Kono Subarashii Sekai Ni Shukufuku Wo! Volume 1

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Prologue

“Satou Kazuma-san, welcome to the after-life. Unfortunately, you have died.

It might be short, but your life is over.”

Someone suddenly so!e to me in a ure white room.

"he sudden turn of events confused me.

In the room was a set of office des! and chair, and the one who announced

that my life was over sat in that chair.

If there was a goddess, she must be it.

#er beauty was beyond the idols shown on television, she had glamour that

surassed humans.

#er long blue hair loo!ed sil!y smooth.

She seemed to be about my age.

She wasn$t too busty or too lac!ing. She had a light urle hagoromo draed

over her clothes.

%"&' htt'((en.wi!iedia.org(wi!i(#agoromo)

"he beauty blin!ed her eyes which were the same a*ua blue color of her hair,

staring at me who didn$t !now what was going on.

+ I thought about what haened moments ago.

※

+ It was rare for me who !et staying at home to go outside.

In order to urchase a limited first release version of a oular online game, Igot u early to *ueue u.

Society addressed eole li!e me as #i!i!omori.

fter buying the game, it was time to return home to lay my heart out. I was

in a great mood when I thought of that and reared to return home, but at



this moment+

girl was loo!ing down on her cell hone and wal!ing before me.

rom her uniform, she should be studying in the same school as me.

fter seeing the lights turn green, the girl didn$t chec! the traffic and crossedthe road directly.

large shadow loomed towards her.

"hat must be a large truc! heading towards her at high seed.

hen I came to my senses, I had !noc!ed that girl away.

fter that+

+ I as!ed the beauty before me with a mysteriously calm emotion'

“+ /an I as! one thing0”

"he beauty nodded in resonse to my *uestion.

“1lease go ahead.”

“+ "hat girl+ that was !noc!ed away by me, is she still alive0”

"hat was the most imortant thing.

"hat was the first and last time

I did something worthy.

If I didn$t managed to save her in time desite betting my life, that would be

so frustrating.

“She lives2 3ut her in4ury was bad, she fractured her leg.”

"han! goodness+





I didn$t die in vain. I did something good at the very end+

Seeing me acting relieved, the beauty tilted her head and said'

“3ut, she would not had been hurt if you didn$t !noc!ed her away.”

“+ #uh0”

hat did she say0

“"hat tractor would had stoed before hitting that girl. "hat was e5ected, it

was 4ust a slow tractor after all. "hat means your unnecessary meddling by

acting li!e a hero made things worse+ 1u he he2”

hat is this, this was the first time I met this girl.

It might be rude, but I felt li!e beating her u.

+ rong, hold it. I thin! I heard something that was more imortant than

that.

“+ hat did you say0

"ractor0 6ot a truc!0”

“"hat$s right, a tractor. If a truc! was seeding towards that girl, she would

had noticed and got away.”

+ #uh0

“7h0 3ut what about me0 8id I die after getting hit by the tractor0”

“6o, you died from shoc!. 9ou thought you were ran over by a truc! and

went into shoc!. I had been doing this for a long time, but you are the first to

die so unnaturally2”

+

“3ecause of your close call with the tractor, you lost consciousness and

control of your bowels and were sent to a nearby hosital. s the doctors and

nurses were saying :hat$s with this guy, how useless; <lol=$ amidst

laughter, you did not regain consciousness and your heart failed+”



“Shut u;2 I don$t want to hear it2 I don$t want to hear something so cringy2”

"he girl wal!ed to my side as I cued my ears and smiled deviously, leaning

close to my ears'

“9our family had reached the hosital, but before they felt the sadness fromtheir loss, they couldn$t hel bursting into laughter after hearing your cause

of death+”

“Shut u shut u2 "his can$t be real2 #ow could there be such a useless way

to die, this is unbelievable2”

&oo!ing down at me s*uatting with my head in my arms, the girl covered her

mouth and laughed.

“+ ell, that ends my de-stressing session. irst time we met, Satou

Kazuma-san. >y name is *ua. I am a goddess that guides young eole

who die in ?aan+ 6ow, utting aside how funny your demise was, you

have two otions.”

+ "his fellow2

orget it, getting wor!ed u would 4ust delay the rogress of the

conversation, I will 4ust bear with it.

“irst would be reincarnating and beginning a new life. "he other otion

would be staying in a lace sort of li!e heaven and live the life similar to an

old fol!s home.”

hat a lazy way to describe the otions.

“7h, well+ #ow is the lace that is sort of li!e heaven0 >ore imortantly,

what do you mean by old fol!s home0”

“#eaven isn$t as great as you humans imagined. 9ou don$t need to eat after

dying and won$t be able to ma!e anything naturally. "here aren$t any

ingredients or necessities for you to use anyway. I am sorry if I disaointed

you, but there is nothing in heaven. 6o television, no manga and no games,



there are only other eole who died before you. nd since you are dead, you

can$t do anything !in!y, you can$t since you don$t even have a body. "he

only thing you can do is bas! in the sun with your redecessors and chat.

orever.

6o comuter games and no entertainment. Instead of heaven it was closer to

hell.

3ut to become a baby and restart my life+

6o, that was the only otion.

&oo!ing at my disaointed face, the goddess smiled and said'

“#ey, you don$t want to go to a boring lace li!e heaven right0 3ut as!ingyou to let go of all your memories and start again as a baby is the same as

erasing your e5istence since your memories will be gone. nd so2 I have

great news for you.”

or some reason, I was absolutely s!etical.

*ua said to the wary me with a smile'

“8o you+ li!e games0”*ua confidently e5lained her so called good news.

"his was the gist of it@ In a world different from where I was, there was

another world with a demon !ing.

nd with the attac! of the demon !ing army, that world fell into crisis.

"here were magic and monsters in that world.

"o ut it simly, it was a fantasy world similar to the famous games 8ragonAuest and inal antasy.

“"he eole who died in that world were !illed by the demon !ing army, and

were very afraid, saying they don$t want to die li!e that again. nd so almost

all the eole who died re4ected reincarnating in that world again. >ore

secifically, that world would end if this continued, since babies would cease



to be born there. #ence, it could be solved by sending the dead from other

worlds over right0 "hat$s how it is.”

hat a sloy immigration olicy.

“nd since we are sending eole over, we should find eole who diedyoung and still yearn to live, sending them over with their original body and

memories. It would be meaningless if they died immediately after going over,

so we will grant a rivilege to all those who are going to that world, allowing

them to ta!e one thing they li!e to that world. It could be a owerful ability,

an e5cetional talent or god level weaons+ hat do you thin!0 It might be

another world, but you can live once more. or the eole of that world,

someone would aear who could fight immediately. #ow about it0 Isn$t thisgreat news0”

I see, it does sound great.

"o be honest, this made me e5cited.

I !new I li!ed games, but I never imagined I could enter a world that was 4ust

li!e my favorite comuter games.

3ut before that.“7rm, I have a *uestion, what about the language of that world0 /an I sea!

the language of the other world0”

“"his isn$t a roblem. ith the gentle aid of the gods, you will instantly learn

the language directly in your brain the moment you head over to the other

world. 9ou will even be able to read2 3ut there is a side effect, your brain

might be wied blan! if you are unluc!y+ nd so, all you need to do is to

choose a owerful ability or weaon.”

“#old on, I heard something imortant 4ust now. 8id you say my brain would

be wied blan! if I am unluc!y0”

“I didn$t say that.”

“9ou did.”



"he tension from earlier was gone. I am sea!ing to a goddess, but my

attitude was a!in to sea!ing to an e*ual.

+ 3ut, that was an attractive roosition.

It was scary that there was a chance to wie my brain blan!. 3ut I am notbragging when I say I am confident in my luc! since I was young.

t this moment, *ua showed me something li!e a catalogue.

“1lease choose. I can grant you one and only one ower that would match

any erson. It could be a owerful uni*ue ability. or e5amle, a legendary

weaon. /ome, it can be anything. 9ou have the rivilege to bring this one

thing to the other world.”

fter hearing *ua$s e5lanation, I too! the catalogue and started browsing

it.

+ Bn it were :unnatural strength$, :suer magic$, :holy sword rondight$,

:demon sword >urasame$+ nd all sorts of names.

I got it, choosing an ability or weaon to be brought along.

#ow troubling, having too many choices made me indecisive.Br rather, my gamer instincts told me these were cheat-li!e abilities and

e*uiment.

#ow troubling how troubling+ Since I would be going to a world with

magic, I really want to try using magic.

#ence, I should choose an ability based on magic+

“6ahC hurry uC it doesn$t matter which one you choose. I have noe5ectations of a hi!i!omori gaming nerd, can you 4ust ic! one and be on

your way0 nything will do, hurry uC #urry uC

“I, I am not a nerd+2 nd I died outside, so I am not a hi!i!omori+2”

I answered in a trembling voice, but *ua simly toyed with the ends of her



hair and told me disinterestedly'

“It doesn$t matter, 4ust hurry u and chooseC there are still many dead souls

waiting in line2”

*ua sat in her chair as she so!e, munching her snac!s without even

loo!ing at me+

+ "his fellow, moc!ing my causes of death even though it was the first time

we met, acting so stuc! u because she was retty.

*ua$s can$t be bothered attitude made me mad.

9ou wanted me to choose *uic!ly right0

"hen I will do 4ust that.:Something$ I can bring to that world0

“+ B!ay, I choose you.”

I ointed at *ua and said.

*ua loo!ed at me surrised for a moment and continued munching on her

snac!s.

“9eah. 1lease don$t move away from the center of the magic circle+”

*ua suddenly stoed tal!ing.

“+ hat did you 4ust say0”

nd in the ne5t moment.

“I understand. ell then, I will ta!e over *ua-sama$s 4ob from now on.”

ith a flash of white light, a winged woman aeared out of nowhere.

+ Simly ut, it was a woman that loo!ed li!e an angel.

“+ 7h0”

Under the feet of *ua who s*uealed in surrise, as well as under my feet, a

blue magic circle aeared.



Bh, what is this0

m I really going to another world0

“ait, huh, what is haening0 7h, you can$t be serious0 6o no, hold on, this

is too weird2 Isn$t it cheating to bring a goddess along2 6o count0 "hisshouldn$t count2 ait2 ait o!ay0”

*ua anic!ed with tears in her eyes@ she was a mess.

"he angel so!e while facing *ua' “3on voyage, *ua sama. 1leases leave

the rest to me. e will send envoys to welcome you bac! right after the

demon !ing is defeated. 3efore you return, I will handle all your tas!s.”

“ait2 ait2 s a goddess, I ossess healing owers, not combat abilities2 Itis imossible for me to defeat the demon !ing2”

"he angel who aeared suddenly ignored *ua, who collased on the floor

crying, and smiled gently at me.

“Satou Kazuma-san. 9ou will be heading to another world now and become

one of the candidate heroes to defeat the demon !ing. 9ou will receive a gift

from the gods the moment you defeat the demon !ing.”

“+ Dift0”

I as!ed by reeating what she said.

"he angel smiled warmly at me.

“"hat$s right, a gift befitting a world savior+ 9ou will be granted a wish, it

can be anything you want.”

“Bh2”"hat means I could wish to return to ?aan if I grow tired of that world.

or e5amle, returning to ?aan after growing tired of that world, becoming

rich and sending all day laying games while surrounded by ladies2 7ven

such a decadent dream was ossible2



“ait2 Diving that cool seech is my 4ob2”

*ua wailed on the floor after the angel too! her 4ob.

I was satisfied after seeing *ua act this way.

nd so, I ointed at *ua and said'

“#ow does it feel to be comanions with a man you loo! down on0 #ey, you

are the :thing$ chosen by me to be brought along. Since you are a goddess,

use your godly owers to ma!e my adventure a breeze2”

“6oC2 Doing to another world with a man li!e this, no wayC2”

“#ero2 >ay you be victorious among the many hero candidates, and become

the one to defeat the demon !ing+ ell then, I bid you farewell2”

“ahhhC2 "hat$s my lineC2”

nd with the announcement from the angel.

bright light surrounds the wailing *ua and me+2



Chapter 1 – Arriving In This Alternate World With Someone ClaimingTo Be A Goddess!

Part 1

"he carriage drove over the avement and made loud crea!ing sound.

“+ nother world+ #ey, it really is another world. 7h, it$s for real0 I am

going to used magic and adventure in this world0”

I was trembling with e5citement because of the scene before me and started

tal!ing to myself.

3efore my eyes were houses built from red bric!s, the streets right out of

7uroe in the >iddle ges.

"here were no cars, bi!es, ower lines or telecommunication cables.

“h+ h+ hh+”

I loo!ed around the street, watching the eole assing by.

“nimal ears2 "here is someone with animal ears2 nd elf ears2 Is that an

elf0 ith such stri!ing facial features, she definitely is one2 Dood bye

hi!i!omori life2 #ello different world2 If it was this world, I am willing to go

out and wor! obediently2”

“hh+ hhh+. hhhh2”

I turned around and loo!ed at *ua who was hugging her head screaming.

“#ey, you are noisy. hat if they thin! I am related to a crazy woman li!e

you0 Sto screaming, you should be giving something to me at a time li!e

this right0 &oo! at what I am wearing. Dym clothes0 I finally arrived in a

fantasy world but I am wearing a full set of gym clothes. ccording to the

norm in games, you should be giving me the minimum e*uiment+”

“hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh;2”

"he goddess screamed as she ounced over to grab me.



“oah2 hat, what are you doing, don$t act this way2 I get it, I will do

something about the basic e*uiment. I should say that I was wrong2 If you

are unwilling, lease go bac! . I will thin! about what to do in the future.”

*ua tried to strangle me with teary eyes, so I shoo! off her hand and tried to

shoo her away with an annoyed e5ression.

In the end, *ua said with trembling hands'

“hat are you tal!ing about0 I am troubled because I can$t go bac!2 hat

now0 6ah, what should I do2 hat am I going to do in the future0”

*ua fell into a anic in tears, acing about while hugging her head.

#er waist length hair was a mess, she loo!ed crazy right now, although she$swas a beauty when she !et *uiet.

“#ey, calm down goddess. "he first lace to visit should be the tavern.

7verything starts from collecting information at a tavern. "his is the standard

in role laying games.”

“#uh+2 9ou are 4ust a hi!i!omori gaming 677", why are you so reliable0

h, Kazuma, my name is *ua. I don$t mind you addressing me as goddess,

but do call me by my name whenever ossible. Br else we would be

surrounded by citizens and couldn$t go on adventures and ta!e down the

demon !ing. "his might be a different world, but I am still one of the revered

gods of this world.”

*ua said as she followed behind me confidently.

lright, there should a grou formed to ta!e on the demon !ing or an

adventurer guild made to defeat monsters.

Sea!ing of which, *ua is a goddess, he can as! her if he had any *uestions.

“*ua, lease tell me where is the osition of the adventurers guild. hich

way should we go0”

I as!ed *ua, but she 4ust loo!ed at me blan!ly.



“+0 I won$t !now even if you as! me. I !now the common !nowledge of

this world, but not the situation in town. "his is 4ust one of the many e5isting

lanets, and 4ust a small town at that2 #ow would I !now0”

"his girl was useless.

"here$s no other way, so I as!ed a middle aged lady assing by.

I didn$t as!ed guys for fear of meeting delin*uents, while the difficulty of

tal!ing to young girls was too high for me.

“75cuse me; may I as! something0 I am loo!ing for a lace similar to an

dventurers guild+”

“Duild2 ra, to not !now where the guild is, could you be from out of town0”rom what the madam was saying, there really was a guild here, which made

me relieved.

“"hat$s right, I am a traveler who came from a far away land, I 4ust reached

this town.”

“ra ara+ Since you came to this town, you must be aiming to become an

adventurer. elcome to the town of novice adventurers, 5el. ollow themain road and turn right, you will see the signboard for the guild.”

“"a!e a right down the road, got it, than! you very much2 + #ey, let$s go.”

town for novice adventurers.

I see. "his was a good starting oint for the dead who gets transorted here.

fter than!ing the lady, I followed her directions while *ua followed me

with resect in her eyes and sighed'

“6ah, you came u with an e5cuse right on the sot, why are you able to

handle this so erfectly0 9ou seemed to be a caable guy, why were you a

hi!i677" without any girls or friends0 hy did you want to stay at home all

day and be a hi!i677"0”



“6ot having a girl or friends isn$t a bad thing. "he value of a erson cannot

be measured by the number of friends or having a significant other. nd don$t

call me a hi!i677". 8amn bitch. 8on$t combine hi!i!omori and 677"

together, and I am 4ust EF, too young to be a 677" by society$s standard+

"here it is.”

*ua ounced over to strangle me for calling her a bitch, but I ignored her

and entered the dventurers guild.

G dventurers guild;

lace for adventurers to ta!e u 4obs, which was a stale in games, an

organization that suorted the adventurers.

"he 4ob agency of this world.

"here was a rather large establishment before them and the fragrance of food

drifted from within.

Some rough characters would definitely be inside.

"hey might find trouble with me if they saw unfamiliar faces.

fter rearing myself mentally and entering+“h, welcomeC 1lease aroach the counter if you loo!ing for 4obs. If you

are here to dine, lease ta!e any emty seatC2”

waitress with short red hair received us warmly.

"he slightly dim interior seemed to double as a bar.

Drous of men in armor could be seen congregating inside, but they didn$t

seem to bear ill will.

3ut unfamiliar faces seemed to be rare, everyone was focusing on us.

+ I realized why they were loo!ing this way.

“6ah nah, they are loo!ing this way too blatantly. It must be the holy aura

coming from me, they must have discovered that I am a goddess.”



"he reason was the aearance of the goddess sea!ing dumb words.

She loo!ed li!e a beauty if she stayed *uiet, and was attracting everyone$s

eyes.

or now, I ignored their gaze and went about my original ob4ective.“+ &isten carefully *ua, they will gave us a tutorial if we register, enabling

us to earn a living. "hat$s the !ind of lace adventurers guilds are. e should

be able to ta!e a loan to reare ourselves, comlete simle 4obs to get by

and introduce us to a good tavern. >ost games start out this way. 6ormally,

rearing the bare essentials to live in this world should be your 4ob+ 3ut

never mind. or today, let$s register with the guild, get some e*uiment and

money, and find a lace to slee.”

“I don$t care about that. >y 4ob was sending the dead to this world. 3ut I get

it. I am not familiar with games, but what you said was common sense for

this world. So I 4ust need to register to be an adventurer too, right0”

“"hat$s right. lright then, let$s go.”

"a!ing *ua with me, I made a beeline for the counter.

"here are four counter staff.

"wo of them were female.

I *ueue u at the counter with the rettier lady.

“+ 6ah, the other H counters are emty, why are you *ueuing here0 e

won$t have to wait if we go to another counter+ h, because this counter

staff is the rettiest0 eally, I was 4ust a bit imressed and thought that you

were reliable, but you are doing this0”

*ua who was following me didn$t !now anything, so I whisered to her

*uietly'

“3uilding a good raort with the guild$s counter staff is the basics. nd the

retty counter lady definitely had lenty of flags to raise. "his means there



will be more shoc!ing hidden side *uest waiting for us. or e5amle, the

counter lady might be a owerful adventurer or something.”

“+ 6ow that you mentioned it, I saw something similar in a manga. Sorry, I

will wait in line obediently.”

3ecause we did not aroach the other emty counter and intentionally *ueue

here, the other staff was loo!ing at us curiously. 3ut I decided to retend not

to notice.

It was finally our turn.

“Dood morning, how may I hel you0”

"he counter staff was a gentle beauty.#er wavy hair and large breasts made her loo! matured.

“7h, I want to be an adventurer. I came from the countryside and didn$t !now

anything+”

If I tell the counter staff I came from the countryside or a far away nation,

they will give a more thorough e5lanation.

“I see. "here will be a registration fee, will that be o!ay0”

"hat$s right, this is the basic tutorial.

I will 4ust need to follow the instruction of the counter staff+

+ egistration fee0

“+ #ey *ua, you have any cash on you0”

“I was transorted here all of a sudden, how is it ossible for me to havemoney0”

+ #ow could this be, shouldn$t they loan some money to us or ut it on the

tab for now0

I moved away from the counter and discuss the strategy with *ua.



“+ #ey, what now0 e are in a inch right from the beginning. In games,

you would normally get the minimal e*uiment and some money for living

e5enses too.”

“ll of a sudden, you became unreliable. 3ut it can$t be heled, you are a

hi!i!omori after all. lright, it$s time for me to shine. ?ust watch, I will show

you the caability of a goddess.”

man wearing the loose and cumbersome clothing of a riest was seated at a

table.

*ua aroached that man confidently+

“>an of the cloth, lease state thy religion2 I am *ua. "hat$s right, Doddess

*ua, worshied by the 5is theocracy2 If thou art a believer+2 +/ould

you give me some aid by lending me some money0”

ith an attitude that seemed aloft yet humble, she as!ed him for money.

“+ I am from the 7ris sect.”

“h, I see, sorry+”

I don$t get it, but they seemed to be from different religious orders.hen the de4ected *ua was rearing to come bac!, the riest stoed her.

“h+ >adam, you must be a follower of 5is. "here were stories about

Doddess *ua and Doddess 7ris being close, so this might be fate. I had been

observing you, you have trouble aying the registration fee correct0 It$s 4ust a

small fee, so lease ta!e it as a blessing from Doddess 7ris. 3ut no matter

how devout you are, you shouldn$t use the title of the Doddess in vain.”

“h+ B!ay, sorry+ "han! you very much+”

"he eyes of *ua loo!ed dead as she returned with the money.

“#ahaha+ #e didn$t believed that I am a goddess+ 3y the way, goddess

7ris is my 4unior+ I was itied by the believer of my 4unior goddess, and



received his money+”

“hat matters is that you comleted the tas!. "hin! about it, if he really

believed that you are a goddess, there would be a different !ind of trouble2”

*ua had an e5ression that seemed to say she lost something imortant, so Iencouraged her half heartedly.

“7h+ e are bac! with the registration fees.”

“I+ I see+ "he registration fees are EJJJ 7ris+”

*ua received HJJJ 7ris from the riest.

ccording to *ua, E 7ris is about E yen, so she received about HJJJ yen.

"he counter lady didn$t interfere the commotion we stirred u, and was

unwilling to loo! at me and *ua in the eye.

It seems I had bro!en the flag between this lady and me.

“lright. Since you said you want to be an adventurer, you should have some

level of understanding, but I will e5lain it from the start+ irst, adventurers

are resonsible for the e5termination of the monsters wandering outside the

town+ 1eole who get rid of dangerous creatures that might harm thecitizens. "hey are also 4ac! of all trades, ta!ing on odd 4obs that re*uire their

talents+ 1eole who earn a living this way are !nown collectively as

adventurers. nd among adventurers, there are different 4obs.”

inally, it$s coming.

"his is a norm for adventurers. 3e it 4obs, class or whatever they are called,

you have to choose the way you fight in this world./omared to the blunt warrior rofession, flashy 4obs li!e mage would be

better.

"he counter lady handed me and *ua one card each.

It was about the size of a driving license, and seemed to be a !ind of



identification card.

“1lease loo! over here, do you see the word level0 s both of you !now, all

things in the world have souls. 6o matter what form it ta!es, if you eat or !ill

a being, you can absorb a art of the memory of the soul. "his is !nown as

:75erience 1oints$.

:75erience 1oints$ are normally intangible things, but+”

"he counter lady ointed to one art of the card and continued'

“ith this card, the :75erience 1oints$ the adventurer had absorbed would

be shown here. t the same time, the level corresonding to your :75erience

1oints$ would also be dislayed. "his show how strong an adventurer is, and

how many enemy you defeat would be recorded here. ith the accumulation

of :75erience 1oints$, all creatures would grow stronger raidly at some

oint. "his is !nown as leveling u+ Simly ut, leveling u will grant you

all sorts of er!s, such as s!ill oints to learn new s!ills. So lease wor! hard

to increase your level.”

fter listening to the e5lanation, I recalled something *ua said.

She as!ed me :8o you+ li!e games0$

I got it. fter listening to all that, this world was 4ust li!e a game.

“irst of all, lease fill in your height, weight, age and other details in the

blan!s.”

I filled in my articulars in the form given to me by the counter lady.

#eight is EFcm, weight !g. EF years old, brown hair and eyes+

“"hat will be fine. 1lease touch this card. "his will dislay the strength of

each of your abilities as reference to choose your 4ob. fter accumulating

s!ill oints, you can learn s!ills that are available to your 4obs. "his is one of

the !ey oints in choosing 4obs.”

Bh, it was time for this.



"he time to show my amazing otential and create a big commotion in the

guild.

ith tense emotion and a heart of e5ectation, I touched the card.

“+ lright, than! you. Satou Kazuma san right. &et$s see+ Strength,vitality, magic, agility and seed+ ll of them are average, intelligence is a

slightly better than average+ #uh0 &uc! is very high. 3ut it is not very

relevant for adventurers+ "his is troubling, from the numbers, you can only

choose the most basic :adventurer$ 4ob2 Since your luc! is so high, I suggest

you give u being an adventurer and be a merchant+ hat would you li!e to

do0”

#ey, my life of adventuring was being denied right from the very start, whatis this.

"he corners of *ua$s lis were high in a smile, temting me to unch her.

>e being wea! doesn$t hel your cause.

“7rm, I would li!e to be an adventurer+”

"he counter lady said with a face of worry'

“It, it$s fine, after leveling u and your stats imrove, you can change your

4ob2 nd the adventurer 4ob is similar to its definition, it is a combination of

all 4obs+ "hat$s right, it might be a basic level 4ob, but it doesn$t mean it is

worse than others2 dventurers could learn and use the s!ills of all 4obs after

all2”

“Bn the other hand, you need more s!ill oints to learn s!ills. ithout the

bonus attribute of the actual 4ob, your s!ills would be wea!er when comared

to them. It$s a 4ac! of all trade, master of none.”

fter the counter lady oint out the good oints, *ua immediately shot me

down.

I should find a lace to throw her away.



It seems that I would be ta!ing a basic 4ob, or a beginner 4ob.

nyway, it was the wea!est 4ob.

3ut I am still an adventurer that aeared in this world.

s I received my card with my name and the 4ob :adventurer$ written on itwith a heavy heart+

“7h0 #uhC2 hat is with these numbers0 3esides the lower than average

intelligence, and luc! which is it bottom, the rest of your stats drastically

e5ceeds the average2 7secially your magic, it is abnormally high, who in the

world are you+0”

"he counter lady screamed after loo!ing at the card *ua touched."he lace was in an uroar.

+ eird, shouldn$t that be haening to me instead0

“h, is that right0 So it means I am amazing0 raC it is normal by my

standard.”

6o matter how useless, she was still a goddess.

3ut *ua being so hay that she$s became embarrassed issed me off.

“"his, this was way ast amazing2 >age tye 4obs which re*uires high

intelligence is not available+ 3ut you can choose any other 4obs2 "he holy

!night with its strongest defense :/rusader$, the swordsman with the

strongest attac! :Swordmaster$, the to tier cleric :rchriest$+ 9ou can

choose most of the to tier 4obs right now+2”

*ua was slightly troubled by the counter lady$s *uestion and said'

“ell, it$s a ity that :goddess$ isn$t available as a 4ob+ It should be grand

cleric for me.”

“rchriest2 rchriest can use all !inds of recovery and suort sells, they

could even ta!e the role of vanguards, a strong all rounder 4ob2 I will register



you now+ It$s done. elcome to the adventurers guild, *ua-sama, all our

staff loo! forward to your grand e5loits2”

"he counter lady said with a leasant smile.

+ Strange, what is this0&i!e I said, this should be haening to me+

orget it, anyway;

nd so, my life as an adventurer began in this world.

Part 2

“lright; good wor! everyone;2 "hat$s it for today2 #ere, this is the salaryfor today.”

“"han! you. Dood 4ob today boss-2”

“Dood 4ob-2”

fter the boss announced the end of the wor! day, *ua and I received our

salary, bowed and greeted him.

“7veryone, we will ma!e a move first-2”

“Dood bye-2”

“Bh- than!s for your hard wor!2 I$m counting on you tomorrow too.”

I bid farewell to my seniors while *ua followed my lead.

fter hearing the rely from the seniors, *ua and I left the wor!lace.

h, I wor!ed the whole of today too.7ven I am beginning to doubt that I was ever a hi!i!omori.

*ua and I too! our salary for the day and head for the ublic bath.

"he ublic bath was no different from the ones in ?aan.

?udging from the average salary, the entrance fee were higher than ?aan. 3ut



I couldn$t change the habit of ta!ing a bath after finishing wor!.

“hC+ I$m alive againC+”

I soa!ed my shoulders into the warm water, leisurely relieving my fatigue

from wor!."his lace seemed to be from the middle ages, so I thought it would be

lu5urious to ta!e a bath here, but that was 4ust me.

I am grateful, so grateful+2

fter leaving the bath, I saw *ua waiting at the entrance for me.

3athing longer than a girl was a bit off, but that was the nature of ?aanese.

“hat would you li!e to eat today0 I want some smo!e lizard hamburger

stea!. nd the heart freezing crimson neroid2”

“I want to eat meat too. &et$s go to the tavern and get two smo!e lizard stea!

set meal.”

“greed2”

fter finishing our meal, *ua and I didn$t have anything to do and went to

the stables.

1ic!ing hay that wasn$t stained by horse manure to ma!e a bed, we lay down

immediately.

*ua was sleeing besides me as usual.

“ell then, good nightC”

“Dood night. 1hew+ I wor!ed hard today too+”nd so I drifted off into dream land+

“6o, wait a minute.”

I suddenly sat u.

“hat is it0 9ou forgot to go to the washroom0 It$s dar! out there, need me



to accomany you0”

“6o way. #old on, it$s not that. I 4ust realized we had been living the life of a

manual laborer so far.”

"hat$s right.or the ast L wee!s, *ua and I had been wor!ing on the walls outside the

city.

e were construction wor!ers.

"hat was too far off from the life of an adventurer I was asiring to live in

this world.

Br rather, why did *ua got used to this lifestyle without any comlains.

eren$t you a goddess0

“9ou don$t wor!, you don$t eat, isn$t that obvious0 #i!i677"s are really

ic!y. If you refer to, you can wor! as a store cler! too2”

“6o2 It$s not that. #ow should I ut this0 hat I am after is an e5citing battle

against monsters2 life li!e that2 nd isn$t this world in a crisis with the

invasion of the demon !ing0 Isn$t it amazingly eaceful here, there are nosigns of demons at all, hey2”

I got e5cited as I so!e and my voice got louder, and was lectured by our

neighbors.

“#ey, can it2 3e *uiet2”

“h, sorry2”

dventurers who were 4ust starting out were oor.

It was normally imossible for us to rent a room in the tavern every night.

6ormally, they will share the rent with other adventurers and slee in the

communal room.



Br they could do what we were doing and slee on the hay in the stables.

9es, this was different from the adventurer lifestyle in the alternate way I was

loo!ing forward to.

Staying in the tavern daily was the same as sleeing in a hotel every day in?aan.

It was imossible for adventurers with unstable income.

+ "hat$s right, our income wasn$t stable.

"here wasn$t any simle herb ic!ing or monster hunting :missions$ that

aeared in games

>onsters don$t burst into treats and money when you !ill them.

"he monsters staying in the forest near town had long been e5terminated.

"he forest had turned safe after the monsters were gone, so no one would hire

eole to harvest material for them.

"his was obvious.

"he outdoors was so safe that the children were allowed to roam free.

"here were guards manning the gate, but instead of maintaining round the

cloc! security, it was easier to e5terminate all the dangerous monsters since

the forest wasn$t too large.

It was the most logical method, but I would rather not !now this.

n adventurer who was 4ust slightly stronger than normal eole could send

half a day harvesting herbs that were easy to sot, and earn enough for food

and lodging.

"here was no way such an easy 4ob e5isted.

?aan was a roserous nation on earth, but there wasn$t any laborer who

could live in a hotel with their daily income.



>inimum wage0 &abor laws0 hat are those, can we eat it0

"hat$s the world this was.

“It$s useless even if you tell me these. "his is the town furthest away from the

demon !ing$s castle after all2 ho would come all the way to attac! a novicetown at the borders+ nyway, Kazuma wants to live more li!e an

adventurer right0 9ou don$t even have the roer e*uiment2”

*ua went straight to the oint, and I couldn$t rotest.

"hat$s right, *ua and I don$t even have the minimum e*uiment. e were

hoing to buy them, that$s why we were wor!ing so hard at the construction

site.

“I$m getting bored of construction too+ I didn$t come to this world to be a

laborer. I came to this world with no comuters and games in order to

adventure. nd didn$t you send me here to challenge the demon !ing0”

fter hearing what I said, *ua made a :what are you tal!ing about face$,

ondered for a moment and resonded'

“Bh2 "here was such a thing2 I was so immersed in the hainess of labor

that I forgot. I couldn$t go bac! if Kazuma don$t defeat the demon !ing.”

&istening to her dumb rely, I recalled the counter lady$s words. Seems that

this girl$s intelligence was really below average.

“lright, let$s go challenge the demon !ing2 8on$t worry, it will be a breeze

with me here2 &oo! forward to my erformance2”

“"hat made me uneasy+ 3ut you are a goddess after all. I$m counting on

you2 B!ay, we will buy some basic weaons and armor with the money we

saved and go grinding tomorrow2”

“&eave it to me2”

“8idn$t I tell you to can it2 9ou want me to beat you u02”



“I am very sorry2” 5L

s I aologized to the other adventurers, I got ready to slee with an e5cited

heart.

Part 3

Under the clear blue s!y.

“hhhhh2 #el2 *ua, save meCC2”

“1uhehe2 "his is so funny2 Kazuma your face is all red, you are tearing u

and wor!ing really hard2”

B!ay, I will bury this girl before going bac!.

s I ma!e u my mind, I continue to run and scream for hel as a giant toad

li!e monster chased me.

"his was the oen lain outside of town.

e too! a mission from the guild in the morning and headed here+

s for the bare minimum weaon needed, I chose a short sword.

*ua was acting dumb, saying a goddess wielding weaons were

unglamorous and wasn$t e*uied with anything. She was watching the toads

chasing me leisurely.

8on$t loo! down on them 4ust because they were toads.

"hey were bigger than bulls. It was their mating season, so they were

accumulating nutrition in order to lay eggs. "hey roam around the humansettlement where food were more lentiful, swallowing goats raised by

farmers in a single gul.

If they could swallow a goat whole, swallowing me and *ua would be easy

too.



In fact, children and farmers often went missing during the mating season of

these toads.

7ven though their aearance were 4ust that of a giant toad.

3ut they were still dangerous monsters, stronger than the small monsters neartown that were e5terminated.

3y the way, their meat was a bit tough, but it was leasant and refreshing, a

rather oular ingredient.

Its thic! fat was effective against blunt attac!.

"hey hate metals, so you won$t be hunted if your e*uiment were full. It was

an easy foe for normal adventurers."hat$s why s!illful adventurers li!e to hunt them. 3ut+

“*ua-2 *ua-2 Sto laughing and save me;2”

“or a start, add a :san$ when you address me.”

“*ua-sama;2”

I will bury this girl all the way, only leaving her head above ground. I will let

her !now the horror of being targeted by toads.

I was on the verge of tears, loo!ing bac! at the toad hoing behind me.

t this moment, I realized that the toad were heading in a different direction

from me.

3efore the toad was+

“/an$t be heled-2 lright, I will save you, hi!i677"2 3ut you will need toworshi this goddess from tomorrow onwards2 9ou have to 4oin the *ua

sect in town, and ray to me H times a day2 9ou can$t ob4ect if I ta!e any side

dishes from you during meals2 nd also, ugh0”

*ua who was uffing her chest out and rumbling on about something

disaeared.



I turned my head and saw the toad had stoed moving.

Something white were dangling from the corner of the toad$s mouth.

"hat white thing was+

“*ua-2 9ou, how could you get eaten-2”





*ua who was eaten by the toad had one leg dangling out of its mouth which

was sasming.

nd so I drew my short sword and charged the toad2

“Sob+ Ugh, ugh; ah+2”3efore me, *ua was covered in stic!y toad fluid hugging her !nees while

sitting on the ground sobbing.

3esides her was the toad with its head smashed.

“Ugh+ Sob+ "han!, than! you+ Kazuma, than! you+2

ahhhhhhhhh+.2”

*ua had been crying non sto since I dragged her out of the toad$s mouth.

7ven a goddess couldn$t stand the horror of being reyed on.

“re, are you o!ay *ua, be strong+ &et$s go bac! for today. "he mission

we too! on was e5terminating toads in H days, but they are not oonents

we could handle. &et$s try again when we have better e*uiment. &oo!, I

only have a short sword and no armor, I$m still wearing my gym clothes.

&et$s come bac! when we are dressed more li!e adventurers.”"o be honest, a novice li!e me only defeated the toad because it stoed

moving as it tried to swallow *ua.

If the toad attac!ed me without hesitation, I don$t have the courage to face it.

*ua stood u with the glossy fluid all over her body.

“Ugh+ or a goddess li!e me to be humiliated by a toad, how could we

retreat2 I am already defiled. If a believer saw how dirty I am, their faithwould definitely lummet2 If eole !new I ran from toads, it would be a

disgrace to the name of the beautiful goddess *ua2”

8on$t worry about that. 9ou carried several times more construction

materials than the men at the wor! site, and loo!ed so hay while wor!ing.



9our greatest 4oy was eating dinner after ta!ing a bath, you were sleeing so

soundly that you even drooled while sleeing in the stables beside me. fter

seeing the way you acted, being covered in goo wasn$t much.

3ut before I could stoed her, *ua charged towards another toad in the

distance.

“h2 #ey, hold u, *ua2”

*ua ignored my restraint, drawing closer to the toad using her moment to

throw a unch at the belly of the toad.

“eel the wrath of a goddess2 9ou dare to oose a goddess0 eent in hell2

Dod 3low2”

I remembered the staff in the guild telling me that hysical attac!s weren$t

effective against giant toads.

#er fist sun! into the soft abdomen, while the toad seemed unaffected+

*ua loo!ed at the toad mee!ly in the eye and said softly'

“+ &oo!, loo!ing closely, toads are actually *uite cute right0”

+ nd so, I defeated a Lnd giant toad that stoed moving as it attemted toswallow its rey. "he adventure for today ended with me bringing a wailing

goddess covered in slime bac! to town.

Part 4

“I get it. ?ust us two isn$t enough. &et$s recruit more members2”

fter returning to town, the first thing we did was head to the bath house to

wash u. e then ate fried toad meat in the dventurers guild and discuss our

lans.

art from being a meeting lace for adventurers, the adventurers guild also

doubled as a bar. It allowed adventurer to sell the monster they hunted as well

and coo!ing tasty monsters was also a selling oint.



e sold the meat of the two toad we hunted to the guild, earning some

allowance.

"he toad was too big for the two of us to carry.

3ut if you turn in a re*uest to the guild, they will rovide delivery service,transorting the monster we defeated.

Selling one toad and deducting the transort fee, we earned JJJ 7ris.

"he earnings were about the same as doing construction wor!.

3ut the slightly tough fried toad meat was une5ectedly tasty, which made

me surrised.

hen I first came to this world, I was a bit hesitant about eating lizard andtoads. 3ut when it was reared and served to me, I found it to be delicious.

lthough the goddess before me ate anything without hesitation.

“3ut+ 7ven if we want to recruit comrades, do you thin! anyone would

want to team u with novices li!e us who don$t even have roer

e*uiment0”

ith a mouthful of toad meat, *ua waved the for! in her hand.

“iff mi hare, yuu 4uice node+”

“Swallow. Swallow before you sea!.”

fter *ua swallowed, she said'

“ith me here, I 4ust need to holler and eole will line u to 4oin us. I am a

high cleric after all, the to tier 4ob2 I can use all sorts of healing sells,

suort magic, relieve oison and aralysis status. I can even erform

resurrection, definitely a talent any team would want. I might have fallen into

the mortal world and my ower were far from my ea!, but I am still a

goddess+ hem2 I am *ua-sama after all2 I 4ust need to ut u a notice and

a bunch of eole begging me to :bring me along to missions$ will show u2



If you understand, then give me another iece of fried toad meat2”

fter finishing, the self roclaimed goddess grabbed a iece of fried toad

meat from my late as I watched her with worried eyes.

Part 5

"he ne5t time, at the dventurers guild.

“+ 6o one is coming+”

*ua mumbled to herself de4ectedly.

fter dislaying a recruitment notice, we sat at a table inside the dventurers

guild and wait for comanions of the hero to show u. It had been half a day.

"he other adventurers definitely saw our notice.

3esides us, a number of adventurers were recruiting members. "hey had

conducted interviews, tal!ed with them and went off.

I !new very well why no one was coming.

“+ 6ah, let$s lower the standard. Bur goal is to defeat the demon !ing, so

such conditions were necessary+ but :only recruiting to tier 4obs$ is a bittoo grueling.”

“Ugh+ 3ut+”

In this world, the adventurers 4obs were divided into tiers, with some being

to tier.

*ua$s high cleric was one of the to tier 4obs.

It was difficult for normal eole to ic! this 4ob, she could very well be ahero candidate.

nd it was normal for such hero candidates to en4oy a rivileged life in other

teams+

*ua robably wanted to recruit owerful comanions in order to ta!e down



the demon !ing.

3ut+

“If this goes on, no one would aly2 9ou might have a to tier 4ob, but mine

is the wea!est. I will lose my lace if I am suddenly surrounded by elites.#ow about lowering the entry re*uirements+”

s I was rearing to stand u,

“I saw the notice to recruit adventurers with to tier, is that you guys0”

#er eyes with red uils loo!ed sleey.

#er smooth blac! hair reached her shoulders.

or us, she was a girl in a classical witch attire, with blac! cloa!, dar! boots,

ointy hat and a staff.

#er features were delicate li!e a orcelain doll ; it$s a loli.

It wasn$t surrising for children to wor! in this world+

"he small frail girl who loo!ed about EL-EH had an eye atch covering one

eye. She flung her cloa! hard and said'

“I am >egumin2 n arch wizard with the strongest attac! sell,

e5losion+2”

“+ re you here to tease us0”





“I, I$m not2”

I couldn$t hel retorting the self introduction of this girl, and she denied in a

anic.

nd what was with the name >egumin.“"hat red eye+ re you /rimson 8emon race0”

"he girl nodded in resonse to *ua$s *uery and resented her adventurer

card to *ua.

“"hat$s correct2 I am an elite mage from the /rimson 8emon race,

>egumin2 >y magic is owerful enough to slit the mountains+2 + "hat$s

how it is, do you need an e5cellent mage0 + 3y the way, I have a favor toas!. I haven$t ate in H days, could you give me something to eat before the

interview+”

>egumin loo!ed at us with sorrowful eyes.

"he heartbrea!ing :Ugu$ sound came from >egumin$s stomach region.

“+ I$m fine with treating you to a meal, but why are you wearing an eye

atch0 If you are in4ured, do you need this girl to heal you0”“#mm+ this is a tool to restrain my overwhelming ower+ If you ull it

off+ gigantic disaster will befall the world+

“Bh+ So it is something li!e a seal.”

“I made that u. "his is 4ust a normal eye atch, it 4ust loo! nice+ h, sorry,

lease don$t ull on that, sto2”

“7h+ listen Kazuma, the /rimson 8emon race are born with high intellectand strong magic affinity, most of them have the otential to become a

rofessional mage. "he /rimson 8emon race are !nown for their red eyes+

and their strange names.”

*ua e5lained as I ulled on >egumin$s eye atch.



+ I understand. ?ust listening to her name and seeing that eye atch, I

thought she was teasing me.

I released the eye atch, and she said sternly'

“It$s rude to say our names are weird. I thin! the names of the eole in townare the weird ones.”

“+ ight, may I as! for your arent$s name0”

“>y mother is 9uiyui, my father is #yoizaburo.”

“+” 5L

*ua and I were silent.

“+ nyway, the race this girl is from roduced many owerful mages right0

/ould we recruit her as a comanion0”

“#ey, if you have any roblem with the names of my arents, say it to my

face.”

>egumin leans forward, and *ua returned the adventurer$s card to her at

this moment.

“It should be fine right0 "he adventurer$s card is real, her 4ob is really to tier

with the ability to use owerful sells; rch wizard. "he magic stat on the

card is very high, so she has a lot of otential. If she really can use e5losion

magic, that would be amazing2 75losion sell is the to grade sell in the

detonation series magic and is hard to learn.”

“#ey, sto addressing me as she, use my name2”

s >egumin rotest, I handed the food menu to her.

“8on$t mind the details, order something to eat. I am Kazuma. "his is *ua.

1lease to meet you, rch wizard.”

>egumin seemed li!e she had something to say, but 4ust too! the menu

*uietly in the end.



Part 6

“75losion is the strongest sell. Bn the other hand, it re*uires a long casting

time. 3efore I am ready, lease !ee that toad at bay.”

e brought >egumin who had eaten her full along to see! revenge against

those giant toads.

I could see a toad in the distance on the lain.

"hat toad had already noticed us and was charging our way.

nd I could see another toad heading towards us from the oosite direction.

“1lease target the toad further away. s for the one nearer+ #ey, let$s go

*ua. e will avenge ourselves this time. 9ou are a former goddess right0#ow about showing what you are made of sometimes0”

“hat do you mean by former0 I am a current goddess2 >y osition of a

high cleric is 4ust a disguise2”

>egumin loo!ed at the self roclaimed goddess cho!ing me and said'

“+Doddess0”

“+ ?ust a itiful woman claiming to be a goddess. She will say stuff li!e that

from time to time, lease don$t mind her.”

fter hearing my e5lanation, >egumin loo!ed at *ua with symathetic

eyes.

*ua was on the verge of tears, and charged towards the nearer toad in

frustration with her fist clenched.

“9ou are 4ust toads that are strong against hysical attac!s, let me show you

the ower of a goddess2 Kazuma, watch this carefully2 I haven$t done

anything great yet, but I will definitely succeed today2”

*ua who lac!ed the caacity to learn shouted and succeeded in infiltrating

into the body of the toad, stoing the movement of one toad.



s e5ected of a goddess, sacrificing herself to buy time for us.

+ t this oint, the air around >egumin started to tremble.

7ven a novice to magic li!e me could tell >egumin was rearing to use

amazing magic.>egumin$s chanting got louder as sweat falls from her temles.

“atch closely. "his is the strongest ossible attac! of humans+ "he

ultimate attac! magic.”

"he ti of >egumin$s staff started to glow.

"he scale might be small, but it seemed to accumulate vast amount of light as

it shone brightly.

>egumin$s red eye was wide oen with a brilliant light.

“:75losion$2”

light flashed through the lains.

"he light emitted from the ti of >egumin$s staff ointed towards the

distance, hitting the toad aroaching us dead on+2

"he violent effect of the sell could be seen immediately.

"hat dazzling light and the loud bang reverberating in the air made the toad

e5lode into ieces.

I was almost blown away by that strong wind as I covered my face and

braced myself.

fter the dust settled, a crater LJ meter in diameter could be seen where thetoad was, showing how owerful that e5losion was.

“+ mazing; so this is magic+”

"he ower of >egumin$s sell moved me, and at this moment.

toad climbed out slowly from underground, robably wo!en u by the



shoc!wave and sound of the e5losion.

I was thin!ing that without rain and water source in the lains, the toads dry

u under the hot sun. It turned out they burrow underground to avoid being

ba!ed alive.

"he toad that was climbing out was near >egumin, but its movement were

very slow.

If we use this chance to move away from the toad, and let >egumin use her

:e5losion$ sell again, we could blow the toad into cinders.

“>egumin2 &et$s retreat for now, and attac! from a distance+”

I loo!ed over at >egumin at this oint.nd my body turned stiff.

3ecause >egumin was lying face down on the ground.

“#mm+ 75losion is my ultimate sell, it is owerful and used a lot of

mana+ Simly ut, the mana I used e5ceeded my limit, so I couldn$t move.

h, to thin! a toad would aear out of nowhere+ 6o good, I will get eaten.

Sorry, lease save me+ #ya+2”nd so, I finished off the two toads whose movement were sealed by the

body of *ua and >egumin.

e comleted the mission to defeat giant toads in H days.

Part 7

“Ugh+ Ugug+ sniff+ it smells+ it smells li!e fish+”

*ua who was covered in slime sniveled as she followed behind me.

“It is smelly inside the toad, but the warm feeling isn$t too bad+ I gained

some !nowledge that I would rather not !now+”



>egumin who I was carrying on my bac! was covered in goo li!e *ua, and

she told me something I don$t want to !now.

If someone uses magic that e5ceeded their mana caacity, it would drain their

life force to ma!e u the difference.

Using owerful sells when your mana is deleted might even lead to death.

“rom now on, e5losion magic is banned unless there is an emergency.

1lease wor! hard by using other sells, >egumin.”

>egumin who heard what I said grabbed my shoulders harder.

“+ I can$t.”

“+ #uh0 9ou can$t what0”

I arroted >egumin$s words.

>egumin grabbed even harder and ressed her lac!ing chest onto my bac!.

“+ I can only use e5losion sell. I don$t !now any other magic.”

“+ re you serious0”

“+ 9es.”s >egumin and I turned silent, *ua who was sniveling 4oined in our

discussion.

“hat do you mean by !nowing only e5losion magic0 If you had enough

s!ill oints to learn e5losion, you must had learned other sells right0”

+ S!ill oints0

Sea!ing of which, the counter lady at the guild did mention something abouts!ill oints.

Seeing that I am confused, *ua e5lained to me'

“S!ill oints are something you earn when you ta!e choose a 4ob, it is used to

learn s!ills. "he better a erson is, the more s!ill oints they start out with.



9ou can learn all sorts of s!ills by investing your s!ill oints in it. or

e5amle, the e5cellent me had learned all the ban*uet arty tric!s as well as

all the sells of a high cleric.”

“+ here are you going to use the ban*uet arty tric!s0”

*ua retended not to hear my *uestion and continued'

“8eending on the erson and the 4ob, there are restrictions to the s!ills they

may learn. or e5amle, someone with a fear of water would need more

oints to learn water or ice elemental sells+ 3ut detonation series magic

are comosite sells, you would need dee !nowledge of fire and wind magic

to master it. "his means that eole who can learn detonation magic should

be able to easily learn other sells.”

“"his means that it doesn$t ma!e sense to be unable to learn low grade sells

when you !now high tier magic from the detonation series+ nyway, where

can you ma!e use of ban*uet arty tric!s0”

>egumin mumbled when I finished my sentence'

“+ I am an arch wizard that loves e5losion sell. hat I li!e is not

detonation series magic, but e5losion sell.”

eally, what$s the difference between detonation sell and e5losion magic0

I don$t understand things on this level as *ua listened to >egumin$s

monologue with a series face.

6o, comared to that, I am totally distracted by the ban*uet arty tric!s.

“dventures would definitely be easier if I learn other sells. ire, water,

earth, wind and light, learning sells related to this should be good enough+

3ut I couldn$t do it. >y only love is e5losion magic. 7ven though I could

only cast it once er day, even if I will collase after using the sell, my one

true love is still e5losion magic2 "he only reason I chose the ath of the arch

mage was to cast e5losion sells”



“Incredible2 Dreat2 9our resolve to follow your romantic dreams desite

!nowing it is efficient is deely moving2”

+ Bh no, seemed li!e this mage was going to be useless.

"he best evidence was her hitting it off with *ua.fter two battles with the toads, I highly susect the usefulness of this

goddess.

#onestly, 4ust *ua alone was troublesome enough, if another one 4oined

in+

lright, I made u my mind.

“I see. I thin! this would definitely be a difficult ath, so do wor! hard. h, Ican see the town. &et$s divide the rewards e*ually at the guild. 9es, let$s meet

again if our ath crossed again.”

>egumin grabbed me harder after I finished.

“#mm+ >y only wish is to use e5losion magic. "he bounty is 4ust a

comlementary bonus. #ow about this, I don$t need to slit the rewards

evenly, if you are willing to foot the bill for food, bath and miscellaneousitems, I can consider not ta!ing any rewards. "hat$s right, my ower as an

arch wizard is available at the rice of meals and other miscellaneous fees2

#ow could you miss this oortunity to form a long term contract2”

“6o no no, our wea! team is not worthy of such amazing ower. "hat$s right,

it$s too much to as! >egumin to stay in our team with your amazing owers.

team 4ust starting out should ma!e do with a normal mage. &oo! at me, my

4ob is the wea!est adventurer too.”

In order to chase away >egumin who was grabbing on to me tightly when

we reach the guild, I attemted to loosen her gri.

3ut >egumin refused to let go.

“6o no no no, it doesn$t matter if you are novices or wea!. I might have a to



tier 4ob, but I am still a beginner too. >y level is 4ust F. hen my level

grows, I wouldn$t collase after using my sells. So let$s tal! this over, then

ull my hand away o!ay0”

“6o no no no no, it$s too hard to utilize a mage that can only cast one sell a

day. Ugh, she is a mage, but her gri is strong+2 &et go, the other teams

robably don$t want you too. Br rather, e5losion sell couldn$t be used in

dungeons or in doors, which would render you useless. #ey, release your

gri. I will slit the rewards e*ually with you2 1lease let go2”

“1lease don$t ditch me2 6o team is willing to ta!e me in2 I am willing to

carry the luggage or anything when e5loring dungeons2 1lease, don$t throw

me away2”It$s robably because >egumin on my bac! was yelling :don$t throw me

away$, the asser bys started whisering while loo!ing at us.

3ecause we are in town and *ua$s aearance drew in a lot of attention, it

made us the center of focus.

“; 6o way+ "hat man wants to abandon that child+”

“; #e has a girl covered in slime with him.”

“; "o toy with such a small child, and to abandon her after that, what a trash.

&oo!2 hy are the girls covered in goo0 hat weird se5ual games did that

ervert made them do0”

+ I was definitely being maligned.

*ua smiled deviously uon hearing them, how hateful.

>egumin seemed to have heard their whisers too.

I loo!ed at >egumin who was ee!ing over my shoulder, a malicious smile

on her face+

“I am fine with any sort of lay2 7ven using the toad$s slime li!e 4ust now is

o!ay+”



“lright; I get2 >egumin, I will be in your care2”

Part 8

“lright, everything is in order. I have confirmed that your team had finished

the mission to defeat giant toads in H days. Dood wor!.”

fter reorting in at the guild$s counter, I received the romised reward.

s for *ua and >egumin who were covered in slime, they will be too

smelly if they don$t wash u. It might cause misunderstanding for me, so I

shooed them off to the bath house.

Bne of the toad we defeated disintegrated because of the e5losion magic, so

I was afraid it might affect the comletion of the mission. 3ut the tye andnumber of monsters defeated were recorded on the adventurer card, so there

were no roblems.

I handed in me and >egumin$s card to the counter lady, which she ut in a

strange bo5 li!e machine. "he confirmation was done 4ust li!e that.

"he things that were develoed were magic instead of science, so the

technology level of this world was *uite advance.I loo!ed at my card again and saw that I am at level M.

I heard that those toads were great for novice adventurers to grind levels.

I defeated M toads by myself, enough to raised my level to M.

It was easier for low level eole to level u.

ll the stats on the card increased slightly, but I don$t feel myself turning any

stronger.

“+ 3ut, I can really get stronger 4ust by !illing monsters+”

I mumbled to myself.

"he counter lady did mention that when she e5lained in the beginning.



ll things in the world have souls. 6o matter what form it ta!es, if you eat or

!ill a being, you can absorb a art of the memory of the soul. "hat$s what she

said.

"his art felt li!e a comuter game.

&oo!ing closely, there is something called S!ill 1oints on it, which showed

the number H.

?ust by sending these oints, I could learn s!ills.

“ell then, turning in L giant toads and the bounty for comleting the

mission is a total of EEJ,JJJ 7ris. 1lease ta!e this.”

EEJ,JJJ."hese giant toads yield JJJ 7ris after deducting transort fees.

So the bounty for the toads is EJJ,JJJ 7ris.

*ua said that missions are done by a team of M to F adventurers.

So for normal adventurers, ris!ing your life to fight toads for a coule of

days will yield about EL,JJJ 7ris. or a men team, that would be L,JJJ

7ris each.

+ It$s not worth it;

inishing the mission in one day means a daily salary of L,JJJ.

It might seem li!e a good deal for a daily salary, but considering the ris!

involved, it doesn$t seemed to be worth the effort.

If another toad showed u and ate me, the three of us would have been wied

out.

"hat sent a chill down my sine.

I too! a loo! at the other missions, the ones on the bulletin board were.

G /ut down the 7gil trees corruting the forest, bounty are deendent on the



amount turned in

G #el me loo! for my et white wolf

G >y son$s swordsmanshi lesson Ne*uirement' une Knight or Sword

master. G ecruiting sub4ect for magic ractice N e*uirement' #igh #1 or strong

magic resistance+

9eah.

It$s not easy to survive in this world.

I felt li!e returning to ?aan on my second day of adventuring.

“+ 75cuse me, may I as!+0”

?ust when I was getting a little home sic! as I sat down on a chair nearby,

someone behind tal!ed to me.

eeling tired of dealing with the realities of this different world, I turned my

head with hollow eyes.

“Is something the+ matter+”

I was seechless when I saw the erson tal!ing to me.

She was a female !night.

nd a suer beauty.

She gave off the vibe of a cool beauty at first sight as she loo!ed at me

e5ressionlessly.

She was a bit taller than I am.

>y height is EF cm.

bit taller than me should be about EOJ cm.

She was wearing solid metal armor all over her body, a beauty with blonde

hair and blue eyes.



1robably a year or two older than me.

I can$t tell her body shae from her armor, but I felt that she was very

feminine.

#er face seemed rather cold+ #ow should I ut this, it ic!ed on yourmasochistic side+

+ h, that$s not good, I was entranced.

“h, eh; hat is the matter0”

acing *ua who was about my age and >egumin who was younger than me

was fine. 3ut this beauty slightly older than me made me stutter.

"hat was the bad oint about living the life of a hi!i!omori for e5tendederiod of time.

“7rm+ "he team that ut u this recruitment notice was you right0 re you

still loo!ing for eole0”

"hat female !night showed me a iece of aer.

"hat$s right, we didn$t tear away that notice after >egumin 4oined our arty.

“Bh; e are still hiring. lthough I wouldn$t recommend you to 4oin+”

“1lease ic! me2 1lease let me 4oin your arty2”

hen I was about to re4ect her tactfully, the female !night suddenly grabbed

my hand.

+ 7h0

“6o, no no, hold u, our arty has lenty of roblems. "he other twomembers are burdens and my 4ob is the wea!est. 3ecause of that, my two

comanions were covered in slime+ #urts hurts hurts2”

hen I mentioned the slime, the female !night increased her gri on my

hand.



“I was right, those two covered in goo were your comrades2 hat haened,

how did they end u li!e that+2 I, I also+2 ant to e5erience that+2”

“#uh0”

hat did this 3ig sister said0“6o, I hrased it wrongly. or the two young girls to e5erience that at such

a tender age, I can$t watch idly as a !night. >y 4ob is the to tier cross

!night. It should fit your recruitment criteria.”

hat was with this female !night, her eyes loo!ed dangerous. I thought she

was a calm and collected big sister2

3ut my danger sense was tingling.She seemed to have something similar with *ua and >egumin.

+ She might be a beauty, but it couldn$t be heled.

“ra; I didn$t finish. I really don$t recommend you to 4oin. Bne of the arty

mates is useless, the other could only cast one sell a day and I have the

wea!est 4ob. "hat$s the lame arty this is, so I suggest you find another+0”

"he female !night strengthened her gri further.

“"hat is erfect2 "o be honest, I am confident in my strength and durability, I

am not too agile with my hands+ So+ I can$t hit the enemy+”

>y sider sense was right.

“So you don$t need to mind me having a to tier 4ob. I will 4ust charge ahead

without a care, so 4ust abuse me li!e a shield.”

"he female !night shoved her retty face in front of me who was seated on a

chair.

#er face was too close2

3ecause I was sitting, she was loo!ing at me from u high. "he female

!night$s golden loc!s brushed against my face, ma!ing my heart race.



>y time as a hi!i!omori was affecting me again+2

6o, this was simly too stimulating for an adolescence virgin boy, ma!ing

me uneasy.

/alm down, don$t get seduced by her charm2“6o, how could I let a girl act li!e a shield. >y arty is suer wea!, so the

attac! will really hit you. "he monsters might gang u on you in every fight2”

“"hat$s the way I li!e it.”

“6o, how should I ut this, my L comanions were eaten by toads and

covered in slime2 "his might haen every day2”

“"hat$s e5actly what I want2”





+ #ai,I get it.

"hat blushing female !night who was holding my hand.

&oo!ing at her, I understood something.

+ "his girl wasn$t 4ust useless, even her character was rotten.



Chapter 2 – Stealing Treasures (Panties With " #ight $and!

Part 1

“6ah, I have something to as! the both of you. #ow do you learn s!ills0”

"he day after fighting the toads.

e were having a late lunch at the guild$s bar.

3efore me was the enniless >egumin who didn$t have any roer meal

before meeting us and was focusing on eating her set meal. nd *ua calling

for the waitress to order more food.

"heir aetites were too good for ladies of this tender age.+ "wo women and a single man is still a harem arty, but it was totally not

feminine+

>egumin lift her head while holding her for! and said'

“&earning s!ills0 "hat$s easy, loo! at your card and choose from the :s!ills

that could be learned$ column+ Bh right, Kazuma$s 4ob is adventurer. or

basic tier 4obs, you need someone to teach you the s!ills. 9ou need to see thes!ill in action and as! the user to teach you how to use it. :S!ills that could be

learned$ will show u, and you could learn the s!ills by utting in the

re*uired s!ill oints.”

I see.

I remember the counter lady saying that the basic tier 4ob adventurer could

learn any s!ills.

If that was the case+

“+ "hat means if >egumin teaches me, I could use e5losion magic0”

“"hat$s how it is2”

“oah2”



>egumin reacted strongly to my casual words.

“"hat$s how it is, Kazuma2 "he s!ill oints needed would be absurdly high,

but adventurer is the only 4ob other than arch wizard that could use e5losion.

I can teach you if you want to learn. Br rather, there are no other s!ills that

are worth learning e5cet e5losion right0 Bf course not2 /ome, let$s ta!e

the ath of e5losion together2”

9our face is too close2

“ait, calm down loli2 I only have H s!ill oints, there$s no way I could learn

it right0”

“&o, loli+0”

>egumin was too e5cited to hold a roer conversation, so I as!ed *ua

instead.

“If an adventurer wants to learn e5losion sell, LJ or so s!ill oints won$t be

enough. 9ou will robably need to train for a decade or two and invest all

your oints to learn it.”

“ho has that !ind of atience0”

“u+ "o call me a loli+”

>egumin seemed stunned by me addressing her as a loli, eating her set meal

in small bites de4ectedly. 3ut the only good oint about my 4ob; adventurer

was the ability to learn all s!ills. Bf course I want to learn more s!ills.

“6ah, *ua, you should have many convenient s!ills right0 8o you have any

easy to learn s!ills to teach me0 I refer those that don$t need a lot of oints

and are very useful.”

*ua thought for a moment while holding her cuful of water.

“+ It couldn$t be heled; but I have to warn you, my s!ills are amazing2 It$s

not meant to be assed on lightly2”



I wasn$t hay about *ua mouthing off li!e that, but I had to bear with it

since I am re*uesting her to teach me.

I obediently nodded my head and watched *ua$s every movement.

“ell, loo! at this cu. 1ut this cuful of water on to of your head, anddon$t let the cu fall off. #ere, try it.”

It$s a bit embarrassing to do that in ublic, but I mimic *ua$s action and ut

the cu on to of my head.

*ua then too! out an un!nown seed from somewhere and lace it on the

table.

“lright, now use your finger to flic! the seed into the cu, you must do it inone try. Something amazing is haening2 "he seed is absorbing the water

and srouting+”

“ho as!ed you to teach me arty tric!s you worthless goddess2”

“7h;0”

*ua became as de4ected as >egumin for some reason and rolled the seed

around the table with her finger.I don$t !now why you got so down, but could you remove the cu on your

head, it$s drawing a lot of attention.

“#ahaha2 "hat$s so funny2 #ey, you are the arty 8ar!ness wanted to 4oin

right0 9ou want to learn something useful0 #ow about thieving s!ills0”

Someone inter4ected suddenly.

I turned my head and saw two women occuying the neighboring table.

"he one tal!ing to me was a woman wearing light leather armor.

She had a small scar on her face and seemed to be street smart. She was a

retty girl with silver loc!s and a bright ersonality.

3eside her was a blond beauty in full late mail.



"hat unaroachable cool beauty+

"hat$s right, it was the female !night that wanted to 4oin our arty yesterday.

"he thief girl should be a year or two younger than me.

“7rm, what do you mean by thieving s!ills0 #ow are they li!e0”

"he girl that loo!ed li!e a thief resonded cheerfully'

“Dood *uestion. "hieving s!ills are very ractical; such as :8isarm "ras$,

:Sense 7nemy$, :#ide$, :Steal$, they are all s!ills that are worth learning.

9our 4ob is the basic tier adventurers right0 "hieving s!ills don$t re*uire

much oints, so it$s a great deal2 #ow about it0 I can teach them to you if you

treat me to a glass of crimson beer2”So chea2

"hat$s how I felt, but when I thought about it, she had nothing to lose from

teaching me the s!ills.

nd I could 4ust as! any other thief if I really want to learn thieving s!ills.

“B!ay, I leave it in your hands2 75cuse me; 1lease get a glass of ice cold

crimson beer for this lady2”

Part 2

“I will do a short introduction. I am /hris. s you can see, I am a thief. nd

this erson with a moody face is 8ar!ness. 9ou met yesterday right0 She is a

crusader and shouldn$t have any s!ills that are useful to you.”

“#ello2 I am Kazuma, nice to meet you, /hris2”

"he oen laza behind the adventurers guild.

/hris, 8ar!ness and I stood at this desolate oen sace.

3y the way, those L comanions of mine were sul!ing at the table all this

while, so I left them there. “ell then, we will start from :Sense 7nemy$ and



:#ide$. e will wor! on :8isarm "ra$ ne5t time, tras are rare in such a

crowded lace. #ey+ 8ar!ness, could you turn and face that side0”

“+#mmm0 +. B!ay.”

8ar!ness turned and face away as instructed.nd so, /hris got into a wooden barrel some distance away and showed only

the to half of her body.

I don$t !now what she was laying at, but she then threw a roc! at

8ar!ness$s head and hid into the barrel.

“+”

/ould this be the hide s!ill0

8ar!ness who was hit by the roc! moved silently towards the only barrel in

the area.

“Sensing enemy+ sensing enemy+ I can strongly feel that 8ar!ness is

angry2 6ah, 8ar!ness0 9ou should !now I only did that to teach him the

s!ills, I couldn$t hel it2 1lease have mercy ahhhhhh, sto ahhhhhhhh2”

"he barrel she was hidden in was toled over and /hris screamed as itrolled on the ground.

+ /ould I really learn s!ill this way+

“lright, let$s try the s!ill I recommend the most, :Steal$. "his was a s!ill

that can snatch away one item ossessed by the target, it could be anything.

3e it the weaon gried tightly in their hands, or the wallet secured dee in

their oc!ets, it can steal one item ossessed by the target. "he robability ofsuccess is deendent on the luc! stat. 9ou could rob the weaon or treasure of

a strong enemy and run, a great s!ill to have under any circumstances.”

fter /hris recovered from the dizziness of being rolled around in a barrel,

she e5lained :Steal$ to me.



Stealing sounded very useful indeed.

nd it was deendent on the luc! stat, so my only stat that is high would be

of use.

“I will demonstrate with you as the target2 eady, :Steal$2”/hris shouted as she reached her hand forward, and a small item aeared in

her hand.

"hat is+

“h2 "hat$s my wallet2”

It contained all of my cash, a thin and itiful wallet.

“Bh2 ?ac!ot2 It$s used this way. ell of course, I will give the wallet+”

/hris smiled deviously when she was about to return the wallet to me.

“+ 6ah, let$s have a match alright0 "ry learning :Steal$ now. I will then let

you steal one item from me. I won$t comlain even if you steal my wallet or

weaon. 9our wallet is so thin, so my weaon or wallet would definitely be

more valuable. "hat means we will be trading whatever items that were

stolen+ #ow about it0 ant to try0”

"his erson suddenly said something amazing.

I thought about it.

>y luc! seemed ridiculously high+

I could steal one item from the oonent+

So I would get something even if the s!ill failed.+ &et$s give it a go.

Such gambles seemed li!e the way rash adventurers would interact, 4ust what

I was loo!ing forward to2

"hat$s right, I am finally e5eriencing something adventurer li!e after



coming to this world2

I loo!ed at my adventurer card and saw a new bo5 that dislayed s!ills that

could be learned.

I touch it with my finger and M s!ills were dislayed.:Sense 7nemy$ E oint, :#ide$ E oint, :Steal$ E oint$, :3eauties of 6ature$

oints.

+ :3eauties of nature$0 "he s!ill used by *ua, the arty tric! of flic!ing a

seed into a cu0

"he arty tric! had such a flashy name2 7h0 nd it too! a lot of oints2

1arty tric!s were cool in some way, but I decided to learn :steal$, :senseenemy$ and :hide$.

I used u all my s!ill oints and it turned to J.

I see, so that$s how you learn s!ills.

“I have learned the s!ill. nd I accet your challenge2 8on$t come crying to

me no matter what I steal2”

I stuc! out my right hand as I so!e, but /hris 4ust smiled fearlessly.

“"hat$s great2 I li!e eole who aren$t soilsort2 lright then, what could

you steal0 "he secial rize would be my wallet. "he grand rize would be

this magically enchanted dagger2 "his is a great item worth MJJ,JJJ 7ris2

"he consolation rize would be this iece of roc! I threw at 8ar!ness2”

“hhh2 "hat$s cheating2 Using such a method2”

I rotest loudly when I saw the roc! /hris too! out.

I was wondering why she was so confident, so that$s the reason2

If she had more trash items, the robability of imortant items getting stolen

would be lower, a sort of safeguard against thieves.



“"his is my teaching fee. s you can see, no s!ills are all owerful. 9ou

learned something great right0 lright, give it a go2”

8amn, I was really schooled2

&oo!ing at /hris laughing out loud, I felt I was foolish to fall for this tric!."his is not ?aan, but a dog eat dog world.

It is the fault of those who are naive enough to be tric!ed.

3ut it was 4ust the chance of winning or failing, it$s not a total loss.

“lright, watch this2 >y luc! had always been good2 :Steal$2”

s I shouted, my outreached right hand grabbed something.

She said the chance of success was deendent on the luc! stat. "o succeed in

one try, my luc! wasn$t too bad.

I oened my hand and loo!ed at what I stole+

“+ hat is this0”

It was a iece of white cloth.

I too! the cloth with both hands and raised to the sun for a better loo!+

“9ahoo;2 It$s the grand rize, and it$s a big oneG2”

“6o;2 eturn my anties to me;2”

/hris ulled down her s!irt as she screamed with tears in her eyes.

Part 3

fter learning the s!ills, I returned to the bar and found it to be lively.

“*ua-sama, one more time2 I am willing to ay for it, could you erform

:3eauties of 6ature$ once more0”

“ool, *ua-san refers food instead of money2 ight, *ua san2 I will treat

you to a meal, so lease do :3eauties of 6ature$ again2”



or some reason, there was a crowd around *ua who loo!ed troubled.

“"alent shows are not things that could be erformed several times on

re*uest2 great man once said a funny 4o!e could only be told once. 8oing

the same tric!s several times because it is oular means you are a Hrd rate

erformer2 I am not a erformer, so I won$t accet money for my

erformance2 "his should be the basic attitude of talent show artisan. nd I

didn$t erform :3eauties of 6ature$ for you to see; ah2 Kazuma you are

finally bac!, it turn out li!e this because of you+ 3y the way, who is this

erson0”

*ua ushed through the crowd with an annoyed face and was curious about

the sul!y /hris standing beside me.3efore I could e5lain, 8ar!ness said'

“/hris anties was removed by Kazuma and lost all her money to him. "hat$s

why she is feeling down.”

“#ey, what is this nonsense2 #old u. hat you said was true, but hold on a

minute.”

3ecause /hris was willing to ay any amount of money as she begged me to

return her anties, I told her to decide how much her anties was worth.

I added that if /hris didn$t offer an amount that would satisfy me, her anties

would become my family heirloom.

In the end, she offered both her wallet and my wallet, so I agreed to the trade,

that$s all. 3ut 8ar!ness$ way of hrasing it sounded a bit wrong.

*ua and >egumin was a bit surrised after hearing what 8ar!ness said.

"heir gaze made me feel uncomfortable, and /hris shoo! off her sul!y

e5ression at this moment and said'

“7ven if I was stried of my anties in ublic, I couldn$t !ee on crying2

lright, 8ar!ness. I$m sorry, but I have decided to 4oin a rofitable dungeon



e5loration arty2 I am enniless after my anties was ta!en hostage.”

“#ey, wait a second. "he female adventurers aside from *ua and >egumin

are starting to turn cold, lease don$t sea! anymore.”

"he female adventurers nearby seemed to have heard the conversation.Seeing how aw!ward I loo!ed in their cold gaze, /hris laughed haily.

“"his level of counter attac! isn$t too overboard right0 ell then, I will be

bac! after earning some cash, so have fun in the mean time, 8ar!ness2 I will

find what *uests are available2”

/hris ran to the bulletin board recruiting for members after saying that.

“7rm, aren$t you going with her, 8ar!ness0”

8ar!ness sat down at my table so naturally that I had to as!.

“+ 9eah. 1eole with the same vanguard class as me could be found

anywhere. lthough thieves are essential for dungeon e5loration, it wasn$t

too oular with others. "here are many teams that want to recruit /hris.”

I see, *ua said that rch 1riests were rare and wanted by every arty, so the

treatment each 4ob received are different.

short while later, /hris robably found a ic! u grou and left the guild

with a few adventurers.

/hris waved at us before heading off.

“It$s already evening, /hris and her arty are going to e5lore the dungeons

now0”

“"he best time to go dungeon diving is early in the morning. So most eole

would set off one day earlier li!e them, and ma!e cam before the dungeon

until morning. "here are even merchants oerating with these adventurers as

their target mar!et. #ow was it0 8id you learn any s!ills0”

#earing >egumin said that, I smiled confidently.



“#mm, why not ta!e a loo!0 "a!e this, :Steal$2”

I shouted and reached towards >egumin with my right hand, grabbing a

blac! cloth tightly.

"hat$s right, it was anties.“+ hat haened0 fter your level and stats increased, you had changed

4obs from an adventurer to a ervert0 7rm+ It feels cold below, lease return

my anties to me+”

“Str, strange0 hy is this, it shouldn$t be li!e this+ It should be a s!ill that

steals something at random2”I hurriedly returned the anties to >egumin under the glare of the females

around me that was getting colder. Someone suddenly slam the table.

"hat was 8ar!ness who suddenly !noc!ed the chair away and stood u.

#er eyes were sar!ling for some reason+

“I was right2 "o stried the anties of a young girl with so many eole

watching, you really are the worst+2 1lease+2 1lease let me 4oin thisarty2”

“8on$t wanna.”

“#mm+0 7h+2”

8ar!ness$ face turned red and her body trembled when she heard

my unhesitatant rely.

hat should I do. I wasn$t very sure, but this female !night is definitely a

bad tye.

*ua and >egumin seemed curious about 8ar!ness+

“6ah, who is this erson Kazuma0 as she the one who came for the

interview while >egumin and I went to shower0”



“#old on, this lady is a crusader. "here is no reason to re4ect her right0”

"he two of them started tal!ing nonsense as they stare at 8ar!ness.

"his is bad+ nd I remember re4ecting her yesterday too.

I didn$t want these two to meet 8ar!ness+

+ lright, I have to use this method.

“8ar!ness, we might loo! this way now, but we are serious about ta!ing

down the demon !ing.”

*ua who wanted to return to heaven aside, I had already given that u after

finding out how harsh this world was, even !illing a toad was a chore.

>egumin who never heard of this before loo!ed surrised, but I ignored her.

6o, wait. "his might be a good oortunity.

“"hat$s right, listen to me too, >egumin. *ua and I wants to ta!e down the

demon !ing no matter what. "hat$s our goal as adventurers. nd so, our

adventures will become more dangerous. 7secially 8ar!ness, as a female

!night, you would e5erience :that$ if you get catured by the demon !ing.”

“"hat$s right2 Since ancient times, getting se5ually harassed by the demon

!ing was the 4ob of the female !nights2 "hat alone would be worth the tri2”

“7h0+ hat0”

“#uh0+ hat is it0 8id I say anything weird0”

8ar!ness who e5ressed her strong agreement made me shout in surrise.

+ n, anyway, I will settle that later.“&isten carefully too, >egumin. "he oonent is the demon !ing. *ua and I

are lanning to fight the strongest being in this world, so don$t force yourself

by staying in this arty+”

I didn$t even finish.



>egumin !noc!ed her chair away and stood u.

She flic!ed her cloa! hard and said'

“I am >egumin2 "he to wizard in the red magic race, the master of

e5losion magic2 or the demon !ing to call himself the strongest and ignoreme2 I will decimate him with my strongest sell2”

ith the entire guild$s eyes on her, >egumin made a chunni declaration.

"his fellow was hoeless too. 8on$t ma!e such an arrogant face so

confidently2

Bh no, these two hoeless girls raised the tension even higher+

“+ 6ah, Kazuma, Kazuma+”

s I droo my head de4ectedly, *ua ulled at my sleeve.

“I was a bit scared when Kazuma ut it that way. Is there a simler way to

ta!e on the demon !ing0”

+ 9ou should be the one most fired u, since this is actually your *uest+

+ t this oint.

“7mergency *uest2 7mergency *uest2 ll adventurers in town, lease gather

at the adventurers guild2 I reeat, emergency *uest2 7mergency *uest2 ll

adventurers in town, lease gather at the adventurers guild2”

"he loud broadcast could be heard in the entire town.

It was robably amlified through magic.

“#ey, what are emergency *uests0 re monsters raiding the town0”I felt a bit uneasy, but 8ar!ness and >egumin seemed elated. 8ar!ness said

4oyfully'

“+ 7rm, it$s robably harvesting cabbages. It$s the season for them.”

+



“#uh0 /abbage0 Is that the name of some monster0”

fter e5ressing my thoughts, >egumin and 8ar!ness loo!ed at me itifully

for un!nown reasons.

“/abbage is something round, green and edible.”“It is crunchy and refreshing, a delicious vegetable.”

“I !now that2 "hen what is haening0 "he guild said there is an emergency

*uest, so the farmers need hel from the adventurers0”

It seemed weird for me who was wor!ing as a construction wor!er recently

to say this, but I didn$t come here to farm.

“hh+ Kazuma robably doesn$t !now0 &et me tell you, the cabbages ofthis world+”

*ua adoted an aologetic ose and was about to tell me something when

the guild staff interruted her and e5lained to all the adventurers in the

building.

“I aologize for gathering everyone on such short notice2 I thin! everyone

should !now the emergency is because of the cabbages2 It is time to harvestcabbages this year2 "he *uality of the cabbages are great this year, each one

is worth EJ,JJJ 7ric2 e have already evacuated the residents. So lease

harvest more cabbages and turn them in here2 1lease ta!e care of your own

safety and don$t get hurt from the cabbages counter attac!2 lso, because of

the large amount of eole and bounty, the reward would be given out at a

later date2”

+ hat did this staff said0

"he sound of cheers eruted outside the dventurers guild.

I didn$t !now what haened, so I s*ueezed into the crowd outside to ta!e a

loo!. Dreen ob4ects were flying all over town.

s I stood on the sot, amazed by this ridiculous sight, *ua came over to



my side and continued her e5lanation'

“"he cabbages of this world can fly. hen their taste riens during harvest

time, they fly through cities, lains, the continent and to the ocean, unwilling

to be eaten. If that is the case, we should get more cabbages and eat them

while they are still delicious.”

“/an I go bac! to the stables and slee0”

s I mumbled softly, the brave adventurers charges out in high sirits.

"hey must be hot blooded guys who were insired by the cabbages who did

their best to live for the moment.

s I watch the adventurers chased after the cabbages whole heartedly, Irayed.

+ hat grave sin did I commit that I have to fight to the death with

cabbages here.

+ I want to go bac! to ?aan.

Part 4

I too! a bite of the fried cabbages sold here.

“hy does a mere cabbage taste so good. I don$t get it, I don$t get it.”

"he cabbage hunt *uest ended and the entire town started serving dishes

made from cabbages.

It was great rofit, so I 4oined the cabbage hunt *uest in the end, but I stillregretted it a little.

I didn$t come to this different world to battle cabbages.

“9ou are s!illed, 8ar!ness2 s e5ected of a crusader2 "he cabbages couldn$t

brea! through your iron wall defense no matter what they did.”



“6o, I didn$t do much, I am 4ust really tough. I am clumsy and slow, so I

can$t really hit my target, my only strong oint was shielding others+

>egumin has imressive offense. 9ou too! out the horde of monsters that

was chasing the cabbages right into town with 4ust one e5losion attac!. ll

the other adventurers were shoc!ed.”

“Ku!u, no one could stand u to the ower of my e5losive magic+ 3ut

Kazuma was the most active one. #e ic!ed me u after I e5hausted my

mana and carried me bac!.”

“+ 9eah, when I was surrounded by cabbages and monsters, Kazuma

showed u and catured all the cabbages attac!ing me, than! you for

rescuing me.”“Indeed, erasing your resence with :#ide$, grasing the movement of the

cabbage with :Sense 7nemy$ and surrising them with :Steal$ from behind.

"hat was 4ust li!e an outstanding assassin.”

*ua finally finished her cabbages and casually laced her late on the table.

"he useless goddess who chased the cabbages without a lan and didn$t

erform too well wied her mouth gracefully and said'

“Kazuma+ ith my authority, I grant you the title :7legant /abbage

"hief$.”

“Shut u2 I will sla you if you call me that2 h+ enough, why did things

turn out this way2”

I hugged my head and rest it on the table.

"his is bad.

“ell then+ I am 8ar!ness, a crusader. "heoretically, my weaon is a L-

handed sword, but don$t count on it too much. I am clumsy with my hands

and tend to miss. 3ut I am good at being a tan!, so lease ta!e care of me.”

"hat$s right, we got another comanion officially.



*ua smiled leisurely, she loo!ed leased.

“+ #mm, our arty is becoming great. I am an arch riest, >egumin is a

arch wizard. nd we have the defensive secialist vanguard, crusader

8ar!ness. H out of M members having to tier 4obs are rare, Kazuma2 8o you

!now how luc!y you are0 9ou have to be grateful o!ay0”

wizard that could only use one sell a day, a vanguard that couldn$t hit

anyone and a riest that was dumb, had bad luc! and was totally useless2

8uring the cabbage hunt *uest, 8ar!ness, *ua and >egumin hit it off, so

they wanted 8ar!ness to 4oin the team too.

If she was normal, I would have no reason to re4ect.

nd she was also a beauty.

3ut 8ar!ness couldn$t hit her target at all.

lthough she was a loo!er.

She ut all her s!ill oints into defensive s!ills, so normal s!ills learned by

vanguards such as :L-hand sword$ or s!ills that raised her roficiency with

weaons were ignored.She had an aearance of a cool beauty, so it was a ity.

nd this crusader loved to charge into the midst of a grou of monsters for

some reasons.

s a crusader who defends the wea!, having a stronger calling than others to

rotect others was a good thing+

“Ugh+ h, the feeling of being ravaged by cabbage and monsters isunbearable+ I am the only orthodo5 vanguard in this arty, so don$t hold

bac!, use me as a bait or shield. If it is necessary, you can even cut me off as

a sacrifice+ #mmm2 ?ust, 4ust imagining that made me tremble in

e5citement+2”



8ar!ness$ face was blushing as she shivered slightly.

+ "hat$s how this fellow was.

suer masochist.

She loo!ed li!e a cool beauty, but she was 4ust a ervert in my eyes.

“ell then, Kazuma. I will robably+ 6o, I will definitely be a bother to

you, so don$t hold bac! and lecture me viciously. 1lease ta!e care of me from

now on.”

arch riest that could use all sorts of healing sells, and a arch wizard that

could use the strongest sell.

nd a crusader with iron wall li!e defense.

It seemed to be a erfect formation, but I feel things would be tough on me in

the future.

Part 5

>y level is now F.

"his meant I rose two levels during the cabbage hunt.I only catured them and didn$t defeat them, so why did my level rise0

nd why do the cabbages yield so much e5erience oints0

"here are too many things to retort, so I s!ied it since it would be a ain.

9ou lose if you too! issue with too many things with this world.

Bne head of cabbage was worth EJ,JJJ 7ris. "he bounty was so high because

eating fresh cabbage grants you e5erience oints.

"his meant the rich adventurers could get stronger 4ust by eating vegetables.

ith the raise in level, my s!ill oints also increased.

s for why such a 1D li!e henomenon haened with the increase in



level, I would robably lose slee if I am too concerned with it, so I decided

to ignore it.

I had to say it again, you lose if you too! issue with such things.

>y s!ill oints were L.I loo!ed for the wizard and swordsman from another arty I met during the

cabbage hunt, and as!ed them to teach me :Bne-handed sword$ and :3asic

Sells$ s!ill.

7ach s!ill cost a oint.

Bne handed s!ill raised roficiency with one handed sword.

>y swordsmanshi is now on ar with normal eole.

lthough I used u my oints, I had always wanted to learn sword and of

course magic.

nyone would have wanted to learn magic in after coming to this magical

world.

ith basic sells, I could use elemental magic li!e fire, water, earth and

wind, although they were simle sells.

3y the way, basic sells don$t have offensive magic, so most wizards will

s!i basic sells and conserve their s!ill oints for intermediate sells.

3ut it would ta!e EJ oints to learn intermediate sells.

Since it would ta!e that much oints, I should give u learning offensive

sells since my magic stat was low anyway.

"here were eole who were born with s!ill oints, which were totally

deendent on talent.

or great talents that could choose to tier 4obs right from the beginning, it

wasn$t strange for them to start out with dozens of s!ill oints.

*ua aside, >egumin and 8ar!ness was robably rivileged from the very



beginning.

3ut in contrast, I had J s!ill oints at level E.

+ I will get more deressed if I thought about it too much, so I should

robably sto.fter learning s!ills, I loo!ed more li!e an adventurer.

hat was left is getting some roer gears.

I would wear clothes urchased in this world some times, but my current

e*uiment was 4ust the gym clothes I started out with and a short sword.

I want some armor, even if it was 4ust leather.

nd so,

“+ hy do I have to tag along and sho with you0”

I brought the comlaining *ua along to the armor sho.

“6o, you should reare some e*uiment too. I might only have my gym

clothes, but you are about the same right0 9our only e*uiment is that flimsy

hagoromo right0”

*ua was dressed the same way as she did when she first came to this world

with me.

"he light urle translucent hagoromo comlements *ua$s blue hair and

eyes. "hat was the only e*uiment she wore over her clothes.

fter changing into her a4amas, she would use a buc!et of water to wash her

hagoromo, I had seen her sunning the hagoromo along with the hay that was

drying in the sun.

*ua said in surrise'

“8on$t be stuid; I thin! you had forgotten that I am a goddess2 "his

hagoromo is a holy relic. It could defend against abnormal status and had

great durability. It is enchanted with all sorts of magic, a recious artifact2



"here is no other e*uiment better than this2”

I felt li!e telling her not to dry this along with the hay.

“"hat$s great news. If we really couldn$t ma!e ends meet, we could awn off

your holy relic+ Bh, this chest armor loo!s neat, although it is made ofleather.”

“+ Ka, Kazuma, you are 4o!ing right0 "his hagoromo is roof of my

divinity2 9ou, you won$t really sell it right0 6ah0 I, I won$t allow it2”

Part 6

“+ Boo, I almost couldn$t recognize you.”

“oah; Kazuma finally loo! the art of an adventurer.”

/oming to our meeting oint which is the dventurers guild, 8ar!ness and

>egumin commented on my attire.

If I didn$t loo! li!e an adventurer before, did I loo! li!e a susicious

character+ I felt li!e finding out.

ight now, I am wearing the costume of this world, with leather chest armor

and metallic gauntlets and shin guard.

*ua comlained that my gym clothes clashes with the fantasy setting of this

world, so I brought some new clothes a coule of days ago.

I was told that it was more convenient to leave one hand free to use magic

s!ills.

7ven though it was 4ust basic sells, I still learnt magic, so I decided to forgo

the shield and use a single edge sword in the style of a magic swordsman.

I used half of the money I won in the bet against /hris, but the other half was

enough for me to get by for another wee! or two.

Since I reared the e*uiment and learnt s!ills, I felt li!e ta!ing on a *uest.



I told everyone my thoughts, and 8ar!ness nodded in agreement.

“6ow is the mating season of the giant toad and they have been showing u

near town, how about+”

“6o toads2” 5L8ar!ness was re4ected by *ua and >egumin.

“+hy not0 "oads fear blades and are easy to ta!e down, their sole mode of

attac! is grabbing rey with its tongue. "he defeated toad meat could be sold

for easy money. I heard that you might get eaten if your e*uiment is too

wea!, but since toad hates metal, Kazuma should be safe with his current

e*uiment. I will rotect *ua and >egumin.”

“7h+ "he two of them were eaten by toads before, so they have some

sychological barrier. "hey were eaten head first in one gul, covering them

with slime, so it couldn$t be heled. &et$s find another *uest.”

8ar!ness$ face turned slightly red after hearing my e5lanation for some

reason.

“+ 7aten head first in one gul+ covered in slime+”

“+ 8id that ma!e you e5cited0”

“6o way.”

8ar!ness averted her eyes and answered with a red face, ma!ing me uneasy.

ould she hunt toads alone if I too! my eyes off her0

“"he emergency cabbage hunt aside, this is our arty$s first *uest. &et$s ic!

something easy to comlete.”

>egumin and 8ar!ness went to the bulletin board after hearing my

suggestion.

*ua seemed to be loo!ing down on me after hearing what I said'

“hat an introverted hi!ineet+ Bnly Kazuma has the wea!est 4ob, so I



understand why you are being cautious. 3ut including me, the other members

have to tier 4obs2 e should ta!e on a bunch of high difficulty 4obs and

ma!e lots of money, level u li!e crazy and ta!e down the demon !ing

easily2 "hat$s why, we should ta!e on difficult *uests2”

+

“+ I really don$t want to say this+ 3ut you had not been of use so far.”

“2”

*ua was stunned by what I said.

I ignored her and carried on'

“6ormally, you should be giving me owerful abilities or e*uiment,allowing me to live here without worries. I !now that this is a free service

rovided by the gods, so I didn$t want to comlain. I was blinded by rage

bac! then, but choosing you instead of an ability was my fault2 3ut you are

here in lace of those abilities or e*uiment, but are you erforming on ar

with these secial abilities or e*uiment0 #ave you0 9ou were acting so

great and confident in the beginning, but have totally not been of use, a

former something.”

“Ugh+ 6o, not former, erm+ in rincile, I am still a goddess+”

*ua loo!ed down but she still argued with me, and my voice turned louder.

“Doddess2 hat should a goddess be doing0 Duide the hero to fight the

demon !ing, and seal the demon !ing before the hero is strong enough to ta!e

the demon !ing on2 nd what did you do during the cabbage hunt0 9ou did

grab a lot towards the end, but you were sinning around because of the

cabbages and threw a tantrum on the floor right0 7ven vegetables could

ma!e you cry, are you really a goddess0 re you really *ualified to call

yourself a goddess0 9our only contribution is getting eaten by a toad and

arty tric!s2”



“ah, wahhhhh;2”

Seeing *ua hide her face on the table crying out loud made me feel satisfied

over the fact that she was loo!ing down on me.

3ut *ua didn$t want to give u.She raised her head and retorted with ride.

“I, I am useful alright, li!e healing sells and healing sells or healing sells2

hat, you are 4ust a hi!!i677"2 If you continue to lay around, how long do

you thin! it would ta!e to defeat the demon !ing0 If you have something to

say sill it out2”

*ua raised her head and glared at me with tearing eyes.I sneered at *ua.

“I am a rofessional gamer who didn$t go to high school at all, you thin! I

have nothing to say about this situation0”

“9ou are a ro gamer0”

“+ It sounds better this way. &isten u *ua. I don$t have the secial ower

of the rotagonist in stories. 3ut I have the !nowledge of ?aan. So I want tosell ?aanese roduct that could be created easily and is not available in this

world. "hin! about it, my luc! stat is so high even the counter lady suggested

for me to become a merchant right0 So I thin! I shouldn$t force myself to

ta!e on the wor! of adventurers, but find another way. It would be easier to

gain e5erience oints if I have more money right0 "here are ingredients that

made you stronger 4ust by eating li!e those cabbages.”

"he other ?aanese have the same !nowledge as me, but unli!e me, they have

the secial owers granted by the gods.

"hose eole won$t need to do something so bothersome li!e starting a

business, they would stic! the basics and earn a living through *uests.

hat I want to say is that it was hard for me to earn money as an adventurer.



"he only *uest I too! on was hunting toads and cabbages, but 4udging from

the contents of other *uest, the rewards were too chea and not worth the

effort.

I felt the value of life was too low in this world.

I did mention the demon !ing before *ua, but to be honest, I had given u

on that. "hat$s why I have been wondering what is the easiest way to earn

money easily.

“"hat$s how it is, so you thin! about it too2 "hin! of a business that can earn

cash easily2 nd teach me your only good oint which is healing magic2 I

want to learn healing sells after getting more s!ill oints2”

“6o;2 I won$t teach you healing magic2 6o way;2 8on$t snatch away the

reason for my e5istence2 9ou will be fine without learning it with me around2

6o, I don$t want to;2”

fter this, *ua ut her face down onto the table, crying that I shouldn$t ta!e

away the only reason for her e5istence.

t this moment, >egumin and 8ar!ness returned to us.

“+ hat are you two doing0 + "he attac! ower of Kazuma$s words are

strong, if you don$t hold bac! and say everything out, most girls will cry

o!ay2”

“9es. If you accumulate too much stress+ I could ta!e *ua$s lace and

endure your scolding, so lecture me all you want, don$t hold bac!+ s a

crusader, suffering for others is a merit.”

"he two of them loo!ed at *ua who was crying on the table.

She robably !new she was the center of attention. *ua would ee! at me

through her fingers from time to time, which ir!ed me.

“Ignore this fellow for now. 3ut+”

I too! a glance at 8ar!ness.



“+ 8ar!ness san, you loo! thinner when you wear your armor+”

8ar!ness wore a blac! tight s!irt and tan! to with leather boots.

ith a giant sword on her bac!, she loo!ed more li!e a swordswoman than a

!night.She was surrounded by monsters during the cabbage hunt which damaged her

armor, so it was sent in for reair.

I became olite towards 8ar!ness who was wearing so little.

8ar!ness had a great figure and wasn$t too s!inny.

Simly said, she was rather se5y.

nd with >egumin besides her, it accentuates her body tye and size.

I couldn$t hel but thin! that with such a retty face and great figure, maybe I

could close one eye on her fetish+

“+ #mmm0 8id you mean to say :re you trying to temt men with your

body you sow2$ right0”

“6o.”

I glance at *ua and >egumin+

+ I confirmed once again that no matter how retty the face was, it was the

ersonality that was the most imortant.

>egumin said'

“#ey, what do you mean with that glance, I want to hear it.”

“It doesn$t mean anything. I am 4ust glad I am not a lolicon.”

“/rimson magic race would gladly ta!e on anyone wanting a fight. Dood,

let$s ta!e this outside.”

>egumin tugged hard at the sleeves of my gym clothes, attemting to ull

me outside.



“3ac! on toic, how about choosing a *uest that could hel *ua level0”

8ar!ness as!ed'

“hat do you mean0 Is there such a *uest0”

or *ua, the s!ills she needed had been learned from the very beginning, sothere wasn$t any need to grind her level.

“It is normally hard for riest to level u. "hey lac! offensive sell after all.

"hey won$t fight on the front lines li!e warriors or defeat enemies with

owerful magic. So the best monsters for riest to grind are the undead.

Undead are a race that goes against the nature of god. "he ower of god will

cause oosite reaction on them. Using healing magic will ma!e their body

brea!.”

h, I did hear something li!e that before.

"his is common !nowledge in many games.

#ealing magic has the same effect as offensive magic against the undead.

3ut this useless goddess won$t amount to anything even if we train her

levels++ I had a stro!e of insiration.

hen I level u, all my stats got higher.

hat about *ua0

"he idiot retending to cry and snea!ing glances at me from time to time

might get smarter after leveling u, which was the best way to imrove our

combat otential.

“9es, that seemed great. "he roblem is that 8ar!ness$ armor isn$t ready+”

8ar!ness crossed her arms and announced fran!ly'

“I am fine with it. >y full set of defensive s!ills are not 4ust for show. 7ven

without armor, I dare say that I am harder than an damantoise. nd it feels



better without armor when I get hit.”

“+ 9ou 4ust said it feels great to get hit.”

“+ 6o I didn$t.”

“9es you did.”

“I didn$t+ "he only *uestion is whether *ua is willing+”

8ar!ness loo!ed at *ua who was lying face down on the table.

“#ey, how long are you going to cry, articiate in the conversation, we are

tal!ing about your level+'

I reached out and at *ua$s shoulders+

+ 3ut I realized before atting her.

“+ Snore+”

*ua got tired of crying and was sleeing.

Is this goddess a H year old !id0

Part 7

Bn a hill far away from town.

"here was a ublic cemetery for oor and homeless eole.

"he dead are buried in this world.

hole would be dug and they would be covered with earth.

Bur *uest this time was defeating the undead monsters that were emerging

from the cemetery.

It was almost evening.

e set u a tent near the cemetery and wait for night to fall.

“Slow down Kazuma, I saw that meat first2 #ere, the vegetable on this side is

done, so eat this instead2”



“fter the cabbage hunt, I don$t li!e eating vegetables anymore. I am afraid

of the vegetable flying off somewhere if I grill it.”

e set u a hot late some distance away from the cemetery, barbecuing as

we wait for dus!.

e sent the time leisurely even though it was a hunting *uest because the

target was a small fry !nown as a zombie ma!er.

"hat was an evil sirit that controls zombies, ossessing high *uality corse

while maniulating several zombies as minions.

"his monster could be defeated by a novice arty, so we too! on this *uest.

So even though 8ar!ness did not have her armor, it wasn$t too dangerous forher.

fter finishing their meal, I oured coffee owder into a mug, adding water

with my :/reate ater$, and use :"inder$ sell to heat the mug.

"hese were basic magic thought to me by a wizard I met during the cabbage

hunt.

s its name suggest, :"inder$ is a sell to light a fire and osed no offensivethreat.

3ut it was an imortant sell that could relace a lighter to me.

>egumin loo!ed at me with a comlicated e5ression and held out her cu.

“+ 75cuse me, lease give me some water. I feel that Kazuma is more

roficient than me in using magic. 3asically no one uses basic sells, but you

ma!e it loo!ed convenient.”I cast :/reate ater$ into >egumin$s cu.

“Is that so, isn$t this the way to use basic sells0 Bh right, :/reate 7arth$2 +

#ey, what is this sell used for0”

I showed >egumin the dusty earth on my alm.



"here are all sorts of elemental basic sells, but I wasn$t sure how to utilize

this earth elemental magic.

“ell+ "he cros grown from magically created earth are high in *uality+

"hat$s it.”

fter listening to >egumin$s e5lanation, *ua besides me burst into

laughter.

“hat, Kazuma wants to low the lands0 re you changing 4obs to farmer0

9ou could use :/reate ater$ for the lants too2 "his 4ob is a great fit for you,

uhehe2”

I faced *ua with my right alm and raised my left hand.

“ind 3reath2”

“1u he ahh2 h;2 >y eyes2”

gust of wind blew the dust onto *ua$s face, the goddess rolled on the

ground after the sand got into her eyes.

“+ I got it, so that$s how you use this sell.”

“rong2 6ormal eole won$t use it that way2 nd why are you using basicsells better than a wizard2”

Part 8

“+ It$s getting cold. 6ah, Kazuma, our *uest is to ta!e down the zombie

ma!er right0 I have a feeling it won$t be a small fry li!e that, but a big shot

undead.”

It was late at night and the moon had risen.

*ua commented suddenly.

“+ #ey, don$t say such ominous things, what if you really 4in5 the *uest.

Bur *uest for the day is to defeat one zombie ma!er and return the zombies

to dust too. e can then go bac! to the stables and slee. e will also go



bac! immediately if anything out of the ordinary haens. Understand0”

7veryone nodded and agreed with me.

It was about time.

e wal!ed towards the cemetery with me in the lead as I have learned detectenemy from /hris.

*ua words made me worry, but this goddess always say unleasant things,

so it shouldn$t be a big deal.

+ 1robably.

+ #mmm0

“hat is this, I felt something strong. It should be the effect of detect enemy.

7nemies ahead, E, L+ H, M+0”

+ Strange, there is too many0

I heard there was 4ust L or H zombies minions around a zombie ma!er.

3ut this was still within the margin of error+

s I was thin!ing that, blue and white lights suddenly shone from the middleof the cemetery.

+ hat is haening0

"hat blue light seemed evil and fantasy li!e.

"he blue light that was visible from afar was a giant magic circle.

t the edge of the magic circle was a figure in blac! robes.

“+ #mmm0 I thin!+ that isn$t+ a zombie ma!er+”

>egumin said unconfidently.

3esides the blac! robed figure were several fluttering shadows.

“re we going in0 7ven if that isn$t a zombie ma!er, anyone staying in the



cemetery at this hour is robably an undead. If that is the case, it wouldn$t be

a roblem with rch riest *ua around.”

*ua too! out her sword and aeared an5ious to move on.

/alm down, you.*ua made an e5aggerated action at this time.

“hG2”

I don$t !now what the suddenly shouting *ua was thin!ing as she charged

at the robed figure.

“ait2 #ey, wait u2”

"he charging *ua ignored me and rushed to the figure, ointing at it with

her finger.

“#ow dare of you to show u here, &ich2 I will ta!e care of you2”

&ich.

Bn ar with vamires, they are the to tiers of the undead.

#igh level wizards could desert their mortal bodies through magical arts andbecome the immortal !nown as the overlord of death.

Unli!e the undead monster that rose because of strong grudges, they twisted

the order of nature and were e5istence which defied god.

owerful monster a!in to a final boss+

“Sto, sto;2 ho are you0 here did you come from and why are you

destroying my magic circle0 Sto2 /ould you lease sto0”“9ou are noisy, shut u undead2 9ou must be thin!ing of using this

susicious magic circle for devious means, I will stom it2 Stom2”

"he owerful monster grab on to *ua$s waist in tears, attemting to sto her

from steing on the magic circle.





"he minions besides the lich<0= did not move in to sto the two of them

wrestling with each other, and 4ust stood there watching them blan!ly.

+ 7h; hat should I do.

nyway, she doesn$t seem to be a zombie ma!er.*ua claimed the erson she was entangled with was a lich. 3ut the way I

see it, she was 4ust a itiful asserby that was being ic!ed on by a hooligan.

“Sto;2 1lease sto;2 "his magic circle is used to send the wandering sirits

to heaven2 &oo!, the sirits are floating from the magic circle towards the s!y

right0”

?ust as the lich said, lots of wis li!e bluish white ob4ects that came fromnowhere drift into the magic circle and was goes u into the s!y along with

the light of the magic circle.

“9ou are acting too arrogant for a &ich2 n rch riest li!e me will erform

such benevolent acts, so 4ust scram2 9ou are ta!ing too much time, watch me

urify the whole cemetery along with you2”

“7h0 ait, sto2”

"he &ich started to anic when she heard *ua$s words.

3ut *ua ignored her, oened her arms and shouted.

“"urn undead;2”

white light encomassed the entire cemetery with *ua in the middle.

"hat light seemed to be gushing out from *ua$s body and the zombies

around the &ich disaeared when they were touched by the light.

It was the same with the sirits gathering at the magic circle of the &ich, they

disaeared when *ua$s light reached them. "he &ich was also bas!ed in

that light+

“#yaaa;2 >y, my body is fading0 Sto, my body is disaearing2 I will be



urified2”

“#ahahaha, foolish &ich2 9our e5istence goes against the law of nature, an

undead which defies the will of the gods2 8isaear, be van*uished by my

ower2”

“#ey, sto it.”

I stood behind *ua and !noc!ed the bac! of her head with the hilt of my

sword.

“+2 "hat hurts2 hy did you hit me20”

#er focus was robably bro!en when the bac! of her head was hit and shestoed emitting light. She held her head and scolded me with tearing eyes.

8ar!ness and >egumin reached here at this time too. I ignored *ua and

so!e to the &ich that was trembling while curled in a ball'

“#ey, are you fine0 7rm+ /an I address you as &ich0”

&oo!ing closely, the feet of the &ich had turned translucent and was on the

verge of disaearing.

"he feet slowly became oa*ue again, and the &ich stood u unsteadily with

teary eyes.

“I, I, I$m fine+ "han!, than! you for saving me from that crisis+2 7rm, you

are right, I am a &ich, my name is iz.”

fter that, she too! off the hood she was wearing closely. hat aeared

under the moonlight was a beautiful woman with brown hair about LJ yearsold.

I thought a &ich would have a s!ull li!e face.

iz wore a blac! robe in the style of a evil witch.

6o, since she is a &ich, she was an evil witch right0



“7h+ iz0 hat are you doing in this cemetery0 9ou said you wanted to

send the sirits to heaven, I don$t want to agree with *ua, but that shouldn$t

be what a &ich li!e you should be doing right0”

“hat are you doing Kazuma2 3e careful you get contaminated and become

an undead if you tal! to this bad ale2 &et me cast :"urn Undead$ on her2”

*ua became agitated after hearing what I said, and wanted to cast a sell on

iz.

iz hid behind me with a troubled and terrified e5ression'

“3e, because+ s you can see, I am a &ich, the overlord of the undying. s

the overlord, I could hear the voice of the sirits wandering in the world.

>ost of the sirits in this ublic cemetery don$t have money and didn$t have

a roer burial, so they couldn$t move on to the afterlife and loiter the

cemetery every night. Since I am an overlord, I will visit eriodically and

send the children on their way.”

+ >y eyes were tearing u.

hat a good erson.

art from the counter lady, she was robably the first normal erson I met

since coming to this world.

h, although she was technically not a human.

“I thin! that is a wonderful thing, but+ lthough I am not *ua, wouldn$t it

be better to leave this to the riest in this town0”

In resonse to my *uery, iz was hesitant to sea! as she ee!ed at the

unhay *ua, and finally said'

“3e, because+ the riest in this town are materialistic+ 7h, no, I mean+

the rites for those without money would be ushed down their waiting list+

something li!e that+”

It was robably hard to say it in the resence of the rch riest *ua.



“9ou mean the riests in this town are eole who worshi money. "he

ublic cemetery which is full of oor eole are basically ignored by them

right0”

“e+ ell, that$s how it is+”

7veryone gazed at *ua silently, while she averted her eyes from everyone.

“Since that is the case, it couldn$t be heled. 3ut could you sto animating

the zombies0 e are here because of a *uest to defeat the zombie ma!er.”

iz was troubled by what I said.

“h+ I see+ 3ut I didn$t animate them, the corses that are intact wouldrise automatically due to my magic every time I come+ 7rm, I won$t have

any reason to visit if the sirits in the cemetery won$t wander anymore and

return to heaven+ So+ #ow should we resolve this0”

Part 9

e left the cemetery and were 4ourneying bac! to town.

“I can$t accet this2”

*ua was still fuming.

8awn was 4ust about to brea!.

“It couldn$t be heled. She was such a nice erson, you couldn$t bear !illing

her right0”e decided to let that &ich off.

t the same time, we came to a consensus for the idle *ua to urify the

cemetery eriodically.

ortunately, no matter how bad *ua was, she still was a goddess. She !new



that urifying the undead and wandering sirits was her 4ob.

3ut she threw a tantrum because her sleeing time would be reduced.

or >egumin and 8ar!ness who were hesitant about letting a monster off

agreed after learning iz had never attac!ed a human before.I loo!ed at the aer iz gave me and said'

“3ut for a &ich to live normally in town, the security is really lac!ing.”

"he iece of aer had iz$s address on it.

"hat &ich seemed to be living life as a normal human in our town.

She even said she was running a small magic item sho.

I told her my imression of &iches dwelling in dungeons, she relied that it

wasn$t convenient and there was no reason to live there.

6o, &iches were once humans too, so I !new what she meant.

I do understand, but since coming to this world, my fantasy about alternate

worlds were shattered.

"his was not the alternate world I was hoing for.“e were luc!y things turned out well in the end. 7ven with *ua here, the

oonent was still a &ich. If we really fought, Kazuma and I would definitely

be dead.”

>egumin said nonchalantly which made me stunned.

“7h, are &ich such dangerous monsters0 ould it have been a tough fight0”

“It$s much worse than that2 &ich have high magic defense, nothing couldharm her e5cet enchanted weaons. She could trigger all sorts of abnormal

status 4ust by touching her enemies and drain their life and mana, a legendary

immortal monster. hat surrised me was why *ua$s :"urn Undead$ had

such great effect on such a owerful being.”



I almost lost control of my bowels.

"hat$s right, she was the boss of the undead after all.

hen I heard she was willing to teach me s!ills of a &ich, I too! her name

card gleefully+ hen I visit her to learn s!ills, I must remember to bring*ua along.

“Kazuma, give me the name card. I want to set u a holy barrier around the

home of that woman and ma!e her cry.”

“1lease let her go+”

It would be better to not ta!e *ua along+

s we were thin!ing about that, 8ar!ness said *uietly'

“3y the way, what about the *uest to defeat the zombie ma!er0”

“h.” 5H

Auest failed.



Chapter % – Adding &resh Goddess 'uie Into The )a*e!

Part 1

“#ave you heard0 umor says that a boss of the demon !ing army had ta!en

over an old castle which is situated in the hills a short wal! from town.”

In the corner of the bar oerated by the guild.

I was listening to a man sitting at my table and drin!ing during the day.

I am not drin!ing beer though, but 6eroid swish.

hat is 6eroid.

hat is swish.

I only tried it out of curiosity since the eole told me this was the non

alcoholic beverage of choice among atrons+

If you as! me if it was good, I could only answer it this way'

+ 7rm, I don$t !now.

3ut I !now what swish meant.

It$s the te5ture you feel when you drin! it.

"his wasn$t a carbonated drin!. I don$t really get what the swish te5ture was,

but this feeling could only be described as swish.

I finished the 6eroid and lace the cu on the table+

“ boss from the demon !ing army. "hat sounds bad, but it had nothing to do

with us.”“"hat$s right.”

"he man before me agreed with my negative and irresonsible words.

"he number of eole chatting in the dventurers guild was une5ectedly

large and I could hear many interesting toics.



or e5amle sotting dangerous monsters at some lace so do not ta!e *uests

from that area.

I had a hard time 4ust surviving since coming to this world, and had never

gathered intelligence in this way before.

/ollecting information was the most imortant stage in collecting the flags

you had raised.

Dathering and tal!ing about such things in a bar had a feeling of an

adventurer, which made me hay.

"he man sitting oosite me said'

“nyway, it$s better not to aroach the abandoned castle to the north oftown. "his is not the caital of the !ingdom, so who !nows what the boss of

the demon army is doing here. 3ut since it is a boss, it is robably a &ord

Bgre, vamire, arch demon or dragon. 6o matter which one it is, it must be a

monster that could !ill us instantly. "he best way is to not ta!e any *uest near

that abandoned castle.”

Br news of certain monster hating the smell of tangerine 4uice, so smearing it

on you will !ee them away.

fter than!ing that man, I left my seat and returned to the table my arty was

at+

“+hat0 hy are you all loo!ing at me li!e that0”

*ua, 8ar!ness and >egumin too! small mouthfuls of the vegetable stic!s in

the cu in the center of the table as they stared at me.

“6othing;0 I wasn$t worried about Kazuma 4oining another arty or

anything.”

*ua said as she loo!ed at me with uneasy eyes.

“+0 7h, I was only gathering information, that is the basics of adventurers.”



I too! a seat at their table and reached for a vegetable stic!.

8odge.

"he vegetable stic! dodged my out reached hand.

+ #ey.

“hat are you doing Kazuma.”

*ua slammed the table, ma!ing the vegetable stic! 4um in surrise.

hen the vegetable stic!s were in the air momentarily, *ua grabbed one

and stuffed it in her mouth.

“+ #mm. 9ou loo!ed so hay. 9ou seemed to be having fun chatting,

Kazuma. 9ou seemed close to the members of the other arties huh0”

>egumin slammed the table with her fist, and ic!ed u the vegetable stic!

that was too scared to move and shoved it in her mouth.

“+ hat is this refreshing feeling0 Seeing Kazuma being on good terms

with the other arties, the melancholic feeling is mi5ed with something

good+ /ould this be the legendary 6"+0”

"hat crazy ervert who was silling nonsense flic!ed the edge of the cu

with her finger and too! a vegetable stic! nimbly.

“hat is this, what is with you all0 Isn$t collecting intelligence in such a

lace the basics+0”

I hit the table as I so!e and reached for the vegetable stic!s+

8odge.

“++++ hat is with this dodgingG-2”

“St, sto;2 hat are you doing to my vegetable stic!s2 6o, don$t destroy the

food2”

>y hand that failed to grab the vegetable stic! too! the cu containing the



stic!s instead, holding it high as I reare to throw it against the wall. 3ut

*ua who was on the verge of tears restrained my hand.

“#ow dare a mere vegetable loo! down on me2 It$s a bit wrong to retort so

late, but why could the vegetable run. /ould you lease serve food that is

already dead20”

“hat are you tal!ing about. 3e it fish or vegetable, it taste better if it is

fresher right0 #aven$t you heard of !illing it fresh and serving it on the

sot0”

"hen !ill it before serving it.

I gave u on eating the vegetable stic!s and said'

“#ai+ forget it, let$s ignore the vegetable for now, I have something

imortant to as! you. I was thin!ing about what s!ills to learn after leveling

u. "o be honest, the comosition of this arty is too unbalanced. So I$m

thin!ing of ma!ing u for our wea!ness since I have the most fle5ible 4ob+

3y the way, what s!ills have you all learned0”

"hat$s right, to imrove the efficiency of ta!ing harder *uests, it was

imortant to consider the teamwor! of the arty before learning s!ills.

"hat$s what I thought when I came to discuss things with them, but+

“>y s!ills are centered around :1hysical 8efense$, :>agical esistance$ and

:bnormal Status esistance$. I have a s!ill called :3ait$, used to taunt the

enemy.”

“+ 8on$t you lan to learn something li!e :L-handed sword$ to increase your

attac! accuracy0”

“I don$t lan to. It might sound li!e I am boasting, but my stamina and

strength are great. If my attac!s land easily, I could easily defeat monsters

without ta!ing damage. nd it$s not good to hold bac! intentionally. It should

be li!e this+ ttac!ing with all my might but couldn$t hit the enemy, and



being catured as my strength wanes, that is the best.”

“7nough, you shut u.”

“+ #mmmhmm+2 9ou are the one who as!ed, but to treat me li!e this+”

I decided to ignore 8ar!ness who was anting with a red face.

I loo!ed at >egumin who tilted her head and said'

“Bf course I learned e5losion related s!ills, :75losion$, :75losion

8amage Increase$ and :ast /hanting$ et cetera. ll the s!ills to cast the

erfect e5losion sell. It was the same before, and will of course be so in the

future.”

“+ 6o matter what, you have no intention of learning something li!e midtier magic0”

“I don$t lan to.”

"his fellow won$t do either+

“s for me+”

“"here is no need.”

“7heh0”

*ua was lanning to e5lain her s!ills, but I shut her u immediately.

It$s 4ust arty tric!s, arty tric!s and arty tric!s anyway.

nd so+

“hy can$t this arty get its act together+ >aybe I should thin! about

switching arties+”

“2” 5 H

>y soft mumbling surrised the three of them.



Part 2

few days after the emergency cabbage hunt *uest.

ll the cabbage catured bac! then had been sold.

nd the adventurers got their bounties.

“Kazuma, loo!. I earned a lot, so I tried enhancing the armor I sent in for

reair+ #ow is it0”

Inside the incredibly crowded adventurers guild filled with eole collecting

their bounties, 8ar!ness showed me the armor she got bac! from the reair

sho haily.

If I want to ut it simly+

“"his armor loo! li!e something an ustart son of nobility would wear.”

“+ Kazuma is merciless no matter the time and lace. 7ven I would want to

hear an honest comliment some time.”

8ar!ness said with a de4ected e5ression.

#ow would I !now0

nyway+

“"here is someone even more roblematic than you, so I don$t have the time.

/ould you lease ta!e care of that ervert who is becoming worse than you0”

“#uff+ huff+ I can$t, can$t ta!e it2 "he magic owers from this staff made

from manatite, the color and glister+ huff+ huff+”

>egumin was hugging her imed u staff and grinding her face against it.

>anatite is a rare metal said to have secial roerties. dding it in when

ma!ing a staff would increase the ower of sells.

fter strengthening her staff with her earnings, >egumin had been acting this

way.



I heard the ower of the e5losion sell would increase by dozen or so

ercent.

hy are you increasing the ower of the e5losion magic that was already

over owered0

Instead of doing that, shouldn$t you learn magic that would be more

convenient0 I had lenty things li!e that which I wanted to say, but I don$t

really want to care about the current >egumin, so I decided to ignore her.

I am already satisfied after collecting my rewards.

8ar!ness who attracted the monsters who came because of the cabbage.

>egumin who destroyed those monsters with a single sell.nd *ua who chased the cabbage on her own without caring about these

two.

e decided not to slit the earnings from the cabbage hunt and collect our

own bounties.

"he one who suggested that was *ua whose harvest was only second to

mine.nd that erson was waiting for her turn to collect the money, but+

“hat did you say;0 ait, what is this0”

*ua$s voice reverberated through the guild.

#ai+ I hate this+

s e5ected, *ua was arguing with the erson manning the counter.

She grabbed the collar of the counter lady and was rotesting something.

“hy is there only J,JJJ 7ris2 9ou !now how many cabbage I caught0 It$s

more than LJ2”

“7rm, this is hard to say+”



“hat2”

“+ hat *ua-san turned in was mostly lettuce+”

“+ hy was lettuce mi5ed in there2”

“7ven if you as! me that, I won$t !now2”

rom their conversation, there seemed to be a roblem with the bounty.

*ua robably realized there was no use in arguing with the counter lady,

*ua ut her hands behind her and aroached me with a smile.

“KaCzuma-san2 #ow much did you get from this *uest0”

“ bit more than a million.”

“>illion2” 5H

*ua, 8ar!ness and >egumin was stunned beyond words.

"hat$s right, I earned my first buc!et of gold from the sudden *uest.

"he cabbages I caught were mostly high grade cabbage that yield lenty of

e5erience oints.

"his is the difference in the luc! stat.

“Kazuma-sama;2 #ow should I ut this, I always thought you are a great

erson2”

“8on$t ush yourself if you can$t thin! about how to comliment me. &et me

say this first, I already decided how to utilize the money, so I won$t give you

any.”

fter hearing me interrut her, *ua$s smile stiffened.

“Kazuma-san;2 I thought I would earn a lot from the *uest, so I sent all the

money on me in the ast few days2 I estimated I would ma!e a !illing, so I

owed nearly a hundred thousand 7ris in this bar2 I can$t ay it off with the

bounty2”



I ulled *ua who was crying as she clinged on me off. I wondered why

can$t this girl thin! things through carefully as I ressed on my temles.

“I don$t care, you are the one who wanted :everyone to !ee their own

earnings$. nyway, I should find a base for myself. It$s uncomfortable to

!ee staying in the stables right0”

6ormally, adventurers won$t buy a house.

3ecause adventurers do not see! stability and traveled a lot.

"here were few successful adventurers, most of them ma!e only enough to

get by, which was one of the reason.

"o be honest, it is imossible to ta!e down the demon !ing with thesemembers, so I am on the verge of giving u.

"he 4ob of fighting the demon !ing army should be left to the eole sent

here before me who had gotten owerful abilities and e*uiment.

fter all, I had the basic 4ob anyone could ta!e, the wea!est 4ob, an

adventurer.

nd unli!e those who had trained to be adventurers from the beginning, allmy stats are low, I am really a commoner you could find anywhere.

fter adventuring in a safe lace to satisfy my curiosity, I would be satisfied

sending my days leisurely.

#ence, I am lanning to find a small house to rent, and buy if it was chea

enough.

*ua loo!ed li!e she was going to cry as she grabbed onto me tightly.“hy did it turn out li!e this ahhhh2 1lease Kazuma, lend me money2 ?ust

enough to ay off my debts2 I !now Kazuma is a boy and you would do

snea!y things in the stables some times, so I understand why you want a

rivate room2 J,JJJ2 ?ust J,JJJ is enough2 1lease;2”



“I get it, J,JJJ is 4ust chum change2 I really get it so shut u2”

Part 3

“Kazuma, let$s hurry and find a *uest2 Bne with lots of wea! monsters2 I

want to test the ower of my new staff2”

>egumin said suddenly.

9eah.

“9ou are right, when we were hunting the zombie ma!er, I didn$t have time

to test out my new s!ills. &et$s find a safe and simle *uest.”

“6o, let$s find a *uest that can earn lots of money2 I cleared my tabs, so I

don$t even have money for food today2”

“6o, let$s find one with strong enemies2 Bne with monsters that have strong

attac!s and are tough as nails+2”

#ey, there should be a limit on how disunited a arty could be.

“nyway, let$s decide after loo!ing at the bulletin board.”

7veryone followed my suggestion and moved to the bulletin board.nd+

“+ eird0 hy are there so few re*uests0”

"hat$s right, the board was usually full of re*uest.

3ut there were only a few today.

lso+

“Kazuma2 1ic! this one, this one2 giant bear showed u in the mountains,

its name is blac! fang+”

“e4ected2 #ey, what is this0 hy are there only high difficulty *uests left20”

"hat$s right, all the *uests left on the board were beyond our caabilities.



s we were filled with doubt, a staff member came to us.

“I am sorry+ boss of the demon army seemed to have moved into a small

castle near town+ It might had been the influence of the demon army, but

the wea! monsters in the region had all laid low, resulting in a drastic dro in

*uests. band of !nights disatched from the caital would be here ne5t

month to ta!e out the boss. 3ut before that, there are only high difficulty

*uests left+”

hen she heard the staff member say that, the enniless *ua screamed.

“hyG0”

+7ven I was feeling symathetic towards *ua.

“eally+ hy did he ic!ed this moment to move here2 I don$t !now what

this boss is, but it better watch out if it is an undead2”

*ua comlained in tears as she browsed through the emloyment magazine.

"he other adventurers were feeling the same and seemed really down. "here

were more eole getting drun! in broad daylight.

I don$t !now why the boss chose to move here.ran!ly sea!ing, the adventurers in this town were about our level.

"here were many arties stronger than us, but their owers were still limited.

"his is the first town novice dventurers visits, a lace for the beginners to

learn the basics.

In game terms, a demon !ing boss should be characters that aears towards

the end.

e had a hard time fighting toads, there was no way we could ta!e on the

boss no matter how many of us there were.



Part 4

“"hat means before the owerful adventurers and !nights from the caital

come here ne5t month, we can$t wor! as usual.”

“"hat$s how it is+ 8uring this eriod of time when we can$t do *uests, I

would need you to accomany me li!e this+”

I came with >egumin to the outs!irt of town.

"here are no dangerous monsters around town right now.

fter the demon army boss came, the wea! monsters hid themselves in fear.

I came along with >egumin who couldn$t use e5losion sell because we

couldn$t ta!e on *uests for a wal!.

"his girl had something she needed to do every day, which was casting her

e5losion magic.

ould I need to accomany this fellow out here every day for the whole

month0

I thought about ignoring >egumin and as!ed her to go alone, but she

countered that no one would be carrying her on the way bac!.

“#ere should be far enough right, hurry u, cast your sell and let$s go bac!.”

short distance from town, I rushed >egumin to cast her sell.

3ut >egumin shoo! her head and said'

“6o, the guards will lecture me again if we do this too close to town.”

“9ou said :too$ 4ust now right0 3ecause it was too loud0”

>egumin nodded to ac!nowledge me.

/an$t be heled, I felt a bit uneasy without my weaon, but there$s no

monsters around anyway.

nd so I decided to hi!e a bit further.



6ow that I thought about it, I didn$t have much chances to wal! around

outside leisurely li!e this.

>y tris outside were usually because of hunting monsters or *uests.

6ot a casual stroll li!e this+“+0 hat is that, an abandoned castle0”

Bn the hills in a distance ahead.

deserted ancient castle was erected there.

It loo!ed 4ust li!e a haunted house+

“It feels creey+ s if there are ghost residing in there+”

I mumbled to myself+

“&et$s ic! that lace2 6o one would comlain even if I destroy a ruin li!e

that.”

>egumin reared the sell haily after she finished.

breeze blew through the hills that made me felt refreshed.

"he chanting of the e5losion sell that didn$t fit in with this comfortableatmoshere was carried off by the wind+2

+ nd so, >egumin and I started our new daily routine.

"he enniless *ua was wor!ing hard every day.

8ar!ness said she would return home to train.

"he idle >egumin went to the abandoned castle to cast her e5losion sell

daily without fail.

It might be a cold evening with icy rain.

Br a lazy afternoon after lunch.

Br a refreshing morning when she went for a stroll.



6o matter the time, >egumin would cast her sell at that castle every single

day+

nd I watched >egumin$s sell every day, and was even able to 4udge

whether the condition of the e5losion sell was good or bad.

“:75losion$;2”

“Bh, that seemed retty good. "he imact of the e5losion could be felt

through my bones, followed by the air tremor that followed immediately

after. It is strange that the abandoned city remained intact but+ hat an

e5losion2”

“Dreat e5losion2 Ku!u, Kazuma understands the way of the e5losion more

now. 9our comment today hit the mar! and was oetry li!e+ how about it0 I

am not tal!ing about this casually, Kazuma do you want to seriously consider

learning e5losion magic0”

“9eah; the way of the e5losion is interesting+ 3ut from the comosition of

our current arty, there is no need for L wizards. 3ut when I retire from

adventuring and have left over s!ill oints, it would be interesting to use

them to learn e5losion magic.”

>egumin discussed such things with a smile.

?ust li!e this, we tal!ed about how much oints we could give the sound of

the e5losion' &i!e even though it wasn$t too loud, but the itch was great,

and chatted about the way of the e5losion.

Part 5

fter we continued our e5losive stroll for a wee!, in the morning.

“7mergency broadcast2 7mergency broadcast2 ttention all adventurers,

lease reare your combat e*uiment and reort to the main gate of the city

ready for combat2”

"he familiar emergency broadcast could be heard through the entire town.



fter hearing the broadcast, we ut on our gears and rushed on scene.

lot of adventurers were gathered at the main gate. hen we reached the

scene, we saw an intimidating monster standing before us, and we could only

stare at it blan!ly.

8ullahan.

monster that brought desair and remonition of death to men.

fter turning into an undead, it$s hysical strength was stronger than it was in

life, and ossessed uni*ue owers.

"he !night in blac! armor standing at the front gate held its head on the left

side of its body. 3efore the eyes of the gathered adventurers, it resented itshead that was covered fully in its helmet before everyone.

"he head said in a distorted voice.

“+ I am a boss of the demon !ing army, and had moved into a castle nearby

recently+”

s it so!e, the head started trembling+2

“7very day every day every day2 "he crazy idiot who comes to my castle tocast e5losion magic, where are youG2”

"his boss of the demon !ing army was seriously angry.

"he yell of the 8ullahan seemed to be suressing its anger until it couldn$t

hold bac! anymore, ma!ing the adventurers around me chatter.

Br rather, everyone resent doesn$t seem to get what was haening.

nyway, the reason for the emergency summon was robably the dullahan

before us who was going mad from fury.

“+ 75losion sell0”

“"he one who !nows e5losion magic is+”



“If you tal! about e5losion sell, it would be+”

"he gaze of the eole around us naturally fell on >egumin besides me.

+ >egumin who was the center of attention turned her head sharly at a girl

wizard standing beside her.ffected by her action, I loo!ed at that girl. 7veryone else was also

influenced and stared at that girl+

“#uh0 >, me0 hy are you all loo!ing at me0 I couldn$t use e5losion

magic2”

"he girl wizard who was being framed denied in a hurry.

+ ait, could it be+ the abandoned castle where we cast e5losion magicevery day2

/ould it be+

I ee!ed at >egumin besides me who was sweating.

"his fellow noticed too.

inally, >egumin sighed and wal!ed forward with an annoyed face.

"he adventurers reacted to her movement and oened a ath to the 8ullahan.

"he 8ullahan standing at the main gate of town.

>egumin stood about EJ meters from the 8ullahan and faced him.

ith me in the lead, 8ar!ness and *ua also followed behind >egumin.

*ua who would attac! aggressively whenever she saw an undead robably

thought the sight of an angry 8ullahan to be mad and was watching whatwould haen e5ectantly.

“So it$s you+2 9ou are the moron who cast e5losion on my castle every

day0 If you !new I was the boss of the demon army and want to challenge me

to a fight, then enter the castle2 If not, then 4ust hide in town and tremble2



hy are you bothering me with such evil means0 I !new there were only low

level adventurers in town2 I wanted to leave such minor characters alone, but

you can$t catch a clue and come boom boom boom with your sells every

day+2 Is there something wrong with your head0”

#e was robably ir!ed by the daily e5losion magic, the helmet of the

8ullahan trembled with rage.

>egumin was intimidated and was a bit scared, but she still flic!ed the cae

she wore+

“I am >egumin. s an arch wizard, I have mastered e5losion sells+2”

“+ hat !ind of name is >egumin, are you moc!ing me0”

“6o, that$s not it2”

7ven though she was retorted by the 8ullahan when she introduced herself,

>egumin comosed herself and continued'

“I hail from the crimson magic clan, the elite wizard of this town. I cast

e5losion magic continuously in order to lure you, the boss of the demon

army out+2 s I lanned, you came to town alone after being tric!ed, your

end is near2”

Seeing >egumin ointing her staff at the 8ullahan e5citedly, I was standing

behind her and whisered to 8ar!ness and *ua.

“+ #ey, this girl actually said that. She was laying around, saying she will

die if she doesn$t cast e5losion magic every day, so I brought her to the area

around that castle. hen did it turn into her lan0”

“+9eah, and she used the chaos to declare herself as an elite wizard of this

town.”

“Shhh;2 8on$t say that out loud2 She hasn$t used her e5losion sell yet and

a bunch of adventurers are bac!ing her from behind, so she is adoting a

strong osition. She is still tal!ing, so let$s see how it goes2”



>egumin robably heard what we said as she maintained her osture of

ointing her staff at her oonent as her face turned red.

or some reason, the 8ullahan acceted what she said.

“+ Bh, a member of /rimson magic. I see. So that weird name wasn$t a lie.”“#ey, if you have any comments about the name my arents gave me, sit it

out2”

>egumin became angry after hearing what the 8ullahan said, but he aid her

no heed.

Br rather, he wasn$t bothered after seeing the adventurers of the entire town

gathered here.s e5ected of a boss of the demon !ing army, he robably didn$t thin!

anything about us roo!ies.

“+#mm, forget it. I didn$t come here to mess with easants li!e you all. I

am here to investigate something. I will be staying in that castle for the time

being, so don$t cast e5losion sell anymore. Understand0”

“"hat is li!e as!ing me to die. "hose of the /rimson magic clan need to caste5losion sell once every day, or we would die.”

“#ey hey, I never heard of this before2 Sto bullshitting me2”

hat should I do, I want to see >egumin and that monster chat some more.

I loo!ed at *ua, she was haily watching >egumin messing around with

the 8ullahan.

"he 8ullahan laced his head on his right hand and shrugged.

“9ou don$t lan to give u e5losion magic no matter what0 7ven though I

had ta!en the side of dar!ness, I was a !night before and have no interest in

slaughtering the wea!. 3ut if you continue to bother me with such things

around the castle, I have my way of handling things too.”



"he 8ullahan emitted an dangerous aura, ma!ing >egumin too! a few stes

bac!.

3ut >egumin had a coc!y smile+2

“e are the ones being bothered alright20 3ecause of you staying in thatcastle, we couldn$t even do our wor! roerly2 #mm+ 9ou can only act

high and mighty now. e have an e5ert that deals with the undead here2

>aster, I leave it to you2”

fter throwing out big words, >egumin left everything in *ua$s hands.

+ #ey.

“I guess it couldn$t be heled;2 I don$t !now if you are a demon army$s bossor what, but you are unluc!y to come here when I am around. 9ou are an

undead, but you chose to come out in broad day light when your ower are

wea!en, you are 4ust as!ing to be urified2 It$s all you fault that I couldn$t

ta!e on *uests as usual2 B!ay, are you ready to face the music0”

fter >egumin addressed her as master, *ua cheerfully stood before the

8ullahan.

"he adventurers guled nervously as they wonder how things would develo.

Under the eyes of the masses, *ua e5tended her hand out at the 8ullahan.

Seeing that, the 8ullahan offered its head to *ua e5citedly.

"his is robably the way for the 8ullahan to e5ressed that it was :watching

seriously$.

“Bh, imressive, you are not a normal riest, but an arch riest right0 3ut no

matter what, I am still a boss of the demon !ing army. I have not fallen so

low that I would be urified by a low level arch riest in a lace li!e this. I

have my ways of dealing with arch riests too+ 3ut I will start by torturing

this girl of the crimson magic clan2”

s *ua was rearing to chant her sells, the 8ullahan moved and ointed



its inde5 finger at >egumin.

"he 8ullahan then shouted2

“I shall redict your death2 9ou will die one wee! from now2”

s the 8ullahan cast its sell, 8ar!ness grabbed >egumin$s collar and hid>egumin behind her.

“#uh0 8a, 8ar!ness2”

s >egumin screamed, 8ar!ness$s body glowed with a faint dar! light.

8amn, she was hit, was that a roclamation of death0

“8ar!ness are you alright0 8oes it hurt anywhere0”

I as!ed in a hurry, but 8ar!ness stretched her hands a few times to confirm it.

“+ 9eah, I didn$t feel anything.”

She said casually.

3ut the 8ullahan did shouted.

She will die one wee! from now.

s *ua was touching the cursed 8ar!ness everywhere, the 8ullahan

announced delightedly.

“"hat curse won$t harm you now. >y lans were a bit foiled, but since the

camaraderie among adventurers is so dee that it must hurt more+ &isten

carefully, girl of the /rimson magic. If this goes on, that crusader would die

in a wee!. #mm, your imortant comanion would be tortured by the horror

of heath in the mean time+ "hat$s right, this is all your fault2 In thefollowing wee!, you will see the ain of your comanion and regret your

actions2 #mm hahaha, you should have listened to me obediently2”

s >egumin$s face was turning ale because of the 8ullahan$s words,

8ar!ness shouted as she trembled'



“"here, there is such a thing2 "hat means you had cast a death curse on me,

and I have to do as you say in order for you to release the curse2 "hat$s what

you meant right2”

“#uh0”

"he 8ullahan didn$t get what 8ar!ness was saying and reacted lainly.

I didn$t understand what she was saying too+ nd I don$t want to

understand.

“Ugh+2 ?ust a mere curse, don$t thin! you can ma!e me submit+2 I won$t

yield+2 3ut, what should I do Kazuma2 &oo! at that 8ullahan, loo! at his

evil lusty eyes under his helmet2 6o matter how I see it, he wants to bring me

bac! to his castle and do as he lease if I want him to release the curse.

ervert that wants me to do hardcore ervert lay2”

"he itiful 8ullahan who was accused of being a se5ual deviant ervert in

ublic said'

“+ #uh0”

#ow itiful.

“7ven if you can do what you want with my body, you would never have my

heart2 I am going to become a female !night imrisoned in a castle and let

the henchman of the demon !ing do unreasonable things with me2 h, what

should I do, what should I do Kazuma2 "his situation is more thrilling than I

e5ected2 I don$t want to go, but I have no choice2 I will resist to the very last

moment, so don$t sto me2 ell then, I will be bac! in a 4iffy2”

“#uh huh0”

“Sto right there, you can$t go2 &oo! how troubled the 8ullahan is2”

8ar!ness was in a hurry to leave with the enemy. hen I grabbed her collar

from behind, I could see the 8ullahan breathe in relief.

“n, anyway2 If you have learnt your lesson, sto casting e5losion on my



castle2 nd the crimson magic girl2 If you want me to release the curse on

that crusader, then come to my castle2 If you can ma!e it to my room at the

to of the castle, I will release her curse2 3ut+ my minions are everywhere

in the castles and it$s full of undead !nights. /an you roo!ie adventurers

ma!e your way to me0 #mm hmm hmm, hahaha2”

fter saying his iece, the 8ullahan laughed loudly as he rode the headless

horse ar!ed outside the gate and went in the direction of the castle+

Part 6

"his develoment was too cruel and made the gathered adventurers stand stiff

with a blan! face.

I was the same.

3esides me, >egumin$s face was green and she was trembling while

griing her staff hard.

She lanned to head out of town alone.

“#ey, where are you going. hat do you lan to do0”

I tugged on >egumin$s cae and >egumin struggled to go as she reliedwithout turning her head'

“I am resonsible for this incident. I will head to the castle and cast e5losion

on that 8ullahan directly to disel 8ar!ness$ curse.”

"here was no way >egumin could do it alone.

+ "hat$s why.

“I will go with you. If you met some minions and use your sell, it would be

the end. I accomanied you all this while and didn$t realize that was the

castle of the boss too.”

>egumin made a heavy e5ression when she heard me. In the end she

drooed her shoulders and gave u her original lan.



“+ ell, let$s go together. 3ut he said there will be a bunch of undead

!nights. If that is the case, weaons would be useless. >y magic would be

more ractical+ So you have to rely on me when the time comes.”

>egumin said with a smile.

rom the name undead !night, it should be an enemy wearing full armor.

In the face of such foes, my chea weaon would be useless.

3ut I still had other ideas.

“I can use my :8etect 7nemy$ s!ill to search the monster in the castle and

conceal myself with :#ide$ and snea! in. Br we can visit the castle everyday

and defeat the enemy on each level one day at a time before coming bac!. ewill reduce the enemies$ numbers slowly+ Since the time limit is one wee!,

this lan should wor!.”

>egumin robably felt there was hoe after listening to my suggestion and

cheered u. >egumin and I turned and loo!ed at 8ar!ness.

“#ey 8ar!ness2 e will definitely brea! your curse2 So don$t worry+”

“Sacred 3rea! Sell2”?ust when I was encouraging 8ar!ness.

*ua$s sell interruted me and 8ar!ness$ body glowed faintly.

8ar!ness then loo!ed as if she missed a chance for something and was down@

in contrast, *ua was hay as she said'

“ith me around, brea!ing the curse of the 8ullahan is easy2 hat do you

thin!0 I loo! li!e a riest sometimes right0”

“+#uh0” 5L

+ nd to thin! >egumin and I were debating so assionately, give my effort

bac! to me.



Part 7

wee! after the demon !ing army attac! incident was resolved eacefully.

“I want to ta!e a *uest2 It$s fine even if it is a bit hard, let$s ta!e a *uest2”

“#uh+” 5L

>egumin and I e5ressed our disleasure when we heard *ua say that.

75cet for *ua, our wallets were very full.

nd there were only high difficulty *uests left, I don$t want to go out of my

way to ta!e these 4obs.

“I am fine with it+ but it$s not enough with the fireower of me and

>egumin+”

8ar!ness glanced at >egumin and me while saying this.

7ven if you loo! at us, >egumin and I had no reason to force ourselves to

ta!e a dangerous *uest.

&oo!ing at how disinterested we were, *ua cried out loud.

“1lease I beg you;2 I don$t want to wor! anymore2 "he store owner gets mad

if I don$t sell all the cro*uette2 I will wor! hard2 I will do my best this

time;2”

>egumin and I loo!ed at each other.

“lright then+ then ta!e a loo! and see if there is any *uest that loo!s fine.

e will go with you if the *uest isn$t too bad.”

*ua rushed to the bulletin board after hearing us say that.

“+ Kazuma, shouldn$t you ta!e a loo! too0 If you leave it to *ua, she will

robably ic! an incredible *uest+”

“+ 9ou are correct. 3ut I won$t comlain even if the *uest is a bit hard+”

fter listening to >egumin and 8ar!ness$ comment, I had an ominous



feeling.

I came to the bulletin board, and stood behind *ua who was thin!ing about

which *uest to ic!.

*ua didn$t realize I was behind her and browsed the *uest seriously.inally, she tore a aer from the board.

“+ Dood.”

“Dood your head2 hat *uest are you ta!ing2”

I snatched the client re*uest from *ua$s hand.

:; #unting manticore and Driffon; manticore are fighting for territory. It is

dangerous to leave them alone, lease hunt both of them. 3ounty is JJ,JJJ

7ris.$

“9ou idiot2”

I shouted as I returned it to the bulletin board.

It was right to follow her. I was almost dragged down by her to ta!e on an

incredibly dangerous *uest.

“hat, we 4ust need to let >egumin give them an e5losion while they are

together to settle it in one shot. hy are you so timid+”

"his fellow was lanning to let me ta!e on the tas! of getting these two

dangerous monster to gather at the same sot.

#ow about ta!ing this *uest and letting her do it alone. s I was thin!ing it

over, *ua tugged my sleeve e5citedly.

“"his one2 &oo! at this one2”

&istening to what *ua said, I too! a loo! at the re*uest form she was

ointing at.

:; &a!e urification;"he la!e which was one of the water sources for the



town had been olluted. 3rutal alligators had moved into the la!e. e*uest

for someone to urify the la!e. "he monsters in the la!e will leave after

urifying the la!e, there is no need to fight the monsters Ne*uirement' 1riest

with urification magic. eward is HJJ,JJJ 7ris.$

“+ 9ou can urify the la!e0”

*ua snorted and said.

“Idiot, who do you thin! I am0 rom my name and aearance, you should

be able to tell what ortfolio I had as a goddess right0”

“ren$t you the goddess of ban*uets0”

“s if you #i!i677"2 I am the goddess of water alright2 8idn$t you see mybeautiful blue eyes and hair0”

I see.

7arning HJJ,JJJ by 4ust urifying the water, it$s a great deal.

6ot needing to fight meant it was worth it.

“&et$s ta!e this one. Br rather, wouldn$t you alone suffice if it is 4ust

urifying the water0 9ou can hog all the rewards this way right0”

3ut *ua didn$t agree with me.

“ell+ I thin! the monsters will harass me while I am urifying the water

right0 3efore I finish the urification, I hoe you all can rotect me from the

monsters.”

So that$s the lan.

3ut from the name brutal alligator, isn$t it an alligator tye monster0

"hat sounds dangerous+

“3y the way, how long would the urification ta!e0 minutes or so0”

If it was 4ust a short while, we could wing it with >egumin$s e5losion



magic.

*ua tilted her head and said'

“+ bout half a day0”

“"hat$s too long2”

ending off monsters with such a dangerous name, who would want to do

that.

s I was lanning to ut the bulletin bac!+

“hh2 1lease, I beg of you;2 "here is no other *uest that is as good2 1lease

hel me Kazuma-san;2”

I was lanning to stic! the aer bac! on the bulletin board, but *ua

entangled my right hand and begged me for hel. &oo!ing at her, I thought of

an idea.

“+ 6ah, how does the urification rocess wor!0”

“+ #mm0 "o urify the water, I 4ust need to touch the water with my hand

and continuously cast urification magic+”

I see, she needs to touch the water.

I had an idea, but that way+

+ 6o, wait.

“#ey *ua. I thin! there is a way to urify the water safely, you want to give

it a try0”

Part 8

"here was a large la!e some distance from town.

"his la!e was one of the water source of the town, there was a stream flowing

out of it straight into town.

"he la!e was besides a mountain, and water flowed endlessly down from it



into the la!e.

I got it now.

s stated in the re*uest, the la!e waters aeared a bit mur!y and showed

signs of stagnation.I thought monsters refer clean water, so that wasn$t true.

s I loo!ed over the la!e, I heard a timid voice behind me.

“+ 6ah+ re we really going to do it this way0”

*ua sounded really uneasy.

>y lan was flawless, what is there to worry about0

*ua so!e'

“+ I felt li!e a catured rare monster that is going to be sold+”

+ "he rare monster was loc!ed in a steel cage, hugging her !nees in the

center as she so!e.

I lan to throw *ua along with the cage into the la!e.

In the beginning, I was lanning to let her stay inside the cage some distanceaway from the cage. 3ut since urification re*uired contact with the waters,

the lan had evolved into this.

s the goddess of water, *ua could stay in the bottom of the la!e for an

entire day without breathing and won$t be uncomfortable.

rom what she claimed, even without urification magic, there would be

urification effects 4ust by immersing *ua into the la!e."hat was her godly nature. 6o matter how lousy of a goddess she was, it was

still imressive.

8ar!ness and I had already moved *ua$s cage to the side of the la!e.

It was a steel cage, an e*uiment we loaned from the guild.



s some of the re*uest include caturing monsters, these items were meant

for such *uests.

e didn$t come here to throw the useless goddess into the la!e, so we don$t

need to carry it too far.

e 4ust need to ut it by the la!e so *ua could come into contact with the

water.

"his way, she would be fine even if the brutal alligators attac!ed her while

she was urifying the waters.

It was a cage meant to transort catured monsters anyway, it should be able

to !ee *ua who was inside safe.

I heard from the guild staff that the monsters would leave the la!e after

urification was comleted. 3ut 4ust in case they refuse to leave *ua after

that, we attached a strong chain to the cage.

3ecause the cage was heavy, we dragged it here using the horse we borrowed

from town.

In the event of an emergency, I intend to use the horse to drag the cage to

escae.

"he cage had been lowered into the edge of the la!e, soa!ing *ua$s feet and

buttoc!s in water.

6e5t would be maintaining the current situation as the H of us wait in the

distance. *ua hugged her !nees and said softly'

“+ I feel li!e a tea bag being drained of its flavor+”

Part 9

"he urification device+ /orrection, *ua had been laced in the la!e for L

hours.

"here was no sign of any monsters attac!ing her.



8ar!ness, >egumin and I stayed on land about LJ meters from *ua to

watch over her.

I yelled at *ua who was soa!ed in the la!e.

“#ey; *ua2 #ow is the urification going0 Is it cold staying in the la!e0Dive a holler if you want to go to the rest room2 I will let you out of the

cage;2”

I yelled from afar, and *ua yelled bac!.

“1urification is roceeding smoothly2 nd I don$t need to go to the rest

room2 rch riest doesn$t go to the rest room2”

*ua said something idols in the old days would say.I was worried about her since she had been in the water for *uite a while, but

she seemed to be doing fine.

“"here seems to be no roblems. 3y the way, /rimson magic clansmen don$t

need to use the washroom either.”

>egumin said without me as!ing.

9ou and *ua were always eating so much, where did all that stuff go+ I feltli!e retorting.”

“s a crusader, I also don$t+ need to go+ Ugh+”

“8ar!ness, don$t comete with these two. or >egumin and *ua who insist

they don$t need to use the restroom, I will accet a *uest that can$t be

comleted in a day to confirm if they really don$t need to use the washroom.

“8on$t, don$t do that o!ay0 "he crimson magic clan really don$t use thewashroom2 3ut I aologize, so don$t do that+ 3y the way, the brutal

alligators are not coming, it would be great if things ends eacefully li!e

this.”

>egumin said something that definitely raised a flag.



nd as if on cue, riles aeared somewhere on the la!e.

In term of size, it was about the same as alligators on earth.

3ut it was a monster after all, so there was some difference with earth$s

alligators.“Ka, Kazuma;2 Something is coming over2 6ah, lots of things are coming

here2”

Seemed li!e the alligator of this world moved in a grou.

G M hours since urification began;

*ua simly soa!ed herself in the water in the beginning and use the assive

s!ill of the goddess to urify the la!e. 3ut she robably wanted to finish theurification sooner and head bac!, so she had been chanting urification

magic nonsto.

“:1urification$2 :1urification$, :1urification$;2

large grou of alligators was surrounding *ua$s cage and gnawing at it.

“:1urification$2 :1urification$;2 "he cage is crea!ing2 It$s crea!ing2 "he

cage, cage is ma!ing weird sounds2”

*ua screamed in the cage, but we couldn$t blow them away with e5losion

magic either, so we couldn$t do anything about it.

“*ua;2 "ell us if you want to give u;2 If you want to give u, we will drag

you along with the cage with the chain;2”

I had been shouting that towards the cage for some time now, but *ua

refused to abort the *uest desite being terrified.

“I, I don$t wanna2 Diving u now means wasting the time I sent so far, and

not being able to collect the bounty2 :1urification$2 :1urification$;2 +

aahhahhh;2 "here was a crac!ing sound2 "he cage made a sound it

shouldn$t be ma!ing2”



*ua screamed in tears while the brutal alligator that surrounded her didn$t

even loo! at us.

8ar!ness mumbled to herself as she loo!ed at the situation over there.

“+ Staying in that cage seemed rather good+'“+ 9ou better not go there2”

G O hours after urification began;

"he battered cage was alone in the la!e.

"here were bite mar!s all over the cage after the brutal alligators attac!ed it.

"he urification was robably done, so the brutal alligator left the cage and

moved ustream.

"he sound of *ua chanting urification sell couldn$t be heard anymore.

Br rather, about an hour ago, we did not hear *ua who was surrounded by

the brutal alligators ma!e any sound.

“+ #ey *ua, are you alright0 "he brutal alligators had left for some other

lace.”

e aroached the cage to chec! on how *ua was doing.

“+ Sniff+ Ugh+ #ic+”

If you were so terrified and cried while hugging your !nees, you should have

given u the *uest earlier+

3ut it was hard to blame her under the circumstances.

“Dood girl, the urification is done, let$s go bac!. I had discussed with8ar!ness and >egumin, we won$t ta!e the reward this time. "he HJJ,JJJ is

all yours.”

"he shoulders of *ua who buried her face between her !nees trembled.

3ut she didn$t want to come out from the cage.



“+ #ey, it$s time to come out of the cage, all the brutal alligators are gone.”

hen she heard me, *ua said something softly.

“+ 8irectly li!e this+”

+0

“hat did she say0”

“+ She said, the world outside the cage is scary, so bring her bac! to town

directly li!e this.”

+ Seemed that after hunting toads, this *uest had left dee sychological

trauma in *ua$s heart too.





“8o 6a 8o 6a 8o; 6a; 8o; 6a;+”

“7h+ #ey *ua, we are already bac! in town, can you sto singing that

song0 e are gathering a lot of attention 4ust by dragging a battered cage

with a woman hugging her !nees inside. nd it$s safe bac! in town, it$s about

time you come out.”

“8on$t wanna. "his is my holy realm. "he world outside is scary, I don$t

want to come out for now.”

"he horse dragged the cage with *ua who refused to come out inside.

e comleted the *uest safety and returned to town. Under the gaze of the

townsfol!, we head for the guild.

3ecause *ua who don$t want to come out and wal!, our seed was slow

desite the horse heling to drag the cage.

3ut aside from the sychological trauma, there was no damage worth

mentioning.

lthough I wanted to try out my e*uiment and sells, it was still great to

finish the *uest leisurely.

/omleting the *uest without any issues was great+

>aybe it was because I raised a flag with my thoughts.

“Dod, goddess-sama2 Isn$t this goddess-sama0 hat are you doing in such a

lace2”

man suddenly shouted and rushed to *ua who shut herself inside the cage

and grab the bars.nd amazingly, the bars that held u to the bites of the brutal alligator was

bent easily by this guy and he offered a hand to *ua.

Ignoring >egumin and me who were dumbstruc!, the un!nown man reached

for the seechless *ua+



“+ #ey, don$t act familiar with my comanion and touch her. ho are you0

If she !new you, why would *ua not have any reaction0”

s the man was about to ta!e *ua$s hand, 8ar!ness stoed him.

Unli!e her envious eyes when she saw *ua surrounded by brutal alligator,8ar!ness was now a shield rotecting her comrades, a roud crusader.

+ It would be great if she always act this way+

"he man glanced at 8ar!ness, sighed and shoo! his head.

#is demeanor seemed to be saying he didn$t want to create trouble but he had

no choice.

"he man$s attitude clearly issed off 8ar!ness who doesn$t normally showher emotion oenly.

s the tension rose, I went to *ua who continued to hug her !nees and

refused to leave the cage desite the situation and whisered'

“+ #ey, it$s someone you !now right0 #e called you goddess-sama 4ust

now. Do and handle that man.”

fter hearing what I said, *ua made a :what are you tal!ing about0$ faceand+

“+ h2 Doddess2 "hat$s right, I am a goddess. nd0 hat roblems do you

want this goddess to settle0 9ou guys are really helless2”

*ua finally came out of the cage.

8id this girl really forgot about being a goddess0

fter e5iting the cage, *ua tilted her head at that man.

“+ ho are you0”

She didn$t !now him.

+ 6o, she robably did.



3ecause the man oened his eyes wide in surrise.

*ua robably 4ust forgot about him.

“hy are you saying this goddess-sama2 It$s me >itsurugi Kyouya2 I

received the sword Dram from you2”“+0”

*ua still tilted her head, but I finally got it.

#is name might sound li!e the rotagonist of an anime or manga, but since it

was a ?aanese name, he must had gotten a owerful weaon from *ua and

came here before me.

"hat man who seemed to have a strong sense of 4ustice had a head of brownhair and was the cool tye.

#e was wearing armor that loo!ed e5ensive and glowed in blue brightly. Bn

his waist was a sword in a blac! scabbard.

3ehind him was a beauty with a long sear that was the warrior tye, and a

retty girl wearing leather armor with a dagger on her waist.

"his fellow claiming to be >itsurugi was about my age.

"o describe this man in one sentence+

#e loo!ed li!e the main character of a manga.

“h2 9es yes, there was such a erson2 Sorry, I totally forgot about you. I

sent a lot of eole here, so it couldn$t be heled if I forgot2”

fter an e5lanation from >itsurugi and I, *ua finally remembered.

#is face was a bit aw!ward, but >itsurugi still smiled at *ua and said'

“7h, it$s been a while, *ua-sama. s your chosen hero, I had been wor!ing

hard every day. >y 4ob is Sword master. I am already level HO+ Bh right,

why is *ua-sama doing here0 Br rather, why were you loc!ed in the cage0”



>itsurugi said as he stole glances at me.

hen *ua sent him to this world, she made u something about him being

chosen by the gods and is a hero, those irresonsible words.

She didn$t remember this erson e5isted, which showed how irresonsibleher words to >itsurugi was.

So in >itsurugi$s eyes, I was the one loc!ing *ua in the cage0

+ ell, normal eole would thin! so.

7ven if I told him she was the one who didn$t want to come out, this guy

wouldn$t believe me.

7ven me who saw it with my own eyes won$t believe there was such a weirdgoddess.

I told >itsurugi what haened to *ua and me after transorting to this

world+

“+ 1reosterous, this is too illogical2 hat are you thin!ing, bring goddess-

sama to this world0 nd you loc!ed her in a cage and threw her in the la!e

for this *uest0”>itsurugi grabbed my collar in righteous fury.





*ua restrained him in a hurry.

“9ou, what are you doing0 "his is nothing, I am living every day haily, and

am not angry about being brought to this world2 nd I can go bac! after

defeating the demon !ing2 "oday$s *uest was a bit scary, but it was resolved

smoothly. 6o one was hurt and the rewards is HJJ,JJJ. HJJ,JJJ2 nd

everyone said they will let me ta!e all of it2”

>itsurugi loo!ed at *ua with itiful eyes after hearing what she said.

“+ *ua-sama, I don$t how how this man tal!ed you into this, but you are

being treated too illogically. fter such a sacrifice, you only earned

HJJ,JJJ+0 9ou are a goddess2 or a goddess to be treated this way+ 3y the

way, where do you stay at night0”

I felt li!e telling >itsurugi not to !ee saying goddess by the side of the road,

but he seemed to be on the verge of losing it, so I decided to shut u.

or a first meeting, this guy is really rude.

#e doesn$t understand *ua at all.

#earing >itsurugi say that, *ua was a bit frightened and answered timidly'

“ith everybody, in the stables+”

“#uh0”

>itsurugi grabbed my collar with more force.

#ey, that hurts2

8ar!ness grabbed >itsurugi$s hand at this moment.

“#ey, watch yourself and remove your hand. 9ou had been unreasonable all

this while. "his must be the first time you met Kazuma, there should be a

limit to how rude you can be.”

8ar!ness who was usually *uiet when she wasn$t souting nonsense had

gotten angry.



Bn a closer loo!, >egumin had ic!ed u her ugraded staff and seemed to

be chanting e5losion magic+ ait, sto it you2

>itsurugi let go of his hand and observed 8ar!ness and >egumin e5citedly.

“+ /rusader and rch wizard0 nd+ "hey loo! rather good too. Seems thatyou had great luc! in finding comanions, but that doesn$t ma!e sense. 8on$t

you feel ashamed in letting *ua and these two e5cellent members slee in

the stables0 9ou mentioned your 4ob is the wea!est adventurer right0”

rom the way this guy described it, my situation seemed great.

rom the eole who didn$t !now us, I seemed so luc!y.

I whisered to *ua'“6ah, nah, isn$t staying in the stables the norm for adventurers in this world0

hy is this guy so mad0”

“ell, I thin! he was granted a owerful sword when he was transorted to

this world, and comleted a bunch of high difficulty *uest from the

beginning. #e robably had no worries about money+ 3ut that is the usual

case for eole with secial abilities or e*uiment.”

flame of anger burned in my heart after I listened to *ua$s answer.

"he guy who didn$t undergo any hardshi because of a owerful sword gifted

to him, why is he acting so high and mighty to me who had to wor! hard

from the very start0

#e didn$t realize my seething anger and said to *ua, 8ar!ness and

>egumin with a symathetic smile'

“It must have been hard on you all so far. 1lease 4oin me from now on. Bf

course, I won$t let you all slee in the stables, and will buy the full set of

remium e*uiment for you. "he balance of the team is great. I am a sword

master, my warrior comrade and you as a crusader' along with my thief

comrade, this arch wizard and *ua-sama. hat a erfect combination, it$s a



match made in heaven.”

ra, it didn$t include me.

ell, I don$t want to 4oin this guy$s arty anyway.

fter hearing >itsurugi$s roosal, my H comanions started tal!ing amongthemselves.

>itsurugi might be a self centered hero, but the terms he offered wasn$t bad.

nd comared to acting alongside me, going with >itsurugi offered an easier

route for *ua to ta!e down the demon !ing.

"he demon !ing needed to be defeated before *ua could return to heaven.

lthough I only thought of her as a comlementary gift for moving to this

world, but heavens would robably allow her to return if she finished the 4ob

of defeating the demon !ing with another hero.

I thought *ua and the others would be moved with such e5cellent terms, so

I strained my ears behind them to listen. In the end+

“It feels wrong. #e is so bad that it made me cringe. nd he was the one

doing all the tal!ing with his narcissistic tendencies which frighten me.”

“hat should we do, for some reason I am unable to hysically accet this

man. I refer active eole over assive ones, but somehow that guy ma!es

me want to beat him u.”

“/an I cast my magic0 /an I throw an e5losion sell into the face of that

elite utting u a front who had never went through any hardshi before0”

ra, their ercetion of you were rather negative, >itsurugi-san.

fter that, *ua tugged my sleeve and said'

“6ah Kazuma, let$s hurry to the guild o!ay0 I might be the one who gave

him the owerful sword, but I thin! it would be better not to get too close

with such eole.”



"o be honest his action was infuriating, but it would be best to leave as *ua

suggested.

“ell; >y comanions don$t seem !een to 4oin your arty and the oinion is

unanimous. e still need to reort the comletion of the *uest, so we will

ta!e our leave+”

fter finishing, I lead the horse dragging the cage and reared to go.

+

“+ /ould you lease move out of the way0”

I said in an annoyed tone to >itsurugi who was bloc!ing my way.

hat should I do, he is the tye who doesn$t listen to others.

“75cuse me, but *ua-sama is the one who bestowed this sword to me, and

seeing my benefactor who granted me ower fall to such a state, I couldn$t

simly ignore it. 9ou couldn$t save the world, the one to defeat the demon

!ing would be me. It would be better for *ua-sama to follow me+ 9ou said

you chose *ua as the item to be brought along to this world with you right0”

“+ 9es.”Doing by the clichP develoments of manga, I could redict what would

haen ne5t.

"his guy would definitely+2

“If that is the case, how about ma!ing a bet0 9ou chose *ua-sama as the

:thing$ to be brought along with you right0 If I win, you have to give *ua-

sama to me@ If you win, I can romise you one thing, anything.”“B!ay, I accet2 "a!e this2”

?ust as I redicted.

I was almost at my limits, and attac!ed without saying anything more.

I moved my left hand out of the way and used my right to swing my sheathed



sword at him immediately.

"he first to move wins, there is nothing unscruulous about it2

nd a high level sword master with a owerful sword challenging a novice

adventurer with wea! gears was the unscruulous one2>itsurugi didn$t e5ect me to attac! the moment I answer him.

“7h0 ait2 #old+2”

>itsurugi seemed to be in a anic, but as e5ected of a high level adventurer.

#e drew his sword and braced it horizontally to fend off my sword.

s the sword in my right hand was about to hit >itsurugi$s sword, I reached

out my left hand+2

“:Steal$;2”

"he moment I yelled, I felt the weight of a sword in my left hand.

Bh, I hit the 4ac!ot.

"he sword >itsurugi was lanning to bloc! my blow with disaeared from

his hands.“#uh0” 5H

I wonder who uttered such foolish sounds.

1robably everyone resent e5cet for me.

ith my stealing s!ill wor!ing together with my attac!, >itsurugi who

couldn$t do anything was hit hard on the hard by me.

“Scumbag2 Scumbag scumbag scumbag;2”

“#ow dirty2 9ou are the worst, scumbag2 /an$t you fight honorably0”

>itsurugi$s two female comanions lectured me.

It was music to my ears.



lthough it was with the scabbard, >itsurugi was still hit by a rather heavy

sword on the head and laid on the ground with the white of his eyes showing,

it was retty comical.

I announced to the two followers who were rotesting.

“6o matter what, I won. "his guy said he will romise me anything if he lost

right0 "hen I would be ta!ing this sword.”

fter hearing what I said, one of the follower became agitated.

“hat0 hat absurd thing are you saying0 nd only Kyouya could use that

magic sword, the magic sword will choose its owner. It had chosen Kyouya

as its master2 "he blessing of the sword won$t wor! on you2”

fter listening to the girl$s confident words, I turned towards *ua.

“+ Is that true0 I can$t use this soils of war0 I was thin!ing that I had

finally gotten a strong iece of e*uiment.”

“It$s true. egrettably, the sword Dram is the e5clusive weaon of that

unleasant guy. It bestows one with arm strength beyond the human limits

when e*uied, and the sword is a shar weaon that can cut through steel

li!e a vegetable. 3ut in Kazuma$s hands, this would 4ust be a normal sword.”

So there was such a thing+

3ut since I got something great, I should ta!e it with me.

“I would be on my way then. "ell that guy when he wa!es u that he was the

one who wanted the duel, so no comlaints+ lright, let$s go to the guild for

the bounty, *ua.”

fter finishing, I turned to leave. >itsurugi$s female comanion raised their

weaon against me.

“9ou you you, hold it right there2”

“Dive Kyouya$s sword bac!. e won$t ac!nowledge your win2”



nd so, I lift my hands and wriggled my fingers before the L ladies.





“It$s fine if you want to bring it on, but I believe in gender e*uality, a man

who dares to use dro !ic!s against girls. 8on$t thin! I will hold bac! against

you two2 I should say that since you are girls, I might humiliate you in ublic

using my :Steal$ s!ill.”

"he two girls loo!ed at my hand, worried about their safety in some ways,

and bac!ed off with an uneasy face.

“Ugwahhh+” 5H

>y comanions loo!ed at me with scornful eyes which ric!s me.

8ragging the borrowed cage with us, we finally made it bac! to the guild.

Since we decided all the rewards would go to *ua, I left the tas! ofreorting the comletion of the *uest to *ua and the others while I returned

the borrowed horse. I too! my soils; that magic sword to a certain lace and

reached the adventurers guild a bit later than the others.

++ 3ut+

“h, hy;2”

*ua$s loud voice could be heard from inside the guild.8oes this girl want to create commotions everywhere she went0

I entered the guild and saw *ua grabbing a staff of the guild with tearing

eyes.

“8idn$t I tell you, the cage I borrowed from you wasn$t damaged by me2 It

was that >itsurugi guy who bent the bars2 hy do I have to ay for it2”

I see, that guy did bent the bars in an attemt to save *ua without gettingthe full story.

nd *ua had to comensate for that bro!en cage.

*ua insisted for a moment, but she robably gave u, ta!ing the reward and

came to our tables with heavy footstes.



“+ "he bounty this time, after deducting the comensation for the bro!en

cage, there is only EJJ,JJJ 7ris left+ "hey said the cage was made from a

secial rocess and material, so it cost LJJ,JJJ+”

Seeing how de4ected *ua was, even I felt a little sorry for her.

>eeting >itsurugi was an une5ected disaster for *ua.

“6e5t time I meet that man, I will definitely give him a god blow2 nd get

him to cough u the comensation for the cage2”

*ua sat on her chair and inched the menu hard and said through her grit

teeth.

s for me, I don$t want to ever see him again.+ s *ua was grumbling grudgingly.

“So that$s where you are2 I had a hard time finding you, Kazuma Satou2”

e were 4ust tal!ing about >itsurugi when he showed u with his two

female underlings at the entrance of the guild.

Shouting my full name which I never told him, >itsurugi rushed to our table

and slammed both hands down.

“Kazuma Satou2 I as!ed a female thief about you and she told me everything

immediately. She said you li!e to stri woman of their anties. Bther than

that, your interest is to cover girls in slime. &ots of eole are tal!ing about

you, devilish Kazuma.”

“#old on, who is the one sreading this, tell me roerly.”

I !now who the thief was, but the roblem was the other arts.

Sreading such rumors from somewhere and adding the title devilish before

my name+2

s >itsurugi closed in on me with a serious face, *ua steed before him.

“+ *ua-sama. I swear to you, after getting my sword bac! from that man, I



will definitely defeat the demon !ing. So lease 4oin me and form a arty u

ah+2”

“h2 Kyouya2” 5L

fter being unched by the silent *ua, >itsurugi flew out.>itsurugi$s two female comanions rushed to the fallen >itsurugi.

>itsurugi showed a baffled face, not understanding why he was hit. *ua

too! large stes towards him, grab his collar and said'

“/omensate me for the cage you destroyed2 It$s all your fault that I had to

comensate for that cage2 3ecause that cage was made through a secial

rocess and material, it cost HJJ,JJJ o!ay, HJJ,JJJ2 9ou hear me, ay u2”8idn$t you say the cage cost LJJ,JJJ 4ust now0

>itsurugi who haven$t even stood u after being sent flying by *ua$s unch

remained seated as he for!ed out the cash.

fter getting the money from >itsurugi, the satisfied *ua ic!ed u the

menu once again.

>itsurugi comosed himself, watching *ua who was calling for thewaitress haily with a menu in hand as he said to me begrudgingly'

“+ 7ven though I was defeated in that way, it was still my loss. lthough it

is shameless and selfish of me to say this after romising to do anything you

wish+ 3ut I beg of you2 could you return the sword to me0 "hat sword

wouldn$t be of much use to you, it is 4ust sharer than normal swords if you

wield it. "hat$s the most you could get out of the sword+ #ow about this0 If

you want a sword, I can buy the best sword in any sho and give it to you+

/ould you lease return it to me0”

#e said himself that it was a selfish re*uest.

6o matter how useless, *ua was still the gift I was bestowed with when I

came to this world, something I should get when I ma!e u my mind to come



to this world.

In other words, the thing I gambled was of e*ual worth with >itsurugi$s

sword.

3ut if you as! me whether *ua$s worth was e*uivalent to the magic sword,I could only refuse to answer.

“Using me as a rize without my ermission, and as!ing for your sword bac!

by offering to buy a good sword in e5change, there$s no way this deal would

wor!2 Br do you thin! my worth is e*ual to the most e5ensive sword in a

sho0 Insolent fool, insolent2 I am a goddess after all, to use me as a betting

chi, what the hell were you thin!ing0 I don$t to ever see your face again,

shoo. #urry u, scram2”

*ua held the menu in one hand while waving the other, gesturing for

>itsurugi to leave as she said it out loud, which made >itsurugi turn ale.

It couldn$t be heled, who as!ed him to create trouble and then do this, no

wonder *ua got angry.

“1lease, lease wait *ua-sama2 I am not loo!ing down on your value+”

s >itsurugi was e5laining, >egumin tugged >itsurugi$s sleeve.

“+0 hat is it little girl+ #mm0”

fter getting >itsurugi$s attention, >egumin ointed at me.

"o be recise, she was ointing at my waist.

“+ ?ust a heads u, the sword is no longer with this man.”

“2”

>itsurugi noticed after hearing >egumin say that+

“Sa, Satou Kazuma2 here is the sword0 9ou you, where did you ta!e my

sword to0”

#e was brea!ing out in cold sweat as he ressed me for an answer.



I relied in H words.

“I sold it.”

“8amn you;2”

>itsurugi rushed out of the guild in tears.

“+ hat is with that guy+ Sea!ing of which, he had been addressing

*ua as a goddess all this while, what is u with that0”

fter >itsurugi left the guild.

"hat commotion drew the curious eyes of many adventurers. Under these

circumstances, 8ar!ness as!ed.

+ ight, the word goddess was mentioned so many times, it was normal for

her to as!.

6o, should I use this chance to tell both >egumin and 8ar!ness0

I loo!ed at *ua who had a face saying that she !new what I wanted to say as

she nodded.

*ua then showed her rare serious e5ression to face 8ar!ness and

>egumin.

8ar!ness and >egumin also noticed that *ua felt different, and was

listening carefully to her+

“I had never told you this before, but I decided to say it+ I am *ua. Bne of

the atron goddess of the 5is cult, goddess of water+ "hat$s right, I am that

goddess *ua+2”

“+ So you had that dream0” 5L

“"hat$s wrong2 nd why did both of you say the same thing together2”

+ So it turned out this way+

t this moment.




lease reare all your e*uiment and gather at the town$s main gate ready

for battle;2”

"he familiar emergency ublic announcement sounded out loudly.

“gain+0 "here are so many of these emergency summons recently.”

/an I not go0

I !new I robably can$t, but after that incident with >itsurugi, I felt so lazy+

s I rest my face lazily on the table.


lease reare all your e*uiment and gather at the town$s main gate readyfor battle;2 7secially Satou Kazuma-san and his comanions, lease head to

the scene as soon as ossible2”

“+ #uh0”

hat did the broadcast 4ust say0



Chapter + – ,nding This Poor ,-use ./ A Battle!

Part 1

I rushed to the main gate.

"he lightly armored me led the way, *ua and >egumin reached shortly

after. Bnly the heavily armored 8ar!ness was still on the way.

“Bh, 4ust as I susected. "his guy is here again.”

hen we reached the main gate, there were many adventurers gathered there

already.

nd that guy was at the main gate which all the novice adventurers !et adistance away from.

"hat$s right, it was that demon army boss, 8ullahan.

I was a bit curious when I saw the troubled faces of the adventurers receding

me. 3ut I understood why when I loo!ed at what was behind the 8ullahan.

Unli!e the last time, he brought a whole gang of monsters with it.

It was a grou of !night wearing tattered armor.

"he crac!s in their armors and helmets were semi-visible. If you loo!ed

closely, they robably didn$t have a roer meal for *uite a while. 9ou might

even catch a glimse of their rotten body which would leave sychological

trauma.

ith 4ust a glance, it was clear the armored !nights were undead.

fter it saw >egumin and me, it roared.

“hy didn$t you come to the castle, you are inhuman;2”

I wal!ed in front of >egumin to rotect her and as!ed the 8ullahan.

“ell+ 9ou as!ed why we didn$t go to the castle, but why must we go0 nd

what do you mean by :inhuman$0 e had stoed casting e5losion magic,



so why are you mad0”

"he 8ullahan was furious when he heard me and was on the verge of

throwing the thing in its left hand onto the ground+ 3ut it remembered that

was its head and moved it to its abdomen'

“”Stoed casting e5losion0 9ou say it stoed0 Sto lying to me2 "hat

crimson magic clan girl with a screw loose had never stoed coming2”

“#uh0”

fter hearing him, I loo!ed at >egumin besides me.

>egumin averted her eyes immediately.

“+ 9ou did go right. I told you not to, but you still went all this while.”

“#urts hurts hurts, it$s ainful alright2 6o, listen to me Kazuma2 I was

satisfied with casting e5losion on an emty lain not so long ago+ 3ut

after I !new the charm of attac!ing a castle with magic, my body changed

and I could only accet big and hard things+2”

“8on$t fidget around and say those !inds of things2 nd you couldn$t move

after casting your sell2 "hat means you have an accomlice2 ho in theworld+”

I inched >egumin chee!s and said, and it was *ua$s turn to avert her gaze

this time.

+

“It$s you rightG2”

“ahahah;2 3ecause because, that 8ullahan caused me to be unable to wor!normally, I want to vent my frustration2 I was lectured by the store owner

every day because of him2”

9ou were lectured because you didn$t ta!e your wor! seriously.

s I grabbed the collar of *ua who attemted to escae, the 8ullahan



continued'

“I am not so furious because of the e5losion magic2 8on$t you all have the

will to save your comrade0 I might be this way now, but before I was

e5ecuted because of un4ust reasons and morhed into a monster, I was a

honourable !night. In my eyes, that crusader who was cursed while

rotecting her comanions was the classic model of a !night, but you

abandoned her+2”

hen the 8ullahan reached this art.

8ar!ness who arrived in her clan!ing armor late *uietly made her way to my

side.

"he 8ullahan loc!ed eyes with 8ar!ness who was blushing because of the

comliments.

“+ #e, hello+”

8ar!ness loo!ed a bit guilty, timidly lifting a hand to the 8ullahan in

greeting+

“++ hat, what is u with thisG-0”

Seeing her action, the 8ullahan yelled in surrise.

Its e5ression was bloc!ed by its helmet, but he robably had a :"0$ face.

“hy0 It had been a wee! since 8ar!ness was cursed but she is still alive,

that shoc!ed it right0 "hat 8ullahan definitely thought we would head to the

castle to brea! the curse and was waiting for us in vain huh0 It didn$t even

!now I bro!e the curse in no time after it left right0 1u he he2 "his is too

funny2 SuerC funny2”

*ua ointed her finger at the 8ullahan and laughed nonsto.

"he 8ullahan$s e5ression still can$t be seen, but from the way its shoulder

was trembling, it was definitely very furious.



3ut since *ua bro!e the curse and we !new it was definitely a tra, we had

no reason to visit the dangerous castle.

“+ #ey, you there. If I get serious, I could !ill all the adventurers in town

and massacre the townsfol!. 8on$t thin! I will !ee letting you off2 I am of

the undead and will never !now fatigue. 9ou bunch of roo!ies won$t be able

to hurt me2”

*ua$s taunt ushed the 8ullahan$s atience to its limit and it had a

dangerous air about it.

3ut before the 8ullahan could do anything else, *ua e5tended her right

hand and shout'

“I am the one who has no reason to let you off2 I won$t let you escae this

time. "o act so flashy for a mere undead, how arrogant2 8isaear, :"urn

Undead$2”

bright white light illuminated from *ua$s outstretched hand.

7ven though it saw *ua casting a sell, the 8ullahan wasn$t scared and

didn$t lan to dodge.

s e5ected of a boss of the demon army, seemed li!e he was really

confident.

"he gentle light which came out of *ua closed in on the 8ullahan+2

“9ou thin! the boss of the demon !ing army wouldn$t be reared to fight

riests0 "oo bad. Including me, all the undead !nights in this band had

received the rotection of the demon !ing. e have very high resistance

against holy sell ahhhhhhhh;2”

fter getting blasted by the magic, the arts that was hit emitted blac!

smo!e.

"he 8ullahan that was so confident was smo!ing all over. #e was sha!ing all

over and couldn$t even stand roerly, but he still ut on a strong facade.



*ua shouted when she saw this'

“6ah, nah, Kazuma2 "his is strange, it$s not wor!ing on him2”

6o, it loo!ed lenty useful to me, he was screaming :ahh;: so loudly+

"he 8ullahan too! unsteady stes and said'

“#mm, hmmhmm+ ait for me to finish. I am 3eldia, one of the boss of

the demon !ing army, 8ullahan 3eldia2 ith this armor that was enchanted

by the demon !ing and my own owers, :"urn Undead$ from a normal riest

won$t wor! on me2+ It shouldn$t wor! at all+

s it so!e, the 8ullahan shifted the head in its hand so it was slanting to one

side.It was robably trying to tilt its head.

“+ 6ever mind. 3ecause our diviner was raging on about a strong light

descending near this town, so I came here to investigate+ In the beginning, I

thought it was too much of a hassle and considered destroying the entire

town+”

3eldia who was starting to get as unreasonable as DoNa held its head with itsleft hand and lifted his emty right hand u here.

%"&' the bully from 8oraemonQ.)

“#mm, you are not worthy enough for me to do it ersonally+ Do, my

brothers2 &et them !now what hell taste li!e2”

“h2 "hat guy was definitely scared because *ua$s sell was une5ectedly

effective2 #e is lanning to use his minions to attac! us while he escaes byhimself to somewhere safe2”

“"hat that that$s not it2 "his was my lan from the very beginning2 "he boss

of the demon !ing army are not wea!lings who escae on their own2 9ou

wouldn$t fight the boss at the very start, of course you would need to defeat

the underlings first, that$s the tradition since ancient time+”



“Sacred turn undead;2”

“9aaahhhh;2”

3eldia only so!e halfway when it screamed due to *ua$s sell.

white magic circle aeared at 3eldia$s feet and a light that led straightinto the s!y was there.

3eldia$s armor was fuming blac! smog, and it rolled on the ground as if it

was attemting to ut out the fire on it.

*ua said in a anic'

“hat, what should we do Kazuma2 "his is strange2 >y sell is not effective

on it2”

&oo!ing at the way it was screaming its head off, I thought it was retty

effective.

6o, :"urn Undead$ should be able to destroy the undead in one shot.

3ut+

“8amn, damn you+2 &et someone who is tal!ing finish2 7nough2 #ey, my

brethren+2”

7ven though smog was coming from all over its body, 3eldia stood u slowly

and lift its right hand+

“ll the eole in this town+ Kill them all2”

#e cut his right hand down as the cue2

Part 2

Undead !nights.

monster one tier higher than zombies.

lthough their armor were tattered, but with their defensive gear, it was a

threat to novice adventurers.



“ahhh;2 1riests2 Det the riests here;2”

“Someone go to 7ris church for holy water, get all that you can;2”

s the adventurers shouted tensely, the undead !night invaded the town.

"he adventurers tried to intercet them.

3ut as if to moc! their effort, 3eldia laughed loudly+2

“#mm hahaha, come, let me hear your screams+ of+ desair+0”

+ s it was laughing,

“ah, wahhh;2 hy 4ust me0 I, I am a goddess2 goddess so I always do

good deeds2”

“hh2 #ow, how scheming2 I am the one who always does good deeds, why

are all the undead !nights running over to *ua+2”

*ua said something ungoddess-li!e, while 8ar!ness said something that

was hard to comment on with an envious face.

or some reason, the undead !nights didn$t lay their hands on the townsfol!

and were chasing after *ua enthusiastically.

“9ou, what are you all doing2 8on$t 4ust chase that riest, cover this town

with the blood the residents and adventurers+2”

3eldia shouted in anic when it saw the situation.

I wondered if these mindless low tier undead were see!ing salvation, and

gathered at the side of the *ua goddess because of their instincts.

lthough I didn$t !now why the undead were chasing after *ua, but this is agreat chance2

“#ey >egumin, could you cast an e5losion sell on that bunch of undead

!nights0”

“7h2 "his is inside the town and they are too disersed, I might miss some of



them+2”

t this moment,

“ahhh, Kazuma-san;2 Kazuma-san;2”

*ua brought a large crowd of undead !nights with her and came in mydirection.

#ey+2

“9ou fool2 #ey, don$t come this way2 &ure them somewhere else and I will

treat you to dinner tonight2”

“I will ay for dinner, 4ust hel me get rid of these undead2 "hey are weird2 I

couldn$t urify them with :"urn Undead$2”

8amn it, is this the rotection of the demon !ing 3eldia mentioned+2

6o, wait, wait a minute+0

“>egumin, wait outside the town and standby your sell;2”

“#uh0 Dot+ Dot it2”

fter shouting to >egumin, I brought *ua who rushed to me and chargedout of town.

I intentionally ass by the adventurers that were battling the undead !nights,

getting as many undead !nights to follow *ua as ossible+

fter that+2

“Kazuma-san2 #ow does it loo! behind me2 I thin! we got all the undead

!night in town to follow us;2”I turned bac! and the undead !night chasing *ua had turned into a large

crowd.

*ua and I left the town and the undead !nights followed. t this moment,

“>egumin, do it now;2”



Under my command, >egumin too! off her eye atch, raised her staff and

her eyes were shining.

“hat a wonderful situation2 I am grateful, than! you Kazuma2+ I am

>egumin2 "he elite wizard of the /rimson >agic clan, user of e5losion

magic2 8emon !ing boss 3eldia2 atch my ower closely2 :75losion$;2”

>egumin cast the e5losion sell she was great in and ignited it in the center

of the undead army2





Part 3

"he e5losion sell created a crater right before the main gate, blowing all

the undead !nights away.

s everyone was in silence because of the ower of the sell.

“#mm hmm hmm+ 7veryone is lost for words after witnessing the ower of

my e5losion+ u ahh+ including narrating this seech, all this+ feels so

good+”

>egumin could be heard saying roudly.

“+ ant me to iggy bac! you0”

“h, than! you. nd I couldn$t move because I was too leased with the

sell, could you hel me ut my eye atch bac!0”

short distance away from me.

>egumin who e5hausted her mana was lying face down there.

I lifted >egumin u, ut on her eye atch and carried her on my bac!.

“>y mouth+ is full of sand+”*ua who was closest to the undead !night sat the sand out of her mouth as

she wal!ed towards me.

It seemed that the e5losion sell made her tri and fall.

"he dust from the e5losion had not yet settled when all the adventurers in

town cheered.

“oahhh2 "hat$s awesome, girl with a screw loose2”

“"he /rimson magic girl with a screw loose too! all of them out2”

“So aside from your weird name and loose screw, you are great when it is

time to erform, I am imressed2”

>egumin wriggled on my bac! when she heard the cheers coming from



town.

“Sorry, I want to cast an e5losion on those eole, lease bring me over

there.”

“9ou have used all your mana. 9ou did great today, be confident and have agood rest+ "han! you for your hard wor!.”

#earing me say that, >egumin hugged on to me with her heart at ease.

nd of course, I felt something soft on my bac!+

Something+ soft+0

+ She was ressing her chest onto my bac!, but I didn$t feel sensation li!e

that+

+ ell, it$s e5ected of a loli.

“/rimson magic clans have high intelligence.”

>egumin suddenly said.

“+ ant me to guess what Kazuma is thin!ing about0”

“+ I am thin!ing that >egumin$s breasts are bigger than they loo!s.”It was obvious I didn$t mean it, which caused >egumin to attemt to strangle

me.

t the town entrance, 3eldia stared at us.

>ore accurately, it was staring at >egumin who was on my bac!.

inally, 3eldia$s shoulders started to tremble.

as it angry that all it$s undead minions were wied out0

+ 6o.

“u hahaha2 Interesting2 "hat$s interesting2 "o thin! my minions would be

wied out in a novice town li!e this2 lright, I will !ee my romise2”



+ #ey, hold u.

#ey, wait2

“I will ta!e care of you all ersonally2”

3eldia who was standing at the town entrance lifted its great sword andcharged at us2

Part 4

&ong before 3eldia reached us.

&ots of armed adventurers surrounded 3eldia at a distance in order to rotect

us, and aroached him slowly.

hen 3eldia saw this situation, it held its head in one hand and a sword in

the other, and shrugged haily+

“+ Bh;0 "he target I rioritized should be those two over there+ 3ut+

#mm, if you all could defeat me through a stro!e of luc!, you would get a

hefty sum of bounty+ come, novice adventurers dreaming of getting rich

instantly. ll of you come at me at together2”

hen they heard it tal!ing about getting rich instantly, the adventurers who

were closing in started discussing among themselves.

nd then a man who loo!ed li!e a warrior+

“#ey, no matter how strong it is, it doesn$t have eyes on its bac!2 Surround it

and attac!2”

n adventurer on the flan! of 3eldia shouted.

#e had raised an obvious death flag.

“#ey, the oonent is a boss of the demon !ing army, how could such a

simle tactic ta!e him down2”

I warned the male warrior who said the scrit of victim.



nd to suort them, I drew my sword+

+ 6o, thin! about it carefully. 7ven if a suer low level li!e me slash at him,

the results would be clear.

>ore imortantly, I had to bring >egumin on my bac! to a safe lace++ 3ring her to a safe lace and then what0

>egumin was out of mana.

*ua$s sell couldn$t deal a fatal blow.

+ #ow about telling everyone to run away0

s I was thin!ing about these, the male warrior who had 3eldia surrounded

reared to attac!+2

“?ust buy more time2 fter hearing the emergency broadcast, the ace of this

town will definitely rush over2 If that guy is here, the boss of the demon !ing

army would be done for2 #ey brothers, let$s go together2 im for its blind

sot2 ll at the same time2”

acing the man who shouted this as he attac!ed, 3eldia tossed his head high

into the air with one hand.

+"he ace of this town0

I don$t !now who he was referring to, but was there such a famed and

caable adventurer in town0

s I was thin!ing about those, 3eldia$s head was high in the s!y and loo!ed

downwards. I felt a chill when I saw this scene.

6ot 4ust me, the adventurers around me realized it too.

“Sto2 8on$t go+”

I shouted, attemting to restrain the adventurers whose name I don$t even

!now+



3ut 3eldia seemed to have eyes on its bac!, dodging the attac!s of all the

adventurers.

“#uh0”

"hat was the sound the adventurers slashing at him uttered.I wasn$t sure which adventurer it was.

3eldia dodged all the attac! easily, it gried its great sword in both hands+

In a blin! of an eye, 3eldia slashed at all the adventurers who attac!ed it.

"he eole who were alive moments ago were now dead.

Such illogical things made me realized the realities of this world.

It was the sound of the men falling limly onto the ground.

3eldia listened to these sound with satisfaction and raised a hand into the air.

#is head landed safely into his alm.

3eldia didn$t thin! much about this series of actions and said leisurely'

“ho$s ne5t0”

ll the adventurers on scene were intimidated by these words.

Bne girl said in a high itch'

“"rash, trash li!e you+2 "rash li!e you will be done in with 4ust a slash from

>itsurugi2”

+ #uh0

>y mind !et wor!ing."he >itsurugi she mentioned was the one whose sword was ta!en by me and

sold+

“"hat$s right, 4ust hold on a bit longer2 hen that magic sword guy comes,

he could definitely ta!e on the boss of the demon !ing army+”



“9ou are 3eldia right0 &et me tell you, there is a owerful and high level guy

in this town2”

+ Shit, oh shit.

I loo!ed at *ua with a ale face, but *ua was already gone from that sot.Bther than >itsurugi, *ua was the only one with the ability to be an ace.

She didn$t even loo!ed at the 3eldia, running to the side of the !illed

adventurers, doing something as she stayed close to their corse.

>aybe it was her obligation as a goddess to send the dead on their way.

fter seeing the adventurers in solid armor dying in one blow, nobody

wanted to stand before 3eldia and oose him+“+ Bh0 So you are my ne5t oonent0”

3eldia held its head with its left hand and a sword in its right.

It loo!ed at 8ar!ness who was standing before it, rotecting >egumin and

me. It thought it was interesting and moved the head in its hand closer to

8ar!ness.

8ar!ness too! a stance holding a sword with both hands, shielding the two ofus behind her. She doesn$t loo!ed li!e a ervert anymore, but a deendable

crusader.

fter witnessing *ua and >egumin$s strength, 3eldia robably thought

8ar!ness was owerful in her own way too.

3eldia maintained its osture against 8ar!ness, !eeing on guard without

moving.8ar!ness$s tough and white armor glittered under the sun in contrast to

3eldia$s blac! armor.

"he adventurers who attac!ed 3eldia were all wearing armor too.

3ut this boss of the demon !ing army still slaughtered them desite their



armor.

8ar!ness was always boasting confidently that she was harder than anyone. I

don$t !now if she could withstand 3eldia$s attac!s.

s I was wondering if I should sto dar!ness, she robably noticed my worryand announced confidently'

“8on$t worry Kazuma. In terms of toughness in ta!ing hits, I won$t lose to

anyone. nd I can use my s!ills on my weaon and armor too. 3eldia$s

sword might be owerful, but you do really thin! it could cut through steel

armor li!e aer0 rom how the adventurers were !illed, 3eldia robably

ossess owerful attac! s!ills. I want to find out how my defence does

against it2”

8ar!ness was aggressive today.

3ut even if you defended successfully, your attac! still won$t hit right0

“8on$t do it. 3eldia not only hits hard, it is great at dodging too right0 ll the

adventurers attac!ing at the same time couldn$t hit him, there$s no way you

could with how clumsy you are.”

7ven after hearing what I said, 8ar!ness remained in lace to oose 3eldia.

“+ s a crusader+ s someone with the 4ob of a guardian, there is

something that I will not bac! off from. &et me rotect you two.”

lthough I don$t !now why, but 8ar!ness seemed to have a reason why she

doesn$t want to retreat.

I was seechless for a moment. 8ar!ness maintained her ostures and

charged at 3eldia2

“Bh2 9ou are ta!ing the initiative2 s a 8ullahan, going head to head with a

crusader is unavoidable. lright, come at me2”

3eldia reared to face the attac!.



Seeing 8ar!ness holding her sword with both hands, 3eldia didn$t want to

bloc! it and lowered its stance, rearing to dodge.

ith 3eldia in front of her, 8ar!ness used all her might and swung her

sword+2

+ nd because she mis4udged the distance, the attac! landed a few

centimeters before 3eldia$s feet.

“+ #uh0”

3eldia lamented li!e a deflated balloon.

It stared at 8ar!ness blan!ly, and all the other adventurers followed suit.

+ 7nough. "o miss an oonent that wasn$t even moving, howembarrassing2

nd this is my comanion2

I heard that a novice swinging a sword rec!lessly could cut their own feet.

3ut no matter what, this is too+

8ar!ness seemed to thin! missing her attac! was normal and too! a ste

forward and used a horizontal cut.

She was robably embarrassed to have missed that badly after utting on

such a cool front, so her face was a bit red.

Seemed li!e this attac! would definitely be on target, but 3eldia lowered its

stance and dodged nimbly.

“Seemed li!e I e5ected too much. 7nough+ ell then+”

3eldia seemed to thin! its oonent was too boring and raised its sword and

casually slashed diagonally down at 8ar!ness.

“lright, ne5t+ is++ #uh0”

3eldia had the confident to !ill with one stri!e.



3ut its sword only left a large scratch on the surface of dar!ness$ armor,

ma!ing a screeching sound.

8ar!ness ulled away from 3eldia temorary.

“hhh2 I 4ust got my armor from the sho2”8ar!ness loo!ed at the scratch on her armor sadly and glared at 3eldia.

lthough her foe left a dee scratch on 8ar!ness$ armor, her body wasn$t

hurt.

hich means+

“9ou, what is with you+0 hy aren$t you hurt after being hit by me+0 Is

that an armor made by a famous artisan0 6o+ It$s not ossible even withthat+ "hat arch riest and that arch wizard that loves e5losions too, who

the hell are you eole+”

Using the chance when 3eldia was mumbling about something, I 4oined the

other adventurers.

fter entrusting >egumin to another adventurer, I said'

“8ar!ness2 9ou can withstand that guy$s attac!2 &eave the attac! to me, Iwill suort you2”

#earing what I said, 8ar!ness focused her eyes on 3eldia and nodded.

“I leave it to you2 3ut lease create a chance for me to hit him once,

alright02”

I answered “Dot it2” loudly in rely, and shouted to the other adventurers'

“izards;2”

fter hearing my yell, the wizards remembered their 4obs and started

chanting sells. "he other adventurers also too! action, loo!ing for things

they could do.

"his is our fight against the demon !ing boss.



"he enemy dared wal!ed into our town so oenly, we had no reason to let it

return safely.

3eldia stuc! its sword into the ground to free u its right hand, ointing at the

wizards who were chanting.

“ll of you will in one wee!s time;2 ill die in the streets;2”

3eldia cursed all the wizards chanting sells with remonition of death.

"he wizards who were cursed lost their nerves and stoed chanting.

"he other wizards who were lanning to 4oin in stiffened their faces after

seeing their comatriots get hit with a remonition of death, not daring to cast

their sells.8amn 8ullahan, using such detestable methods2

“lright, I will attac! seriously this time2”

s it shouted, 3eldia threw its head high u into the s!y.

+ /an we get an archer to shoot that head down0

s I was thin!ing about that, 3eldia held its great sword in both hands and

attac!ed 8ar!ness2

"he head in the s!y was facing the ground li!e before.

#e was robably overloo!ing the entire battlefield with that head in the air.

If beldia used this, it would have no blind sot, and could easily see where its

oonent wanted to dodge.

“Ka, Kazuma2 8ar!ness she is+2”I heard >egumin screaming behind me.

lmost all the adventurers in town were gathered here.

"he eole I saw a few times, that guy who told me the wea! oint of a

monster.



"he girl who ulled her bow fully but was afraid of hitting 8ar!ness who was

facing 3eldia, told me about the beverage called 6eroid.

"he old man holding a long sear who was attemting to flan! behind 3eldia

once chastised me for not drin!ing beer.

If 8ar!ness fell and 3eldia wills it, everyone resent would be !illed.

8ar!ness robably understood this, and switched the hold on her sword with

the broad side facing forward, using it as a shield without ta!ing a single ste

bac!.

She seemed to be saying :e5cet for the head without the helmet, you are free

to attac! anyway you li!e$.

“Bh, how straightforward2 B!ay, how about this0”

3eldia raised its great sword steadily with both hands. "he demon !ing army

boss then went beyond the human limits and slashed multile times at

8ar!ness.

Bne, two, three, four hits+2

"he slashes hitting 8ar!ness e5ceed double digits in no time, every blowma!ing the armor screeched and scarring the armor.

In the face of such attac!s, it won$t be a surrise for normal adventurers to be

cut into ieces. 3ut 8ar!ness remained unmoved, bloc!ing every blow.

few strands of 8ar!ness$ long blond hair were cut after coming into contact

with the blade and flew in the air.

3eldia stoed its fierce consecutive attac! for a moment and caught itsfalling head with one hand. It switched bac! to holding the sword with one

hand and was imressed with 8ar!ness$ tenacity.

Seeing how 8ar!ness endured all these hits, those wizards+

"he eole whose face turned ale and couldn$t move+



Steeled their resolved and started chanting.

+ t this moment, something warm srayed onto my face.

I wied with the bac! of my hand and found out it was+

“#ey, 8ar!ness you are hurt2 7nough, come bac!2 ll the adventurers willscatter and come u with a new lan2”

&oo!ing closely, 8ar!ness$ was bleeding from her face and the crac!s in her

armor.

I shouted at the in4ured 8ar!ness, but she refused to bac! down.

“/rusaders will never retreat when rotecting someone behind them2 I won$t

ever comromise on that2 lso2”

Sea!ing such cool lines, 8ar!ness$ face blushed as she defended with all her

might+2

“lso2 "his 8ullahan is very s!illed2 It had been chiing my armor off

slowly bit by bit+2 It didn$t stried me na!ed directly, but left ieces of

armor behind, ma!ing it more se5ual than being na!ed. It wants to humiliate

me in ublic+2”“#uh0”

3eldia stoed momentarily when it heard what 8ar!ness said and bac!ed

off a little' I concentrated the mana in my hand as I scolded the true ervert

who was showing her true nature at such a critical 4uncture.

“&oo! at the time and lace you unreentant ervert2”

8ar!ness trembled for a moment when she heard me lecturing her'

“Ugh+2 Ka, Kazuma you should be the one watching the time and lace2 I

am my limits as I am being ravaged by the 8ullahan in ublic, and Kazuma is

humiliating me too+2 hat are you trying to do to me, ganging u on me

with the 8ullahan2”



“#uh huh0”

“6o want wants to do anything to you ervert2 :/reate ater$2”

I cast water magic that had the effect of being a retort at 8ar!ness.

s I shouted, water aeared on to of 8ar!ness and 3eldia.

large amount of water oured down on them li!e an overturned buc!et.

8ar!ness was soa!ed entirely while 3eldia leaed bac!wards in a anic,

avoiding the downour of water.

+0

hy was 3eldia so anic!y+0

+ "he soa!ed 8ar!ness$ face turned red and so!e softly'

“+ "o use this s!ill so suddenly+ 9ou, you are good, Kazuma. I don$t really

disli!e this. lthough I$m fine with it, you should watch the time and

lace+”

“rong, this is not some weird se5ual lay2 "his is what I wanted to do2

:reeze$2”

I followed u by chanting basic magic that freezes water.

"his was a sell that didn$t have any effect if used alone, but+

“20 Bh, freezing the ground around my feet to sto me from moving+2 I see,

you thought my strength lies in dodging0 3ut+2”

3eldia seemed to have something to say as it loo!ed at the frozen ground, but

I used the s!ill I really wanted to use before he finished.+ "hat$s right, it was the s!ill used against >itsurugi, my strongest weaon

right now2

“Stoing you from dodging would be enough2 I will ta!e the weaon from

you,ta!e this, :Steal$;2”



"he s!ill that gave you a chance to ta!e an item from your oonent, :Steal$

was activated.

S!ills and magic e5isted in this world.

Using them won$t use your stamina, but a ower everyone ossess !nown asmana.

"hat$s what *ua said.

In the ast, many eole could use magic, they had 4ust forgotten how to use

it.

"he more mana you concentrate, the stronger the ower of the s!ill or magic

would be, and it would increase the chance of success./reating 3eldia$s wea! oint and reventing him from evading, I used this at

the best ossible moment, my ultimate s!ill :steal$+2

“+ "his s!ill is a good idea. 9ou might be confident, but I am a boss of the

demon !ing army after all, so this is the difference in levels. If our ower are

a bit closer, it might get dangerous for me.”

+ It was ineffective against a boss of the demon !ing$s army.3eldia reached out its hand and ointed at me.

+ I could only surrender, as e5ected of a high level boss of the demon !ing

army. I couldn$t beat him with :steal$+

+ s 3eldia was about to curse me.

“8on$t harm my comrade2”

8ar!ness who was normally cool and collected dislayed her emotions at this

rare moment. She shouted as she droed the heavy sword that couldn$t hit

the enemy, charging at 3eldia with her shoulder.

3ut even with the ground frozen, 3eldia evaded easily and gried its sword

calmly.



In order to charg at 3eldia, 8ar!ness abandoned her heavy sword.

"hat means she didn$t have anything to defend against 3eldia$s sword.

3efore I realized it, I was shouting at the eole around me.

“"hieves, hear me out;2 "he chances are low, but we will win if we snatch itssword2 7veryone who can use :Steal$ come and hel2”

"here might be someone who had higher level and luc! than me.

Stealthily, the thieves came near with their hide s!ills showed themselves

when they heard my call.

“Steal;2” 5 H

3ut the consecutive use of :Steal$ didn$t have any effect.

3eldia didn$t thought of us as a threat, ointing its sword at the defenseless

8ar!ness+ nd threw its head high into the s!y.

“hhh2”

"he adventurers screamed in terror when they saw this movement.

3ecause 3eldia will use his L-handed sword swing after throwing its head u.“+ Ugh+2”

8ar!ness moaned when she saw this action.

Bh no oh no oh no2

hat should I do0

I don$t have any secial ower or hidden talent.

I have nothing to be roud of, or any s!ills that is useful in this situation.

I only ossess great luc! which I was born with.

Bther than that, I have !nowledge of games accumulated since childhood.

I neglected all other things and immersed myself in games, and now I have to



ay the rice.

/oming to this alternate world haily and dying without accomlishing

anything0

“8ar!ness2 Kazuma, 8ar!ness is in danger2”>egumin shouted in desair.

"hin!2 "he foe is a 8ullahan, what is its wea!ness in role laying games0

If I have a strong oint, that would be finding the attac! style my oonent

desised the most when fighting 1K with other layers in online games.

Bbserve that guy in detail.

hy did it dodge the water I created with such e5aggerated movement0

++

+ lowing water0

7ven the ma4or undead series monster, vamires were afraid of flowing

water.

So, what about that 8ullahan0“I had fun, crusader2 or me who was originally a !night to cross swords

with you, I am grateful to the demon !ing and god of evil2 lright, watch

this+2”

“:/reate water$;2”

“2”

3eldia who was slashing at 8ar!ness+

8idn$t move forward, but stayed where it was.

In the end, it didn$t ress the attac! and caught its head that droed down.

“+ Kazuma, erm+ I am fighting seriously here+”



8ar!ness who was even more soa!ed loo!ed at me with grudging eyes.

6ormally I should aologize, but I didn$t have the time right now.

I shouted loudly.

“It$s water;2”

Part 5

“:/reate ater$2 :/reate ater$2 :/reate ater$2;2”

“#mm2 oah0 "hat was close2”

ith me in the lead, the wizards all over the lace started chanting sells.

acing the water slashing down from the to, 3eldia managed to dodge allof it.

8amn, I !new this might be its wea!ness, but the roblem is the attac!

couldn$t hit2

"he other wizards were getting frustrated.

If this goes on, before we could ta!e revenge on 3eldia, everyone$s mana

would be e5hausted.t this time.

“6ah, why are you guys messing around0 hy are you laying with water

with the demon !ing boss0 I was wor!ing seriously, so how could you start

having fun, Kazuma0 re you an idiot0”

hat is with this girl, I wanted to give her a sla.

s I was chanting water sell with all my might, *ua who went somewhereall this while was wal!ing over slowly while srouting idiotic words.

“It$s water, water2 "his fellow$s wea!ness is water2 nd you are a goddess of

water right2 Br are 4ust a hony goddess0 /an$t you even summon water0”

“208on$t be rude, careful of my divine retribution2 hat is this hony matter,



I am a true goddess2 ater, you want to tal! about water with me0 9our wea!

stream is nothing, I can even summon a flood2 ologize2 or accusing me

of being a hony goddess, aologize2”

s if you could2

rong, if you could then do it now2

“I$m fine with aologizing how much you want, summon it if you can you

useless goddess2”

“ah ahhh;2 9ou dare say I$m a useless goddess2 atch this, I will show

you how great I am if I am serious2”

fter bic!ering for a moment.*ua too! a ste forward because of what I said.

mist emitted from her side+

+ #uh0

“9ou small fries, your water is ineffective against+0”

3eldia caught the sight of *ua and stoed moving.

Should I say as e5ected of a boss of the demon !ing0

*ua$s imminent action made him sense danger.

Br rather, even the eole around who could use magic was loo!ing at *ua

with uneasy eyes.

*ua wasn$t bothered about the situation around her and mumbled'

“>y familiar of this world+”

"he mist around *ua turned into drolets of water, floating around her.

I could feel owerful magic in each drolet.

“"he goddess of water; *ua commands you+”



+ I had a bad feeling about this.

"he air around her trembled.

"his tense feeling was similar to >egumin when she was chanting e5losion

magic."his meant the sell she was about to cast had the same level of danger+2

3eldia who was fighting against us robably felt this intense air too.

It turned its bac! to *ua unhesitantly and reared to run+

+ 3ut 8ar!ness aeared before it2

*ua oened her arms.

“Sacred create water2”

She chanted the magic to create water.

Part 6

I remembered this was how *ua ut it.

She could summon a flood if she wanted to.

“#ey+2 ait+2”

“#ya;2 ater, wa tahhh;2”

Including the target 3eldia, 8ar!ness and the adventurers near 3eldia,

>egumin and me in a distance, even *ua who chanted the sell were hit+

“1u ah+2 ait, I$m cho!ing on water+2”

“>egumin, >egumin;2 #old on tight, don$t get swet away2”

"he sudden flood washes over everyone on scene.

"he water volume was enormous, slashing waves at the main gate of town

and flow into town.

fter the water subsided, the ground was full of e5hausted adventurers and+



“#ey+ #ey+2 hat were you thin!ing+ re you an idiot0 9ou must be a

moron+2”

3eldia who was also e5hausted stood u unsteadily.

I wanted to agree strongly with 3eldia, but now was not the time to say that.6ow, use this great chance+

“8o it now, my stellar erformance had wea!ened that guy, use this chance to

defeat him, Kazuma2 #urry u. #ey, #urry u you2”

"his bitch;2

I made u my mind to steal everything from this girl in ublic until she cried.

fter deciding that, I reached my hand out to 3eldia+2

“I will definitely snatch your weaon this time2 "a!e this;2”

“?ust try it2 7ven wea!ened drastically, it is imossible for a mere novice to

ta!e my weaon2”

3eldia shouted at me as it threw its head high u again and held its sword

with both hands to use its full ower.

s e5ected of a boss of the demon !ing. 7ven severely wea!ened, 4ust

oosing him li!e this made my legs shivered.

nd I head towards the demon !ing boss+2

“Steal;2”

I used :Steal$ that was umed with all my mana2

I felt something hard, cold and heavy in my hand as I used my s!ill."his raised the thought :did it wor!0$, hich might become a flag for failure.

I definitely mustn$t thin! in that way.

“ah+.”

"he adventurers all around made sounds of disaointment.



I loo!ed at 3eldia, it was still holding its sword tightly.

nd his swift attac!s+

8id not came at me, he 4ust stood there in that osition.

+0

6obody !new what haened and it became *uiet. t this moment, I heard a

voice that sounded a bit troubled and anic!ed.

“75, e5cuse me+”

It was 3eldia.

3eldia said in a whimsical voice'

“75, e5cuse me+ /an you+ return my head bac! to me+0”

3eldia$s head said as it lies on my hands.

++

“#ey everyone, let$s lay soccer2 Soccer is;2 game that forbids the use of

hand and using only your feet to control the ball;2”

I !ic!ed 3eldia$s head to the adventurers2

“#uh0 hhhhh;2 ait, hey, don$t do that2”

"he head rolled on the ground after I !ic!ed it over, and became the best toy

for the adventurers who were waiting frantically.

“9ahahaha2 "his game is fun2”

“#ey here2 1ass it to me too;2”

“Sto2 1lease, it hurts, sto2”

3eldia$s head was !ic!ed around, but its body that was holding the sword

was at a loss since it couldn$t see ahead.

“#ey 8ar!ness, want to hit him with your sword0”



I ic!ed u the sword on the ground and handed it to the soa!ed 8ar!ness

who was wal!ing towards me. 8ar!ness who was breathing heavily and

driing blood and water everywhere lifted her sword, heading unsteadily

towards 3eldia and stoed in front of it.

I used this chance to wave at *ua.

*ua who was s*ueezing her #agoromo dry noticed my gesture and 4ogged

to us.

8ar!ness raised her sword u high+2

“"his blow2 Is for the eole who too! care of me but were !illed by you2 I

don$t want to hit too many times, so ta!e all of their share with this one hit2”

nd she swung down mightily.

“ahhh2”

"he muffled scream of 3eldia came from the head that was !ic!ed around in

the distance.

8ar!ness might be clumsy, but she was very strong, shattering 3eldia$s dar!

armor in one blow, oening an obvious ga on the chest area.I remembered this was what 3eldia said.

"his was an armor enchanted by the demon !ing.

“Dreat. *ua, the rest is in your hands.”

“&eave it to me2”

*ua lifted one hand, aiming at the crac! in the armor of 3eldia who had

been wea!ened by water.

“Sacred turn undead;2”





“ait, hold on+2 #yaaaa;2”

fter getting hit by *ua$s sell, 3eldia$s scream could be heard near the

legs of the adventurers.

Seemed li!e the :"urn Undead$ this time was effective.3eldia$s body was covered in a white light, turned translucent and gradually

disaeared.

"he adventurers who were laying soccer were in an uroar, 3eldia$s head

robably disaeared.

+ nd so, without even !nowing what it was doing in this lace, the demon

!ing$s boss was urified here.

Part 7

hen she heard the cheers of victory from the adventurers, 8ar!ness who

was wounded all over !nelt on one !nee, raying with her eyes closed at the

sot the 8ullahan disaeared.

Seeing 8ar!ness act this way, >egumin as!ed her hesitantly'

“+ 8ar!ness, what are you doing0”

8ar!ness closed her eyes, relying as if she was reciting a monologue in her

heart'

“+ I am raying. "he 8ullahan was a !night who was e5ecuted un4ustly, and

turned into a monster because of its grudge. It might be weird to say this after

smashing it with my sword, but no harm raying for it+”

“I see+”

>egumin said softly and 8ar!ness continued'

“+ /edre$s arm strength was wea!er than me, so he sread an idiotic rumour

that my body was full of muscles+ #einz said this to me that time :#ey, it$s

hot today, fan me with that large sword of yours alright0 It$s fine if you hit



me, that is if you can2$ as he laugh li!e a moron while teasing me+ nd

Darilhe, I 4oined his arty once, and made him yell, as!ing why I !et

charging into the middle of the monster ile+ "hey were all !illed by that

8ullahan. "hin!ing bac!, they might not be great guys, but I don$t really

disli!e them+”

fter 8ar!ness said that+

“7rm+ I see. I will listen to the rest later, let$s go bac! to the guild for now.”

>egumin said in an attemt to end the toic.

I don$t !now if she heard what >egumin said, but 8ar!ness closed her eyes

and said gently'

“+ If I could meet them again+ ?ust once is enough, I would want to have a

drin! with them+”

“B+ B!ay+” 5H

3ehind 8ar!ness who had her eyes shut, some troubled voice sounded out.

8ar!ness shivered for a moment. 3ehind her were H men who loo!ed

embarrassed.I remembered they were murdered by 3eldia 4ust now.

inally, one of them so!e aologetically+

“#ow should I ut this+ it$s my bad. I didn$t !now you thought of us that

way+”

“"hat$s+ that$s right, I am sorry for sreading that weird rumour because I

lost to you in arm wrestling+ I, I will treat you to a meal ne5t time+”

“ctually, you were really conscious about not being able to hit your enemy0

I, I$m sorry about that+”

s 8ar!ness listened to the H of them tal!, 8ar!ness who remained in her

raying osture with her eyes closed started to blush.



nd *ua who can$t read the mood said e5citedly'

“8ar!ness, 4ust leave such things to me2 t my level, the fresh corse that

hasn$t assed on too long, I can resurrect them easily2 "his is wonderful, now

you all can drin! together again2”

*ua didn$t mean any harm.

3ut when 8ar!ness heard what *ua said, she remembered her monologue

with the sub4ect in *uestion standing behind her. She covered her red face

that was on the verge of tears and sat on the ground in a hea.

“Isn$t this great, meeting everyone once again. &et$s go and drin! with

everyone.”

I said to 8ar!ness heartily, but she continued to cover her face and said

softly'

“+ I want to die+”

I said to 8ar!ness who was li!e this'

“8on$t you refer others to humiliate you with words0 8on$t hold bac!, I

will !ee bringing this u for the ne5t H days.”“"his, this humiliation is different from the one I want+2”

8ar!ness said with her shoulders trembling.



,pilogue

"he day after 3eldia was defeated.

I was thin!ing about what to do in the future as I wal!ed to the guild alone.

It was my obligation to ta!e down the demon !ing.

3ut that meant I had to ta!e on strong enemies li!e 3eldia when the time

comes.

Should I finish the *uest of defeating the demon !ing so the heavens will

grant me one wish0

Br to give u the challenge and find a lace to live eacefully in this world.

+ Bf course, I had decided on the answer.

I had the wea!est 4ob class, so I won$t be so luc!y and win all my battles in

the future.

I lanned to live my life leisurely and avoid dangerous matters.

I would use my !nowledge of ?aan to start a business.

hen I had time to sare while having a safe career and felt li!e see!ingthrills, I could ta!e on simle *uests. I oened the adventurers guild doors as

I was lanning out my life.

strong stench welcomed me when I oened the doors.

"he assion of the crowd and the strong scent of alcohol flowed out from the

oened doors.

"he adventurers held a arty in broad daylight to commemorate us defeatingthe demon !ing boss.

“h2 9ou are too slow Kazuma2 7veryone is starting to get smashed2”

*ua who was in a great mood told me as I entered the guild'

“6ah, hurry and collect the bounty Kazuma2 lmost all the adventurers had





secial reward for Kazuma$s arty.”

+0

“#uh, why 4ust us0”

hen I as!ed, someone answered me.

“hey, >R12 If not for you guys, there$s no way we could had beaten that

8ullahan2”

In resonse to that, the drun!ards agreed rowdily.

7veryone+

I had been e5eriencing hardshi since coming to this world, so I was a bit

touched by everyone$s !indness.

So I reresented all M eole on my team to receive the secial reward.

"he counter lady cleared her throat and+

“hem; "o honor Satou Kazuma and his arty$s victory over the demon

!ing$s army boss 3eldia+ "he guild awards them HJJ million 7ris.”

“"hree+” 5Me were seechless.

"he adventurers turned silent when they heard the amount.

fter that+

“#ey, HJJ million, it$s your treat Kazuma;2”

“oah;2 Kazuma-sama, treat us treat us;2”

dventurers started as!ing me to buy the bill.

h right2

“#ey 8ar!ness, >egumin2 I have something to tell both of you2 I lan to cut

down on adventuring in the future2 ith such a large amount of money, we



could live a eaceful life of lu5ury2”

“#ey, wait a minute2 It$s troubling if I can$t fight strong enemies2 nd what

about defeating the demon !ing0”

“"his is troubling to me too, I want to defeat the demon !ing with Kazumaand gain the title of the strongest wizard2”

"heir rotests were drowned out by the noise that was getting rowdier.

Under these circumstances, the counter lady showed an aologetic face and

handed me a aer.

It was full of zeros.

Is this the che*ue of this world0

*ua who was drun! came over to me and ee!ed at the aer in my hand.

“7h, things are li!e this. 3ecause of Kazuma$s arty+ which is *ua-san$s

flood, the buildings around the town were washed away and damaged li!e a

catastrohic disaster+ 3ut ta!ing into consideration the merit of defeating a

boss of the demon !ing, the town won$t as! for full comensation, 4ust a art

of it+ "hat$s how it is+”fter ma!ing this announcement, the counter lady slowly averted her gaze

and left the counter in a hurry.

fter seeing the aer in my hand, >egumin fled.

I immediately grabbed the collar of *ua who was about to follow.

fter seeing our reaction, the adventurers realized the bill wasn$t a small

amount and loo!ed the other way.

8ar!ness loo!ed at the comensation bill and ut her hand on my shoulder+

“eward is HJJ million+ the comensation is HMJ million+ Kazuma, let$s

ta!e on *uests with strong enemies to earn lots of money starting from

tomorrow.”



8ar!ness said that with a bright smile that stemmed from the bottom of her

heart.

+ I have to send my life with these incometent comrades in this ridiculous

world0

+ I slowly closed my eyes and steeled my resolve to defeat the demon !ing.

In order to escae from this imosturous world2





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