Echidna puffed out her cheeks and reluctantly went to pour water for Ayanokouji.
Her blanket was shattered into pieces.
"..."
Echidna was silent for a moment, then pointed at the fragments with her hand, "Restore."
The fragments still lay on the ground like a split corpse.
"Um... Echidna... this isn't the Dream City. You can't... restore it with just one word..." Carmila's voice echoed in Echidna's mind.
"Of course I know that!" Echidna immediately retorted, then took out a second cup.
*Pa*
"...No, is this cup slippery?"
*Pa*
Within minutes, Echidna had broken five cups, causing Ayanokouji's eyebrows to twitch slightly.
"Are you doing that on purpose?"
"I..."
Echidna was a little helpless and didn't know what to say.
Actually, she wasn't doing it on purpose, and she definitely wouldn't do anything blatant in front of Ayanokouji—she really couldn't hold cup.
One of the reasons was that she wasn't used to her body. Besides, Echidna was also a sports idiot and couldn't do even the most basic things well.
She was a unique talent who could drown even while drinking water by the river.
Echidna was a little confused. If she told him she did it on purpose, it would be tantamount to provocation in front of her contractor, and this lie was too stupid.
But if she said she didn't do it on purpose, it would make her look even more stupid.
As the former Witch of Greed and the most talented person in the world, Echidna was actually struggling with her own 'stupid method'.
"Echidna, what are you doing?" Minerva said helplessly.
"If Dona wasn't always like this, she would be like a clumsy child." Typhon's voice also rang out.
"The only thing I don't want to be called a child is you." Echidna sighed, "I didn't have much trouble pouring tea at tea parties before. It must be because of my health!"
"Obviously you're just clumsy, Donna. You don't need to use your hands to pour tea in the Dream City. Just use your spirit-speaking ability!" Tyhphon said mercilessly.
"It seems that's the case."
After several attempts, Echidna finally managed to pour a glass of water and handed it to hik.
Ayanokouji almost guessed that Echidna was the clumsy one.
"Kiyo, what are you planning during this preparation?" Echidna asked curiously.
"Continue to grow, expand our strength, and prepare for the next battle." Ayanokouji took a sip of water and said slowly, "We need to eliminate our opponents before they take action."
"The people from the Witch Cult." Echidna narrowed her eyes slightly, "I've warned you before, they are very dangerous."
"That's true, but rather than them coming to ask for trouble, it's better to take the initiative." Ayanokouji looked at his reflection in the cup and said,
"I completely agree with you on this."
After seeing the rest, he started to do the next job inside the camp.
First, Ram was asked to prepare a maid outfit for Echidna, who was her maid as Omega. Ram and Rem's childhood maid outfits were given to Meili, and the others fit to wear.
Echidna had never worn such a costume before, and her feelings were mixed when she thought that she, who was once revered by many, was now wearing a maid uniform.
But when she saw that she looked a little cute in the mirror, Echidna's mood rose sharply.
"Dona, I want to wear this outfit!" Typhon shouted impatiently in Echidna's mind, "Hurry back to the Dream City and wear it for me!"
Echidna was a little helpless, so she could only wear the same outfit on Typhon in her own spiritual world.
And Roswaal could sense that something was different about Ryuzu's clone, but he didn't know what was different about her. He just thought he was overthinking it.
Setting a suitable identity for Echidna to join his camp was the first step for Ayanokouji. Because of the change in this body, the witch's poison in Echidna hasn't been revealed yet, so no one else noticed that she was different.
After Ayanokouji asked Roswaal to teach Otto some internal matters. Although Roswaal wasn't a trustworthy existence, his ability was unquestionable. He could manage such a vast territory without much difficulty desired.
After experiencing various things in the Sanctuary, Ayanokouji concluded in his heart that Otto had high value and was a piece of rough jade. He had a simple personality and was easy to control, and he also had extraordinary talent and ability. He deserved a heavy responsibility.
After Ayanokouji was ready, Otto would be responsible for his invisible black transactions.
Currently in the camp, only Otto, Elsa, and Rom knew that Ayanokouji was involved in the trade of those invisible people. Neither Emilia nor Beatrice knew that his actions were something that shouldn't be put on the table.
Although Ayanokouji could handle this matter easily, he sometimes had no way to deal with it, so he needed an agent. During his time in the Sanctuary, this matter was left to Rom to handle, because now there are more unpredictable factors and he told Rom beforehand how to deal with various situations, so the related trading field can still maintain stable development.
However, Ayanokouji knew that Rom's intelligence wasn't very high, and he didn't have any relevant talents. The only thing he could do was maintain the status quo, without success or failure, he would definitely be tricked by others.
Ayanokouji would never let the initiative be in the hands of others.
That's why he decided to use Otto as his next replacement. The trip to the Sanctuary was not only a test for Emilia, but also a test for Otto. This was a chance to see Otto's ability and loyalty. If the other party was worthless, Ayanokouji would consider eliminating him. After all, he was the one who knew his relevant situation.
Judging from the current situation, Otto had proven that he was worthy of living. He didn't even know that his trip to the Sanctuary was equivalent to a trip to the gates of hell.
After Otto was judged valuable, he could be trained in related fields, not only to share his work in the future, but also to replace Russell's position in the future.
Although the two of them now have a cooperative relationship, Ayanokouji didn't trust him.
Russell was a complete businessman, and the most important thing in the eyes of a businessman was profit. Now the cooperative relationship between the two of them is very stable, precisely because Ayanokouji can give him huge profits.
However, if he met someone who could give him even greater profits in the future, Russell might betray him without hesitation.
Russell was just a temporary transition for him, and he wasn't a member of Ayanokouji's own camp, and the other party wasn't someone who could be won over.
If Russell was directly eliminated, the next successor would definitely appear soon, so Ayanokouji decided to let Otto become the next 'Russell' in the future. Only in this way could he be considered to have full control of the dark market of the royal capital.
❀❀❀
"This is actually very scary."
On the outskirts of the royal capital, Otto, who was preparing to find another way to make money, looked at the scene in the sky and was slightly shocked.
From beginning to end, the only one who suffered was himself!
But then he thought about it, if Ayanokouji really supported him, wouldn't he be able to become rich in the future?!
From an objective point of view, Ayanokouji saved him from Russell's hand in the picture and gave him a heavy responsibility. There was no doubt that he was his greatest benefactor.
And as far as the results were concerned, he had made a lot of money!
"If this video is true, as soon as Ayanokouji-sama really comes to this world, I will join him as soon as possible!"
Otto said to himself.
❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱
At this time, Ayanokouji was in his room, reading the letter sent by Rom from the royal capital. Before leaving the royal capital, he asked Rom to write a letter and report his situation every day, so that after returning from the Sanctuary, he would be able to understand the information in the royal capital as soon as possible.
He carefully checked the envelope to see if there were any signs of being opened, even though he knew that the people in the mansion wouldn't just open it and give it to him.
As expected, he found the clue.
Although it wasn't obvious, Ayanokouji could see that the varnish on the letter had been removed, and there was a very inconspicuous scratch on the letter. The varnish has now been stamped for the second time, and although the seal looks very similar to the seal used by the Mathers family. Most people can't tell the difference at all, but Ayanokouji can sharply detect the flaws in its details.
This was definitely not what Rom did, but someone had tapped the letter during the delivery process, checked its contents, and pretended that the envelope hadn't been opened.
This might be able to fool ninety-nine percent of people, but it couldn't fool his eyes.
Who could have done it?
Ayanokouji checked the fire paint compaction. He knew that the distance between the second and first fire paint wasn't very long, which meant that the place where the action took place was most likely in the royal capital. Checking all the letters showed signs of being opened.
He wasn't surprised by this situation. There were many people in the royal capital who were wary of him. After all, he was also 'famous' among many nobles in the royal capital, but the other party had the guts to do this. Who was such a person?
The other two candidates for the throne were competing with him, and they were the most motivated.
However, Ayanokouji was the first to exclude Priscilla. She had a arrogant personality and believed that she would definitely be chosen as the king. She didn't like to use this method.
As a businesswoman, Anastasia was very likely to do such a trick and have the courage to do so.
Besides, the old fox Russell might also do such a thing.
Although the contents of the envelope had been peeked at by others, Ayanokouji wasn't worried that the core contents inside would be leaked.
"It seems that a wave of cleaning up people in the royal capital is needed." Ayanokouji said to himself, and then carefully read the contents of the envelope. Everything contained trivial things that were recorded.
This was just a cover-up.
He carefully observed the subtle symbol implied. This ordinary written symbol was the actual content of the letter.
Before leaving the Sanctuary, he prepared for the possibility that correspondence would be intercepted and replaced, so he adapted Morse code into several sets of codes tailored to the world's script beforehand, and taught Rom before leaving, and used different passwords on different dates.
Others would never be able to decipher it.
So even though others tapped these letters, they wouldn't be able to read the contents at all. Ayanokouji wasn't worried that the information inside would be leaked.
He translated the code words written by Rom and gained a certain understanding of the information in the royal capital. He had been away from the royal capital for more than a week, and some of them had already started to make some small moves.
For example, Russel.
During Ayanokouji's absence, he further expanded his market coverage, which was enough to show his ambition.
Could it be that the rat who spied on his letters was Russell?
After a little testing, let's erase him from the stage of history.
Then Ayanokouji took a pen, wrote a letter, and stamped it with varnish.
He looked at the red paint on the envelope that looked like blood.
"It seems that the letter I sent back to the royal capital will also be tapped."
"Use enough tempting information to guide the rat out of the hole."
"After that, you need to clean up the dust a little."
Ayanokouji immediately left the room and entrusted the letter to the maid to send.