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3rd Pov
"I am glad that we were able to find her mother", Emilia smiled as she looked at the girl waving to her.
Because of her race she was generally disliked and hated by everyone, however Emilia is a kind-hearted woman and holds no resentment towards others for her treatment.
Her wish is to free the frozen Elves, and the only way she was told to achieve was by using Dragon Blood which she can only use after becoming the ruler of the Kingdom.
"Anyway, we should head to slums now", Subaru said and she nodded.
Soon they were in slums, broken and dilapidated houses were everywhere.
They asked for directions towards Rom's place, some kids pointed the way for them and soon they reached there.
"Is it the place?" Emilia looked at the wooden bar. As they knocked on the door, someone spoke.
"Tell me the password"
"Knock, Knock Rom, Knock Knock"
"That's not the password"
The gate opened revealing a bulky figure, standing at an impressive height if not for his hunchbacked-like style of walking.
He had white strands of hair lining his eyebrow and was bald, undoubtedly this man was Rom who looked more scarier than in Anime.
"So, you are Old man Rom, I have seen you before but not met you until now", Subaru said.
He grunted and looked at both of them.
"Why are you here?" he questioned.
Emilia stepped forward; her eyes resolute.
"I have come here to get my insignia, please return it!"
The Old Man Rom, grunted and replied "I don't know about any insignia"
"Well Emilia you remember what I told you right? The person who has stolen it will come here, as this is the place for the dealership. We will wait until then" Subaru said.
Emilia nodded, trusting him. They entered the bar, Old Rom sighed and thought 'It would seem Felt's latest deal is going to fail'
Soon the blond haired Felt returned "I am back old man- Wait! What are you doing here?!"
She looked at Emilia with widened eyes.
"So, you are the one who stole my insignia! You must return it!" Emilia spat.
Puck came out of the crystal and said "As my daughter said! Return her insignia"
Felt took a defensive stance and looked at Old Man Rom for help who gave a look 'You got in this mess, solve it yourself'
He wanted to give her a lesson, however he was prepared to retaliate if things were to go south.
Subaru meanwhile was wondering if they should leave with insignia 'Now that I think, I should have called Reinhard, right?'
His face became pale and he cursed at his stupidity. The change in his expression didn't go unnoticed by everyone.
"Subaru are you okay? Are you feeling sick?" Emilia asked him with visible worry.
Just as Felt was about to take advantage of the situation and dash out, she heard a voice.
"My, my it seems there are lot of unwanted guests"
'Shit!' Subaru cursed in his mind.
"Everyone run! She is the bowel hunter!" he shouted, his words took a few seconds for them to register before everyone became shocked.
Rom's face turned into one of pure horror. "Kid! Do you know what are you saying?!" he looked at the Elsa who revealed herself.
The woman was a beauty to say the least, with purple eyes with a beauty mark below the left, an enchanting face, a voluptuous figure, while wearing an erotic strapless and backless dress.
Even Subaru Natsuki despite the situation he found himself, couldn't help but gulp his saliva seeing her beauty.
'No one said she was more beautiful than her anime counterpart?! Fuck something's rising and it is not shield hero!' Subaru thought as he stepped back.
"It would seem I was exposed… No worries, I have never intended to let any of you live in the first place!" she said, her face turned cold and she attacked.
Puck quickly used his Ice Magic, firing projectiles at Elsa, who took out her two draggers and easily shattered the projectiles coming towards her.
"Reinhardt! Sword Saint! Boy with a million Divine Protections, Od Laguna's sugar boy! C'mon! Save us!" Subaru quickly called out Reinhard.
However, to his despair, his call went unnoticed by the saint. Elsa meanwhile turned on guard hearing him calling out to the sword saint.
However, seeing no one coming she chuckled "It seems no one is going to save you, I wonder… How will your guts feel once I cut through them?"
Taking the advantage of her seemingly distracted, old man Rom grabbed a chair and smashed at her.
"Get out of here!"
However, Elsa simply slashed through the chair and in next second Old Man Rom's guts were open.
"The fuck… Get ou- Felt" he said as he fell down on the floor, into a puddle of blood.
"No! Old Man Rom!" Felt looked at her grandpa like figure dying with despair.
"I will kill you!" Felt took out her draggers and charged at Elsa, her Divine Protection boosted her speed and within a blink of eyes she was in front of the Bowel hunter.
However, it was useless, as her head separated from her body falling beside Old Man Rom's body.
"You!" Emilia became scared at the turn of the events, Subaru meanwhile clenched his fists.
'Am I supposed to hide behind her? Being a coward?'
'But again? What else I can do? I am weak… I am pathetic. I never wanted to be here…'
'It doesn't matter whether I am here or not, either by choice or not! I need to at least save Emilia!'
He knew even if he were to die it won't matter, but he didn't know if time was reversed or his actions created a parallel timeline.
Since they were going to die, he needed to at least to make sure his death wasn't in vain.
"Emilia! I will hold her back! You run!" he shouted, slowly coming in front of her.
"No! I cannot leave you to die!" Emilia retorted.
However, Subaru knew it was futile, instead he looked at her Spirit Daddy "Puck! If you don't want your daughter to die! Get out of here! And get Help!"
Puck frowned; he knew Subaru was telling the truth. His time was nearing the end, he needed to ensure Lia was safe, by hook or crook.
'Yes, he is telling for the best. I don't sense any lies or malicious intent, so we should do as he says' he thought.
As for whether Zero dies or not? He didn't care, he only cared about his daughter, as long as she was safe the world could be damned.
"Lia! Zero is telling the truth! We need to leave!"
"Of course not! If we leave him, who is going to save him?!"
Subaru felt moved by her words, however he knew it was the time to speak this emotional dialogue.
"How rude of you… To ignore me" Elsa chuckled and charged towards them.
"Emilia!" Natsuki or now Zero, pushed her away and soon he felt pain in his guts, literally.
"Fuck" he looked at the blood leaking from his gut, while Elsa was forced to step back by Emilia's magic attacks.
"Subaru!" she screamed in horror, she couldn't bear to see him die, even if they had just met today.
"Emilia! Let's leave!" Puck grew in size and grabbed her.
"Nope! Puck! Don't!" she tried to deny him; however, he forcefully took her while firing ice projectiles at Elsa, and flew away.
He knew he was using a great amount of mana to do this, and had rarely ever done this. However, it was the matter of his daughter's life!
Under Zero's despairing eyes they left.
"Oh disappointing, they left you to die" Elsa chuckled looking one last time at Zero before dashing outside.
'It hurts! It hurts so much! Why don't I just die real quick?!' Subaru Natsuki cried, tears spilled out of his eyes as his life slowly faded away.
He wasn't going to lie that he was disappointed that Puck had abandoned him… Even if it was for the best.
Thus, with torn hope, Natsuki Subaru drew his last breath.
Natsuki Subaru died for the second time. (*4)
To be continued...
(A/N: Please check out my other fics if you are new, also check out my new releases 'Is it wrong to be an Elf in the Dungeon' and 'Re Zero: The Great Sage')