Well, here we are again… before we get into the humbling….
Someone brought up an important point in a review of chapter two. That being "why was Subaru surprised to see a ground dragon; didn't he see tons of earth dragons in the capital?"
My answer to that is, yes, he did see earth dragons, but he didn't really "see" them if you know what I mean (he was so obsessed with himself he wasn't paying attention to anything until he got humbled by Elsa).
"This chapter is going to be a doozy to make, mainly because of Julius and his manner of speaking, but also the princesses and council."
I believe we left off after the green-haired gal encounter.
"Subaru!" A voice boomed from just ahead of him.
"Oh hey, Emilia! Hey wait, why are you getting so close to me? Emilia rushed him down and slapped him across his face. The slap was so hard he got sent onto the ground.
"What was that for?" Subaru pouted as he rubbed his red cheek.
"Subaru, you dunderhead, you left us and ran off on your own!" Emilia readied her other hand to slap him again.
"! Ok! I'm sorry, please don't slap me again; you really freaking hurt." Subaru took his hand off of his reddened cheek and jumped back onto his feet. Emilia puffed her cheeks at this remark. Little did she know Subaru was about to get his revenge.
"Don't leave my side ever again while we're here." Emilia looked super angry, but her face was so cute Subaru couldn't help but smile.
"Take this!" Subaru flicked her on the forehead gently.
"Ouch! Subaru, you buffoon, you're causing a scene" Puck escaped from his crystal.
"Take this!" Puck flicked Subaru on the forehead with his paws.
"Puck!" Emilia flicked Puck on the forehead, sending him flying backwards into Subaru.
"Lia, what did you do that for?" Puck was feigning being extremely pained by Emilia's finger flick.
"Both of you are causing a scene; I'm going to punish you once we return to the mansion." Emilia started to take deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself down.
"I don't think I'm going to make it, Subaru; tell my mom I love her!" Puck lay in Subaru's arms.
"Stay with me!" Subaru cradled Puck in his arms.
"Don't die on me, man." Puck stuck his tongue out pretending to be dead.
"If you two keep fooling around, then I will triple your punishments!" Emilia roared.
"We're goners; puck, make peace while you can!" Subaru rubbed his forehead in mock despair as Puck did too.
"Well, anyways, what's next on our adventure, Emilia?" Subaru's tone returned to normal as Puck floated out of his hands and returned to the crystal
"We are heading over to the royal selection!" Emilia was hoping Subaru would be a little surprised.
"I thought that the royal selection was tomorrow?" Subaru was not very interested, much to Emilia's annoyance.
"Since all the candidates are in the capital, they are holding it now."
"Let us go then!" Subaru rushed off in a random direction.
"That's the wrong direction, you dunderhead!" Emilia pouted. Puck laughed at Subaru's stupidity.
"Oh, then don't mind me!" Subaru ran up to Emilia, then turned to his left and bolted off again.
"Wrong direction again!" Emilia was amazed at Subaru's stupidity.
He ran in another random direction until Emilia grabbed him and dragged him off in the only direction he hadn't decided to go in. She carried him bridal style, much to his embarrassment, and began walking.
"Put me down this instant." She ignored him.
"Where's Roswaal?" Subaru questioned.
"He told me to go fetch you." Emilia responded bluntly.
"Quite smart of him; instead of going by himself, he asked you to so they wouldn't start the selection in his absence; they need you for the selection anyways." Subaru's cold analytical words sent chills down Emilia's spine.
"By the way. Put me down!" Emilia shook her head. Continuing to carry him.
"Hold it right there. What business do you have here?" 2 guards stood in front of a large building Emilia had dragged Subaru off to.
"You may proceed." The guards cut off their conversation after looking Emilia up and down.
"Thank you." The guards trembled at her expression of gratitude.
Emilia walked through the building until she arrived at a large double door with high-quality engravings on it. She put her back to the door and shoved it open.
"I'm never going to live this down!" Subaru yelled, and Emilia swiveled on her heels and revealed a room filled with people all looking at her and Subaru. Subaru could recognize half of the people in the room, which meant that he was getting embarrassed in front of nearly all his acquaintances.
"Hey, sub-" Reinhard stopped dead in his words when he saw the way Emilia was carrying Subaru. His face matched the color of his hair.
"Can you put me down now?" Subaru whispered into Emilia's ears as she obliged.
"Now that this embarrassment is over, let's continue. Wait, stop looking at me like that, you three." Subaru blushed as Priscilla, the purple-haired girl, and the green-haired girl looked at him in shock.
"Foul creature, how dare you lay your hands on my property!" The girl who previously beat up Subaru shouted as she walked towards Subaru and Emilia.
"How dare you intertwine yourself with the half-elf!" Subaru instantly jumped backwards as a powerful kick landed where he used to be.
"What's the meaning of this, you bastard! I'm not your property, you bimbo!" Subaru pulled a tea kettle out of his rift. He had meant to grab a weapon, but he was losing focus.
"It seems you've grown since our last encounter." Truthfully, Subaru hadn't gotten faster to be able to dodge the kick; instead, it was because he was already aware of her dangerous outbursts and read her facial expressions to determine when she was going to strike.
'Wait a minute, I probably look like a playboy right now.'
Subaru was so absorbed in his embarrassment he barely had any time to block her punch; luckily, though, her punch only dented the kettle he raised to protect his face.
"Come on, that was my favorite kettle!" Reinhard stepped in and blocked Subaru's wild swing at Priscilla. He had seemingly teleported out of the assembly of knights.
"Unhand that man immediately; I must provide him with a proper punishment for insubordination." Priscilla was acting all high and mighty to the sword saint.
"Oh yeah? Well, at least my breasts aren't saggy." Subaru stuck his tongue out at Priscilla.
Priscilla sidestepped Reinhard and threw a punch at Subaru, which Reinhard caught with ease.
Things were about to escalate when suddenly the door was slammed open. In strutted felt, wearing a beautiful yellow dress.
"What did I just walk into-, big bro!?" Felt ran up to Subaru and hugged him; everyone in the room grew more and more bewildered by the moment.
"Such a strange man; I will have you eventually!" Priscilla pulled her fist out from Reinhard's grasp and walked back to where she originally stood. Reinhard let go of Subaru's poor tea kettle, which was even more dented now.
"Would you, uh, like some tea?" Subaru pulled two teacups and poured some tea into them before handing one teacup.
"Make sure to savor the fla—oh, come on." felt instantly downed the entire cup of tea.
"This tea tastes super good! Can I have some more?" Subaru sighed and poured her some tea; he also pulled another teacup out of a rift and handed Reinhard it.
"What is this for? Oh, thank you, Subaru." Reinhard smiled as Subaru poured some tea into his cup.
"The flavor is quite enjoyable." Reinhard savored the tea. While felt downed it in one gulp.
"Attention!" A voice Subaru couldn't quite pinpoint the location of shouted, Reinhard, and he handed him his teacups, and he placed them back into the rifts.
"By the way, Reinhard." Reinhard smiled warmly as felt Raised her dress up and delivered a kick aimed for his head, he blocked her easily, of course. Felt retracted her leg and walked to stand next to Emilia; Subaru rushed over to stand next to Roswaal, and Reinhard returned to his place in the assembly of knights.
"Now without further ado let us begin." 5 old men walked into the room and stood in front of the candidates.
"Now let us begin with introductions."
The introductions of each candidate weren't very interesting until it got to Priscilla.
"All of you should grovel at my feet, for I am the one true ruler." Priscilla refused to elaborate and continued fanning herself.
"Uhh, well anyways, Emilia, it is your turn."
"I hope to create a world where everyone is equal; that is my one goal." Emilia's speech was short and simple, straight to the point but not too specific that she couldn't build off of it in the future. Subaru was starting to get pissed at the whispers Emilia was getting.
"Is there something important all of you are talking about? Because if it is you, you should speak up." Subaru smiled when the whispering stopped. Subaru noticed that Emilia's face was calmer now that the rude attention was off of her.
"Who are you! How dare you speak to us nobility in such a way? A fat noble boomed.
"I do believe what I said was just and true; if there's something you wish to talk about behind someone's back, then don't do it in the same room as them."
"Don't you dare speak to me in such a way, you lapdog!" The nobles boomed back, but Subaru already had a comeback cooked up.
"At least I am enjoying my life, unlike you, who have to resort to petty insults to make yourself feel like the bigger man, not that you aren't the bigger man, though." The nobles' rage was about to explode.
"Why are you defending that half devil?" The noble boomed into Subaru's face. Subaru noticed that Emilia opened her mouth to speak yet quickly closed it.
"What's the matter, Emilia?" Subaru looked at her with a look of disappointment.
"What do you mean, Subaru?" She shakily responded.
"If you're going to be indecisive, now is not the time for it!" Subaru roared in her face. She had never once been yelled at by Subaru.
"W-what do you mean?" Emilia knew exactly what he meant; she just hoped he wouldn't point it out.
"You opened your mouth to respond to his insults and then never followed through with it. Hell, I don't care if you decide to let them insult you while doing nothing; just don't be indecisive; it pisses me off!" Subaru responded, shocking Emilia. These words hit her like a freight train.
"Serves that half devil right for being a bastard." One of the nobles hoarsely laughed after that comment.
"Shut your mouth! You're wasting the precious air we all need to breathe. This comment enrages yet another noble.
"Subaru?" Emilia tugged at his sleeve.
"What?" Subaru responded, instigating a question from Emilia.
"Why are you standing up for me?" Emilia questioned genuinely pondering that stupid thought.
"Because I stand up for those that are indecisive, that's just who I am." Subaru struck a pose before someone grabbed him on the shoulder.
"Please do not cause a scene, young man." Subaru turned to see a purple-haired tall knight with quite a large and muscular frame. He placed his hand on Subaru's shoulder.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Subaru slapped away the man's hand, shocking him.
"Julius, juukulius, I am a knight." Subaru laughed at this introduction.
"Aren't knights supposed to be cool and chivalrous? It doesn't seem you have either of those qualities." Subaru laughed as the man's left eye twitched.
"Please try to make amends for the rudeness you've shown them thus far." Subaru laughed at this attempt from the knight to repair the noble's pride.
"I'll bow down to them and treat them with respect when they decide to treat others with respect." Felt was amused at how easily Subaru was tearing the nobles and "finest of knights" pride apart.
"I'm warning you. You are testing many people's patience with these antics." Julius was starting to show the displeasure on his face.
"Teach that brat a lesson, Julius!" A noble boomed.
"The only one who needs to be taught a lesson is you, you pig," Subaru boomed, but Julius grabbed his attention by speaking in a commanding tone.
"You have left me with no choice! I hereby challenge you to a duel on behalf of myself and the people you have insulted thus far with your blatant disrespect."
"I accept your challenge; I can't wait to shove your horrible ideals in your face!" Subaru and Julius exited the room, along with almost half of the people in the room.
"I am not going to miss a chance to watch my property prove itself." Priscilla exited the room along with her knight, Al.
"Felt, where are you going?" Reinhard questioned.
"Where do you think? I'm going to watch big bro beat that guy up!" Before Reinhard could stop her, she left following the rather large group.
"The rules are simple: if one of us is unable to continue or surrenders, then the duel is over." Julius explained the rules before throwing Subaru a wooden training sword.
"We shall begin in 3, 2—" before Julius could finish, Subaru rushed him down. Subaru threw a wild downwards strike at Julius that he easily dodged before unleashing an air-cutting slash to Subaru's cheek.
Subaru barely ducked under it out of instinct.
"Heh." Subaru chuckled. He backpedaled and reevaluated the situation he was in.
He rushed back in and started wildly swinging at Julius.
"You insolent—" Julius cut himself off.
"Disrespecting the sanctity of a duel is something I cannot forgive!" Julius casually talked as he deflected each and every one of Subaru's strikes. He deflected the 7th strike and counterstruck, smacking Subaru across the face. Subaru was sent rolling across the ground.
"Damn, that hurts, but I'm not going to give up just yet!" Subaru stood back up and rushed back in, delivering a downwards sword strike. Julius easily deflected, however, this wasn't his true aim!
"Eat this!" Subaru crouched down and swept dirt off the ground before throwing it into a rift. The rift disappeared and reappeared right in front of Julius's eyes, spraying dirt into his face. The attack landed flawlessly.
"Big bro is gonna win!" Felt yelled in a cheer.
"While Subaru did manage to blind Julius, I believe that the fight is going to be decided in the next few minutes, if Subaru can push his offense and break Julius's composure, or if Julius can defend himself until he regains his vision."
"Why are you here?" Felt was shocked to see Reinhard watching the fight with her.
"I came to make sure you wouldn't cause any trouble if Subaru lost."
"Big bro won't lose!"
"How do you like that?" Subaru was starting to really get cocky. He walked in circles around Julius as Julius was unable to keep up with his movements.
"Goodbye, you bastard." Subaru swung at the side of Julius and landed a hit to his rib cage. He then hit him in the face, then on his thigh, calf, arms, etc.
Julius couldn't sense where Subaru was, thus he was unable to deflect the incoming barrage.
"Surrender now and I will spare you the humiliation." Julius shook his head and began regaining his composure; he retook his battle stance.
Subaru circled around to his front and kicked him on the side of his right thigh. He then began smacking Julius across the face with his free hand.
"What is Subaru doing? He has the chance to end it, and he plays with his food?" Priscilla was mad, to say the least.
"I would be celebrating too if I managed to get one over on the finest of knights." Priscilla kicked her knight in the stomach. Making him keel over.
"Big bro won!" Felt was sorely mistaken.
"No, he hasn't." Reinhard interjected; he knew Subaru was quite an airhead, but deciding not to take an opportunity to win was incredibly unwise.
'Well, I guess it's time I end this.'
Subaru was about to smack Julius with his sword when suddenly he was knocked onto his butt. Julius looked down on him; he had regained his vision.
"Shit." Subaru was forced to endure a heavy barrage of attacks to his head. 5, then 10, then 20, then 30, then 40 attacks came; his cheeks started puffing up as he had no choice but to endure.
'I'm going to die if I endure this. Please, I need something!'
Images of Rem flashed in his head.
'Wait, I do have something I can use! I just need to use magic!'
" fura!" Subaru said, but nothing happened.
"dona!" Subaru said, but nothing happened.
"Huma!" He said, but nothing happened.
" shamac!" Suddenly a massive black mist filled the arena.
"Eat this!" Subaru rushed through the black smoke and landed 5 strikes to Julius's face. But then the smoke dissipated. Surprisingly, Julius swung at Subaru and knocked him to the ground.
"It's over!" Subaru looked up at Julius.
'!' Subaru saw that Julius's eyes were bleeding extremely badly. His shamac must have a special property.
Subaru fell unconscious after a final heavy blow from Julius.
sorry if this chapter was shitty i tried to give it funny moments whilst also havinbg a relatively serious undertone, also if you dont mind drop a review. anyways have a nice day
