
It was the next morning, nineteen hours before the agreed time to hunt the White Whale. Subaru was currently nervous as he looked at the time on his phone without blinking, after looking at the screen for a while he decided to turn off the phone, and looked ahead.
"Three more minutes to cook." said Subaru while standing in front of the giant pot, the young butler was preparing breakfast for the soldiers who were camping in front of Crusch's house.
In fact Subaru somehow felt completely refreshed after fainting yesterday, maybe because he was sleeping, or for some other reason. He got up early to cook them a nutritious breakfast, that was the most he could do after the effort they put in at night.
He saw the food was ready, and put out the fire coming out of Metia that was driven by a magic stone. He wiped off the sweat on his forehead and walked over to tell the soldiers that the food was ready, today was a day that Subaru should not fail.
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After breakfast there are seventeen more hours, Subaru is currently with Ravel and Felix trying to choose the earth dragon, Subaru recalled the appearance of Patrasche when Felix and Wilhelm visited Roswaal's house some time ago, while trying to make a living in the city, after searching for a little more to find him, he practically stared at him the entire time, the black-haired boy patting his face.
The beautiful and sparkling black Earth Dragon, it had sharp facial features and yellow eyes that shone like the best Agate. Resting on the saddle on his back was a leather helmet for the Dragon Riders. The diversity of his equipment was no different from other earth dragons, Subaru felt his connection to it.
"Tell me, do you want to help me on my journey to become the strongest?" Subaru whispered to the Earth Dragon, he looked into Subaru's eyes, for a few seconds their gazes met, it was enough time for the Earth Dragon He brought his head closer to Subaru's arm and started rubbing it against his head.
Ravel and Felix watch as the Dragon, who looks persistent, becomes affectionate with Subaru in an instant, Felix does not understand why, instead Ravel, who hears Subaru's embarrassing sentence, only smiles fondly. The Phoenix girl could only help Subaru on his way, the young butler even told him that he once wanted to become a Hero or Demon King.
That mark of trust made Ravel blush, she on Earth did not have many friends other than her older sister Peerage, who treated her like a person who was completely beyond her reach. She finds that Subaru's manners with her are to make her feel more comfortable, she treats her like that because she wants to, she cooks good food for her because she wants to, she does not want to, he sacrificed his life for her because he wanted to. In his memories, the last thing he saw in Subaru's eyes was neither hope nor love, but deep despair seemed like he had seen everyone he loved dead, and that was indeed true. Rem-san, Emilia-san, Petra-chan, and Meili-chan had died at the hands of that green-haired madman. Subaru had grabbed the stone around Emilia-san's neck and asked a girl with a style very similar to hers to make a portal as far as possible to throw the crystal that had a cold radiance out of it.
After the saint beast appeared before him offering Ravel a second chance, the blond-haired girl immediately agreed, only thinking of Subaru's face as she thanked him making small tears in her eyes.
"These tears are proof that I can change your destiny, don't worry Subaru. I'll save you." Ravel said as she muttered softly as she looked at Subaru's smile on her face as she played with the Earth Dragon by her side... He's not jealous, no, not one bit...
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Currently they were walking into the Crusch's Mansion together with Ravel, they were greeted by Rem who winked at Ravel, the Phoenix girl understood and left with a frown.
“What a strange interaction.” Subaru thought as he watched Ravel leave, the black-haired young man looked at Rem who had a happy and affectionate smile on his face.
"No."
Subaru entered the hall preparing for the next match. The Karsten family slowly gathered an army, forming an expeditionary force to fight the White Pope. Among them, there was something in the hall that specifically caught Subaru's attention.
As if it was fate, something that caught the eye also noticed it and approached it with fully audible steps.
"I guess you were part of the expedition as well! Nice to meet you, buddy!"
Subaru had prepared for the shouts of the person talking to him, the problem was that his yell was louder than he had anticipated, yet he did not let it appear and bowed politely to the man.
"I heard all about you from that woman! You're the one who made the whaling happen, right?! From now on I'm also part of the hunt! I'm glad the weather worked together!"
The man's body was covered in brown fur, with an oblong dark brown mane adorning his head in a mischievous style. But he was almost two meters tall, and he was wearing a leather suit. Subaru saw Hoshin's logo engraved on the steel shoulder pads that protected his rear body.
"Happy to Meet You, The logo was on the beastman Kararagi. You're part of Lady Anastasia's Steel Taring, right?” Subaru asked with a polite smile, which made the beastman scratch the top of his head.
Don't treat me like that, buddy! I'm not a person who likes formalities!" The man said with a wide smile that showed his fangs, Subaru only laughed at his words.
"So... Hello, Subaru Natsuki. I'm Lady Emilia's servant, nice to meet you!" Subaru said as informally as possible while trying not to look disrespectful, Ricardo silently looked at the black-haired boy before laughing.
Hahaha, that's what I mean! My name is Ricardo, nice to meet you as well as Subaru Natsuki! The boy who defeated Julius!-
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(A/N: This chapter has been edited, I hope you are satisfied with this chapter.)