Ayanokouji Kiyotaka 157

Title: Perfect End

“Ayanokouji, glad to see you’re alright...” Reinhard nodded slightly after seeing him, and turned his attention to Anastasia, “I was one step late... Anastasia-sama’s troops were killed in battle against the Witch Cult.”

Reinhard lowered his head, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

“Please convey my condolences.” Ayanokouji walked to Anastasia’s side and sat directly on the floor, but didn’t say anything and just sat next to her.

“What are you doing?” Anastasia turned and looked at him, her tearful eyes full of doubt.

“I’m just here to keep you company, and I don’t plan on doing anything else.” Ayanokouji said calmly.

“Stay with me? Why...” Anastasia wiped away her tears, and the confusion in her eyes became more intense.

“It’s not a good feeling when the most important person to you leaves.” Ayanokouji said, “I know that feeling. I’ve sent important people away.”

”But......”

“I know you probably want to be alone right now, but I think you need someone to be with you right now, someone who can let you vent your emotions.” Ayanokouji spoke while looking into her eyes.

Of course, these were just words for the scene, but he was a little different now than before.

His former self only had the lowest level of understanding of what are called feelings and would never do such a thing.

But now he has a deeper understanding of emotions after associating with the people around him, and he knows that this has a much greater impact on people than he imagined.

Emotions have become a method for him.

When someone is in a state of emotional distress, if someone can stay with them, it will definitely help them gain greater trust.

Sharing the past appropriately can also bring people closer together.

What is called past experience is just a lie made up by Ayanokouji, but from his mouth, there is no lack of it. He just wants to use this false story to resonate with Anastasia.

For him, Anastasia is his competitor, but now Anastasia has completely lost the capital to compete with Emilia’s camp. Her own business talent might be able to help. Ayanokouji’s business empire has gradually taken root in the royal capital, and if he wants to develop further, he needs a suitable assistant, and Anastasia is the most suitable candidate.

He will take this opportunity to turn Anastasia into a tool he can use.

If Anastasia cannot be used for himself...

There is no need to get rid of her. After all, Anastasia is no longer a threat. Without the support of the Iron Fang, she has lost the advantage of Priestella City competing with her, and now she is likely to withdraw from the throne selection.

“Is this good for you?” Anastasia asked, “Although there are transactions between us, our positions are different, right? You should be happy, right?”

Her tone became more and more excited as she spoke. Reinhard was ready to defend Ayanokouji, but the latter waved his hand.

“To be honest, I don’t mean to gloat over other people’s misfortunes. On the contrary, I can empathize with it...” Ayanokouji continued, “What you said is true. We disagree on our positions, but Anastasia-sama, maybe because of the misunderstanding caused by your identity. I am not seeking any benefit. In this world, many people do certain things not because of interest or benefit, but because of their own feelings.”

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“Ayanokouji can actually say these words, it’s really against the law.”

Puck folded his arms across his chest and looked at the scene in front of him with a smile.

This time, Emilia pursed her lips and looked at the sky illusion while thinking.

If it was the former Ayanokouji, these words would definitely be very hypocritical.

But at this moment, Emilia wondered if Ayanokouji had a little bit of genuine feeling when he said these words.

Even Emilia, who was a little slow, could sense a slight change in Ayanokouji.

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After hearing these words, Anastasia was stunned for a moment, thinking deeply in her heart.

“He was a very important person to you, right?” Ayanokouji asked.

“Yes.” Anastasia nodded slightly.

“If you want, you can tell me the story between you later. I’m very willing to listen to it.” Ayanokouji continued, “He was a hero who fought against the Sin Archbishop to protect the citizens.”

“Hmm...” Anastasia pursed her lips, but finally nodded.

“But the most important thing now is to face the current situation.” Ayanokouji stood up, turned to Reinhard and said, “I just contacted Emilia and the others. They are all safe there, but Reinhard, did you just see the fire in the church there?”

“Yes.” Reinhard nodded. Because of the sudden fire there, the self-proclaimed Sin Archbishop of Greed left during the battle.

Reinhard wanted to chase him, but because there was still a fire in the city hall, some people didn’t have time to evacuate, so he gave up. Only after Anastasia came here did he just make sure that all the survivors had left.

“I also just saw the fire there, then I met a man who claimed to be the Sin Archbishop of Greed...” Ayanokouji said.

“Ayanokouji, did you meet him?!” Reinhard opened his eyes wide, full of worry, and a little surprised, Ayanokouji was able to escape unscathed when he met that man?”

“I’m really sorry, I don’t have the strength to fight him. I don’t have as much strength as you. I’m just an ordinary person.” Ayanokouji shook his head, “I don’t know what his strength is, I’m still a little too cowardly to dare to take reckless actions.”

He said this deliberately. If he wanted the other party to believe his words, he had to show his imperfections appropriately.

“No, Ayanokouji, this is your obvious choice – that man’s strength is very strange, even though I took some time, I couldn’t defeat him.” Reinhard stated that he agreed with that approach, “But Ayanokouji, was he not found by the other party?”

“The other party found me, but it seems like something urgent happened. He didn’t care about me. He went straight and rushed towards the high tower.” Ayanokouji immediately said, “From his mouth, it seems like he heard that something happened to his wife when he arrived, and he was in that high tower.”

“That’s right, when we fought before, he said similar words and then left.” Reinhard said with a serious expression.

“Let’s check the situation as soon as possible to avoid any accidents.” Ayanokouji immediately said.

“Yes.” Reinhard nodded.

The scene changed. Ayanokouji and Reinhard arrived at the tower, and the fire here had been extinguished.

Reinhard frowned as he saw many corpses that had been burned to black charcoal. Then, he saw another mutilated corpse, although many places were scorched and covered in blood, his white robe was clearly visible.

This is enough to explain the identity of the corpse.

“This... Sin Archbishop of Greed?” Reinhard’s eyes widened. Why did the Sin Archbishop of Greed who couldn’t even easily hurt him die tragically here?

“What do you think is going on?”

Reinhard knew that Ayanokouji had far superior intelligence and analytical abilities, and might be able to analyze everything that happened in front of him.

He would never have imagined that the man in front of him who created all this was actually the man in front of him who claimed to be an ordinary person not long ago.

“Judging from the corpse, this person must be a Rape Master. He was not burned to death. This pitiful state is like being cut into pieces with thousands of cuts...” Ayanokouji said that he asked Elsa to disguise the scene first so that no shortcomings would be revealed, “...In short, I think it was his so-called wife who ambushed here and then attacked the Sin Archbishop of Greed and killed him.”

“He was actually killed by his own people... but why?”

“I’ve heard relevant rumors that all the wives of the Sin Archbishop of Greed were kidnapped by him from other places. Judging from the scene, the number of these so-called wives must have reached dozens. Maybe because they were motivated, they deliberately set the church on fire to lure the Sin Archbishop of Greed back, and then chose a sneak attack.”

“From the current perspective, your analysis is correct...” Reinhard looked at the surrounding scene and nodded, “But I don’t understand something. When I fought him before, I felt that my attacks couldn’t hurt him, then why was he hurt by his wife?”

“Maybe because of his power.” Ayanokouji shook his head, “I don’t know the specific situation, but considering the situation of the fight between you and the other party and his current appearance, he may have a power of immunity to damage. Maybe there are some restrictions or something, or he needs to take the initiative to use it. Because he was not wary of his wife, he was successfully attacked by surprise, but there is no way to know this.”

Ayanokouji knew Regulus’ strength, but of course he couldn’t say it. Divine Protection Reinhard didn’t allow him to read other people’s inner thoughts at will. Such restrictions are very important for Ayanokouji.

“From the current perspective, the Sin Archbishop of Greed may be dead. Although we don’t rule out the possibility that he used a substitute to fake his death, we should check the situation elsewhere immediately.”

”You are right.”

The scene changed. Ayanokouji and the others had joined Emilia and Beatrice. As soon as they met, the two women immediately rushed forward, very worried whether Ayanokouji was injured.

Then everyone immediately found senior officials and guards of Priestella City and searched Priestella City.

After a long search, it was basically determined that besides the flood caused by the manipulation of the control tower, only the city hall and the square were severely damaged.

The Sin Archbishop of Lust and the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony were killed by Reinhard in the city hall, and the damage that occurred in the square seemed to be caused by the civil war between the two Sin Archbishops, and one of them must have died.

However, they could not find the body of the Sin Archbishop of Wrath. They could only find fragments of the chain he used, because his body had been directly blown into a cloud of blood by Regulus, and no bones were left.

After a long search, everyone decided that all the sinners in Priestella City had been eliminated, and the disaster had not spread. This time the invasion of the Witch Cult has ended.

The next step is post-war reconstruction work.

Reinhard is now a member of Emilia’s camp. His achievement in killing the Sin Archbishop will naturally be regarded as an achievement of Emilia’s camp, which can significantly increase the influence of Emilia’s camp.

Then, Ayanokouji, on behalf of Emilia’s camp, negotiated with high-ranking government officials of Priestella City and provided assistance for the reconstruction of Priestella City. He also took the initiative to hold a memorial ceremony for the victims in Priestella City. This action really gained the public sentiment of Priestella City.

All this is the result he expected. Taking this opportunity, Ayanokouji was not only able to eliminate the threat of the Sin Archbishop, but also weaken Anastasia’s strength and raise Emilia’s reputation to a higher level.

No one would have thought that all this was directed and performed by him.

Next, he will make the next move in his plan – to bring Anastasia under his command.