It was part of Kazuma's daily schedule to go to watch Megumin's explosions…. and to carry her back to the mansion in her paralyzed state. Just Megumin and him walking back and forwards very day, ignoring all threats and signs that specifically said not to use explosion magic close to the city. They continued to do it though. During the calm and beautiful sunrise and sunset. During the usually hot afternoons. During the pouring rain and storms. Even during the harshest and the most extreme of conditions, they continued there little 'practice sessions'. Today was certainly no different from any other day. The morning dew glistened in the sun and the grass slowly danced with the breeze.

"Explosions, explosions, la la la!" the duo sang proudly in total sync as they marched through the plains until they came across a nice spot to obliterate. Megumin focused on the area. Then she started her chant.

"Oh, blackness shrouded in light,

Frenzied blaze clad in night,

I am the alias of destruction incarnate,

in accordance with the principles of all creation,

Darkness blacker than pitch,

Grant me power enough to make all return to the dust!

Explosion!"

A massive beam of light came from the sky and when it hit the ground. BANG! The ground was scorched and all life except for the worms was annihilated. The shockwave was strong enough to take down all surrounding trees .The once sturdy, upright trees were brought back to the ground. It was awesome! Definitely the biggest explosion so far! As expected Megumin had collapsed of exhaustion on the ground but look proud and mighty. She would get all the details from Kazuma anyways who was captivated by every moment from the chant to the actually explosion. It never got old. He picked her up and put her petite body on his back. "I told you explosion magic was the greatest!" she boasted, of course Kazuma didn't need any of that talk. It was a surprisingly quiet walk on the road back. After a while of walking (with Megumin remaining on Kazuma's back the entire time), they made it back to the mansion and announced their entry only to see Aqua couch surfing and occasionally groaning. To say she looked bored is a complete understatement.

" Kazuma..." Aqua mumbled, sounding more dead than an actual deceased person. Suddenly Aqua smirked at Kazuma and started laughing out of the blue and gave Kazuma a smug look.

"Yes that's me." Kazuma told her dryly but Aqua still continued to wear her evil grin.

"So I take it that you two had a good time." Aqua said in a suggestively, she even raised her eyebrows!

"Yeah the explosion was amazing." Kazuma obviously knew what she meant by that.

"Don't act like you're all innocent, 'Mister Lolicon'." Then Megumin grimaced and said loud and clear.

"Lo-li... why would he be a lolicon?" she asked with a murderous tone in her voice but Aqua clearly didn't pick up on that feeling and continued to tease her about her underdeveloped body compared to Darkness' and Aqua's bodies. Let's just say, it didn't end well for Aqua. At all. After that whole conflict, the obvious choice now would be a nice hot bath from earlier. I mean, who would want to stay in dirty, sweaty clothes.

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Megumin and Kazuma were together in the bath awkwardly.

"Wait a moment. Why are we bathing together?" Kazuma asked after a sudden realization.

Then Megumin's face went red and sputtered out, "I-I don't know! It was your stupidity in the first place!" Saying all of this while pulling up her towel even further up her chest.

"My stupidity?!" Kazuma looked at her rather offended.

"Yeah! You started it!" She then stood in the water looking directly at him.

"But it was you who started it!" He pointed out his index finger straight at Megumin.

"With all your, 'if you're such a man then get in the water' talk you were giving me, it sounded like you wanted to bathe with me!" Kazuma continued to lash out words.

If Megumin didn't looked red before. You should really see her now. She wasn't the type to get flustered or even embarrassed at all. Except for a handful of times(Steal is such a brilliant spell...). Her face was a tomato and she struggled to say anything at all. "I- I wou- I-". Kazuma then went to closer to her and put a finger on her lips. "Don't worry, I won't do anything perverted."

Then all romantic atmosphere was shattered. Megumin laughed out loud, probably at him. She was acting like if he told the joke of the century. Maybe she had a bit too much of a laugh. By too much of a laugh, I mean. Laughing so hard that... her towel completely slipped into the water, leaving her youthful body completely nude. Kazuma being the perv NEET couldn't resist a peek. He didn't have much of a choice, she was directly in front of him (not to mention being very close). A sudden screech came from Megumin who then quickly turned away from him and caught her towel that barely covered you know what. Her other hand made her way up her chest to attempt to block it out from the pervert in front of her. Before a word could be tossed around the room from either of the two there hearts froze and sank. The door knob could be heard being opened from the outside.

"Megumin?" Aqua stuck her head through the space between the door and the doorway only to observe the resulting scene. They looked at each all showing a variety of emotion that varied from being horrified to embarrassment to complete amazement. How do you explain this?

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"Kazuma-san! Kazuma-san!" Aqua let them change into their clothes. Nobody wants to have a conversation with two naked people, even if they are your friends.

"I'm Kazuma" he said nonchalantly to Aqua who folded her arms.

"What were you doing with Megumin in the bath?" Aqua asked trying to get a clear answer.

"I could imagine what Kazuma would do in the bath with me..." Darkness gushed with a blush planted in her face but for the exact opposite reason any normal person would.

"Hey! Do you really think that about me!?" Kazuma looked at all his companions who just looked at each other and simultaneously agreed.

"Even you Megumin?" Kazuma asked losing hope in his friends.

"You should have seen how you were eyeing me." That comment was like a nail in the heart for Kazuma. He just couldn't respond to that accusation. Luckily before his interrogation could continued a knock was heard on the mansion door. It was Yunyun at the door, and they said luck was a useless skill! "I challenge you to a duel!" she pointed a finger at Megumin who just stared at her unamused. "Okay, I'll show you who is the best Crimson Demon wizard!"

Everyone went outside to see the great duel that was about to unfold before their eyes. Everyone waited excitedly for either of the two to make a move on each other. Yunyun went into a martial art stance that showed great amounts of power and dominance over Megumin who just waved her hands around all over the place. Yunyun went up to her quickly and threw a punch at Megumin who narrowly dodged the attack and was ready to counter attack. Then the unexpected happened. Yunyun started to laugh and laugh all because Megumin was on top of her and was tickling her to death. She was probably even coughing and maybe shedding some tears. An epic fight? No. But An entertaining one? Definitely. Eventually though Yunyun conceded to the 'superior foe'.

Everyone back went inside and took a seat inside the mansion to feast on the roasted boar that Yunyun somehow brought all the way from wherever she came from. "So you came all the way here just to challenge Megumin?" Kazuma asked raising a brow.

"Yeah, she is my rival after all!" Yunyun exclaimed excitedly.

"Self-proclaimed." Megumin responded out of the blue with that incredibly dry remark which probably crushed her 'best friend's' heart a little bit.

"I see..." Kazuma didn't even bother to sound even remotely interested in the banter between everyone, like if the words somehow went through one ear and went through the other. Until a sudden question befell him.

"Who do you find is cuter?" Yunyun blushed throughout the entire sentence, with the other person she is referring to probably being Megumin. This was a fork in the road for him. Would it be the thirteen year old whose breasts are too big for her age or the other thirteen year old whose obsessed with explosion magic?

"I'll have to go with Megumin." He said leaving everyone in the room in total shock and silence.

Did he do something wrong or did everyone get the wrong idea?

Author's Note:

First このすば fanfiction. It's around 1.5 K words.

Wait what's this...

A fanfiction Kaiser Pepe III made that's not gonna be edgy!?

That's a first.