Re: Memento mori
Summary
Natsuki Subaru the hero of lugunica the slayer of the white whale and great hare
saving water gate city from the attack of the witch cult is arrested over suspicions
of him being the Sin Archbishop bishop of pride.
Chapter 12 – Beako, I suppose
"Beako?"
"Beatrice-sama"
Emilia and Ram asked in sync as the Loli spirit fell to her knees. The sound of something
akin to a rope being torn in two pieces echoed in her mind.
(NATSUKI SUBARU NAME HAS BEEN RETURNED)
"It broke" Beatrice spoke with a frown on her face, as Emilia held her up like a doll. She
knew what it meant but was confused partly.
"What do you mean, it broke" Emilia asked.
"I contract I suppose" Beatrice replied with a frown on her face as tears started to buildup
and her lifeless eyes where now blurry due to her tears. It took time for her to grasp the
memories that were rewritten. She remembered Rienhardt mention that he was able to
confirm Subaru was not lying due to his divine blessing.
She Mocked herself for clinging to a fake contract, Similar to when her mother left her as
an overseer of the library and asked her to wait for "that person".
"Beatrice-sama!" Ram was in shock as she frantically scanned the area for possible
attackers. The attack near the watchtower and now Beatrice suddenly acting strange.
"AN ATTACK, BUT FROM WHERE, BROTTO WATCH' MA BAC" Garfiel yelled as Otto used his
divine protection to search the area.
"LEAVE BETTY ALONE, I SUPPOSE" Beatrice screamed as everyone else flinched. They
were shocked to see her sudden outburst and quickly turned towards her.
"Beako?" Emilia looked at her as she pushed her back. She never saw Beatrice, this angry
she was confused. What did she mean about the contract being broken. She never broke
her contract with her.
As Beatrice managed to get out of Emilias grasp she quickly tried to use her door crossing
to reach to Subaru she knew what fate she pushed that boy towards when she accused him
of being an archbishop but deep in her heart she had this hope that maybe he was still
alive she would do anything possible within her reach if not she would claim it for him but
she just needed to see that smile once more, She need him to be "alive" as she clenched
her heart she used her spell.
But nothing happened. As she tried again.
Nothing happened….
"WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY. This shouldn't be happening" She screamed as the rest of the
party looked at her trying to calm her down.
She realized that now her contract was broken there was no way she could track him
down. Then, all of sudden it clicked to her.
"I will just use the last location his mana was present when he was still in contract with
me, I suppose" She proclaimed as she used her spell to open a door shining bright almost
blinding the rest of the party.
Beatrice ran inside the door quickly. She was desperate, she couldn't hold it in anymore as
she ran towards the door she left a trail of tears behind her.
Emilia noticed this and couldn't grasp the situation "Beaco!" She screamed as she saw the
door closing, she made her resolve as she jumped in with her as well running towards the
door before it fully closed.
Ram followed both of them she couldn't grasp what the whole situation was, but she knew
better, She would fight the witch cultists than being stuck with two hooligans in the
middle of a desert.
As Garfiel tried to follow them but the door disappeared with bright light blinding both of
them. They looked at each other confused and lost.
At the prison cell
Julius looked at his pocket clock, Its long past midnight.
He walked closer to the corpse as he gave it a final disgusted look, "To speak so mighty
and die in such a filthy way really suited you" he thought to himself as he turned back.
"Discard the body, Get rid of it as soon as possible"
"During his run he may have called for backup" Julius spoke.
"Yes sir" The knights replied.
As they brought the body down and were removing the hood.
"EL MINYA"
Multiple minya crystals stabbed the knights on their arms and legs as they screamed and
fell on their back crawling father away from the body.
Julius dodged all the crystals as he stood in his fighting stance ready to slash down any
witch cultist that came his way.
But to his surprise it was a little girl with drill hair. She ran towards the dead body as she
slowly removed the hood. She was hesitant, How will she face him, What will she tell him
even after all she did, She had no means to ask for forgiveness.
She finally gathered all the courage and fully unmasked Subaru as her eyes widened in
horror.
"Subaru, What have I done" She spoke in her broken voice as she held his head up with
her tiny hands. Her tears fell onto his cheeks as she remembered all the memories she
spent with him.
"Beatrice, Save me!"
She remembered those words he said to her while taking her away from the accursed
library, Freeing her form despair.
"Why"
"Why did you lie to betty, I suppose"
"YOU WERE THAT PERSON FOR BETTY, EVEN IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT IT I WILL"
She yelled as she wailed like a kid.
"SUBARU SUBARU SUBARU SUBARU SUBARU SUBARU"
"I remember you Subaru, so please wake up, Don't leave betty alone" She spoke with her
hollow lifeless eyes starting his.
"Subaru?" Julius whispered to himself as he remembered this name somewhere. It was too
familiar to him, He scratched his head he has a feeling of this faint memory of this person
called Subaru, and then it clicked to him as well.
His hands trembled, he was unable to grasp his sword anymore as it fell from his hands, his
knees gave up as he proceeded to vomit, he felt disgusted on himself.
(JULIUS'S JUUKULIUS MEMORIES HAS BEEN RETURNED)
"This has to be a lie" He spoke as he held his face to stop his vomit, His throat was dry
and rough due to vomiting he felt light head and dizzy, He couldn't accept his crime.
Sure, he hated the boy's naivety when he claimed the knights were nothing special during
the meeting of the candidates at the royale capital but to take his hate to this extent that
he killed him.
He never had a fair trial over the chaos and hate towards the witch cult the civilians held
the council used him as a scapegoat to calm them down.
"Finest of knights, Huh!"
"What a joke" He mocked himself, He lost the title of a knight, no as a friend when he
hooded him to be hanged by the Gallow.
He couldn't collect his thoughts anymore how selfish he was to still think he is worthy to
breathe the same air as Subaru when he pulled so many achievements that for 400
hundred years no one was able to come close to.
And he couldn't keep up a simple vow of friendship, Let alone be worthy of being called a
knight.
Beatrice didn't notice the rope around Subarus neck before. As she finally grasped the
whole scenario She shook the body, "Wake up"
"Wake up"
Tears kept flowing down her eyes.
"WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP"
"DO..DON'T…"
"DON'T LEAVE BETTY" Her heart broke into a billion pieces.
She frantically tried to heal the boy as she screamed.
"You did this" She stood still as he gently placed his body back on the floor.
Her mana was overflowing, her murderous intent was felt by all the knights around her.
Huge Minya crystal's formed surrounding her as she was about to attack.
"Beako!" Emilia called her from out of the cell.
A Minya crystal flew by Emilia shocking her to the core.
"DON'T YOU DARE USE THAT NAME AGAIN" She glared at Emilia furiously.
She held the name dear, it's the only thing she has left of Subaru, her memories were
altered and robbed from her she had no right to claim them now as she willing denied
them.
Now that the most precious thing was taken away from her, she was hopeless again, She
was back at the start, "If I wasn't such a failure" She thought to herself.
"Beak-" "Beatrice, who is this man?" Emilia asked as she was confused as to why she was
acting so weird.
"To think that this man wasted his loyalty on you"
"Is laughable to me" Beatrice spoke.
"Loyalty, what do mean Beatrice" Emilia held her hands over her mouth as she was
confused, she didn't knew what was going on.
She saw Julius lying on the ground and quickly moved to help him with her healing magic.
"Julius are you ok?" She asked him over concern for his condition.
"Emillia-sama, I am sorry" He spoke as he vomited more.
"What do you mean, Sorry for what?" Emilia questioned Julius.
"YOU THINK A SORRY IS ENOUGH" Beatrice glared at Julius.
"Beatrice!"
"Enough" Emilia spoke to Beatrice.
As your contractor I demand answers.
"You are my contractor, Pfft"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA" Beatrice laughed.
"YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF THE GREAT SPIRITS CONTRACT"
"THIS MAN HERE IS THE AMAZING CONTRACTOR OF BETTY"
Emilia was confused as she looked at the boy in question trying to piece it together.
"And not only that!"
"HE WAS YOUR KNIGHT!"
"NATSUKI SUBARU"
As soon as Beatrice spoke his name.
It finally clicked to Emilia.
"SU..BARU" She spoke.