Ayanokouji Kiyotaka 179

Title: It Seems Like a Choice, But There’s No Right to Choose at All

For the past few days, Ayanokouji has been helping Crusch solve the underground dark trade problems in the royal capital.

For Crusch, Ayanokouji has provided her with a lot of help, which has made the chaotic situation in the royal capital much more stable. Besides, Ayanokouji helped her defeat the Witch Cult before, and she trusts him more and more.

For Ayanokouji, this is just a transaction.

A transaction where the benefits he gains are far greater than those of the other party.

Crusch provides Ayanokouji with a place to stay that no one else can find for now, and provides food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation. These are the benefits Ayanokouji gains on the surface, and he helps her solve business and political problems in return.

But in reality, he gains much more.

First of all, Ayanokouji can obtain information that was previously unavailable.

Although he had previously joined Emilia’s camp, the scope of their activities was basically in Roswaal’s territory, and the information sources they had were too few, so he was heading to the Sanctuary. Previously, Elsa was specifically asked to sneak into the royal capital to gather intelligence, but it wasn’t very efficient with just one person.

With Crusch’s help, Ayanokouji can move safely in the royal capital to gather more information, and Crusch will even take the initiative to give him some important information.

Helping Crusch handle the problems in the Royal Capital is also equivalent to opening a way for Emilia’s camp to enter the Royal Capital in the future, and it is also easier to control these things in the future.

Besides, this is also a way to close the distance between himself and Crusch, which can make the other party trust him more.

In this way, Crusch will be easier to manipulate.

“For those who participate in the dark trade, you can’t directly beat them to death, doing so will arouse their resistance. This is the biggest mistake you made before.”

“They play a very important role in the operation of the royal capital. If they are directly eliminated, the risk will be very high.”

“The best way now is to give them benefits first, then eliminate them little by little...”

In Crusch’s office, Ayanokouji explained to her the next steps and told her what mistakes she actually made

This is one way to make Crusch trust him more.

Besides, Felix and Wilhelm stand respectfully, listening to Ayanokouji’s words, while Beatrice stares intently, as if looking at each other with a little disturbance.

At this moment, Ayanokouji is teaching Crusch like a teacher. Although Felix still doesn’t trust him, he has to admit that Ayanokouji is a very capable person, so let Crusch follow him, she should be able to learn a lot.

After all, Ayanokouji was born to be a ‘manager’.

“But, they are all sinners. Are you really willing to let those who have conspired with Russell before?” Crusch’s face was full of confusion

“No, it’s not that we are letting them go, it’s just that we are settling accounts after the fall.” Ayanokouji continued, “According to the law, directly arresting them for investigation, interrogation, and execution is the most correct method, but this will make the situation in the royal capital worse. As I said to Reinhard before, the most correct thing is not always the best plan.”

“So that’s it.” Crusch nodded thoughtfully.

“Some of these people are needed... After...” Ayanokouji told Crusch what to do next.

Crusch answered gratefully: “Thank you so much, Ayanokouji!”

“You’re welcome.” Ayanokouji said calmly.

His gaze fell on Crusch’s yellow eyes. Judging from her expression, this woman is slowly trusting him.

As long as Ayanokouji performs perfectly without any flaws, it will be easy to overthrow everything Crusch has now.

The camera changes, and night soon falls.

At night, Crusch leaves the mansion with Felix, Wilhelm, and others and goes to the palace to report on recent work, while Ayanokouji will stay alone in the mansion for a while.

Because he has been very trustworthy lately, Crusch has withdrawn the people who secretly monitored him.

As soon as Ayanokouji came to the mansion, Crusch appointed people to secretly monitor him. This matter wasn’t told to him, but Ayanokouji had already noticed it, so he acted without any flaws.

And with his abilities, it wasn’t difficult to avoid surveillance smoothly.

After Crusch and the others left, Ayanokouji turned and looked at the shadow in his room.

”It’s okay, Elsa.”

With that call, Elsa emerged from the shadows and appeared in front of him.

She was dressed in black and bold, unabashedly showing off her figure’s advantages. Her body was close to Ayanokouji, posing very vulgarly.

“Long time no see, Master, it’s been a few days since I’ve seen Master, I can’t help myself.”

“Thank you, Elsa.” Ayanokouji extended his hand and gently touched her cheek.

Elsa couldn’t help but raise her head and gently touch his finger with her lips.

Facing different people, Ayanokouji adopted different ways of treating them.

“Master, the Sword Saint has left the mansion, and now there are only two or three guards with that girl.” Elsa leaned her face completely on his palm.

“Yes.” Ayanokouji nodded, “Let’s go.”

The scene changes, Ayanokouji and Elsa have sneaked into Felt’s mansion in the royal capital.

Although there were many guards guarding it, Ayanokouji had asked Elsa to conduct an investigation, found the blind spots guarded by these guards, and sneaked into the mansion while avoiding the guards’ sight.

Reinhard should be patrolling the royal capital now. Calculated from the time he left, it will take at least an hour before he finishes his patrol and returns to the mansion.

And this is more than enough for Ayanokouji.

This time he will show his true face and visit Felt as an uninvited guest.

He wants to give Felt a final push on her behavior.

While in the royal capital, Ayanokouji has done more than just gather intelligence and handle the black market.

When he previously asked Elsa to contact Reinhard, he also gave her more tasks and explained various things she needed to do in the future.

Ayanokouji had already completed all the layouts before he came to the royal capital.

Now the two have arrived at the room where Felt is accurately.

Through the door, Ayanokouji can hear the previous conversation between Felt and Rom.

“Rom... I don’t want to participate in the throne selection...” Felt’s voice was a little sad. It seems that the verbal hints given before were quite effective.

Ayanokouji wouldn’t patiently listen to them finish the conversation. Although there was plenty of time, he didn’t need to waste this time

He opened the door quietly, and Elsa rushed in like a ghost.

Without giving them time to react, her sword was already pressed against Felt’s neck.

Just when Rom was about to roar and fight, Ayanokouji also entered.

“If you make too much noise to disturb the guards, or if you make unnecessary resistance, the Bowel Hunter will directly cut Felt’s throat.” Ayanokouji said calmly, although there was no expression on his face, Rom dared not disobey his words.

“You, you... Ayanokouji Kiyotaka!” As soon as Rom saw him, he immediately recognized the other party’s identity.

He clearly remembered the protagonist in the illusion.

However, Rom never expected that Ayanokouji would appear in front of them both with Elsa.

“Don’t be too loud. If it causes trouble for others and Master, I’m afraid something bad will happen here.” Elsa said with a smile, slightly moving the dagger in her hand pressed against Felt’s throat.

Feeling like a trapped kitten at this moment, wanting to fight back, but unable to do anything.

After hearing what they both said, Rom didn’t dare to act rashly. He would never let Felt be in danger.

“What do you want to do?” Rom asked in a low voice, while his brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about why Ayanokouji appeared here.

Didn’t Ayanokouji leave the royal capital long ago?

In the illusion, although Ayanokouji used him and Felt, he also protected them both, and Felt herself lived very happily.

Is it because Felt and he are valuable?

In the real world, Felt has become the candidate for the throne – if Ayanokouji is still in Emilia’s camp, he will surely become a political enemy of himself and Felt.

So Ayanokouji will get rid of himself and Felt

If it’s valuable, use it; if it’s not valuable, eliminate it mercilessly... This guy is just a monster.

And Ayanokouji can choose to come when Reinhard is away, which shows that he has done enough research.

The more Rom thought about it, the more panicked he became. He didn’t know how to deal with such a scene.

He understood that Ayanokouji was a cruel and ruthless person. If he didn’t obey the other party’s words, Ayanokouji would definitely kill Felt.

In an instant, Rom was sweating profusely.

And Ayanokouji saw Rom’s facial expression and understood what he was thinking.

He is indeed someone who will do anything to achieve his goals – but Rom’s thinking is still not quite right.

His current goal is to threaten Felt, and he will never kill her.

Killing Felt wouldn’t provide any value. After killing her, Rom would definitely fight him to the death regardless of life and death, although he was definitely no match for Elsa. But making a commotion would reveal Ayanokouji’s existence. After Reinhard knew it, everything he had done before would be in vain.

Ayanokouji wouldn’t do anything that wouldn’t benefit himself.

But after watching the video, he clearly knew that the relationship between Felt and Rom was better than family affection, so he took advantage of this.

No matter whether he would really take action against Felt, Rom would definitely not take any risks.

What’s more, with Rom’s intelligence, he would never think of these things, and in such a crisis, Rom couldn’t calm down and think at all.

In a crisis, it’s difficult for people to think calmly, especially when the most important person is in crisis. Ayanokouji believes that this is a weakness caused by emotions.

However, this is what he can exploit.

All he did was suppress them and not give them a chance to think.

“I won’t kill you this time, but I will give you a choice.”

Ayanokouji said slowly, like a devil trying to make a deal with someone who is dying.

Previously, he disguised his identity and talked to Felt to give her psychological hints and plant seeds in her heart.

Now, he has to let these seeds sprout and grow. This is why he came here.

”Die or withdraw from the throne selection.”