[ "STAND UP!! HOLD YOUR HEADS HIGH!! TAKE UP YOUR WEAPONS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!!"
Natsuki Subaru looked back and saw Crusch yelling. She drew her sword and raised it to the sky:
"LOOK AT THAT MAN!! HE'S A WEAKLING WITHOUT WEAPONS, WITHOUT STRENGTH, EVEN THE WIND CAN BLOW HIM AWAY. I SAW HIM BEING KNOCKED DOWN WITH MY OWN EYES. HE'S JUST AN INCOMPETENT MAN!! THAT MAN IS WEAKER THAN ANYONE ELSE! SUCH A MAN WAS THE FIRST TO STAND UP AND SHOUT THAT HE COULD CONTINUE TO FIGHT. HE DIDN'T GIVE UP, SO HOW CAN WE GIVE UP?!!"
Crusch paused and continued:
"WE ARE WEAK. EVEN IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE MONSTER'S THROAT. EVEN SO, EVEN THE WEAKEST MAN DID NOT GIVE UP. HOW CAN WE SURRENDER?!!"
"Oh, oh..."
The knights looked at each other, then stood up tremblingly, picked up their weapons, and mounted their dragons.
"GO!! ALL TROOPS, CHARGE!!"
"OHHHH!!!"
Subaru gave a wry smile:
"You're being so reckless, calling me a weakling and a homeless person... Please, Patrasche. Run to the tip of the nose again, and retreat immediately when you reach it!" ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Crusch-sama..."
Ferris couldn't help but sob and cry.
How much he missed Crusch-sama.
"Um..."
Yurius smiled.
He was happy that his friend had found a good master.
"No wonder I heard that many people initially thought Crusch was the most likely to become king."
Garfiel said.
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[ "Disrupting their view... Whew, damn it, I can't just keep charging forward recklessly. I need to use my brain a bit!" Subaru seemed to be thinking about something.
"Why are there so many all of a sudden?... It would be strange to consider that there were already three White Whales."
Subaru looked up at the white whale, as if he had thought of something.
"If that's the case..."
The white mist of the white whale attacked Subaru, but Mimi and Hetaro protected Subaru, the only hope present.
After learning from them that Ricardo was still alive, they breathed a sigh of relief and ran to a white whale.
This white whale lost an eye and a fin.
"Just as I thought! You are not three heads, but split!" ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Could that be what you mean? If there really were multiple White whales, only one should have lost its eyes and fins, but upon observation, all three have. So this is a split?"
Emilia said.
"That's right. My daughter is really smart."
Parker rubbed Emilia's head with his cat paw.
—
[ Then....
"…HAAAAA—!!"
A white whale's lower abdomen ruptured, and Wilhelm rushed out.
"Wilhelm-san?!"
Natsuki Subaru hurried over and tried to help him up.
"My practice isn't enough... I'm too careless..."
"Just stop talking! Just go back to Ferris first!"
However, Wilhelm refused Subaru's offer of assistance and supported himself with his sword.
"Not yet, it's not over yet, I can still..."
"It's already like this. Why are you still trying to be so brave? I understand life and death better than you do!"
"Whatever... you tell me..."
Mimi and Hetaro rushed over and, at Subaru's request, forcibly took Wilhelm to heal his injuries. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Mimi saved the old man!"
"Yeah, that's great."
Anastasia touched Mimi's head.
"Ah, men are stubborn, Nyaa~. They say things like 'I have to do it' and so on. Just like Rem-chan doesn't want Subaru to be in danger, Wilhelm's wife definitely doesn't want to see him put himself in danger either."
Ferris said.
"Hey, hey, stop talking like you're not a man."
Al said very quietly.
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[ "Did the white whale split?" Crusch listened to Subaru's report.
"I agree with this speculation, but what can we do about it? The white whale has indeed become weaker after being injured, but its strength is still superior to ours."
"There's no need to kill all three—killing one should be enough."
Subaru pointed to a white whale in the sky.
"That bastard let his two clones fight desperately, while he pretended to watch the show from high in the sky. What do you think he was doing?"
"Is that guy the real one?"
Crusch guessed.
"I think so."
"Well, I've thought of a strategy that involves a lot of gambling... want to try it?"
…
"AL—SUMA—!!"
The scene changed, and Rem released an icicle at the white whale—the one that Subaru and Crusch believed to be the real body of the white whale.
"…Please!"
And Natsuki Subaru was riding on the icicle. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"That's... quite bold. And Miss Rem, it looks like the scene just skipped over. What's that tactic?"
Otto asked.
"It's like this. First, have Rem shoot an icicle, then Subaru-kun rides on it. Once it reaches the white whale, Subaru-kun uses the last Exorcist Stone to dispel the icicle and jump onto the white whale. Then, lead the white whale to the Frigel tree. Finally, everyone works together to destroy the Frigel tree and crush the white whale."
"...The margin for error is very low."
After receiving the answer, Otto said this.
Bold, dangerous, and low tolerance for error.
—
[ "...Hey, now that I see you from such a close distance, I realize you're pretty disgusting."
Subaru landed on the tip of the white whale's nose.
"Come with me. Let me warn you, I'm a man who is known to be too annoying to be ignored."
"Then let's do it in a big way—we must make up our minds."
Then, Subaru jumped down, took a deep breath, and said loudly:
"You don't have to worry about anyone hearing you this high up. This is a fire sale, listen up! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU BASTARD! REM IS DEAD, AND IT'S LEFT ME WITH A SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA!!"
The next moment, the scene stopped.
Then continue the show.
"I…I'm back!!"
The white whale seemed to have completely turned its attention to Subaru.
"…REM!!"
"Understood, Subaru-kun!"
Rem, who was riding on Patrash, hooked Subaru with the chain of meteor water and entangled him, and Subaru rushed into Rem's arms.
"We're saved!"
"Thank you for the hospitality."
"What are you talking about?!"
"Please, Patrasche! Aren't you a dragon?! Let me see how majestic you are!"
Subaru yelled. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Success?!"
Otto said hurriedly.
Subaru, riding on Patrasche, was heading towards the Frigel tree, and the white whale was indeed following behind him.
Thus, Subaru Natsuki, known to the world as the "Hero who defeated the White Whale," was born.
—
[ "Take it!!"
The Frigel tree fell with a loud bang, crushing the white whale underneath.
at last—
"…To my wife, Theresia Van Astraea."
The Sword Demon fell from the sky.
"OHHHHHHH!!"
Even though his body was covered in wounds, the Sword Demon still danced with his sword.
"Sleep—goodbye."
With the final blow, the white whale rolled its eyes and lost its strength.
"It's over, Theresa. Finally… Theresa, I… I LOVE YOU!!"
…
"…The White Whale crashed here!" Crusch shouted while riding on the Earth Dragon.
White whale, dead. ]
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