human
Subaru:  In terms of his being a reliable ally, Julius’s strength was more than welcome—but given his deeply rooted sense of distaste to date, it was difficult for Subaru to accept Julius’s worth at face value. Even if the physical wounds from their duel had completely healed, untreatable phantom pains haunted Subaru even then. "It really does run deep… Setting aside whether it’s unconscious or not, I do understand your aversion to him, though…"
gpt
Ferris:  “—? What’d you say?”
human
Subaru:  "Nothing much. In the first place, Julius and them should be much more worried about us! After all, Ferri thought this plan was reckless all this time.” Ferris raised his brows and glared at the acrimonious Subaru, who knit his brow in response.
gpt
Ferris:  “…Yeah, I get it. But it worked out, didn’t it?”
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Subaru:  Subaru glanced at the rocky place that had become their battleground, saying, "Looking at the results only. When the Archbishop of the Seven Deadly Sins suspected you, you were nearly done for, weren’t you? It was definitely by the skin of your teeth. Ferri hates people in a hurry to die before his eyes.”
gpt
Subaru:  “I’m not in a hurry to die at all. Well, not that it sounds very convincing right now…” The sternness of Ferris’s gaze told Subaru that apologizing further would be meaningless. It had actually been Ferris obsessing over the operation’s little details right up until the end. Ferris hadn’t objected to the broad outline of the operation itself—Subaru “fishing” for Petelgeuse, luring him out as a decoy—but he was abnormally fixated on hammering out the specifics to raise their degree of safety. In point of fact, Subaru couldn’t deny the low reliability of the plan, given that it greatly hinged on Subaru himself. Everything about luring out the Witch Cultists—locating Petelgeuse, the main target; slowing him down; gathering intel—was on Subaru’s shoulders alone. If even a single thing happened contrary to Subaru’s expectations, he would perish. Ferris really, really hated that. In the end, no useful counterproposal emerged, so he hadn’t stopped Subaru from carrying out the plan, but—
human
Ferris:  "Subawu, you know how only going by results leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and still you…” Ferris’s resentful words triggered a memory of other words that had come out of the healer’s mouth, spoken close to a half day before at the height of the battle with the White Whale. Ferris had spoken of accepting his role in battle. Just like Subaru, Ferris was decisively unsuited to the field of battle. On top of that, belonging to the knights meant that, compared to Subaru, he had many more opportunities to feel utterly powerless. The last words he’d thrown out had an echo of loneliness, as if he’d been betrayed by someone who shared his powerlessness—
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Subaru:  “I’m a little surprised, though. I thought you hated me and all.”
human
Ferris:  "Don’t be absurd.