Hello dear reader welcome to my latest attempt at poorly written fanfiction, all jokes aside as you can probably tell by the premise, this story is going to be a characters watching the series kind of story, I've always personally liked the concept, and I've always wanted to see somebody do a story like this for RE: zero, sadly I haven't found any stories that fit this criteria but as the old saying goes "when you want something done right you do it yourself" so without any further ado I present to you my story (PS I have bad dyslexia so if you spot any spelling mistakes or bad grammar please let me know and I'll fix it)
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Chapter 1: the architect
"well now that certainly doesn't seem right" uttered a hooded figure as he continued to inspect a very peculiar anomaly that had his undivided attention, the hooded figure placed a hand on its chin as he ran calculation after calculation to work out if this anomaly was simply a by-product of the system or something much worse.
"Sir I would like to report that I have discovered an anomaly that I think should be brought to your attention"
The hooded figure was pull from his deep contemplation by the voice of one of his countless number of assistances, he turned around meeting the unflinching gaze of this particular assistant,
"yes, I have been well aware of this anomaly for quite some time, but because of a lapse in my judgement I had assumed that it was a by-product of the system, but it appears that I was vastly mistaken"
Said the hooded figure as he turned back around to the large display, on this display was what can only be described as a flowing map with points, locations and names ever changing and constantly flowing. to an ordinary human this strange map appears to have no structure, but to the architect every part of this map had its place all except one piece, barely noticeable even to him at first, this is single piece of the map had proven itself to be more than just a simple error brought about by the system, it was persistent never changing compared to its surroundings in the map, but the part that was the most surprising was that this particular piece was never meant to be there in the first place, this stumped the architect to the point where he had been devoting most of his limited time to this single out of place piece in the map.
He Continued to ponder this question, as he turned back to his assistant,
"I would like to you and several others to go to the location of this anomaly and investigate"
said to be architect as the assistant gave a short bow
"very well sir should I alert for the sentinels as well?"
said the assistant as they continue to Bow in front of the architect waiting for his reply
"no that will not be necessary, I do not believe this anomaly requires such drastic measures and responses, however do not intervene in the anomaly I first what you understand why it's behaving the way it is, am I understood?"
the architect said as he summons a holographic projection in front of him, tapping various orders into its display before it disappeared like it was never there
"of course sir I will make sure that me and the other assistants will carry out these orders to the letter"
the assistant said as it Rose from its bow looking the architect straight in the face with its unflinching gaze before turning around on the spot and exiting the room, after the assistant had left the room the architect turned back to the map returning his attention to the anomaly that had him so troubled, putting a hand back to his chin he resumed his contemplation of the anomaly
what is it about you that is so special out of everything else in the flow of causality? I just don't understand what it is about you, Subaru Natsuki that makes you so special
It was roughly a month since the defeat of a white whale and much like the rest of lugnica, Subaru Natsuki was enjoying the peace that came with the creatures defeat, currently the Roswell Manors only Butler was in the pantry, preparing today's lunch with two friends Rem and Ram
Subaru looked up the freshly peeled potatoes in front of him to a girl blue hair and her bangs covering her right eye, she much like him was wearing the Roswell manners servants uniform albeit a much more frilly version, this is Rem, Subaru's closest friend in this new world
"Hey Rem" Subaru called out "these potatoes are all peeled and ready to go over here"
"Yes, Subaru-Kun" she replied, with a happy and affectionate tone, that Subaru easily picks up on, "Rem has already finished preparing the other ingredient
"Oh ok, I guess I was a bit too slow again, to help with the rest of the ingredients" said Subaru with a slightly defeated tone
"Honestly Barusu, how can you be so incompetent performing the most simplest of tasks" came the sharped tongue from the other occupant in the pantry, a girl almost identical in many ways to Rem, but with the notable differences of having pinkish red hair instead of blue, and with her bangs covering her left eye instead of her right, this was Ram, Rem's twin sister and Subaru's adversarial friend
"Hey, I'm trying ok! not everyone can be perfect at cooking like you" replied Subaru with a sarcastic tone
"I'm not perfect, but at least unlike you I am competent at my job" she said picking up one of the brutalized potatoes "I can safely say that you have improved slightly, but not by much"
"well a little improvement is better than none, I will continue to strive to become the best Butler possible for Emelia!" said Subaru as he took one of his strange poses, that even now continued to stump the two twins
"honestly your stupidity continues to amaze me, you always seem to know the best way to make a complete utter fool out of yourself" Said Ram with a sigh, as she put the brutalized potato back in the pile with the rest,
"Well, at least I can use a broom and a duster properly unlike you" Subaru said with smugness practically dripping from his voice while pointing his finger directly at her, Ram felt her face turn red out of embarrassment and anger from his comment.
the two of them quickly devolved into one of them oh quite common bickering matches, with both of them insulting each other's work ethic, appearance and other trivial things about each other, Rem for her part do nothing but what as the two continued their little bickering contest, in fact Rem remember the last time she tried to break one of these contests up, they both verbally tore her head off,
honestly these two are worse than cats and dogs sometimes, Rem thought to herself letting out a sigh as did, however something caught her attention, turning her head looking out to the small window on the other side of the pantry,
even with her heightened senses she barely spotted it, but squinting her eyes, she finally spotted what had caught her attention, across the Courtyard and perched on the branches of the big trees surrounding the Manor, was a robed figure, simply standing there not trying to hide its presence as it watched her, Rem felt herself go as stiff as a board, something that didn't escape the notice of Ram and Subaru, her and the robed figure continue their stare off, but she could feel from its gaze that she wasn't what the figure was interested in,
she suddenly had a horrifying realisation, the figure wasn't looking at her - it was looking right through her to Subaru, Rem's fear deepened as her mind began to work its way through, all of the ways that this figure could harm Subaru and what it could want from him, but as her mind began to think the worst she felt white hot anger rising up in her chest, no one would dare hurt her Subaru and expect to get away with it,
however, before Rem could act on her intent to kill, the robed figure seemingly evaporated like it was made of nothing but smoke, leaving no trace it was ever there to begin with,
her white hot rage quickly gave way to confusion and then to extreme worry, however she became distinctly aware that both Subaru and Ram, were both calling her name with concerned voices, Rem find me let out the breath she didn't realise she was holding, allowing her screaming lungs to finally have fresh air
"Rem - Hey Rem, are you ok?" said Subaru with concern "you kind of spaced out on us there for a second"
"yes sister, you had me very worried there, is something the matter?" Ram Chimed in, concern practically overflowing in her voice
both looked at her with concern evident in their eyes, seemingly forgetting the bickering match from moments ago
"y... yes, I'm absolutely fine, just felt a bit tired all of a sudden" she lied, deciding it was best not to worry them.
"Wait, what was that!" said a small fluffy creature,
as it frantically searched for any possible danger and where the large amount of Mana have been emitted from, this small creature who looked remarkably like a small cat was named Park, a spirit who have been contracted by a young half elf named Emilia, as puck continue to search for where the large mane anomaly had come from, he felt an ever-growing sense of dread, this was because for power he felt, this power eclipse his own and maybe even the Witch of envy herself, even though it only been for a second he had been completely overwhelmed by this power, he had no illusions that whoever held is power could easily beat him even if he went all out
"P... Puck?" Puck was brought out of his fear induced musings, by a voice all too familiar to him, turning to his left he saw Emilia looking at him with concern and a little bit of fear
"you felt it to Lia?" he asked, praying to whatever was listening that it had simply been his imagination, without saying the word she shakily nodded her head with fear now evident in her eyes, with puck's worst fears confirmed, he thought for a second before making up his mind
"w... we should really talk to Roswaal and Beatrice about this, I guarantee if we felt it then they most likely did as well" puck with hesitation clear in his voice, Emilia simply nodded with fear still in her eyes as they both made their way inside the Roswaal manor
Rem it was incredibly on edge, as she made her way towards the Servant quarters of a mansion, after her brief encounter with the unknown intruder, and the resulting wave of mana that be individual have released, she and her sister have been on edge, the part that scared her most however was that even Subaru, who could not send mana like her and her sister could, had also felt it as well, as she finally made it to the door that lead to her and Ram's room, she suddenly felt a presence just down the hallway behind her, whipping her head around in a flash she expected to come face-to-face of the intruder, but instead came face-to-face with puck and Emilia who both look quite rattled
she put her hand on her chest trying to calm her racing heart, which by this point was beating so hard she really feared that it would rip itself out of her chest, as she took large gulps of air, Emilia gave her slightly jittery wave before following puck towards Roswaal's study, after managing to stop her mini heart attack Rem finally unlocked and open the door to her and her sister's room, quickly shutting the door behind her, she looked around the room for a second before making her way over to her bed but as she did so,
she suddenly felt like something wasn't right with her body, everything felt so heavy and stiff almost like she was submerged in a thick fluid, even though she suddenly felt extremely exhausted her mind went into overdrive, but unfortunately they didn't last very long as she felt all of the energy leave her body, by this point she was barely managing to keep herself upright with her vision rapidly fading, and finally she was plunged Into darkness with her last thought being that of her sister and Subaru, hoping they would be safe without her.
"Dammit!, where the hell has Rem disappeared to" Ram muttered to herself as she continue to look for her missing in action little sister, her and her sister had felt the large release of Mana, which had put them both on edge, however at this very moment in time Ram was more pissed off then on edge, because no matter when she looked she couldn't seem to find her sister anywhere and as a result she was starting to become pissed
"honestly, I thought she would have grown out of this kind of slacking off" she said to us up with a huff, as she checked another storage closet
"dammit she's not in here either, maybe I should check outside and see if she's out there" Ram said with a slightly concerned sigh, the fact that Rem was seemingly nowhere with in the mention, began to put a bit of fear into her heart, shutting the storage closet and making sure it was locked, she turned around only to be met with puck and Emilia, which judging by their facial expressions looked like they had seen a ghost
"h...hey Ram" Puck said with a uncharacteristic weary stutter looking as white as a fresh bed sheet, and with Emilia somehow looking even more pale than that, with what could only be described as a haunted expression on her face
she gave a wave of acknowledgement as the two passed her, however as they did she suddenly noticed something about both of them, Emilia began to stumble in a similar way to somebody does when they are either drunk or incredibly tired, while Puck who normally floated at about eye level, suddenly dropped in altitude almost touching the floor as he did,
realisation struck her that something was terribly wrong, when Emilia with one last stumbling step collapsed to the floor follow seconds later by Puck, she tried to make a move to help them, but as she did, it suddenly felt like she had been submerged into a thick fluid, making it extremely difficult to move and on top of that, it felt like all of the energy in her body had suddenly left her, Ram took a couple stumbling steps before feeling her legs give out beneath Her, however she managed to grab onto the wall as she fell, keeping herself upright for just a few more seconds, which was just enough time to see something that turned her blood stone cold, both Puck and Emilia had vanished leaving nothing that some kind of lingering smoke where their bodies used to be.
losing the last of her energy, she collapsed on the floor as well, and even as unconsciousness was rapidly taking her brain, many thoughts and emotions went through her mind but the one at the forefront of her fog covered mind was fear, fear of what was happening to her and what would possibly happen to the others, and most of all what would happen to her little sister, Ram felt tears running down her face as her world was finally plunged Into darkness.
"Ah I see, you are certainly an interesting individual Natsuki Subaru" the architect mused to himself as he continued his investigation of the said young man, many interesting things have come to the Architects attention upon looking into Subaru, to the two biggest things that peak architects attention, was Subaru's unconscious ability to rewind time upon his death, and the fact that the world he was currently in was not the one who originally come, which for the architect cause no amount of annoyance, yet he continue to look through all of the data his assistants had collected during their time observing Subaru and what the architect could assume were his allies, much of it was useless to him but the most important aspect that intrigued him enough, to take such drastic action was the fact that upon Subaru's death and subsequent rewinding of time, would cause the entire world forget it's memories, which proved to be quite a conundrum for the architect, rewinding time itself would cause the memory of most individuals to be lost but there were some individuals from that world that surely should have been perviest that kind of power, yet even they have lost their memories of the world,
the architect continued to muse over the puzzle that was presented before him, it was obvious to him that even at this stage he did not have all the pieces to solve this puzzle, the major pieces he did have so far simply left him with more questions than answers, as a result he wasn't quite sure just yet what the ultimate answer was, but one thing that was for certain was the fact that it all seems to centre around a certain individual by the name of satella. the architect was broken from his musings by the arrival of one of his servants, with a sigh of slight annoyance upon being interrupted again, the architect turned to his bowing assistant
"I'm assuming you're come to report that they have been gather, and all necessary arrangements have been made?" the architect asked, already knowing the answer to his question but still wanted to hear it his assistants own words
"of course my lord, your orders were carried out to the letter all individuals you requested have been collected and necessary arrangements for them have been made" the assistant said as it continued to bow unflinchingly in front of the architect, the architect the architect mused on his assistance efforts for a second before replying
"you have done well my assistant, bring them to the chamber and you and the others can then rest" the architect said noticing a small amount of pride in the eyes of the assistant, as it rose from its bowing position before leaving the room, leaving the architect alone to his musings once again, with the assistant now gone he turned his attention back to a large display that he had been staring up before, it was a large display filled with all manner of things, everything from inanimate objects to people, and at the centre of it all was a single individual the previously mentioned satella, the architect continue to inspect the display before he suddenly realised it was time to go meet his guests, and with that he quickly left the room leaving it In darkness
"oohhh, why does my head hurt so much" said a voice as a pair of crystal blue eyes fluttered open, Rem felt absolutely awful every part of her body ached, it kinda felt like she hadn't moved an inch in years, as her tired brain slowly reactivated, she began to think there's something about this wasn't right, and then suddenly it all came back to her, shooting straight up and becoming stiff as a board, she looks around the unfamiliar and alien looking environment, everything about the room she was in just didn't seem right from the furniture to the decor, as she surveyed her surroundings, she suddenly become aware of someone next to her, looking to her left she was shocked and slightly relieved to see her sister Puck and Emilia of all people, all of which appear to be still knocked out cold, moving close of them which was no easy feat, considering be weird squishy bed they were all on, she inspected them closely making sure there was no injuries and to her surprise there wasn't any not a single trace of an injury or even forceful handling of them, which just served to confuse her more, why go to all the effort to capture them and yet treat them so well it just didn't make any sense.
she also checked herself making sure that was nothing wrong with her in case things went south, however she realised something deeply disturbing, she could not feel her horn whatsoever, fearing the worst her hands snapped up to her forehead, however instead of a dirty wound would be she found perfect skin no trace of injury at all, all almost as if the horn was never there to begin with, panic and confusion began to fill her heart as she felt tears beginning to come to her eyes, however her manic episodes was cut short as she finally noticed the other presents in the room, slowly turning her head she finally saw it, it was huge at least 8 or 9 feet tall, it's entire body was covered by a scarlet robe with gold and silver highlights, it's face was covered by a hood that seem to suck up the very light around it, making inside of the Hood look as black as night,
even without her horn she already felt her oni Instincts kicking in, she rose to her feet which was a bit of a challenge considering the weird squishy bed thing she was on, and assume to the best fighting stance she could manage, even at her full height she didn't even come up to its waist, as she ready for herself for a fight she suddenly became aware of the lack of any malicious or killing intent coming from the thing, the large figure simply continue to look at her, she couldn't see its eyes, she could feel them boring into her analysing every single part of her even her memories, shaking her head to clear the unsettling feeling she finally spoke
"W... who are you, and why did you bring us here" she said her voice coming out a bit shaky and less intimidating than she intended, she suddenly flinched when one of its hands began to move, but instead of going for an attack it simply put its hand inside it's hood using it other arm to support it, she recognised it as the pose of somebody deep in thought, Roswaal had taken this exact pose many times many times in the past when thinking of how to achieve his goals, she and the figure stayed like this for maybe a minute or two, but to her it felt like years, but finally after what felt like an eternity the robe figure spoke
"my apologies young one I was momentarily lost in thought, you asked who I was yes?" the figure asked, Rem nodded not taking her eyes off the robed figure
"well young one my name is not something a mortal such as yourself can comprehend, for convenience simply call me the architect" that only served to confuse Rem even more, simple mortal, architect? what did that even mean, she looked at the robed figure with complete confusion on her face, her fight or flight response seemingly completely forgotten, she heard the figure let out a sigh, as it suddenly began to approach her, she kept her guard up but not as much as before, because she could still feel no malicious or killing intent coming from the robed figure, it's stopped about an arm's-length in front of her, from this distance and vantage Point she could truly appreciate just how tall the figure really was, it looked as if It could touch the heavens just by reaching its arms above its head.
"To put it simply young one, you could say that I am the master of fate and causality, I am the one responsible for it, and the one that keeps it in balance" the figure said as Rem looked up at it's towering form, from this distance she could just about make out just the bear outline of face under black as night hood, the two of them stayed like this for what felt like ages, the architect was incredibly intrigued by this young girl, while Rem was mostly suspicious but also somewhat intrigued by this robed figure.
"forgive me young one I don't mean to be rude, but I believe this is the part where you introduce yourself?" the robed figure said with what she could only assume was a slightly bemused expression judging by its voice, Rem felt her cheeks go red embarrassment as she replied.
"M… my is Rem, servant of the Roswaal manor, it's nice to meet you I suppose" she said with a slight blush and she introduced herself, even though she still couldn't see the Architects eyes, she could somehow feel their gaze soften, as well as the atmosphere of the entire space becoming a bit lighter, the silence returned between them, however this time she welcomed it as she needed time to process what was happening exactly
"I'm assuming young Rem, that you are curious about what happened to your friends?" her entire train of thought came to a screeching halt, because that's exactly what she was just thinking, she looked at the architect realising he had read her mind like an open book, the architect for his part realised his mistake and address it,
"forgive me I did not mean to violate the privacy of your mind" the architect said as he did a slight bow of the head in apology, Rem for her part was still slightly shocked but quickly recovered,
"it's fine I just wasn't expecting it that's all, and yes I'm a bit concerned why they haven't woken up yet like I have" Rem as she looked at the three of them with concern evident in her eyes, with her eyes hovering pink haired girl, which the architect didn't even need to read her mind to know was her sister
"well you see, you could say that their Souls haven't been woken up yet" the architect said with a slight pause before continuing "since this space is not designed for mortal creatures such as yourself, I had to modify it by allowing it so that your physical bodies could exist and function here, but since I am not all powerful there are so the limits that was not able to overcome" architect said as he finished his explanation waiting for Rem's response, to say the least she was slightly confused but not as much she was earlier, she was by no means an expert on how the human body worked all and the true nature of a soul, but she knew just enough to get a general idea of what the architect was saying.
"I think I understand, but that doesn't really explain why I woke up but they didn't" she said with a confused look on her face, it was just so strange that she was the only one that had woken up so far, especially considering that both her sister and Puck were more powerful when it came to magic, and would be more likely to wake up first at least in her mind, the architect let out another sigh, which brought her back from her thoughts, she could already tell that the answer the architect was going to give her wouldn't really answer her question
"you see I'm not entirely sure myself" she blinked in confusion as if she didn't hear that right "you were not supposed to wake up yet like the rest of them, in fact it was quite surprising when you woke up actually" the architect finished the slight bit of amusement in his voice, Rem mould over that information the best she could, a literal god of causality had no idea how she had woken up when she wasn't supposed to, she tried thinking of a possible way that she could have done it, but it just ended up making her brain hurt, so she decided to ask a very important question,
"so how do we wake them up exactly?" she said of the confused voice, as she continue to look at the still form of her sister, the architect moved closer behind her, she could tell without looking because of the massive shadow that eclipse to entire body when he was right behind her, "do not worry Young Rem, I have a method for waking them up" as he moved past her towards the weird squishy bed thing, she watched as he knelt down, even on one knee she still did not come up to his eye level, with at least a good 6 or 7 in difference between them still, she came over and knelt next to her sister, as the architect moved his massive hands over her, placing one thumb on her forehead and the other on her sternum, the architect then began to speak in a language that she could only describe as alien sounding, it gave her an eerie feeling that she wasn't meant to be hearing this, she watched have a little bit of fascination as he finished his chanting, at first nothing happened but then she noticed her sisters fingers beginning to twitch followed by her arms, and then suddenly her open her eyes snapped open and she took in a deep breath, it was only then that Rem realise that her sister wasn't actually breathing before and neither was Emilia.
Ram's eyes snapped open, as she instinctively breathed in as hard as she could, but she quickly closed her eyes because of the shame blinding light that assaulted then, after blinking a few times the world came back into focus, the next thing that assaulted her senses was how much her body ached, it felt like she had moved in years or maybe even decades, after letting the pain in her neck subside she moved her head carefully so she could look around, only to come face-to-face with looking at her with obvious relief in her eyes, Ram gave her a tired smile however that was when she felt another presence, looking to her left she saw it a truly a truly gargantuan person in scarlet robes, their face hidden by what seemed to be a wall of impenetrable darkness in their hood, in any other situation Ram would have gone into flight mode immediately but a combination of being too tired and a strange feeling of calm emanating from the person made her calm down immediately, looking between the two for second she decided to ask her sister first.
"Rem what in the dragon's name is going on, and who is this?" she asked, her voice sounding a bit croaky and horsed, she watched as her sister put on a thoughtful expression for a second before answering
"I'm not quite sure what's going on myself, but that person over there is the architect, the one who brought us here" she said as Ram looked at her with an obviously confused expression, she looked between her sister and this architect person, before settling her gaze on him she took a good few seconds to examine them, everything about them was strange, from the sheer monstrous size of their body to their clothes, even though she could tell that her and sister were not in immediate danger, she still did not know the true intentions of this architect person, so she tried something she rarely did, she tried to read his surface thoughts, however as she tried, her brain was assaulted an overwhelming pain, causing her to hiss in pain and grab her head with both hands, after the pain subsided she looks between the two of them, her sister had a look of concern, the architect although she couldn't see his face, she could feel in his gaze slight concern and genuine surprise
"I'm sorry if that caused you any pain, I didn't expect you to try and read my surface thoughts like that" architect said bowing his head slightly, in what she we could assume was some kind of apology, rubbing her head a bit more she was about to respond, when she suddenly became aware that on the weird squishy bed thing, there were two more masses near her, sitting up slightly and looking behind her, she saw something that gave her both relief and intense fear, she was relieved to see both Puck and Emilia safe and sound, but that quickly turned to fear when she noticed that Emilia's chest was still.
she tour her eyes away from the two still forms, now looking back at the architect genuine fear and anger in her eyes "what did you do to them!" she demanded, her voice raising slightly, she watched the architect go into a thinking pose one that immediately made her think of Roswaal, taking her eyes off the architect she looked at her sister, who surprisingly look relatively calm about the whole thing which just served to confuse her, looking back to the architect he finally spoke
"there is no need to worry young Ram, they are quite alright they have simply not been awakened like you yet" the architect said as he moved towards her, she quickly ready to herself for a fight, but instead of going in for the attack he simply moved past her kneeling down beside her two companions, even on one knee on his he's still absolutely dwarfed her and Rem, she watched with slight concern as he reached out his gigantic hands, placing one thumb on Emilia's forehead and the other on her sternum, he then began to speak in a language that she can only describe as wrong sounding, the sounds themselves gave her very uneasy feeling, almost as if she wasn't meant to be hearing something like this. Finally finding the strength she carefully stood up, which was a bit of a challenge considering the weird squishy bed thing she was on, careful not to fall over she made her way to the architects side, followed closely by her sister,
with her fear mostly gone, she watch with bated breath as the architect finished his changing, at first nothing happened which began to make her think the worst, however she noticed that Emilia's fingers began to twitch followed by her arms and then suddenly, she took in the deepest breath she had ever seen, her chest seemingly inflating like a balloon, she felt relief overcome her as she noticed the architect move back slightly resting on both knees in a pose that very much reminded her of Subaru, she moved a bit closer to Emilia as her eyes began to open, before she left out a small hiss of pain closing them again, Rem she suspected that Emilia was most likely going through the same thing that she had when she woke up
Ram and her sister move closer to Amelia as has she opened her eyes again, rubbing them slowly with one of our hands, Rem was the first to speak, "lady Amelia I'm glad that you're awake" Ram followed up her sister in typical twin fashion, "yes lady Amelia we were both quite worried about you"
she looks at both of them with slight confusion using one of her arms to prop herself up, however she did she suddenly went to stiff as a board, the twins mediately thought the same thing, she had most likely spotted to be architect kneeling behind them, their suspicions were confirmed shakily rose a hand to point something behind them, Ram tried thinking about what to say, but she decided that it was best if she let her sister who have been awake for the longest explained, so she straightened her posture slightly, with a little nod of the head, to indicate to her sister to start explaining before the poor half elf most likely had a heart attack, judging from her facial expression,
"well you see Lady Amelia I'm not actually sure why we are here, but the individual that brought us here has made it clear to me and my sister that he means no harm to us" she said offering an explanation that really didn't actually explain anything, but it seems to have an effect on the half elf, they noticed that her body became a lot less stiff but her eyes still held the same concern and fear from before, the twins both looked at the architect who now knew it was the right time to introduce himself
"my apologies for causing you any discomfort young one, my name is the architect and as for the reason I brought you all here that will become clear very soon" the architect said bowing his head slightly, the half elf Emilia for her part but still incredibly confused, 1-minute she has been walking with puck to go see Roswaal, the next she was waking up in a strange room on strange bed with Rem and Ram looming over her, and this strange architect person kneeling behind them,
she tried in vain to piece together the information she had been given, however her thoughts were interrupted when she suddenly realised something very important, where was Pcuk?, she began to whip a head looking for him to despite her body's protests, she felt immense relief when she finally spotted him all curled up and looking quite comfy on the strange bed thing they were both on, she let out a relieved sigh turning her attention back to the twins and most importantly the architect
"I... I'm sorry if this comes across as a bit rude, but why did you bring us here exactly?" she asked looking at the architect hoping for an answer, the architect for his part decided it was time to enlighten them on why he brought them here
"well you see, the reason I have brought you on here, it's because of a conundrum I have encountered involving a certain individual you are all acquainted with" architect said slight pause before continuing "this individual goes by the name of Subaru Natsuki, he is the centre point of my conundrum, for he has demonstrated abilities and is currently residing in a world where he doesn't actually belong" this peaked everyone's attention immediately, what could the architect possible mean by "demonstrating abilities", as far as they knew Subaru didn't have any affinity for magic or any kind of divine blessing, and on top of that what did he mean by "doesn't belong in this world", they all knew that Subaru acted strange most of the time and had very bizarre customs, but they simply thought that was a result of him being from a land far away,
"Mr architect are you sure that Subaru is the one you're looking for?" Emilia ask with obviously confused face, she much like many other people had experienced Subaru's strange actions but she always thought of it as simply being because he was from a different culture far away, she didn't quite understand how someone who looked so ordinary could attract the attention of somebody as powerful as the architect, Rem and Ram had similar thoughts going through their heads, Subaru could indeed be very strange at times, and his uncanny ability to somehow dodge danger at every turn was indeed very strange, but they both simply rationalized it to him just been a bit odd.
the architect having let the silence gone on long enough replied to Amelia's question "yes indeed young Emilia, Subaru is indeed the one I'm interested in, as well as another individual by the name of satella" the architect noted that all of them seems to go as rigid as a board at the mention of that name, with what could only be described as a look horror on their faces
Rem was the first to speak "W...what could you possibly want to know about the Witch of envy, also are you implying that Subaru is somehow connected to her!" the architect found this reaction quite interesting, even though he had gathered a lot of information on satella or as she was known to them the Witch of envy, he still found it quite interesting that even long after her departure from the mortal world her name still carried such impact, to the point of just mention it in conversation was enough to send these three young girls into a state similar to shellshock, definitely something to keep note on for future reference, the architect thought to himself, Emilia was the next one to speak
"Subaru would never he connected someone that, I know for certain he wouldn't" she said refusing to believe, that the person she trusted the most could have anything to do with such a monster, Ram in was the next to chime in "Barusu is very incompetent when it comes to household tasks, but he is a genuine person with a good heart and I personally find it rather hard to believe that he would be connected such a monster, like you seem to be insinuating Mr architect" she finished the sentence by emphasizing his name.
the architect decided to let the silence drag out so he could formulate a better way how exactly to describe it to them without making it hard to understand for them and not revealing too much too early, after what felt like an eternity for the three young girls, he finally spoke again
"forgive me I did not mean the connection between them of that nature!, he said with a slight pause before continuing, "what I meant is that for an unknown reason, the Witch of envy gave Subaru an ability that fundamentally breaks the very rules that I meticulously look after" after letting that information settle in, the architect decided it was finally time to tell them why they were here,
"you see the ultimate reason why I brought you all here is so you can help me, get to the bottom of this connection and this ability that young Subaru has, since I am not the best judge of a mortals character, I thought that the people that are closest to him would be able to help me in my endeavours" the architect finished letting that information sink into their heads, to say all three of them were slightly confused would be an understatement of the century, as the architect let them process this information he observed them carefully, Rem looked slightly confused but was also obviously deep in thought about what he said, Ram much like my sister appeared to be deep in thought, although he could still sent a slight amount of wariness coming from her, and last by no means least Emelia looked to be the most confused out of all three of them.
After several moments of silence Ram was the first one to speak "forgive me but I'm not sure exactly how we can help you, Barusu is as much of a mystery to us as he is to you" she said with an exasperated sigh Emelia was the next to chime in "Subaru's actions and behaviour are very confusing most of the time even to me, it's like I can never truly tell what he's thinking or going to do" she said with a slightly sad expression on her face
"yes Subaru is the light of Rem's world, and yet even I don't understand his motivations or actions" Rem chimed in with a pleasant little smile on her face which earned a look of jealousy Emilia and a sigh from Ram, the architect being satisfied with the answers decided it was time to move to the next step, with a swipe of the Architects hand, a large space on the wall in front of them started to change colour, before transforming into what they could only describe as some kind of window poor opaque looking mirror, as this happened the three young girls suddenly heard a yawn, turning their attention to the squishy bed they saw that puck who they had all forgotten about for a moment, was finally waking up rubbing his eyes with one of his paws as he did, after stretching a bit he finally took a good look around him, it was obvious from his face that he was relieved to see all of them, he then turned his attention to the architect, looking at him obviously studying him for a good couple of seconds before or saying
"I'm assuming you're the one that brought us here aren't you" he said in a stoic and firm voice which really didn't fit his appearance at all, the architect for his part simply nodded in acknowledgement of his question, the two continued to stare at each other for what felt like hours before Puck let out a sigh
"well I can say that you haven't got any malicious Intent but I still don't trust you", Puck said as he broke eye contact with this architect person, and instead resting his gaze on Emilia who smiled back at him just happy to see the he was alright, the architect using this opportunity, send me small telepathic message to each one of them making them direct their attention towards the screen he had prepared
"I think it's now time I explain exactly how you're going to help me" he said pointing towards the screen before continuing "on this screen we are going to watch the life of a certain Subaru Natsuki, from the very moment he appeared in your world, until the defeat of the White Whale"
that peaked everyone's attention, for just how did the architect know about that, "so we're going to see Subaru's memories?" Rem said with a slightly concerned expression, feeling it was somewhat wrong to see inside someone's personal thoughts yet at the same time she felt her curiosity being peaked about what Subaru was really thinking at certain points in time, Ram for her part didn't say anything but her internal monologue was definitely one of curiosity to see what was truly going through Barusu's mind, Emilia despite not wanting to invade Subaru's privacy like this couldn't help but feel her curiosity get the better of her, about maybe finally getting some answers to the biggest questions she had about the person she cared for the most
the architect snapped his fingers sending the room into almost complete Darkness, giving most of the occupants are a slight scare, Emilia picked up Park and hugged him close to her practically crushing the poor spirit in her arms despite his protest, Rem was very surprised by the lights going out but quickly recovered, she unlike most people wasn't really afraid of the dark, Ram for her part was pretty much unfazed by the lights going out she simply took a seat next to her sister and made herself comfy, only now just noticing how soft and comfy this weird bed thing actually was
the room was suddenly bathed in eerie blue light that came from the screen, they also noticed that the architect had moved during the darkness to a standing position next to them, the screen suddenly changed colour again with the architect saying "now let's start at the very beginning shall we"