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

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"I see. Do you have any ideas now?"

Aqua becomes unusually energetic when it comes to anything involving alcohol.

"I think she might have transferred her soul to another place... Kazuma, what's with that expression?"

At this moment, Kazuma Sato's face showed an expression of utter shock, his eyes wide as he stared at Aqua.

"I... I never expected that such reliable words could come from the mouth of a useless goddess?"

"You will be punished by heaven!"

Kazuma Sato ignored Aqua's anger and turned to look at Roswaal:

"Roswaal, please gather everyone in the Sanctuary. I have a feeling that the useless witch might be mixed in with them."

"Um...wait a minute, what did you just say to Master Shin?"

"Hey Echidna, you might have misheard me as something else. Let's get going!"

. . . . . .

Soon after, everyone in the Sanctuary was brought before Kazuma Sato and the others.

Looking at the dense crowd in front of him, Kazuma Sato frowned.

All the inhabitants of the Sanctuary are demi-humans.

But what he cared about wasn't them, but rather the countless petite girls lined up next to these residents.

They all have the same face as Bilma, as if they were copied and pasted.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?"

Kazuma Sato turned his head and asked.

"They, like me, are all copies of the original."

"Bilma said slowly."

Beside her were two clones that looked exactly alike.

Alma and Delma.

Bilma then told Sato Kazuma the whole story.

They are all copies of Ryuzu's original self.

Her true form is called Ryuzu Meel, a half-elf girl whom Echidna once adopted. She has a close relationship with Beatrice, which is why Beatrice was shaken when she first saw Bilma.

The Sanctuary was originally a sanctuary that Echidna wanted to create. After creating the Sanctuary, she was searching for an entity that could serve as its core. Only with a core could the Sanctuary's barrier be activated.

Ryuzu's Oed Soul Power has a very high affinity with the Sanctuary, making him the perfect candidate to serve as the core of the Sanctuary's barrier.

In order to save the Sanctuary from a certain crisis, Ryuzu voluntarily allowed himself to be sealed by the Magic Crystal, using his own body as the core, and has continued to this day.

It can be said that everything in the Sanctuary relies on Ryuzu's own body to operate.

The other Ryuzu clones were the product of Echidna's experiments on immortality. She hoped to achieve immortality by transferring her soul to a new vessel, but unfortunately, Echidna died before the experiment was completed, leaving only these clones to live in the Sanctuary.

“Mother created us, and only the four of us were given personalities and names to manage the other Ryuzus—there should have been one before us, but she is no longer here.”

"Bilma said slowly."

Upon hearing Bilma's words, Roswaal raised an eyebrow slightly and whispered something only he could hear.

"Sphinx..."

Roswaal knew of the existence of the first copy.

The demi-human war was an extremely heinous event that she instigated.

She was Echidna's first test subject for soul transfer.

It just failed.

The mana of the Sphinx was not enough to contain Echidna's entire soul; she ultimately only inherited the cold part of Echidna as the Witch of Greed, and was even worse.

She would stop at nothing to achieve her goals, even killing all her own people as test subjects. The entire demi-human war was, in fact, an experiment of hers.

Even though the Sphinx was Echidna's creation, and even contained a part of Echidna's soul, in Roswaal's eyes, she could never be his teacher.

However, Sphinx should have died during the Demi-human War.

should.....

While Roswaal was pondering, Kazuma Sato looked at Ryuzu's clones with a complicated expression.

He was just about to speak when Beatrice interrupted him:

"You idiot Kazuma, if you're going to bring up those boring little girl stuff again, then you'd better just shut up!"

"That's not what I wanted to say!"

Kazuma Sato said,

“I mean, since these clones were originally the containers Echidna used for soul transfer, I feel that guy has very likely infiltrated them—Little Bi, is the number of these clones correct?”

"Xiao Bi" was Sato Kazuma's way of retaliating against the nickname the other party gave him.

"This old woman, this old woman... how dare you, you brat, call this old woman 'Little Bi'?"

A look of disbelief flashed across Bilma's eyes, but she quickly replied.

"The quantities are all correct."

"Could that useless witch be hiding among them?"

Kazuma Sato looked around thoughtfully, then asked again,

"Xiao Bi, you just said there should be four people in charge of management, but why do I see only three of you now?"

"There's also Hima, but because she violated the rules of the Sanctuary, she was stripped of her qualification as a monitor and can only act with the other clones..."

Meanwhile, among those countless Ryuzu clones, a pair of eyes were watching Sato Kazuma and Aqua with extreme vigilance.

"Sure enough, after not having a physical body for several hundred years, I really feel out of place."

The voice belonged to Echidna.

At this moment, she had taken over Hima's body, using it as the vessel for her rebirth in the world.

Ten years ago, she had already infused a part of her soul into this body, and then gradually infused more and more into it, eventually making it her own.

Because the clone is also considered a half-elf, even if Echidna controls this body, she cannot leave the Sanctuary.

However, with the barrier removed, Echidna was able to leave.

Although Echidna knows that Aqua has the ability to resurrect the dead, she is not prepared to be resurrected willingly.

After all, she knew that she wasn't her 'real self' yet.

Moreover, Echidna had no desire to stay next to Aqua.

You might lose your life.

Even so, Echidna still harbored an incredibly strong curiosity about Kazuma Sato and Aqua, a desire she had never felt before and one that was even strong enough to destroy the world.

Echidna plans to operate covertly from now on, secretly observing everything concerning Kazuma Sato.

She had planned to sneak away from the Sanctuary while everyone's attention was on her corpse, but Echidna, who had been in a soul state for a long time, was still not used to this body. Not to mention running, even walking was a bit difficult. If she continued to escape, she would definitely be discovered. So Echidna planned to blend in with the other Ryuzu clones first, and then find an opportunity to leave after she had fully adapted to the way this body moved.

only.....

"Being in a soul state for too long doesn't give me enough control over my body. I just tripped and fell, it hurts so much!"

Echidna complained softly.

"It's all your fault for indulging in self-admiration, Donna. You're still such a child, completely unreliable."

Just then, Typhon's voice rang in her ears.

Echidna lowered her head and looked at her chest, where a necklace of brilliance was hanging.

The souls of other great sin witches are among them.

"Although I really don't want to be called a child by you, I'm speechless right now..."

Echidna sighed and complained.

He used Ryuzu's clone's body and also became a child.

"Dona can't even escape? That's hilarious! And her breasts seem to have gotten smaller since she turned into a child?"

"Shut up, aren't you even smaller than me!"

"When I died, I was still a little girl, with room to grow. As long as I was well-fed every day, I was fine! Unlike you, Dona, you've already reached the end of your development, haven't you?"

"No, like this, Daphne, chan... Ei, Echidna, chan too, not small, not small, right?"

Camilla's timid, stuttering voice also echoed in Echidna's ears.

"Enough is enough!"

Echidna sighed, trying to block out the voices in her head.

All I need to do now is hide myself and pretend to be an ordinary copy.

As soon as an opportunity arises, they quickly escape.

This is the only way to conduct 'observation' safely.

Staying next to someone like Aqua... is just too dangerous.

Maybe some part of my body will be crushed—oops, maybe my soul will be annihilated.

But I think my disguise was flawless, right?

Just as Echidna was thinking this, she suddenly realized that a pair of eyes were staring intently at her, almost touching her face. She was so frightened that she instinctively screamed and took several steps back.

Kazuma Sato was already standing in front of her.

Did this guy spot me?

No, that shouldn't be the case. I shouldn't have given myself away!

But that won't work now. The other clones don't have emotions or personalities, but my subconscious actions after being surprised have already given me away.

Fortunately, her identity is Hima, and she has a personality.

Let's just keep playing the role for a while.

"Little Zhen, why are you scaring this old woman?"

Echidna gave an awkward smile. She had just heard Bilma and the others address Sato Kazuma, and was mimicking their tone.

Although their personalities differ, they are largely the same.

"Hey, hey, hey, you useless witch, is that you?"

Kazuma Sato spoke slowly to Echidna.

Echidna was utterly shocked at that moment.

Did Kazuma Sato recognize himself?

That shouldn't be possible, right?

Does he possess some hidden ability?

No, maybe they're just trying to trick me!