Why Me? (Re: Zero X Male Reader)

Chapter 12

Chapter 12. Shout Out Your Ideal!

Emilia: "You want Y/N to what?!"

Emilia howled at Roswaal, eyes wide, with a face conveying a mixture of anger and disbelief. She even went as far as to stand from her seat just to make sure the man could understand how much she disapproved of such a thing.

(Y/N): "The Royal Selection, huh?"

I murmured while leaning back in my seat, trying my best to sound as nonchalant as possible.

It was a few hours since my first encounter with Priscilla – Ugh, just thinking about that woman made me cringe – and now we were in a small meeting after dinner, enjoying the ice cream Rem had made for us.

After we had separated from that woman, Emilia had demanded an explanation, which I provided. I informed her of how I was enjoying my time alone in the city, seeing the sights before that woman had come along to ruin my relaxation.

Seriously, I should've just jumped from the top of the gate before she had the chance to approach me. I wouldn't have gained this headache if I had.

Needless to say, Emilia was not taking it well. It was somewhat strange actually, in the idea that I'm not nearly as ignorant as Subaru, and even openly admit that I dislike Priscilla.

I could only come to one conclusion regarding her behavior.

Emilia is jealous.

...

Yeah, you heard me correctly, she is jealous...

What? I may not be the brightest person, but I'm neither dense nor stupid. With signs as obvious as this, of course I had noticed.

Having a little sister certainly helped to recognize the signs, Angelica was quite possessive whether she knows it or not.

However, I do not mean jealous like a lover. No, like I had related Emilia to Angelica, Emilia brooded and pouted much like my sister when I spent more time with our cousin.

No, I'm not in denial; I have a perfectly logical reason. I mean, this is Emilia we are talking about.

I could accept it if it was Rem, whom has a much more mature outlook, but Emilia? The Emilia who didn't know what love was, who was in reality just a child before she froze both herself and Elves nearby regardless of how mature she looks. Emilia, who didn't even know what a date was and left all her dressing and attire to Puck to choose instead of choose herself. Emilia, who didn't understand how head-over-heels Subaru was for her – and he wasn't even discreet about it – and even after he kissed her she still didn't understand what happened.

So yeah. Emilia had a long way to go before she could begin with the concept of romance.

Speaking of romance, if I recall correctly she thought she would become pregnant by kissing.

...

I'll have to address that later. She is hundreds of years old, but doesn't even know what the birds and the bees is, or even how basic biology works. I'll ask Rem to handle it, she would be the best for explaining it to Emilia. There's no chance I would ask Ram. God, the image she would paint of me while explaining it...

Speaking of Rem, that was another problem. I'm not nearly blind enough to miss the obvious affection and preferential treatment she gives me.

I'm... not quite sure what to do about that.

It was clear that in Arc Two, Rem began to fall in love with Subaru after he made her open her eyes and begin looking forwards. The same thing happened here, with my own methods of accomplishing it, but our relationship was very different when compared to the one between her and Subaru.