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3rd Pov
"*Yawn* Have we arrived?" asked Subaru as he looked outside of the window.
On the other side of the carriage were seated Ram and Emilia, Ram was staring at him with unkind eyes.
"What's with that look? You are staring me as if I have killed your pet" he scoffed.
"Taking advantage of Miss Emilia's plight and then shamelessly taking credit of saving her. I guess your name Zero does suit you" she replied.
"Says the girl who lost the person whom she is supposed to look after and then let her nearly be killed by Bowel hunter" he replied sarcastically.
Ram's eyes narrowed and she glared at him, not to be outdone he too glared at her.
Original Subaru might be simp for Emilia and with low self-esteem to bear Ram's insults.
He isn't!
The carriage suddenly came to an halt.
Suddenly Emilia yawned and woke up from her sleep "Have we arrived?"
Ram opened the door and said "Yes Miss Emilia we have arrived"
"Sir Zero let's go- I will show you the mansion" Emilia said as Subaru got down the carriage under Ram's unkind eyes.
"I will inform the Lord Roswaal of your- and the guest's arrival" Ram said.
Subaru looked at the mansion a bit surprised 'Truly the world of rich is different. A Middle-class person like me can never hope to compare with them'
'But then again, I have been transmigrated and summoned into a fantasy world. I can take advantage of my Scientific knowledge and get rich in this world' he thought as Emilia showed her the way.
"Sir Zero, here is the guest room. You can rest here till the breakfast is ready" Emilia said.
"Okay, but first thing stop calling me Sir- It makes me feel older. Just call me Zero" he said and she nodded with an excited expression.
'Finally! I have made friend!' her last doubts vanished.
While Emilia left the place, Subaru finally got the time to the relax.
'Finally! It has been too intense!' he thought.
He didn't even have the time to come terms with his transmigration, undoubtedly Natsuki part of him helped in staying calm when he just got here.
'I will never be able to see my brother and father again' he let the thought sink in, and grief took over him.
"I was so scared- It was so painful, dying again, again, and again" he muttered as tears poured down from his eyes.
After a few minutes of emotional chaos, he finally came to terms.
'I can't do anything now that I am here, other than to move one. I even don't know how I got here as Natsuki Subaru nonetheless' he thought.
'Now, let's see, I have RBD as Natsuki Subaru and other ability that I got probably due to being Ayan Ghosh' he thought.
'I have gotten stronger with each death, my strength, endurance, agility, senses, thinking speed, everything has increased… but by what amount?' he questioned himself.
He knew that his current body's strength was 60kgs, and from his otaku knowledge OG's had reached 80kgs after a lot of training.
But his current strength? He doesn't know, however if he is to know it, then he can probably measure it by measuring his current strength and comparing it with the number of times he had died.
'Yes! My speed has increased the most! Or rather is most noticeable! I should first see how fast I am' he thought and decided to go to the Mansion's Garden.
He came out of the room and started finding the way to the stairs from where he had come from.
Suddenly he met someone, the psycho Blue-haired Oni Rem.
"It seems you are the guest that Sister Ram has talked about" Rem said as she narrowed her eyes.
She could smell the Witch's scent from him, and it was extremely strong unlike anything she had smelled from the Witch's cult before, her eyes narrowed as she stared at him.
"Lord Roswaal, has invited you to the breakfast. I will show you the way…respected guest" she said, her tone measured.
"I see- Then please show the way Miss" he paused obviously hinting her to introduce herself.
"My name is Rem, the maid of Lord Roswaal and caretaker of Mather's mansion" she introduced herself.
She then showed him the way to the dining room, once he entered it, he was greeted by the sight of Emilia, and Roswaal sitting on the chairs, while lavishing dishes were presented on the table.
"Gooodd Moooorning Dear Guesst, I hope you had a wonderfuuul time!" Roswaal said.
Subaru took a seat and said "You must Sir Roswaal right? I have heard a lot about you"
"Good thingsss I presume?" he asked with a glint in his eyes.
Subaru smirked and replied "Definitely"
"Zero, how about we start eating? I am quite hungry" Emilia asked and Zero nodded.
Soon they had finished the food, and Subaru burped satisfied.
"Now, you helped Emiliaaa find her insiginaaa and saved herrr from the bowel hunterrr"
"Sooo, I have decided to rewaaard you. Ask for anything!" he said.
Looking at the clown, not knowing what he is cooking in his mind, Subaru smirked and asked "Anything?"
Roswaal nodded and said "Anything"
"Very well, first thing I would like to make myself clear, I found her insignia and saved her from the bowel hunter, so I would like two favours- One big and one small" he said under the glare of Ram who muttered "Shameless"
However, due to his enhanced hearing he easily heard her and his eyebrows twitched as he glanced her.
"Very weeeell, state them" Roswaal replied, not least bothered by it.
"First, I would like to get money, a lots of it actually" he stated bluntly and Roswaal nodded.
"Noooo problem!" he said.
"Secondly, I would like to someone teach me how to read, write the language of Lugunica, and about the history of the world" he said.
Roswaal glanced at Ram and nodded and replied "Very weeeell, it shall be doneee"
"I hope you don't mind me staying guest for a few months until I can get on my foot?" he asked Roswaal who replied "I don't mind- However you said you have onlyyy two requestsss"
"Roswaal! I don't think having Zero for a few months as a guest would be any problem!" Emilia said.
"If that's what you want, then let it be sooo" he said.
"Now last thing- and no it's not a request but rather something about me" Subaru said garnering their attention.
"I may reek of Witch's miasma and it's because I am cursed by the witch" he said shocking Rem, Ram and Emilia.
While Roswaal's eyes got a glint, "Cursed you sayyy?"
Puck came out and said "Cursed by the witch you say? How interesting, he is speaking the truth Lia"
Subaru breathed in relief realizing Puck identified his words as truth 'Yeah, if it's not a curse then what is it?'
If he had said this when he had just transmigrated, then his words would have been a lie, as he considers Return by Death an enviable ability.
However, after dying multiple times, he considers the ability a curse.
Rather he considers his second ability a true blessing.
"I cannot speak of what is the curse, if I was to speak about it, either I or the listener will die" he revealed and silence permeated the room.
"You are cursed by the witch?" asked Rem with doubt however Puck confirmed it with narrowed eyes.
"He is not lying Lia; I can assure you that as a Great Spirit," said Puck.
"Well, I can just tell that the curse is equivalent to experiencing death- dying again and again and again" he revealed with a slight pale face as he recalled his deaths and shivered.
Emilia grabbed his palm with her hands and rubbed them to comfort him.
"Experiencing dying again and again?! What a vicious curse!" Emilia said with a worried look on her face as she stared at Zero.
"Don't worry Zero! If you need help with anything I am here!" Emilia further stated holding his hand.
"So Puuucck" Roswaal looked at the Spirit.
"Yup, it's true as well. In fact, everything he had said is true" Puck replied.
"How can we be sure that he isn't a filthy witch cultist?!" Rem suddenly yelled while glaring at Subaru.
"Rem!" reprimanded Ram as she kicked at her foot.
"I- I apologize for my outburst" Rem quickly rectified herself and bowed towards her Lord and Subaru hiding her glare.
"Are you then calling me a Liar maid?" asked Puck with a glare and Rem shrunk.
"I can guarantee that everything he had spoken is nothing but true" Puck spat and Emilia nodded.
"Indeed Rem! Ram! Don't you two dare treat Zero like a witch cultist! He is cursed by the filthy witch, and we should support him, instead of suspecting him" Emilia said.
Roswaal nodded, "Indeeed, I trust puck and his wooordss. So Rem, Ram treat Lord Zero as you would treat meeee"
Hearing her words Ram became surprised and so did Rem, they bowed in unison and replied together, "Yes! Master!"
As for whether they will uphold their promise? Only time will tell.
To be continued...
(A/N: I have made another Campione fic, and it has 10k words. So tell me if I should upload it here, it is basically Subaru becoming Campione before the fight with White Whale, it is OG subaru and no system by the way. Harem of course, however its updates will be super-super slow if I upload it here, since I prefer this Subaru over the original)