human
Shaula:  Realizing that she wouldn’t be able to wiggle her way out of this, Shaula remorsefully touched the fingers of both hands together. "Hypothetically speaking, if you all tried to secretly leave the tower behind my back, I would have to mercilessly kill all of you.”
gpt
Subaru:  “Where’d that come from? !”
human
Shaula:  “It’s got nothing to do with wanting to do it or not! It’s just a hypothetical! If anything, it’s something that I can’t disobey.”
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru’s eyes widened at the sudden declaration of hostility.
human
Shaula:  Shaula shrank down on herself and shook her head. Sitting on the ground and grabbing her legs, she trapped her voluptuous breasts behind her knees. “There’s no way I can kill Master. I’m the one who would end up getting killed, and that’s the end for me. It’s a massive pain in the ass…”
gpt
Subaru:  “If you don’t want to do it that badly, then just refuse… Don’t tell me it’s because of a contract?” Subaru was getting a bad feeling as he asked that.
human
Subaru:  “Are you a spirit like Beako?”
gpt
Shaula:  “Of course not. Don’t lump me in with those fluffy lightweights. Absolutely not… Also, why’d everyone’s eyes get a lot scarier all of a sudden? !”
human
Subaru:  “Because about eighty percent of the people here have a connection with spirits!”
gpt
Shaula:  Shaula wilted under their collective gazes.
human
Subaru:  “Fine then, what exactly are you? If you aren’t a spirit, you don’t have to be that desperate to keep to your contract.”
gpt
Subaru:  “What are you saying, Subaru? Whether or not someone is a spirit or a spirit mage, promises must be kept. That’s super important. Repeat after me.”
human
Subaru:  “No, I admit I didn’t exactly put that the best way, but it was a figure of speech—”
gpt
Shaula:  “Promises are important. Three times.”
human
Subaru:  “Promises are important. Promises are important. Promises are important.”
gpt
Subaru:  Catching a rebuke from Emilia from an unexpected angle, Subaru earned his forgiveness by reciting the line three times. Setting aside their silly back-and-forth, Subaru struggled to accept Shaula’s stubborn stance. It didn’t make sense that she was holding back purely out of a reverent sense of duty.
human
Subaru:  “Now look, Emilia is mad at me. This is your fault! Damn it!