Aganau Chapter 9: Victory!
Felt had long since felt like everything she had been doing was honestly a waste of time. Considering that in twenty years there hasn't been a single thing about the royal selection with one candidate being killed, another disappearing and the other dropping the race...she literally was annoyed.
'It's clear that I'm the one who should be crown king...so why the hell are we still going on about this stupid fucking royal selection?!'
She felt cheated since could've literally left the royal selection like Anastasia had she known that it would just result in her being the last royal candidate remaining and yet no progress being made.
Though the source of her anger and frustration didn't come from this, if anything it came from her knight and her "big bro".
She learned of Emilia's death and knew that Subaru was suffering but before she had a chance to help him out, he had left.
All this because of Reinhard, not doing everything he can to help him out as well as becoming a shut-in. Which makes her ponder…
'Why am I even here?!'
Felt was on the front door of Reinhard's home, which was something she had promised herself that she wouldn't do since she was forever pissed off at him for handling the situation with Subaru poorly.
Though that also doesn't excuse Subaru for ignoring her every time she's tried to talk to him.
'Those two idiots...making me all mad...!'
Recalling those events was only making her more mad than she already was.
'Damn it, why am I even here?!'
As she asked herself this, she remembered why.
The council had asked her if she could get Reinhard out of his home for the tenth time this month, prompting her to only say yes if they fucked off.
Although she had said that and was on his doorstep, she was more than tempted to leave.
Just before she had made up her mind on leaving, something did catch her attention.
She grabbed the paper on the ground as she was curious to know what anybody would want with her "knight" after he disappeared from the public eye for many years now.
This caused her to open up the paper to see that it was a letter, prompting her to read it.
Although for a normal person this would be wrong since this letter isn't for them...Felt isn't any normal person.
She read the letter thoroughly before having a moment of pause.
She looked up as she thought carefully what she read before re-reading the letter once again, wanting to make sure she read correctly.
After the second time reading this, she kick down the door while shouting:
"Reinhard!"
After shouting this, Felt started to look around for the Sword Saint.
'Where the fuck are you at?! This place is too damn big!'
As Felt thought this, she went to every room until suddenly she managed to stumble upon him just sitting outside on the back of the Astrea mansion.
"What the fuck are you doing out here?!"
Reinhard turned around as he hadn't heard this voice in a long time.
"Huh? Felt-sama?"
"Yes, it's me! Who else would come to visit a depressed moron shut-in?!"
"R-Right..." Reinhard spoke in a melancholy like tone at first, knowing that she had a point, who would visit a useless knight like him...though he was curious what brought Felt to him. "What can I do for—?"
Before Reinhard could even finish speaking, Felt had cut him off.
"Cut that crap, I need you to read this and fast!"
"...okay."
Reinhard hasn't seen Felt like this in a long time, making him feel happy since he had missed her.
He grabbed the paper she was handing him and began to read it swiftly. Once he finished reading, he had a moment to pause.
"You know...you could've found anybody better than—"
"Finish that damn sentence and I'll beat the crap out of you!" Felt said as she pulled out her knife, hating this pathetic side of her "knight". "He needs us! And you are just going to mop here!"
"...which one?" He questioned though he had a feeling he knew which one was asking for help.
"What?!"
Reinhard looked at Felt as she asked this, having remembered that she had no clue what he was talking about.
"...this will be hard for you to believe in—"
"Try me." Felt immediately said, curious on what the hell her "knight" will say now.
The Sword Saint remained silent for a few seconds has he collected his thoughts before continuing to speak:
"There is...another Natsuki Subaru in this world."
The atmosphere was silent for a moment as Felt took those few seconds to process what Reinhard had just said. Once her mind had realized what was said, she took no hesitation in grabbing the chairs nearby to toss them at the Sword Saint.
"Have you completely gone bonkers?!"
"It is the truth, Felt-sama."
"How the hell am I supposed to believe something like that when you haven't even left this tomb?!"
He couldn't help but understand what she was getting at.
Considering that he had locked himself away in this mansion for so long, it would make sense that anybody that heard what he said would find it questionable at best.
He closed his eyes as he answered her question with a calm gesture:
"...I'll prove it. Allow me to clean myself up so we can assist Subaru."
"Okay. Good but hurry up! We don't know when it might be too late."
"Understood."
Reinhard got up and swiftly began to clean himself up, knowing full well that he had really let himself go all these years.
Although he still feels like he should stay locked up in his mansion, he doesn't want to lose this possibly last opportunity to be with Felt, the girl he had pledged his loyalty to.
He also wishes to make amends with his world's Natsuki Subaru, knowing full well that the other Natsuki Subaru must be with his world's Natsuki Subaru.
This was perhaps the only chance for him to make amends with the two people he cares for.
Reinhard and Regulus stared each other down, the Sin Archbishop preparing to use his greed authority to try and kill the Sword Saint while Reinhard was trying to summon his Dragon Sword Reid.
As he attempted this, he realized that something's wrong which caught Felt's attention.
"Now what?!"
"The Dragon Sword is an unparalleled blade which has been passed down since the start of the Astrea line, but it does have one flaw. It refuses to be unsheathed in the presence of any enemy it deems unworthy."
"The fuck does that mean?!" Felt questioned the hell out of this. Just as Reinhard was about to respond, Subaru took the chance to answer Felt's question:
"The sword has concluded that Regulus is an enemy that isn't worthy of being drawn against."
Reinhard was surprised by the wording Subaru went with, being somewhat similar to what he was going to say.
Before he could even think more into it, Regulus smiled smugly as he began to say:
"A Sword Saint who can't even draw his sword, why should I even bother with you? Know your place, scum. In the first place, I'm not even on the same level as you; you, who struggle with your ugliness and unfettered excuses, can't even be compared to one who has already achieved perfection. A fool who can't assure his self-worth without comparing himself to others has no right to face my divine self."
"Man, I forgot how much you truly believe you are hot shit." Subaru said as he face-palmed. As he does this, he begins to smile confidently which does catch the Sin Archbishop of Greed's attention.
"What are you smiling about, fool?"
"The fact that you truly believe your own hype when I have already defeated you once. Meaning your perfection mentality is nothing but shit."
"For that little comment-"
Regulus moved his hand towards Subaru's direction, causing the area he was at to explode. This would normally have been a dead end if it wasn't for the likes of Reinhard moving fast enough to pull him out of danger.
"Was that the best you got? For someone as 'perfect' as you, that's really pathetic."
"Tsk."
Regulus prepares to go for another attack only for Felt to land another kick to his face, causing him to be sent flying onto a nearby tree.
"You suck!"
"Nice one, Felt!"
Felt noticed Subaru's compliment and just gave him a nod before turning her attention back towards Regulus, knowing that he's too much of a threat to look away for more than a second.
As she looked at Regulus's direction, Reinhard looked at Subaru to ask him:
"What is the plan here, Subaru?"
"I need you to distract him."
"Okay. What will you be doing?"
"Exposing his weak point. Just keep him distracted until I come back."
Felt and Reinhard both notice what Subaru said, knowing that whatever he has in store, it'll be enough to eliminate Greed. This prompted the two to smile at him as Felt was the first to say:
"Don't ya worry big bro, we'll keep this sack of shit waitin'."
"As Felt-sama said, we will keep him here as long as you need."
Subaru remained silent for a moment before giving the two a smile and a nod before starting to head towards the direction his Cor Leonis was leading him...to Elsa.
He hated that he had to consider her an ally enough to where he can track her but this was needed for the next phase of eliminating Greed required.
'I'll have to bury this hatred for having her as an ally and just get over it...now where the hell are you, crazy guts lady?!'
As he thought about where she could be, he chose a random direction to run towards, trusting that Felt and Reinhard together can handle the likes of Regulus Corneas.
He continued to run aimlessly until he finally found Elsa on his Greed Witch Factor.
'Found you, crazy bitch.'
He made a sharp right turn and towards the direction the Bowel Hunter was located.
As he was making his way towards her, he began to think on his plan once again, knowing that the exact moment Regulus's heart returns to him, he will need to alert Reinhard and Felt to take the opportunity to eliminate him.
He ran and ran for a few minutes until finally he reached Elsa's position. He wasn't sure what exactly he would find until he noticed a few corpses laying around.
"What the...?!"
He moved slowly around before realizing that this was all the Bowel Hunter's work, seeing that many of Regulus's wives were cut in their bowel area.
'What the fuck?!'
He tried to keep his cool, knowing that if he freaks out, the plan will fall apart. He closed his eyes while taking a deep breath before continuing forward.
As he continued to follow the trail of bodies until reaching towards Elsa standing in front of what seems to be the last woman alive.
"What the hell are you doing?" He questioned, wanting to get straight to the point. The Bowel Hunter turned towards Subaru for a moment before looking forward at the remaining survivor.
"Doing my part of the job."
"I never said to kill anyone!" Subaru reclaimed, knowing full well he told her to just find the wives Regulus had left somewhere.
"You are right, you never said to kill them...but you also didn't say I couldn't."
"That's not—"
"Even so, they wished for death. So why not get my bowels in the process? I get what I want and they get what they want."
"..."
Subaru was stunned for a moment before looking back on Pride's memories, having not looked at them as thoroughly as he should have.
("They were content with dying so long as it got them payback on you. Man even I haven't really heard of verbal abuse bad enough to drive people to do that.")
'Fuck! How did I miss that?!'
He should've kept that in mind, especially since this world is twenty years more of verbal abuse from the bastard known as Regulus Corneas. He took a moment before telling Elsa:
"Stand down, Elsa!"
"...or what will happen?" Elsa asked in a sadistic tone, leaving Subaru a bit nervous as he wasn't sure what the Bowel Hunter was thinking. He kept his guard up as Elsa slowly turned around, showing a more sadistic side with blood covering her.
"What the hell?"
"You know, for years I have been wanting to see those bowels of yours. Of course that older you doesn't have the same bowels and has proven to pay well here and there...but you. You are the perfect opportunity to see what his bowels looked like so many years ago."
Subaru got himself ready to use the unseen hand, knowing full well that this is the only way to fight back. Just as it seemed like Elsa was about to attack him, she approached slowly before patting his head.
"Then again, I can wait a little longer to see your bowels."
Subaru was still stunned by this yet he was able to regain his composure.
"D-Don't do that again...that isn't funny."
"I didn't mean to scare you." Elsa spoke in what seemed to be an innocent voice, to which Subaru disliked. "Though I do apologize if I did."
"...let's just get back to the plan."
As Subaru said this, he turned towards the remaining wife alive only to see that she had just stabbed herself.
"No!"
Subaru approached her as she was dying, having chosen death by her own hand over living as a tool for a second longer. As she was bleeding to death, Subaru was just left stunned as he didn't know what to do.
'Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I know she wants to die...but I don't want her to just die like this!'
As he was left uncertain of what he could do, at the very least he should check if Regulus's heart was on the dying wife's heart.
He knows the risk if he fails or if the heart isn't in this wife, since it could lead to her instant death.
Just as he was going to start the process of expelling Regulus's heart, he felt someone grab his arm.
At first he thought it was Elsa until he heard the voice speak:
"Move, Subaru-kyun!"
"Huh...? Felix?"
Subaru was surprised at first in seeing the healer though that was for a moment.
He felt relieved that Felix had arrived since that means the remaining wife can be saved and possibly given special care once this is all over.
He got up and closed his eyes as he prepared to use invisible providence.
"What are you even doing, in fact?" Beatrice questioned.
"Going to do some damage to that bastard known as Greed."
Subaru focused his attention in controlling the unseen hand he had created, trying to replicate exactly how he removed Regulus from Emilia's heart in his world though this time with one of Regulus's wives. He kept his heart calm and kept a calm composure all while Felix was doing his best to heal the fatal wound that his current patient had.
"And how did this happen?" Asked the healer, having a feeling that this was Elsa's fault considering that he had spotted a bunch of dead corpses nearby.
"That bowel hunter is the culprit, I suppose." Beatrice said with a blank expression, knowing full well that it's her with all the blood covering her front side.
"My My, very perceptive though I had nothing to do with her injury." Elsa spoke calmly as she looked at the wife that was being healed by Felix.
"...a disgusting woman nyow are." Felix spoke with utter hatred in his tone of voice, hating the type of people Elsa Granhiert is. This did catch the Bowel Hunter's attention.
"My, that is quite bold of you to speak of me in such a way."
Felix did not look at Elsa after hearing those words come from her mouth since he would rather focus on the immediate problem than have his anger boil up.
After a few more seconds of healing, Felix managed to close the wound the wife had self-inflicted on herself all the while Subaru's version of the unseen hand had made it to her heart.
Similar to how it was with Emilia, he gently squeezed the heart just enough to force Regulus's heart out while also avoiding killing his remaining wife from the looks of it.
Once he squeezed hard enough, he felt nothing but calmness as he remembered the faith Emilia had given him when he was getting rid of Regulus from her heart.
Once he felt comfortable enough, he opened his eyes and quickly went to check on the remaining wife.
"Is she okay?" Subaru asked, wondering if his efforts were successful. Felix looked at him for a moment before looking back at his patient.
"She's fine, Subaru-kyun. You don't have to worry. She'll live."
"...that's good." Subaru said as he turned his attention to Patrasche now, knowing that the time for victory is now. "Are you ready Patrasche?"
The ground dragon noticed Subaru's question, prompting her to quickly go by his side. As she did this, Subaru turned towards Beatrice.
"Come on Beako, we have one last phase to complete before we can check off the defeat of the Sin Archbishop of Greed."
"..." Beatrice remained silent at first before grabbing on to Subaru in order to be able to hop on Patrasche's back once again. As the two prepared to leave, Subaru turned towards Elsa first to tell her:
"No more hurting or killing anyone else."
"..." the bowel hunter remained silent. Subaru didn't like the silent response though he thought this was better than nothing. He turned his attention towards Felix to tell him:
"Get that woman out of here. She needs to be somewhere safe."
"Understood." Felix said, agreeing that he should take this woman to safety. In fact, he wanted her especially away from Elsa. Though before he did, there was one thing that he wanted to say. "Please try to not die, Subaru-kyun. Nyow and that stupid other nyow..."
Subaru looked at Felix for a moment before looking forward while saying in confident tone:
"Don't you worry, Felix, we will make it back alive."
"I'll hold nyow to that, Subaru-kyun."
"I know."
After saying this, he led Patrasche to start heading towards the direction Regulus, Reinhard, and Felt are located. What makes it easy to know where they are is seeing random trees flying up in the sky.
Reinhard stood standing tall as his surroundings were destroyed by Regulus's attack, showing that no matter what the Sin Archbishop of Greed tries, he won't be beaten.
Felt stood behind the Sword Saint for a moment before preparing to move all around Greed until she saw an opening to land a devastating blow.
As she prepared to go for another attack, she suddenly felt Reinhard pick her up.
"Hey!"
As Felt shouted this, Reinhard quickly jumped high enough to avoid Regulus's destructive attack.
Once he did this, he managed to land safely a few feet behind the Sin Archbishop of Greed.
The moment he landed, he allowed Felt to get back on her feet.
"You should warn me next time, moron."
"My apologies, Felt-sama."
"...it's fine. Let's just kill this annoying brat!"
Regulus turned around and without hesitation, he attacked the two once again though Felt was able to escape this attack on her own.
As the two avoided the attack, Felt prepared for another attack on the Sin Archbishop only for Reinhard to beat her to the punch.
He attempted to go for an offensive attack only for Regulus to easily send the Sword Saint flying across the forest.
"Rein!" Felt shouted with fear, worried for her knight's life.
She had never seen anybody send him flying in such a way.
As she was in complete shock from this, Regulus turned his attention towards her.
"Now then, it's time to punish you for disrespecting my rights."
"..." Felt was stunned for a moment, afraid for her life.
She hadn't been this afraid since her encounter with the Bowel Hunter many years ago when she first met big bro and big sis.
This fear was something she promised herself she would never feel again which helped her keep a strong composure.
"You won't be harming anybody, scumbag...not if I have anything to say about it...!"
As Felt got the courage to say this, she swiftly started to run around Regulus, avoiding any possible attacks he might try doing.
She continued to move around with everything she had until finding an opening to strike.
Once she went for the kill, she swung her weapon only to see that it didn't even faze him.
"This is a waste of my time, of my rights. You deserve nothing but to disappear with the rest."
Just as Regulus seemed to have Felt right where he wanted her, Reinhard returned swiftly to the battle and landed a powerful hit which sent the Sin Archbishop flying.
"You will not harm Felt-sama!"
As Reinhard shouted this, Felt was at a pause for a moment, watching just how badass her knight can be.
It only took her a few seconds before regaining her composure.
Regulus got back up while also being in complete anger from the attack.
"I've had enough of this. You, Sword Saint, call yourself a hero but all you are is a villain. You are someone who doesn't deserve a high status because all I see is someone imperfect, someone unworthy of praise. Someone who has no care for my rights as a human."
Reinhard was stunned by those words, knowing that they are true...but he won't let those words get to him.
As he ignored Regulus's words, the Sin Archbishop of Greed decided to destroy the entire area including the place he was standing on as well as where Reinhard and Felt were standing.
"What the—?!"
"Watch out, Felt-sama!"
Reinhard with his incredible speed was able to get himself and Felt out of the area.
As he manages to do this, Regulus prepares to attack the Sword Saint with a follow up attack only to be distracted by someone calling his name.
"Regulus Corneas! Asshat! Over here."
"..."
Regulus turned to see Subaru once again though riding on a ground dragon with a familiar little girl.
"You are going to die."
As Regulus prepared to attack Subaru, Patrasche, and Beatrice, he was suddenly interrupted when he felt something stab him in the back.
"Huh...?"
He looked down as he was stunned by the sudden stinging feeling.
"What is—?"
"You haven't realized it but you are about to realize what defeat tastes like...a long overdue defeat."
As Subaru said this, Regulus paused for a second before realizing that his Lion's Heart ability from his Greed Witch Factor had stopped working.
"What...the fuck...did you do?!"
"What you deserve, asshole!" Subaru shouted all the while Felt pulled out the knife on Regulus's back.
"You...are all...go—"
"Reinhard, let's finish this fight." Subaru said as he interrupted Regulus, no longer wanting to hear him. The Sword Saint turned towards his friend while asking:
"How do you propose we finish him, Subaru?"
Subaru smiled as he remembered how Regulus was killed the last time though this time he wanted to do something a little different.
"That sword of yours still won't unsheathe, correct?"
"That is correct." Reinhard said in a serious tone.
"Well then..." Subaru paused as he confidently smiled while also pointed at Regulus's direction. "Send him flying high."
"As you wish, Subaru."
Reinhard, putting his trust in Subaru's judgment, listened, prompting him to prepare to use his sword, while unsheathed, to knock the Sin Archbishop of Greed sky high. Regulus noticed this which caused him to shout in full rage:
"Do you truly believe I would allow myself to be killed?! Do you see me as being just that incompetent you foolish peasants?!"
"The fact you still believe you have the advantage says a lot." Subaru commented, finding Regulus's attempts to still sound like a big threat as amusing. "Man, you must really be compensating for something."
"You insolent little—"
"Die!"
Felt wanting to end the man's life attempts to slice off his throat though this led to failure as the blade seemed to not have even fazed the Sin Archbishop.
"What?!"
"A pathetic attempt from someone beneath me."
"Is that right?" Felt said with a smile as she distracted the Sin Archbishop long enough for Reinhard to go for an attack. Reinhard uses his sheathed sword to swing directly towards Regulus just as he turned off his Greed authority due to his fear of death.
He immediately realized his mistake and attempted to use his Greed authority right away though this wouldn't save him from being sent flying sky high.
"Now what Subaru?" Reinhard asked, curious on what his friend will ask for now. Subaru remained silent as he watched Regulus get sent flying for a few seconds before turning towards Beatrice.
"Beako...could you eliminate him with the remaining of your mana?"
"...why should I, in fact?" Beatrice questioned with her usual blank expression.
"Because..." Subaru paused himself for a moment as he thought carefully on his next words. Although he could ask Reinhard to end the most pathetic person named Regulus Corneas, he wishes Beatrice to be the one to finish the fight. He wants her to have an accomplishment of her own, even if this Beako isn't his contracted one. "...I need your strength."
"...what?" Beatrice was momentarily taken aback though she did her best to not show that expression to him. Unfortunately for her, he was able to tell that he did reach her, he just needed to seal the deal with one last push.
"You are important to me, Beako. You are someone I trust with my life, no matter what version of you I interact with. The other me also trusts you deeply because you are just that important to us. Yes, we aren't that person and we can't be that person for you...because we just can't live up to that level and neither should you. You are strong on your own, extraordinarily intelligent, and super cute. Nobody can beat you on all those factors...so please, help me here Beako." He extended his hand as he asked in a serious tone, "Please help me defeat the Sin Archbishop of Greed."
"..."
Beatrice was left at a loss of words as she didn't know how to truly respond to this.
Her default attitude would be more or less ignorant and brash over such things but after having spent a good amount of time with this Natsuki Subaru, she finally understood why her counterpart chose him over that person.
Because of this, she turned towards Regulus as he was closing in towards the ground.
She moved her right hand up while saying:
"El Minya!"
As she said this, a powerful amount of crystal arrows radiating purple appeared all around the Sin Archbishop of Greed.
Regulus Corneas saw this and quickly activated his Greed Witch Factor authority in an attempt to protect himself from the attack.
Although this would work initially, Beatrice had observed the entire time that Regulus's ability to avoid taking damage would only last for so long before he could receive any kind of damage.
This prompted her to just continue attacking with her yin magic attack until eventually Regulus gets hit.
As he felt himself suffocating due to Lion's Heart not working like he normally would have, he began to panic as he saw that death was right in front of him.
Regardless of what he does, he knows that he'll die which causes him to hate Natsuki Subaru more than before, blaming him for this outcome.
'Curse you! Curse you! Curse you!'
With that being the last thing he thought of, he was caught by Beatrice's attack. Repeated destructive impacts had caused a cloud of dust to rise around the area for a moment.
Once the dust had settled, what remained was a macabre statue, the remains of one Regulus Corneas, a purple colored one at that from which there was no escape.
Subaru had a small flashback of when Beatrice from his world did something like this in a failed loop against Elsa Granhiert.
Though unlike with the crazy ass assassin, Regulus is not coming back from this.
He approached the statue Regulus Corneas with a confident smile, feeling satisfied that he once again was defeated by his efforts.
'That should be another world without you causing any more harm.'
As he was tempted to push over the crystal statue of Greed, he turned towards Felt as she was approaching him.
"We made it." Subaru said calmly, happy that nobody died here.
Felt closed her eyes as she didn't know what to say except express her emotions the best way she could...through kicking.
She kicked Subaru in the gut which caught him off guard:
"...w-why...?"
"B-Because, I need to make sure you aren't hurt...dummy."
"...?"
Subaru was a bit puzzled by this yet he can tell that she was worried for his sake as well.
Once he was able to recover his breath, he got up and turned towards Regulus while continuing to speak with Felt.
"Do you want to do the honors?"
"Yeah!"
Felt did not hesitate at the chance in destroying any remanence of Regulus Corneas, especially since he had made her feel fear.
She pulled out her knife and with her intense speed, she slashed the crystalized body from every direction until there was just nothing left.
Subaru was impressed by this and just patted her head, happy to just see Felt all grown up.
She was stunned for a second before kicking Subaru harshly for doing something like that.
"And who gave you permission to mess with my hair?" She questioned with a sharp tone. Subaru slowly got up as he was recovering from the kick.
"M-My bad."
As he recovered, he turned his attention back to Beatrice, wanting to congratulate her only to hear a sudden explosion.
This got everyone's attention, prompting Subaru to turn towards Reinhard.
"I need you to get us there and fast!"
"Understood." Reinhard said as he also nodded at him, understanding that the other Subaru was in trouble.
As he approached Subaru, Felt got in between them as she began to shout:
"Hey! I'm coming with you two! You are not leaving me behind!"
"But Felt-sama—"
"Quiet you! I'm not changing my mind!" Felt said sharply at Reinhard, not wanting anybody to tell her that she can't help the other Natsuki Subaru.
Subaru saw no reason why not to add Felt into the mix, seeing that she still has enough strength and speed to make a difference.
"You can join us." Subaru spoke casually.
"I said that nothing will—wait, what?" Felt was caught off guard by this. "Are you...you aren't messing with me, right?!"
Felt asked this in order to make sure that she wasn't being messed with on this matter. Subaru just gave a simple nod before turning his attention towards Beatrice.
"You should also join us too, Beako."
"...I'm out of mana..." Beatrice spoke in a very low voice, not really wanting to reveal this fact to the others except Subaru himself.
He understood this considering how much mana was probably needed to assure that Regulus wouldn't survive her attack though that wasn't the reason why he wanted her there with them.
"...he's going to need you there with or without mana."
Beatrice remained silent as she was taking in the words that were told to her.
Normally she wouldn't believe it but after having understood why her counterpart had chosen him as a person worth being in a contract with, she decided to put her faith in him.
She just gave a nod to Subaru, prompting him to see that she'll go with them. He smiled at this since he got the outcome he was hoping for.
He turned towards Reinhard to tell him:
"Beako and I will get there with Patrasche."
"Then I shall carry Felt-sama all the way towards the other you's location."
"Wait a minute—!"
Before Felt could even protest this, she was picked up by her knight and swiftly taken away.
Subaru saw this and quickly reacted by carrying Beatrice and making his way towards Patrasche.
Once he got to his ground dragon, he quickly helped Beatrice get on before getting on himself.
"Okay Patrasche, it's time to save the older me. Let's go!"
Patrasche acknowledged what he said and quickly started to follow the Sword Saint.
'Hopefully you are doing better than we were...older me.'
Author's note:
Yup, it has been quite a bit since this story's been updated. Apologies, really. Life's been busy than I expected so everything is slower than when it was a year ago but I won't quit on this or the other stories. I will see them to the end. So just you all wait for the next chapter, I promise you won't wait too long this time.