From RE0, Sato Kazuma decided to cheat on food and drink

"Why don't I feel anything after I got the Greed Factor? Is it a fake? Or did you, useless goddess, ruin the Witch Factor?!"

Kazuma Sato immediately looked at Aqua with an interrogative gaze.

"It's none of my business!"

"How do I know if I've successfully obtained the power?"

Beatrice sighed helplessly as she watched the two about to start bickering again.

"Perhaps when the time comes, the power will be used subconsciously."

Beatrice could sense the presence of witch genes within Kazuma Sato.

"Transform into a mature woman—no response."

"Veil!"

"sorry."

Kazuma Sato immediately slid to his knees as fast as he could.

"By the way, Betty, can I ask you a few questions?"

Just then, Natsuki Subaru asked curiously.

"Ask away, Betty will reluctantly answer you."

"Um, are you acquainted with Roswaal?"

Subaru Natsuki was still very curious about Roswaal, and Beatrice, who had always lived in the mansion, probably knew more about Roswaal.

"Which Roswaal are you talking about? If you're talking about the current Roswaal, he's just average."

"Which Roswaal? Are there multiple Roswaals? This name doesn't seem very common. Why are there so many people with the same name?"

Aqua completely failed to understand Beatrice's meaning.

"No, it's Roswaal Mezas. All the heads of the Mezas family have the same name, only the order of their middle names differs, and even their personalities are almost identical."

Beatrice shook her head and said.

"Is every single one of them a freak with clown makeup and a weird, sarcastic way of speaking?"

Kazuma Sato immediately asked.

"That's it."

"That's really surprising."

"An accident? Why?"

"Because this Roswaal looks like a pervert no matter how you look at him, but judging from his behavior, he has no interest in the women around him. If every generation of Roswaal has the same personality, it's hard to imagine him having children with someone else—wait, how can a guy like this find a wife?"

"Betty has really had enough of you!"

Beatrice felt somewhat exhausted, but soon, a hint of sadness crept into her eyes.

"The only difference is that the first Roswaal was the first head of this family and also my mother's first student. That guy was super attached to my mother!"

Memories of the past kept flooding into Beatrice's mind, and a smile appeared on her face.

However, after her mother Echidna passed away, Beatrice felt these memories becoming more and more distant.

"Was the first Roswaal actually a normal person? It's hard to imagine. But it's also a bit too strange that every Roswaal after him has the same personality."

Kazuma Sato said casually,

“Normally speaking, even if their personalities are very similar, they shouldn’t be exactly the same. If they were exactly the same, they would have to be the same person. After all, a freak like Roswaal is one in a million, and the probability of each generation being a super freak is even more extremely low.”

"one person....."

Upon hearing Kazuma Sato's words, Beatrice frowned and fell into deep thought.

Because she was always in the forbidden library, Beatrice didn't have much contact with the other people in the mansion and didn't pay much attention to them.

But Sato Kazuma's words just now served as a reminder to Beatrice.

"No...no...it's really possible."

"what?"

"Roswaal may very well always be the same person!"

"Wait, wait, what does that mean? I don't understand at all!"

Aqua didn't keep up with the conversation at all.

“Betty knows that her mother has researched magic that allows souls to be reincarnated. The spell is not perfect..... But if Roswaal were to perfect the spell, it might really be possible to overwrite the soul onto a direct relative, thereby achieving the purpose of reincarnation.”

"Really? Is it even possible to do something like this?"

Natsuki Subaru's face showed a very shocked expression, and his Adam's apple trembled up and down in bewilderment.

If that's the case, then it means Roswaal is an even more dangerous being, and Emilia and the others definitely don't know anything about Roswaal.

What on earth does he want to do?

Could it be... that they're going to take Emilia's body?

Natsuki Subaru couldn't help but think of the Witch Cult's plan to use Emilia as a vessel for the Witch's descent.

Does this mean Roswaal is going to do the same thing?

"Roswaal, why did you do this?"

Subaru Natsuki asked in disbelief.

"There is only one possibility, and that is to resurrect my mother—who is also his most cherished teacher, the Witch of Greed, Echidna."

"Damn it, another love-struck fool..."

"Sato Kazuma said in a low voice, while glancing at Natsuki Subaru involuntarily.

"Kazuma, did you just glance at me?"

"No, you must have seen it wrong."

Kazuma Sato immediately shook his head, then looked at Beatrice.

"So, do you know what Roswaal is planning to do?"

“Betty doesn’t know either, but do you remember Betty mentioned that place called the Sanctuary? Betty’s mother’s remains… are preserved in that place.”

"No wonder Roswaal was particularly interested in the resurrection when he first met the Goddess of Waste."

Kazuma Sato fell into thought.

All the mysteries point to Roswaal and the Sanctuary, where the answers to everything lie.

"I understand now, Roswaal wants to resurrect someone?"

Aqua nodded in realization at that moment.

"I didn't expect you, Goddess of Waste, to catch up with our thinking in such a short time? It seems Regulus's elbow strike just now was quite effective!"

"You're mocking this goddess again! You'll be punished by the heavens! But when it comes to resurrection magic, isn't that a simple matter? Why does Roswaal make it so complicated?"

Aqua frowned, puzzled.

"Resurrection magic is not that simple; even my mother ultimately failed."

"How about it, Kazuma!"

Aqua puffed out her chest, looked at Kazuma Sato, and gave him a 'How about that, I'm awesome, right?' look.

"Who cares? Let's hurry back and meet up with Crusch and the others."

Kazuma Sato immediately said.

"What about this guy?"

Natsuki Subaru glanced at Regulus, who was lying unconscious on the ground.

"Just take it with you."

Kazuma Sato said with a smile.

. . . . . .

As evening fell, Kazuma Sato and his group met up with Crusch and the others at the gates of Lugnica.

"Lord Kazuma, Lady Aqua, you're back! We've been waiting for you here for a long time."

Crusch said with a smile on her face.

Crusch could have entered the capital earlier, but she believed that defeating the White Whale and returning in triumph with the spoils was of paramount importance, and she insisted on entering the city with the true heroes, Kazuma Sato and Aqua.

Of course, she sent Wilhelm and Felix back to the mansion ahead of time to make arrangements for the celebration.

"Has greed been defeated by you?"

Crusch's gaze fell on Aqua's back, where she was dragging something—or rather, someone—as she walked toward them.

Face down.

"That's right, that bastard has been taken care of!"

Kazuma Sato turned around, preparing to spit at Regulus again.

However, in Crusch's eyes, Kazuma Sato's anger was all for the sake of Regulus's wives.

"Lord Kazuma, you seem to care a great deal about those women, don't you?"

"Of course!"

Kazuma Sato answered without hesitation.

The wind that blew on Crusch's face was the wind of truth, without a trace of falsehood.

"Lord Kazuma's sense of justice is truly admirable! Lord Russell will be joining us soon."

"Russell? What's he coming over for?"

"He recently acquired a special ore that seems to suppress the effects of magic and power. It is said that the shrine that sealed the Witch of Envy was also made of this material. Although these two Archbishops of Sin appear to have lost their fighting ability, we still cannot let our guard down."

Crusch looked to the other side, where one of the Bishops of Gluttony, the Gourmet Rae, remained unconscious.

“This Russell can get anything. I happen to need to talk to him about something later.”

As soon as Kazuma Sato finished speaking, Aqua next to him started gesturing wildly.

"By the way, Crusch, I need your help with something later."

Kazuma Sato ignored Aqua and spoke to Crusch.

"I will do everything in my power, as long as it is within my power."

"No need for that. You can manage on your own."

"Just me alone?"

Crusch looked at Kazuma Sato, her mouth slightly open, as if she had misunderstood something.

Kazuma Sato continued:

"I want you to temporarily act as a lie detector."

Chapter 104: Roswaal, this smells like a lie!

"A lie detector?"

Upon hearing this term, Crusch was completely stunned.

“That’s right. We have some questions to ask Roswaal later, but we’re not sure if he’ll lie, so we might need to trouble Crusch to come with us.”

Kazuma Sato explained.

Given Roswaal's personality, even if you question him, he probably won't tell you.

The matter between Roswaal and Emilia originally had nothing to do with Kazuma Sato, and he didn't want to get involved in these troublesome things.

However, it was quite obvious that the Witch Cult had their eyes on them.

Back when Jus was Petitchius, he seemed to be targeting Aqua, and the White Whale attack on them also seemed to be related to the Witch Cult.

Roswaal is very likely plotting something.