A Hundred Girlfriends Who Really Love You... In Another World! 44 (Patreon)

"Undo whatever you have done! Now!" As we reach the pillar, we are greeted by the sight of Frieren scolding a male Gumin who I assume is Bukororii. It seems only the two of them and Fern are here... Does that mean we got here before anyone else, or that no one cares? You never know with Gumins...

The nutjob protests. "T-there's no need to be jealous! Harems are totally cool nowadays!" Hah? Did a development straight out of my nightmares happen while I wasn't looking? I'll have you know I'm the guy who kills the cheating lover, the lover's lover, and then myself.

Eh? Did a sudden Yanderebaru emerge? When Frieren isn't even my girlfriend? That's silver haired elves for you, I guess. They can drive any true man insane, and even shitty men such as me, now that's power.

Thankfully my nightmare hasn't happened, because Frieren lightly hits him in the head with her staff and admonishes him. "This isn't the time for your foolishness! The consequences of unsealing... of freeing Satella will be immense!" Yeah, I don't want to fight any world ending boss!

Though I can't help, but wonder how the silver haired elf feels about this, she makes no secret that Satella was her past student after all... I wonder if she would know why Hitogami wants me to call the Witch of Envy.

Mucu to my surprise, Bukororii looks more surprised than anything. "Eh? But weren't you basically guiding me through the whole thing? I definitely couldn't have done without you at least!" He sounds both truly happy and truly thankful.

Megumin scowls, and starts muttering silently enough that they don't notice our presence. "I'm happy about fighting Satella and all, but did this guy forget what she's supposedly gonna do to me?" It sounds more like you yourself forgot.

Honestly this is way too scary, I wanna turn and run already... Though I can't just abandon the village either...! And it doesn't help that at this point the sun has completely set, and the cold is really getting to me, it wouldn't surprise me if it started to snow.

Frieren snarls. "Are you implying I subconsciously helped you because I missed my student or something?" He didn't say anything about that! Ah, I should have sent Wolbach to this job, instead of trusting the woman who has a bond with the Witch of Envy!

Bukororii laughs. "Of course not! I was implying that you were subconsciously helping me because of the love you feel towards me!" He nods to himself, a massive grin on his face. "Silver haired elves are truly the best...! I can believe I ever aimed for that fortune teller...!" Maybe you have potential...

Frieren's eye twitches. "You...! Are a waste of talent." The Gumin takes that in the chin, without flinching at all, in fact I can even hear him mutter something about tsunderes. "I'll try to stop this before the apocalypse starts." Good luck!

She looks at her student. "Fern please run and warn everyone, in case I fail and this idiot succeeds... I never actually participated in the battle against my student, but she defeated legendary being after legendary being. That is to say, the Crimson Demons have zero chance of winning, so they need to evacuate." Never doubt the Gumins.

Fern takes a deep breath, her usual stoic face is filled with worry and doubt. "But Master... I can help too! This is clearly dangerous!" She's right, and right now it's getting even colder and now I can't help, but think it's because of this ritual, and not just this place's normal climate.

It's about time I interject, so I dash towards them. "H-hey! We can help too...!" Maybe. I don't know. I don't actually have any relevant skills, but maybe someone can knock me out and I can try talking with Hitogami? It wouldn't surprise me if that shady god knew something about this.

Alternatively I could make a sprint towards Megumin's house, since that's were Wolbach should be. Though... She might be showing up soon anyways, she isn't the type of woman who would just ignore something like this... Unless her lover was missing or something, and she was looking for him. Oh.

Megumin smirks. "Yeah! We can help in killing that Witch once and for all!" She puts her hands on her hips and laughs. "With one blast from my upgraded Explosion Magic she will be a goner." You...!

I sigh. "Megumin-Tan please remember that you did not bring your staff, not that it matters if you did anyways, because Aqua says you shouldn't go around using magic." Did she forget how she got her super hair or something? A excited Gumin is dangerously stupid...

For a few moments Megumin simply stares at nothing, filled with disbelief, her face becomes pale, and then green. "Ah...! My tongue! I don't wanna lose my soothing voice!" I don't want you to lose it either! Also, I'm glad you are realizing how dire this situation is.

Fern glares at me and MMT. "Oh? So you two will stop Satella with a comedy routine? If that's the case... I'm glad to receive your help Lord Subaru, Lady Megumin." Her scorn is warranted, considering the situation.

Frieren gives her a light chop in the head. "Fern only insult the Crimson Demon, men remember compliments and insults until the day they die." What's with that weird comment!? "Anyways, all three of you should run, warn the village... including all the mages who are ignoring this instead of teleporting here." This has been a traumatic experience for you, hasn't it?

Well, it has been one for me too. "Honestly why are they ignoring this in the first place? You think they wouldn't want to waste an opportunity to face off against the Witch of Envy." Megumin is a perfect example of that.

Bukororii interjects, raising a hand. "Um... probably because I asked them to... Mister... Sorry, what's your name again?" Right, I never met this dumbass before. This dumbass who apparently asked for them to not interfere.

I won't kill myself or Frieren, but I might kill him. "I'm Subaru Natsuki, the Purge King." Normally I would not add my made-up title to my introduction, but I got used to it after meeting so many Gumins.

He smiles, stars in his eyes. "Oh...! I heard about you! You're that guy who seduced the village's Dark Goddess!" That information reached you!? "Man, if you're this good at dating evil beings... you gotta coach me man!" He said man twice!

I shake my head. "Sorry, but I can't help you with that..." Wolbach just kind of fell for me. "Anyways, we gotta stop this, so please tell us how you did it in the first place." Even as we talk, Frieren has gone back to trying to break the ritual.

He shrugs. "Even if I wanted to stop, I couldn't. My hands were being guided by love after all!" So in summary, he has no idea what he's doing. "Besides, you guys don't need to worry about Satella destroying everything..." Well, she is a silver haired elf, so I'm sure there's a pure angel buried deep inside of her cold heart...

The Gumin blushes. "I mean... she won't care about destroying things, because... because...! Just imagine this scenario! You have been stuck inside of a seal for four hundred years, and then suddenly you are rescued by a gallant hero! It's obvious that anyone would fall in love immediately." Where is this gallant hero though?

Megumin steps on his foot, causing him to scream in pain. "Or alternatively, she's gonna be even more pissed after being jailed for four hundred years! Did you ever think of that!? Why did you even ask the villagers to not show up!?" All very good points from MMT.

He takes a step back. "What a violent stranger...! Well, the reason I didn't ask them to show up is because I didn't want any third wheels. In fact you guys should leave if the Purge King doesn't plan on coaching me." Did you completely ignore the revenge part?

Megumin sounds like she wants to kill him. "I'm not some stranger Bukororii, it's me Megumin. Also, please dig a hole and jump inside of it." Sadly I don't think that would fix our current problems.

Bukororii's eyes widen. "W-wow...! That's some crazy cool looking hair Megumin! Ah, now I'm embarrassed..." Huh? "You went and got super cool style upgrades while you were gone, and I basically have done nothing cool at all." You are about to summon a legendary evil being.

Suddenly Fern raises her voice, she sounds annoyed. "So Lord Subaru, when are we gonna depart in our mission to warn the villagers?" Ah, right. To be honest, I got so mad at Bukororii that I completely forgot about it.

I nod. "Let's go right now, Megumin please lead us since you're more familiar with the layout of the village." I would have asked Bukororii for help too, but it's clear he would not have agreed to it.

Before we can start our mission however, we hear struggling coming from Frieren. "I... I can't stop this...! I'm about to see her again!" Ah, so this is the end huh? I guess I'm about to be drowned in shadows for all eternity.

The sky starts to crack, it's becoming colder than ever. It's been a strange experience, feeling the signs of the end of the world... I can only hope that at least people outside of the village survive. Who knows, maybe that Reinhard guy will stop the Witch of Envy eventually?

Fern frowns. "I can't believe I'm about to die because of you buffoons." Wow, she went straight to talking shit, that's rare for someone as polite as her. "Lord Subaru, somehow I know this is all your fault. Repent." How though!?

Well, if I'm about to die anyways... "Don't blame me. It's not my fault that you didn't run because you were distracted with admiring my handsome self, you massive pervert." Ah, it feels good to be the arrogant man I was always meant to be.

She blushes bright red. "Wha-!" And then the world explodes with blue, a sensation of cold far worse than before washes over us, though... it thankfully doesn't freeze us to death or anything.

This is it. Without a doubt the Witch of Envy is about to show up and destroy everything, she's gonna drown this village in shadows and then take Megumin's tongue. Welp, at least I hope everyone else will grow some common sense and run away.

Megumin's soothing voice reaches my ears one last time. "Huh!? Where am I!? P-Puck!? Where are you Puck!?" For some reason she's calling for someone with a weird name, but oh well, we all have strange moments before our deaths.

Megumin's soothing voice reaches my ears... again... but less panicked this time. "Hah? Who's Puck?" I don't know, you are the one who shouted his name my beautiful, soon to be voiceless, Gumin.

Slowly, but surely the blue covering my vision disappears, and what I see is... "W-wow...!" A beautiful woman, a silver haired elf, without a doubt that is Satella, the Witch of Envy. My heart is beating insanely fast...

Silence surrounds us, no one knows what to say, maybe because they're scared, or maybe because this is simply a strange situation. So I can only look at the beautiful girl in front of me, the beautiful girl that will soon kill us all, the beautiful girl who's... crying?

She's not the only one doing so, because Bukororii falls to his knees, his face screams that he has found salvation. "An angel...! A pure angel...!" Yeah, this time I have to agree with him. As far as appearance is concerned, she is perfect.

Frieren is tightly holding her staff. "I can't remember her facial features, but... This amount of mana, which rivals even Laplace... There is no mistaking who she is...!" This is very much a succubus situation, I can't be tricked by her beauty.

Fern takes a step forward, there is determination in her face. "Hide behind me Lord Subaru, I'll try and buy you enough time to escape..." I doubt you can do that, you're just a talented student after all.

But I do appreciate the sentiment. "Thanks, but..." I shake my head and walk forward, and then I look at the panicking angel. "H-hey there..." This is probably foolish of me, but I want to try diplomacy first.

The Witch of Envy hasn't attacked us yet after all, so maybe she can be reasoned with. And if she's can't we are all doomed anyways so there is no harm in trying. Also, she's way, way too hot for me to hate!

Immediately everyone's eyes are on me, including the silver haired girl. "H-hey..." Still, the fact that I suddenly addressed her has seemingly made her calm down a little. "S-sorry, where am I? Where is Puck?" She... she sounds exactly like MMT.

It's straight up uncanny, and now I realize that Megumin wasn't the one asking about this Puck, it was her. Is this what the prophecy meant about taking MMT's tongue? But isn't the Witch of Envy older? In that case Megumin would be the one stealing her tongue.

I swallow my saliva, I am both entranced by her... her everything, and deeply afraid. "You... some guy... um... broke your seal and stuff... please don't kill us..." I'm desperately avoiding her eyes, I don't want to risk that happening...

But why? Maybe if I made the Witch of Envy fall for me, this whole thing could be solved. Ah, I know why... It's sheer terror, I'm afraid she will take offense over me meeting her eyes and kill me, because she is supposedly this world's greatest monster.

Her eyes widen. "S-seal...? I..." And finally she has a realization. "Wait, I'm not the Witch of Envy! My name is Emilia, mister!" Hah? Did that dumbass summon the wrong silver haired angel?

He gets up, and points at her. "Wrong...! You're clearly Satella! And... and as your savior, I am your husband!" Dude, please read the room.

She takes a step back, and shakes her head. "N-no...! I really am not Satella!" She covers her face, and I can hear a sob, my heart breaks in two. "Why is this happening to me...? Where's Puck!?" Damn it, is she Satella or not!?

Frieren's mana bursts free. "So you have fallen so low as to hide your identity... A witch factor is as disgusting as ever. I'll pay you and... and him back, and finally wipe out that witch." I guess... I guess if this war veteran has said so, she must be Satella.

Emilia looks at her with shock in her eyes. "You... you're a silver haired elf too...!" And now her expression has... morphed into anger? "W-what are you doing!? I'm not Satella! I'm Emilia! I'm Emilia! I'm Emilia!" It's like she's throwing a temper tantrum, and the cold from before is returning.

But I can't blame her, not if she really isn't the Witch of Envy. Because... because it truly must be horrible to receive such words from another silver haired elf, and now I can't help, but remember the awful looks Frieren receives from people, and the hurtful words Cliff said to her.

Megumin points at her. "I don't care who you are! Give back my voice now, you shitty thief!" Clearly you still have your voice though...! I will admit however, it is incredibly strange how you two sound exactly the same.

Fern gives the Arch Mage a look of disbelief. "Is that really what you're focusing on right now Lady Megumin?" The poor purple haired mage tries her best to keep her sanity, she reminds me of myself to be honest.

Megumin nods. "Of course I'm focusing on that! It's my most marketable trait, and she's stealing it, so I'm sueing this witch and taking her life as recompense!" Impeccable logic, as expected of Yuiyui's and Hyoizaburoo's daughter.

Emilia's... Satella's... Whoever she is, face is getting pale. "I... But I didn't do anything! I just appeared here and everyone started accusing me of being a witch and I...!" Yeah, she really hasn't done anything so far...

Bukororii smiles. "Don't worry my fair lady! I shall protect you no matter what...! For I love you, the Witch of Envy!" I don't know if your Gumin levels are amusing or not, I'm confused...

The girl who may or may not be the Witch of Envy sobs again. "P-Puck...! Help me! A creep is creeping on me!" A instant rejection!? Well, assuming you're telling the truth, calling you after the Witch isn't gaining him any points.

Frieren hasn't contained her mana at all. "No help will come, now... now stop acting like her, and get ready for your death Witch of Envy." My teacher really is going to kill this girl who may be innocent if given the opportunity...

Fern nods. "I-I will help too...!" She's clearly nervous, but she's willing to put that aside when facing such great evil. Except this may not be some great evil at all, and we have no way of knowing.

Megumin raises her fists. "I may have no mana, but I still have this body!" Oi, even I have more stamina than you! "I will rip out your tongue myself if I need to...!" The roles reversed!?

Bukororii is panting with a blushing face. "Satella! Satella! I love you Satella...!" He may be the most dangerous one here, a true monster for sure...! Well, he's a Gumin so I sort of forgive him.

Emilia's lips tremble. "Please don't hurt me! I didn't do anything wrong...!" You ate half of the world, or someone who looks like you did, someone who was supposed to have been summoned right now so...

I walk forward, getting closer to the girl, ignoring the looks of distress from my comrades. There is only one thing that a man trained by Eris Greyrat can do in such a situation, I put my hand on the hilt of my sword and...

Turn around to face my friends. "My name is Subaru Natsuki, the Purge King...! And if anyone wants to hurt Emilia, they will have to get through me!" This thing has gone on for far too long, so I will take a bet and believe this girl is telling the truth.

I can hear her clasping her hands together. "S-Subaru...?" Her voice is filled with disbelief, there's no way she could have predicted something like this, in fact there's no way she could have predicted anything about this night in general.

I turn around my head and smirk. "Yeah, that's my name alright." Our eyes meet, and... a shock runs through my body, I definitely know this feeling. And because of that I will protect this girl with all of my strength.

And I'm definitely not feeling giddy that a silver haired elf is my soulmate, not at all.

I turn back to my friends, before fighting I will obviously try to calm them down. "So guys, I think..." Sadly I never get a chance to finish, it's clear that I failed whatever dice roll controls my life.

Megumin cuts me off by pointing at me. "Everyone, the Witch of Envy used her natural evil charm to attract Purge King! We have to free him from her control...! And we need to do that before he starts calling her Emilia-Tan or something!" I would never do that! It's a MMT exclusive after all...!

Frieren nods. "Indeed, this would not be the first fool to have fallen for Satella like this." Well, she does have a whole cult, and also Bukororii I guess... "So what do you propose young Crimson Demon...?" Please don't follow MMT's instructions...

A look of determination appears on MMT's face, as her eyes shine bright red. "It's obvious for anyone who has read a book. We need to reach his heart with our words and..." She punches her open palm. "Our fists!" This is bad.

I guess I'm fighting them after all. Yep. Subaru Natsuki the man who sucks at swordsmanship and who has no magic will battle three amazingly powerful mages, one of them being a legendary war hero.

I turn around and hold Emilia's hand, and I immediately start running of course, while ignoring the shout of protest from the summoned elf. There is zero way I can win a fight against these people after all.

But... running isn't always successful. "Come back here Subaru Natsuki...!" That shout came from a snarling Frieren, she and the others won't just let me run, they will obviously pursue me to the end of the world if need be.

Which is why... why... why I must use my secret weapon. Forgive me MMT. "Megumin-Tan has a tatoo in her ass! Her mom licked my neck!" No doubt my words have given the critical damage, allowing me to escape.

This Emilia girl better not be secretly Satella, or I will never be forgiven. Actually I don't think MMT will forgive me even if the elf is telling the truth!