Ironing out some things

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"Mom? T'hell y'going on about?"

Seeing Beatrice hug the confused Ryuzu with tears running down her face, Garfiel immediately tried to grab Beatrice.

"Garfiel stop!" The Ryuzu clone then yelled causing him to freeze up and look towards her face. Looking into her eyes, he could see that he no say in her wishes and let out a tsk before turning to walk out the door.

"I d'know what t'hell is going on...."

He then whipped his head towards me with clenched teeth and eyes of rage.

"But I for damn sure blame you for it!"

He then walked out the door and slammed it leaving the room to be filled with the sobs of Beatrice and the silence of everyone inside of it. Looking around, I noticed Rem silently staring at Beatrice as Otto let out a sigh before walking past me with a miserable expression to get to the door.

"I'm not getting paid enough for this..... wait a second.... I don't get paid at all!"

And with that conclusion found by him, I swiftly swung open the door before kicking him outside. Hitting the ground outside with his hands and knees, he turned over his shoulder to see me calmly smiling down at him.

"Oi! Where is my pay Suburu!"

He then leaned towards me before preparing to leap. "I have no idea what your talking about." And with a swift action, I closed the door in his face as he went flying directly into it causing a loud thud to come from the door.

Wiping my hands, I looked over towards Rem and pointed one my hands towards the kitchen in hopes that she would give me a bit of privacy with these two. Noticing my gesture, she took one last glance over her shoulder at the two before going into the kitchen.

And as Ram was currently looking after Roswaal, I have to cut this conversation short. When Roswaal learns of Beatrice and Rem being here, he will surely snap and call this 'current' useless. Emilia is currently unconscious too so no worries about her learning things she 'shouldn't' bear.

Anyways, I put my hand on Beatrice's shoulder causing her to turn her tear glazed face towards as she let a soft hick.

"W-what do y-you want?"

Sighing, I walked towards one of the couches present in the room before sitting down on it and patted the leather next to me.

"Hurry up and sit down so I can explain why that isn't the Ryuzu you know."

Freezing up, Beatrice turned towards the Ryuzu clone that is calmly staring down towards her with interest present inside her eyes and no love at all. Seeing this, she backed up in confusion before turning back towards me.

"T-then w-what is that thing? T-that 'thing' isn't mom!"

I then turned towards the clone who was just calmly staring towards me. "Can you tell her about the 'others'. In case your blind, She had a connection to the past 'you'."

Hearing this, The clone let out a sigh before turning towards Beatrice with a frown.

"I know.... 'we' know.... but 'we' don't want to tell her."

"But she should at least have some of the questions answered right? Or at the very least have 'some' of them told to her."

Hearing me, the clone's frown then deepened before closing her eyes and held the bridge of her nose in silence. Seeing her in silence, I assumed her to be communicating with the other clones and went to try and convince them all while they are talking to one another.

"After all, the 'Core' would have wanted this to happen. I'm positive 'it' would love to know know just how much pain 'it's' words have afflicted onto her daughter."

Opening her eyes, she sent a glare towards me before pointing towards the door. "You should go...." She then pointed towards Beatrice who was just silently standing there trying to figure out what we were talking about with a sad smile.

"Only then will I tell her what she 'needs' to know. Like you said.... 'she' would have wanted this to happen."

Sighing, I got up and went towards the door before making a frown they can't see. "Make sure to tell her all you can. She is after all an extremely 'valuable' person to me."

Opening it, I remembered something and turned towards the kitchen before yelling in its direction.

"Rem! Come with me real quick so these two have some alone time to talk!"

I then closed the door, before turning to gaze up at the sky and frowned deeply. With my now enhanced eyes, I can see the mana present in the atmosphere rapidly moving towards one area of the sanctuary.

The reason for this is because of a certain idea I got from a certain show about hunters. All I got to do is run mana throughout my optical nerves and set them at the correct frequency to 'see' mana.

It seems Roswaal has decided to start his spell to cover the Sanctuary in snow earlier than I anticipated. And with my knowledge of his current condition, he could very well die if he sets off a spell of that magnitude.

But knowing just how crazy Roswaal is, I'm sure he doesn't care at all about dying at all.

But but for you Roswaal, I can't let you die just yet. Or at least 'not yet', it really all depends on how well this situation goes in my favor.

And as he is weakened and in a state of focus, I could just very well walk into to his room and snap his neck with one of reinforced hands. But I'd much rather keep alive him for the benefits... 'my' benefits of course.

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Walking inside of the cabin where the mana is rapidly being gathered, I immediately noticed Ram lying down unconscious. And on a bed, is a silent Roswaal and he stared directly into the fires of the fireplace with sunken eyes.

Feeling my gaze, he then slowly turned his one eye towards me before sighing and looking towards the fireplace again.

"So you're finally here."

Looking at Ram and his attention on the fireplace. I put together a scene inside my head and let out a chuckle before grabbing a chair.

I then turned the seat around and sat onto it while leaning my arms on top of its back and smiled.

"So the 'book of truth' is gone huh?"

I then saw him grit his teeth in anger before the mana inside of his gate started to churn rapidly. Seeing this with my eyes, I immediately threw a knife past his face and hit the wall behind him before letting out a sigh of disappointment.

"For a 400 something year old man, you sure don't know how to control your emotions don't you? Also I can see your mana, so don't try anything like that again."

Looking towards me with a gaze of caution, I proceeded to raise my arm to throw a knife before he sighed and looked back at the fireplace.

"You can very well kill me right now Suburu. But I'm guessing you want me alive, correct?"

"Yes."

Hearing my yes, he let out a snort before bringing his back to laugh in a second of insanity.

"Oh~ Suburu~, how foolish you are~. I want~ to die and you~ can't change that~."

He then went on laughing while I just put my head over my arms and silently waited for him to settle down his insane laughter. And when he finally calmed down, I took my chair and put it back where I found it before turning towards Roswald.

"Well how about we make this simple 'Roschi'. We are both individuals that love using our time effectively so let's make it to were whoever wins gets the loser as their slave."

Propping his arms on his lap, he held his chin with his hands and looked at me with a look of amusement present inside of his eyes.

"But why~ would I bet on~ something so~ stupid. If I win, you would~ just die anyway making your~ terms not apply~ to yourself."

Chuckling for a bit, I quickly silenced myself and looked at him with a cold expression.

"The Great rabbit, the Mansion attack, and the Demon beast attack are all your doings Roswaal."

Raising his eyebrow, he let out a yawn before laying his back onto the bed below him. He then stretched his arms a bit before looking at me with boredom all over his face.

"So~? What does~ that have to do~ with anything~?"

Smiling silently with my eyes closed, I put my hands out to my sides before opening my eyes and staring directly into his pupils.

"I can return by dying of course!"

Freezing, he looked towards me in disbelief before starting to chuckle. And with that chuckle he propped himself up and looked directly into my eyes with a crazy smirk.

"Then you're a lot more valuable than I thought Suburu."

Reaching to reveal my necklace, I took it off before putting it in between Roswaal and I. And with a confident smile, I looked at him in joy.

"Roswaal L Mathers, do you accept my challenge?"

Also looking towards me with the same confidence, he just stuck his hand towards the necklace.

"I accept your challenge."

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