I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [153]

The Witch of Greed—an insatiable seeker of knowledge—finally revealed her true self before Natsuki Subaru.

Her eyes carried a faint smile, her cheeks flushed red as if intoxicated.

Though her expression wasn’t twisted, her words were enough to send shivers down one’s spine.

The sheer intensity of her presence made Subaru instinctively step back. He miscalculated his footing, tripping over himself and falling to the ground.

For a moment, he found himself at a loss for words as he looked up at the silver-haired witch.

"What's wrong?"

The witch stood gracefully, still smiling as she gazed down at him.

"Subaru, what secrets are you hiding? Will you tell me?"

"If you wish, I can offer you everything in exchange."

She took two steps forward, coming to a stop in front of him. Lifting the hem of her dress with elegance, she lowered herself to his level.

Her long, white lashes brushed close to his face.

Her crystalline eyes locked onto his own.

"You’re shocked, but you’re not afraid. No matter how many times you’ve died, it hasn’t truly terrified you. No matter how painful it is, your mind refuses to break. But even so, you don’t want to see Emilia die… and you don’t want Rem to remain asleep, do you?"

"Form a contract with me."

She extended her delicate hand toward him.

Half-covered by the black fabric of her glove, her cool fingers lightly brushed against Subaru’s palm.

The chill sent a sudden shudder through his body.

"As long as we form a contract… I will belong to you, and you will belong to me. You will share everything with me, and I will share everything with you. If you do this, Emilia ascending to the throne of the Dragon Kingdom will become an effortless matter. The trials you currently face—under my guidance, you will pass them with ease."

Her voice was gentle, like the chime of a wind bell, carrying an almost hypnotic allure as it drifted past his ear.

"Come now, Subaru… form a contract with me."

"Haaah… haaah…"

Subaru took two slow, deep breaths, using controlled breathing to force himself to relax.

He opened his mouth slightly, thoughts circling endlessly in his mind.

And then, almost without thinking, the words slipped out.

"Let’s form a contract, Echidna."

"Hm?"

The witch’s expression subtly shifted. The deep intelligence in her eyes was momentarily replaced by a softness, her lips still curled into a faint smile.

She stood up, once again extending her hand to him.

"Then, Subaru-kun… take my hand. From this moment on, you will be open to me, and my knowledge will be entirely yours. You may rely on me, indulge in me—no matter what, I will lead you toward the perfect future where everyone survives."

"No. I’m sorry."

Subaru ignored her outstretched hand and pushed himself up off the ground on his own.

Then, he reached out toward her instead.

"No, Witch of Greed, Echidna. I told you—I want to remember your face and your name in my memories."

"This contract will be dictated by my own will."

His voice grew steadier as he continued.

"I am Natsuki Subaru. A normal person with Return by Death and one other secret."

"I want to form a contract with the beautiful woman standing before me."

"I will bring her a new body, along with endless knowledge. I will do my best to satisfy her curiosity. I will become a keeper of her secrets, sharing my thoughts and desires with her."

"In return, she will be my companion, my confidante, an irreplaceable presence in my journey ahead."

"I will shoulder her burdens. I will meet her expectations. I will fulfill her wishes."

"In return, she will care for me. She will listen to my sorrow. She will bless me with her wisdom, guiding me through any hardship."

Subaru’s outstretched hand hovered on the same plane as the witch’s—but somehow, they never quite touched.

"Ah…"

Echidna retracted her hand slightly, blinking as if seeing Subaru for the first time.

Her ever-present smile remained unchanged, and her voice still carried its wind-chime-like gentleness.

"Subaru-kun, you are truly greedy in a way that suits me. Neither the Sloth Witch Factor nor the Jealous Witch’s favor compare to how intensely your greed manifests."

"If I understood your words correctly…"

"You want the Witch of Greed, one of the seven great witches of this world, to belong to you alone? To love only you? To be bound by your terms?"

"You believe your will is enough to tame me? That your secrets alone can satisfy my endless hunger for knowledge and possibility?"

Subaru hesitated for only a moment before nodding firmly.

"Yes."

"How grand. How ambitious—and utterly unrealistic."

Echidna gracefully returned to her seat, picking up her teacup and taking a slow sip.

After a few seconds, she spoke again.

"If you want to form such a contract… then you must prove that you can meet my every expectation."

"Mm…"

Subaru withdrew his hand, shaking both of his own lightly before suddenly breaking into a familiar, carefree grin.

"Don’t be so serious, Echidna. I was just presenting another possibility for our contract. I can tell—your version sounds nice, but the future you envision is not the same as the future I seek."

"The ‘perfect ending’ you speak of is definitely different from the one I desire."

"Perhaps."

The witch smiled playfully, her response deliberately ambiguous.

"Echidna, you’ve already caught a glimpse of my other secret, haven’t you?" Subaru chuckled. "You do know I’m a human from another world, right? A world filled with knowledge and power completely different from this one."

"That’s not enough."

The witch puffed out her cheeks in mock dissatisfaction, her expression unexpectedly adorable.

"Honestly, Subaru-kun, if you were some academic genius or a student at Tokyo University’s science department, maybe I’d consider the knowledge of your world a valuable bargaining chip."

"After all, that’s knowledge even my books wouldn’t contain."

"But sadly, Subaru-kun, you’re just an ordinary high school student. The knowledge you possess isn’t worth my time."

"Unless… you could take me to your world. But unfortunately, summoning magic isn’t omnipotent. It can’t send you back, nor can it bring me there."

She sighed in disappointment, spreading her hands in a helpless gesture.

"If all you have to offer is Return by Death, it’s not enough to make me surrender myself to you. Not enough for you to bind me."

"You’ll have to propose something far more tempting, Subaru-kun."

"What if I told you I could?" Subaru whispered.

This was his greatest secret—the one he hadn’t even told Emilia or Rem.

"Hm?"

Echidna’s expression sharpened in an instant. Her pure white eyes blinked as she studied him with renewed intensity.

"What if I told you… that not only does my world exist, but so do infinite other worlds? Infinite knowledge. Infinite powerful beings, weak beings, ordinary beings, silicon-based lifeforms, demons, curses, gods, and entire universes."

"And that I have the possibility to reach them all?"

"Echidna, would you come with me?"

Subaru took two steps forward, once again standing before Echidna, his hand outstretched.

"I have two abilities."

"One is the Return by Death granted to me by the Witch of Jealousy."

"The other… is the Multiversal Chat Group that was mysteriously installed on my phone after I arrived in this world."

"This chat group contains beings from countless different worlds and backgrounds—monsters, demons, humans, dragons, immortals, gods."

"And more importantly… for the right price, it allows us to travel to other worlds."

"If you’re willing, I’ll do my best to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. Whether it’s discovering new worlds or uncovering forbidden knowledge, I’ll share it all with you."

Subaru scratched the back of his head, slightly embarrassed.

"This is the price I offer. So… will you come with me, Echidna?"

"I will."

Without hesitation, the Witch of Greed gave her answer.

Echidna’s eyes shimmered with undisguised excitement, her face flushed deeper than before. Compared to earlier, she seemed even more entranced—intoxicated.

Her trembling hands slowly reached toward Subaru.

Just as they were about to touch—

As if suddenly realizing something, she abruptly turned her head away, withdrawing her hand and puffing out her cheeks in frustration.

"That’s unfair, Subaru-kun! You distracted me with such an enticing proposal, trying to trick me into forming a contract on the spot. Hmph! While I do truly want to agree to your offer, I can’t just give in so easily. After all, I am the Witch of Greed."

She turned back to face him, her pure white eyes gazing deep into his.

"Let’s play a game, Subaru-kun."

"A game?" Subaru narrowed his eyes slightly.

Echidna’s lips curled mischievously.

"We’ll use this Sanctuary ordeal as the battleground."

"If you can achieve your version of a perfect ending within two loops, you win."

"If you fail, then on your third attempt, I will step in and guide you toward a perfect resolution—but by then, it will count as my victory."

Their gazes locked, neither side backing down.

"I will definitely reach my perfect ending," Subaru declared.

"And I will ensure that you follow my perfect ending," Echidna countered.

"I will make you form a contract with me—willingly—so that we can face the future together. I’ll satisfy your endless curiosity and share my knowledge with you."

"And I will make you form a contract with me—on my terms—so that you will give everything to me. You will offer me all your knowledge and potential."

Opposing convictions, spoken with equal determination.

Their hands reached out toward each other—

And then—

"Well, well… looks like a contract is forming."

A sudden, lazy voice cut through the air.

Subaru’s head snapped toward the source.

A mature woman with flowing purple hair lay sprawled on the grass, stretching leisurely as she let out a long yawn.

"Huh?" Subaru blinked in confusion.

"Sekhmet, don’t come out so suddenly," Echidna sighed, pressing her fingers against her temple in irritation.

The lounging woman—Sekhmet, the Witch of Sloth—muttered sleepily, "I wasn’t planning to, but that little exchange was just too fascinating to ignore. Really, Echidna, your theatrics never cease to amuse me."

Before Subaru could fully process this new arrival—

"Echiiii~~ dooo~~ naaa!!"

A clear, powerful voice rang out as a golden-haired figure descended from the sky.

BOOM!!

The sound of a fist slamming into the ground echoed, sending shockwaves across the entire grassland.

A massive crater, easily over ten meters wide, appeared where Echidna had been standing moments ago. The sheer force of the impact kicked up a dense cloud of dust.

"Again, Echidna?! Again?!"

As the dust settled, a furious blonde woman—dressed in white and gold—stood in the center of the destruction, fists clenched tightly.

Subaru instantly recognized her from his brief glimpses in the Sanctuary’s visions.

Minerva—the Witch of Wrath.

"You tricked him into a contract again! Why don’t you ever just tell the whole truth?!" Minerva’s voice thundered, eyes burning with righteous fury.

Echidna, still standing unharmed just outside the crater, placed a delicate hand over her mouth in feigned surprise.

"Oh my, whatever do you mean?" she replied innocently.

Minerva’s golden eyes flared. "Don’t play dumb!"

Before she could charge again—

"Of course she’s lying, Minerva."

A sweet, almost childlike voice rang out.

A small girl, no older than ten, stepped forward with a natural, serene smile.

Without hesitation, she reached for Subaru’s outstretched arm—

And with an almost casual motion—

She detached it.

Subaru’s entire arm came clean off at the shoulder, as if it were nothing more than a toy’s removable limb.

He stared, wide-eyed, at his missing arm.

There was no pain. No blood. Just an empty space where his arm had been.

The girl examined the severed limb in her hand before tilting her head and smiling up at him.

"Baru-kun, are you a bad person?"

She gently squeezed the detached arm.

After a moment, she nodded to herself.

"Oh, you don’t feel pain? That means you’re not a bad person. That’s good!"

Still smiling, she turned her bright eyes toward him.

"I’m Typhon. The Witch of Pride!"

Subaru took two careful steps back, sweat forming on his brow.

Echidna, watching from the sidelines, finally sighed.

"Typhon, dear, how about you return his arm now?"

"Hmm? Oh, okay~!"

With that same innocent expression, Typhon snapped her fingers—

And Subaru’s arm was suddenly back in place, as if it had never been removed.

It moved naturally. No pain, no damage.

The whole experience sent a deep chill through him.

But Typhon wasn’t looking at him anymore.

She turned her gaze toward Echidna instead.

"Dona-chan," she said sweetly, "why don’t you tell Baru-kun about what you saw in the Book of Wisdom?"

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