Ayanokouji Kiyotaka 159

Title: Time to Eliminate the Final Threat

The camera shifts, and a month has passed.

Following the Priestella City Incident, Emilia’s camp’s reputation skyrocketed in the border regions. Anastasia’s camp withdrew from the election and pledged allegiance to Emilia’s camp.

With Anastasia’s help, Ayanokouji’s commercial territory had expanded rapidly. Not only the previous glass, but also high-end decorations, materials, furniture... various industries had become involved and even had close trade relations with other countries.

Since Otto replaced Russell, he had been working diligently to maintain the operation of the underground black market trade chain. He even did a better job than Russell. The cunning businessmen gradually obeyed him as Otto learned about everyone’s trip to Priestella City.

Anastasia in the light and Otto in the dark. The two complemented each other and created unparalleled wealth for Emilia’s camp.

Because Reinhard and Julius, two people with important positions in the Royal Knights, joined Emilia’s camp, and Ayanokouji had also previously held temporary command of the Knights, and with the relationship between them becoming increasingly familiar, and almost all members of the Knights had already sided with Ayanokouji.

As for the nominal deputy leader Heinkel, he had been officially dismissed due to the previous incident of drinking and brawling being exposed, which had a huge negative impact on his reputation. Because the cliché master-slave relationship between Priscilla and Heinkel was also publicized, and Ayanokouji secretly spread some rumors, causing Priscilla’s camp’s reputation in the royal capital to completely collapse.

However, he did not choose to bring Priscilla into his camp like he did with Crusch and Anastasia.

The reason was very simple. Priscilla could not provide enough benefits. Although the family behind her was prominent, Ayanokouji already had the support of the higher-status Crusch family. Besides, Priscilla’s camp already had a bad reputation and her own personality was too special. Bringing people into the group would only bring more conflict.

Ayanokouji didn’t choose to eliminate Priscilla. First of all, because the other party posed no threat at all and there was no need to take action. Besides, with her own abilities and the special characteristics of the Al Knights, he was worried about the risks, so he chose not to take action, but to maintain an acceptable relationship with them. After all, having one less enemy is a better choice.

What’s more, Ayanokouji had done research and had an understanding of Priscilla’s true identity as the daughter of the neighboring kingdom. This might be an important bargaining chip when contacting the empire in the future.

Besides, he also allocated a large amount of funds to Felt and Rom to transform the slums so that the poor people there could live a better life.

This was Emilia’s promise to Felt and Rom, and it was also a way for her to win the hearts and minds of these people.

Throughout the kingdom, from the royal capital to the border regions, Emilia’s reputation experienced an unprecedented surge, while Ayanokouji always kept a low profile and attributed all his achievements to Emilia.

At this time, no one used the term ‘Half-Elf’ or ‘Half-Demon’ anymore. Instead, they all called her ‘Lady Emilia’ or even ‘Lady Goddess’.

The results of this royal election would soon be revealed. The Council of Wise Men had decided that Emilia would be the next king, and the coronation ceremony would be held in a month.

Currently, Ayanokouji and Echidna alias Omega, were heading for the border of the kingdom, preparing to complete the final finishing work.

To hide his identity, Ayanokouji left the magic weapon that could change his appearance and voice to Elsa, and for the time being, he would pretend that he had never left the royal capital. Whether it was Emilia or anyone else, no one knew about it. The only ones who knew his movements were Elsa and Echidna who were traveling with them.

“As expected of you, Kiyo.” Echidna and Ayanokouji were walking together towards a certain area. “The candidates for the throne are basically your followers now.”

“That’s because of their use value.” Faced with Echidna’s words, Ayanokouji simply said lightly.

“Use value? I think you’re just greedy for beauty. After all, the girls around you are indeed at a high level among ordinary people, but I think they can’t beat me in terms of beauty!” Echidna’s tone was slightly mischievous.

“It’s up to you.” Ayanokouji said lightly, “But you are clearly using someone else’s body, so you dare to say it, not to mention you should be considered unfit now.”

“Are you not in shape – maybe a little.” The face of the Ryuzu clone currently possessed by Echidna became very round, and her stomach was also slightly swollen.

After leaving the Sanctuary, Echidna wanted to experience firsthand the difference in the modern world. She turned part of her strong thirst for knowledge into an appetite and ate almost every day. Although she claimed to want to master knowledge about various tastes.

“Dona Dona, I think you’re more suitable to be the Witch of Gluttony than anything else!”

“Donna is indeed a little kid! She can’t control herself when it comes to food! But Typhon will tell you in advance, wasting food is a crime. Once you do such behavior, I’ll be with Typhon as an enemy!”

The voices of Typhon and Daphne echoed in Echidna’s mind, and Echidna’s face flushed red with embarrassment.

“But Kiyo, that arrogant widow, don’t you consider bringing her into your fold? Her beauty is also unique! Her figure is also quite good.” Echidna ignored the voices in her head and smiled, “With your abilities, it’s not impossible to win her into your camp.”

“Sorry, I think the value of seducing her is not high. No need.” Ayanokouji said slowly, “Regarding appearance and figure, I don’t care about that.”

“I really don’t know where to start with this speech.” Echidna narrowed her eyes slightly, “Are you enjoying it now?”

”Enjoying it?”

“What I mean is interpersonal communication. Didn’t you used to consider these things irrelevant and mundane?”

“I don’t feel happy about it. In my heart, this is just ordinary and simple daily interaction, no different from what I used to do.” Ayanokouji answered immediately.

“I wonder if you’re pretending to be stupid, or if you’re so slow that you don’t even realize it?” Echidna sighed, “You’ve just treated them as ‘human’ existences. You weren’t like this before. To you before, these people should have been just tools that could be discarded at any time.”

Ayanokouji thought, but quickly replied: “It’s the same now.”

“Yes, yes.” A smile appeared on Echidna’s face, “If you answered me directly without hesitation for half a second, maybe I would still believe it. After all, even though you think in your heart that you are incapable of feeling normal emotions, but you have clearly been angry with me for Betty for a long time.”

”I’m not angry.”

“Okay, you’re not angry, I understand.” Echidna deliberately put on a face, so that no one would know that she had once been the Witch of Greed who could influence the whole world.

At this time, Ayanokouji was thinking about Echidna’s words. Could it be that he had really touched the boundary of emotions, but he didn’t realize it?

Emotions are indeed unpredictable things.

“By the way, are you sure you want to do this?” While Ayanokouji was thinking, Echidna said slowly, “Let me help you finish the last job?”

“Right.” Ayanokouji nodded, “We haven’t found the two witches who disappeared in history now. We can only look for relevant clues in the future. What we can do now is try our best first. To eliminate internal threats, their behavior cannot be controlled, and what they will do in the future will definitely have a bad impact on us. Eliminating them is a predetermined matter in the Sanctuary, and there will be no change, and now their value has been exhausted, and there is no meaning to their existence.”

“Are you going to kill students in front of the teacher? What a cruel man.” Echidna deliberately made a sad expression.

“If it were the real Echidna, you might care a little about Roswaal, but for an incomplete person like you, you don’t care at all whether Roswaal lives or dies. On the contrary, you care about what happens next and what you do is full of interest.” Ayanokouji explained.

“You talk to a girl like that, you really don’t know how to be romantic.” Echidna didn’t deny it.

Ayanokouji’s last job was to kill Roswaal.

In the first regression of the Sanctuary, the direct cause of Ayanokouji’s failure was Roswaal, who made him aware of his obsession with Echidna.

The opponent would even try to kill the dragon to resurrect Echidna.

Ayanokouji knew this, and used it to play a word game and reach a cooperation contract with Roswaal.

Roswaal would obey his orders, and Ayanokouji would help Emilia ascend to the throne. He never promised the other party to resurrect Echidna from beginning to end.

There was no mention of guaranteeing Roswaal’s life.

During this period, Roswaal followed Ayanokouji’s orders to train Otto and negotiate with other border officials.

Although he himself was a good fighter, Emilia would ascend to the throne and the contract between the two would soon end, which meant he was no longer under orders.

Uncomfortable tools don’t need to exist.

So Ayanokouji decided to get rid of Roswaal before Emilia’s ascension ceremony.

However, this matter could not be disclosed, otherwise it would affect one’s image and cause internal disputes within the camp.

That’s why Ayanokouji asked Elsa to disguise herself as himself, creating the illusion that he had never left the capital from beginning to end.

And he wrote a secret letter to Roswaal, telling him that he had mastered the method of resurrecting Echidna, and asking for a secret meeting. As long as it involved matters related to Echidna, he would definitely not hesitate to go to the appointment.

Then eliminate it.

Initially, Ayanokouji also considered using the special power of the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony to kill Roswaal, which would save a lot of trouble. However, he believed that the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony was a greater threat, so he chose to let him die in Priestella City.

Let him finish Roswaal himself.

“Is it because Roswaal is not valuable to you?” There was a bit of meaning in Echidna’s tone.

”That’s right.”

“But I think it’s more than that.” Echidna said with a smile.

She also secretly thought in her heart that the reason why Ayanokouji decided to get rid of Roswaal was partly because of revenge.

After all, in a certain regression, Betty was killed by the Great Rabbit attracted by Roswaal.

’What a cautious man.’

“What did you say?” Ayanokouji turned his head, looked at her, and asked hesitantly.

“Sorry, I didn’t say anything.” Echidna shrugged her petite body.

At this moment, Ayanokouji stopped. He saw a man he knew wearing strange clothes and clown makeup standing not far from them, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.

“Long time no see, Roswaal.” Ayanokouji greeted in a calm tone.

“Ayanokouji, have you really mastered the method of resurrection?” Roswaal’s face was filled with an impatient expression, and he asked quickly.