Ayanokouji Kiyotaka 163

Title: The Same Person, But a Very Different Reunion

In just a few minutes, the streets were stained with blood, and the ground was littered with mutilated corpses. Even with a number of people dozens of times greater than her opponent, Elsa effortlessly killed them all.

Elsa walked quickly, her high heels stepping over puddles of blood, approaching Ayanokouji, a happy smile on her face. This was the first time Ayanokouji saw a bloody scene with his own eyes, but there was no turmoil in his heart.

“Although there are many intestines here that are worthy of playing with, Master’s safety is now more important.” Elsa said in a very ambiguous tone. “Master, finally we meet.”

“Excuse me, who are you?” Ayanokouji asked.

Of course, he remembered the other party’s identity, but now he decided to pretend he hadn’t seen the video before for the time being. The people in this world shouldn’t be sure if he’s seen the so-called illusion in the real world, and he was ready to take advantage of this to exploit the information gap as much as possible.

After hearing his words, Elsa raised her eyebrows slightly, but soon her face was filled with surprise again: “So, Master hasn’t seen that vision? But this gives me another chance to leave a better first impression on Master’s heart, and maybe I can win Master’s heart as my own before the Half-Elf and the short girl do.”

“Excuse me, I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Why do you say I’m your Master?” Ayanokouji continued.

“Someone will explain it to Master later.” Elsa said with a smile.

At this moment, louder footsteps could be heard in the distance, and more guards surrounded them. Their initial action was against Ayanokouji, but its nature changed due to Elsa’s intervention.

Just as the other guards were about to approach, a powerful explosion suddenly occurred on both sides of the street, directly dispersing the team of guards and creating thick smoke, blocking everyone’s view.

‘Did you place explosive fire magic stones beforehand?’ Ayanokouji narrowed his eyes slightly. “However, it seems there’s another way.”

He noticed that although the explosion created a lot of smoke, the smoke in front of him was a bit too thick – more like black fog. He remembered that in the video, there was a magic-like shroud that could block the view of others. It seemed someone was using the explosion to activate the shroud?

“Troublesome man.” At this moment, a childish voice could be heard.

Ayanokouji was very familiar with this voice, Beatrice. There was no doubt that she was the one who unleashed the magic of the veil with the explosion.

“This is Betty-sama.” Elsa smiled at Beatrice.

‘It seems that Elsa and Roswaal’s forces have already reached a cooperative relationship, which was expected.’ Ayanokouji thought to himself, but he didn’t expect Beatrice to actively participate in it.

Even if Roswaal wanted to win him over, Beatrice would never obey the other party’s orders. Moreover, after watching the video, Beatrice should know more that she was only tricked in the video.

However, the possibility of Beatrice and Emilia’s actions were the only two points that Ayanokouji couldn’t determine before crossing over.

Was it because Beatrice wanted to make a contract with him and completely remove the restrictions of the Forbidden Library? Or was there another reason?

His eyes fell on the spirit girl dressed in beautiful clothes, and Ayanokouji couldn’t help but think about the interaction between his other self and others in the video. However, the person in the video was not his real self. He still had difficulty understanding the changes his other self experienced in this world.

‘Maybe she has expectations of me after watching the video. These expectations are meaningless, but she is indeed valuable.’ Ayanokouji thought to himself.

“Don’t waste time, leave quickly.” Beatrice ignored Elsa’s words, and it seemed that she didn’t have a good impression of Elsa.

Then, she waved her hand, and a large crack formed in front of everyone – it was Beatrice’s spatial displacement magic.

“Let’s go, Master.” Elsa took Ayanokouji’s hand, and Beatrice followed behind, walking into the gap together.

The next moment, Ayanokouji and the others appeared in another room. He looked out the window and knew that he had moved to a vacation spot a few blocks away.

“I returned it to them.” Beatrice’s tone was slightly impatient. At the same time, she folded her arms in front of her chest and leaned against the wall, glancing at Ayanokouji.

“Thank you for your hard work—“ Ayanokouji looked at others with a familiar strange tone. The source of the voice was the man wearing clown makeup – Roswaal.

“This is a formal meeting, Ayanokouji-sama.” Roswaal said with his heterochromatic eyes, giving a meaningful look.

Roswaal would make arrangements in advance. This was what Ayanokouji expected. He looked around. Except for Beatrice, Elsa, and Roswaal, a girl whose entire body was white with only a few purple dots seemed worried.

Emilia.

Next to Emilia, Puck floated in the air leisurely.

Ayanokouji’s eyes quickly shifted to Roswaal’s face. After a few seconds of silence, he slowly said: “Sorry, I don’t know why you know my name, but I can’t help it now. Understanding the current situation, can any of you explain it to me?”

“What?” Emilia was a little surprised, her eyes widened. After thinking about it carefully, they weren’t sure if Ayanokouji had ever seen the same vision as them. “Kiyo-Ayanokouji, didn’t you see the illusion of the future?”

“Illusion of the future?” Ayanokouji asked, continuing to pretend he didn’t know anything.

Roswaal’s eyebrows raised, and his eyes focused on his face, trying to find signs of the other party’s lies. He didn’t find anything, but this was also what he expected, so he took out a book and handed it to him: “I anticipated this situation, so I made notes beforehand. Ayanokouji-sama will understand after reading it.”

Ayanokouji took Roswaal’s book and opened the first page, which recorded what happened during this period – after the illusion in the sky, the dark side of the royal capital was shown to everyone. As a result, the Royal Capital is now in chaos, former famous nobles and some elders of the Council of Wise Men have been destroyed. Russell even left the Royal Capital a long time ago.

This was information that Roswaal prepared to help Ayanokouji understand the world.

But Ayanokouji also knew that this was a temptation from Roswaal. If he really hadn’t seen the contents of the illusion, he would never be able to understand the words of this world. This method was like a children’s joke.

“Sorry... I don’t understand what you’re reading. Is this your text...” Ayanokouji returned the book to Roswaal.

Roswaal took the book, always smiling: “I ignored this, then we need a long time to explain this situation. But our top priority now is to leave the capital. Everyone, let’s explain the current situation to Ayanokouji-sama on the way.”

The scene changed. Ayanokouji had followed Roswaal and the others in the dragon carriage hidden outside the royal capital. The dragon carriage driver was Ram.

As she looked at Ayanokouji, Ram’s eyes showed undisguised anger. She was very upset with what Ayanokouji did in the video, and using her younger sister to kill Roswaal... Ram had tried to stop Roswaal several times and didn’t want Roswaal to contact Ayanokouji, but he still insisted on doing so, so Ram could only choose to cooperate.

“Roswaal-sama, Betty-sama, I think there’s no need to make much effort or take big risks for this bastard.” Ram looked at Ayanokouji with an angry expression, biting her lips tightly, as if trying to restrain herself from killing Ayanokouji.

Ayanokouji looked at Ram with an expressionless face. He didn’t choose to respond. This was a meaningless action, but it was more likely to make the situation more embarrassing for him. Was it because of what he did in the video?

But Ram and Rem stayed until the end. And these things haven’t happened now. There’s no point in being angry about something that hasn’t happened yet.

Was it caused by the so-called feelings? While Ayanokouji watched the video, he was also lost in his thoughts. Like his other self, he knew that he always underestimated the influence of emotions on others, but he still couldn’t understand the principle. Maybe the other self in the video would understand it more deeply than his current self.

However, he was not the person in the video. Now Ayanokouji was a little curious about the difference between him and his other self in the video. Was it because the other self was influenced by these people?

Ayanokouji’s eyes involuntarily fell on Emilia and Beatrice. Maybe he could continue to find his own answer.

“Betty didn’t do it for this person, only because Roswaal asked me to do it.” Beatrice raised her chin slightly and said in a tsundere tone.

But there seemed to be a hint of anger in her tone, and she didn’t know why. Maybe it was because this Ayanokouji didn’t know her.

“Ram, you can’t say that, Ayanokouji-sama is our important guest.” Roswaal narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although Ayanokouji acted as if he didn’t know anything, and the test he just faced was perfect, Roswaal still doubted whether what Ayanokouji said was a lie. After watching the video, he clearly knew what kind of abilities the other party had.

Ayanokouji naturally knew that Roswaal wouldn’t believe him easily, and there would be a series of tests in the future.

“That Ayanokouji...” Emilia sat next to Ayanokouji and stared at him intently.

Emilia was wearing the same clothes in the video as when Ayanokouji first met her. Ayanokouji could still clearly smell the faint scent coming from her body.

“Um... this must be the first time we’ve met. My name is Emilia!” Emilia pursed her lips and then said very seriously.

When they first met, Emilia didn’t reveal her name honestly, but this time was very different. Although this was their first meeting, they both already knew each other’s situation.

Emilia’s face turned slightly red and her voice was hesitant. After all, in the future, she and Ayanokouji had already become a couple. It’s just that it was only the future shown by the illusion, not the real future.

At this moment, Emilia was very curious, and she hoped that the Ayanokouji in front of her was different from the irresponsible egoist in the video.

Ayanokouji noticed Emilia’s expression, and combined with his understanding of Emilia’s character through the video, he could guess what she was thinking.

‘What’s the meaning of this kind of expectation? I clearly supported the person in the video to ascend the throne, didn’t I?’ Ayanokouji didn’t know why Emilia expected him to achieve an almost perfect ending for her. Shouldn’t she expect that there would be no difference between him and the person in the video?

“Hello Miss Emilia, I don’t need to introduce my name, after all, you all already know it.” Ayanokouji said slowly, deliberately using a polite but unfamiliar title.