For Aqua, her mission in coming to this world is to defeat the demon king!
According to the information they have, there is only one demon king!
That is the Witch of Envy, who devoured half the world!
And now the Witch of Envy, Satella, has directly appeared?!
Then I'll purify you right now!
That way, we can return to the divine realm!
Aqua's right fist burst out with dazzling fire, heading straight for Satella!
The other great sin witches around were all panicked, completely unexpected that Aqua would make such a move.
Even the strongest among them, Sekhmet, was the same.
Satella is their friend, and they can't just sit by and watch her get into danger! They all desperately used their powers to try to stop Aqua.
But it all happened too fast, it was impossible to stop Aqua -
Just as the divine wind in Aqua's hand was about to hit Satella's face, another faster sound suddenly burst out, like a tackle in a football game, directly hugging Aqua in mid-air and throwing her to the ground.
Satou Kazuma, made his move!
"I'm really sorry, our idiot caused trouble for everyone."
Satou Kazuma dragged Aqua to the side like he was dragging a bag of trash.
"What are you doing!!!! Kazuma!!!!"
Aqua's face was full of anger and confusion, looking at Satou Kazuma with resentment.
"Useless goddess, don't mess around so much!"
Satou Kazuma turned his head and said softly to Aqua.
"What are you doing! This guy is the demon king! As long as we get rid of her! Then we can return to the divine realm!"
"It's not that simple, we're not even sure if Satella is the demon king!"
"Huh? Isn't she the demon king! The guy who devoured half the world! And she's pretending to be a goddess and running a cult, I'll never forgive her!"
"That was four hundred years ago, and wasn't she successfully sealed away? Geuse said before, the Witch Cult only had a one-sided belief in Satella, she didn't actually control the Witch Cult, the people who controlled those Books of Wisdom were someone else! Following the current pattern, the more obvious the answer, the more likely it is to be wrong!"
Satou Kazuma said immediately, while turning his head to look at Natsuki Subaru not far away.
That guy who calls himself Echidna said, the power of return by death on Natsuki Subaru was given by Satella.
This gave Natsuki Subaru countless chances to start over and get through the crisis.
Otherwise, Natsuki Subaru might not even have had the chance to ask for his help.
If Satella is the mastermind behind everything, why would she do this?
Geuse said before that the Witch Cult invaded the Great Forest a hundred years ago, he became Sloth, Fortuna disappeared, and this incident was controlled by another witch.
And this witch doesn't seem to be in the group of somewhat crazy people in front of them.
There are many very suspicious things right now, so we can't act rashly before we figure everything out.
Satou Kazuma also just used his ability to sense hostility, and at least for now, Satella doesn't have any hostility towards them.
"Oh, it sounds like that makes sense!"
Aqua nodded as if she understood something.
Echidna on the side was dumbfounded, and she was even more convinced that Satou Kazuma was no ordinary person.
Aqua is already a very terrifying existence...
All powers are ineffective against her, and may even backfire, even with Sekhmet, she is probably no match for her!
And Satou Kazuma was able to stop Aqua with his bare hands.
Echidna was even more certain in her heart that Satou Kazuma was also an existence beyond their understanding.
Faced with Aqua's attack just now, the hurricane blew off Satella's hood.
What came into view was a face that was almost exactly the same as Emilia's.
Satou Kazuma understood now why many people were so wary of Emilia before.
She was stunned for a moment, then turned to Natsuki Subaru, and walked straight towards him.
"I love you, I love you, I love you..."
She kept repeating this sentence in her mouth, and Natsuki Subaru stood there somewhat at a loss.
Finally, Satella stopped and stood in front of Natsuki Subaru.
"Find me... and kill me..."
Satella looked at Natsuki Subaru, her eyes full of sadness.
And these words seemed to strengthen some idea in Natsuki Subaru, and he took a step forward -
"I will save you."
He didn't know why he said these words.
He just looked at the uncontrollable sadness in her eyes, and the idea of wanting to save her arose in his heart.
It was like an innate mission.
Echidna then watched all of this expressionlessly, deep in thought.
"Hey, fake Echidna, doesn't Satella look a little different from what I remember?"
Satou Kazuma patted the dust off his body and walked to Echidna's side to ask.
"I'm the real deal, through and through!"
Echidna's mouth twitched slightly as she turned to look at Satou Kazuma.
She didn't even know what to say anymore.
The other great sin witches have already appeared, so the remaining one must be Greed!!!
Or maybe...
Satou Kazuma realized -
Realized that he was not a complete product.
"Forget it, what kind of person is Satella in your memory?"
"She's the witch who almost destroyed the world, but she doesn't look like it, she looks more like a depressed, lovesick person."
"The one who destroyed the world was the Witch of Envy, and the one who came to the Dream Citadel now is Satella."
"Aren't the Witch of Envy and Satella the same person?"
Satou Kazuma asked curiously.
He noticed that when Echidna said the words "Witch of Envy", her face showed undisguised anger and disgust.
"They are the same body, but the Witch of Envy is just a product born from a witch factor and a person who is incompatible with it."
"It's like the relationship between Geuse and Petelgeuse, right?"
"I guess."
"I see."
Satou Kazuma nodded thoughtfully, and after a few seconds of silence, he remembered something,
"Then why do Satella and Emilia look exactly the same?"
"I don't know."
Echidna immediately gave the answer, not knowing if it was an answer she had thought about.
And Satou Kazuma just quietly replied:
"Useless witch."
Echidna felt that her temples were beating uncontrollably, and even her breathing was a little difficult.
"Following that cliché storyline, maybe Emilia is Satella's reincarnation or a copy, anyway, 'it's just a coincidence that they look alike' is the most unlikely answer, right?"
Satou Kazuma complained.
"A copy... what if everyone you see here is a copy, even that Natsuki Subaru, maybe he's just a copy of someone else."
Echidna said meaningfully.
"It doesn't matter, he's the Natsuki Subaru I know, isn't that enough?"
Satou Kazuma said indifferently.
"Is that so..."
Echidna hesitated.
"Oh, I get it, are you a copy of the real Echidna?"
"You're really too much! How many times have I said it, I'm the original! I'm the original! I'm the original!!!"
Echidna's voice was already a little broken,
"You came to the Sanctuary to revive me, right!"
"What we want to revive is the real Echidna, and you look like a dangerous element! I don't want to revive you!"
"As long as you're willing to revive me, even if you just make a contract with me, I can help you fulfill all your dreams! With my wisdom, I can still give you a lot of ideas! Do you know how many people in this world long to see me, just to ask me a few questions?"
Echidna said with a smile.
She had an extremely strong curiosity about Satou Kazuma.
This curiosity surpassed all other emotions in Echidna's heart.
"I don't want to."
Satou Kazuma gave a negative answer without hesitation.
"Huh? Why!"
"The useless witch doesn't know anything when asked, and says she's smart, I feel like you're not much smarter than Aqua."
"....."
Echidna's body seemed to tremble slightly because of her excited emotions.
Calm down, calm down, calm down!
You are the witch of greed, the smartest person in the world!
How can you let emotions affect your judgment?
After adjusting her emotions, Echidna said again:
"Even if you don't need my wisdom, as long as you revive me, you can ask me to do anything!"
"Anything?!"
Satou Kazuma's eyes seemed to suddenly shine.
"Of course!"
"Then in the real world, can you freely adjust your figure like you can in the Dream Citadel?"
"Um... that's not really possible, after all, this is the realm of consciousness, and I haven't researched magic to change my chest - why do you suddenly have an impatient expression!"
"I still can't revive you after all."
Satou Kazuma's eyes were almost narrowed into slits, and there seemed to be a hint of contempt in his eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey..."
Echidna's brain was working at high speed, thinking about how to persuade Satou Kazuma to revive her.
After all, her original plan had completely failed.
She didn't want her soul to be trapped here for the rest of her life.
But... how should she persuade Satou Kazuma...
Just then, Satou Kazuma seemed to have thought of something and asked:
"Wait, this is the Dream Citadel, theoretically it's a dream, right?"
"Y-yes..."
"Then can you interfere with dreams?"
"Interfere with dreams? Theoretically, it should be possible, right?"
"Then, then! In a dream, is it okay to do anything! You just made wine out of thin air for the useless goddess, right! Even making a super-beautiful girl with a great figure is no problem, right!"
Satou Kazuma's lower body brain had already started working at high speed.
"Y-yes."
"If you're revived, will you still have this ability?"
"I should still have it, after all..."
Echidna was a little confused, completely not knowing what Satou Kazuma wanted to ask.
"Echidna, I will do my best to revive you!"
Suddenly, Satou Kazuma's face showed an extremely firm expression, and at the same time he patted Echidna on the shoulder, looking like he was asking her to trust him as much as possible.
What, what's going on?
Echidna couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.
Satou Kazuma's attitude suddenly changed by 180 degrees?
What on earth is in his brain?
"Kazuma, Subaru! We've wasted a lot of time here, it's time to go!"
At this moment, Aqua waved to Satou Kazuma and Natsuki Subaru and shouted loudly.
"Please wait for me! Echidna! I will definitely revive you!"
Satou Kazuma said to Echidna, and then jogged towards Aqua's location.
"Please wait for me! I will definitely save you!"
Natsuki Subaru also said to Satella very seriously, and then followed Satou Kazuma's pace.
"I'll take you out -"
And without waiting for Echidna to react in any way, Aqua waved her hand, and a huge gap directly appeared in the Dream Citadel, and they walked straight into it, leaving the Dream Citadel.
Echidna's hand was suspended in mid-air, and after a few seconds she slowly put it down and took a long breath.
Relieved, finally relieved.
Why does it feel like dying is more tiring than living?
But -
Her curiosity is getting stronger.
She seems to want to understand Satou Kazuma even further.
Echidna's face was smiling, and she kept repeating this name in her mouth.
She turned her head and looked at Camilla beside her.
In Echidna's eyes, Camilla's appearance gradually overlapped with Satou Kazuma.
"I really want to, really want to understand you even further."
"Dona, what are you muttering about?"
"Nothing!"
"Daphne thinks you look like you've fallen in love, I'm hungry."
"I don't understand what you're talking about at all!"
.....
At the same time, Satou Kazuma and others had returned to the real world.
He found himself lying on the cold ground, and the ancient ceiling of the building came into view.
His palm still had a warm feeling.
The next second, Emilia's extremely anxious expression appeared.
"E-Emilia? What's wrong?"
Satou Kazuma immediately sat up and asked.
"It's Elsa, just now someone suddenly attacked the coachman who was waiting for us at the door!"
Emilia said immediately.
"That coachman? What was his name again, I kind of forgot - that's not important, what about Elsa?"
"Elsa went to chase that guy, we don't know what the situation is! But we were also worried about your situation, so we stayed here - you guys suddenly fell down and started talking to yourselves, we were so worried!"
"BaKazuma, you finally woke up!"
Satou Kazuma looked to the side, Beatrice was holding his hand tightly, looking very worried.
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