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3rd Pov
"Aghh" Subaru gasped for air as he looked around. He was at the Conference and from the looks of it Antastia was announcing her ideals.
"Zero, are you alright?" asked Reina as worry appeared on her face.
"Yeah, bro you good?" asked Alderban.
"Yeah- I am good… Just a sudden shock" he said and stood straight; Reina looked at him before turning.
It was Emilia's turn.
Meanwhile, he glanced at Roswaal.
'Damn my plan failed, I forgot while Reina is strong, she isn't omnipotent' he thought but again Author and world has glazed Reinhardt or in his case Reina so much, that he thought with her nothing could go wrong.
He didn't know Roswaal had no hostility towards him, only indifference when he killed him in the previous loop resulting the failure of Reina's divine protections to detect Roswaal's intent.
That's why Natsuki Subaru died so unexpectedly.
He quickly checked his mana and was surprised to find his mana had almost quadrupled.
Since he had better Mana sensing abilities, he was able to gauge his mana perfectly, unlike the previous loops.
'Wait, was my earlier speculation wrong? No! It isn't that, rather the quality of my mana and quantity both had doubled' he soon discovered.
In fact, if he sees carefully, he could see mana in the air now… showing how much his abilities had increased.
There was another thing he felt… A tug… It was as if something was calling him.
He decided to ignore it for now.
"May I ask from which house does Miss Felt belongs?" asked a Noble.
Heinkel hesitated for a moment before replying "She is a commoner; however, she is well educated and Astrea family had made sure that she is deserving of being a Dragon Priestess"
"A commoner?" asked another man in surprise.
"Hmph! I am from the place that you snobbish nobles have abandoned! It is none other than the slums!" she declared.
"Princess! There was no need for you to say something like this" Heinkel face-palmed himself in exasperation.
"She is a gutter rat?! What kind of joke is this! Astrea House is supporting a gutter rat?!" shouted a Noble.
"Not to mention Roswaal L. Mathers is supporting that half-devil"
"Why even that Witch is here?! Tell her to get out!"
"Indeed filthy witch! Get that half-devil out of here"
As the Nobles started insulted Felt and Emilia, and soon just Emilia Subaru snapped.
"Shut up! I had enough of this crap!" said Subaru silencing everyone.
"I believed that the Nobles and the Royal Knights will be above such petty things, but all I see is disappointment" he said as he stepped outside of Knight's line.
"I would like to introduce myself, I am Miss Emilia's temporary bodyguard however foremost I am her friend and ally!" he said garnering everyone's attention.
"Half-Devil's ally? Her friend? You must be a witch cultist!" barked one Noble when Subaru glared at him.
The Noble stepped backwards, sweats rolling down his back. It wasn't just him, everyone's senses screamed danger, even Julius felt a slight threat.
Only Roswaal and Reina shrugged off Subaru's killing aura.
"Witch cultist you say? Whether I am a witch cultist or not doesn't matters, but the fact is you are pathetic- You all are pathetic" he said.
"Zero! What are you saying?!" Emilia shouted as she looked at him.
"I am just saying what should be said" Subaru said and then continued "Four Hundred years ago, the First Sword Saint, the Divine Dragon and the Great Sage sealed the Witch of Envy"
Yes, everyone knew about it.
"However, if half-elves were really evil then why didn't the three slaughter all of them? Why did the same Divine Dragon who sealed the Witch of envy had selected this half-elf you all despise as a dragon maiden? Why give her a chance?" he said.
"What's your point boy?" Mikoltov asked stroking his beard.
"It is simple- This people are fools, and idiots and racists. They consider themselves to be superior, superior to demi-humans, superior to commoners, superior to people of slums"
"However, they are wrong! Utterly so! Worth of a person isn't judged by in what condition they have been born but what they had achieved- Divine Dragon judges Emilia, Felt and all the other three women worthy!" he said.
"This Kingdom still exists despite such foolish people ruling it, for only two reasons" he paused garnering everyone's attention.
"Which two reasons you speak of?" a Wise man asked.
"Because of the covenant with the Divine Dragon and because of the Sword Saint!" he said.
"If not for Sword Saint do you think you would have won us the wars against other kingdoms? Against Rebellions? If not for the Divine Dragon how this kingdom would have been founded? How it will it exist till now?" he said.
"If not for these two who sacrificed their peace, your sorry asses might be experiencing the same thing as you the slaves!" he declared.
"Blashpemy! You dare say we shall be treated as slaves?" fumed a Noble in anger.
"Zero" muttered Emilia bitting her lips, his words had indeed moved her.
"I support this Half-Elf you fear! And she shall become the queen, destroying the fake façade of superiority you have! God have made everyone equal and as such we shall be!" Natsuki walked towards Emilia and stopped in front of her.
"What do you fear? Why do you waver? Are you not supposed to be the future queen of this Kingdom?!" he asked, and she flinched looking straight into his eyes.
Her moist purple eyes stared at his black eyes; a tint of blush appeared on her face.
"Say it loudly! Say it with determination! Say your ideals! And achieve them!" he said and she nodded.
She took a deep breath and said "I am Emilia, I know many of you are worried that I am a half-elf, but I am also someone who is chosen by the Divine Dragon! I am also a Spiritual Arts user, and in contract with Great Spirit of End!"
"G-Great Spirit of End?!" a man looked at her in disbelief as Puck manifested.
"Haha, Zero what you did was to my liking" Puck said with a smile before glaring at Nobles.
"I am Great Spirit of End! And remember! I shall protect my daughter with my life!" he said.
"Now I declare! As a ruler I want to make a Kingdom where everyone is equal, there shall be no difference between a noble and commoner, a human and demi-human!" she said loudly, her face flushed.
"Good" Subaru nodded and then looked at Roswaal whose mouth was wide opened.
Suddenly someone clapped- Everyone looked at the person who dared to clap for the person who offended every Noble and Royal Knight.
It was the Sword Saint.
A genuine smile was on her face, as she clapped "Well said!" she praised him.
A wise man asked her "Miss Reina, don't you think it is too presumptuous to clap for him when he just offended the entirety of Nobility?"
"Even if it is, then I don't care. What this Kingdom needs right now is no Knight, but a Ruler… And if a person speaks the truth in front of everyone, disregarding every threat for the future of kingdom, for better of us, is that not worthy of being praised?" she said stunning everyone.
Mikoltov smiled "Lady Emilia… You have a fine ally… A fine bodyguard" he praised him.
"Thank you, Sir Mikoltov, even if these fools couldn't understand I expected no less of the Wisest man in the Kingdom" Subaru praised him.
Mikoltov grinned, happy to hear his praise and then said "As Zero here said! Divine Dragon itself had made the prophecy making Lady Emilia and Lady Felt eligible for the Royal selection. Who are we to disregard the Divine Dragon's orders when it has sheltered our kingdom for centuries?"
"Thus, we Council of wise men shall decide the next ruler based on the achievements of each candidate, not on their class, race or position" he declared shocking everyone.
"What do you all think?" he asked the other wise man.
For a moment there was a silence.
"I agree" One raised his hand.
"I too agree" another one raised his hand.
Soon all the six members present expressed their opinion in favour.
"It is decided then, in three years' time the future ruler of the Kingdom will be crowned" Mikoltov said and then glanced at Reina and Subaru.
He knew that Sword Saint supported someone for the first time, and it wasn't Emilia but the boy in front of him.
He knew the value of the Sword Saint, not to mention Zero's words were indeed to his liking.
'Still he is too hot-headed' he shook his head, if not for Sword Saint's sudden support towards him, he would have been thrown out of the conference room.
Not only that he had offended nearly all the Nobles and Royal Knights, soon they would be out for his neck.
'Then again, he shouldn't be weak as a bodyguard for one of the Royal Candidates and he seems to have support of the Sword Saint' he pondered.
Soon the discussion came to an end, with all of the Nobility and Royal Knight shaken to their core.
To be continued...
(A/N: GIVE ME YOUR POWERSTONES!!!!!)