Russell is outwardly the head of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, but in reality, he is a member of the Lugunica spy organization, the Six Tongues.
They have infiltrated every corner of the kingdom, hiding their identities and secretly collecting information. Every plant and tree in Lugunica is under their control.
And now, Aqua and Satou Kazuma are their most closely watched targets.
Russell's cooperation with Aqua and the others is partly to further fake his identity as a merchant, and partly to further understand information about Aqua and the others.
Whether Aqua is really connected to the Dragon God.
That's what Russell wants to know.
Looking at the two people in front of him, Russell just smiled and nodded.
He can currently tell one thing, and that is that Aqua and Satou Kazuma, who seem to have a very unique style, are not ordinary people.
Perhaps all of this is just a disguise.
Defeated the Bowel Hunter, caused a miracle, signed a contract with a great spirit, won over people's hearts, and even the eccentric frontier lord Roswaal seems to pay special attention to them.
"I'm sorry, you two, I still have some matters to deal with. In that case, I'll take my leave first! I hope we can have more cooperation in the future."
After leaving these words, Russell smiled and left the place.
Satou Kazuma looked at Russell walking away, and then looked at Aqua.
It seems that Aqua's actions have achieved good results?
"The next round of performances is about to begin! Kazuma, come and help!"
......
It was getting late, and Satou Kazuma and Aqua returned to the mansion.
After all, what's done is done. Satou Kazuma chose to join Aqua's group and help her with the performance.
Because of Russell's words, the ticket fees and other things could only be dropped. He could only place a donation box next to the venue and let the audience donate 'voluntarily.'
But in the end, they couldn't even make back much money, not even enough for one meal.
Satou Kazuma sighed helplessly, while Aqua was humming happily today.
After all, she gained a lot of believers today.
"What's wrong, Kazuma? You don't seem to be in a good mood today?"
Aqua walked to Satou Kazuma's side and asked.
"I'm just a little worried about having to tighten my belt for the next few days..."
Satou Kazuma shook his head and replied.
"Don't worry, Kazuma. When my followers become more and more numerous, everything will be fine! Did you know that in another world, there is a city full of my followers? It's also famous for its hot springs, and it earns huge profits every year!"
"It's hard to imagine... a whole city of followers, and they're your followers. How terrifying would that be..."
Satou Kazuma glanced at Aqua out of the corner of his eye.
If they didn't use tricks and lies, these people could choose to believe in Aqua -
They must be crazy.
But Aqua's words just gave Satou Kazuma a new idea.
Satou Kazuma had heard that the kingdom's current environment is very bad, and the slums are basically a no-man's land, leaving the people there to fend for themselves.
People like Felt and the three members of the Ton gang have no other way to earn a living, so they are forced to resort to petty theft.
Since no one governs there, wouldn't he have the opportunity to transform it?
Satou Kazuma had heard that each candidate basically has their own territory, and he and Aqua have nothing except the mansion they got from Miklotov.
Perhaps that place could be a good base.
Not only that, Satou Kazuma also heard from Aqua that Russell seems to have some cooperative relationships with workshops and other places.
Could he bring some of his world's inventions to this world? And then let Russell's chamber of commerce help him produce and sell them?
This is the most classic other-world anime novel plot!
Of course, all of this requires them to have enough money.
They can't even afford to eat now!
Should he shamelessly hint to Rikert and the others that they are short of funds?
Even if they can get money, this is not a long-term solution.
While Satou Kazuma was thinking, he unknowingly returned to the entrance of his residence.
And as he opened the door, a figure rushed out!
"I've been waiting for you for a long time! Brother Kazuma!"
"Ah, Meili? You're back?"
Satou Kazuma looked at the girl in front of him in surprise.
He almost forgot about Meili.
After recruiting Elsa into his camp, Satou Kazuma asked Elsa to take Meili out to complete quests to eliminate magical beasts in order to earn some extra money.
After all, although there is no adventurer's guild in this world, there are still merchants who travel between different towns, and they are naturally threatened by magical beasts. Therefore, they sometimes hire people to act as guards, or find someone to clear the magical beasts along the way in advance.
The rewards for these quests are generally very considerable!
Meili's ability to control magical beasts, coupled with Elsa's super combat power, can theoretically complete various quests very efficiently.
"Meili, how did your quest go?!"
Satou Kazuma looked at Meili with anticipation, and the latter took out a huge money bag, full of heavy gold coins.
Not only are the quest rewards, but some parts of these magical beasts are also very valuable.
"Great, Meili, you're already in my top two favorite young girls!"
As Satou Kazuma spoke, he cast his gaze on another person in the room.
"Hey, hey, why are you looking at Betty!"
"I'm afraid Betty might be concerned about what I said."
"What does Betty have to care about? Betty is so strong and so cute, it's only natural that she's number one in your heart."
"Oh, I thought you would care about the term 'young girl.' So you've already admitted that you're a young girl?"
"Ugh, so annoying! Stupid Kazuma!"
Satou Kazuma looked at Meili, while also casting his gaze into the room:
"Hey, where's your sister?"
Satou Kazuma was a little concerned about whether Elsa had returned.
After all, only Aqua and Beatrice know about him recruiting Elsa into the team. He hasn't figured out how to introduce this guy to the others.
Satou Kazuma can't imagine what would happen if Felt found out about this.
"Sister is back too, chatting with Felt!"
Meili said with a smile.
"Huh?!"
A bad feeling emerged in Satou Kazuma's heart, and he quickly entered the room.
He found that Elsa was confronting Felt at this moment.
"I said, you, why are you here!"
Felt folded her arms in front of her chest, staring at Elsa intently.
"Ah, what a strong hostility, what sharp eyes~ Wonderful!"
Elsa always had an ambiguous smile on her face, looking at Felt.
"Kazuma-sama, who is this?"
Hambali, who was on the side, looked at Elsa and asked in a low voice.
Elsa has an extremely charming face that is a little too eye-catching.
When Elsa and they had a conflict before, the Van Ton trio had already gone to another wooden house to wait for orders, so they didn't know what happened, nor did they know Elsa's true identity.
Only Felt and Rom, who had direct contact with her before, were very clear that the person in front of them was the Bowel Hunter Elsa who almost killed them.
"This is my sister Elsa!"
After hearing Hambali's words, Meili said to herself,
"Sister has been preparing to follow in the footsteps of Brother Kazuma since she spent a night with him~ Because there are many things that Sister Elsa can only be satisfied with by Kazuma-sama! Even when we went out to carry out Brother Kazuma's commission before, my sister still missed Brother Kazuma!"
"Wow."
A shocked expression appeared on Hambali's face, and he turned his head to give Satou Kazuma a meaningful smile,
"As expected of Kazuma-sama!"
"Thank you for using such easily misunderstood words to explain."
Satou Kazuma reached out and rubbed his temples.
"Traitor, what's going on? Why is this dangerous guy here?"
Felt's gaze immediately shifted to Satou Kazuma.
The latter's brain was racing, thinking about how to explain what was happening now:
"I said, this person just has the same name and looks like that Elsa from before, do you believe it?"
"Do you think I'm an idiot?"
"You might be."
"You son of a..."
Just when Felt was about to launch an attack on Satou Kazuma, Aqua spoke:
"Elsa is already one of my followers!"
"Huh?"
A surprised expression appeared on Felt's face, her mouth opened slightly, wanting to say something, but she didn't say it, then turned her head to look at Elsa,
"I'll be watching you! If you dare to do anything strange, I'll definitely kill you!"
Felt's reaction surprised Satou Kazuma a little.
He originally thought that Felt might make a big fuss, but he didn't expect that after hearing their words, she was much calmer than he expected.
"Hey, Felt, you're not objecting to her joining us?"
"What am I objecting to? You're the ones making the decisions anyway. Considering what you've done recently, I don't care."
Felt shrugged her shoulders.
Earlier, Felt also learned about the things that Aqua and Satou Kazuma were doing.
In her eyes, although these things sound very unreliable, it cannot be denied that many poor people have eaten today.
None of the other candidates care about the situation in the slums, which has always made Felt feel a little unhappy.
And today Aqua and the others' actions did make the people in the slums feel warmth.
Felt, who was born in the slums, also agreed with Aqua and the others very much.
"If there's anything you need to do later, just call me."
Felt clapped her hands, a nonchalant expression on her face, and said to Aqua.
"Speaking of which, there really is something we need your help with! Elsa, Meili, come and help too!"
"Oh? What?"
"There's another bonus for the audience today, which is to give away merchandise related to the Axis Church! But because the time is too tight, it will take some time for Russell's workshop to produce them. We can't send them out for the time being, so we have to get moving!"
Aqua's eyes seemed to be flashing with fiery light. She could be said to be full of energy now!
"Let's help too!"
"Seriously, I can't do anything with you guys."
Satou Kazuma shook his head with a smile.
Although the things that happened today were a bit strange, it seems that the results are not bad.
Perhaps his life in another world is finally getting on the right track?
"But before that, to celebrate the successful conclusion of today's event! Let's have a party!"
"Okay! Okay!"
"Long live Aqua-sama!"
"Hey, hey, this is the money that Meili and the others finally earned!"
Satou Kazuma was about to stop them, but seeing everyone so excited, he didn't plan to say anything more.
But at this moment, Satou Kazuma noticed something.
Meili was holding a doll in her arms.
That is...
A Gundam?
A bold idea arose in his mind.
.....
At the same time, in an unknown cave.
A mushroom-headed man in a colorful robe with a pale face was holding a flyer, a distorted expression on his face, and yelling hysterically:
"This country, this country! They are holding a foolish event! The Royal Selection! But the problem is not here! What's important is not the Royal Election, but the existence that is participating in the Royal Selection! That is, the silver-haired half-demon!"
"Look! The clothing! The origins! It can be said that a mockery of the witch! This is an existence that we cannot ignore! Now is the time of trial!"
"Good, embrace! Lazy, remove! Whether or not they possess the capacity of a witch, if they do, bring them under our command! We must carry out this trial! We must be diligent diligent diligent!"
Suddenly, his voice lowered, and a trace of anger was mixed in his crazy eyes.
"And, and that arrogant fool who actually calls herself a 'goddess'! Remove, remove, remove!"
The hysterical voice echoed in the dark cave.
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