After discussing the Witch Cult with Echidna, Ayanokouji concluded that although the Witch Cult currently bears this name, they don't actually have a specific belief in the Witch. Only Petelgeuse does, while the others are essentially a group of crazies who simply act according to the Gospel.
This group is a threat that needs to be eliminated.
"Kiyotaka, there's something I need to tell you."
A meaningful smile appeared on Echidna's face, and in her hand, there was an additional Gospel book.
"The people in the Witch Cult may no longer be able to sit still – they have to take action now."
This is the Book of Wisdom and Echidna's power, also known as Memories of the World. It's a book that records all information in the world. Even the world covered by Return by Death is clear, as is Echidna can only be in the City of Dreams, and she knows all information about the outside world.
"According to my calculations, they will take action within this year. You may have to face all the Sin Archbishops then! This will be difficult to handle." Echidna said with a smile.
"So, we have to defeat the Witch Cult members one by one before they take the initiative." Ayanokouji said very calmly, "So I want to know their intelligence, strength, address, personality, everything you can offer."
His plan was to start preparations to eradicate the Witch Cult after breaking through the trial barrier.
It was an unstable factor, and he needed to eliminate all unstable factors.
"You actually want to get so much from me? You're really greedy." Echidna narrowed her eyes.
"But this is what you want to see, isn't it?" Ayanokouji asked.
"That's right, and because of the contract, I can't go against your word." Echidna said with a smile, "But compared to those people, the Sin Archbishop of Sloth is the weakest, least dangerous, and most normal. Are you mentally prepared?"
"As long as there is intelligence, then they will have weaknesses." Ayanokouji said slowly, "Obviously, there is no power that is truly invincible, otherwise the world would have been destroyed long ago."
"You're absolutely right." Echidna put aside the Gospel, and then told him all the other information she knew about the current Sin Archbishops.
"...This is what I know." Echidna said, "But this is just information. To make it valuable, you still need to see your actual operations."
"That's right." Ayanokouji nodded, "But now our combat effectiveness is quite impressive. If we can pull Reinhard into the team, we should be able to play a big role in facing the Witch Cult members, and Echidna, with your wisdom, you can definitely give me important assistance."
"Ah? I hate that, what you said is absolutely a lie." Echidna's face flushed red, and there was a smile at the corner of her slightly raised mouth.
"Then I'll be going now." Ayanokouji had obtained enough information and firmly remembered it in his heart.
"Are you leaving now?" Echidna said with a smile, "If you have any other questions next time, come see me again."
"Ayanokouji-sama... please come here more often..." Camilla also whispered.
"Oh, by the way." At this time, Echidna clasped her hands together, seemingly thinking about something, "Kiyotaka, can I call you Kiyo from now on?"
Echidna didn't want to use the same name as Emilia for Ayanokouji.
"Do as you please." Ayanokouji replied indifferently.
In the next second, his consciousness had returned to his body in the real world. This exchange with Echidna was very important, as it allowed him to obtain a lot of information about the Witch Cult.
Then Regulus who seemed almost invincible in the trial memory. On the contrary, his weakness was very obvious. As long as his power cracked, Regulus would become an ordinary person.
After the trial, he had to start formulating methods to deal with the Witch Cult.
First of all, this matter should not be done in a grand manner. There are likely Witch Cult spies in the royal capital. If preparations are done in a grand manner, it is very likely that the Witch Cult will be prepared beforehand.
So Ayanokouji believed that it was best to make this operation as comfortable as possible.
Elsa and Meili might be suitable candidates to follow him. As assassins, they can hide their presence and have good combat effectiveness.
Most importantly, through the information provided by Echidna, the assassination organization seems to have an inseparable relationship with the Sin Archbishops.
Perhaps one of the Sin Archbishops is the mother mentioned by Elsa and Mellie.
However, even with the help of two people and knowing their strengths, it was very unlikely for Ayanokouji to face the Sin Archbishops directly, as the risk was too high and could lead to great losses for himself.
So he planned to continue pretending to be the Sin Archbishop of Pride or an ordinary member of the Witch Cult, to make contact with these Sin Archbishops – using their personalities, he might be able to guide them into a civil war.
In this case, Ayanokouji would only have to face the surviving Sin Archbishops. According to his speculation, when none of them knew his strength, only the Sin Archbishop of Greed was most likely to survive until the end.
But this is also a matter of the future. For now, it is still necessary to liberate the Sanctuary and then eliminate the Great Rabbit as the top priority.
Ayanokouji nodded, looked at the clock, and saw that it was late, so he went back to bed, preparing to rest.
"Ayanokouji, how was the story today?" Beatrice opened her eyes slightly and mumbled without waking up.
"I think Betty is asleep." Ayanokouji said slowly.
"Betty is not asleep. Betty has been waiting for you, so I'm not sleeping."
"Betty was just talking in her sleep."
"No! Even if it's sleep talk... it's not sleep talk! Betty is not sleeping!" Beatrice slowly got up and immediately pouted.
"Okay, then I'll start now."
"Wait a minute, there's something I want to say!"
Beatrice got out of the blanket, immediately knelt on the bed, her flower petal-like eyes showed a very serious look, and focused on Ayanokouji's face.
"What's wrong?" Ayanokouji asked.
"Betty heard it today. Emilia called Ayanokouji and you just called her name! She called you Kiyotaka!"
"Well, it's natural for couples to call each other by their first names." Ayanokouji was a little confused why Beatrice was so serious.
"Although it's true to say so... But Ayanokouji, you said that Betty is more important than a couple!" Beatrice raised her chin and pouted.
"That's right." Ayanokouji nodded.
That's what he told her at the time. He also said that the relationship might be broken or ended, but the contract with Beatrice would definitely be there.
"Then Betty also wants to give you a special nickname!" Beatrice stretched out her small, slightly fleshy hand, gently stroking her chin, thinking, then said, "I'll call you Kiyo from now on!"
"Okay." Ayanokouji didn't hesitate and immediately nodded.
In a way, this could be said to be a high degree of similarity between mother and daughter.
And Ayanokouji didn't understand why they cared so much about a title, but no matter what others called him.
Beatrice's face immediately showed an expression of joy, "Then I'll reluctantly forgive you!"
"Thank you very much, but I really don't want to do anything."
"Huh, Betty doesn't care! Start telling the story! Start telling the story!"
"Okay..."
The scene changed, one day had passed, and soon it was the next evening.
Ayanokouji and the others, along with Emilia, were preparing for the final trial challenge, having passed all the second and third level trials, and this time even Roswaal participated in it personally.
Ayanokouji believed that the first trial in the past was the most difficult for Emilia, and as long as she successfully passed this level of trial, the next two trials would not be too difficult, so he then let Garfiel, Ryuzu's clone and the others start preparing for the liberation of the Sanctuary.
At this moment, Emilia had already entered the trial, and was undergoing the trial about 'now' – the present that should not exist.
Currently, she was in a very beautiful field, and Geuse and Fortuna were sitting next to her, having a picnic and chatting.
If there had been no tragedy like the invasion of the Witch Cult, this might have been their future, a happy family.
Seeing Fortuna and Geuse still alive in front of her, Emilia kept holding back her tears. After talking at length with them, she quietly left the two of them and went to an empty place. Tears flowed uncontrollably at this moment.
But no matter how beautiful and real this was, Emilia also knew that all this was impossible.
"Have you ever thought about staying here? Look at the present that shouldn't exist. You should expect their happiness. This is your dream gift. If you stay here, you can always be happy at this moment." Echidna slowly emerged from behind Emilia and said.
"Yes." Emilia nodded, "But this is not true – but thank you for letting me see all of this, they can be together harmoniously and smile at me, Echidna, thank you..."
"Just because it's a lie, do you have to leave?" Echidna asked slowly with a gloomy face.
"Because in the present, there is still someone waiting for me!" Emilia turned and smiled.
And Echidna frowned, but tears slowly flowed from her eyes: "I hate you, I hate you!"
After finishing speaking, she disappeared, as if she had never existed.
This also meant that Emilia had successfully broken through the second level trial.
The camera turned. It's unknown how long time has passed, but Emilia has successfully passed all the trials.
Emilia found that the secret door in the room was open, so she entered it and saw a crystal coffin. Indeed, there was a strange woman lying inside.
She looked a bit like Echidna, but she looked older.
"Isn't this Echidna's tomb?" Emilia was a little confused, but when she saw the intricate magic spells on the coffin that looked like branches, she knew that this was the limit of the coffin. Find the core position of this technique, and hit it hard.
❀❀❀
"This is the real teacher."
Roswaal looked at the woman in the coffin, tears continued to flow.
He knew better than anyone that the person in Dream City was his teacher, a younger but incomplete teacher with a completely different personality.
And the person in the coffin was the Echidna who was very familiar with him day and night.
❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱
The mausoleum barrier was lifted by Emilia, and soon, Ayanokouji and the others also entered the mausoleum. Without the barrier, others no longer need to be limited by the trial qualifications.
"Kiyotaka..."
After Emilia saw Ayanokouji, she immediately threw herself into his arms, while Beatrice pouted to the side and snorted coldly again.