Subaru was so sure he was going to be the hero here. Luckily something wants him to be. Something wants him to be just as important as he always dreamed of being. It even wants to give him a throne. When Emilia is about to be disqualified from the royal selection Subaru comes up with a clever plan to keep her in the contest by courting the beautiful half elf.
A What-If story that branches off the beginning of 'King of Pride' Arc 4. Here we see how different Subaru and Emilia's lives could have been if they had made only one different decision