human
#184:  "That’s a perfect description of him.”
gpt
#184:  “Huh?”
human
#184:  "His bearing is undoubtedly that of a king… He is well deserving of the title ‘the little king.’” #184 murmured softly.
gpt
Emilia:  Emilia could not catch what the woman had said, so she asked her to repeat it.
human
#184:  #184 tightly pursed her lips. “……Your clothes.”
gpt
Emilia:  “What? Wait…”
human
#184:  #184 was even more unyielding than before to cover up her momentary slip of the tongue. She stepped forward to remove the blanket Emilia was using to cover her body—
gpt
Emilia:  “—Gh? !”
human
Narration:  Without warning, a loud noise and violent tremor rocked the town.
gpt
Emilia:  “Watch out!” Emilia caught #184, who had stumbled from the sudden jolt and blast. Emilia swung her head around and then leaped to the window of the changing room.
human
Emilia:  “That’s…the floodgate? !” Her lips quivered, and her purple eyes opened wide as she watched a huge floodgate—one of the massive devices that controlled the flow of water in all the city’s waterways—open with an ominous groan. With nothing to hold it back any longer, the water rushed into the city all at once. Pristella was laid out like a bowl, designed so that water would flow toward the lower levels—to the center of the town. In the distance, the heart of the city was visible—city hall. And that tall structure was already being swallowed up by water.
gpt
Emilia:  “That’s…” The roads were flooded as a rolling wave swept away people and goods alike. Emilia clutched the windowsill in shock, hearing the imagined pandemonium in the back of her mind. It was beyond anything she could imagine, and while she watched in shock, all the people were tossed about, desperately struggling to survive. What had happened? The city’s residents and her fellow candidates who had also traveled here—were they safe? And there was another who came to mind.
human
Emilia:  “Subaru…” Her knight was somewhere out there, too. Was he safe? She closed her eyes, imaging his smile as she prayed for his safety. Praying, pleading, Emilia kept her eyes shut tight.