Fighting off Petelgeuse's paranoia, the dragon chariot racing through the streets of Lefaus——Otto found the figure of his target on the other side of the plain seen from the driver's seat and shouted to Subaru.
Following his line of sight, Subaru also shouted when he saw the shadow moving on the horizon.
"Over there! Otto, please run at full speed!"
"You don't need to tell me that you will run at full speed!!"
Pulling the reins hard, the dragons at both ends speed up
The dark earth dragon wallpaper stared ahead, Subaru knew that it was trying its best to fulfill Subaru's wish.
[I will definitely—will save you!]
After repeatedly accumulating "deaths", carving out his destiny, and trying to overcome the hardships, Subaru finally reunited with her, once again weaved his bonds and gained a smile.
Subaru will never forget the mixed feelings that pounded his chest at that time.
"You guys! Do you know where Emilia went?!"
When you catch up with the shadow floating on the horizon, it is already a battlefield where you are fighting against the shadow.
There were already many corpses lying on the ground, and the galloping figure of Yongjian reacted to Subaru's voice.
"Go over there! Straight! Go over there to the huge tree!!"
Subaru raised his head and looked across the horizon
When I came to my senses, I had already passed half of Lephaus Street and was near the big tree of Flugel where I fought the decisive battle with the White Whale.
Subaru only confirmed this. The dragon chariot did not slow down and passed directly through the battlefield.
"Mr. Natsuki, you can see it! If you press the button, that's the car!"
Leaving the battlefield behind, the dragon car continued to accelerate, and Otto on the driver's seat shouted loudly
Pointing ahead, Subaru next to him also saw the dragon chariot convoy far away from the battlefield. His heart beat faster, and Subaru clenched his fists anxiously.
As the distance gradually shortened, Subaru noticed that the convoy of dragon chariots that was about to be overtaken was in chaos, and the convoy began to snake. Subaru shouted desperately
"Stop! It's me! Not the enemy! Stop, stop—!"
"——Your Highness Subaru!?"
"Stop! There is an emergency! We must investigate the inside of the dragon car!"
Realizing that the person driving side by side and shouting was Subaru, the solo knight quickly stopped the dragon carriage urgently.
The earth dragon responded to the instructions with a cry and stopped abruptly with the momentum of being about to overturn. The following dragon car also slowed down.
Then--
"Oia, come out! Otto, untie Patrasio from the dragon carriage!"
The stagnant time made people anxious. Subaru jumped off the dragon chariot, far away from the gorgeous landing. He rolled roughly to the ground and then suffered an ugly body injury. Then he immediately stood up, and the red quasi-elf Ea floated in front of him.
"Eya, do you know which dragon cart has the trap?"
The quasi-elf didn't answer, but asserted its existence with high heat, leading Subaru to fly into the stopped dragon carriages, and hovering above one of the covered dragon carriages.
Ea's reaction made Subaru jump into the dragon carriage without hesitation. After roughly lifting the hood that covered the carriage, he looked carefully inside the dim carriage——
"--Pleiades"
When Subaru noticed his name being called out by the voice of the silver bell, he was shocked by the soft feet on the spot.
Inside the carriage, staring blankly at Subaru, was a beautiful girl with silver hair and blue-purple eyes.
The girl who pursued that figure several times, prayed countless times, and was constantly frustrated, but still could not give up.
Emotions are overflowing, and irrepressible impulses are about to explode.
However, Subaru clung to his roots and gave up his confusion in an instant
"Oia! Where is it!?"
The quasi-elf appeared in the carriage one step slower than Subaru, flying in the dragon carriage like a dream, like mana from Mars scattered, and the red quasi-elves glowed hard in the corner of the carriage.
The red light emitted by the quasi-elf looked carefully below her and found that part of the wooden floor was a different color.
"Parker! Can you open this place without impact!?"
"I was just thinking about how I would see you again, but suddenly... uh uh uh, is that what happened?"
Subaru's unilateral call made Parker, who opened his eyes, notice something strange on the floor. The quasi-elf's reaction made the kitten narrow his eyes and wave his tail to use his power.
The assembled mana froze the floor, and Subaru immediately crushed it roughly, then put his hand into the hole, and when his fingers felt something caught, he pulled it out with force.
"--found it!"
What appeared under the floor along with the shouting was a bag with complex patterns and strange materials. It seemed to be made of the skin of some kind of animal, but it triggered instinctive disgust when touched.
"The leather bag of the monster——"
The reason for his disgust was explained by Parker himself. At this moment, Subaru opened the bag and filled it with a slightly shiny magic stone, proving that what Otto said was true.
However, the magic stone is now heating up and entering the countdown stage.
"The timing is just right...! Parker, can you stop it!?"
"There's nothing you can do to stop it, but you can do it by suppressing the explosion."
Parker shook his head and looked at Emilia, as if showing his trump card. His move probably meant that he could only do it with a true attitude.
Although he acts recklessly, Parker can suppress the damage, but even though he can——
"That won't work!"
Subaru rejects his offer
There is indeed a way to protect everyone, but instead, Puck must appear as a great elf, and his powerful power will add fear to the relationship between Emilia and the villagers.
The cracks.——Even Subaru himself was so frightened by his original appearance that his whole body trembled.
Because now, Emilia and the villagers have finally built a basis for mutual compromise——
Unlike the King's Selection Hall, here the warrior's power will hinder her relationship with the villagers.
So please, Parker can only do it at the very end, when he is really helpless——
"Think about it, think about it, think about it, think about it, think about it...!"
The recovered magic stone exceeded expectations. Once it explodes, this area will be like a wildfire. It has not been long since it detonated. It is difficult to take it away and throw it away. However, if it is given to Parker, it will be in Aimi again.
Liya's road to becoming king has left a shadow. Before suddenly saying seriously that life is irreplaceable, if you want to squeeze out the command and squeeze out the command, what can you do for Emilia this time——
Subaru subconsciously looked at Yuexing standing next to him
Yuexing pursed her lips towards the distance
"——That's it"
Subaru nodded, only one method flashed through his mind
The moment he thought about it, Subaru's body acted like a rebound
He picked up the heavy leather bag that was difficult to even lift. The hot magic stone burned his arms and chest. Ignoring the pain, Subaru jumped out of the carriage. At this time, behind him——
"Wait a moment……"
Emilia called out to Subaru with a trembling voice.
He stopped his feet when he shouldn't have stopped, turned around when he shouldn't have turned around, stared straight at her with eyes that he shouldn't have looked at, and still waited for her to speak when he had no time to talk.
"Subaru, why...!"
That "why" infuses all the "whys" except this moment
That was the "why" at the moment when I jumped into the carriage. The "why" that created this situation can be traced back even further——
——Repeat the question and answer in a certain room in the royal city
At that time, Subaru couldn't answer Emilia
At that time, I had not sorted out the various emotions that I had awakened. I was not wrong about everything, but it was not correct either.
It was just a scene of getting an opportunity, then losing it, and finally delaying it.
I reunited with Emilia and got the opportunity to talk. The feelings and words I want to convey are as high as the mountains, just like the stars, they are countless.
Thousands of words come to mind, well up from the depths of my throat and then disappear
Thousands of emotions, repeated accumulation of emotions, all the body and mind are demanding this moment
What do you want to say? What do you want to convey?
Which words to choose and what attitude to face?
"Why……?"
she asked again
Subaru took a deep breath and said only one sentence
"——I like you, Emilia"
——That’s the only reason why Subaru is still alive despite being covered in wounds like this.