Chapter 16 - 016: Storyteller

Reinhard is in his off duty today but as usual, he wear his variation of Royal Guard uniform and stroll on the street, today he feels if fate wants him to walk on this particular street.

There is nothing happening after he is walking from the morning,

"Maybe I need to go somewhere else?"

When he is contemplating it he feels there is someone hand circling his neck, Reinhard didn't make any extreme moves like twist the hand or anything else instead he look at the owner of the hand with a smile.

What he sees is a tall young man with medium length white hair with bangs and blue eyes, he is as tall as him and although the color is different it had the same style with the Royal Guard uniform.

"Please to meet you, Reinhard Van Astrea. My name is Arthur Spencer, you didn't need to think where we were met before because this is our first meeting" Arthur reached out his hand and Reinhard accept it without hesitation

"Then it was my pŀėȧsurė to be your acquaintance, you're right I didn't remember we ever met before and you're not from Royal Guard either right?"

"Well, although I'm not from any major organization, I also a knight with lord so it can be said we have the same profession?"

"Then your lord must be a very important person to have someone as strong as you"

Reinhard has divine protection of judgment so he can know what divine protection of his opponents, but he can't see and feel if Arthur has divine protection. For someone who can appear at his side without he can take preventive measures is not an ordinary person.

"To be called as a strong person by the sword saint... it feels like an insult you know?" Arthur has a forced smile on his face

"No, that's not what I mean" Reinhard shake his head because he really didn't mean to insult him

"It's fine, I know you didn't mean it. More importantly, I want to ask about the progress of the task to search the last queen candidate, is there some new progress?"

"Embarrassingly we still can't complete the task given by the Elder Council"

"They difficult to be found because they're the chosen ones, it's all about fate"

"Yes, fate..." Reinhard smile when he heard Arthur's words 'that's because fate wants me to be here today maybe it has something to do with Arthur?'

"If you believe so much in fate then do you want to hear some nonsense from me?"

"Nonsense?"

Reinhard stop walking and Arthur release his hand from Reinhard

"Today there will be a boy and his age is around 17 years old and he has short black hair and brown eyes. As for his clothes... you can remember it the moment you look at him because he has an unusual outfit and unusual name. Maybe he will scream for a guard in some alley so if you heard it or meet with him please lend your hand" the most important thing from the involvement of Reinhard is not to contend with Elsa but to make him meet with Felt

"Your friend?" It was a strange request if he knows there while be something happens to the boy that he mentioned then why he didn't solve it himself?

"Not exactly, he didn't even know me. It just too inconvenient for me to help him directly"

"Although I was in my off duty if there is someone who needs the help, of course, I will not hesitates to help"

"I know you will always help someone who needs help, so even if I didn't ask you to help him you will still help him"

"But it's fine if you just give me so little information? What happens if I fail to meet with him?"

"Fate... is something that you also know right? Fate will guide you to meet with him, and this fate that will bring you to the place where you will meet with an important person, a very important person for this kingdom and especially you. You didn't need to bother asking the boy where that important person is because he didn't understand with whom he involved with, but the boy is your guide to meet with that person"

"Special person for this kingdom and me? Wait! Are you mean-"

"We will meet again, Reinhard" Arthur didn't wait for Reinhard to understand what he said to him and he vanishes from there accompanied by the scattered pink color flowers petals carried by the wind

"As I tough he is not an ordinary person" Reinhard look at the previous place where Arthur standing and look at the petals of the flowers that scattered to everywhere "It's not divine protection... interesting person"

Reinhard smile before he continues to walking around but now he has an aim, but he believes if it was mean to be no matter how strange it was he will meet with the boy that Arthur mentioned

.....

A striking head of a flail and ice crystals is flying everywhere aiming to the fast-moving shadow that seems want to flee from the one who releases magic and striking head of the flail.

"She is too fast"

"We can't let her flee!"

Rem and Emilia running after the shadow that seems very familiar with the place because she can use the building in the area to her advantage, the girl is stealing something from Emilia and it was a very important thing, Dragon insignia.

"Emilia-sama, use the metia and try to contact Arthur-sama. With just the two of us, we can't catch her" Rem proposes an idea before she speeds up and tries to pursue the girl

Seeing Rem increasing her speed the girl also doing the same and she jumps from one roof to another roof to make it difficult for Rem to following her

What the girl doing is successfully make Rem failed to notice if the girl leaping up to the roof again after she enters the alley

When Rem enter the alley she meets with a sight of three people beating a person wearing strange clothes

"What it is? Something to stop me? They're paid to make me failed to catch up with the girl?" Rem look at the play in front of her

"Oh, we have a cute maid over here..." the tall thugs turn around and notice Rem standing on the alley entrances watching them beating someone

Subaru look at the girl in maid uniforms and his foolish idea about the possibilities if that girl os the one who is summoning him to this world is resurface again

"Tell me, are you see a girl who is running to this way a moment ago?" Rem didn't bother to respond to the tall thugs and ask about the thief

"Hey, she is wearing maid uniforms and it looks expensive too, are you think she is work for some noble?" The big thugs ask the tall thugs

"More importantly she didn't come to rescue this trash right?" The small thugs didn't want the girl who is standing in the alley entrances to attract the attention of the guard that may be coming anytime

"If all of you want to stall me here I hope you all prepare for your journey to the afterlife" Perhaps it was because she thought the men were trying to change the subject, they could hear an amount of irritation in her voice. Because of that, each of the men rushed to explain themselves.

"Wait for a second! If you're not after this guy, then we're not involved! I bet it was that girl from before!"

"That wall! Do you see that wall? She jumped off that wall and ran away on the rooftops!"

"She's farther back! Back past that wall! At the rate she was going, she's probably another three streets down!"

As the men continued to plead their innocence, Rem turned her eyes to Subaru, as if asking whether these men were telling the truth. Without thinking, Subaru nodded.

Rem didn't speak any further and run again to pursue the thief but when she passes Subaru who is lying on the ground a scene of that night is flashing in her head and then she stops before she remembers what Arthur told him after she and Emilia spar with him

"Very little is needed to make a happy life, it's all within yourself, in your way of thinking"

Rem smile a little when she remembers it if she always leave someone who needs her help because of there is something she needs to do then in the future when she is in danger there will be a time when she hopes someone will help her but there is no one who is willing to help her because they have something to do.

If that night Roswaal didn't help her and her sister then they will die that night along with everyone in the village.

"How can I hope to have a happy life if I always ignore something that didn't have a connection with me?" As she turned back around Rem put her hand up, palm facing outward, and a series of shining lights began to dance in front of it.

A dull thud rang out, like that of a hard object striking flesh, followed by the cries of the men as they were thrown backward. Then, there was a high pitched sound as a fist-size clump of ice fell to the ground.

The tall and the big thugs got back to their feet, as for the small thugs he must have gotten hit in a bad spot because he was still knocked out. But rather than this fact taking the fight out of them, it seemed to just make the other two men even angrier.

"I didn't care if you're a magic-user or from noble household! I will-" Before the tall thugs with a knife in his hand finish his sentence Rem wave his hand and a loud noise is heard at their left side with debris showering their face

Booom!!

Using flail that appears in her hand Rem smash the wall before look at the thugs who is looking at the source of the explosion

"You will what?" Rem asking expressionless and indicate if they speak any further the next thing that will explode is not the wall, but something that is next to the wall.

"We will go!!!" With that, the men rushed to pick up their fallen companion and leave the alley

Rem look at the bruises face boy as if contemplating what she needs to do with him

Subaru put on an empty display of confidence and said "Don't worry about me. Thanks for your help, I'll be fine. You're in a hurry, right? You should go…"

Subaru had hoped to finish this off with, 'If you'd like, I don't even mind helping you out. How about it, m'lady?' while brushing his hair back and flashing a smile, but…

"…Huh?"

Suddenly feel dizzy, Subaru reached for the wall but missed, and fell face-first back onto the ground. After falling with zero capacity to catch himself, Subaru felt a sharp pain as his consciousness went winging away.

"Haah... why a weakling like you try to act strong"

Subaru can't see the expression of the girl but he still can hear her voice

"You can't just leave him like that Rem, at least you need to heal him first"

Another new unknown voice is heard but unfortunately, Subaru failed to see the face of the new person

'The designer of that maid uniforms is the best...'

With that last thought, really this time, once and for all, Subaru's consciousness fell into darkness.

"But we need to catch that thief as soon as possible" Rem didn't heal the unconsciousness boy immediately instead she talk to Emilia who is walking to her direction

"I will go and search her first, you can help me again after you finish heal him, alright?"

"...Rem understand, Emilia-sama"

Emilia bid her farewell and run to the direction that Rem pointing leaving Rem with the unconsciousness boy who is still lying in the ground

At a faraway place, Arthur look at the whole process while spinning a knife on his hand out off habit

"Fate is really a strange thing in the world... the stage is ready and the actor is already into their role, now let me be the new storyteller of the century"