"About this big, and there's a little flower-like patch on the back left side..."
Satou Kazuma said, gesturing with his hand,
"And..."
"Shut up! You pervert!"
Before Satou Kazuma could finish, Felt punched him right in the face, knocking him over.
'Seriously, what's up with this guy?! Is he a hidden stalker around me?!'
Felt was annoyed, but also a little surprised.
Because what Satou Kazuma said was actually correct.
But how did this guy know?
Although countless questions floated in Felt's mind, she was sure of one thing.
The person in front of her is a pervert.
"Oh Kazuma, being called a pervert by a girl, that's the most damaging thing you can say to a guy like you!"
Aqua said mockingly, with one hand in front of her mouth.
"Shut up, you useless goddess!"
Satou Kazuma immediately shot back, but he quickly moved his gaze to Felt,
"I can prove to you that this person is one of the candidates! Just give me the badge, it will react when it touches a candidate."
"If you dare to trick me, I will definitely kill you!"
Felt said fiercely and handed the bag containing the badge to Satou Kazuma.
Satou Kazuma took the badge out of the bag. The dragon pattern on it was very clear. He then handed the badge to Aqua.
Felt held her breath, curious about what would happen next.
Aqua took the badge with a blank look -
And nothing happened.
"Is there... anything different?"
A hint of doubt flashed across Felt's face.
"Maybe we have to wait a little bit, haha."
Satou Kazuma said, walking to Aqua's side and lowering his voice,
"What are you spacing out about?"
"Oh oh!"
Aqua had just spaced out, thinking about what to eat later - even thinking about whether she could use Natsuki Subaru's return by death ability to get a free meal, at least to taste all kinds of delicious food.
Aqua came back to her senses after being poked by Satou Kazuma.
'Kazuma said that when a candidate touches this badge, it seems to glow. I have to play the role of one of the candidates, but what kind of light should it be? Oh well, whatever! In theory, the more powerful the person, the more powerful the light!'
A smile bloomed on Aqua's face, and a hint of smugness seemed to flash in her eyes,
"Then take a good look!"
As Aqua activated her skill, the badge in her hand emitted a red light.
"It really reacted!"
Felt exclaimed in surprise.
"See!"
Just as Satou Kazuma was smiling and speaking, the expression on his face gradually froze.
Because the light on the badge changed.
First red, then orange, then yellow... the badge was constantly changing colors in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, and the light was rhythmically flashing on and off.
It was like a disco ball in a nightclub.
"?"
Satou Kazuma stared at Aqua in disbelief. He felt like his eyes were about to be blinded.
And Aqua was completely immersed in her art.
The more it flashes, the more special I am!
"Okay, okay! Enough!"
Satou Kazuma finally couldn't stand it anymore and snatched the badge from Aqua's hand, finally ending the dazzling light show.
"It, it's actually true."
The shock in Felt's eyes had not disappeared. She felt a little shocked by what had just happened.
Felt didn't expect that this ordinary-looking badge would actually react when Aqua touched it.
It's just that the light... seemed a bit too weird.
And she really began to believe Satou Kazuma's words.
"Now you believe me, right? It's a very serious crime to offend a king candidate. You and Rom might go to jail!"
Satou Kazuma put away the badge, paused deliberately, and then continued,
"But if you are willing to help us, it will be like atoning for your sins! And the person who commissioned you to steal will definitely try to silence you later, and we can provide you with protection."
Hearing Satou Kazuma's words, a hint of panic finally flashed across Felt's face.
She didn't want to get into trouble and also put Rom in danger.
"Then, then, what should I do?"
Felt's voice lowered a few decibels, completely lacking the impatience she had before.
"Later, cooperate with us to catch Elsa - the person who hired you - let's go back to your place and discuss what to do."
Satou Kazuma said with a smile, leading Felt towards the place where the stolen goods were kept.
In his mind, he had already thought about the possible future developments.
They didn't need to defeat Elsa, they just needed to stall for time.
Until Natsuki Subaru brought the guards over.
Then Aqua would make the badge glow again in front of everyone!
In this way, Aqua would enter everyone's field of vision as the fifth candidate!
Not only would it be a considerable achievement, but it would also make Emilia, who is another candidate, owe them a favor!
Then he could live a life of luxury!
Adventure wasn't so necessary anymore, living the life of a noble in another world wouldn't be bad either!
And maybe he could really ascend to the throne!
Just as Satou Kazuma was imagining the future, Felt's voice next to him pulled him back to reality.
"Who else is in your group right now?"
Felt asked curiously.
"We're just getting started, we need to recruit talents in all areas! We just found three people who are somewhat useful."
"Then where are they?"
"In order to deal with the assassin who's coming later, I arranged for them to set up traps in this area in advance."
Satou Kazuma replied.
Earlier, he had arranged for the trio to set up traps on Elsa's path, so that they could gain the initiative in the battle.
"Where did they put the traps?"
"I don't know, let's go find them and ask, they can't dig traps on the main road, right—"
Before Satou Kazuma could finish speaking, his feet suddenly went empty, and he fell into a pit that shouldn't have been there, and was pierced by the barbs inside. He didn't even have time to scream before he returned to the world of the gods.
In front of him was Eris, with sweat on her forehead and a speechless and embarrassed smile on her face:
"In less than forty-eight hours... Kazuma... you've been back here almost ten times."
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