Capítulo 25: Going to Arlam Village and Mingling with Rem
"This is a Bokko Fruit, which can activate the magic power in a human's body and make your magic power recover faster!"
Emilia smiled and said, then took out a red fruit from her pocket. The fruit was somewhat wrinkled and its color was very dull, not appealing to the appetite.
Ayanokouji took the fruit and examined it carefully. This fruit was very similar to red dates in his previous world, but did jujube plants exist in this world?
He put the Bokko Fruit into his mouth and bit it gently. The texture was very crispy, but it had no taste.
However, after swallowing it, he immediately felt that he had recovered a lot of the energy he had consumed.
"Does this fruit have any side effects?" He turned and looked at Emilia and asked.
"No side effects." Emilia thought for a moment and answered, "Since Roswaal is a Mage, there are many of these fruits in the mansion. If Ayanokouji needs them, you can take as many as you want."
"Okay." Ayanokouji nodded.
He might be able to use Bokko Fruit to aid in his magic training.
"Does Ayanokouji want to practice magic?" Emilia asked with a concerned tone, "Although Bokko Fruit can accelerate the recovery of magic power, the feeling caused by excessive magic consumption is very uncomfortable, isn't it? It will be very painful, Ayanokouji, don't push yourself too hard."
She was worried that Ayanokouji would overwork himself while training magic.
"Although I don't want to offend Ayanokouji, you need to control your Gate."
"Yes, I understand." Ayanokouji answered calmly.
He himself didn't intend to practice too hard, because he believed that if he overtrained, although he might reap benefits, it could also place a significant burden on his body and affect his condition.
Before resolving the potential crisis of the assassination organization, he needed to always be in the best condition.
Regarding what was called pain, Ayanokouji had experienced countless near-death pains when he was a child. He had to study even if he didn't sleep, and he had to continue exercising even if he was exhausted, with his mind and body pushed to the brink of destruction when he was a child. So for him now, there was no such thing as pain at all.
When he met Beatrice yesterday, an ordinary person might not have been able to endure the pain of their magic power being drained and would have fainted on the spot. However, Ayanokouji never reacted at all, feeling nothing.
"By the way, Ayanokouji, are you going to the village the day after tomorrow?" Emilia thought of this and asked.
"Yes." Ayanokouji nodded.
He had told Roswaal before that he wanted to see what the environment of Roswaal's territory was like outside the mansion.
"Rem should accompany you!" Emilia said with a smile, "She happens to be going to the village to buy some daily necessities!"
"Okay." Ayanokouji nodded while thinking.
If he went to the village with Rem, he would not only have a certain understanding of the environment he was moving in but also be able to contact the villagers and learn more about the world.
The most important thing was that he might be able to understand why the other party was hostile to him while acting together with Rem.
Although Rem was hostile to him, she probably wouldn't take action against him. After all, Ayanokouji was still Emilia's supporter and Roswaal's ally, and the other party had no reason to take action against him now.
Judging from the last two days, Ram and Rem were very loyal to Roswaal. As long as Ayanokouji didn't do anything too suspicious, the other party theoretically shouldn't attack him without permission.
However, as far as the current situation was concerned, he knew that the two maids were only serving him, but in reality, Roswaal most likely sent them to monitor him.
Maybe when he went to the village this time, he could think of a way to lower their guard against him.
'I have to see what happens the day after tomorrow,' Ayanokouji thought to himself.
The camera shifted, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fourth day after Ayanokouji arrived at Roswaal Mansion.
"Ayanokouji-sama, we are ready to depart."
Early in the morning, Rem had already arrived in front of Ayanokouji's room door.
Although Ayanokouji hadn't done anything suspicious during this period, he could still feel hostility from Rem.
No one else in the mansion felt Rem's hostility towards Ayanokouji. Only he, with his extraordinary insight, could sharply perceive it. However, he never expressed this feeling and treated it as if he didn't know anything.
"Alright, let's go." He nodded.
After a while, the two of them arrived at Arlam Village in the Mathers territory, where Roswaal resided.
The distance from here to Roswaal's territory was not too far. It took them about thirty minutes to reach their destination.
In the sky, sheep-like clouds floated slowly. There was no noise or busy traffic in the city. The countryside looked very peaceful, and the chirping of birds sounded clear and loud.
This village was not very large, and the houses were much smaller than those in the capital. The narrow muddy roads were filled with large flower fields, and the golden flowers looked very bright.
This was a scene Ayanokouji had never seen before. When he was a child, he lived in the White Room. After leaving the White Room, he entered a closed school.
However, he did not appreciate the elegance of the beautiful scenery. For him, there was no difference between a remote countryside and a steel forest made of concrete.
On the way, Ayanokouji and Rem didn't talk much, they just chatted briefly.
Through this conversation, he learned that Rem and her sister Ram were adopted a few years ago, and judging from their previous appearances, the relationship between Rem and Ram was very close, and they cared for each other deeply.
"Rem's sister!"
After seeing Rem's arrival, several children immediately ran over and surrounded the two of them.
Their faces were filled with joyful smiles, and they seemed to have a very close relationship with Rem.
Roswaal Mansion's supplies were basically bought in this village. It could be said that this village was the core of Roswaal's territory.
'If one day there's a war with Roswaal, if we seize this village, we might be able to trap everyone in the mansion to death,' Ayanokouji thought to himself.
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"Now that you're in the same camp as Emilia and Roswaal, are you still considering the possibility of becoming enemies in the future?"
In the classroom, Horikita frowned slightly as she looked at the scene in front of her. The Ayanokouji in the video was extremely cunning.
In her eyes, so-called allies were just people who temporarily had the same interests. If the positions were different, Ayanokouji wouldn't hesitate to get rid of them.
Although Emilia trusted him very much, in Ayanokouji's eyes, it was just wishful thinking, and she was just a tool that could be discarded after use.
Horikita glanced sideways at him. If everything said in the video was true, it meant that in Ayanokouji's eyes, she was like Emilia.
The feeling of being treated as a tool was indeed unpleasant.
Although Ayanokouji had repeatedly denied that it was him, Horikita still felt a little resentment.
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Ayanokouji now focused his attention on these children. There were a total of seven of them. Their clothes were patched and covered in dust. Although somewhat shabby, they fit the clothes of village children.
However, there was one child who caught his attention a little more.
She had bluish-purple hair, and long braids hung down on either side of her shoulders like willow branches. She had a childish face and looked about twelve years old.
Ayanokouji carefully noticed that the child's clothes were newer than the others. There were no traces of dust on them. Although there were patches on them, the fabric used for the patches was somewhat too good for rural life.
Someone with very average conditions, and judging by her braids, the person who braided her hair had excellent skills, which were not skills that someone living in the countryside would have.
While Rem went shopping, Ayanokouji stayed here and chatted with these children. Generally speaking, children were not cunning, and it was easy to get important information from their mouths, especially since they seemed to have a close relationship with Rem. Being able to gain trust from Rem and the others was better by shortening the distance.
So he played with these children while chatting with them. Playing with children made him closer to them.
After just a few chats, he gathered enough information. Although they were a village in Roswaal's territory, the villagers seemed not to support Emilia and were dissatisfied with Emilia's appearance.
Ayanokouji felt a bit strange. Since Roswaal was Emilia's supporter, he should at least make his people support Emilia by any means. But in the current situation, Emilia was not supported by her own people, so how could she win among the royal family?
Does Roswaal truly want Emilia to win the throne?
"Have you always lived in this village?"
Although Ayanokouji had questions in his mind, he couldn't get the answers here, so he started asking about other situations.
"Yes!" one of the children nodded.
"You too?" Ayanokouji turned and looked at the blue-purple-haired girl.
"I moved here last month."
"What's your name?"
"Meili."
"What's your family's profession?"
"Ayanokouji-sama."
At this moment, Rem was already walking with a basket in her hand. She had just bought the items she needed. "It's time for us to return."
Seeing him mingling with the children, Rem's eyes seemed to change slightly as she looked at him.
"Yes." Ayanokouji nodded. Although he had doubts in his heart, if he continued asking now, it would seem suspicious.
"You seem reluctant to leave."
Meili was carrying a puppy and slowly approached Ayanokouji and Rem. The puppy looked very cute and well-behaved in her arms.
Ayanokouji's body leaned back slightly. The behavior of pets that weren't his was unpredictable, and there was also the risk of infectious diseases, so if possible, he tried to avoid them. Leaning back made Rem closer to the creature with fangs.
Rem reached out her hand and wanted to pet the puppy's head.
But at this moment, the puppy suddenly opened its mouth and bit Rem's palm. The pain made her suddenly pull her hand back, and blood flowed.
Ayanokouji watched the scene in front of him without expression. This was the risk one took by petting an unknown animal.
The children beside them laughed heartily. Meili also took the puppy to the other side, reached out her hand, and patted the puppy's head in a reproachful tone.
Rem didn't pay attention to the wound on her hand, then used healing magic. The wound on her hand healed completely in an instant, with no signs of injury at all.
'What a convenient magic,' Ayanokouji thought to himself, a bit curious about the extent and limits of healing magic.
Rem had no intention of blaming the child; she just smiled and patted Meili's head, then turned to Ayanokouji: "Let's go back."
Then she and Ayanokouji were about to leave the village.
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