Ayanokouji Kiyotaka 197

Title: Hiding the truth, the second step of the plan begins

For Ayanokouji, Clind’s strength is one of his weapons, as not many people are aware of her abilities yet.

Clind can only follow his words now, when no one else knows the relevant information, he is likely to become a very important factor.

This is a new trump card that Ayanokouji has acquired. It naturally won’t be exposed easily.

On the other side of the battlefield, after seeing Crusch’s arrival, the morale of the soldiers finally stabilized, and they could now stabilize the situation.

Crusch quickly approached Ayanokouji: “With the current momentum, we should be able to successfully repel the Great Rabbit.”

“But just repelling them is not enough. Even though I can defeat the Great Rabbit this time, if they are not eliminated entirely, no one knows how much damage they will cause in the future, in my personal opinion, the Great Rabbit should be dealt with now.” Ayanokouji said lightly.

“Yes, I think so too.” Crusch nodded and agreed.

“Leave it to us.” Ayanokouji replied, “But we need a few minutes of preparation time, and the soldiers have to hold out during this period.”

“Okay, I’ll try my best!”

Immediately, Crusch returned to the front line, leading the soldiers to fight the Great Rabbit, and Wilhelm followed as well.

Crusch drew her sword, and sharp sword energy burst out, hitting the Great Rabbit in a straight line.

Wherever the blade touched, the tiny body of the Great Rabbit was instantly blown into minced meat.

The rich smell of blood filled the plain. There was no question about the death from this attack.

However, it was only better than nothing. The attack had just killed hundreds of Great Rabbits, but in a few seconds, new Great Rabbits were born from the original corpses, and Crusch’s attack only served to delay time.

But it was enough to achieve this goal.

On the other hand, Ayanokouji and the others had also started their preparations.

Although the purpose of sending the Great Rabbit this time was to weaken Crusch, but the more important meaning was to use this opportunity to get closer to her.

The relationship with Crusch made the other party trust him completely.

Ayanokouji only needed to slowly and gradually let Crusch depend on him and slowly let her become his puppet.

No matter what the situation, his goal in his heart was definitely achieved.

This time Ayanokouji was equivalent to the first time he revealed himself to those who opposed him.

This move was not small. Even though it was the Witch Cult, it should be enough for them to know of his existence.

What actions will they take?

But now in the public eye, Ayanokouji and Emilia are with Crusch, so no matter what actions the other party takes, the target will definitely be directed at Crusch first.

At that time, Ayanokouji could make plans based on the opponent’s actions.

Currently, Roswaal has used magic to create a hole in the ground.

A large hole has been dug, and Emilia and Beatrice are already next to it.

“Crusch-sama, we are ready.” Ayanokouji came to Crusch’s side and said, “Prepare to retreat.”

“Yes.” After releasing the slash, Crusch raised her sword, “Everyone listen to the order! Retreat!”

After hearing the order, the other soldiers immediately retreated.

After retreating, although most of them were injured by the appearance of the Great Rabbit and were still a little panicked, they also knew that Ayanokouji had the ability to solve the problem.

Soon, all the subsequent events happened as they did in the previous illusion.

The Great Rabbit fell into the hole, and Emilia used her magic to restrain them, and finally Beatrice finished her job and banished the Great Rabbit to a different space.

“Really, it’s really solved!”

“He saved our lives...”

After seeing the Great Rabbit successfully eliminated, the remaining soldiers finally felt relieved.

“Hmph, Kiyotaka....”

After completing her task, Beatrice put her hands on her hips and turned to look with a slight frown.

“I understand.” The other party didn’t say much, but Ayanokouji already knew what the other party meant, he might need to give Beatrice some more stories tonight.

“Sorry, Betty and Ayanokouji, what are you two talking about?”

After hearing the conversation between the two, Crusch asked curiously.

“Secrets.” Ayanokouji and Beatrice said almost at the same time.

Such a reaction surprised Crusch.

“The tacit understanding between you two is truly amazing.” She sighed.

“Of course, Kiyotaka is the person personally chosen by Betty!” Beatrice said while raising her chin slightly, a little pride in her eyes, as if declaring sovereignty.

‘Is there a tacit understanding?’ Ayanokouji was thoughtful.

“Ayanokouji and Emilia-sama helped me a lot this time. I will definitely report this matter to the Council of Wise.” Crusch said seriously.

Promoting a competitor’s achievements is not something that can be called wisdom. However, this is exactly what Crusch can do, and Ayanokouji knows this, so he chose to consider Crusch as a target.

“This is what we should do, it’s not an achievement.”

Ayanokouji did not choose to agree directly, but deliberately refused.

“No, this kind of thing definitely needs to be reported. This achievement cannot be ignored!” Crusch replied very seriously.

Everything was according to Ayanokouji’s plan.

“We have to prepare to go back.”

“Um.”

Next to them, Clind stretched out his hand and held his glasses.

All of this was in Ayanokouji’s calculation and there was no shortage in his performance. Even if anyone doubted him, there would be no evidence pointing to him.

This person is a human-skinned monster.

However, in this world, only Ayanokouji is able to suppress Echidna.

The scene changes, it’s already the second day.

Crusch, Ayanokouji, Emilia, and others have arrived at the palace, everything that happened yesterday was told.

“So... Ayanokouji-sama has made a lot of gains. It seems we misunderstood you before.” Miklotov said, but his deep eyes stared at the other party. He didn’t fully trust Ayanokouji, “But I have a question. Since you said that this illusion may be wrong, but the things related to Russell and the palace have been confirmed to be true.”

“Yes, I also heard about this.” Ayanokouji said.

He had finished the investigation of Miklotov, and the other party should be considered a person with a greater voice in the Council of Wise.

Although the Council of Wise is a collective organization on the surface, there are also unspoken rules. The more respected a person is, the greater their rights.

Miklotov is the person with the greatest voice among them. Many members among them would choose to follow his opinion.

If he doubts a person, then the Council of Wise should be a very useful chess piece.

And now, in the royal capital, because of the previous illusion, many politicians and high-ranking officials have been imprisoned. Even within the Council of Wise, major changes have taken place.

The current Council of Wise is basically honest officials.

The same applies to Miklotov.

“Sorry, I didn’t see the vision that you all saw before. I only heard Emilia-sama mention it, so I only know the general situation.” Ayanokouji said slowly, “I speculate that the illusion was actually a dragon’s prophecy. The revelation is just that the Witch Cult internalized some parts have changed.”

“Did you deliberately change some of the content?” Miklotov frowned.

“That’s right.” Ayanokouji nodded and said, “After all, this is all an illusion shown by the dragon, only he can know many things. The Witch Cult is unlikely to know, and the Witch Cult does not have the ability to completely change the illusion so it can only distort some of the content.”

“For example, I heard that the Great Rabbit should have appeared in the Sanctuary, but it appeared in the Karsren Mansion which is very far away. Besides, Crusch-sama’s ambush during the conquest of the White Whale can illustrate this. It’s possible that the Great Rabbit wasn’t actually in the Sanctuary at all.”

“This...” Miklotov swallowed, then turned his attention to Roswaal, who was traveling with Ayanokouji,

In the illusion, Roswaal followed the instructions of the Gospel and used magic to guide the Great Rabbit into the Sanctuary.

“I’m also a little worried about this.” Ayanokouji continued, “I heard about Roswaal, but according to my investigation, Roswaal didn’t mean it that way.”

“What?” The members of the Council of Wise heard those words, everyone was stunned. Although the authenticity of the illusion may not be guaranteed, everyone has already admitted that Roswaal is not a good creature, and Roswaal himself seems to admit this, so they signed a soul contract.

And what Ayanokouji meant now is that Roswaal seems to be a good person.

“That’s right~ I’m very sad to be misunderstood by you before.” Roswaal smiled and followed Ayanokouji’s words.

As he continued, this was also a line that he and Ayanokouji had made before.

“I am very loyal to the kingdom~”

Although Roswaal is an existence that needs a little attention, but now he can be used very simply by Ayanokouji.

This tool has become more convenient, and also slightly improved his reputation.

No problem at all.

“How is it possible...”

“Please think carefully, the content of the illusion is to overthrow Roswaal. Frankly speaking, if the kingdom really loses Roswaal, then the defense of the border will be weakened, which is certainly not a good thing for the Kingdom of Lugnica.” Ayanokouji deliberately raised his voice so that everyone present could only nod.

“That makes sense...”

“Moreover, a fair and honest person like Miklotov would never make a rash decision without evidence, right?”

“Ahem, Ayanokouji-sama is not wrong.”

Miklotov coughed and said with embarrassment, because he forced Roswaal to sign a soul contract.

The scene changes, this meeting has ended, everyone has left.

In a few days, the royal capital will also hold a meeting due to the death of the White Whale and the Great Rabbit.

This will be hosted by the Karsten family.

Ayanokouji didn’t leave immediately, but went to another place.

After finding the direction, he prepared to leave Miklotov.

“Miklotov-sama.” Ayanokouji walked towards the other party.

“Ayanokouji-sama? What’s wrong?”

“I want to talk to you about the market and economy in the royal capital.” Ayanokouji is going to start his next plan.