Ayanokouji and his companions soon arrived at the Water Plumage Inn and met Anastasia.
Not only was this business-savvy girl present, but also her powerful mercenary group, Iron Fang.
Ayanokouji understood that Anastasia intentionally allowed Iron Fang to appear here to act as a deterrent force against him.
This wasn't the royal capital. Even his influence here would be greatly reduced. Instead, this was more like Anastasia's palace.
Ayanokouji was aware of this. While speaking with Anastasia, he also carefully observed these warriors, searching for useful information.
Soon, they reached a consensus and decided to go to the Muse Company of Commerce tomorrow. They were the ones who possessed unique magic crystals and also had a cooperative relationship with Anastasia.
After the conversation, Ayanokouji bid farewell and took Meili and the others back to the room Anastasia had arranged for them. Although she was a political opponent, she also arranged a very luxurious room for him. Besides providing warm hospitality, it was also to show off her financial resources.
After returning to his room, Ayanokouji immediately determined if the identities of the guests in the next room were suspicious, and also determined if there were any blind spots in his room that could be monitored.
At night, Elsa secretly came to his room. At the Water Plumage Inn, the identity she used to disguise herself was as a regular guest, and no one cared about her presence.
Elsa reported the situation near her to Ayanokouji, and he was basically convinced that the surrounding environment was relatively safe, but if he left the hotel, there was still a possibility of being watched.
After hearing her words, Ayanokouji nodded, already thinking about a plan.
The scene changed, it would soon be the next day.
Ayanokouji took Meili and Echidna on a boat, arrived at the location of the Muse Company of Commerce, and negotiated.
There wasn't much time wasted between the two. Ayanokouji made a relatively generous offer, and the other party quickly agreed.
He now had exceptional assets, and paying such conditions wasn't a big deal. Moreover, this kind of magic crystal was indeed very valuable.
"Ayanokouji-sama, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you this time. What will you do next?" Anastasia asked on the boat back.
"I will rest here today." Ayanokouji said lightly.
He turned to look at the girl beside him, carefully observing her expression, wanting to take advantage of her and some information was taken from her mouth.
"Regarding the matter in the royal capital, Ayanokouji-sama, would you be willing to ignore it for now?"
"It shouldn't be a problem to leave it to Emilia." Ayanokouji said slowly, "Let's take a little vacation today."
"Ayanokouji-sama has been working hard all this time!" Anastasia said with a smile, and then turned her gaze to the wide canal in front of her, "Priestella City, this is indeed a good city, independent of others. This is a sight of prosperity and peace."
"That is true." Ayanokouji narrowed his eyes slightly.
The scene changed, Ayanokouji and the others had returned to the Water Plumage Inn, and then began the second step of their plan.
This trip to Priestella City was also to give me an opportunity to connect with the Sin of Archbishop.
The biggest uncertainty at this time was the existence of the Witch Cult, and Ayanokouji was ready to completely eradicate this existence.
Perhaps he could also use the hands of these Sin of Archbishop to weaken Anastasia's power. It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Although Anastasia had given him a lot of help at this stage, for now, Anastasia was still his political enemy.
Although it didn't have to be too extreme, it was still necessary to ensure that Anastasia lost the ability to create any threat whatsoever.
After returning to the mansion, Ayanokouji informed the others about his next plan.
He himself would take Elsa to the location of the Sin Archbishop of Lust, while the others would stay.
Ayanokouji gave Rom a magic item that could change his appearance and body. Although this magic item had a certain time limit each time it was used, there was no problem in letting Rom play on his own to a certain extent.
Priestella City was Anastasia's hometown. There must be many of her spies in the city, secretly monitoring Ayanokouji's every move. If he suddenly disappeared from Priestella City, Anastasia's attention would surely be drawn. Well, if the other party knew his connection with the Witch Cult at that time, it would also cause a lot of trouble.
So Ayanokouji had to let Rom pretend to be him, pretending that he never left Priestella City.
And the reason why he chose to let Echidna stay was so that she could understand the trends in Priestella City at any time – his contract with Echidna still existed, and he could still use the black crystal in his chest to enter her spiritual world for long-distance communication.
After explaining various things, Ayanokouji and Elsa disguised themselves, left the hotel through a blind spot that was difficult to detect, and headed north.
The scene changed. After a long journey, Ayanokouji and Elsa had disguised themselves and arrived at the secret fortress where the assassination organization was located.
Actually, the assassination organization didn't have a fixed base. This was just an outpost, but according to Elsa, the possibility of the 'Mother' being here was the highest.
The mother of the assassination organization's controller was also the Sin Archbishop of List from the Witch Cult.
"Master, there are already rats targeting us." Elsa said with a smile.
As soon as they stepped into this land, Ayanokouji could also feel that someone was following them.
Whether it was an assassin or a member of the Witch Cult, but in any case, it would be better if they could be used as spies to attract the Sin Archbishop of Lust.
Ayanokouji held the Gospel in his hand and turned to her: "From now on, you no longer need to call me Master, but Sin Archbishop of Pride."
"I know, Lord Sin Archbishop of Pride." Elsa said with a mischievous tone.
While the two continued to go deeper, suddenly about a dozen people appeared in front of them. These people's eyes were like those of wild animals, holding weapons in their hands, staring at Elsa and Ayanokouji.
"Oh, it seems they are my sisters." Elsa had a calm smile on her face, and took out a sharp sword from behind her black clothes, with a little hope in her eyes, "Would you like to add a little more fun to me?"
At this time, Ayanokouji heard a loud noise coming from the air, like a pair of large wings flapping.
He raised his head and saw a large black dragon diving down, then landing in front of him.
Almost at the same time, the black dragon's body began to change. The black flesh on its body quickly collapsed, and within seconds, it transformed into the appearance of a little girl.
"Really, really, I really don't know what you're doing, Elsa? After the mission failed, you disappeared, then returned in shame after I don't know how long?"
The girl made a sound, and from the content of her words and based on her attitude, Ayanokouji could tell that the other party was the ruler of the assassination organization.
"I'm really sorry, mother, something unexpected happened." Elsa smiled and her eyes were fixed on her.
"Then my child, who is this man?" The girl's eyes were fixed on Ayanokouji – to be precise, her eyes were fixed on the Gospel in his hand.
"This is the first time we've met, I am the Sin Archbishop of Pride Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, please give me your advice." Ayanokouji said politely, his expressionless face seemed to fit his arrogant status.
He knew that his body emitted a strong scent of a witch, and it was precisely because of this that he managed to deceive the Sin Archbishop of Sloth Petelgeuse. Although he didn't think there was any trace of him in Petelgeuse's eyes, he seemed to be a symbol of pride.
And Ayanokouji would use the same method again.
However, it was impossible to use the same method as that used on Petelgeuse. Although he already knew the strength of the Sin Archbishop of Lust and most of the information through Echidna, he still needed to know internal factors such as personality.
Echidna had previously called the current character of the Sin Archbishop of Lust the 'worst'. In comparison, Petelgeuse seemed more normal.
"Pride?" The girl frowned slightly, "When was this position filled? Forget it, let me introduce myself. I am the Sin Archbishop, in charge of Lust, Capella Emerada Lugunica– All love and respect in this world are only to be possessed by me. I must be the most loved in the world. I can respond to anyone's lustful desires. I am the most beautiful body, even the type of beautiful girl you like can change? A meticulous person! Kaahahahahaha!""
Listening to Capella's nonsensical and illogical speech, Ayanokouji could already feel that Capella was also a troublesome person.
He could tell from her speech that Capella's values were also distorted, and her personality must be very selfish.
However, it seemed that Capella didn't have any suspicion about his identity as the Sin Archbishop of Pride. After all, the unique smell of a witch in him was something that ordinary witch worshipers couldn't achieve.
While speaking, Capella freely changed her form in front of Ayanokouji. She turned into a simple boy, and then immediately stretched out her limbs and began to transform into a plump young woman, a village girl with bad luck, and the next moment a young girl with a lustful smile on her innocent expression appeared in front of his eyes.
She showed off her power.
Ayanokouji knew her power to freely change her own body or the bodies of other creatures and transform them into other forms. The same applied to the black dragon earlier, and the blonde girl's appearance was probably not her real body.
And most importantly, this ability could also produce therapeutic effects by changing injured parts into intact parts.
This meant that Capella could not be killed by ordinary physical means, even magic.
In addition, Capella's power could also change her own appearance, which might cause a lot of trouble and needed to be resolved as soon as possible.
Although Capella's abilities were very special, the deviant character of the Sin Archbishop made them destined to not be suitable tools in Ayanokouji's hands.
He and Echidna discussed how to defeat Capella, or use some kind of large-scale and highly deadly magic to directly annihilate Capella's body. Judging from the current situation, this could be done. Perhaps the only one who could do this so far was Reinhard.
Use Emilia or Puck's power to freeze her. Because of the special nature of Capella's power, ordinary methods couldn't restrain her at all, because she could transform into insects or soft-bodied creatures.
Or use some methods to cause great damage to her soul, or kill her using other methods that ignore physics.
Let her heart stop and suffocate. This method could also kill her.
From the current perspective, the most reliable method was the first, using Reinhard to deal with Capella.
However, if Ayanokouji wanted to use this method, he needed to prepare a suitable stage beforehand and create a scene where the two people fought in a reasonable way.
The first time they met, Ayanokouji already had a plan in his mind to kill her.