Ayanokouji Kiyotaka 167

Title: The Same Girl, The Same Tsundere

After hearing Meili’s words, Elsa always smiled: “Meili, children shouldn’t say things like that!”

“Huh, Elsa, you still treat me like a little kid! Meili clearly understands everything!” Meili puffed up her cheeks and said very seriously, “On the contrary, it was Elsa in the illusion, facing some embarrassing words! What a childish thing to do!”

“Did Meili really call me childish?” Elsa shook her head, and this was the first time she showed a helpless expression.

“Ayanokouji-sama!” At this moment, another very enthusiastic voice sounded – Otto.

“Hello, may I ask who you are...” Ayanokouji turned his gaze to the other party.

Otto was originally someone he planned to win over after this time travel, but now it seems that he had joined Emilia’s camp first. This saved him a lot of trouble.

“My name is Otto, Otto Suwen!” Otto smiled and greeted very enthusiastically, “I am your supporter! In the sky illusion, I was your most capable assistant!”

According to the original world line, Otto went bankrupt and borrowed a large sum of money from Russell’s men to buy oil. However, because his business failed and he was unable to repay his debt, he was captured by Russell as a commodity slave, and was finally rescued by Ayanokouji and then took over Russell’s position.

Because the video was published, Russell and his dark trade empire were greatly affected. Otto also knew that his oil selling path wouldn’t end well, so he prepared to get involved in other industries.

But because Crusch wanted to forcibly rectify the chaos and eradicate the underground trade, the economy and market in the royal capital were practically in ruins, and the careers of many businessmen were severely damaged.

Otto had no choice. To survive, he eventually had no choice but to take the initiative to visit Roswaal, and decided to take shelter under Ayanokouji.

Although Otto knew that Ayanokouji in the illusion was taking advantage of him, after all, the other party saved him, and Ayanokouji was the first person to discover and appreciate his talent, so he eventually decided to join him.

“This is the first time we’ve met, please give me advice.” Ayanokouji nodded and acted as if he was meeting for the first time.

“Betty has returned to her room.” As everyone was talking, Beatrice raised her head and said in a moderate voice.

“Betty-sama, dinner is almost ready. Why don’t you eat with us?” Rem asked immediately.

“No, my appetite isn’t much.” Beatrice didn’t say much. She just glanced at Ayanokouji with her eyes looking around, but only for a moment, she let out a loud ‘humph’, then left the place.

Every movement she made was like a sulking little kid.

Ayanokouji recalled her words and actions in his heart, thinking about the reason why the other party was angry.

Was it because she had quarreled with Elsa and Emilia during the day?

Or was it because he deliberately acted as if he didn’t recognize Beatrice during this time travel?

Ayanokouji thought about the interaction between his other self and Beatrice in the video, and had some doubts in his mind, because the person in the video wasn’t his real self, and the Beatrice in the picture wasn’t the real Beatrice. He didn’t understand why Beatrice did this.

“Ayanokouji-sama, I have asked Rem to prepare a room for you.” Roswaal said with a smile, “But let’s sit down and eat first.”

“Yes.” Ayanokouji nodded.

The camera changed, and everyone sat at the table in the dining room, enjoying dinner together.

“Ayanokouji-sama.” Roswaal skillfully cut the steak on his plate and said slowly to him, “What are your plans next?”

“From the current perspective, it’s inconvenient for me to show my face in public.” Ayanokouji replied expressionlessly, “Now I have become the focus of attention of other forces, so it’s not impossible that the people around our house might have spies hiding there. If others know that I’m here, I’m afraid it will cause a lot of trouble, so I need to operate in a more secret place.”

“That’s right.” Roswaal nodded, “Then Ayanokouji-sama, which place do you think is more suitable?”

“I’ve heard about the existence of Sanctuary from Emilia before. It seems that there are some special barriers there, which are difficult for ordinary people to approach, right?”

”That’s right.”

“So I think this is a very good area. In addition, I heard that there is a Witch of Greed in Sanctuary. She is interested in me in the prophecy, so I want to win her heart again. In our territory, there is currently a shortage of helpers in our camp, so we have to try our best to recruit as many helpers as possible.” Ayanokouji said slowly, “If we can use the Witch of Greed, it would be a good source of information for us.”

As he heard the words Witch of Greed, Roswaal’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Ayanokouji knew the importance of Echidna in Roswaal’s heart, but he still chose to say this just to make Roswaal more convinced that he had never seen the video before.

“Please don’t call her the Witch of Greed, her name is Echidna.” Roswaal’s face showed a smile again, and he said to Ayanokouji, who had just mentioned that he would use his teacher as his tool. But this was indeed the best decision.

“Echidna.” Ayanokouji nodded, “Also, I want to learn to write in this world. This is very important.”

“When the time comes, I will ask Ram to help Ayanokouji-sama learn to write.” As Roswaal spoke, he directed his gaze to Ram behind him, who had an expressionless face.

Everyone discussed future plans at the dinner table, and soon the eating event would be coming to an end. Although Beatrice had said before that she didn’t want to eat, Rem still prepared food for her and was ready to send it to Beatrice’s room.

“Emilia, won’t Beatrice eat with you?” Ayanokouji looked at Emilia beside him, and asked deliberately.

“Betty rarely eats with us.” Emilia thought for a moment, as if thinking about something, then a smile appeared on her face, and she said, “Ayanokouji, how about you go and deliver dinner to Betty.”

“Is this necessary? Didn’t Beatrice say she didn’t have an appetite?” Ayanokouji asked.

“I think Betty is just talking. If Ayanokouji goes to deliver food to Betty, she will be very happy!”

”Is she happy? Why?”

“I have difficulty explaining this... But I’m sure it’s like this, and didn’t you say you wanted to learn to write? Betty is the administrator of the Forbidden Library. If it’s more appropriate for her to teach you! There’s no harm in getting closer to Betty.”

Emilia believed that doing this would improve the relationship between Ayanokouji and Beatrice, which would definitely help her gain feelings.

Emilia wanted him to gradually get used to getting closer to others, and she also wanted him to try to care about others.

“So that’s it, I’ve got the lesson.” Ayanokouji nodded.

Emilia didn’t know that his answer was guided by him.

Emilia had previously claimed that she wanted to change him, and the latter took advantage of this, so that he could enter the Forbidden Library and communicate with Beatrice openly.

Beatrice was a very important tool, Ayanokouji certainly wouldn’t waste her value.

It took effort to make Beatrice fully trust him. Ayanokouji would get closer to Beatrice first.

However, he currently didn’t know Beatrice’s current attitude towards him. This was something he couldn’t fully understand at this stage.

The previous video had slightly aroused Ayanokouji’s interest in so-called feelings, but now he didn’t understand it at all. He also wanted to use this time travel to learn knowledge that the White Room Plan didn’t teach him.

“Then I’m ready to go.” Ayanokouji said.

“Yes.” Emilia saw him agree to her request so easily, and a smile appeared on her face, “By the way, Ayanokouji, there’s one more important thing.”

”What?”

“If you call her ‘Betty’, Betty will be very happy.”

“I understand, but where is Betty’s room? This is my first time here and I’m not very familiar with it.”

“At this point, it’s difficult for me to explain it to you. Betty’s room hasn’t been repaired – but if it’s Ayanokouji, you should be able to find it easily.”

The camera changed, and Ayanokouji entered the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor of the mansion. This was the location of the Forbidden Library when Beatrice first met him in the video.

In the video, he had always guessed which room was most likely to be the location of Beatrice’s appearance, but he didn’t know why he could find it every time, and he almost never made a mistake.

At this moment, Ayanokouji held a tray in one hand, knocked on the door with the other, then pushed the door open and entered.

What he saw was the Forbidden Library.

At this moment, Beatrice was wearing a beautiful skirt, sitting in a chair, facing the door, holding a book in her hand, and her feet couldn’t touch the ground.

“What are you doing here? Are you going to waste Betty’s time again?” Beatrice closed the book in her hand.

She didn’t realize at all that she had said ‘again’, and after Ayanokouji arrived, there was a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Beatrice didn’t know what she was expecting.

“I’m here to deliver dinner to Betty.” Ayanokouji said, gently placing the tray on the small table next to Beatrice.

Beatrice noticed the change in Ayanokouji’s address for her.

“Although Betty said you didn’t have an appetite, I think it’s okay to not have dinner.” Ayanokouji said slowly.

“What do you think of Betty? Betty is not a creature like you humans who have to eat.” Beatrice pouted, while her eyes couldn’t help but shift to the food on the table, which looked very tempting.

She swallowed unconsciously.

“But since you came, Betty will forgive you for slightly disturbing Betty.” Beatrice continued.

“Thank you very much, but there’s one more thing I want to ask Betty.”

“What?” Beatrice raised her chin slightly, her eyes like blooming flowers stared seriously at Ayanokouji’s face, eagerly waiting for his answer.

“I just want to ask, Betty, can you teach me to read and write?”

“Huh?” Beatrice was stunned for a moment, “Why are you asking Betty to do such a troublesome thing?”

“Because I heard that Betty is the manager of the Forbidden Library and has much more knowledge than ordinary people, so I want to ask Betty.” Ayanokouji said slowly.

“Huh, it seems your taste is quite good.” Beatrice replied, but her face was already filled with a smile that couldn’t be hidden. “Then, it’s not impossible for me to teach you how to read.“

”Thank you very much.”

“But I also have a condition.” A meaningful smile appeared on Beatrice’s face.

”What is the condition?”

“Learning that new writing isn’t easy, so I want you to study with Betty every day, even if you miss a single day!”

”I should be able to do this.”

“Also, before going to bed every night, you need to tell Betty five stories.”

”Tell a story?”

“Yes, but don’t misunderstand! Betty is not the kind of child who needs to listen to stories to fall asleep! Betty, Betty, Betty just wants to test your learning results!” Beatrice said immediately, her eyes dodged slightly, and her cheeks were red.