Re:Zero doesn't belong to me
*wow guy I know that it only been a few days but the numbers don't lie. This story already has favorites and follower hehehehehe I guess you guy liked it. So like I promise, I will continue writing this. This is a romance and it any of you read any of my other stories then you know that I put lemons in it. However I don't know if I will put lemons in this one I guess we will see while writing where will the story take us*
*knoctic00 I'm really glad you liked the first chapter thank you for your review and all the reviews in my other story*
*one last thing. For those that don't know me. English is not my first language so there will be little tiny mistakes every here and there but I'm always fixing so I'll try to do my best. Well with that said, here is chapter. Enjoy.*
A room full of surprised and confused faces stared at Subaru. They weren't exactly surprised and/or confused by what Subaru just request, but because they didn't understand what he had just requested.
Roswaal raised his hand, as if to ask a question, "What do you mean by 'your assistant? What does thiiiiis word 'assistant' mean?"
Subaru looked a Roswaal, confuse at his confusion of such a simple word. But then he remembered that he was transported into a medieval type of world so they must not have secretaries and such. Subaru gave Roswaal a little smile before answering.
"An assistant is a helper, someone that you can count on to help you with everything you need and advise you when you need it."
Roswaal entwined his fingers, smiling in a funny way.
"So by assistant you mean helper, and by helper you mean maid." Roswaal gave a light chuckle as he leaned forward, "Subaru-kun, are you asking meeeee to give you Rem as your personal maid?"
Upon hearing those words, Rem looked at Subaru with a surprised blush on her face. Meanwhile, rage started to build up inside Ram. Using her eyes, she began shooting imaginary daggers at Subaru.
"Well….when you put it like then I guess yes." He looks nervously at Rem, "I would like for Rem to be my personal maid."
Having heard enough, Ram exploded, "I DISAPPROVE THIS!"
Roswaal reached out and blocked Ram with his arm, "Waaaaaait a minute, Ram. I would like to ask him something first." He looked at Subaru with a more serious expression, "With what reason do you wish to take my dear Rem as your personal maid?"
Subaru didn't have to lie, for what he said next he said with the biggest, most sincere, and honest smile.
"I'm still new to this land, and I need to learn how it's government and economics work so I can start making my way up in society. And for that I would need someone to teach me about it. Someone as educated, intelligent, and…..well...as good of a cook as Rem-san by my side. It would be a huge help for me."
"Mmmhh, I see. Well, Subaru-kun, that sounds acceptable and I can feel the honesty in your words, but for me to give you Rem, I would need you to promise me a few things first."
Subaru smiled, "Anything"
"First, I won't allow you to leave this mansion until you learn everything you need to know about our society."
"Sound good to me."
"Second, when you finally leave, you have to come back every now and then so that Rem can see her sister."
"Of course. I also would like to come back and see my Emilia-tan every now and then." He smiled at Emilia, who smiled back.
"And finally, please treasure her as you would treasure a loved one." Roswaal said this with a serious look.
Rem blushed when Subaru looked at her.
Subaru straightened his back, put a hand over his heart, and said to Rem, " I promise to treasure her and respect her. I will never lie to her. I hope we will grow to trust each other, no matter how long it takes."
Again, Rem blushed.
Roswaal smiled, satisfied, "That sounds good enough for me."
Now being able to speak her mind, Ram furiously yelled, "ARE YOU SERIOUS ROSWAAL-SAMA?! ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO GIVE REM TO THIS TOTAL STRANGER?!"
Roswaal silenced Ram with a simple hand wave, and turned to Rem, "What do youuuuuuu think of all this, Rem? I know I promised him anything, but I can't just give you away without hearing your opiniooooooon. Do you take his offer? He's entrusting himself to you."
Rem was confused. She was stared at Roswaal and her sister, then at the boy that was putting his life and his future in her hands. She didn't know whether to take the offer or not, but a same time she didn't want Roswaal's word to go flat. He was a very respectable lord so if she said no his reputation could take a hit, and she wasn't going to allow that.
Ram clenched her teeth when she saw the thoughtful look in her little sister's face, "Rem, please tell me you're not really considering this!"
Rem looked at her sister before looking at the boy seriously, "Do you promise to respect me?"
Subaru look at Rem with determination, "Forever, until I die."
"What if one day I refuse to be your maid any longer?"
"Then I will not stop you. You can leave me to myself and return to Ram. You are free to make your own decisions."
Rem stared at Subaru for a moment before smiling. Bowing politely, she said with a happy tone, "Then I accept your proposal, Subaru-sama."
Ram was flabbergasted, "REM!?"
Roswaal smiled, "That's aaaaaaaall I needed to hear. Subaru-kun, please take good care of my dearest Rem."
Subaru smiled widely as he flashed Roswaal a thumbs-up, "It will be my pleasure."
After that they continued their meal, Subaru and Rem shared a few looks. Their embarrassment was obvious from the red cheeks they possessed. All the while, Ram had a murderous look in her eyes. After the meal, everyone got ready to leave the dining room.
"Subaru-kun, do youuuuuu have a minute? I wish to speak with you a little longer."
"Sure, no problem."
"You girls can leave. This will only be a talk between men."
The girls left the room, leaving Subaru and Roswaal alone.
In the hall~
Ram waited until Emilia retreated to her room.
"Rem, I want you to tell me right now."
Rem acted confused. Pretending not to know what her sister was implying, "Tell you what, Nee-sama?"
Upset, Ram asked, "Please, tell me right now. Why did you do it? Why did you agree to be his personal maid?"
"Rem, didn't want Roswaal-sama's word to be hurt. Rem didn't want to hurt his reputation."
"Rem, I know what you mean," her tone sounded worried, "but… you know very well what it means to be someone's personal maid, right?"
"Yes….Rem understands." She says a bit sad, "But he doesn't seem so bad. Rem doesn't think he is a bad person. He saved Emilia-sama's life, right?"
"I know, but you're his personal maid now. It means that he can ask you to do anything, bad thing, weird things…..p-perverted things."
"But he promised to respect me, Nee-sama."
"I know, but he's still a man with a dirty mind. Frankly, I don't trust him."
"Rem doesn't know him that well yet, but he says he is willing to wait until I do. But I'm sure his promise to respect me won't be broken."
"I hope for his sake, he better hope he keeps that promise." Ram's look turned murderous.
In the dining room~
"So, that was aaaaaaan odd request from you part, Subaru-kun."
"Hehe, yeah I guess."
"Subaru-kun, I just wanted to ask you one thing."
"W-What is it?"
"What exactly iiiiiiis an 'assistant' where you come from?"
"Huh…well, an assistant will be someone that helps you when you need it. Like a really good friend that you trust or a person you can rely on to help you get your work done right. Why do you ask?"
"I just wanted to know because iiiiiiiit doesn't look like you know what a personal maid was."
"What's the difference with what I just said?"
"Hmmmmm, let me ask you something first, did you notice the way both girls were looking at you?"
"Umm, yeah. Rem was surprised and nervous…and….Ram looked like she wanted to cut my head off."
"Hehehehehe, exactly. That's my point. Well, siiiiiiince you don't appear to know I will explain it to you. A personal maid is apparently eeeeeeverything of what a assistance is. However, a personal maid is that and….more."
Subaru noticed that Roswaal put more emphasis in the last word. This confused him.
"More like what?"
"Well, the short way to put it, as of right now, Rem is the closeeeeeeest thing you have to a fiancé."
"A-A-A wh-…... A WHAT!?"
"Not everyone has a personal maid, Subaru-kun, because it is a small tie between two people the lasts for life. Well at least for most people. You just told her that she can leave anytime she wants. But I know she won't leave you for two reasons."
Really?
"Which are?"
"First, she has pride as a maid so she won't leave unless you show her that you are not worthy of her."
"And the other one?"
With a smirk on his face, Roswaal said, "Rem is a fragile being. She may act tough and beeeee strong, but inside she is very insecure. I believe that your promise to treasure and respect her brought a new sense of importance in her life. IIIIII wonder if she understand fully what she agreed to, but it appears to have made her very happy nooooooow that she has you. That is why I believe she won't leave you unless you make her leave you. Much like a marriage."
"B-But that wasn't my intention. I didn't know I was basically proposing to her."
"IIIII'm not saying that you have to marry her, I'm just saying that right now she is your personal maid and that alone puuuuuuuuts her above any other person in your life. She will protect you and care for you., and I just want youuuuuuuuu to do the same for her."
"…..I understand, I'll do my best."
"Good." Smiling, Roswaal reached down and rubbed Subaru's head, much to SUbaru's dislike.
After that, Roswaal and Subaru talked a little more before leaving the dining room. Subaru was so thoughtful about what Roswaal told him that when he exit the dining room he didn't even notice that Rem was waiting for him by the door and just kept walking towards his room.
Rem got a little upset when she thought Subaru blatantly ignored her. Sighing, she thought, "So, that's my new master." She began following him.
"I wonder what he'll have me do first."
"I hope he doesn't ask any lewd things of me."This thought brought a guilty blush to her face.
She kept following him and got a little more closer, "He's tall." Even though she was right there behind him, Subaru was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice that Rem was near. Being so close behind, Subaru's scent was basically blasting Rem in the face, so she didn't have any other option other than to smell him.
"His scent is odd. He is clearly not from around here." While smelling his scent, she suddenly felt something that made her heart freeze.
"What was that?... Where did that come from?"
She looked around, sniffing as she did so, "Where is that other scent coming from?"
Rem kept sniffing until she notice that the smell was coming from right in front of her, "Is…is it him?" Her eyes widened when she discovered that the smell was actually coming from him. It was the scent of the Witch, and it was coming from her new master. The person that just promised to treasure and respect her for life was stinking with the smell of her.
The scent was faint, but it clearly was coming from him. Rem kept following him, but her expression of wonder, wonder of how things were going to be with her new master, was gone and replaced by a murderous fury. A raging fire that rolled over her mind as she thought that the person that she just promise to herself to protect and care about could be related with the Witch of Jealousy.
