against his sternum.
"Subaru, no!"
Emilia felt tears down her face as she was praised for killing a Finger. She looked at the man incased in ice. He had such a creepy smile. Why did she feel some sort of connection to him?
She looked away at the remaining carriages, and saw her white cloak drifting in the wind. She grabbed it from the air, and saw a man land next to a carriage, breathing heavy.
"Snow. Subaru mentioned this might happen."
Emilia tilted her head at the man. He knew Subaru? The man looked at her.
"Hmm, white hair... purple eyes... Which means you must be Emilia, right?"
"Yes, my name is Emilia..."
"I wish it could be under better circumstances, but nice to meet you. My name is Meiss; a new friend of Subaru's."
So he did know Subaru. His manner of speaking was also similar. Meiss walked up and extended his hand. Emilia shook it.
"Cool ears. Let's go find Subaru, shall we?"
Emilia widened her eyes, Subaru had also said her ears were cool.
"Ah, sorry if that's a touchy subject. I heard Elfs have a bad rep."
So he was also ignorant of common knowledge like Subaru.
The two started to walk off. Emilia lagged behind as she felt her stomach drop. Meiss turned back, and upon seeing the look of worry on Emilia's face, sprang onto a building to look around.
"Oh, that's not good. Where is he..."
Meiss remembered that Emilia was still on the ground, so he looked back. Emilia was running full sprint in a different direction. Meiss sprinted over, catching up in mere seconds with the help of Dolorem. He picked her up, and jumped on top of a building.
"Where! Where is he!"
Emilia pointed in a direction, and Meiss kicked off the building at full speed. Wind whipped at their ears and Emilia's hair as they shot from roof to roof.
"Here."
Meiss landed on a street that was mostly unaffected by the Witch Cult. Only two bodies were here, and Julius stood in shock in the middle of the street.
Meiss set Emilia down, and started to walk towards Julius. Then he noticed that one of the bodies was Subaru. With Julius's sword sticking out of it. Meiss felt his blood run cold, he could feel his heartbeat in his fingertips. He felt something snap, the release of pressure nigh intoxicating. Almost instantly electricity snaked around him, pulsating in tune with his heart.
"JULIUS!"
Meiss screamed at the top of his lungs. He unconsciously flexed his muscles as he murderously glared at Julius. Electricity arced up and down Meiss, carving burning paths down his body. It started to arc along the ground around him. Emilia backed up as a bolt singed her cloak. Meiss stepped towards Julius as more than double the amount of Acedia tendrils he could normally summon sprang from his back. The electricity flared as Meiss pointed his hand at Julius. Then, the arcs died down as the tendrils wrapped around the knight.
"WHAT HAPPENED! He was the only one, THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO WAS LIKE ME!" His voice cracked on the word "like."
Julius looked at the ground, offering no resistance. Emilia stepped in before Meiss could start constricting or burning Julius.
"What happened here?"
Julius looked at her for a second, then back at the ground.
"The Fingers are spare bodies that Sloth can flee to when he is killed. He made Subaru into one of them. Subaru resisted as best he could, and used my sword to stop himself from harming anyone."
Meiss felt his eye twitch, then he relaxed his body. Anger was replaced with sorrow at what had happened.
"Oh god, Rem is going to kill me... Not that I would stop her..."
Meiss palmed his face as he fell to the ground. Emilia sat in front of him and reached out. Meiss flinched away when her hand touched his shoulder.
"Did you know?"
"Know what?"
"That he loved you?"
Emilia drew away in shock.
"For being a new friend, I'm surprised he shared something so deep."
Meiss rubbed his face dry.
"Nice evade... He didn't tell me, I figured it out myself."
Emilia removed Julius' sword and wrapped Subaru's body in her cloak. The three returned to the village center and a small funeral was held. The kids that Subaru routinely played with cried harshly. A small orange-haired girl cried the loudest. Meiss looked away, hollow inside.
While everyone grieved openly, Emilia walked over to the man who was as still as a statue.
"Meiss... I... I'm returning to the forest I came from. The home of the Elfs, Elior Forest. I'm going to bury Subaru there."
"Some would want him here, but I think going with you would be the best. He would want to be with you."
Emilia sadly looked at the ground. She raised her face to Meiss once more.
"Are you ok? It's not good to internalize stuff like this."
"I'm going to kill them. Sloth wasn't the only Sin Archbishop. I'm going to hunt all of them down and kill them one by one. There are seven deadly sins in the current incarnation right? Plus the other two. So I will be killing seven more people at least. Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Vanity, Lust, Pride, Envy... I'll make sure they never do something like this again."
Emilia looked shocked at Meiss. She saw the coldness in his eyes and realized she wouldn't be able to change his mind. Meiss turned and walked off.
"Emilia? I'll come visit you and Subaru one of these days."
Emilia looked at his back. It disappeared into the crowd. Meiss was gone.