"Quick, tell us exactly what happened!"
Satou Kazuma asked.
Aqua next to him quickly poured a cup of tea for Natsuki Subaru.
Natsuki Subaru quickly took the tea Aqua offered and took a sip.
It's just plain water.
It's actually just plain water?
Natsuki Subaru looked at Aqua with some surprise; he clearly saw Aqua put in tea leaves.
Never mind.
Natsuki Subaru shook his head hard to avoid his thoughts being disturbed, but his mood was finally able to calm down a bit now.
"We were attacked by the Witch Cult!"
Natsuki Subaru told everything that had happened earlier in detail.
Because of Ram, Natsuki Subaru and the others quickly returned to the mansion.
The mansion was still safe at the time. They found Ram, asked her about the situation, and learned that Ram had used her clairvoyance to discover unusual sights in the border forest.
Suddenly increased numbers of animal corpses, darting black shadows...
Ram wasn't sure what was causing this, but without a doubt, it seemed that some unwelcome guests had infiltrated this territory.
Because they returned to the mansion late, they decided to investigate the forest the next day.
But that very night, they were attacked.
It was the Witch Cult.
"...not only the mansion, but even the village was hit hard..."
Natsuki Subaru swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down,
"...but one thing is very strange, those guys didn't kill me, but instead captured me in a cave."
"Oh, so how did you die?"
"Later, a blizzard suddenly hit, the temperature dropped sharply, that cold... and then I came back."
Hearing Natsuki Subaru's words, Aqua turned her head to look at Satou Kazuma:
"Kazuma, doesn't it feel like I don't quite understand? What exactly is this Witch Cult?"
"I heard Rem mention it once before, it seems to be a very crazy organization, probably similar to the Axis Church in another world."
Satou Kazuma said, picking his nose.
"What are you talking about! My followers are all super cute, okay!"
Aqua put her hands on her hips and said to Satou Kazuma with a dissatisfied look.
"They are a group of very dangerous guys, they seem to worship... the Witch of Envy."
"Satella?"
"Yeah..."
Natsuki Subaru pursed his lips,
"Emilia also used that name before..."
"Why did the Witch Cult suddenly attack you? It always feels like Emilia's side is being targeted?"
Satou Kazuma asked.
"I don't know, they were talking about trials or something."
Natsuki Subaru shook his head; after all, the situation was too sudden at the time, and he simply didn't have the brainpower to think about what the situation was at the time.
"Hey, do you think it's possible that they are actually targeting Emilia?"
Satou Kazuma suddenly thought of something and said.
"Huh?"
"I investigated before, the former Witch of Envy was also a silver-haired half-elf, and Emilia was previously hated by many people for this reason."
"That's true..."
"I'm afraid the Witch Cult people are targeting Emilia for this reason."
Satou Kazuma said, stroking his chin lightly with his hand,
"But it's a well-known fact that the Witch of Envy is sealed. If they come knocking—could it be that they think they can use some means to use Emilia to free the Witch of Envy?"
Satou Kazuma analyzed based on the current information and the anime and novel plots he had seen before.
For now, this possibility is higher.
In other words, the Witch Cult's target is only Emilia, and it should have nothing to do with the other candidates.
"I absolutely won't forgive them!"
Just at this moment, Aqua actually slammed the table excitedly and shouted loudly,
"As a goddess, I absolutely cannot ignore such a thing!"
"You finally look a little like a goddess!"
"How can they worship a witch!"
"So that's what you care about the most?"
"That Witch of Envy is not a good person to begin with, she almost swallowed half the world. As someone's belief, she must set an example! How can she allow her followers to do such things! This is second only to using breast pads, that is so bad! No, it might even be worse! And her behavior is simply impersonating a goddess! When I see her, I must give her a good beating!"
Aqua said extremely seriously, her tone becoming more and more excited.
"Breast pads don't deserve such a crime..."
Natsuki Subaru muttered softly.
"I must let them see what true quality faith is! Let's go, Kazuma!"
Aqua turned her head and looked at Satou Kazuma with unwavering eyes.
"Wait a moment."
Satou Kazuma reached out his hand and waved it.
Although Emilia and they are ostensibly competitors, Satou Kazuma naturally cannot ignore such a thing happening.
Judging from Natsuki Subaru's words, the other party has a lot of people, and their strength is definitely not weak.
If they only rely on him and Aqua, then they will definitely lose.
So Satou Kazuma needs manpower—
"Wait for me to call someone to help!"
.....
A few hours later, inside the dragon carriage returning to Roswaal's mansion.
"I didn't expect Aqua-sama and Kazuma-sama to be willing to return with us! Thank you very much!"
Emilia had a very polite smile on her face, and said to the two people in front of her.
"I heard that you have encountered trouble, so to be safe, I came to help take a look."
Satou Kazuma said with a smile, while turning his head to look at his side,
"Besides, Betty has been away from the mansion for some time, so she has to go back and see it sometimes!"
"Are you treating Betty like a child! ╭(╯^╰)╮"
Beatrice sat next to Satou Kazuma, crossed her arms, and said with a pout.
She is the secret weapon that Satou Kazuma carries with him!
After all, Beatrice can be said to be unique in terms of combat power and functionality.
At least when they encounter unbeatable enemies, they can use Beatrice's ability to run away.
But even if Satou Kazuma doesn't say anything, Beatrice will follow him.
Since signing the contract, Beatrice has been sticking to Satou Kazuma's side most of the time.
She says things she dislikes, but Beatrice still helps at the first time when she encounters any trouble.
"But Aqua-sama, why do you look so serious? Did something happen?"
Emilia looked at Aqua with some confusion.
At this moment, Aqua's eyes projected an extremely firm gaze, looking into the distance, and even muttering in a gritted voice:
"Those Witch Cult guys must all be bastards who use breast pads! Especially that Satella, how dare she pose as a goddess, unforgivable!"
"What is Aqua-sama saying?"
"Nothing, nothing, don't worry about it!"
Satou Kazuma immediately said with a smile.
"I heard that you have a lot of affairs to deal with in the royal capital. Will it affect you if you come back there with us?"
Emilia asked with some concern, fearing that Aqua and the others would be badly affected because of their side.
"Don't worry, someone is helping us deal with things there."
Satou Kazuma replied.
At this moment, in the royal capital, Felt felt like her brain was about to explode.
What production line, what interest rate, what scale of expansion, all were nouns she couldn't understand.
"Ugh, why are you suddenly assigning me this inexplicable work!"
Felt exclaimed.
Fortunately, Old Man Rom is by Felt's side, and he knows more about the relevant things.
It is precisely because of this that Satou Kazuma boldly handed over his newly developed industry to Felt and the others.
As for Aqua's long-awaited evangelism, it was temporarily handed over to Meili to handle.
After all, Meili is the High priest in the Axis Church of this world.
.....
It was night when everyone returned to the mansion.
Just like what Natsuki Subaru had experienced before, after hearing Ram's words, the group decided to go to the forest to investigate the next day.
Only Satou Kazuma and the three of them knew very well that tonight, those Witch Cultists would launch an attack!
In the middle of the night, a few of them called Beatrice and secretly went to the village. According to Natsuki Subaru's memory, Arlam Village was the first place attacked by the Witch Cult.
Although Beatrice didn't know what Satou Kazuma and the others were doing, she still followed them.
"What are you guys doing up so late at night, not sleeping!"
Beatrice looked at the people in front of her like a helpless parent to her children.
But at this moment, her face suddenly changed, and then she sniffed lightly.
"It's the smell of the Witch... and it's not coming from you, Subaru!"
As soon as Beatrice finished speaking, countless black shadows appeared out of thin air in front of everyone.
Dark hoods covered their faces, but each of them was armed with weapons and exuded a chilling aura.
"They're here!"
Natsuki Subaru swallowed nervously.
And at this moment, Aqua took the lead and walked in front of those Witch Cultists.
"You good-for-nothing goddess, what are you doing! It's dangerous!"
Satou Kazuma shouted anxiously from behind.
But Aqua stood in front of the Witch Cultists and opened her arms:
"You have strayed into the wrong path and established the wrong faith—but it doesn't matter, I am the water goddess Aqua, this is not your fault, now as long as you switch to our Axis Church, everything will be fine!"
Aqua's tone was extremely gentle.
"This girl, even now, doesn't forget to recruit people to join?"
"My eyes seem to be playing tricks on me... I feel like Aqua is really shining?"
Natsuki Subaru looked at Aqua in a daze, the latter was emitting a faint white light, looking extremely holy.
Satou Kazuma knew very well that Aqua had used Light, turning herself into a fluorescent lamp.
"No, you must have seen it wrong, is it because you have been under too much pressure recently."
"Oh, maybe."
At this moment, Aqua looked at the Witch Cultists in front of her with anticipation, thinking that her performance of such a miracle would make the Witch Cultists in front of her change their minds.
Those Witch Cultists looked at each other—
In the next moment, they picked up their weapons and rushed towards Aqua.
That murderous intent was overwhelming, as if to drown Aqua!
Aqua's words just now had enraged them even more!
Without the slightest hesitation, Aqua immediately turned around and ran madly towards Satou Kazuma, tears almost coming out of her eyes, while shouting loudly:
"Kazuma, save me! Save me!!!"
"Leave it to me!"
Facing such a mighty offensive, Satou Kazuma didn't choose to run away like he used to, but instead walked forward.
He didn't choose to run, but instead chose to walk forward!
"Kazuma, are you crazy! There are so many of them, that technique of yours that can steal weapons is useless!"
Natsuki Subaru shouted loudly.
"Don't worry! I'm different now than I used to be!"
Satou Kazuma showed a very confident smile on his face,
"Flame!"
He snapped his fingers with his right hand, and a ball of fire instantly condensed in his hand.
"Oh? Oh!"
Natsuki Subaru couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
He didn't expect that this guy Satou Kazuma had actually mastered magic.
This was exactly the skill that Satou Kazuma had drawn with the Adventurer Card, and had further refined his magic skills under Beatrice's guidance these past few days.
"This is the magic that I learned from Betty, I haven't had a chance to use it in actual combat before, now I finally have the opportunity to use it!"
The fireball in Satou Kazuma's hand quickly expanded and formed, and then he immediately threw the fireball out, hitting a Witch Cultist.
"Ahhhhh!"
The other party let out a hysterical scream.
"This is my power, watch carefully!"
Satou Kazuma struck a pose that he thought was very cool, and said slowly.
"Huh? It doesn't hurt."
But at this moment, the Witch Cultist who should have been swallowed by the flames looked down at his hands.
Nothing actually happened to him?
Even his clothes weren't burned?
Although he did feel the heat wave just now, it was only a little hot.
This magic has no lethality at all.
"..."
Natsuki Subaru looked in the direction of Satou Kazuma speechlessly.
The magic looked so grand and powerful, but it actually had no lethality at all.
But he suddenly discovered that the position where Satou Kazuma was standing just now was empty.
Satou Kazuma had already escaped behind Natsuki Subaru!
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