Author Note: I am reaaally sorry for not being able to update any of my stories...
Why?
Can't write the reason...but know that it is a time of chaos. Political instability and national anarchy...
So, bändwidith tr@nsmission service was cut off from all across the country FOR SEVEN DAYS...
T~T
I write my stories on Google DOCS. So I wrote about 50K words offline, then, they were suddenly gone...
'Can't refresh'
And for some reason, I couldn't write offline even on my phone...!
Man, I had 'Synthetic Shinobi' at Chunin Exams...
I was highly demotivated.
My exams were halted, cürfèw was declared...
The sitüatīøn is currently 'stable'.
I don't know what will happen. May God save us.
Anyway, here's a chapter~
Jester-Sama!
Subaru poked her chest. Despite being a girl for more than a day, she still couldn't help but feel the urge to do it. The fact that the maid—Ram, was it?—was looking at her like she was some sort of alien didn't stop her from poking her marshmallow-soft boobs.
"These are irresistible!" Subaru grinned, cheeks flushed with excitement.
"Nee-sama, Nee-sama, I think Emilia-sama is a mono."
"Rem, Rem, indeed Emilia-sama is a mono."
"Speak all you want," Subaru said, still shamelessly groping her own chest. "But the fact that mine are bigger than—"
"Oooh, what dooo we have heeere~" A new voice sounded from the doorway.
Subaru looked up to see a man with mismatched eyes, dressed in an eccentric outfit that screamed 'court jester' but with an oddly menacing vibe. His lips were painted, and his eyes gleamed with a mischievous light.
"A clown?" Subaru mused aloud. "So, he is going to entertain us while we eat?"
The clown looked bewildered, a chuckle escaping his lips.
"Rosewall-sama," the pink-headed maid said, "Emilia-sama has finally hit puberty." Subaru shot the maid a glare. The maid remained unfazed.
"Hoo?" The clown looked curious.
"Apparently, Emilia-sama has been groping her privates," Rem informed.
The jester smirked playfully. "Am I correct to assuuume I need to tell her the story of birds aaaand bees~?"
"Hah?" Puck, who was being cuddled by Beatrice, said, his little voice indignant. "Don't you try to corrupt my little daughter, Rosewall."
"Oi, oi!" Subaru looked angry. "I aaam right here!" She shot the maid another glare. The maid still remained unfazed. "And I just…hey, we don't need a clown here!"
The clown looked confused.
Rem explained, "Emilia-sama has lost her memories."
Subaru frowned, saying, "Why tell him? A jester?"
Ram disclosed, "He is the lord of this mansion."
"Oh…" Subaru looked shocked. "...sooorry 'bout that, we cool…dude?"
Rosewall grinned before abruptly putting his hand on her forehead. She gasped when she felt a tickling sensation wash over her body.
"What…was that?"
"Emilia-sama," Rosewall said, "you are experiencing Dissociative Identity Disorder."
"Wait, what?!"
"It means you think you are someone else."
Oh…so, he didn't understand that Subaru was lying about memory loss? Thank god!
"Okay! So now let's eat!" She grinned, but Rosewall grabbed her shoulders.
He said, "In order to get healed from this disease, you must go through the trials."
"Rosewall," Puck spoke in a cold—literally cold—tone. "Why would Lia go through the trials?"
"Yeah!" Subaru chirped in. "What trials? You mean court stuff? But why?!"
Rosewall's grin widened. "Weeeell, we don't need to do it now~!"
"Really?" Subaru let out a breath she was holding. "All right then, let's eat!"
Rosewall watched 'Emilia-sama' as she happily praised Rem's cooking while taunting Ram. Everything was going right according to the plan. Of course, he had expected his Shishō's potion to work perfectly. Yet, it still mesmerized him how beautiful her witchcraft was.
Rosewall's mind drifted back to two days ago…
"Emilia-saaamaaa~"
"Oh, Rosewall?"
"I hope I am not interrupting your studies."
"No, no. But covering so many years of history is reaaaly hard."
"Give your best!"
"Thank you!"
"So….is your Great Spirit here?"
"Puck? No. He is with Beatrice."
"I must say~, they reaaally like each other's company~."
"Now~now~ Emilia-sama, I have a way that can help you memorize the contents of these books eeeeasily."
"Really?"
"Yes, indeed."
"It would be reaaally nice to finish these books… What is the way?"
Back in the present, in his dining room, Rosewall smirked. The potion made with the hair of the Great Sage himself. There are various dimensions, and each of them has a unique Great Sage. By making Emilia-sama drink the potion, he had successfully summoned a Great Sage. But why Emilia-sama?
"I would drink it, Shishō! I will gladly—"
"Ah, my dear pupil, you see, the vessel has to have elf blood."
"I…see."
"Don't be so disappointed, Rosewall-kun. The vessel will die anyway. Do you really want to leave me?"
Rosewall's eyes, back in the present, gleamed. "No I don't, Shishō. No I don't."
"Oi, Ros-chi!" The Great Sage, who was now inhabiting Emilia-sama's body, called him. "You there?"
"Why, of cooourse, Emilia-sama."
"Yeah, you kinda' spaced out. Aaanyway, so—"
'Soon, you will be back, Shishō…'
o—O—o
Emilia woke up feeling her hands being... restrained. She blinked, trying to clear her blurry vision. Slowly, she began to see clearly. It was a dark room...or place...a void? She had no words to describe this place. There were countless stardust particles dancing in the vast emptiness. Emilia tried to free her hands but failed to do so. These ropes were quite strong.
"Puck?" She tried to summon her contracted Great Spirit. Silence answered her. "Hello?"
Her mind raced. Why would someone trap her here? She was on her way back to the palace when that blonde girl...
Emilia tried to stand up but failed to do that too. Her legs were restrained as well.
"Hello?" She called out into the void. "Anybody?"
Silence once more. Not even her own echo was heard.
"Hello?" She tried again. Nothing.
Emilia gritted her teeth in frustration. The why or who was not her main concern now. She needed to get back.
"El Borafo!" She chanted, hoping for her ice magic to work.
Nothing?
Emilia tried once more. "Al Borafo!"
Nothing.
Why?!
"El Jomio!" "Al Jomio!" "Al Tandao!" "Al Shitto!"
None of her spells worked.
"Why?!" She yelled at particularly nobody. "Pleaaaase help me!"
Silence was not what answered her this time...
"You... shouldn't...speak...like...that..."
What answered her was a cold voice full of hatred and rage.
"W-who?" Emilia mustered all her courage to speak.
"It...doesn't...concern...you...for...you...have been...caged...for...eternity..."
Emilia froze.
"You...should...feel...honored...wretched...girl...for...my...Fūgel...inhabitates...your...body..."
"M-my body?"
"Soon...we...shall...reunite...and...Fūgel...will...free...me..."
The voice faded.
"N-no!" Emilia yelled. "Wait...!"
Silence.
"P-please wait..." She sobbed in the vast void.
o—O—o
Subaru woke up, completely soaked in sweat. She breathed heavily, trying to clear her mind.
"W-what was that?" she asked herself. "It felt so real..."
She looked outside the window where the moon could be seen between clouds.
"Must be a nightmare," with a yawn, she closed her eyes, grabbing her breasts and pressing gently with a smile, completely unaware of the horrors awaiting her.
TBC