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SentinalSlice: He can't fly naturally. He just keeps using Moon Step.


Shion blinked before her eyes narrowed in resolve. "I understand. I shall spread the word to the others."

Subaru blinked at the sudden change in scenery, blankly looking around as his spirits fretted. He'd... He'd...

"I went back..." Subaru immediately deduced. Compared to before, it looked like the checkpoint had thankfully moved forward by a lot. "Thank god. If it's at this point, it basically means that I did nothing wrong until now, right?"

But this now meant that the conditions were now different from before. He'd upgraded from the appa stand to Shion beside him... Speaking of which: "Shion."

"Yes, Subaru-sama?" Shion snapped to attention, only to blush when he suddenly petted her head. "S-Subaru-sama?!"

"I'm just thinking of how nice it is that I'm seeing you instead of that old guy." Subaru grinned, a little of his stress lessening at the sight of her cheeks and ears reddening immensely. "Now, then. Get going, Shion."

"Y-Yes, Subaru-sama." Shion stammered before making her exit, pausing now and then to look behind at him.

As for Subaru, he now turned to give the Watchtower his attention. 'Ari, Sigma, Spica. You guys, okay?'

[You're the one who deserves that question!] Ari protested. [Your heart made a weird sound just now!]

[Did you get sick, Subaru?] Spica asked.

Sigma didn't say anything, but even Subaru could feel their worry as well. It seemed like they hadn't come back in time with him.

He'd have to decide later whether that was a good thing or not.

Moon Stepping off the ground hard enough to rupture it, Subaru left Mirula behind as he flew towards the Watchtower with renewed vigor and rekindled vigilance.

Just like before, the sandstorm made it's return, this time much more hazardous to Subaru's human(and much smaller and lighter) body as he fought to keep in the sky.

But now, there was a solid advantage.

*PWOOM!*

Subaru grunted as he hastily dodged the glowing projectile that would obliterated everything above the ribs, merely suffering a graze on his shoulder. Down below, the projectile hit the sandy earth with enough force to explode.

[You did it!] Ari cheered.

[Nicely done.] Sigma approved.

"I dodged it!" Subaru grinned in triumph. He wasn't like before. Now that he was pushing his Kenbunshoku from passive into active exertion, it was like having a mini radar in his head, constantly feeding a full 360-degree view of his surroundings for a radius of ten meters. The sensory backlash was gonna be hell later, but Subaru considered it a worthy payoff.

Then he made the mistake of getting cocky. "Was that the best you could do?!"

(Shaula tilted her head curiously as the invading monster dodged her super Hell's Snipe.

Then she grinned. Finally, a challenge! "Time for an ultra super Hell's Snipe!")

Subaru choked as several bright spots shone clearly through the sandy storm, all of them very clearly aimed at him.

[DOOOOODDGE!]

Not sparing a second to acknowledge which of his spirits had said that, Subaru twisted about so that his next Moon Step propelled him downwards, before keeping himself many meters above the ground as he kept racing forward.

His reason for not flying any lower?

"SKRAAAAAAARGH!" A worm-like mabeast surged out of the sand, it's massive maw aiming for Subaru only to instead choke and die from the glowing projectile that flew inside to eviscerate it.

"Too close!" Subaru hissed as he took a brief falling moment to clutch at his bleeding leg. "That last one clipped my thigh!"

[I'll heal it!] Ari's declaration was soon joined by the pain in Subaru's thigh all but faded away, just in time for him to Moon Step out of the way from a glowing projectile that would've taken out his left side. [All better, Subaru?]

"Perfect! Well done, Ari!" Inwardly chuckling at how he could feel Ari preening from the praise, Subaru focused more on the Watchtower that was now much closer than before.

Just a few more meters...

It suddenly happened like slow motion, a veritable 'cage' of lethal lasers falling down around him. All directions were covered. To dive below was to welcome a death of sandy impact or monster meal. To rise above would only ensure the quicker death of death via vaporization.

Again.

"Goddamnit!" Subaru shouted as he met the incoming projectile head-on, cocking his fist while intense amounts of electrically charged water manifested before it before he then punched forward.

There was a screeching hiss as steam immediately blasted into existence before him, the heat threatening to scald his skin off as the slowed and much cooler projectile flew over his head.

Luckily, his gamble paid off as he paid off as he burst through the steam. Not only had he finally reached the Watchtower, but he was also right in front of what looked like the culprit.

Up close, it looked like a pretty woman, but his Kenbunshoku wasn't deceived as she was already rearing up to punch him as he closed in.

Cocking his fist again, Subaru shouted as lightning cloaked his own ready fist, with Spica adding support with blazing flames erupting upon his elbow to propel the limb forward like a rocket.

With vicious satisfaction, Subaru's fist landed clean upon the woman's cheek. A millisecond later, his elation flipped over into despair as not only did the woman not flinch in the slightest, her own fist had continued it's journey into landing into his ribs.

Subaru felt rather than heard the following crunch as he was flung hard against a wall, feeling even many more bones break as he slid down bloodily.

Subaru breathed heavily as he tried to scramble up, but his body was unresponsive as darkness claimed him.


Rem sighed despondently as she passed by Subaru's empty room. He'd been gone for only a day, and she already missed him so much.

To think that a person she'd only known for a total of five days could leave such a hole in her life was almost laughable.

It had certainly driven Nee-sama into chuckles when she'd automatically headed to her and Subaru's usual training spot and was struck by the absence of his usual excitable self.

"I really hope that Barusu hasn't infected you with his strangeness, Rem." Nee-sama spoke as they washed breakfast dishes together. "I'm actually enjoying the peace that he'd upset with his arrival."

"True, it is much more peaceful in Subaru-kun's absence." Rem admitted. Subaru's absence did leave behind a tranquility that they enjoyed, but Nee-sama was wrong. "But this peace... I don't think that we could've had it without Subaru-kun. I don't think... that I could feel at peace without his handiwork."

"...unfortunately, it seems that I owe Barusu a lot more than I expected." Nee-sama groaned exasperatedly. "Because I've never been able to make you smile like that."

Rem's wet fingers touched her lips. "My smile?"

Nee-sama's smile grew a bit wider. "Whatever Barusu did, you're no longer acting so desperately to make me love you. I've always done so, but Barusu seemed to have finally made you realize it."

Rem choked at the realization. She didn't think she'd changed that much. Nee-sama deserved all of the love!

...it's just that... Subaru offered a different kind of love?

Subaru was... different!

Yes, Subaru was Subaru-kun!

Wait. "Are you... teasing me, Onee-chan?"

"No. What could I possibly gain from that?" Nee-sama always had a scarily good handle at controlling her facial expressions. "It's not like you went and fell for somebody much more inferior to you."

"Subaru-kun isn't inferior to me- I mean...!" Rem stilled as she suddenly realized what she'd been too late to deny. "I-It's not like that... I just like Subaru-kun a lot better than before. I was blinded to his good points because of his... smell."

Why did somebody as wonderful as Subaru have to be plagued with the Witch's scent?

"Oh? Then what are his good points?"

"He's very determined." Rem immediately said.

"Yes, at being a moron or a pervert." Nee-sama countered.

"Subaru-kun isn't an idiot, and you know that." Rem replied. "He's just ridiculously simple. Plus, is him being a pervert a bad thing? We're perverts, too."

"First off, I said that he's determined to be a moron, not that he's genuinely one." Nee-sama clarified. "A true moron wouldn't be able defeat an Archbishop, or be so helpful to Roswaal-sama and Emilia-sama. Also, he needs to rein in his perversion better. Declaring his fantasies of us within just seconds of meeting us really trashed a lot of his chances."

Rem once more blushed at the memory.

"To think that the beauties that are maids exist in this land as well! And they're twins as well! There are so few personifications that could perfectly convey elegance, cuteness and sexiness in one go!"

"I don't think... it'd be such a bad thing anymore..." Rem mumbled as she looked away.

"He's a human, Rem." Nee-sama sighed as she rolled her eyes. "Personal opinion aside, do you think he could handle an Oni's libido or prowess?"

"He's a quick learner." Rem immediately asserted. "And very durable. It showed a lot during our training. And when he comes back, he'll be better."

Nee-sama still didn't seem convinced, so Rem had to go for the winning Goa. "Besides, we're still the last of our Tribe and we're both girls. I won't presume to choose for you, but the only other option who I'd be emotionally close to and consider physically capable enough... is Garfiel."

"Urgh." Nee-sama failed to hold back her appropriate reaction to that. On top of being an endangered line himself, he was basically considered as their pseudo little brother despite his clear attraction to the elder twin. "Just because Barusu's seemingly your best option doesn't make him the ideal one."

Seriously, Nee-sama was such a contrarian. "But he was such a good kisser..."

*THUNK!*

Nee-sama's knife dug deep into the wooden board just as she was about to start preparing lunch. "...I'll kill him."

"Nee-sama, please."

"The backlash will be painful, but if I use my horn-"

"Um, excuse me."

The twins stopped to regard Emilia as the royal candidate stood nervously at the kitchen door. "Rem, will you busy after a while?"

Rem blinked before cleaning her hands and approaching her. "Is something the matter, Emilia-sama?"

"Um..." Emilia sheepishly fidgeted before her. "Do you... Do you want to train with me?"

"...eh?" Did Rem mishear her?

"Eh, I mean, the earlier skirmish with Elsa and the previous one before that proved that I've gotten too complacent with my close combat skills, and I thought I should start training right?! So I thought that since you did such a good job with Subaru, you could do the same for me! And maybe we could become friends like you and Subaru did and it's gotten so lonely already please-"

"Alright, Emilia-sama." Rem acquiesced with a curtsy. "I accept your offer."

"Really?! That's great! I mean-" Emilia recomposed herself. "Thank you, Rem. So, I shall see you later, then?"

At Rem's nod, the half-elf turned about and left with a visible skip in her steps. Of course, it seemed that Subaru's absence had affected her even worse than it had for Rem. With how Subaru had often kept Emilia company, it was painfully obvious that the half-elf wasn't handling her returned loneliness well.

'Well, at least Subaru-kun will be happy that Emilia-sama and I are getting closer as his future nakama!' Rem pumped her fist in determination. 'It's not just them, I need to better myself as well and grow stronger!'

"Barusu has truly infected this household, with even Roswaal-sama and Emilia-sama being so despondent in his absence." Nee-sama sighed as she walked up to her side. "We're doomed. Our only hope of salvation is Beatrice-sama's usual apathy."

Ignoring the urge to remind her whom Subaru had learnt his magic from, Rem smiled. "Nee-sama, aren't you part of the household, too?"

"...we're doomed, I tell you."


When Subaru opened his eyes again, it was surprisingly not to standing before Shion once more in Mirula.

Instead, he was laid down on a comfortable bed with the throbbing of his pained body much more negligible now. 'Ari? Sigma? Spica?'

The Spirits manifested on call, eagerly flying about his prone form.

[He lives! He lives! He lives! He lives! He lives! He lives! He lives! He live- URGH?!]

Subaru snorted as Ari was suddenly bumped away by Sigma, the Yang Spirit spiraling away in midair.

[Are you alright, Subaru?] Spica asked. [We were worried since you weren't waking up.]

[There's also the fact that your attacker went from attacking you to snuggling you in your sleep.] Sigma added.

"Wait, what?" Subaru immediately tried to sit up, only to find his limbs completely restrained by the lump he could now see beneath the blanket that had been covering him. "Hey, get off!"

Snapping awake, the 'lump' shook off the blanket to reveal the woman from before, but closer enough for Subaru to regard her features.

Looking just a few years older than him, she was a gorgeous brunette with her long hair tied into a braided ponytail style.

Also, did he mention that she was stacked? Black straining bikini, shorts that rode up too high and gleefully manic eyes that were fixed onto him. Off to the side, Subaru idly noted a black cape with orange lining laid aside.

"Look, is there some deity up there having attractive girls straddle me in my sleep?" Subaru vocally wondered. "Because we need to talk so that I can either hit you or bow in gratitude."

Upon hearing his voice, the woman's green eyes with strange dots lit up even brighter before she was suddenly crushing him with how hard he got hugged. "MASTER, I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!"

"Gargh!" Subaru choked as both his arms and ribs made very uncomfortable grinding noises he could feel. "Stop it! Guys, get her off!"

Spica was the first to immediately act, a crimson glow lashing across the woman's back which immediately caught ablaze. However, Subaru noted with some horror that the woman didn't even seem to have felt it. [She's ignoring us just like before! Ari, do the thing!]

[Here's a payback from earlier!] A white glow chimed before a shining javelin manifested and fired right at the woman's head.

However, the woman didn't even bother looking as she backhanded the projectile away from her, the laser javelin impacting the wall. "Master, these weaklings are funny in how they think they can separate me from you."

Roaring out, Subaru grew into his hybrid form and slammed her down, pinning her by the wrists. To his disbelief, she seemed to grow even more excited. "Oh? Does Master want to ravish me in this form? Very well! This Shaula shall accept all of your lust onto her!"

[Master, while she does appear physically attractive as a human, I recommend against mating with her.] Sigma added as he joined Ari and Spica in satelliting above them. [She is not mentally stable.]

Subaru sighed as he detransformed and sat back, keeping a hand on her stomach as an indication that he wanted her to stay laying down. While she did do that, she also wrapped her long legs around his waist which went a long way in distracting him. "You referred to me as Master. Why? Weren't you shooting at me earlier?"

"That was me, yeah! Sorry, if I knew that you were my Master, then I wouldn't have used Hell's Snipe on you, yeah!" The woman clapped her hands apologetically. "But as expected as Master, even if he was weaker than normal, he still passed the desert unlike all of the other failures, yeah!"

"I've never met you before in my life." Subaru bluntly replied. "Aren't you confusing me for somebody else?"

"But no other man has your scent, Master Flugel!" The woman declared, causing Subaru to freeze in shock. "On my pride as Shaula the Star Keeper, I'd never forget your unique smell!"

"M-M-My smell?!" Subaru stammered even as his mind raced. She'd identified him as Flugel? He hadn't told a single person here about his pen name... unless this Shaula was referring to the 'Flugel-sama' that Satella had briefly spoken off before. "Satella?"

Despite warily calling out, there was naturally no response from the shadowy half-elf.

"Yeah! Satella!" Shaula chirped. "The one who Master proclaimed to be his greatest failure!"

Subaru immediately snapped onto that piece of information. "What do you mean? What was Satella's relationship with Flugel?"

Shaula shrugged while still laying down. "I forgot!"

"..." Subaru just sighed before standing up to properly regard his surroundings. "Just so that I'm sure, this is the inside of the Watchtower, right?"

"Yeah!" Shaula cheered as she jumped up and hugged him from behind, sniffing him deeply while her breasts pressed against his nape. "Welcome home, Master!"

"Quit that." Subaru murmured with his cheeks reddening. "My name's Subaru. Natsuki F. Subaru. So what's this room particularly?"

"It's the Green Room!" Shaula spoke up from above his head. "It's the lobby/healing place for bad wounds!"

[So that's why my healing worked much faster than usually.] Ari huffed. [Just when I thought I'd gotten better at it.]

Idly noting that information, Subaru decided to get down to business. "Shaula, where's the library?"

"Library?" Shaula perked up. "There's no need for that! Now that Master's here, we can get started on the Trials, yeah!"

"Wait, what?" Subaru asked. "What do you mean by 'Trials'?"

"The Trials you left behind, Master!" Shaula answered. "In order to leave or gain control of the Watchtower, you must complete all three of them, yeah!"

"...did I just enter an Indiana Jones scenario?!" Subaru gasped.

"Indiana Jones is inferior to you, Master!" Shaula asserted.

"...you know who Indiana Jones is?!" Subaru screamed in disbelief. "Are you from beyond the Great Waterfall, too?!"

"What? No!" Shaula shook her head. "Master taught me all of it! After all, I'm Master Flugel's one and only student, apprentice and future mistress!"

"...huh." Subaru suddenly felt a strong sense of exasperation. "Yeah, good luck with that. You've got the body of a model, but the brain of a sugar high kid... Okay, this seems like the kinda stuff where I learn some deep lesson while gaining a level up. Let's go, Shaula. Take me to the Trials."

"Yay! Upwards to Taygeta!" Maybe her excitement was contagious, but Subaru let himself get dragged along as she grabbed his hand and pulled him after her. Rushing up many flights of stairs, Subaru followed Shaula until they reached an entrance with a set of imposing black doors.

First of the Three Hs: The Head

Subaru gulped at the words that had literally been etched into the doors. "A test of my brainpower, huh? Bring it on!"

"Go for it, Master!" Shaula cheered.

Upon opening the door and entering the room, Subaru was immediately struck the endless expanse of pure white, save for a single black monolith floating right before him. "Yup! Mind-related test, mental fuckery imminent. Shaula, any clue of how this room works?"

"Nope" Pausing from where she'd been peeking into the room without actually stepping inside, Shaula saluted. "Master ordered Shaula to never ever enter any of the Trial rooms!"

"Well, that's inconvenient." Sighing, Subaru approached the monolith until he was right before it. It was... smooth. Like, unnaturally smooth. Was it made of that glassy black stuff that was cooled lava or something?

Or some fantastical material? A little too curious to hold himself back, Subaru gingerly reached out to trace his fingers against it.

Find the brightest of the hero destroyed by Shaula.

Subaru grunted at the words that seemed to pierce his very brain, before gasping as the monolith suddenly doubled itself over and over and over until there were infinite monoliths within the white expanse.

Shaula gasped as she tried to count each one, visibly pointing at each individual monolith until she clearly got dizzy from the effort. "Uuuu... Shaula can't count past two hundred... Master is amazing..."

Subaru was forced to agree. Up until now, all of the magic (barring Authorities, which even he could tell followed different rules) he'd seen were clearly elemental in design, so to think that the Flugel before him was on a level so far beyond even Roswaal was crazy.

Still, he couldn't ignore what had clearly been the clue of the challenge. "Shaula, who was the brightest..."

Subaru paused upon remembering the kind of personality that the nearby woman possessed, and decided to rephrase his question. "Shaula, who was the strongest enemy you've ever killed?"

"Shaula has absolutely destroyed any of the enemies who approached the Watchtower, yeah!" Shaula preened, thrusting her chest out with a beaming smile while crossing her arms after manifesting a pair of colored sunglasses out of nowhere. "Shaula needs not remember the names of those fallen to her brilliant explosions!"

"You're no Kamina, damnit!" Subaru snapped before asking another question. "Fine, then. In that case, did you ever fight somebody that was hard to beat?"

Subaru knew he'd hit onto something when Shaula suddenly froze and shiftily looked aside, her sunglasses actually shaking off her from how much she'd began trembling. "N-N-No, M-Master. Sh-Shaula always b-beats e-everyone of her e-enemies to the c-curb."

'My god, she sucks at lying!' Subaru gawked. "Shaula, I need your answer to beat this challenge. There's a reason why your name must have been given as a clue."

"Maybe it's another Shaula!" Shaula rebutted with a shake of her head. "Shaula is great, so there may be other Shaula's named in honor!"

"Now that's just crazy! If anything, you're the one named after..." Subaru paused in his pointing, his brain instantly snatching onto what he'd been about say. 'Shaula... is named after a star... This very building is named after a star! Which means...!'

Subaru turned about to regard the monoliths, regarding how they seemed to number into infinity across the boundless expanse... like a starry night with the colors inversed.

"Hahaha! This world has a star theme! Even your very name was a clue!" Subaru cheered. "Hey, Trial! Invert the colors!"

For one instant, he thought that nothing would actually happen since he didn't think that he actually had any authority here. Then the next instant, all of the white immediately became black while the black monoliths all gleamed snow white.

Now, it was much easier to see them as the stars representing the different constellations!

"'Shaula' is the formal name of the Lambda Scorpii, the second brightest of the Scorpius Constellation. Named after the Scorpion of Greek myth which was sent after Orion the hero, got ascended into the stars as well." Subaru posed, his pointer finger triumphantly reaching for the heavens. "My answer is 'Rigel'! A.k.a. 'Beta Orionis', the brightest hero!"

After his declaration, a faintly glowing purple screen with twinkling star decal manifested right before him.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have conquered the Trial of the Mind: Discernment of the Star!

You have unlocked the Taygeta Library, home to the Books of the Dead!

You have unlocked partial access to the Authority of Envy!

You have unlocked full access to the Authority of Pride!

You have unlocked full access to the Authority of Lust!

"Holy shit..." Subaru stared at the screens while his surroundings began to change, the monoliths all reversing in how they'd multiplied until there was only a singular monolith which then shone brightly enough to nearly blind Subaru.

Then when the light faded away, Subaru gasped at the sight of rows of rows of books stretched out in a concentric arrangement, all of them possessing the same black hard cover. "I think there're at least three times as much books in here than in Ros-chi and Beako's library. Also..."

Subaru looked down to the floating screens which had split into four, each regarding the 'rewards'. "It's kinda like a gaming prompt. No level up announcements? Well, this just confirms it. This 'Flugel' guy that came before was definitely from my world as well."

A fair assessment, because Subaru knew that the constellations of his world weren't here(because he'd checked), and the concept of electronic didn't even exist for Lugnica. "This feels like a mystery waiting to be solved, or maybe a full-blown conspiracy... Well, let's check out what I got."

THE BOOKS OF THE DEAD

These are special mediums in the form of books which can be used to accessed the memories of every deceased person recorded within the Od Laguna.

Subaru gaped as he regarded the books once more, finally struck with just how many they were and the numbing realization that each book was personally connected to a dead person of this world. "Holy shit..."

While this was going on, Shaula groaned as she laid down beside him. She clearly didn't like the library if her bored expression was any clue. Now, she seemed to just be satisfying herself by hugging his midsection and inhaling deeply.

...he'll just let her have this. "Well, the books will probably be useful later, but right now...?"

Subaru just shrugged before swiping it out of the way for the next screen.

AUTHORITY OF ENVY: COVETOUS PRIVILEGE(INCOMPLETE)

Born from your own ideal over the concept of 'Envy', Covetous Privilege allows you the ability to copy and store any Divine Protection you witness. However, it will be a weakened and cursed variant Skill of the Divine Protection. Attaining the full Authority of Envy will allow for boosted versions of all copied Divine Protections.

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Recorded Skills

Haste(Copied from Felt's Divine Protection of Wind Armament): You can perform a brief burst of speed that allows you get to a predetermined spot in the least amount of steps.

War Affinity(Copied from Reinhard van Astrea's Divine Protection of the War God): You are able to utilize any unfamiliar weapon in your grasp with the aptitude of an expert.

Nocturnal Affinity(Copied from Reinhard van Astraea's Divine Protection of Night Skies): When under the night sky, you gain enhanced strength, speed, reflexes and durability.

Projectile Ignorance(Copied from Reinhard van Astrea's Divine Protection of Projectile Evasion): While they'll still hit you, this makes all thrown projectiles avoid landing fatal blows upon you.

"Huh... So people can have more than three of these, huh..." Subaru noted at the three separate Divine Protections from just Reinhard alone. "I wonder why Beako didn't mention that while she was teaching me about them."

AUTHORITY OF LUST: CHARACTER EDITOR

Born from your own ideal over the concept of 'Lust', Character Editor allows you the ability to freely decide the archetypes of yourself and others and gain the resulting mindset, skills and abilities of that change. E.g.: Making yourself a Archetypical Superhero would grant you the FISS package and the desire to save others in distress, making yourself a Butler would render you well-versed in managing a household with the inclination to be subservient to the household's head, etc.

"H-Holy, shit." Shaking off Shaula as he did so, Subaru staggered onto his butt at the revelation of what the Lust Factor had transformed into while being influenced from his mindset. "This is... It's just as crazy as Capella's own variant, but on a way different playing field... Still, this makes much more sense to be a lust-based superpower compared to her transformation... unless she was one hell of a freak...!"

''Character Editor'... Such a simple yet deceiving name...' Subaru wasn't exactly sure how to feel about this Authority. If Capella was any indication, an Authority user basically had a power that correlated to their ideal of a determined sin. But Satella had trusted him to be able to use it well. 'I won't betray Satella-tan's belief in me!'

Still, with just these, wasn't he already pretty powerful enough? Especially with Return by Death added to the mix? Speaking of which...

AUTHORITY OF PRIDE: RETURN BY DEATH

Born from your own ideal over the concept of 'Pride', Return by Death is your strongest Authority due to you having the greatest connection to Pride compared to all of the seven sins. On top of being able to passively return your soul back to a pre-determined earlier point in time, you can also accelerate, decelerate, stop, or even reverse the flow of time upon determined existences.

Paying little mind to the specifics of his original Authority, Subaru instead focused more on the implication that pride was his strongest vice. He wasn't proud to admit it, but Subaru strongly believed that such a position belonged to Envy.

He loved his parents dearly, but there was no doubt that all of his problems originated from his inferiority to Kenichi Natsuki. He wanted to be popular, to be adored, to be wanted.

As Subaru Natsuki, not 'his kid'.

Nobody in this world knew him as anybody else!

So how the fuck was Pride his strongest flaw?! Subaru was self-conscious enough to acknowledge that his Envy was the greater one!

'...shit, I'm so fucked up.' Subaru sighed as he slapped his hand over his eyes. "So, Envy, Lust... Pride... How do I test this out? ...hey, Shaula?"

"Yes, Master?" Shaula perked up from beside him, her butt being distracting with how it waved side to side like with an invisible tail. "Whatever you want Shaula for, she'll do it, yeah!"

Subaru placed a hand on her cheek, not stopping Shaula when she tried to rub her entire face all over his palm. "Let's do this... Character Editor... Priestess."

Subaru watched in awe as a violet glow spread over Shaula from his hand, transforming her bikini and hotpants into a flowing blue garment along with a white robe manifesting over it, both of them laced with golden outlines, but still stylishly split high enough to show the knee high white boots and tan thighs with every step she would take.

Plus, the apparent habit still did little to hide how 'blessed' Shaula was in the chest department. "Wow! Master gave Shaula an upgrade! Shaula knows healing magic now! Wait, does Master like this sort of play?! If Master wants to corrupt and seduce women of the cloth, then Shaula will gladly-"

"No." Subaru idly chopped her head while willing the change to disappear. Thankfully, it seemed that he didn't need to touch her again for that. Seeing that she didn't transform back into a Priestess while he was thinking of it, Subaru determined that it would always need him to physically touch her, or anybody else. "That also explains why Capella went for a slap. Despite the difference in function, it looks like the Authorities still follow some set rules."

*GROWL*

Subaru blinked at the sudden grumbling of his stomach. Come to think of it, it'd be around noon by now, wouldn't it? "Shaula, where do you get food around here?"

He'd have to face the next Trial soon enough, and he'd prefer to do that with a full stomach.


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