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Capella Emerada Lugunica…
I’m curious…
…
I’ve changed you… just a little…
Go find him…
Satiate my curiosity…
Start with him… from zero…
——
Subaru: “Jeez… rough start to my great isekai adventure.”
The raven-haired, scary sanpakugan eyed boy grumpily wandered the streets of Lugunica with furrowed brows and hands in pockets.
Ever since being transported to this world, which was about 10 minutes ago, he’s gotten into nothing but trouble. In one hand he held his bag of groceries, which conveniently traveled with him to this parallel world. In his other hand, he held his signature tracksuit as it was soaked from when he embarrassingly stumbled and fell into a river after accidentally entering a woman’s restroom.
…It already was a long day.
At this moment, Subaru’s excitement was slowly wearing off. He was originally ecstatic finding himself in a new world, but now he’d really like to take a nap more than anything.
After his tracksuit got dry enough, he put it back on, returning to his original black, orange, and white color scheme.
Subaru: “So much for my protagonist status… Why am I even here anyways?”
Before Subaru could begin to question his situation, he stopped walking. Something down a dark alley caught his eye.
It was a girl.
An unconscious one to be exact. She was blonde, and her outfit was… rather interesting. Due to her being flat on her stomach that’s unfortunately all he could make out from a distance.
Glancing left and right to all the passerby’s, no one seemed to take notice of the girl except for him.
Barely able to contain a squeal of excitement, he eagerly rushed into the alley.
Subaru: [Is this where my story begins?! A lonely girl, tossed out into a shady alley in need of a hero! Ooh~! Maybe she’s the one who summoned me?]
With numerous fantasies flooding through his mind, he sat down his groceries and knelt down in front of the girl. He gently shook her shoulder, and whispered.
Subaru: “Hey… Lady, wake up. It’s me, Summoner-sama. Your hero, Natsuki Subaru!”
A gentle shake turned into a slightly rougher one, which then turned into tapping, which then turned into rougher tapping.
Subaru’s fantasies were put on hold as he gradually grew more and more concerned the longer she didn’t respond.
Subaru: “H-Hey… You alright?”
No response.
A drop of sweat ran down his forehead.
Subaru: [She’s not dead or anything, right? W-Was I too late?]
???: “Mmgnh…”
A muffled sound that came from the ground put his worries at ease, allowing to let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding.
Subaru: “Ah! Thank goodness you’re alive! I thought I already failed before I even started…”
Slowly, the currently anonymous girl brought her hands up, slowly pushing her face off the ground.
Subaru: “Hey, are you hurt? Don’t push yourself.”
Just then, the girl looked at Subaru, as if she just noticed his presence. Their faces were surprisingly close.
Subaru grew a faint blush. She was kinda cute. Her curious crimson red eyes gazed into his, and her outfit was indecently revealing. Inspecting her face, she had no cuts, scratches, or bruises, so she thankfully wasn’t beaten up. In fact, she looked like she was in pristine condition.
???: “H-Heh? Who’re you?”
Subaru: “Uh, I’m Subaru—Natsuki Subaru. I saw you knocked out in this alley. Are you okay? Are you hurt?”
The girl slowly got up and stretched, strangely calm for waking up in a dark alleyway.
???: “Mmm-yup! I believe this pretty lady’s fine, no broken bones or anything!”
Subaru: “Y-You don’t seem very concerned… How’d you get here?”
???: “I… Hm… Can’t remember.”
Subaru: “Okay, your lack of concern is scaring me, Summoner-sama! Did you hit your head?”
???: “Summoner-sama?”
Subaru: “Ah, y-you did summon me, right? To help you? I don’t know your name, so…”
The blonde girl, now standing, who was considerably shorter than Subaru, looked up at him with baffled eyes before chuckling.
???: “Kye-he. Summoned you? What’re you prattling about? A lady such as myself would have no reason to summon someone like you.”
Subaru: “Hey, that’s–!”
Subaru nervously started touching his index fingers together, feeling like an idiot. The girl kept giggling at his embarrassment which he eventually couldn’t take anymore.
Subaru: “J-Just—Nevermind, forget it! Uh… so what is your name?””
The girl’s giggling fit halted at the question. Her eyes stared upwards as she put a hand to her chin, like she was physically digging through her mind.
Subaru: “Don’t tell me you don’t know your name! I really think we should get you some help—“
???: “I shall grant you the honor of knowing my name.”
Subaru: “Oh—Wait, you were just thinking of whether or not to tell me?!”
Subaru stomped his foot on the floor repeatedly in frustration.
Capella: “It’s the one and only… Capella-chan! Well, uh… as far as I remember!”
Capella nonchalantly struck a flamboyant pose, announcing her name like she was a celebrity. Any signs of worry for her own well-being or faulty memory were not present whatsoever.
Subaru: “‘As far as you’—sigh—Okay. Nice to meet you, Capella.”
Subaru’s concern for Capella only grew more, but with how indifferent she was about whatever her situation was he couldn’t bring himself keep expressing it.
He stuck out his hand for a handshake, which Capella silently stared at for a minute.
She then leaned to the side past Subaru, to see the bustling pedestrians walking briefly in view from where they stood in the alley.
Capella: “You’re the only one who entered this alley, and made sure I was okay?”
Subaru: “Uh, yeah.”
Capella: “Hm.”
She silently stared at him. As if she was evaluating every inch of him.
Suddenly, her eyes took a more sultry look as she approached him.
Capella: “My my, what a gentleman you are… I think that deserves more than a handshake, don’t you~?”
Subaru had to do a double take in his head. She wasn’t talking about… anything like that, right?
Subaru: “U-Um… sorry? I don’t think I follow.”
Capella: “You heard me…”
Capella quickened her advance towards Subaru until he was backed up to a wall. She looked into his eyes with a smirk.
Capella: “You were infatuated by my otherworldly beauty and that’s why you came to help me, right? I know what you want…”
Subaru: “H-Huh?!”
Subaru’s brain was short-circuiting. A lot has happened in such little time.
Subaru: “No, no! I was just concerned, a-and no one else was helping you—“
Capella placed a gentle finger on his mouth, which she then trailed down to rest her hand on his chest. The result was the tomato-red face of Subaru, which amused her greatly.
Capella: “Shh… It’s okay, give in. You know what you really want. There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of lust.”
All Subaru wanted to do was help this girl, and finally get the wheels turning on his sudden new life. This was probably the last thing he was expecting to happen.
His heartbeat was breaking records as Capella leaned closer…
And closer…
And closer…
Capella: “Pfft… Kya-hahahaha!”
Capella laughed right in Subaru’s face.
To say Subaru was in a state of emotional whiplash was an understatement.
Capella backed off of him and clutched her stomach in a fit of laughter.
Capella: “Your face! Kya-haha!”
Subaru’s face—still blushing—was blank, he wasn’t sure how to process the events that just occurred.
Subaru: “What the hell?! I don’t… why did you—?!”
Capella: “Relax, Subaru-kun! I’m just messing with you. This lady happens to like you! You can feel honored now.”
Capella did a bunch of theatrics, which included a twirl, as she talked. When she finished, she closed her eyes and held an arrogant, satisfied smile as her hands rested on her hips.
Within the past 3 minutes, Subaru figured out a few things. None of which were assuring.
First, Capella is arrogant.
Second, Capella is obnoxious.
Third, Capella is infuriating.
And fourth, he still doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing here.
Subaru pinched the bridge of his nose as he calmed himself down.
Subaru: “…Okay. Sure, yeah, I’m honored or whatever.”
Capella pouted at him, feigning offense.
Capella: “That doesn’t sound very genuine.”
Subaru: “Oh, shut up!”
Capella: “How dare you talk to me, the beautiful Capella, in such a way?!”
Subaru hated this. He wanted to go home. He already gave up on his new, epic isekai life all because of this one girl.
Subaru: “I really don’t understand why you felt the need to do that earlier… I just wanted a handshake.”
Capella: “What’s wrong with a little teasing, hm?”
Subaru: “I just met you! What would you’ve done if I took advantage of you or something? N-Not that I would, but—”
Capella: “You wouldn’t be able to.”
Subaru: “But—“
Subaru looked in Capella’s eyes. Something new gleamed in them. Confidence? Whatever it was, it shut him up.
Capella: “And besides, with how you were stammering back there, I know ya’ don’t got the guts to!”
She flashed an arrogant, cheeky smile.
Subaru raised up his hands in defeat and dropped the topic.
Subaru: “Whatever.”
Suddenly, from behind Capella, Subaru could see the silhouettes of three figures approaching.
Subaru: “Uh…”
Subaru jetted out a finger towards them, causing Capella to curiously turn around to see the three thugs that caught his eye.
Capella: “Huh?”
Capella was immediately displeased with the appearance of the three unknown individuals. Already, at first glance, she didn’t approve of them.
Meanwhile, Subaru was internally panicking.
Subaru: [Woah, are you kidding me? Are we about to get robbed?! We’re totally about to get robbed! These guys look just like textbook bandits—and not the cool ones! Argh, I never should’ve helped this girl!]
Thug 1: “Well, well, well.”
Thug 2: “You two picked an awfully bad place to get romantic.”
Subaru snapped out of his internal panic just to immediately deadpan before waving his hand towards the three thugs.
Subaru: “Woah, dude, you got the wrong idea. She’s the last person I’d ever get romantic with.”
Capella turned around and scoffed.
Capella: “Oh yeah? Well, I feel the same way! You’re no fun at all! Bleh!”
She stuck her tongue out at him, which Subaru rolled his eyes at.
Subaru: “Oh, shut up! Sexually assaulting someone isn’t ‘fun!’ You have no dignity!”
Capella: “I didn’t do anything to you, and I said I was joking! Besides, if this pretty lady really wanted to do something like that with you, you know you’d love it!”
Subaru started blushing. She wasn’t entirely wrong, but he was still against it.
Subaru: “N-Nuh uh!”
Capella: “You’re blushing! Yuh-huh!”
Subaru: “Nope!”
Capella: “Yup!”
The three thugs watched the strange duo bicker in bewilderment.
It’s like their existence didn’t even register to them anymore.
…
Thug 2: “HEY! We’re the ones talking to you! Frankly, we don’t care about your relationship!”
Capella and Subaru huffed at the same time, returning their attention to the uninvited guests.
Capella: “What do you three meatbags want anyway?”
Thug 3: “At first, we just wanted your valuables…”
Thug 1: “But now that you’ve ignored us, that totally ruined our mood!”
Thug 2: “So, in short, we’re gonna kill you now.”
…
Capella clicked her tongue in amusement, while Subaru’s eyes widened.
Subaru: [Wait what?! Shit, I can’t die yet, I just got here! I don’t—wait a second… I was summoned here. This must be a compulsory event for my development!]
Quickly adjusting from fear to overconfidence, Subaru walked in front of Capella, and got into a fighting stance.
Capella: “Eh?”
Subaru: “Alright then, bring it! Let me warn you, I fantasize about situations like this all the time. I thought of every attack pattern you can throw at me!”
Capella: “You fantasize about this? What are you, a masochist?”
Subaru spat out his clenched teeth.
Subaru: “Shut up. I’ll keep them distracted, you make a run for it.”
Thug 1: “You’re gonna regret mocking us!”
The first thug charged him, eager to pummel his skull in.
Subaru: “That’s… my line!”
SLAM!
Subaru threw a punch faster than the thug could react. The sensation of his fist making violent contact with another’s flesh was foreign to him. It hurt, but it was effective! The thug fell face first on the ground.
Capella mockingly hummed in approval.
Subaru clicked his tongue at her, and ran to the second thug who was still in shock from seeing his friend get K.O’d
Subaru: “Take this! A high kick forged by after-bath stretches!”
The second thug was slammed into the wall by Subaru’s kick straight into his temple. His adrenaline was peaked, he felt invincible!
All that was left was the last thug.
Charging towards him, Subaru glanced back at Capella, who was just standing there, cross-armed.
Subaru: “What the hell are you doing?! Run!”
Capella: “I doubt you’d want me to~!”
Capella yelled back in her a teasing, yet somewhat foreboding tone. Did she know something?
Subaru: “I’m handling these losers just fine—!”
Subaru was promptly interrupted by the glint of a rather dangerous object in the last thug’s hand.
He was on a high. He didn’t even know he had it in him to fight, let alone punch someone, but looks can be deceiving—even to yourself.
However, what was held in front of him was, in fact, a knife. Which meant Subaru had to pull out his secret move.
Subaru: “I’msosorryitwasallmyfaultIregretmyactionsandIswearI’llneverattackyouguyseveragainpleasespareme—!”
The ultimate move. The pinnacle of patheticism.
Surrendering.
Subaru halted his raging onslaught to fall to his knees and beg for forgiveness. The switch-up in demeanor was jarring for everyone in the alley, especially Capella, who couldn’t help but laugh.
Capella: “Pfft, kya-haha! What happened, Subaru?! I thought you were ‘handling things just fine!’”
Her laugh rang through his ears like an annoying little rusty bell.
Subaru: “I should’ve left you in the alley.”
He deadpanned to Capella.
Capella: “Well, that’s not very nice!”
Subaru: “Why would I—Agh!”
The knife-wielding thug stepped on Subaru’s head.
Capella’s cheeky grin immediately fell to a frown.
Thug 3: “You son of a bitch, I’ll kill you!”
He adjusted the knife in his hand to point down towards Subaru’s head.
Subaru: “W-Woah, wait! Let’s not get hasty, now! How about this? I can work for you guys! You don’t have to pay me! Just… let me live!”
Subaru’s voice was shaky. He didn’t wanna die. Not now.
Thug 3: “Shut up! I’m tired of your noisy voice!”
The knife began plummeting down towards Subaru’s skull.
The tip of the blade grew closer and closer, ripping through the air without mercy. Subaru clenched his eyes shut as he braced for his imminent death.
He hoped it would at least be painless.
…
It was painless.
…
There was no pain at all, because he wasn’t stabbed.
Opening his eyes, Subaru saw a sight he wasn’t exactly prepared to see.
Thug 3: “Agh, Y-You freak! Let me go!”
Capella: “Hmm, let me think about it—no~pe! Sorry, but I don’t like you very much.”
Capella’s tone was playful, but her face betrayed her true feelings. She was upset.
Her hand was big. Like, absurdly big. The thug’s entire body was in her grasp. He was at her mercy.
Subaru swiftly scrambled away from underneath them, still watching with awe.
Subaru: […What in the gear three?]
She started lifting him up off the ground. The rest of her body was normal. It was just her hand that had grown to such an absurd size, and… does she have claws?!
Capella: “Y’know, I’m a bit of a philanthropist, but I can make exceptions~”
Her grip tightened.
Thug 3: “—Agh! S-Stop!”
Subaru: “What the hell…”
Subaru: [Is this magic? Can magic do this? I’ve seen people perform it occasionally ever since I got here, but I’ve never seen something like this…]
Capella: “Meatbags like you have no value, no love. So, I’m sure no one would mind, right~?”
Her eyes sadistically squinted as her grip tightened even more.
Thug 3: “Ack!”
The thug coughed up blood. Subaru realized what was about to happen.
He didn’t want this. He wasn’t ready to see this. Sure, the guy did try killing him, and he’s thankful for Capella saving him, but this was—!
Subaru: “H-Hey—Capella, watch out!”
Capella looked in Subaru’s direction to see him running to her. Just right then, everything was ringing, causing her to let go of the knife-thug, her hand turning back to normal.
Her vision was blurry, her eyes were watering.
Capella: “W-what?”
When Subaru called out to her, she failed to notice the other thugs, who Subaru attacked, had woken up, and the big one clapped his hands on her ears with immense force, painfully disorienting her.
Capella: “A-Ah…”
Suddenly, she was put into a headlock.
Subaru: “Shit, let her go!”
Subaru, instead of running, tried to throw a punch to the thug holding her, but he was kicked to the ground by the smaller thug.
Thug 2: “You bitch… We’ll make sure you two die slowly! Rachins, get the scary-eyed bastard. I got this little lady…”
Capella struggled to break from his headlock. She could’ve done so easily, but her discombobulation and current lack of oxygen was making it hard to use her powers.
The knife wielding thug, Rachins, slowly made his way towards Subaru. His body was red from being almost squeezed to death.
Rachins: “You little shit.”
Subaru: “C-Crap.”
Subaru tried to run, but before he could, he was slashed in his calf.
Subaru: “Gnh—!”
He grit his teeth. Thankfully the adrenaline dulled the pain, but it still hurt like hell.
Falling to the floor, he watched as Rachins stood above him once more. However, he had no intention of killing him so soon.
Subaru: [Alright, parallel world… Is this when I awaken my powers? Cause it’d be really nice to have right about now! Invincibility? Strength? A system of sorts? Anything works—HNGK!]
Subaru’s face was met with the bottom of a shoe—quite forcefully, I might add.
Once, twice, thrice.
His head was stomped over and over. His forehead was bleeding from being repeatedly slammed and scraped against the ground. His skull was burning, it felt like it would crack any second.
Subaru: [This is… really bad! It hurts! It hurts like hell! Ow ow ow!]
Capella thrashed about in the thug’s headlock. She was about to pass out any second, her kicks and punches losing their usual power.
The situation turned dire really fast…
Subaru caught a glance of the bustling commercial district right outside the alley.
Pedestrians walked by without even batting an eye.
Subaru: [What the hell is this…? Why is no one helping? Damn it!]
Just when he had that thought, he heard something.
Hope.
???: “Out of my way!”
A petite, blonde girl ran into the alley, stopping for a moment to witness the brutal scene before her.
Everyone looked at her. Rachins stopped his beat down on Subaru for a moment, which was a moment that Subaru cherished.
Subaru: [F-Finally, someone…]
Capella: “Ggghhh…”
Capella strained to make any noise. Her lungs, devoid of air, were like a vacuum now.
Subaru’s eyes held hope, practically begging for this random girl to save him.
???: “Woah, looks like you two are having it rough… Well, sorry, but I’m busy right now. Live strong!”
And with that, she scaled the wall of the alley and escaped on the rooftops.
…
Subaru: [LIVE STRONG?! MY FUCKING HEAD IS BEING CRUSHED! I WON’T LIVE AT ALL IF THIS KEEPS UP!]
Subaru’s hope was ripped away without mercy.
Rachins: “All these damn interruptions…”
Rachins lowered his foot onto Subaru’s head again. This time, he slowly grinded it into him, dirtying and cutting up his face.
Subaru: [Is this punishment? It’s been nothing but struggle since I came here, and now… I’m just gonna die in some alley?]
Subaru made eye contact with Capella, who was barely conscious.
He then closed his eyes, coming to acceptance with it.
Subaru: [Damn it…]
???: “—That’s enough, villains.”
A voice of authority that chimed like silver-bells rang throughout the alley.
…
Was the world toying with him again? Was someone actually coming to save them?
Rachins stopped his assault on him once again, freezing up when he saw the source of the voice.
The thug holding Capella froze up as well, but still kept her restrained.
For Subaru, turning his head to the source of the voice, time itself stopped.
She was beautiful, magnificent, gorgeous.
Capella looked at her, her eyes begging for help, while Subaru stared, locked in a trance.
Subaru: [Am I… are we saved?]
Rachins: “H-Hey… look, we don’t want any trouble.”
Thug 2: “Yeah… Y-Yeah, we’ll let them go! F-Forgive us!”
The thug holding Capella promptly let her go, clearly terrified. She immediately fell to her knees and collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
Capella: “…air…”
Her voice was hoarse.
The three thugs slowly backed away further into the alley.
Subaru’s skull was still on fire, but he was eternallly grateful to have his torture end thanks to this beautiful, silver-haired woman…
???: “I’m happy to see you’re all so gracious. It’s not too late, so return what you stole.”
Rachins: “S-Stole? Camberley, Gaston, what the hell did you steal?”
The two thugs, now named Camberly and Gaston, both nervously shrugged.
Gaston: “I never stole anything from her!”
Camberly: “Me neither! W-Wait… are you not here to save these two?”
Camberly, the smallest of the thugs, pointed at the two individuals he was referring to, struggling on the ground. One was slowly bleeding out from his calf, and the other was greedily gasping for air.
The white-haired woman eyed the duo curiously, with pity.
???: “Was there some sort of internal strife between you? I don’t exactly approve of you ganging up on them like this, but I’m afraid I don’t have a connection to either of them.”
Camberly: “If not… then you have no business with us!”
Gaston, the big thug that held Capella, stepped forward nervously.
Gaston: “Y-Yeah! About what was stolen from you, there was another blonde girl that ran through here and jumped onto the roof!”
Rachins: “She was really fast, she’s probably three streets away by now!”
The three thugs quickly threw together an explanation, as the mysterious, silver-haired lady looked on at Subaru and Capella, who stared back at her.
She sighed.
???: “Really? I’ll have to hurry…”
And with that, she fled the scene.
The three thugs sighed in relief.
…
Subaru: [What the fuck?!]
Capella: “So… rude…”
Capella, slowly recovering, tried her hardest to get up, but it was in vain.
Subaru quickly came to the conclusion that this was hell and he had a front-row seat.
Or so he thought.
???: “However, I can’t overlook what’s taking place here.”
She returned and held out her palm, shouting an incantation. The three thugs were met with rock solid balls of ice to the face.
Camberly was the most unfortunate, getting entirely knocked out, while the other two stood their ground, still sustaining heavy injuries.
Gaston: “Y-You’ve really done it now…”
Despite the fear in his eyes, Gaston was ready to fight. Rachins stood alongside him.
Rachins: “Think you can survive a two on one?”
Subaru: [These guys are so resilient for some beginner level enemies… There’s gotta be a way I can help—GHK!]
Subaru tried to stand, but the wound on his calf was deep. Just moving his leg made it bleed even more and sting like hell now that his adrenaline wore off.
Blood was continuously flowing out his calf. If this kept up any longer, he may just die anyways from blood loss.
Subaru: [Damn it… I’m so pathetic…]
The silver-haired woman noticed his struggle and alarming wound, making her decide to speed things up a little bit.
???: “Hmm… Two on one is a bit unfair.”
????: “Then how about a two on two!”
A new, playful voice made itself known in the alley.
A cat floated out of the girl’s long, beautiful silver hair.
Gaston: “—A spirit arts user?!”
????: “Correct! If you flee right now, I’ll hold off on pursuing you. Think fast, I don’t have time for this.”
Gaston immediately turned and high-tailed it out of there, followed by Rachins who brought the unconscious Camberly with him.
Capella: “Kye-he, pathetic…”
Capella muttered, finally recovering, slowly getting up.
Before finally leaving, Rachins turned around to face Subaru and Capella.
He pointed his knife out at them.
Rachins: “You two are damn lucky! Next time we see you around here, it’s death on sight—!”
He was promptly interrupted by a rock of ice the size of his head, flying right past his face at a blinding speed towards the wall behind him.
The one who threw it, the floating cat, smiled.
????: “If you don’t leave right now, the next one is hitting your face.”
Rachins didn’t need to hear it twice as he finally bolted out of there, leaving Subaru, Capella, and their unknown saviors alone.
Silence filled the alley for a moment.
Suddenly, before he could speak up, things started getting a little blurry for Subaru.
The silver-haired girl rushed up to him, kneeling down.
He could hear her and Capella talking.
Slowly, their voices faded, and so did his vision.
He passed out from blood loss.
——
Emilia: “This is a reaallly bad wound…”
Capella: “Weakling. He should’ve ran.”
Capella, now mostly recovered, stood and looked down at the kneeling Emilia as she healed Subaru’s calf and head.
Emilia: “That’s not very nice!”
Puck: “If this cat recalls correctly, weren’t you on the ground as well?”
Puck poked Capella’s forehead with his tail, which she flicked away, annoyed.
Capella: “Tch, as if! A lady such as me would never lose to such pathetic meatbags. I was just distracted…”
Capella looked back at the unconscious Subaru.
Emilia: “…Such strange clothes.”
Emilia muttered to herself as she stared at the tracksuit Subaru was wearing like it was an alien.
Emilia: “…In fact—“
She then looked up at Capella, who raised an eyebrow at her, confused.
Both her and Subaru had strange clothes, but for two entirely different reasons.
Emilia: “You both are wearing quite peculiar outfits…”
Puck: “What’s the deal? With a revealing outfit like that, no wonder you got attacked in an alley!”
Puck flew around Capella’s head, just out of her reach as she frantically tried to grab him.
Capella: “Argh! I didn’t choose to wear this! I just woke up with it on!”
Emilia: “Woke up with it on?”
Emilia tilted her head in confusion.
Capella: “I woke up in this alley… and… I-I don’t remember anything from before.”
Capella’s brows furrowed. She wasn’t too concerned with her lack of memories earlier, toying with Subaru and fighting against the thugs, but now that everything has calmed down…
She was starting to feel the weight of her situation.
Emilia: “I see. If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your relationship with this boy?”
Capella: “He found this lovely lady unconscious in this alley just a few minutes before you two showed up. He just came in to check on me. Other than that, I’ve never met him before…”
Capella smiled looking down at Subaru.
She already grew a little bit fond of him, technically being the first person she met as she couldn’t recall anybody else she’s known, not even relatives. He was really fun to tease and bicker with, but she could also tell that he was a genuinely good guy.
Capella: “He told me his name is Subaru. Natsuki Subaru. I think he’s a pretty good guy.”
Emilia smiled as she finished healing the raven-haired boy.
Emilia: “Allllright, his body should be sufficient… He’ll wake up any moment now—shoot!”
Emilia then turned to Capella, panicked.
Emilia: “Uhm, Capella, was it? Sorry, I really gotta go! C-Can you stay with him?”
Capella: “What’s with the rush? Is this about that girl you were after?”
Emilia: “Yes! She stole something really important to me… I need to find her!”
Puck: “Hold on, Lia…”
As Emilia was already on her way out the alley, Puck promptly stopped her while facing Capella.
Puck: “Like those low-lifes said earlier, she’s probably far gone by now.”
Emilia: “So? That’s exactly why we should catch up with her!”
Puck: “We don’t even know where she is. I think we should ask these two for information.”
Emilia: “Eh? O-Oh… you did see her, right? Did you see where she went? Pleeeease tell me!”
Emilia briskly walked to Capella and begged.
Capella: “I don’t know too much… my vision was all blurry.”
Capella huffed, annoyed at how she got caught by one of the thugs.
Emilia frowned.
Emilia: “Oh… I see.”
Puck: “Well that’s—“
Puck was cut off by the sound of a groaning boy on the floor.
Everyone in the alley turned to face Subaru.