Satou Kazuma looked around and found himself back in the white space he had seen in his previous daze.
At the same time, a blonde girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old appeared in front of him.
Her golden hair dragged on the ground, and her face could be considered cute, but her shark-like teeth looked out of place. She was wearing only a ragged piece of cloth.
"You, how did you get here? To the end of this lonely and white soul, the cradle of Ode Laguna—the Hall of Memories."
The girl frowned, staring intently at Satou Kazuma.
"Who are you?"
Satou Kazuma looked at her with a curious expression.
"I am Rui Arneb, We are Cardinal of Gluttony from the Witch Cult."
The girl said slowly.
Full-stomach Rui is one of the Cardinals of Gluttony.
Unlike the other Cardinals of Gluttony, the Gluttony Cardinals are jointly held by three siblings, with Ley as the eldest brother.
And Rui, as the youngest sister, is the most special of the Gluttony trio.
She has no physical body and was trapped in the Hall of Memories from birth.
This is where souls are filtered and where the memories of those who have died and been reborn are stored.
Rui, located in the Hall of Memories, can only use the bodies of her two older brothers to see the outside world.
However, Rui never expected that someone would come to this place—the Hall of Memories.
Moreover, Rui felt an incredibly familiar aura from Satou Kazuma.
That is…
The scent of the Gluttony Authority.
Perhaps this guy was able to come to this place because he obtained the Gluttony Authority.
"We? Are there other people here?"
At this moment, Satou Kazuma asked.
"There are only us and you."
"Then why are you using 'we'? It seems you didn't study hard before! If there's only one person, use 'I', understand?"
Satou Kazuma's face showed an impatient expression, and he said to Rui,
"And a young girl, a young girl again? Am I naturally attractive to young girls?"
"Young girl? What are you talking about? We are the Gluttony Cardinal—"
Before Rui could finish speaking, Satou Kazuma suddenly rushed over without warning and punched her with a rising dragon fist, sending Rui flying several meters away and completely stunning her.
"Seriously, this kind of trick definitely won't work on me. I must be in a hallucination or a dream right now!"
Satou Kazuma had a smug smile on his face as he looked at Rui,
"Too bad for you, you definitely didn't expect that we already got rid of the Gluttony Cardinal!"
In Satou Kazuma's mind, there is only one Cardinal of Gluttony.
Since the previous Gluttony Cardinal has been eliminated, then this person in front of him is definitely not the Gluttony Cardinal. Maybe it's just an illusion created by someone using some special method.
Turning that dark and short Gluttony from daytime into this young girl, unforgivable!
Don't think that just because you're a young girl, I won't hit you!
What's more, this is an illusion!
As long as you're a living being, even if you're a goddess, I'll beat you up!
"Are you another Cardinal of Gluttony? Lust? Ugh, with your young girl appearance, you're worthy of being Lust? No chest, no figure! Then that only leaves Wrath! You're Wrath, aren't you! Hurry up and let me out! Undo your authority for me! Or else I'll beat you to death!"
Satou Kazuma directly straddled Rui's face and started beating her crazily.
"Let me out! Wrath! I can already feel the anger now!"
Rui's brain almost completely crashed, unable to understand the current situation at all.
What's going on with Wrath?
And didn't you come in here yourself?
What does it have to do with us!
"We, we are the Gluttony Ca—"
"Useless!"
Before she could finish speaking, Rui was hit by Satou Kazuma's attack, and she couldn't speak at all.
She wanted to use her authority to read Satou Kazuma's memories, only then could she get out of this predicament.
But Rui found that she couldn't do it at all.
Satou Kazuma's memories seemed to be sealed by some higher existence, even Rui couldn't read them.
Is it because Satou Kazuma also holds the Gluttony Authority?
Or is it for some other reason?
The Gluttony Authority...
Only then did Rui remember that earlier in the day, she had used her brother Ley's eyes to see what had happened before.
Ley at that time seemed to have been in contact with this guy in front of him.
But after that, Ley suddenly lost consciousness, and Rui disconnected from him.
Did Ley die? That's why the Gluttony Authority fell into that person's hands.
But how exactly was Ley killed?
My head hurts, my head hurts, my head hurts!
Before long, Rui was beaten to the point of almost fainting by Satou Kazuma.
Satou Kazuma then stopped,
The Gluttony Authority within his body seemed to be stirring.
Is the authority about to awaken!
Satou Kazuma felt a little surprised and delighted, and then he released the authority according to the feeling in his heart—
The target was Rui in front of him.
However, Satou Kazuma was not sure what effect his Gluttony Authority would have.
"Ahhhhh!"
Suddenly, Rui screamed and woke up with a start.
"Did anything special happen just now?"
Satou Kazuma quickly asked.
"We just... just saw an incredibly terrifying scene!"
Rui grabbed her hair, her body trembling constantly.
What Rui likes most is to devour other people's memories and experience other people's lives.
Because she was born in the Hall of Memories, Rui doesn't have a real life, so she craves to turn other people's lives into her own.
But just now, Rui experienced a very terrifying life.
"We… we just saw a strange thing suddenly rushing towards us…"
"Strange thing?"
Satou Kazuma frowned.
"We seemed to be scared to death... we even wet ourselves, and after death, we were surrounded by countless people…"
Rui held her shoulders with both hands, her voice trembling.
"Wait, wait, wait, that's not right."
Satou Kazuma seemed to realize something and quickly tried to stop her from continuing.
"...We also saw a terrifying demi-human, clearly having a female upper body, but the lower body was... he was going to do strange things to me…"
"Don't say any more, don't say any more!"
Satou Kazuma rushed forward and covered her mouth.
He already knew what his authority was.
To transmit the most tragic memories of his life into the minds of others. To let them experience the same feeling.
This is…
Mind bombing?
Why is my authority this? I feel even more pathetic now?
"We… we have never seen such a tragic life!!!"
Rui's trembling became more obvious, as if her mind had suffered a huge shock.
"You guy, I really want to beat you up properly! But first, hurry up and let me out!"
"We don't even know how you got here!"
"Huh?"
Satou Kazuma looked puzzled.
"We said, this is the Hall of Memories! Isn't it because of the Gluttony Authority in your body!"
"Gluttony Authority? Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"We said it from the beginning!"
Satou Kazuma reached out and placed his hand on his chest, feeling the surging of the Gluttony Authority in his body.
"Go back?"
As this thought emerged in his mind, the scene around Satou Kazuma changed dramatically.
He returned to the real world.
"I'm back!"
Satou Kazuma suddenly sat up from the bed.
"What are you doing, you dummy Kazuma!"
Lying next to Satou Kazuma, Beatrice frowned as she looked at him,
"I just saw you fall asleep, why did you suddenly get up again?"
"Just now, I seemed to have had a strange dream, but it didn't feel like a dream."
Satou Kazuma told Beatrice everything that had just happened.
"Perhaps… this is not a dream."
Beatrice said with a serious expression.
Through the books left by Echidna, she knew that the Hall of Memories was real.
However, Beatrice did not expect that the Gluttony Cardinal was now held by multiple people?
No wonder the previous Gluttony Authority didn't seem complete.
And one of the Gluttony Cardinals is actually in the Hall of Memories.
Dummy Kazuma, perhaps it is because he has the Gluttony Authority in his body that he can go to that place.
Beatrice felt unbelievable, but she was also very clear that Satou Kazuma should not be lying.
"So, you already know what the Gluttony Authority is?"
Beatrice asked.
"I know—don't know."
Satou Kazuma immediately shook his head.
This authority is too pathetic to say out loud.
"Don't know? Didn't you just say you successfully used it?"
"That, that, that, I remembered wrongly."
"You're really BaKazuma."
Beatrice looked at Satou Kazuma, thoughtful, and after a few seconds of silence, she asked again,
"Kazuma, are we going to the Sanctuary together in a few days?"
"That's right, rest well during this time, and then take care of the things inside the royal capital, and then we can go to the Sanctuary. But Roswaal said that Echidna's soul is still there, what does that mean?"
"Mother's body is buried there... However, the former mother, in order to prevent the Witch of Envy from harming the entire world, used herself and the souls of other witches as part of a barrier to seal her. So mother's soul is still in that place."
"I see, does Betty want to see mother?"
"Yes!"
Beatrice nodded very vigorously.
She really wanted to see Echidna again, the most important person in her life.
"Then I will help Betty make your dream come true."
Satou Kazuma said slowly to Beatrice.
"BaKazuma!"
Beatrice smiled and nodded to Satou Kazuma.
"By the way, Echidna is really good-looking, and she has an older sister vibe, right!"
Satou Kazuma's eyes were full of anticipation.
"BaKazuma, take Betty's fist!"
....
Just like that, a few days have passed.
The slum reconstruction plan is progressing in an orderly manner. Felt, while scolding Satou Kazuma, is still very hardworking in related matters.
Because she was born in the slums, she knows this place better than anyone else.
And more than anyone, she hopes this place will become better.
Russell provided her with various design schemes. The only problem is that there are not enough people.
The internal economic and livelihood situation of the kingdom is not optimistic, and Russell cannot find enough workers to carry out the work.
According to expectations, it may take several years or even ten years to complete all the reconstruction work.
However, Russell completely misjudged two things.
First, the number of people.
The number of people in the Axis Cult.
Aqua had already gained a large number of followers in the royal capital, and then she converted those people from the Witch Cult into her own followers, which made their number extremely large.
And the second thing is work efficiency.
The work efficiency of these Axis Cultists is terrifying to an outrageous degree. Each of them can complete the workload equivalent to several people, and the quality is also acceptable.
This is the blessing of the Goddess of Talents.
Building is also part of the talent.
Russell had to admire Aqua's leadership ability, being able to turn her believers into such terrible workaholics.
At this rate, I am afraid that the entire slum will be completely renovated in less than a year.
However, everything has two sides.
Anyone passing through the slums will be entangled and harassed by the Axis Cultists. They will try to use various means to 'invite' passers-by to join their cult, using all means possible.
Even robbers and thieves have to walk around the Axis Cult.
And the Knights cannot control them, after all, the Axis Cult has not done anything illegal, and what's more, the current candidates have very great power.
While the slums were being rebuilt, Satou Kazuma and Russell were also expanding their business. Not only did the previous figure sculptures gradually become popular, but he also researched some small inventions, allowing Russell to put them on the market.
The cooperative trade between Satou Kazuma and Anastasia also gradually began. Kararagi's specialties were transported to Lugunica, and Satou Kazuma also sold some of his small inventions and tools to Kararagi.
These industries also provided more people with employment opportunities.
If this development continues, Lugunica's economy may slowly return to the right track.
After dealing with various matters in Lugunica, Satou Kazuma and others also prepared to start the next action.
Go to the Sanctuary.
At this moment, Satou Kazuma and others have also met with Emilia and Natsuki Subaru, boarded the dragon carriage, and embarked on the journey to the Sanctuary.