At the lady's words, many expressed their displeasure and anger by sending the woman heated glares and snarled lips.
"Excuse me, Priscilla-sama. But I don't appreciate the way you speak of my knight's name." The silver-haired girl swiftly voiced her anger in a stern tone that was equally as matching as her cold expression.
Emilia glared coldly towards the nasty noble lady above, not fearing the glaring fires those scarlet eyes were shooting down towards her.
"You dare tell me how to speak, half-wit scum?" Priscilla snarled loudly as she glared at Emilia in disgust.
Surprising everyone, Emilia glared right back while holding her knight's hand. Her anger amplifying her courage. "I won't have you tarnish my amazing knight's name by calling him a coward. Subaru has always been a hero who puts everyone's happiness above his own. Don't let your words take you somewhere you might regret." As Emilia voiced her obvious threat in a determined voice, many around her nodded their heads in agreement from Rem to Garfiel and Otto to even Felt and Crusch.
Priscilla simply laughed loudly and stared down at Emilia with mirth and amusement clear in her eyes. "The only place I might regret going is near you or letting you kiss my shoe instead of staring at it, half-devil filth. Why don't you stop with the pointless politics and take your knight somewhere far away from us high-folk? You would have a coward for a slave and we would be rid of the both of you." The lady laughed snobbishly as angry scowls filled the faces of those watching the display.
Emilia kept her cold stare firm, her eyes narrowing and her grip tightening around her knight's hand as she faced the nasty noble.
"I don't suppose you've managed a way out of here yet, Barielle?" Crusch offered diplomatically as she glared firmly towards the screen. "It would be wise to stop inciting pointless fighting within your allies since we're all in this prison together."
This made the laughing witch almost fall over. "Fufuf~! You think I'm stuck here with all of you?! How delightfully naive of you my dear stepping stones! The world wants me here for a reason so I shall see it through. But if I truly wanted to leave this place then all I have to do is think it and the world will turn to please my wish." The smug, snobbish, arrogant lady smirked down at the commoners glaring at her and fanned herself in satisfaction.
"What a cunt." Felt snorted dryly while glaring at the nasty woman.
Emilia found herself agreeing with the little girl as she too glared at Priscilla with hatred in her eyes, along with Rem, Garfiel, and Beatrice.
A clap sounded throughout the theater, the richly dressed merchant queen held an annoyed serious expression as she looked around.
"Please keep this conversation focused, we need ta talk about what the screen will sho-"
As Anastasia finally got control of the conversation, her horror and despair could not have come at a better time as she instantly lost grip of the situation once again when a loud, smooth voice, filled the theater.
My apologies for the long wait. I hope you've all been lamenting on the events shown to you.
Everyone in the room made a collective jump to find the suspect speaking to them.
"What was that?!"
"Th' fuck?!"
"Hey, it's in my head! It's in my head!"
"Calm down Mimi!"
Every candidate and knight stared up at the flashing screen, serious and battle-ready expressions showing as they waited for whatever this voice was to reveal itself.
"Show yourself! Why did you do this to Subaru-kun?!" Rem shouted in anger as she moved to grab her morningstar… Only to find nothing in her pockets.
"My morningstar!"
Ah, yes. Your weaponry has been taken from you all. Can't have you kill each other or else this would be for nothing.
Many found it disturbing how they managed to lose sight of their weapons like that. Even Reinhard's dragon sword was taken, which truly terrified the knight of the possibilities.
I promise that your weapons are safe. So please don't think about them too much. And yes, your spirits are also fine and taken care of, please don't fret over them Julius.
The elegant knight only gave a sharp glare in response towards the flashing screen as their captor spoke calmly and smoothly.
"Excuse me!" Anastasia shouted in anger and annoyance as she glared at the screen.
Yes?
"Could you explain what is going on here? I doubt ya would just drag all of us in here and not give us an explanation."
Ah, Anastasia Hoshin. Opportunistic and ready to take advantage as always.
The lady stepped back in shock at the sarcastic tone the voice suddenly took with her. Her knight beside her glaring sharply at the flashing window while standing guard.
I know who you are, yes. I know what powers you hold. I know your secrets and goals.
As the voice spoke through to the audience, many began feeling the sense of suspicion and fear fill them.
I know about your guilt.
Two Oni girls and a redheaded knight stirred up at the screen's words.
I know of your regret.
Julius and Wilhelm clenched their fists as they felt the screen talking towards them. As they both were reminded of the horrible things they've done to people they trusted and cherished.
I know of your true colors
Felix and Al flinched suddenly as if they were struck by a hurtful fact.
I know of your selfishness
Emilia winced and sat back down while holding Subaru's hand in her shaking one.
I know your arrogance.
Priscilla scowled deeply in disgust, biting her lip in fury as she felt the words striking her.
I know your schemes.
Felt and Anastasia were the ones suddenly stricken by the voice's sentences.
I know your crimes.
A clown dressed man with a wide amused smile raised a brow as he felt the words directed at him.
"Oh, this will be interesting~" The magician mused from his seat.
Let me tell you all this…
I don't care.
You can all hype yourselves up however you like.
Make yourselves seem as strong and better fit for leading as possible.
Try your best to contain your disdain for one another and help each other.
I don't care if you do any of this.
You are nothing to me but prisoners.
As the voice hailed upon them these heavy words, many stood still in frozen shock at the person's harsh tone. As if he was annoyed with them.
I am your warden.
The voice announced in a stern tone. Finalizing his position in all of this.
I placed you all here for one reason and only one.
You will all watch the story of one person that affected the very core of this world.
As the voice clarified his position, eyes flickered towards a certain sleeping young man.
Emilia and Rem looked at the boy with surprise and confusion.
"What has Subaru-dono done to earn the ire of such a powerful being?" Wilhelm wondered grimly with a sense of protectiveness overcoming him as he thought of the brave young boy getting hurt.
The modern Sage Candidate.
Subaru Natsuki.
Emilia's knight
and…
her champion.
Emilia narrowed her brows in confusion and held the hand of her knight tightly. What champion? Why was the her emphasized as if the voice was in pain from speaking about it.
Who was this her?
Why was Subaru her champion?
Emilia's hurt-filled chest forced her to start breathing heavily as ungraceful thoughts filled her head.
"What does this boy have to do with all of us?" Anastasia questioned regally and sternly.
"And when did scum like you decide what a goddess chooses to watch?" Priscilla chimed in with a haughty tone, appearing to talk down towards the screen hovering above her head.
A goddess with no power, influence, or worth in a world she knows so little about.
As Anastasia fumed in anger at being ignored YET again, Priscilla laughed loudly at the screen's retort.
"The world turns in my favo-"
Favor? Yeah. No.
This isn't that world, Barielle-san. Please refrain from doing anything that might disrupt the viewing session.
"Excuse me, why would you show us something like the life of someone else? Why are we seeing Subaru-sama's specifically? And why do you keep calling him a sage candidate?" Crusch sternly took the chance to ask her most important questions as to save time and to keep attention on the subject at hand.
Anastasia stayed standing with her cheeks puffed in fury.
This is a viewing for you all to see.
Subaru Natsuki's life has a special element to it that you all need to learn from.
As for the sage candidate part… well…
You all will learn what that means in time, dear audience.
As my screen has finished loading the episode for you, I don't have time to allow you to meet the newest additions to our audience.
As he spoke, the lighting from the screen's confines stopped flashing randomly and began creating a clear vision.
Emilia and the crew looked behind them in confusion as they heard the voice of a shocked girl.
"Wha! What's happening?!" A cute adorable girl in a small maid outfit looked around in shock. Her eyes slowly fell on Emilia and everyone around her. "Emilia-sama?!"
"Petra-chan?"
Before the small girl could speak about her confusion, another light showed beside her and disappeared as soon as it came, leaving a confused blonde lady with sharp teeth and a maid's outfit.
"Wha?"
"Sis!" Garfiel shouted in shock and maybe some relief that his sister was here.
The busty woman replied with a stern look towards her brother. "What did you do this time, Garf? How did you create this mess for Emilia-sama?"
The boy looked betrayed for a moment, before turning furious. "Eh! Oi! I didn't do anythin'!"
Before the blonde girl could argue some more, she stopped herself and looked around at the filled theater room. Noticing so many powerful and well known individuals around her.
"Frederica Baumann, a maid working under his grace Roswaal L. Mathers. This is Petra Leyte and she is my understudy. Please excuse our intrusion."
Garfiel snorted at his sister's polite introduction, finding it unnecessary to be a suck up to these people. As far as he was concerned, he had his sister and his two friends with him here. He didn't need to worry about anyone else.
"What is going on? Why are we suddenly here?" Petra asked while looking around in confusion, her childish gaze wandering until she noticed a certain someone.
"Subaru!" The little girl moved to hug the hero she trusted so much but was stopped in her seat by her mentor's grip on her hand.
"You can't move towards them yet." Frederica whispered sternly to the little girl. "Something really important is happening…" Petra didn't know what that meant but she trusted her mentor dearly so she sat back in her seat and looked at the back of Subaru's head in worry.
Frederica noticed the tension in the room almost immediately as she focused. This wasn't a normal circumstance.
Now that everyone is finally here.
The two maids jumped in shock at the voice speaking through their heads as if he was a part of their conscious minds.
"Wha?!"
"Ew!"
The other members of the theater simply glared at the screen with distrustful expressions.
Let me start the session.
Enjoy.