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

The monster called the Rock Dolphin had an incredibly tough hide, and it was really difficult for the group of them to deal with it.

The only guy who can use magic is an unreliable idiot.

Hey.....

A sense of sorrow welled up in his heart.

"Hey?"

Just then, Aqua noticed a handkerchief wrapped in Subaru Natsuki's hand and asked him about it.

Subaru, what happened to your hand?

"Oh, I was playing in the village when I got bitten by a little kid's dog."

Subaru Natsuki said, seemingly unconcerned.

"You might be going to die, Subaru."

Aqua's face showed a very serious expression.

"Don't scare me, Aqua. You're not going to say anything about rabies or something, are you?"

Subaru Natsuki took a step back.

"No, it seems like a curse."

Aqua reached out and gently touched Subaru's wound, and a beam of light shot out from her fingertips—

A black mark appeared on the back of Natsuki Subaru's hand.

This was the curse that Meli's monster had previously placed on Subaru Natsuki.

"Wha, what?"

A look of surprise appeared on Natsuki Subaru's face; he hadn't expected Aqua to be telling the truth.

"I'm about to begin the purification process, are you ready?"

"Purification? What does that look like, and what do I need to prepare—"

Before Subaru could finish speaking, an even more dazzling blue light shot from Aqua's fingertips and landed on him.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

As if a high-voltage current was sweeping through his body, Subaru Natsuki screamed in pain as he was electrocuted, and his body convulsed.

Several seconds later, Aqua clapped her hands and said with a smile.

"Alright, it's purified!"

As Aqua finished casting her spell, the black mark on Subaru's hand disappeared.

"You can start praising me now!"

Although Aqua's goddess power is far from being restored to its peak, she can still easily purify this curse.

It was precisely because she was a goddess that Aqua was able to detect the aura of the curse on Subaru Natsuki at the first moment.

"The 'useless goddess' is surprisingly reliable at this time."

"I can't believe it," said Kazuma Sato, yawning.

"Hey, hey, hey, shouldn't your biggest concern right now be my safety? I think I almost died!"

Subaru Natsuki said, still somewhat shaken.

Even if he hadn't died from the curse, he felt he was going to die at Aqua's hands.

Natsuki Subaru looked at the back of his hand.

This is where the puppy bit me...

Could it be that the dog is some kind of extremely dangerous creature?

"No, we have to get back to the village right away! Otherwise, the villagers and the children will be in danger! If we're any slower, it might be too late!"

"Don't worry, I have a plan. Come with me! Felt, I'll trouble you to inform Roswaal!"

Kazuma Sato then led Aqua and Subaru Natsuki and rushed off in a certain direction—

The mansion's bathroom.

"Huh? Kazuma, are you crazy?! You're not so nervous about needing to pee at a time like this, are you?!"

Aqua looked at Kazuma Sato, puzzled.

"This is the fastest way back to the village!"

Kazuma Sato pushed open the door, and what appeared before him was not the restroom, but the forbidden library.

Beatrice was sitting on a bench, resting with her eyes closed.

As an artificial archetype, Beatrice is a special being. She cannot produce mana herself, so she can only replenish it by using the Forbidden Library.

Beatrice had already consumed a significant amount of mana during the daytime battles.

She had just returned and was preparing to rest when Sato Kazuma and the others suddenly barged in.

"Wow, the super-strong little girl Betty!"

"Get out of here, Betty!!!"

Beatrice felt a surge of anger welling up inside her as she looked at Kazuma Sato.

Using the excuse of going out for fun and being injured by Betty, he forced Beatrice to go to the forest with him.

In the end, Beatrice ended up defeating the monster all by herself!

"Don't be angry, Betty. But little girls are actually quite cute when they're angry!"

"Ugh, just shut up, Betty!"

In the past four hundred years, Beatrice has heard the word "young girl" more often than she has in the last two days.

"Do me another favor! Don't you have teleportation magic? Help us get back to the village!"

Kazuma Sato spoke to Beatrice and then explained the whole story.

"What does this have to do with Betty!"

"Betty is such a powerful elf, and so cute too~"

Upon hearing these words, Beatrice, who was trying to maintain an indifferent expression, found her lips curving upwards slightly.

"I'll treat you to a meal later!"

"Betty doesn't care! Oh well, Betty will reluctantly help you one more time! Honestly! Betty is only helping you because of your praise, but you bunch of idiots are just too much of an eyesore!"

"Proud."

"Shut up!"

Beatrice didn't give Kazuma Sato a chance to speak further, and directly used magic to teleport them there.

Chapter 48: Unleash a flying kick on the little girl's face!

"Seriously, what is this day all about?"

Beatrice sighed helplessly.

Today felt like the busiest and most speechless day of her life in hundreds of years.

but.....

Beatrice didn't dislike the feeling.

On the contrary, Beatrice felt that today was quite fulfilling, more interesting than spending 24 hours a day in the forbidden library, and she hadn't seen the outside world of the mansion in a long time.

"Seriously, are these guys even reliable?"

"Let's reluctantly take a look."

"Betty isn't worried about them, she's just worried that these idiots will cause some trouble!"

Beatrice muttered to herself as if trying to convince herself.

. . . . . .

Meanwhile, Roswaal was in his bedroom, his eyes focused on the book in front of him.

A book of wisdom.

This is also a creation of the Witch of Greed, Echidna.

No one knows that Roswaal was actually a being who had lived for over four hundred years.

He was originally an ordinary person who was kept by Echidna's side and given magic more than four hundred years ago. He was Roswaal A. Mezas and regarded Echidna as his teacher.

More than four hundred years ago, he was on the verge of death while protecting Echidna. After searching through the Sanctuary's experimental data on immortality in the forbidden library, he began to use the bodies of his direct descendants as vessels for his soul.

That is precisely why Roswaal has been able to live to this day.

His only goal was to find a way to resurrect Echidna.

In the book of wisdom left to him by Echidna, it is recorded that a person with the ability to correct the world will come to this world. Roswaal wants to use the power of this prophetic child to help Emilia ascend to the throne.

Lugnica is a kingdom that has made a pact with the dragon. As long as Emilia ascends the throne, the dragon will surely reappear.

Legend has it that the blood of the dragon has the power to bring the dead back to life, and Roswaal wants to use the dragon's blood to revive Echidna.

The fact that Elsa the Bowel Hunter hired Felt and attacked Emilia was all Roswaal's doing, with the aim of finding the location of the prophesied child.

only......

"Which one is it, really?"

Roswaal frowned, lost in thought.

Excluding Felt, the remaining three options are Aqua, Kazuma Sato, and Subaru Natsuki.

He never imagined that by using Elsa as a fishing rod, he would catch three people at once.

Even Roswaal is currently unable to determine who his target is.

"The book says that something special might happen in the forest surrounding the village in a few days. I just need to leave the manor beforehand, and perhaps then I'll be able to find out the identity of the prophesied child..."

Just as Roswaal was talking to himself, his room door was suddenly opened.

"Felt? Is something the matter?"

Roswaal closed his book without batting an eye and asked with a smile.

"That scumbag really asked me to tell you that something seems to have happened in the village, something related to a curse, so they went there first."

"understood."

Roswaal nodded, but a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Could it be that the prophetic event has come to pass?

But the Book of Wisdom says it will happen in a few days?

What's going on?

Roswaal had a vague feeling that everything seemed to be developing in a direction he hadn't expected.

. . . . . .

Meanwhile, under Beatrice's magical influence, Kazuma Sato and the others returned to the village.

"There are so many people in the village. I remember the girl holding the puppy was a little girl with purple hair. I need to find her quickly!"

Subaru Natsuki said somewhat anxiously.

"I have a solution!"

A smile appeared on Sato Kazuma's face, and he then activated his ability to sense enemies.

He sensed two very strong hostility emanating from the same direction.

"Follow me!"

Kazuma Sato quickly walked in that direction—

And appearing before them was Melie, who was holding the magical beast.