"Well, even though I can't turn young girls into mature women, this power isn't too bad either."
Satou Kazuma said to Beatrice with a smile.
"Betty knew that nothing useful ever comes out of your mouth."
Beatrice sighed, like a parent who was worn out with worry.
"How much can I do with this power? I need to give it a name too, something simple and direct, let's just call it Life Drain!"
Satou Kazuma was a little curious, wondering who to test it on now.
He wanted to know what kind of effect the power would have on others besides himself, and how quickly it would drain mana.
Beatrice was definitely out, because Beatrice's mana was still like his own.
And Aqua was just useless as a reference.
He had been draining her mana for a while, and Aqua didn't even react.
So now there was only one target left -
"Roswaal, come here for a second!"
Roswaal's mana should be very abundant, and this guy had been plotting all sorts of schemes from the beginning, and even harmed him several times.
Even though he seemed very cooperative earlier, because of those things Roswaal did, he really deserved to be taught a lesson.
"Kazuma-sama, is, is there something you need?"
Roswaal walked up to Satou Kazuma, trying hard to control the way he spoke.
It was a little too difficult.
As Roswaal walked in front of him, Satou Kazuma raised his hand:
"Life Drain!"
Satou Kazuma instantly activated the power, and in the next moment, he felt a lot of mana pouring directly into his body.
Roswaal's face first showed a confused expression, but in the next second, he realized that the mana in his body was gradually disappearing.
"Kazuma-sama?"
Before long, Roswaal felt dizzy and his body began to sway.
"This power can be used in battle too!"
Satou Kazuma smiled, and then stopped using the power.
This ability could not only be used to replenish mana, but could also be used directly on enemies, causing them to lose consciousness.
And when Aqua and Beatrice were both around, he could constantly transfer mana from Aqua to Beatrice!
Useless goddess, this is your most useful moment!
Aqua was basically a mobile ammunition depot!
However, Satou Kazuma also discovered the downsides of this ability.
The first was that the range was too short, he almost had to touch the other person to use it.
And the other thing was that draining mana took time.
For example, when he used the power on Roswaal just now, the other person only started to feel a noticeable effect after a few seconds.
But no matter what, Satou Kazuma finally had an ability that he could use in direct combat.
This made an idea pop into Satou Kazuma's head.
Could he take all the other witch factors for himself?!
If he did, his combat power would increase greatly!
Geuse was basically one of his own people now, so he definitely couldn't choose to drain his Sloth factor.
So now he had another target.
Gluttony Archbishop Ley Batenkaitos!
"Let's go, useless goddess!"
"Go where?"
"To interrogate those witch cultists."
......
At the same time, in another country on this land.
A young man wearing a yukata was sitting casually in a chair, looking at a letter sent by his subordinate.
"You're saying that in Lugunica, the White Whale was killed, and even two witch cult Archbishops of Sin were captured alive, is that right!"
He threw the letter aside nonchalantly, and then yawned,
"That's only natural, after all, that man is in Lugunica. He's the only man who has ever defeated me - Reinhard, I've always wanted to fight him again! Only by defeating him can I reach a higher level in swordsmanship!"
After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look behind him.
Several carefully maintained swords were neatly arranged on a shelf, each one a divine weapon.
"No, it's not Reinhard."
Just then, the subordinate kneeling in front of him shook his head.
"Not Reinhard?"
"Who is it then?"
"It's a guy named Satou Kazuma."
"Satou Kazuma? Never heard of him before, but -"
He stood up, a meaningful smile on his face, as he slowly drew a sword from its sheath.
In just a moment, an incredibly terrifying magical aura spread out, causing the subordinate's body to tremble involuntarily.
"Another strong person has appeared in the kingdom, this is really interesting~ I wonder if this guy is qualified to compete with me, one of the Nine Divine Generals, the Azure Lightning!"
.......
On the other side, Satou Kazuma and the others, using Aqua's status as a candidate, had arrived at the dungeon where the two Archbishops of Sin were being held.
"Aqua-sama."
A tall man in armor walked up to Aqua and bowed deeply, his voice extremely rough.
Knight Captain Marcos.
"Oh, you are!"
Aqua looked at him, feeling like she recognized him, and was about to say hello.
But the words got stuck in her throat.
"Um, who are you again?"
"....."
Marcos took a breath and then said,
"Aqua-sama, we met at the big meeting last time, I'm Marcos, the captain of the Knights."
"Oh, oh, oh! I remember now, you were the host of that party!"
As soon as she heard about the party, Aqua immediately became excited and said to Marcos.
"Ye, yes."
Marcos didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Satou Kazuma saw a slightly bewildered expression on the face of this classic, super-serious knight captain for the first time, so he spoke up:
"Captain Marcos, we're here to check on those two Archbishops of Sin."
"Understood. Our knights have also tried to interrogate the two of them. The Greedy one has said a lot of information, but not much of it is useful - and the Gluttony one seems to have completely lost consciousness and hasn't woken up yet."
Marcos said with a serious expression.
"Understood, take me to see them first."
"As you wish."
Then Marcos led the group to the depths of the dungeon.
"Please, let me out! Let me out! I'll do anything, anything!"
The first thing that hit their ears was Regulus's almost shrill wail.
He was as arrogant and crazy as ever, but now he was just as miserable.
He had realized that he had lost his power, and the pain that he hadn't felt in over a hundred years swept over him, almost causing Regulus to break down.
Fear had completely overwhelmed him.
To be safe, the knights had used magic-sealing stones to restrain Regulus's movements. Satou Kazuma even felt it was a bit of a waste.
Satou Kazuma and the others came to Ley's cell.
Ley was lying on the cold ground. His previous attempt to devour a god had completely erased his consciousness.
"Aqua! Come on!"
Satou Kazuma said to Aqua.
"Hmph! You only remember my usefulness in situations like this!"
Aqua raised her chin, but she still walked over to Ley and directly took out the Gluttony factor.
Beatrice, who was traveling with them, pursed her lips. Even though she had seen it once before, she was still shocked.
Taking out a witch factor with her bare hands...
In this world, no one but Aqua could do it.
"Hey, isn't this factor kind of small? Like you, Kazuma!"
"What are you talking about, you useless goddess!"
Satou Kazuma immediately retorted, but his eyes also fell on the Gluttony factor in Aqua's hand. Although it was still that indescribable object, it did seem to be much smaller than the Greedy one.
Only about a third as big?
Maybe it was because Ley was small?
But he didn't think about it too much and chose to fuse with the Gluttony factor.
Anyway, no matter what happened, he had Aqua as a backup.
Satou Kazuma grabbed the Gluttony factor, and he could feel the witch factor pouring into his body instantly.
But just then, his vision gradually became blurry.
Flickering.
Hazy.
He seemed to see a completely white space.
And in that white space, there seemed to be a blonde young girl looking at him with an incredibly shocked gaze.
"Who, who are you?! Why are you here?!"
But before Satou Kazuma could react, his consciousness returned to reality.
"What are you doing, you idiot Kazuma?"
Beatrice asked with some concern,
"You were just staring blankly a moment ago."
"I suddenly saw some weird things, a white space with a blonde girl in it - no, a young girl, another young girl! Damn it, why is it always young girls!"
"Idiot Kazuma, are you trying to mock Betty on purpose?"
"That's right, that's right, Kazuma's brain is full of disgusting stuff!"
"Hey, hey, I'm not lying!"
Satou Kazuma said immediately.
But even so, he wasn't sure what had just happened.
Was it just a hallucination because he was too tired?
Whatever, let's go back and rest.
What the Gluttony power actually did, he would probably only know in the future.
........
An hour later, Satou Kazuma and the others had returned to the mansion.
As soon as they opened the door, they saw Ram and Rem standing at the entrance, bowing deeply to them:
"Welcome back Aqua-sama, Kazuma-sama, and Beatrice-sama."
Now, with Emilia's permission, Ram and Rem had temporarily joined Satou Kazuma's group. While Satou Kazuma and the others went out to attend the celebration, they stayed at the mansion to do various chores.
"Oh, oh, oh!"
Seeing the twin maids in front of him, Satou Kazuma's face immediately lit up with joy.
Coming home and being greeted by maids, this was great!
Ram and Rem both had cute faces, but their figures were very different from those loli young girls.
Perfect, perfect!
Satou Kazuma turned his head and found that his mansion had become incredibly clean, even the floors were polished and so were the walls.
"Hey, did you do all the housework? What did you do?"
Satou Kazuma asked eagerly.
"Rem swept the floor, wiped the walls, bought groceries, washed the windows, and changed the sheets and bedding. As for the bathroom and bedroom, Rem didn't clean those because they were cleaner than anything Rem has ever seen."
Rem replied.
"Thank you for your hard work. As for the bathroom, someone is cleaning it naturally."
Satou Kazuma turned his head to look at Aqua beside him. The fact that these places were so clean was also thanks to Aqua's ability.
This was one of Aqua's few uses.
"So what about Ram?"
Satou Kazuma looked at Ram expectantly, waiting for her to answer.
"Ram steamed sweet potatoes."
Satou Kazuma waited for Ram to continue, but she had fallen silent.
"Wait, is that it?"
"Yes."
"You just steamed sweet potatoes?"
"Steamed several sweet potatoes."
Ram said with great shock.
"?"
Satou Kazuma looked at Ram in front of him.
Was this girl too shameless?
Did she let her sister do everything!
"So, Rem did everything?"
"Ram steamed sweet potatoes."
Ram repeated those words again.
"Rem, don't you have anything to say about your sister?"
"Big sister works too hard every day. Rem only needs to take care of sweeping, wiping windows, and washing clothes. Big sister has to do the difficult work of steaming sweet potatoes! Rem... admires big sister very much."
Rem said very seriously.
"I guess I know how Ram's personality was spoiled..."
"Besides steaming sweet potatoes, Ram did one other thing."
"What?"
"Cuteness. Ram can be in charge of cuteness. Although the pervert is always looking at me with disgusting eyes, Ram also knows that she's very cute. If I was any cuter, the world would be in danger."
"Her appearance and personality are complete opposites."
Satou Kazuma sighed, chatted with the others for a few words, then went to wash up and rest.
Too many things had happened today, Satou Kazuma was a little tired. He lay in bed and fell asleep before long.
But that familiar voice seemed to ring out again -
"How did you come to this place?"