Written for the Iridescent Pride event. Very light shipping. When Elsa was saved by a strange black-haired girl after her defeat at the hands of the Sword Saint, she never expected her world to change so much.

After dying to Elsa in the loot house, Subaru gains a slightly different ability. He's forced to take a longer view on events, as a single death will undo all the progress he's made. First two chapters don't really diverge from canon. Eventual web novel spoilers.

When Subaru first arrived in his new world, he was not saved by a hooded royal candidate to the throne of the country. Rather, his heroine wielded a sword, and was clad in the uniform of a knight. Or, "What if the knights and the candidates had their roles reversed?"