The Next Day
An act. I need an act. Not just any kind of act, I need one that they'll believe. I can't just enter with my horrid personality. I also can't just act like the way I was on my first days. What makes things harder is that fake. I don't know what he is but if he acts how I was when I first came then with his otaku mentality he'll conclude that I'm an enemy. That was usually the case with a twin to the protagonist. I can't have that, yet.
The only thing that I can think of that can work is a memory loss character. It isn't very trustworthy but they won't exactly doubt you. As to what ill use to explain our similar appearance, ill go safe and easy, a twin sibling. Knowing how I was naive and stupid when I was summoned, the fake will believe it. Finally ill improvise my personality based on the word, considerate.
I've got most of it covered, now on to one last problem. I'm standing in front of the gate, but how do I get in. Its locked and I can't exactly climb it. First impressions are important for an infiltration.
"Dear guest, what are you doing out there. Just a moment ago you were with Emilia-sama."
A chance! Thus this show begins.
"Guest! Did you say I was with someone."
I grabbed the gate, to which it made a loud clang. She was startled, yet a bit hostile. She seemed to be a maid for the mansion judging by her outfit. She was short and had blue hair that covered one of her eyes.
"Dear guest, what are you saying? I don't quite understand."
She's annoying. She speaks in monotone, no emotion to be found. Though, just from looking at her, I've already figured out what can break her. I can see it in her eyes, she is trapped in her past. She wants to atone for something. How pitiful.
"Please let me in. If its what I'm thinking then he's in there isn't he!"
"Dear guest-"
"Rem is there a problem."
A new voice joins us. She looked exactly like the blue one but mirrored and was instead pink. They were twins. There was no problem with me being the twin to the fake, I mean the world is big.
"Nee-sama it seems that the dear guest has gone crazy."
"What, dear guest, was waking up to two cute girls too much for your puny brain to handle. I guess it must have fried your brain, well its understandable you look like a virgin after all."
The pink one sure has a mouth. The fake is a guest right? Why is she talking to someone she just met like trash? She's lucky I'm forced to act.
"I really need to get in. You can call me virgin all you like but please let me in. I have to see him!"
I'm sure she can see my 'determination' so getting in is simple. And sure enough she opens the gate.
"Thank you"
"Welcome back, Master Roswall."
Eh?
I look and see a carriage. A tall clown looking man had come out of it. It was Roswall. I had forgotten that this mansion belonged to him, not Emilia. I don't care too much about him though, he's just a sacrifice to my plans.
"Oh, it seems we have a visitor."
"Yes Roswall-sama, this is the man who saved Emilia-sama's life."
How disgusting. The pink one is completely devoted to the clown. Im surprised she isn't a complete slave. Her sister must be a reason for that.
"No, I didn't. If you say someone who looks like me saved your friend then the person your talking about is my brother."
"Brother?"
The twins said in sync and looked at each other while tilting their heads. I glance at the clown and noticed a brief shocked expression. I can barely hear him mutter something about a gospel.
"I think we will~ figure things out once we enter. Lets go shall~ we."
"Yes, Roswall-sama."
They say in sync again. If that's a habit of theirs then its annoying. Nonetheless, infiltration complete.
I was escorted to a dining room. The table was set with dining neccessities and was only missing the actual food. In this room however, I was alone with the clown.
"How is it~? Are you comfortable?"
"Yes. The chair is very nice to sit on."
When was the last time I sat down on something soft? Didn't I rest on Elsa's lap once? No no, I'm devoted to Emilia. I'm just confused on love and gratitude. Elsa is just a nice tool to have.
"You seem restless."
"Well if you finally found your brother after so long of course you'll be restless."
"Being reunited with your brother must make you very~ happy."
"Yeah, really happy."
Disguting.
"I see~. Don't worry, soon~ enough you'll see him. Rem is a very good servant who can work quickly."
"Rem, is the blue one right?"
"That is correct~."
As far as I can tell, between the blue one and the pink one, the pink seems much more useful. It seems that the blue one will do anything her sister will ask of her. So if I can somehow get her to lose the devotion she has for the clown and take her then ill also get the blue one. Thus the amount of allies the fake has will diminish.
"Um, Roswall-san. How long do we have to wait?"
"Thank you for your patience."
It was the blue one, Rem. She seems to be overly cautious of me. But just as Roswall said she works quickly. She placed food for each plate. Though I noticed a glare towards me when she put my share. Afterwards she stood next to the clown.
"Wow, it looks and smells great! You must put lots of love into making it."
"No, its only to be expected of a maid."
I smile towards her.
"Your older sister, Ram, must be so proud to have a little sister like you."
I saw a twitch. I'm sure she must have felt a slight happiness. Though I saw some guilt. Its easy to push her buttons. I said something she would want to hear. Its really simple, the human mind that is. Though, there's a chance she's not human.
"Roswall-sama, I have brought the real dear guest."
I look and see the pink one, Ram. Behind her were two people standing next to each other. The fake and Emilia. To think I'm so close to her this early on. Ah, she's so breathtaking. I want to get even closer. No, not yet. Stick to the act.
"Nii-saaan!"
Disgusting.
I purposefully charge in to him with full force in hopes that I hurt it. Just pretending to be this things brother is disgusting.
"Uagh! What?!"
I heard his voice. Its exactly like mine.
"I missed you so much nii-san!"
Disgusting. Disgusting.
"Oi, what's going on!?"
I rub my cheek against his. I don't understand sibling affection but this otaku must picture something like this. Though, its disgusting what I'm doing to it.
"Nii-San! Nii-san! I missed you so much! Where have you been?!"
"Oi! Cal-Calm down!"
I can feel the others stare at us. This scene may have been touching if I were a girl. However, I'm a boy. They stare at us feeling creeped out.
"Nii-San."
I grab its face with both my hands and force him to look at me. His eyes widened in shock, it must have realized we look the same. Now that I'm close to it, I can see that the face is the exact same as mine. Its picture perfect, except his eyes showed something that mine could no longer show. Purity.
"Who are you..."
I show him a hurt expression and quickly get off him. Just as I predicted, he sees me as an enemy due to his otaku logic.
"Ah! Sorry, sorry! I got too excited and forgot about your condition. Of course you wouldn't remember, that's just hopeful thinking."
Everyone in the room took notice of my wording. Just as planned I got them curious after the word 'wouldnt remember.' I found one to be extremely interested.
"My~. Would you be ever so kind~ to tell us what you mean~."
I simply nodded and sat to where I was previously sitting. I didn't bother to help it up, but that was a mistake.
"Are you ok? Subaru."
"Y-yeah. Thank you, Emilia-tan."
Emilia's voice. Its so beautiful, its music to my ears. It would almost be hypnotic if it wasn't for that fake. Its holding her hand. Be grateful I'm in an act or you'd be dead where you stand. The fake turns to me, smiles, and gives me a thumbs up. 'Thanks bro', is what I feel coming off him. I merely return the thumbs up and smile. Unknown to everyone, behind the smile I'm grinding my teeth in frustration.
"I'm glad. The food Rem's prepared is getting cold, lets hurry and eat."
"Yes, ma'am"
Ram went and stood on the other side of Roswall. I sat close to Roswall. Then, luck graced me.
Emilia is sitting next to me. Although it pisses me off that the fake is on the other side. The fact of the matter is, I'm so close to her. Oh no, what do I do, she smells way too nice. I want to touch her. Oh no, what do I do? Is she really fine, sitting next to me? I'm so happy I could die. I would die just to repeat this moment.
"Is something wrong?"
Ah, she caught me watching her eat. No, no, I'm so embarrassed. Its not my fault you look cute eating.
"No, its nothing. Sorry for staring."
"Its fine, I'm not mad."
Ah, I love her.
I then found out that there was one extra person. She was loli girl with drill twin-tails. She's playing with Emilia's spirit, Puck. Now that I think about she might've been here when it was just me and Roswall. The fake must have also interacted with her. I didn't notice because I was entranced by Emilia.
When everyone finished their meal, Roswall explained many things that I already know. Such as, Emilia being a candidate for king. Nonetheless, everything he said was completely pointless to me. However, it was useful to the fake. Then, Roswall had granted him one desire. The fake wanted to be employed at this mansion. Was I really such an idiot before? Emilia told him something about desiring too little. At this point everything that's going on is just so useless to me. Except Emilia and also my 'tools' ...I guess.
"Now onto you. To put it bluntly~, who are you."
Oh, after all their pointless chatter, is it time for my act again. The curious clown seems to be very interested in this situation, is it because of a gospel you carelessly muttered.
"Nii-sans, little brother?"
I replied to him while tilting my head.
"Um, he wanted your name. I can see how you misunderstood."
Ah, Emilia talked to me!
"Name? I don't remember."
I showed a sad expression.
"You don't remember?"
"Yeah, all I remember is my older brother and that I have to find him. Its some kind of condition."
"Do you know what caused it?"
"No, but I do know that my brother got the worse of it. He lost almost all his memories. All he knows is his name and mom and dads but he forgot me."
Emilia looked at the fake with sad expression.
"Subaru...you poor thing."
"Oh...y-yeah."
Heh. Its not going to take back any of my claims. Its still new to this world and it doesn't know why or how it was summoned. There's a high chance that it'll think that he took someone's body in this world. Its that naive, after all.
"But I'm fine because just by seeing him I can tell its going to be alright."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because nii-San is still nii-San."
Emilia shows me a warm smile. To think she would smile towards me, me of all people. I'm incredibly happy. Though, once I become the 'villain' that'll change. If she knew of the things I have done, there's no doubt she'd hate me to the very core. But, for now, I will treasure the moments where I am not her enemy.
"You must really love him."
"Of course!"
No Emilia, I hate it. You have no idea how much I hate it. I love you. I will always love you. Though I'm having trouble understanding what I love because of my 'tool.'
"That's why, ill repay my debt to you Emilia-San. I'll work at this mansion for free."
"Eh?! No you don't have to do something like that! Your brother saved my life so I would feel bad if you worked for free."
"Yeah, but that was my brother not me. I owe you and Roswall for finding him and letting him rest in this mansion."
"Emilia-tan, if your dealing with someone with my blood. Then they'll be stubborn about something they want to do. So just let him do what he wants."
"But-"
"Thank you, nii-san!"
You dumb fool. What do you think your doing helping an enemy? I can't believe he bought such a claim. No nevermind, its easy believe it, its very naive after all.
"Roswall, if you may allow me. May I work here as well. Of course, my service will be free."
"Well I see no reason~ to refuse. I will allow it~."
"Thank you!"
"Welcome aboard, um- little brother? Oh, that's right we don't have a name for you. That's a problem, you can't go walking around nameless."
Don't touch me so casually, fake. I have a name and its Natsuki Subaru. You stole it from me you disgusting fake.
"Is there anything you'd like to call me. I'm okay with anything."
"Oh then how about-"
"No."
"Immediate rejection! Didn't you say you were okay with anything!"
"Well I get the feeling that you have weird naming sense, nii-san."
Besides I don't want a name from a fake like you. Its also because I want my name to come from Emilia. Though I can hear the pink twin muttering Virgin.
"Do you have anything for me, Emilia-San."
I show her puppy dog eyes to make sure I get something.
"T-then how about, Subaru 2?"
"What is he a robot!?"
"What's a robot?"
Ah, Subaru 2, what is with that. That is way too cute!
"How about Alter?"
My glee ended abruptly. I might've misheard.
"Puck?"
"I don't think he'd like tha- actually he loves it so much that you can see stars in his eyes!"
The spirit named me Alter. This is no coincidence he caught on to something. Alter means different, that is no coincidence.
"Then from now on call me, Natsuki Alter."
I'm going to keep closer eye to this spirit. Though, infiltration of the Roswall manor is complete. Enjoy this life as long as you can fake. The suffering I want you to feel may finally come.