This is a fan-fic between KonoSuba and Many series(Mainly KonoSuba itself, Kara no Kyoukai, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and many other things). Disclaimer : I don't own any. This project is for fun only and if you had complain or suggestion, you can post it on review so that I can use it for reference and learning material. Note : spaming or flaming review will be ignored(regular review is fine though).
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Chapter 1 : 1st Day of My Bizarre Adventure
Under the clear blue sky.
"Hey! Aqua, assist me dammit!"
I desperately yelled while being chased by several giant toad, trying to outrun and picking them off when I have a chance.
"Puhehe! This is so funny! Seeing you being chased around is really hilarious!"
Okay, I will turn this girl into a mincemeat before going back.
As I made up my mind, I continue to dodge and occasionally countered back with my dagger as a giant toad like monster attacked me.
This was the open plain outside of town.
Deciding that we should raise our level to help our quest of defeating Demon King, we took a mission from the guild in the morning of the next day and headed here...
As for the bare minimum weapon needed, I chose a simple but durable dagger.
Aqua was acting dumb, saying a goddess wielding weapons were unglamorous and wasn't equipped with anything. She was watching me fighting the toads leisurely.
Don't look down on them just because they were GIANT toads.
They were bigger than bulls. It was their mating season, so they were accumulating nutrition in order to lay eggs. They roam around the human settlement where food were more plentiful, swallowing goats raised by farmers in a single gulp.
If they could swallow a goat whole, swallowing me and Aqua would be easy too.
In fact, children and farmers often went missing during the mating season of these toads.
Even though their appearance were just that of a giant toad.
But they were still dangerous monsters, stronger than the small monsters near town that were exterminated.
By the way, their meat was a bit tough, but it was pleasant and refreshing, a rather popular ingredient.
Its thick fat was effective against blunt attack.
They hate metals, so you won't be hunted if your equipment were full. It was an easy foe for normal adventurers.
That's why skillful adventurers like to hunt them. But...
"Aqua! Stop laughing and assist me here-!"
"For a start, add a 'sama' when you address me."
"Aqua-sama-!"
Ok, I will cut this girl up good, only leaving her as a blocks of meat above ground. I will let her know the pain of fighting these damn toads.
At this moment, I realized that the toads were jumping in a different direction from me.
Probably for escaping me after seeing that I could kill two of their companion in one strike.
Before one of the toad was...
"Can't be helped-! Alright, I will save you, hikiNEET! But you will need to worship this goddess from tomorrow onwards! You have to join the Aqua sect in town, and pray to me 3 times a day! You can't object if I take any side dishes from you during meals! And also, ugh?"
Aqua who was puffing her chest out and rumbling on about something disappeared.
I turned my head and saw the toad had stopped moving.
Something white were dangling from the corner of the toad's mouth.
That white thing was...
"What the hell! Hey, Aqua! You, how could you get eaten-!"
Aqua who was eaten by the toad had one leg dangling out of its mouth which was spasming.
And so I charged the toad and cut one of its death line, mutilating it into several pieces.
"Sob... Ugh, ugh- Wah...!"
Before me, Aqua was covered in sticky toad fluid hugging her knees while sitting on the ground sobbing.
Besides her was the mutilated corpse of the toad.
"Ugh... Sob... Thank, thank you... Kazuma, thank you...! Wahhhhhhhhh...!"
Aqua had been crying non stop since I dragged her out of the toad's mouth.
Even a goddess couldn't stand the horror of being preyed on.
"Are, are you okay Aqua, be strong... Let's go back for today. The mission we took on was exterminating 5 toads in 3 days, but they are not opponents we could underestimate. Let's try again when we have better equipment. Look, I only have a dagger and no armor, I'm still wearing my gym clothes and my sub abilities still need to be trained. Let's come back when we are dressed more like adventurers. At this rate, we might took longer time to clear this quest, you know?"
To be honest, a novice like me only defeated three toad because they are separated and not ganging up on me, allowing me to pick them off one by one. Unless my physical stat improved, fighting these lot will undoubtedly ended up in my loss even if I can manage to kill some of them...
Seriously, I wonder if my Luck really good or suck real good.
Aqua stood up with the glossy fluid all over her body.
"Ugh... For a goddess like me to be humiliated by a toad, how could we retreat! I am already defiled. If a believer saw how dirty I am, their faith would definitely plummet! If people knew I ran from toads, it would be a disgrace to the name of the beautiful goddess Aqua!"
Seriously, if I were you, I'd be more careful and utilize those great stats better than you do. And what is she trying to do now?
But before I could stopped her, Aqua charged towards another toad in the distance.
"Ah! Hey, hold up, Aqua!"
Aqua ignored my restraint, drawing closer to the toad using her moment to throw a punch at the belly of the toad.
"Feel the wrath of a goddess! You dare to oppose a goddess? Repent in hell! God Blow!"
I remembered the staff in the guild telling me that physical attacks weren't effective against giant toads.
Her fist sunk into the soft abdomen, while the toad seemed unaffected...
Aqua looked at the toad meekly in the eye and said softly:
"... Look, looking closely, toads are actually quite cute right?"
"Moron."
... With that word, I defeated the 4th giant toad that stopped moving as it attempted to swallow its prey. The adventure for today ended with me bringing a wailing goddess covered in slime back to town because she couldn't handle facing the 5th a.k.a the last toad to hunt.
What a 'productive' day I say while 'sealing' my Mystic Eyes and carrying Aqua on my back.
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"I get it. Just us two isn't enough. Let's recruit more members!"
"Wow! What a great idea! As expected from the goddess."
I replied with a sarcastic tone.
After returning to town, the first thing we did was head to the bath house to wash up. We then ate fried toad meat in the Adventurers guild and discuss our plans.
Apart from being a meeting place for adventurers, the adventurers guild also doubled as a bar. It allowed adventurer to sell the monster they hunted as well and cooking tasty monsters was also a selling point.
We sold the meat of the four toad we hunted to the guild, earning some allowance.
The toad was too big for the two of us to carry even if they're just a piece of meat from being cut down by me.
But if you turn in a request to the guild, they will provide delivery service, transporting the monster we defeated.
Selling one toad and deducting the transport fee, we earned 5000 Eris.
But the slightly tough fried toad meat was unexpectedly tasty, which made me surprised.
When I first came to this world, I was a bit hesitant about eating lizard and toads. But when it was prepared and served to me, I found it to be delicious. Though, I hope the toads I ate weren't eating villager before it's served...
Although the goddess before me ate anything without hesitation.
"But still... Even if we want to recruit comrades, do you think anyone would want to team up with novices like us who don't even have proper equipment?"
With a mouthful of toad meat, Aqua waved the fork in her hand.
"Wiff mi hare, yuu juice node..."
"Swallow. Swallow your meal before you speak."
After Aqua swallowed, she said:
"With me here, I just need to holler and people will line up to join us. I am a high cleric after all, the top tier job! I can use all sorts of healing spells, support magic, relieve poison and paralysis status. I can even perform resurrection, definitely a talent any team would want. I might have fallen into the mortal world and my power were far from my peak, but I am still a goddess... Ahem! I am Aqua-sama after all! I just need to put up a notice and a bunch of people begging me to 'bring me along to missions' will show up! If you understand, then give me another piece of fried toad meat!"
After finishing, the self proclaimed goddess grabbed a piece of fried toad meat from my plate as I watched her with worried eyes.
Seriously, what did I do to deserve this?
The next time, at the Adventurers guild.
"... No one is coming..."
Aqua mumbled to herself dejectedly.
Meanwhile, a vein can be seen bulging around my forehead.
After displaying a recruitment notice, we sat at a table inside the Adventurers guild and wait for companions of the hero to show up. It had been half a day.
The other adventurers definitely saw our notice.
Besides us, a number of adventurers were recruiting members. They had conducted interviews, talked with them and went off.
I knew very well why no one was coming.
"... Moron! It's obvious. Your standards in recruiting our party member is too high even though we're just a starting adventurer."
"Ugh... But..."
In this world, the adventurers jobs were divided into tiers, with some being top tier.
Aqua's high cleric was one of the top tier jobs.
It was difficult for normal people to pick this job, she could very well be a hero candidate.
And it was normal for such hero candidates to enjoy a privileged life in other teams...
Aqua probably wanted to recruit powerful companions in order to take down the demon king.
It's not like I don't understand her, but...
"If this goes on, no one would apply! You might have a top tier job, but mine is the weakest. I will lose my place if I am suddenly surrounded by elites even if you bestow me with a basically one hit killing ability. Not to mention the ridiculous requirement by saying 'to defeat Demon King'. How about lowering the entry requirements..."
As I was preparing to stand up,
"I saw the notice to recruit adventurers with top tier, is that you guys?"
Her eyes with red pupils looked sleepy.
Her smooth black hair reached her shoulders.
For us, she was a girl in a classical witch attire, with black cloak, dark boots, pointy hat and a staff.
Her features were delicate like a porcelain doll - it's a loli.
It wasn't surprising for children to work in this world, considering magic exist here...
The small frail girl who looked about 12-13 had an eye patch covering one eye. She flung her cloak hard and said:
"I am Megumin! An arch wizard with the strongest attack spell, explosion...!"
"... Are you here to mock us?"
"I, I'm not!"
I couldn't help retorting the self introduction of this girl, and she denied in a panic.
And what the heck with the name Megumin.
"That red eye... Are you Crimson Demon race?"
The girl nodded in response to Aqua's query and presented her adventurer card to Aqua.
"That's correct! I am an elite mage from the Crimson Demon race, Megumin! My magic is powerful enough to split the mountains...! ... That's how it is, do you need an excellent mage? ... By the way, I have a favor to ask. I haven't ate in 3 days, could you give me something to eat before the interview..."
Megumin looked at us with sorrowful eyes.
The heartbreaking 'Ugu' sound came from Megumin's stomach region.
"... I'm fine with treating you to a meal, but why are you wearing an eye patch? If you are injured, do you need this girl to heal you?"
"Hmmp... this is a tool to restrain my overwhelming power... If you pull it off... A gigantic disaster will befall the world...
"Oh... So it is something like a seal."
I said while inspecting it.
"I made that up. This is just a normal eye patch, it just look nice... Ah, sorry, please don't pull on that, stop!"
"..."
Damn chuunibyou, getting my hopes up like that.
"Eh... listen Kazuma, the Crimson Demon race are born with high intellect and strong magic affinity, most of them have the potential to become a professional mage. The Crimson Demon race are known for their red eyes... and their strange names."
Aqua explained as I pulled on Megumin's eye patch.
... I understand. Just listening to her name and seeing that eye patch, I thought she was teasing me.
I released the eye patch, and she said sternly:
"It's rude to say our names are weird. I think the names of the people in town are the weird ones."
"... Right, may I ask for your parent's name?"
"My mother is Yuiyui, my father is Hyoizaburo."
"..."
"Oh. My. God..."
Aqua was silent while I facepalmed myself as I shook my head.
"... Anyway, the race this girl is from produced many powerful mages right? Could we recruit her as a companion?"
Aqua was the first to regain her composure.
"Hey, if you have any problem with the names of my parents, say it to my face."
I merely ignore her protest.
Megumin leans forward, and Aqua returned the adventurer's card to her at this moment.
"It should be fine right? The adventurer's card is real, her job is really top tier with the ability to use powerful spells- Arch wizard. The magic stat on the card is very high, so she has a lot of potential. If she really can use explosion magic, that would be amazing! Explosion spell is the top grade spell in the detonation series magic and is hard to learn."
"Hey, stop addressing me as she, use my name!"
As Megumin protest, I handed the food menu to her.
"Don't mind the details, order something to eat. I am Kazuma. This is Aqua. Please to meet you, Arch wizard."
Megumin seemed like she had something to say, but just took the menu quietly in the end.
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"Explosion is the strongest spell. On the other hand, it requires a long casting time. Before I am ready, please keep that toad at bay."
We brought Megumin who had eaten her full along to seek revenge against those giant toads.
I could see a toad in the distance on the plain.
That toad had already noticed us and was charging our way.
And I could see another toad heading towards us from the opposite direction.
"Please target the toad further away. As for the one nearer... Hey, let's go Aqua. We will defeat them for real this time. You are a former goddess right? How about showing what you are made of sometimes?"
"What do you mean by former? I am a current goddess! My position of a high cleric is just a disguise!"
Megumin looked at the self proclaimed goddess choking me and said:
"...Goddess?"
"... Just a pitiful woman claiming to be a goddess. She will say stuff like that from time to time, please don't mind her."
After hearing my explanation, Megumin looked at Aqua with sympathetic eyes.
Aqua was on the verge of tears, and charged towards the nearer toad in frustration with her fist clenched.
"You are just toads that are strong against physical attacks, let me show you the power of a goddess! Kazuma, watch this carefully! I haven't done anything great yet, but I will definitely succeed today!"
Aqua who lacked the capacity to learn shouted and succeeded in infiltrating into the body of the toad, stopping the movement of one toad.
As expected of a goddess, sacrificing herself to buy time for us.
THUMP THUMP
... Suddenly, the air around Megumin started to tremble.
Even a novice to magic like me could tell Megumin was preparing to use amazing magic. My quick beating heart is an enough proof for that.
Megumin's chanting got louder as sweat falls from her temples.
"Watch closely. This is the strongest possible attack of humans... The ultimate attack magic."
The tip of Megumin's staff started to glow.
The scale might be small, but it seemed to accumulate vast amount of light as it shone brightly.
Megumin's red eye was wide open with a brilliant light.
"'Explosion'!"
A light flashed through the plains.
The light emitted from the tip of Megumin's staff pointed towards the distance, hitting the toad approaching us dead on...!
The violent effect of the spell could be seen immediately.
That dazzling light and the loud bang reverberating in the air made the toad explode into pieces.
I was almost blown away by that strong wind as I covered my face and braced myself.
After the dust settled, a crater 20 meter in diameter could be seen where the toad was, showing how powerful that explosion was.
"... Amazing- so this is the so called strongest magic..."
The power of Megumin's spell moved me, and at this moment.
A toad climbed out slowly from underground, probably woken up by the shockwave and sound of the explosion.
I was thinking that without rain and water source in the plains, the toads dry up under the hot sun. It turned out they burrow underground to avoid being baked alive.
The toad that was climbing out was near Megumin, but its movement were very slow.
If we use this chance to move away from the toad, and let Megumin use her 'explosion' spell again, we could blow the toad into cinders.
"Megumin! Let's retreat for now, and attack from a distance..."
I looked over at Megumin at this point.
And my body turned stiff.
Because Megumin was lying face down on the ground.
"Hmmp... Explosion is my ultimate spell, it is powerful and used a lot of mana... Simply put, the mana I used exceeded my limit, so I couldn't move. Ah, to think a toad would appear out of nowhere... No good, I will get eaten. Sorry, please save me... Hya...!"
And so, I activated my Mystic Eyes and quickly finished off the two toads whose movement were sealed by the body of Aqua and Megumin while killing those surrounding us afterward.
We completed the mission that day.
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"Ugh... Ugug... sniff... it smells... it smells like fish..."
Aqua 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 knowledge that I would rather not know..."
Megumin who I was carrying on my back was covered in goo like Aqua, and she told me something I don't want to know.
If someone uses magic that exceeded their mana capacity, it would drain their life force to make up the difference.
Using powerful spells when your mana is depleted might even lead to death.
"From now on, explosion magic is banned unless there is an emergency. Please work hard by using other spells, Megumin."
Megumin who heard what I said grabbed my shoulders harder.
"... I can't."
"... Huh? You can't what?"
I parroted Megumin's words.
Megumin grabbed even harder and pressed her lacking chest onto my back.
"... I can only use explosion spell. I don't know any other magic."
"... Are you serious?"
"... Yes."
As Megumin and I turned silent, Aqua who was sniveling joined in our discussion.
"What do you mean by knowing only explosion magic? If you had enough skill points to learn explosion, you must had learned other spells right?"
... Skill points, huh?
Somehow, thinking my silence as a confused notion, Aqua explained to me:
"Skill points are something you earn when you take choose a job, it is used to learn skills. The better a person is, the more skill points they start out with. You can learn all sorts of skills by investing your skill points in it. For example, the excellent me had learned all the banquet party tricks as well as all the spells of a high cleric."
I did know this from asking the counter lady yesterday before starting our first mission and I already invest some in my some of them for a passive skill that boost my physical stats. Though, I'm trying to grab a skill that provides agility to me, considering the fact I can kill almost anything and fear of being ganged up while having a weak physical stat.
"... Hey, hey, where are you going to use the banquet party tricks?"
Aqua pretended not to hear my question and continued:
"Depending on the person and the job, there are restrictions to the skills they may learn. For example, someone with a fear of water would need more points to learn water or ice elemental spells... But detonation series magic are composite spells, you would need deep knowledge of fire and wind magic to master it. This means that people who can learn detonation magic should be able to easily learn other spells."
"This means that it doesn't make sense to be unable to learn low grade spells when you know high tier magic from the detonation series... Anyway, where can you make use of banquet party tricks?"
Megumin mumbled when I finished my sentence:
"... I am an arch wizard that loves explosion spell. What I like is not detonation series magic, but explosion spell."
Really, what's the difference between detonation spell and explosion magic?
I don't understand things on this level as Aqua listened to Megumin's monologue with a series face.
No, compared to that, I am totally distracted by the banquet party tricks.
"Adventures would definitely be easier if I learn other spells. Fire, water, earth, wind and light, learning spells related to this should be good enough... But I couldn't do it. My only love is explosion magic. Even though I could only cast it once per day, even if I will collapse after using the spell, my one true love is still explosion magic! The only reason I chose the path of the arch mage was to cast explosion spells."
"Incredible! Great! Your resolve to follow your romantic dreams despite knowing it is efficient is deeply moving!"
... Oh no, seemed like this mage was going to be useless.
The best evidence was her hitting it off with Aqua.
After two battles with the toads, I highly suspect the usefulness of this goddess.
Honestly, just Aqua alone was troublesome enough, if another one joined in...
Alright, I made up my mind.
"I see. I think this would definitely be a difficult path, so do work hard. Ah, I can see the town. Let's divide the rewards equally at the guild. Yes, let's meet again if our path crossed again."
Megumin grabbed me harder after I finished.
"Hmmp... My only wish is to use explosion magic. The bounty is just a complementary bonus. How about this, I don't need to split the rewards evenly, if you are willing to foot the bill for food, bath and miscellaneous items, I can consider not taking any rewards. That's right, my power as an arch wizard is available at the price of meals and other miscellaneous fees! How could you miss this opportunity to form a long term contract!"
"No no no, our weak team is not worthy of such amazing power. That's right, it's too much to ask Megumin to stay in our team with your amazing powers. A team just starting out should make do with a normal mage. Look at me, my job is the weakest adventurer too."
In order to chase away Megumin who was grabbing on to me tightly when we reach the guild, I attempted to loosen her grip.
But Megumin refused to let go.
"No no no no, it doesn't matter if you are novices or weak. I might have a top tier job, but I am still a beginner too. My level is just 6. When my level grows, I wouldn't collapse after using my spells. So let's talk this over, then pull my hand away okay?"
"No no no no no, it's too hard to utilize a mage that can only cast one spell a day. Ugh, she is a mage, but her grip is strong...! Let go, the other teams probably don't want you too. Or rather, explosion spell couldn't be used in dungeons or in doors, which would render you useless. Hey, release your grip. I will split the rewards equally with you! Please let go!"
"Please don't ditch me! No team is willing to take me in! I am willing to carry the luggage or anything when exploring dungeons! Please, don't throw me away!"
It's probably because Megumin on my back was yelling 'don't throw me away', the passerbys started whispering while looking at us.
Because we are in town and Aqua's appearance drew in a lot of attention, it made us the center of focus.
"- No way... That man wants to abandon that child..."
"- He has a girl covered in slime with him."
"- To toy with such a small child, and to abandon her after that, what a trash. Look! Why are the girls covered in goo? What weird sexual games did that pervert made them do?"
... I was definitely being maligned. What a great Luck I have.
Aqua smiled deviously upon hearing them, how hateful.
Megumin seemed to have heard their whispers too.
I looked at Megumin who was peeking over my shoulder, a malicious smile on her face...
"I am fine with any sort of play! Even using the toad's slime like just now is okay..."
"Alright- I get! Megumin, I will be in your care!"
And thus, the chuunibyou Arch-Wizard forced herself into our party.
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"Alright, everything is in order. I have confirmed that your team had finished the mission to defeat 5 giant toads in 3 days. Good work."
After reporting in at the guild's counter, I received the promised reward.
As for Aqua and Megumin who were covered in slime, they will be too smelly if they don't wash up. It might cause misunderstanding for me, so I shooed them off to the bath house.
One of the toad we defeated disintegrated because of the explosion magic, so I thought it might affect the completion of the mission. But the type and number of monsters defeated were recorded on the adventurer card, so there were no problems.
I handed in me and Megumin's card to the counter lady, which she put in a strange box like machine. The confirmation was done just like that.
The things that were developed were magic instead of science, so the technology level of this world was quite advance.
I looked at my card again and saw that I am at level 7.
I heard that those toads were great for novice adventurers to grind levels, didn't know it was this great.
I defeated 10 toads by myself for both mission and to raise my physical stat, enough to raised my level to 7. Though, most of those kills were to save those two morons from being eaten by toads.
It was easier for low level people to level up.
All the stats on the card increased slightly, but I don't feel myself turning any stronger.
"... But, Can I really get stronger just by killing monsters..."
I mumbled to myself.
The counter lady did mention that when she explained in the beginning.
All things in the world have souls. No matter what form it takes, if you eat or kill a being, you can absorb a part of the memory of the soul. That's what she said.
This part felt like a computer game.
Looking closely, there is something called Skill Points on it, which showed the number 3 due to me investing most of it for my sub abilities and left some in case I want to learn other job's basic skill or something.
"Well then, turning in 12 giant toads and the bounty for completing the mission is a total of 160,000 Eris. Please take this."
160,000.
These giant toads yield 5000 Eris after deducting transport fees.
So the bounty for the 5 toads is 100,000 Eris.
Aqua said that missions are done by a team of 4 to 6 adventurers.
So for normal adventurers, risking your life to fight 5 toads for a couple of days will yield about 125,000 Eris. For a 5 men team, that would be 25,000 Eris each.
... It's not worth it unless you're low leveled and use it for grind like me-
Finishing the mission in one day means a daily salary of 25,000.
It might seem like a good deal for a daily salary, but considering the risk involved, it doesn't seemed to be worth the effort. Especially in my case...
I took a look at the other missions, the ones on the bulletin board were.
- Cut down the Egil trees corrupting the forest, bounty are dependent on the amount turned in
- Help me look for my pet white wolf
- My son's swordsmanship lesson *Requirement: Rune Knight or Sword master.
- Recruiting subject for magic practice * Requirement: High HP or strong magic resistance...
Yeah.
Be it Japan or here, it's never been easy to survive in any world.
I felt like returning to Japan on my second day of adventuring.
"... Excuse me, may I ask...?"
Just when I was getting a little home sick as I sat down on a chair nearby, someone behind talked to me.
Feeling tired of dealing with the realities of this different world, I turned my head with hollow eyes.
"Is something the... matter..."
I was speechless when I saw the person talking to me.
She was a female knight.
And a super beauty.
She gave off the vibe of a cool beauty at first sight as she looked at me expressionlessly.
She was a bit taller than I am.
My height is 165 cm.
A bit taller than me should be about 170 cm.
She was wearing solid metal armor all over her body, a beauty with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Probably a year or two older than me.
I can't tell her body shape from her armor, but I felt that she was very feminine.
Her face seemed rather cold... How should I put this, it picked on your masochistic side...
... Ah, that's not good, I was entranced at times like this.
"Ah, eh- What is the matter?"
Facing Aqua who was about my age and Megumin who was younger than me was fine. But this beauty slightly older than me made me stutter.
That was the bad point about living the life of a hikikomori for extended period of time.
"Erm... The team that put up this recruitment notice was you right? Are you still looking for people?"
That female knight showed me a piece of paper.
That's right, we didn't tear away that notice after Megumin joined our party.
"Oh- We are still hiring. Although I wouldn't recommend you to join..."
"Please pick me! Please let me join your party!"
When I was about to reject her tactfully, the female knight suddenly grabbed my hand.
... Eh?
"No, no no, hold up, our party has plenty of problems. The other two members are burdens and my job is the weakest. Because of that, my two companions were covered in slime… Hurts hurts hurts!"
When I mentioned the slime, the female knight increased her grip on my hand.
"I was right, those two covered in goo were your comrades! What happened, how did they end up like that...! I, I also...! Want to experience that...!"
"Huh?"
What did this Big sister said?
"No, I phrased it wrongly. For the two young girls to experience that at such a tender age, I can't watch idly as a knight. My job is the top tier cross knight. It should fit your recruitment criteria."
What was with this female knight, her eyes looked dangerous. I thought she was a calm and collected big sister!
But my danger sense was tingling.
She seemed to have something similar with Aqua and Megumin.
... She might be a beauty, but it couldn't be helped.
"Ara- I didn't finish. I really don't recommend you to join. One of the party mates is useless, the other could only cast one spell a day and I have the weakest job. That's the lame party this is, so I suggest you find another...?"
The female knight strengthened her grip further.
"That is perfect! To 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..."
My spider sense was right.
"So you don't need to mind me having a top tier job. I will just charge ahead without a care, so just abuse me like a shield."
The female knight shoved her pretty face in front of me who was seated on a chair.
Her face was too close!
Because I was sitting, she was looking at me from up high. The female knight's golden locks brushed against my face, making my heart race.
My time as a hikikomori was affecting me again...!
No, this was simply too stimulating for an adolescence virgin boy, making me uneasy.
Calm down, don't get seduced by her charm! Keep pushing her away!
"No, how could I let a girl act like a shield. My party is super weak, so the attack will really hit you. The monsters might gang up on you in every fight!"
"That's the way I like it."
"No, how should I put this, my 2 companions were eaten by toads and covered in slime! This might happen every day!"
"That's exactly what I want!"
... Guh, I get it.
That blushing female knight who was holding my hand.
Looking at her, I understood one thing that I couldn't be wrong at.
... This girl wasn't just useless, even her character was rotten.
Yare Yare Daze... Give me a break please...