18 Chapter 16 – Ceremony of Promises (2/2)

And so, everyone walked towards the throne.

When standing next to Emilia, a fire was created in front of the door and a silhouette appeared.

Roswaal : ”I guess I'm here just in time !”

The clown, Roswaal Leonard Mathers appeared and walked towards Emilia.

Jet : ”You're late… Roswaal.”

Roswaal : ”It's never too late for perfection.”

Jet : ”You're still the same ugh…. Emilia, begin.”

Emilia : ”My name is Emilia! Despite my appearance and race, I've no connection to the Witch of Envy what so ever.”

Jens : ”Ah!”

Jens forgot, he was the next one to start his introduction.

Jens : ”My name is Jens! I don't have a surname. I'm part of the Emilia Camp. Unfortunately, I lost my memories of my past somehow and don't remember anything from my family tree. Now, I'm under the wing of Emilia and Roswaal!”

He stepped back.

Roswaal : ”Mmmaaaaayyy name is Roswaal Leonard Mathers. I'm the 11th Head of the Roswaal, Miload and Roswald families. I'm the head of the Mathers territory and an alliance of the Emilia Camp.

Otto : ”My name is Otto Suwen! I'm a merchant and the Emilia Camp Head Internal Affairs Official.

Rem : ”My name is Rem. I'm Emilia's maid. Sadly, the other maid Ram, my sister is absent today here.”

Meili : ”My name is Meili Portrouuute. I'm a member of the Emilia Camp.”

Nathan : ”My name is Nathan Harmonia. The guardian of Jens and Emilia.”

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Jet : ”Thank you all… now Emilia, your speech.”

Emilia : ”Thank you! I don't have know if I'll win or not, I don't know if I'll be a good 42nd King or not. I don't know anything of the future. Personally, I never wanted to become the 42nd King. However, there is one thing I want to change in this world. I want to fight! I want to fight for equality! I don't wish anything from this election except one thing… I wish for the election to be fair. It's important for me the election to be fair !”

Jet : ”Hmm. Thank you all—”

Roswaal : ”Oh I'm not done. You're just ignoring the fact that Emilia might be connect to Satella.”

Suddenly, the three other camps, four representatives, the Emilia camp and the king were shocked of Roswaal's words.

Jens : ”What are you saying Roswaal ? ”

Emilia : ”Roswaal ?!”

Roswaal : ”Shut up you Half Witch ! AL GOA!”

Roswaal released a massive firestorm and fireballs towards Emilia, Jens and the King. Immediately, Pack appeared and created an ice shield.

Pack : ”You mortal. Are you out of your mind? ”

Jet : ”The Beast of the End From The Eternally Frozen Lands?”

Pack : ”Is that how I'm called now ? Interesting. ”

Weiss : ”Roswaal-sama! Are you out of your mind to fight in such a sacred place like this ? ”

However, he ignored Weiss' comment until Jet reacted.

Jet : ”Such a smart move… Roswaal, you're the same after all.”

The king laughed.

Roswaal : ”Looks like I've been found out. As expected of Jet Lugnica.”

Jens : ”Huh?!”

Jet : ”By showing everyone the power of the Great Spirit Beast of the End, you're proving that Emilia has considerable power herself. I would assume it's her contract spirit. That was just an act to accomplish this. Am I wrong?”

Roswaal : ”I see… You're completely correct. I apologize everyone, however if it were not for Emilia's goodwill, we wouldn't be able to talk like this. The Emilia Camp might have the most strength of all parties. The Beast of The End would easily freeze this entire city if he would want to.”

Emilia : ”It was an act?!”

Roswaal : ”Well of course.”

Jet : ”Thank you all… Now please, Reinhard… introduce your candidate to me and the kingdom. ”

The Emilia Camp walked towards their square and everyone started looking at Reinhard who was left from the Emilia Square.

Reinhard : ”Of course King Jet. Now… I recently encountered her… Flam! Grassis! Come in!”

Reinhard, the current sword saint yelled at two little girls to open the doors and bring the 5th candidate.

The two girls were twins for sure. Flam Remendis and Grassis Remendis both had peach hair and wore the same outfit. They ran towards the main door of the throne and opened it.

Suddenly, a familiar face entered the hall.

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Felt. The Girl who stole Emilia's Insignia. The girl who Nathan lived with. It was Felt. She was wearing a dress and had a new haircut.

Reinhard : ”HER NAME IS FELT !”

Felt walked towards the throne along with Reinhard, Flam, Grassis and another person ran from the crowd towards the throne.

Jens : ”That's…”

Nathan : ”Oh my god…”

Nathan was left shivering next to Jens.

Felt : ”Reinhard ! What the hell is this ? I don't want to attend to your royal ceremony !”

Jet : ”Are you refusing to participate in the election ? ”

Felt : ”Hell Yeah I am. I hate royalty.”

Nathan ran towards Felt and embraced her with a hug.

Nathan : ”FELT!”

Felt : ”Na… Nathen…”

Jet : ”Nathan, do you know this girl ? ”

Nathan : ”Yes! I lived with her in the slums few weeks ago.”

Miser : ”WHAT? A candidate can't be a rat from the slums ! ”

Felt : ”What did you say shit bag?”

Reinhard : ”Felt. Please, my lady, act more like a princess.”

When Nathan wanted to let go Felt from hugging, he whispered something in Felt's ear. She nodded and started smiling.

Felt : ”Nevermind! I'm participating in this election ! Count me in !”

Nathan walked towards the Emilia Square and the Felt Camp was complete.

Felt : ”My name is Felt!”

Reinhard : ”My name is Reinhard van Astrea, The Sword Saint, the Heavenly Sword, Knight Implaceable, The Holy Sword… Felt's Knight, and the current Head of the Astrea House.”

Flam : ”Flam Remendis.”

Grassis : ”Grassis Remendis.”

The young woman who ran from the crowd towards the throne stepped forward to introduce herself.

Aestas : ”My name is Aestas Toto! I'm the current wielder of the Dark Scythe, Nakuri.”

Jet : ”Nakuri? The scythe that contains a soul of a fallen Demon Warrior? Interesting. Now Felt, your speech.”

Felt : ”Let me say this. I hate royalty! I hate nobility! I hate knights! When I will become the king I will destroy this whole country and bring some fresh air into this country! How does that sound ? ”

Anastasia : ”Objection. How is Reinhard allowed to participate in this election ? He's the current Sword Saint.”

Jet : ”According to the rules, everyone who finds a candidate is allowed to participate. Even the strongest person in the world like Reinhard.”

Reinhard : ”Ha ha… please don't make it sound like I'm a monster or anything. I'm nice.”

Jet : ”My apologies… Please go back to your square… Felt Camp.”

The Felt Camp walked casually back to their square.

Jet : ”Now that everyone is here. I'll officially start… THE ROYAL ELECTION!”

Jet screamed and immediately then, the ceiling exploded. A huge amount of dust entered the throne hall. Cynthia, Elis, Alexandrius and Weiss jumped from their chair and protected the King.

The crowd started screaming. ”AN ATTACK!”, while screaming, they ran out of the throne hall.

The bricks, stones and other stuff that fell from the ceiling, was heading towards the five main squares where all the camps were standing.

Emilia : ”Huma!”

Roswaal : ”Huma!”

Rem : ”Huma!”

The three Water Mages of the Emilia Camp created an Ice barrier around the five squares and protected them from the falling parts of the ceiling. Right after the barriers disappearance, another explosion was made behind the throne in the biggest wall, and two persons appeared.

??? : ”Well hello Lugnicians.”

??? (2) : ”How disgusting this view.”

It was a young, short man from his 20's and a really young boy around the age of 15.

Everyone grabbed their weapons and pointed towards the two.

Jet : ”Those clothes. Your Aura. No doubt, you're from the Witch Cult.”

??? : ”Don't you understand basic concepts like politeness? The first thing I did was give a self introduction. To ask why you're going to introduce yourself, that's because it's the most important thing to start as a relationship. No matter what kind of relationship, isn't it necessary to start with an acquaintanceship where we both know each other? So, just because I'm someone who cares about such things, I often think that no matter to whom, I will be as friendly as possible. I ' m not saying that there isn't a chance that the other party is shy. Even if you think you want to become well-connected, when you start by introducing yourself, something in you always cannot help but hesitate. Out of consideration for those types of people, I try to introduce myself as much as possible and act in order to create a space where they feel comfortable. Of course, I don ' t expect this grace to be immediately obvious. However, I do have hopes that after some time, they will be able to detect the meaning of an introductions. Or, rather, that they will become aware of it. Or is it natural to talk to someone you meet for the first time without introducing yourself? If that ' s the case, then there's a slight difference between my common sense and culture. In that case, although both parties feel a sense of obligation, it becomes necessary to refuse the other side in advance so as to prevent a misunderstanding. Isn't that so different from what I said before, taking being gentle with each other for granted? In fact, saying so feels impolite. And that ' s a loss of etiquette, and the other party is left with a lesser value. A false assessment of each other ' s value imposes on others. This is a violation of the rights of others. From any rational perspective, this is an infringement of my rights”

The young man just rebuked the king. The man spoke in a different way than anyone else.

Cynthia : ”Filthy creatures. How dare you to attack such a sacred place ? ”

??? (2) : ”Oh don't fear us Cynthia. The whole Witch Cult is in Nastra ! ”

Cynthia : ” I haven't introduced myself though? How do you know my name ? ”

??? (2) : ” You don't remember? Oh Cynthia… please come home safely. Prove yourself tonight. Don't you remember your mother's words? ”

Hearing this, Cynthia ran towards the young man and the boy.

Elis : ”CYNTHIA! ”

Cynthia : ”YOU WERE THE ONE THAT—”

In just a second, both individuals didn't move, and Cynthia was cut in half. She became the fountain of blood and all her blood was on the destroyed walls.

Crusch : ”Witch Cult. What are you doing here ? ”

Reinhard : ”Please, watch your next move. ”

Regulus : ”My name is Regulus Corneas, the Sin Archbishop of Greed.”

Ley : ”My name is Ley Batenkaitos, the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, representing Gourmet!”

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Nobody moved. Everyone stood in their battle stance and was ready to attack.

Jens : ”What are you guys doing here?”

Regulus : ”Oh my… Jens…”

In an instance, Regulus teleported in front of Jens and kicked him right in the stomach, sending him flying against a wall. The impact was intense and Jens started coughing blood.

Nathan : ”JENS! How do you know Jens ? ”

Regulus : ”Oh my my. Jens is one of the things that should've died a long time ago. Anyway, we're here because we need an Artificial Spirit, A King, A Witch and certain book.”

The aura that those two gave was disgusting. Ley is a short boy with long, dark brown hair that extends past his thighs. He wears a dirty rag like piece of cloth around his thin body. Underneath his rag, in the visible areas, are many wounds ranging from various things such as whip marks and bite marks.

Regulus is ”normal” person, with features that aren't handsome yet not ugly. He has a thin body along with white hair that isn't long nor short, nor arranged in a strange way. His white clothes follow the same concept, making him ordinary enough that people would forget about him soon after spotting him.

Ley : ”Now… Let's eat!”

Ley ran towards Weiss, however, Alexandrius created wall of thick earth and took Jet with him and teleported away along with Elis and Weiss.

Regulus : ”Cowards. Aren't they? Five candidates. A Sword saint. The Admirer. Jens. I can't wait for this !”

Roswaal : ”Not on my watch ! Ex Dureka !”

Roswaal teleported the whole five camps towards the main square of Lugnica. Jens was lying on the ground, bleeding and coughing blood.

Emilia, Rem and Ferris ran towards Jens and started healing him.

Rem : ”Jens-san… do you know that guy Regulus ?”

Ferris : ”This impossible. Hyow could've the whole Witch Cult entered the Capital City?”

Emilia : ”Calm Down! Everything is gonna be okay.”

Jens : ”Ughh…”

Jens opened his eyes and saw the three healing him and he stood up.

Jens : ”What's going on… is this Cult already in the city ? ”

Emilia : ”Apparently, we need to defeat them.”

Crusch : ”That's easier said then done, Emilia.”

Priscilla : ”Who cares. Let's find victims and follow the path.”

Emilia : ”Alright ! Everyone go to a certain street and search for people or the Witch Cult!”

Everyone divided from each other and ran towards a street. Jens entered a street and grabbed his sword. Behind him were Rem, Maria, Otto, Joshua and Priscilla. They followed the street only to encounter Weiss.

Weiss : ”Jens! Are you hurt ? ”

Jens : ”I'm fine now. Let's search for the Cult. Is Jet safe ? ”

Weiss : ”Yes. He's in the secret basement. We need to find the Twilight Shrine which the cult used to enter this city.”

Maria : ”Let's not hesitate. Let's go!”

That moment, Jens, Rem, Maria Aqua, Priscilla Barielle and Weiss Schnee ran and searched for the Witch Cult.

Jens' mind were filled with the thoughts of Emilia being in trouble, however, he was sure that the others would protect her like he would.

In the meantime at Emilia, she was at a huge square with Reinhard, Anastasia, Halibel, Aldebaran and Crusch.

Emilia : ”Reinhard. Where are they? Could you use any of your powers to detect them ? ”

Reinhard : ”My Divine Protection of Clairvoyance sees that the Archbishop of Greed is at the Pleiades Square. We need to hurry. I'll use my Divine Protection of Portals to send us to that square.”

Anastasia : ”Good. Be quick.”

Halibel : ”Don't do anything risky Anastasia-sama… I'm strong, but Regulus is from a whole other level.”

Crusch : ”Indeed. We cannot lose a candidate today.”

Aldebaran : ”Despite being from the Priscilla Camp. I'll fight for everyone today.”

Reinhard swung his sword and opened a portal towards the Pleiades Square. Entering this Portal, they saw Regulus standing on a huge pile of corpses.

Regulus : ”I cannot talk to people who can't talk like normal human beings. It's weird. Isn't it?”

Emilia : ”Stop right there villain.”

Reinhard : ”Don't move, or else I've to use my power against you.”

Regulus : ”The Witch of Frost. The Sword Saint. The Greedy Princess. The Admirer. The Gladiator King and the Goddess of War. It's my pleasure to meet you all. Now before we start fighting, let me tell you that I'm able to wipe you all out except Reinhard. So please, let's not spill too much blood here.”

Regulus smiled while looking like a smug at Reinhard.