Satou Kazuma spoke seriously to the group of three.
"I see, I knew Kazuma-sama would never abandon us!"
The sad expressions on the faces of the three were gone, replaced by excited smiles, as if they had forgotten their hunger.
"That's right, that's right."
Satou Kazuma had a slightly forced smile on his face as he spoke to the three in front of him.
"But I have a question, Kazuma-sama."
At this moment, Gaston looked at Satou Kazuma with a puzzled expression,
"I heard them say that I slept for three or four days. What exactly is going on?"
"Haha, that's all thanks to... Aqua-sama!"
As Satou Kazuma spoke, he gently nudged Aqua beside him with his elbow.
"Me? My credit?"
Aqua looked at Satou Kazuma with a confused look. Her intuition told her that Satou Kazuma was going to pass the blame on to her again.
"Hey, hey, don't you dare—"
"It's all thanks to Aqua casting a magic that can eliminate human fatigue, which allowed you to sleep until now. Do you feel refreshed and your body has become lighter?"
"It seems like, it seems like it is?"
Gaston looked down and felt his body, which seemed lighter.
Satou Kazuma just smiled as he looked at Gaston.
You haven't eaten for almost three days. How could you not be lighter?
Beatrice frowned as she looked at the three people in front of her, and she was sure of one thing in her heart.
These three people are complete idiots.
"Well, since you have passed my test, I'll treat you to a big meal tonight! Eat whatever you want!"
Satou Kazuma's insignificant conscience still hurt a little.
Just compensate these three guys in front of him a little—
"Oh right, now that you are considered part of our group, please fill out a form!"
As Aqua spoke, she took out a few sheets of paper from her waist.
"Wait, could it be..."
What she was holding in her hand was the application form to join the Axis cult.
. . . . . .
In the evening, Satou Kazuma took his companions to a nearby restaurant. Although it wasn't fancy, it was considered pretty good in this area.
"Order whatever you want!"
Satou Kazuma stood on the chair and shouted loudly.
If it were a few days ago, he probably wouldn't even be able to afford a meal.
But this time, when Satou Kazuma left Roswaal's mansion, he had obtained a lot of money from him.
This was the reward for defeating the magical beast.
The magical beast was basically defeated by Beatrice. Even Satou Kazuma, who had the thickest skin in the world, wouldn't have asked the other party for so much reward.
But now that Beatrice had signed a contract with him, the nature of things was different!
Beatrice was considered one of their own, so there was a natural reason to ask for a reward!
Moreover, Satou Kazuma had deliberately asked Aqua to ask Roswaal for it in person, so that Roswaal would be very willing to give their group a reward because of the candidate's identity!
"I want this!"
"Then I want to order this!"
"Bring one of each of these!"
Since Satou Kazuma was treating, the others in attendance were not polite at all and ordered all kinds of delicacies.
Aqua's goal was very clear.
Alcohol! Alcohol! Alcohol!
As the waiters brought bottles of wine to them, Aqua began to drink without caring about her image.
Before long, her cheeks were already flushed and she was drunk—and then she began to show off her talents in front of everyone.
Flowers, birds, wind and moon!
"Amazing!"
"So awesome! Who on earth are you!"
"This is something only a mage can do!"
Not only were the three thugs shocked, but the other customers in the restaurant were also stunned by Aqua's special skills, and they praised her without reservation.
"I am the goddess of water, Aqua!"
Aqua puffed out her chest and said with infinite pride.
"Are you Aqua-sama, who caused the strange phenomenon a few days ago!"
"Fifth candidate!"
"I didn't expect a candidate to be here..."
"Since we've met, let's drink together!"
Aqua shouted loudly to the customers next to her with great excitement,
"I'll pay for all your drinks!!!"
"Hey, hey, Aqua, although we have some savings now, don't spend it like that."
Satou Kazuma reminded her in a low voice.
"But everyone looks very happy!"
Aqua was completely in a state of excitement.
Next to her, the other customers in the restaurant had already swarmed over.
"Long live Aqua-sama!"
"I'm now a supporter of Aqua-sama!"
"Aqua-sama will definitely win among the candidates!"
The crowd shouted Aqua's name in unison, and the sound resounded throughout the venue.
Seeing that the atmosphere had reached this point, Satou Kazuma decided not to say anything anymore. The things here shouldn't be too expensive, and they should be able to barely afford to treat everyone.
Let's enjoy the moment first!
Satou Kazuma raised his glass and felt the ice-cold and slightly spicy liquid pour into his mouth.
Awesome!
"Is this, is this good?"
Meili looked at the wine glass in front of her, looking at it with a curious expression.
In less than half a second, Satou Kazuma snatched the wine glass in front of her:
"Kids can't drink this stuff - and Rom, old man! Felt also wants to sneak a drink, stop her!"
"You little snitch, you're ratting me out!"
Beatrice was also staring intently at the wine glass. She had never had a drink before.
Just as she was curious about the taste, Satou Kazuma, who was clearly just next to Meili, teleported to Beatrice's side:
"I said, kids can't drink alcohol!"
"Stupid Kazuma, Betty is not a child!"
"You're clearly a little girl!"
"Betty is already at least four hundred years old!"
"Then are you an old woman?"
"Betty is not an old woman!"
"Then aren't you a little girl! But I understand, little girls definitely won't admit that they're little girls! Boss, bring three times the juice!"
"Stupid Kazuma, stupid Kazuma, stupid Kazuma!"
. . . . . .
A few hours later, the originally extremely noisy restaurant was filled with the sounds of snoring one after another. Almost all the customers inside had been drunk under the table by Aqua.
"That, sir... how do we settle the bill for the rest?"
The restaurant owner carefully walked up to Aqua and Satou Kazuma and asked in a low voice.
"Useless goddess, the money's with you, give it here... hic..."
Satou Kazuma was already dizzy from drinking. While burping from the alcohol, he spoke to Aqua.
"Leave it to me!"
The tipsy Aqua also reached into her pocket—
But it was empty.
?!
The Aqua who was originally in a drunken state instantly sobered up. The wallet she had carefully prepared had disappeared!
Wait, wait, wait...
Aqua's brain was racing, thinking about what had happened earlier.
She had indeed put her wallet in her pocket earlier...
Then she thought about continuing to develop the sect after coming to the royal capital, so she also put the pre-written application form in her pocket.
However, Aqua thought that the pocket was a bit small at the time, so she took the wallet out first—
But she didn't remember putting the wallet back in afterwards.
She didn't bring the money!
"That..."
Aqua moved her head tremblingly to Satou Kazuma's ear. The latter was still in a drunken stupor.
"Kazuma, I don't seem to have brought any money."
"Huh?!"
These words were like a burst of explosion magic in a smelly ditch, instantly making Satou Kazuma thankful. His bloodshot eyes stared straight at Aqua, and his expression seemed to become distorted.
You! Didn't! Bring! Money?
Then what was the point of us defeating the magical beast earlier?!
*&%￥
Even though Satou Kazuma didn't say a word, silence speaks louder than words here.
At this moment, he had the urge to strangle Aqua.
No, there's still hope!
Satou Kazuma turned his head and looked at Beatrice with a smile:
"Betty, can you still use your teleportation magic? Let's teleport back to the mansion. We have something we didn't take."
"Even if Betty wanted to, Betty couldn't. That magic has a distance limit, and Betty hasn't been able to store much mana from stupid Kazuma yet. If I use it continuously..."
"Okay, I got it."
Satou Kazuma's face darkened, and he supported himself on the table with both hands.
At this moment, Satou Kazuma's brain was racing.
Dine and dash?
Wash dishes?
No, no, no, now Aqua is one of the king candidates. Even if they want to eat for free, the boss definitely wouldn't dare to say anything—
Damn it, precisely because she's a candidate, they can't do these things!
The king selection meeting is going to be held tomorrow, and he and Aqua must participate. If they don't participate, it would be equivalent to despising the divine dragon and the kingdom, which would be considered a serious crime!
If others know that Aqua, as a candidate, had eaten for free, it is very likely that their true identities would be exposed!
A candidate eating for free on the eve of the meeting would seem suspicious no matter how you think about it.
And in Satou Kazuma's heart, a bold idea could not help but arise.
It's time to return to his old ways.
"Wait for me a moment, I have something to do."
Satou Kazuma gave Aqua a firm look, and the latter understood and nodded vigorously.
Satou Kazuma then walked out of the restaurant and searched the street with his eyes.
Searching for a target to pickpocket.
Things have come to this. In order to leave safely, he can only find a rich person and steal a fortune from them.
However, this location is really average, and it doesn't seem like nobles would appear here.
Even though Satou Kazuma is penniless now, he can't attack those ordinary people.
Is this where everything ends?
Just as Satou Kazuma was anxious, he saw a few people in gorgeous clothes approaching.
The one walking in the front was an old man in fancy clothes, with white hair and beard. Although the people behind him were also gorgeously dressed, judging from their words and actions, their status was slightly lower than that of the old man.
"It seems that my luck stat is finally working! I'm really sorry, although this money is unimportant to you as a noble, it is an extremely important lifeline for us!"
A smile appeared on Satou Kazuma's face, and he then activated his stealing ability on the old man.
In the next instant, a delicate wallet appeared in his hand.
Just by touching the material, Satou Kazuma could feel that this wallet was worth a lot. It seemed that the old man's identity was definitely not ordinary, and just by shaking it a little, he could know that there were definitely a lot of gold coins inside!
Why would such a noble come to this area?
Although this restaurant is not in the slums, it is in the surrounding area, which is not very prosperous. Satou Kazuma can't even see a few nobles.
But it doesn't matter. Satou Kazuma quietly stole his wallet, and the other party definitely wouldn't notice. There's definitely no connection between him coming here and himself.
The top priority now is to go back and save Aqua and the others, so Satou Kazuma didn't think too much, shrugged his shoulders, and quickly moved towards the location of the restaurant.
Behind him, those nobles were also walking along Satou Kazuma's route.
"Lord Miklotov, is this information really reliable? You're deigning to come to this kind of place! And even if it's true, you'll be able to get what you want at the meeting tomorrow!"
A short, fierce-looking middle-aged man asked the old man next to him with extreme respect,
"This is too close to the slums, full of dirty people!"
His words were full of contempt for the common people.
"Lord Ricalt, this is a very important matter for this old man. This old man heard from the guards that Aqua-sama has returned to the royal capital today, and this old man also received information not long ago that Aqua-sama seems to have appeared here. Many people are shouting her name."
A hint of awe was projected from Miklotov's deep eyes, and his tone became very serious,
"This old man wants to see the person who created the miracle before the meeting tomorrow. The miracle she caused is exactly the same as when the divine dragon appeared in historical records."
"She is definitely not an ordinary candidate. None of the candidates have caused the crest to react so obviously. Maybe she is loved by the divine dragon, or even a ..... incarnation of the divine dragon. This old man is sure that she must have an inseparable relationship with the divine dragon!"
"That's why this old man must go and see the person who created the miracle - Aqua-sama."
As Miklotov spoke, his old, cane-wielding body could not help but speed up his pace forward.
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