Re:Zero doesn't belong to me.

Subaru and Rem walked around the city and asked around for directions to Crusch's house. Eventually they found the way to her mansion, where they found two men standing guard in front of the main door.

"Hello guys," Subaru said very casually to the guards.

Both guards glared at Subaru for his disrespectful way of saying hello, before noticing the maid that was accompanying him, which made them think that he likely was either a rich or important person.

"Who are you and what is your business here?" demanded one of the guards in a rude tone.

Subaru didn't give much thought to the way the guard talked to him and Rem so he smiled and responded, "I'm sorry, I should have introduced myself from the beginning." Subaru put a hand on his chest before speaking, "Ahem. My name is Natsuki Subaru, this is my maid Rem, and we are here to speak with the owner of this mansion, Crusch Karsten."

The two guards' eyes went wide as they suddenly started sweating. "N-Na-Natsuki Subaru?" spluttered one of the guards nervously.

"Yes, that's my name," said Subaru with a kind smile on his face.

"You mean the Natsuki Subaru who fought against Wilhelm-sama and left him half dead?" asked the other guard while pointing at Subaru with a trembling hand.

Subaru blushed and started scratching the back of his head. "If anything I was the one who was half dead, but I at least stood my ground against him."

Both guards immediately straightened up and saluted Subaru. "We are sorry for the way we talked to you, Subaru-sama," the guards said before opening the main gate, "please enter, Miss Crusch has been expecting you," said one of the guards while bowing his head.

Subaru blushed. "Oookay…" Subaru muttered, confused, before entering the mansion.

Subaru and Rem were guided by a butler to an office room where they found Crusch signing some rather official-looking documents.

"Oh, Natsuki Subaru, welcome. I have been expecting you," Crusch said as she stood up from her desk and sat back down in an armchair. "Please, sit," Crusch offered, gesturing toward the chair in front of her.

"Thank you," said Subaru, taking the seat offered.

Rem bowed as greetings to Crusch.

"And this is?" asked Crusch, eyeing the blue-haired maid that came with Subaru.

"Oh, this is Rem, we met in Roswaal's mansion, she is accompanying me today," Subaru explained.

"I see," observed Crusch before turning back to Subaru. "Well, since you are here, I take it that you wish to take my offer and switch to my side?"

"Mmmhhh, not exactly," said Subaru, a little embarrassedly.

"What do you mean?" asked Crusch, confused.

"What I mean to sa-"

Subaru got interrupted by the door opening. Wilhelm enter the room with a tray carrying four cups of tea.

"Hello, Subaru-dono," greeted Wilhelm, bowing slightly.

"Oh, Wilhelm-san, how are you holding up, are your wounds okay?" asked Subaru with a smile.

"I'm perfectly fine thanks to Felix, thank you for asking, and how are you?" Wilhelm inquired.

"Same here, that knight with the cat ears is an excellent healer," stated Subaru, still smiling.

Wilhelm smiled back, "I'm glad to hear it." After giving everyone their cup of tea, Wilhelm stood behind Crusch and started to drink his own. "Since you are here I assume that you are going to take Miss Crusch's offer?"

"Not quite," Crusch explained, "Natsuki Subaru has come for another reason."

Wilhelm gave Subaru a curious look.

"Well…. To tell you the truth I can't join you because I have no interest in this election nor in helping anyone win it," said Subaru.

"And yet you are with the half-elf Emilia," questioned Crusch with a serious face.

"I'm not helping Emilia when it comes to that ruler-candidate business. Emilia is my best friend, so that's why I was with her," Subaru explained.

"Well, since you are not here to join me, what brings you here?" Crusch pressed.

"I came here to ask you for a favor," Subaru responded with a little smile.

"A favor?" Crusch chuckled, "If you are not going to join me, then what do you have to offer in return?"

Subaru smirked, "I offer something equally as great as having me join your faction."

"Oh? And that is?" asked Crusch, now very curious as to what this may be.

"I know how much respect, admiration, and authority you would gain if someone like me were to join you or any of the other ruler-candidates, so I was thinking that I could give you similar power without me having to join you," Subaru explained.

"Mhhhh, and how would you do that?" Crusch continued, even more curious now.

Subaru's face went serious and with a little smile he replied, "By giving you a victory against the Witch's cult and the White Whale"

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"The White Whale?..." asked Wilhelm in a deep, serious tone.

Suddenly the air in the room got heavy as an intense killing pressure started emanating from Wilhelm.

"Wilhelm, calm down," Crusch ordered, quickly quelling the rage that was coming from Wilhelm.

"I'm sorry, Miss Crusch," Wilhelm said while bowing.

"It is okay, I understand," soothed Crusch before turning back to Subaru. "What did you mean by that Natsuki Subaru?" she inquired with a serious face.

Subaru rubbed his neck a little after feeling that pressure from Wilhelm, "….. Exactly as I said, a victory against them."

"Mmhh, and how do you plan to do that?" asked Crusch.

"By giving you the exact time and location they will appear. I can give you that information right now, but I want you to promise me one thing," Subaru offered.

Crusch got really serious and looked Subaru directly in the eyes, "What is it that you desire?"

Subaru, with rage in his voice, rumbled, "I want you to give me your word that you are going to slaughter them all."

"I can surely do that, and I can see how defeating both the whale and the cult would put me above the other candidates, but I have to ask: What do you get out of all of this?" Crusch wondered aloud, staring at Subaru.

"The safety of my family and friends," Subaru curtly replied.

"What do you mean?" asked Crusch.

"If the cult and the whale are not stopped immediately they are going to kill Emilia, Roswaal, Ram, and Beatrice, along with everyone else in Roswaal's domain."

"If there really is such information, only someone who is part of the cult should have access to it. How do I know that this is not a trap?" demanded Crusch, "are you a cultist Natsuki Subaru?"

Wilhelm glared at Subaru as Rem's eyes shot daggers at Crusch for her question.

Subaru also glared at Crusch, "I'm not a cultist, I never have been and never will be."

"Then how do you happen to have such information?" Crusch pressed.

"…." Subaru sighed, "Believe it or not, I have knowledge of the future and events that are yet to come."

Crusch looked at Subaru, surprised, "How do you have such knowledge?"

"I can't talk about how, exactly, but the best way that I can explain it is that I have a curse on me that allows me to know about things that are going to happen, and this is one of them."

Crusch just stared at Subaru wordlessly.

"So, are you going to help me kill them or not?" asked Subaru.

"….. I have a special ability as well. I can tell when people lying because I can see wind that shifts around them when they do," Crusch stood up and extended her hand, "And your wind hasn't shift once since you got here."

Subaru smiled, stood up and grabbed Crusch's hand, "So does this mean that you are taking my offer?"

Crusch smiled, "You have my word that the whale will die, and the cult will be destroyed."

"Thank you," Subaru replied.

"Now…" Crusch returned to her seat, "About you not joining me, are you sure there is nothing that I can do to change your mind?" she asked as she crossed her legs provocatively.

Subaru blushed and couldn't help but stare at Crusch's legs, "Eh…Well….." he spluttered nervously.

At that moment Subaru felt like someone was pulling on his shirt, forcing him to sit down, before Rem hugged his neck from behind and pressed her cheek against his.

Rem looked at Crusch while she was hugging Subaru, "Subaru-kun already decided not to join anyone in the election," she said, while giving Crusch a look that said 'back off.'

While Rem was hugging Subaru, Crusch noticed the ring on Rem's finger, "Oh… Are you two engaged?"

Subaru and Rem blushed and then nodded nervously.

Crusch smiled, "Hehehe, congratulations, I guess you've already made your decision, but if change your mind, please contact me."

Subaru smiled and nodded.


Subaru told Crusch everything that he could about where the whale was going to be. Crusch immediately started calling every knight in the kingdom for the battle.

Felix took Subaru and Rem to the dragon stable because they were going to need one for the fight.

"I really don't know which one I should choose," Subaru said as he passed by different dragons with Rem trailing behind him.

"Any one of them would be fine, these are the fastest dragons in the kingdom," Felix explained from beside him.

While Subaru walked between the dragons, he noticed that there was a black dragon that was staring at him. When Subaru passed by it he also noticed that the dragon was following him with its gaze which made Subaru stop.

Subaru backpedalled to a stop in front of the black dragon.

"Nyaaa…are you interested in that one?" Felix asked.

"I don't know, it looks more like it is interested in me," Subaru responded as he raised a hand towards the dragon.

The moment Subaru moved his hand the dragon shifted its head under it making Subaru pet it.

Subaru smiled, "I will take this one."

"Nyaaa .. you like it?" Felix asked.

"Yes, I think it was love at first sight," Subaru replied, petting the dragon.

"Nyahaha, careful Subaru-kun, if you talk like that Rem-chan is going to be jealous" said Felix with a smirk.

Rem gasped in offense, "No I won't!" she exclaimed as she walked to Subaru and began hugging his arm, "I will take good care of it," she said as she tried to also pet the dragon.

However, before she could touch it, the dragon used its head to push Rem away from Subaru.

Subaru looked at the dragon confusedly which suddenly started to press its nose against Subaru's cheek.

Rem glared at the dragon and growled at it. "DO YOU WANT A FIGHT DRAGON!?" she yelled, striding toward the dragon that was nuzzling Subaru.

Felix grabbed Rem to stop things from getting too heated, "Rem-chan, calm down."

"Let me go Felix, I'm going to show that thing that Subaru-kun is mine," Rem grunted, struggling to get to the dragon.


Five days passed and there was one day remaining before the whale was to appear, and waiting there was an army ready to fight.

More than two hundred knights and over a hundred magicians showed up for the battle, most of whom had history with the whale, having lost someone to it.

Right before they went out to where the whale was going to be, Wilhelm thanked Subaru for giving him the chance to avenge his wife who was killed by the whale.

When they finally arrived at the base of the huge tree, Subaru told everyone to be careful because it could appear at any moment.

After half an hour Crusch turned to Subaru, "Are you sure that it is here?"

Subaru nodded. "This is the exact place where I saw it," he said, pointing at his head to indicate that this was part of his future knowledge.

Crusch nodded at him, "I trust you Natsuki Subaru."

"AAAAHHHHH!'

One of the soldier screamed in panic, after which all of the soldiers started mumbling while they started pointing at the tree.

Subaru looked up and saw a huge shadow passing by. "Get ready Rem."

"Right!" Rem exclaimed.

"THE WHALE IS HERE!" Crusch yelled, causing all of the soldiers to roar a booming war cry.

"AL FULA!"

"AL HUMA!"

Subaru and Rem yelled at once, launching their long-range spells at the whale and getting the first hit.


Here is the new chapter, I hope you liked it. I'm not planning on making the fight with the whale too fancy, just a fight here and there with a hint of drama so that we can finally join to the main event. Hehehe.

Have a nice day and I will see you next time.


SPECIAL THANKS TO 'Ayuthan' FOR EDITING THIS CHAPTER. THANK YOU