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Elsa was on a mission. One she absolutely couldn't afford to fail.
"I have you now." Elsa Grainhiert, assassin, serial killer and a list of other ineffable titles, crowed, her voice was low and husk like a lover with an insatiable appetite.
She'd finally arrived at the place of her suspected target – a seemingly ordinary, but modest two-story home that was stationed in a small, affluent village bordering Vollachia in the kingdom of Lugunica.
It was evening, nearing dusk with many of the villagers preparing to return from their place of business and work to spend time with their families or use up their hard day's wages getting flushed down at the local pub.
All the while being blissfully unaware of the monster skulking in their midst.
"Hah!" With an athletic prowess that would make even the most hardy and trained gymnast turn green with envy, Elsa leapt up onto the roof of the building. Righting herself expertly as she walked on the tiles towards a specific window.
Her lips parted; her smile, which some would say was swath and dare say beautiful was one associated with too much bloodshed to ever be taken at face value as Elsa crouched nimbly at the window ceil – peering in what looked to be an ordinary bedroom where her prey was idly sitting on their bed oblivious to her presence.
"There you are." The dark-haired killer purred, drawing closer, her hand extended outwards as she picked the lock of the shutter with practice grace – the remnants of the skills she learned from her days burglarizing unsuspected shops, foraging for food in order to survive the merciless winters of Gusteko.
Lithely as to not make a peep Elsa slipped into the room and even shut the window behind her so as to not cause a draft.
Her tasty morsel was sitting on the foot of their bed – distracted and hadn't realized Elsa was a mere feat from them until it was far too late.
Elsa licked her lips, worn out and famished from her long journey getting here and this scrumptious meal was just what she needed to take the edge off.
Elsa stepped forward - and second of a heartbeat later 'that person' flinched, at last detecting the ominous presence standing right under their nose.
They turned, eyes wide in surprise, but by then Elsa was already on top of them, pouncing and grabbing them by their waist and hoisting them up into the air as though they were weightless.
But surprisingly, they didn't scream or yell or spite defiant curses or beg for their meaningless life as all her victims tended to do in their final fear-soaked moments.
Instead, the one in Elsa's clutches smiled toothily. Eyes dazzled with an endless joy that was infectious
"Elsa-nee! You're here!" The five-year-old boy in her arms said animatedly, pressing himself into the nook of her neck with a warm-hearted tenderness that only he was able to provide her.
"I told you I'd be back, didn't I Subaru-chan." Elsa winked, bopping him on the nose with a well-pressed kiss. The boy's expression curled up in distaste, releasing a dramatic 'yuck' in response. Elsa laughed good naturedly – relaxed and at ease as she held her little brother closer.
Life was good.
"Subaru? Is everything okay up there? I thought I heard noises." a voice trilled, accompanied with then hurried footsteps as the door was thrown back to reveal a young blonde-haired girl. "Subaru, who - YOU!" Blue eyes gasped with recognition.
"Rui-neesama! Look! Look! Elsa's back!" Subaru jittered, his smile candid - enough to brighten up a whole room.
Elsa's lips curled into a 'U." Mirth sang in purple irises as she spoke. "Oh Gremlin-chan. Long time no see!"
She greeted with sincerity - well mostly.
Too bad the feeling was far from mutual.
"What are you doing sneaking in here so late! Haven't you ever heard of using the front door like a normal person, tsu!" Rui Arneb said with clear disdain in her voice as she waved her pointer finger aggressively. "A-And where are your clothes you damn exhibitionist!"
She howled, bringing attention to the obvious - that Elsa was completely in the nude save for a single loose-thin sack that barely covered up her modesty.
Subaru wasn't that scandalized. He'd taken plenty of baths with Elsa to have every piece of skin on her and was confused at what could have riled his big sister Rui up so much.
"Mou. Is that anyway to speak to your housemate?" Elsa pouted, blowing a kiss. The vein on Rui's forehead bulged as she stormed over and yanked Subaru out of the arms of the big breasted bimbo.
"Paws of our little brother until you put on some pants." Rui said flatly, brokering no space for argument. The girl then peered closer, her sole visible eye turning into slits. "And is that - is that all blood on you, tsu?!"
"Would you believe me if I said not a single drop of it was mine." Elsa smirked devilishly, uncaring of the smear of red on her cheeks and the rest of her person.
"Yes. Yes I would because it's you." Rui responded with all the energy of one reading out a laundry list of errands they had to do. "Just go take a bath. I don't want Subaru seeing you like this, tsu."
"But Elsa is always covered in blood." Subaru retorted, content in Rui's arms. "But she still looks pretty." He said with a genuineness that only children of a fairly young age were capable of producing.
Elsa gushed and mewed, while Rui groaned at the added air to the assassin's already inflated ego.
"Hey Rui, have you seen Baru?" a blue haired girl, Meili, entered the room with an apron and mitts as she carried a fresh plate of cookies in her hand, "I made him something special for eating all his veggies and…oh?"
Meili didn't even blink twice at seeing her sister in such a compromising state.
Elsa opened her mouth, a quip undoubtedly on the base of her tongue. Meili sighed.
"Do I even want to ask?"
Elsa mewled it over for a painfully long second before shrugging. "Probably not."
Meili gave her 'Big Sis' a shrewd glance as Rui appeared to be one wrong fuse away from lighting the women on fire, while Subaru looked longingly at the cookies in Meili's hands.
"Is that for me?!" Subaru chirped, a glop of drool beading at the corner of his lips. Meili's softened at the bright spark her little brother had for something so simple.
"Yes they are!" Meili giggled, reaching over to ruffle the little boy's head as he leaned into her touch. "I've got a glass of milk set out for us as well."
"Yay!"
Rui frowned, "Are all those sweets really good for him?"
I made them with oats and honey so they shouldn't rile him up too badly." Meili whispered secretly as Subaru was distracted with the baked goods in his sister's grip.
"Mmh." Rui hummed noncommittal as Elsa stirred in her spot. "Don't even think about it, tsu." Louis hissed menacingly.
"I only wanted a bite myself." Elsa batted her eyelashes, feigning innocence.
"Sure you did." Rui snarked, taking a step back less Elsa put her dirty paws on HER Subaru again.
"Why don't you clean yourself off and get settled Sissy. There's still some leftovers I can heat up for you."
"Oh you're so kind to me Meili-chan.~" Elsa said with a deep tenderness, like a schoolgirl fawning over her oblivious crush. "Can Subaru join? It's been some time since we've taken a dip together."
She flushed. Subaru nodded energetically.
"Oh-kay!" The boy chimed, seeing nothing wrong with the familiar arrangement.
Meili and Rui were of a differing opinion.
"Absolutely not!" the Archbishop of Gluttony lambasted, stuffing the child tighter into her chest - making him whimper from the sudden jolt.
"Perhaps it'd be better if you go in alone tonight Elsa." Meili said with a gentle firmness that made her viewpoint clear.
"Phewy." Elsa rued, with hot air petering from her lips.
Foiled again it seems.
But she wasn't upset. Far from it.
The scene of Meili and Rui being in steadfast opposition to her advances as to protect Subaru's 'purity' made the 'bloodthirsty' murderess's heart flutter.
It was a lovely sight, one Elsa wished to indulge more in later.
As it stood she needed a relaxing soak to take the edge off after her earlier 'altercation.'
And perhaps fill her empty belly.
Murder sure worked up an appetite!
There were days Meili questioned her sudden streak of good luck.
She was an assassin - a former assassin, now retired and attending school of all things in order to earn herself a good education and not be a drag on society courtesy of 'Mama' who wanted Subaru to have a proper set of role models to look up to.
'Subaru.' Meili thought fondly, with a noticeable change in attitude that made her rosy cheeks glow considerably brighter.
Meili wasn't sure where Capella found him, but the Archbishop of Lust was more than ecstatic in her discovery of the small joy that changed their lives for the better and greedily snatched him up for herself after he proved himself capable of doing the one thing no one else seemed able to.
He'd made Capella Lugunica fall in love with him.
Yeah…crazy?
And Subaru's affections with the woman weren't merely halted at hugs or hand holdings or even sweet kisses on the cheek or cushy naps under the sun together after a long day of playing.
No - Subaru sincerely loved Capella and even called her mommy. Not 'Mama' a title synonymous with fear and anguish, rather the boy genuinely saw the woman as his parental figure.
Meili was aghast - the others who were unfortunately collared and forced into the Archbishop's little 'family' as she was, were in the same rut of bewilderment and confusion.
Seeing Capella so gentle and loving and caring was a double layer of idiosyncrasies so farfetched that Meili had to properly check if her head was screwed on straight. It was unfathomable, an impossibility, a fantasy that a monster like this possessed a maternal bone in her body to sow the kind of endearment Subaru latched onto like a love starved puppy.
But that's exactly what she did. Whatever Subaru desired Capella made sure to spoil him with it until he was good and full. Treating the little boy like the appa of her eye or a priceless flower you couldn't help but admire each time you viewed it.
Lust's bizarre changes didn't stop at material gifts. That lascivious woman took the extraordinary steps to alter her appearance to a form more suited to Subaru's 'taste' as she put it. Morphing into brunette with pony tail length hair and an 'evil gaze' that was a carbon copy of Subaru's that you'd be pulling teeth in differentiating the two from an actual mother and son.
Meili felt bile at the back of her throat at the thought of her little brother having any association with Capella, however minor it was.
But that was neither here nor there and Meili could only accept that such feeble dissatisfaction was foolish to ponder on with abilities as miniscule as hers - so she discarded the thought immediately.
"Awww! Can't I have one more. Pleasssse!" Subaru lips wobbled, eyes sporting fresh tears at being denied another cookie.
But Rui remained steely in her resolve despite her crippling want to give into the child's demand.
"No. You've had three already and I think you've stuffed your tummy enough for one night, tsu." Rui said with a smarmy grin as Subaru placed himself on top of her lap and the four (including Elsa) sat at the kitchen table - in a scene that's become oddly routine amongst the 'siblings' lately
Subaru huffed and spun around moodily to gain the much needed support of the one person who'd always have his back.
"Elsa-nee! Rui-neesama is being mean!" Subaru complained
The Bowl Hunter who was now dressed comfortably in her night gown - was cramming her own face with spoonful's of the decadent meal Meili was kind enough to scrounge together for her, gave the boy a half-lidded stare, before swallowing and responding with -
"I think the Gremlin is right for once Subaru-chan. Too many of those calorie devils will make you green-faced." Elsa replied, taking another scoop off her plate. "Even if she was shoveling her own fair amount down her bottomless gullet." Elsa murmured between bites.
Rui shot her an ugly sneer.
"B-But.." Subaru glanced at Meili for support, but was gifted with an apologetic look in return.
"Sorry Baru." the Beast Tamer responded and winced when Subaru's expression fell. "If you want I can store a few away so you can have some for tomorrow night dinner. Does that sound fair?" Meili offered.
"Fine." Subaru capitulated, sagging his shoulders.
"Oh? Why the long face." Elsa tittered once she was finished with her dish and saw Subaru down in the dumps, "Come here. Why don't I share with you details of my amazing adventures, mhm?"
A breath of renewed vigor swam in Subaru's eyes as his interest grew and he sprang from Rui's lap and onto Elsa's like a persistent flea.
"Yes please!" Subaru said exuberantly, punching a fist into the air
"Nothing too graphic." Rui echoed with warning, already missing the heat Subaru's small body produced cradled against her.
"Tell me! Tell me! Did you beat up any bad guys?" Subaru asked with reverence, making Rui and Meili cringe.
Okay - they may not have been exactly truthful of the type of people they really were to Subaru.
Mostly because Mama forbade them from blathering about it until Subaru was old enough to understand, but also due to each of the girls own fears of how Subaru would react if he knew the true extent of their less than amiable personalities.
Even Elsa wasn't exempt from this. Her smile which was normally so crass and saccharine took on a more distilled form when discussing her line of profession.
Though that didn't prevent her from speaking of it outright.
Don't be silly.
"I killed a giant, gutted a thief and severed a silver haired half-elf in half with one swing - the end." Elsa recited casually as though she were discussing something as unimportant as the weather or the length of grass, making Subaru's eyes grow as wide as dinner plates.
"What! Don't stop there!" Subaru whined, pounding at Elsa's chest as she cackled at his over the top reaction and pummels.
Rui shook her head in disapproval of the sordid details of the gruesome tale the Bowel Hunter was prepared to spin as Meili's reluctant sigh made it abundantly clear that she wasn't surprised by Elsa's knack for reveling in unsavory acts.
"Okay. Okay." Elsa soothed the boy's indignity with a pat on the head. Her iliac eyes glossed with a merry gleam, as her tongue began to waggle, "So it happened like this…"
Somehow - and Meili wasn't exactly sure she wanted to know the full story, but somehow Elsa's recent job had gone sideways fast. She suspected it may have been because her sister was the impatient sort, eager to spill blood, wherever possible. Regardless, the story she told Subaru was a simple and clear cut leaving no room for error or wrongdoing on her part.
Elsa was on a meaningless job for a client when she was expectedly backstabbed and ambushed by a giant and the thief she'd tasked with procuring a certain item for her.
A fight ensued and Elsa barely survived by the skin of teeth. (Hah)
But as to add to her woes a half-elf who happened to be a spirit user also popped in to join the fray and unjustly attacked her leaving Elsa with no choice, but to respond in kind and take all three of their lives to defend herself.
Elsa finished her explanation with a morose tint in her tone that Louis and Meili heavily scrutinized.
'Give me a break.' They derided - not fooled by that faux remorse in the slightest!
But they weren't the audience Elsa was trying to appease. Subaru ate up the fantastic tale like they were ripe sugar plums. His attention fully on the bullshit Elsa was feeding him, with the occasional 'oh' and 'eep' and 'oh no's,' painting the boy's alarmed trills and worriedness for Elsa's wellbeing.
"Thank goodness you're alright Nee-san." Subaru whispered sincerely, clenching his chest. "I can't believe you went up against all those bad people and survived.
"Fufufu. Your Nee-chan is incredibly strong." Elsa declared with pride. Subaru head bounced in absent agreement.
"Elsa is the greatest. No one can begin to compare!" The boy said with such certainty it might as well have been engraved in law.
Meili clasped her hands, "While I don't mean to spoil anyone's fun." She lied as easily as she breathed, "Unfortunately it's getting late. Time for bed Baru." Meili said with finality.
"W-What - do I have to?!" Subaru protested loudly - and of course clung onto Elsa as though she were the safety pin keeping him from the doom and gloom of a good night's rest.
"Now Subaru-chan, how are you ever going to follow in your mommy's footsteps if you don't grow into a big, strong boy." Elsa chided, caressing his cheeks and making the difficult decision to ignore his quivering eyes that were like gut punches from a strongman.
Elsa was a sturdier person then they gave her credit for to face such an unrelenting ferocity of cuteness and to come out one one piece.
"I'll be like Mommy?" Subaru murmured, awe-inspired. Meili felt like gagging or tearing her hair out or both at such a distasteful wish. No one wanted to be Capella, not even the unpleasant witch herself. But trying to convince a child to speak ill of their mother was a fruitless effort and a line Meili wasn't going to cross lest she wind up a few inches shorter or turned into a pile of rotten meat for the maggots to feed on for badmouthing the women in front of her son.
"You're a Sin Archbishop too Subaru." Rui reminded, pausing only to chew ruminatively on the chunk of the cookie she'd unceremoniously swiped off the goodie tray when no one was supervising her, "Like me and Roy and your mother, tsu."
"Is that why Nee-sama called me Pride when we first met?" the boy asked, cocking his head to the side - then made a funny face, "And tried to eat me?"
Subaru informed as Meili's throat quickly became sapped of any moisture not unlike the sands of a coarse dessert as she did a perfect 180 and gaped at the Archbishop before hissing threateningly.
Rui ignored Meili's 'explain this now,' knife glare and waved her unabashedly. "Yes, well sort of," Rui shrugged, in a 'it's complicated,' form of nonchalance, "We couldn't even eat you even if we wanted to, tsu.'
The blonde complained - disappointed, with a slight trickle of droll dangling from the edge of mouth.
'Small mercies. I guess,' Meili drawled blandly, mouth set in a thinly layered grimace that such an attempt was even made in the first place.
Meili wasn't stupid. A Sin Archbishop was a different class. One a girl like Meili could barely begin to scratch the surface of or hope to overcome through brute strength alone. But if Louis tried to touch her brother again in any way Meili deemed inappropriate she wouldn't hold back - she'd try her damndest to make Louis bleed even if it cost her a pound of flesh or more.
Elsa, who remained deceptively calm throughout this vapid conversation, cleared her throat, regaining her bearings.
"Ahem, as I was saying - Mama would be greatly displeased if you neglected your own wellbeing and treated your health half haphazardly." Elsa recited teacherly, with not a single grain of falsehood to her steady, calm and upbeat logic.
No one - and they did mean NO one wanted to be the one to explain to the vociferous Archbishop how her precious baby boy had gotten hurt under their watch.
The idea - the mere suggestion that any ill-treatment was delivered onto Subaru would be enough to sign your own death warrant. Though only AFTER you've experienced every excruciating and vocal-screeching pain that not even the most depraved imagination would dare conjure up.
"I-I think I get it." Subaru whispered, his eyes practically lighting up like a match to a treacly barrel of tar as Subaru's head rapidly swung back and forth with a delicate smile that was akin to a ray of sunlight piercing through the abyss, "I have to get strong like Mommy Capella - that way when I'm bigger I can go on missions with you, right Nee-chan?"
He asked, begging with so much raw hope and enthusiasm that it would be monstrous to strip him of it after such a tremendous show of devotion.
And Elsa was a monster - there was no better definition for her.
She was a killer who got a kick out of causing a ruckus and going toe to toe against ruthless opponents, uncaring of the casualties that ensued.
A vindictive woman - one who drew a thrill from the needless torture of those far weaker than her as though it were a perverse game where she was the only contender who stood a fighting chance at winning.
Cruel
Reckless.
Impulsive.
Hard-headed and a litany of other things far more disparaging could describe The Bowel Hunter.
But for Subaru…
"Absolutely." Elsa answered, with a veneer of adoration and love overcoming the guise of the teasing malice she proudly wore like a satin dress that concealed a poison dagger beneath its elegant fabric . "When you're more grown up we can go on lots of adventures, as many as you like."
Yes, with complete certainty for that little boy Elsa was the best big sister in the world, the one who treated him to more hugs and kisses then he knew what to do with (sometimes just as much as mommy.) She told the best stories and taught him how to make dolls - he wasn't nearly as good as her and Big Sis Meili, but that's okay. He was still learning - and was getting better at it everyday.
Thankyothankyouthankyouthankyou!" Subaru shouted, planting himself into Elsa in a tight, brazen hug - not letting up like the pesky barnacle he was as his voice went into overdrive with the overwhelming desperation of gratitude fueling his actions.
And for one defining moment, one picturesque scene that was marvelous to behold, Elsa was at peace. The unquenchable thirst for bowls which infected her every waking thought and mood and action was stymied by the even greater sensation.
Love. It was a gross attack on her character and Elsa loathed herself for feeling even a droplet of it penetrate her wicked heart.
But perhaps, maybe, probably, (indefinitely) - Elsa would dabble in it for a little while longer.
As long as Subaru was there was nothing to fret over.
"Eck!" Rui gagged at the candy coated scene her eyes were forcibly made to ingest. Meili's hand promptly kissed the back of her skull for rude indiscretion, getting a verbal threat of violence that Meili knew that the gluttonous girl who lazed around all day was unable to back up.
Not unless she wanted to cook her own meals and make her own baths from here on out!
"You're an angel Nee-chan!" Subaru, the verbose boy pitched out of the blue, his smile hitting perfect and true.
Rui and Meili stopped sending the other death glares, long enough to jointly tilt their heads at the idiosyncratic euphemism Elsa was being glued with.
""A what?"" Both girls drawled, for once perfectly in sync.
Elsa?
An Angel?
Hah! When Ground Dragons Fly!
Elsa's mouth opened, but for once she was caught flatfooted and her face strained just a fraction.
"Ah, Subaru - !"
"EMT!" the dark haired child announced from out of nowhere, index finger trained to the ceiling as if he were making sure the whole world was well aware of what he had to say next. "Elsa is seriously an angel!"
He said, as though it were the gods' written truth.
""An angel."" The Twin Disasters, Meili and Rui reiterated again with slow, deliberate and slightly aggravated outrage that Subaru would believe such nonsense.
Because you know - this was Elsa they were talking about here!
In case you needed a reminder
"I think we heard you two the first time." Elsa said flatly.
"Sorry Elsie, but you know. You can be a little…" Meili laughed awkwardly, rubbing the back of her neck.
"A complete nutjob." Rui finished with brutal honesty.
And she was the one who ate people!
"Hey!" Subaru glared, it was as intimidating as a puppy. "Stop bullying Nee-chan."
'Bully Elsa?'
"We'd never do that Baru." Meili assured him, with a swivel of her head.
Rui was much more discreet as she muttered. "She'd slit our bellies in the middle of the night if we tried that, tsu."
Elsa's smile became more feral. She would. She definitely would do that.
"Don't worry Subaru-chan. I know they're just playing around." the woman brushed off lightly, though her gaze promised untold torment if the two girls didn't lay off, which they eventually did - reluctantly.
And so Subaru was put to bed with little fuss afterwards - with a promise by Elsa that she would be right up to sleep with him.
Originally it was Meili's night to swaddle herself next to the little cutie pie, but given the stressful few days her older sister had endured, Meili was willing to share and let Elsa take her place as Subaru's cuddle partner, if only this once.
But before that magical moment could take place there was one issue that needed to be settled first....
Later
"...Okay, spill it. What did you do this time?" Rui said stonily, not bothering to beat around the proverbial bush as the three got ready for bed.
Normally an intense interrogation by a Sin Archbishop would have frightened anyone of their skin, but the choice of sleepwear by Rui (a matching pair of pajamas with cartoon rabbits stitched on the fabric as well as a sleeping cap) killed any credibility of the threat she truly posed.
"Whatever do you mean?" Elsa questioned delicately, like pulling a bandage off a pus infested wound.
She was finishing up brushing her teeth when Rui chose to give her the third degree like a knight interrogating a common thief who they knew was guilty as all hell of what they were being accused of.
Alas Elsa still tried to play dumb.
"You do know that our Authority allows my brother and I to communicate with each other from long distances, right?" Rui revealed off handily, her voice steady yet coiled with pique.
"Okay?" Elsa answered skeptically as she attempted to probe what the tiny murder fiend was alluding to.
"Lye came across some tasty morsels on the road fleeing from the Capital." Rui wrinkled her nose in revulsion, "He ate them of course. As bitter as they were, it would be a waste to discard food when it practically walks onto your plate." the blonde commented, arms crossed.
"I suppose…" Elsa replied warily. Again, where was she going with this?
Rui grunted, "So consider our surprise when we riffled through those adults and brats memories and discovered they were fleeing the city where a terrible Spirit was rampaging." Rui's eyes pierced Elsa like a javelin, sinking deep. "And you said you recently killed a Spirit user earlier, correct?"
Rui confirmed flatly. The dots weren't hard to connect.
'Ah.'
"Ah." Elsa felt a bead of sweat begin to drip from her head.
"Yeah." Rui hummed, her fingers pressed against the bridge of her nose.
"Hey Gluttony, are you coming to sleep or not. I have class in the morning and -!" Meili paused at seeing the tense standoff between her sister and the much smaller girl as she entered, "Uh-"
"Your sister is a mass murderer and an idiot, tsu." Rui ratted her out without a second thought. It was innate at this point. If something went wrong, blame the assassin with a fetish for gutting folks up like a fish - it was the easiest scapegoat and the most effective.
"Well I already knew the first one and the second…is a work in progress" Meili droned, shoulders sagging - knowing deep down her sis was a lost cause. "What did she do this time?"
"Nothing!" Elsa insisted stubbornly, which Meili filtered out, smelling the lie from a mile away.
"The elf she killed." Rui jabbed an accusing finger at the pouty face Elsa, "Had a powerful Spirit which decimated the Capital, tsu."
Which meant people were dead. Hundreds perhaps tens of thousands
…Was it bad if Meili didn't care one lick about any of that.
"Eh. Nothing we can do for them now." was Meili's cold response. Harsh? Sure, but she'd butchered more good people than any person her age should and never lost a wink of sleep over it. "Does that upset you?"
It was weird - downright laughable for a monster like Rui to start growing a conscious and become an upstanding citizen.
"What? Don't be dumb, tsu." Rui said flatly, nauseous at the mere suggestion that she felt bad for anyone. "We are just mad because for a half-devil to possess power like that despite her circumstances she must have lived a great life! A life worth chewing, tasting, relishing and swallowing down for our own!"
Rui declared with fantastical euphoria.
Meili sweat dropped.
'Oh good. For a second there I thought the maneater was going crazy - err, crazier.'
Still, Rui's obsession with finding the 'perfect life' to devour and take for herself wasn't healthy.
Something Meili and even Elsa tried to tell her on numerous occasions with little luck.
"Elsa!" Rui whirled, with a crazed look in her eyes - filled with nothing, but desire. "The next time you meet an interesting person, bring them to us so we can feast. Is that understood, tsu!"
Rui smiled rapturously. Like a torturer admiring their tools before they got to work.
Elsa grinned in return and nodded patiently
"Of course!" The woman agreed - fully committed to the act of kidnapping an innocent person to fill the stomach of the carnivorous beast in their midst. Lovely.
Moments like these made Meili dread what sort of childhood Subaru had to look forward to with people like them in his life.
But later that night as she pried herself from her bed and Rui's clingy arms to get a glass of water, Meili peered into the adjoining room which Subaru and Elsa shared and saw the two asleep and wrapped in each other's embrace.
It was a lovely sight.
One Meili vowed to protect.
No matter the cost or the amount of people she had to feed to her beasties.
The Sin Archbishop of Pride Natsuki Subaru would remain SAFE!