Well, here's chapter 1!
For those who found the original part 2 of the prologue better, don't worry I just decided to moved it into this chapter.
Chapter 1: There are Two Types of Girls in this World, Those Who are Well Endowed and Those Who are Flat
Day 1
Shinpachi.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"SHINPACHI! KILL IT! KILL IT!"
"BASTARD! AREN'T YOU THE SHIROYASHA!? WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!?"
"THESE ARE DIFFERENT! THEY'RE THIS WORLD'S VERSION OF BEARS!"
"Gin-chan, I gained a level from killing that frog-aru!"
"BRAT, DON'T COME NEAR ME WITH THAT SLIMY STUFF COVERING YOUR BODY!"
"WAAHH! GIN-SAN, THEY'RE CATCHING UP!"
"You're overreacting, Shinpachi. Just let them swallow you then destroy them from the inside."
"EASY FOR A YATO LIKE YOU TO SAY! WE'RE JUST GOING TO END UP IN THEIR STOMACH IF WE TAKE YOUR ADVICE!"
"It's okay-aru! You can just eat their innards and enter Sage Mode if you can't get out-aru!"
"IDIOT! THESE AREN'T BIJUUS, THEY'RE JUST TOADS! WE WON'T BECOME PSEUDO-JINCHURIKI NOR ACTIVATE SAGE MODE!"
The next morning after we got sent to this world, we decided to take some quests.
We decided to take the quest where we kill 5 toads within 3 days.
Since those were just toads, we thought it would be easy.
We were wrong.
Apparently these toads are large. Kagura-chan was already eaten 3 times and killed them from the inside.
Right now we're being chased by toads.
"!"
I felt a hand grabbing my legs and my face touches the ground. I was being dragged so I desperately dug my fingers to the soil as an anchor.
I looked behind me to find Kagura-chan wrapped in toad's tongue. Her other arm was grabbing Gin-san who's also touching the ground as well.
"Aaaaahhh! Kagura-chan, let go! Let go!"
"JUST LET THEM EAT YOU! YOU CAN KILL IT FROM THE INSIDE ANYWAY SO DON'T DRAG US INTO IT!"
"NO WAY-ARU! IT'S GROSS IN THERE! YOU DO IT YOURSELF-ARU!"
"AS IF! JUST LET US GO, YOU BRAT! WEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED THAT IDEA EARLIER!?"
"YOU DAMN BASTARDS! THIS IS JUST LIKE THAT TIME I WAS ALMOST EATEN BY A MONSTER! I'M DRAGGING YOU GUYS WITH ME TO HELL!"
"KAGURA-CHAN, LET GO OF US! UMIBOZOU-SAN WON'T COME TO SAVE US THIS TIME!"
"DON'T MENTION PAPI JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SAVING YOURSELF!"
"OW! OW! OW! KAGURA! KAGURA! YOUR GRIP! YOUR GRIP! IT HURTS! IT HURTS!"
As Gin-san and I tried to get out of Kagura-chan's clutches—!
"Light of Saber-!"
-A voice echoed from the distance.
A beam of light cut the toad in half. After that, we removed the tongue wrapped around Kagura-chan.
"A-are you guys alright?"
We turned to the source of the voice.
It was a girl in black robes probably around the same age as Kagura-chan.
"Oh, its okay we're fine. Thank you for saving us even though we're strangers."
I bowed down to show my gratitude.
"Y-you're welcome. A-actually the reason I saved you because I thought I heard my rival shouting but it turns out I was mistaken."
She lowered her head and mumbled while occasionally glancing at Kagura-chan.
"Hear that, someone is asking to be my rival already-aru!"
Kagura-chan said while picking her nose.
"N-no! I-I didn't ask for us to be rivals!"
The girl defended herself while blushing.
"A-anyway, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Yunyun, an archwizard."
The girl introduced herself shyly.
"Nice to meet you, Yunyun-san! My name's Shimura Shinpachi, but you can call me Shinpachi. This girl here is Kagura-chan and this person is Sakata Gintoki."
I replied by introducing ourselves to her.
"Gin-chan, she's just around my age but her breasts are a little bit off."
"Well, this may be a different world, but it could be possible for them to have something similar to silicon transplants."
"I knew it! Those must be fakes-aru."
Oi, you two. The girl you're secretly mocking can hear your whispers.
But those breasts really are well developed that one could say that it's fake.
This is bad; Yunyun-san is getting nervous because of these two idiots' conversation. Then, Kagura-chan said with a happy tone.
"Hi, I'm Kagura-aru. I hope we'll become friends, Silicon-chan"
"I-I don't really understand what that word means but I hope so too, uhmm…. Kagura-san, isn't it?"
"Kagura-chan, don't call her by that name. Even if she doesn't know what it means, don't call her by that name."
I retorted Kagura-chan in a calm manner.
To prevent any more damage to Yunyun-san, I held out a suggestion.
"W-well now that we introduced ourselves, we should call it a day."
"Oi, Shinpachi. You're forgetting the fact that we only killed four toads when we needed five. Also, the only ones who killed toads were Kagura and Sili-chan."
"Gin-san, stop it. Please, stop bullying the poor girl. Also, the quest says 'kill five toads within three days' so we can continue this tomorrow."
"No need for that, Shinpachi. Look, Sadaharu killed the fifth one for us-aru!"
Kagura said while pointing at Sadaharu who's carrying a dead toad with his fangs.
"W-w-what IS that thing!?"
Yunyun-san said with a trembling voice.
"This is our pet Sadaharu!"
Kagura proudly said as she patted our wagging dog.
"Well, that makes it five. We should go report to the guild now."
Gin-san suggested.
"Ah, but the fourth kill was Yunyun-san's. Shouldn't we give her a share from the reward as well?"
"You're right Shinpachi. We should be able to get experience points from her and the reward will still be just for the three of us."
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! YOU'RE NOT ATTEMPTING TO KILL HER, ARE YOU?!"
"N-no! It's fine! You can keep the reward! I was only passing by when I saw you guys!"
The girl stepped back while doing an awkward defensive stance.
"It's okay, the four of us should split the reward equally since you killed that toad anyway!"
I said to her while scratching my cheek with one finger.
"Gin-chan, Shinpachi's in heat again. Do you think he's attracted at Silicon-chan's yunyuns-aru?"
"I see, Yunyun-chan's silicon would definitely attract desperate sixteen-year old virgins like our Patt-san here."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DESPERATE SIXTEEN-YEAR OLD VIRGIN!?"
I turned to those idiots behind me and retorted.
Then, I returned my attention to Yunyun-san.
Me being attracted to her? Now that they mentioned it, Yunyun-san actually looks kind of cute with that confused expression.
Ah crap, I'm starting to blush!
My heart beats very fast right now!
What is happening to me? The moment I thought that she's cute I started feeling crazy inside!
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
I rushed to a nearby boulder and repeatedly bashed my head into it.
I can already feel my blood coming out of my forehead!
-CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!" CALM DOWN! "CALM DOWN!"—
"Oi, are really that desperate for becoming an adult, Shinpachi? And some of your monologues are leaking, you know?"
"U-Uhm, what is he doing? Is he going to be alright?"
"He's fine-aru. He's just bashing his actual head because he has no chance to ever use his other head to bash anything."
-Ah
My mind goes blank.
It was probably because of blood loss that I'm starting to lose consciousness.
Some.. body… help me…
Yunyun.
I'm very confused right now.
I thought I heard Megumin screaming so I rushed to the scene where I found out that the girl was actually someone I don't know and was accompanied by two men.
They were about to be eaten by a toad so I decided to rescue them.
These three were odd.
First is the silver-haired man with a wooden sword. His name is Sakata Gintoki.
Then, there's Kagura, the slimy girl who I thought was Megumin. She looks nothing like her but for some reason I thought of her as Megumin. The slime covering her body reminded me of the time when I first met Kazuma-san together with Megumin.
Lastly, is a man named Shimura Shinpachi. He wears a pair of glasses and is probably around the same age as Kazuma-san. He had a very polite manner of speaking to me.
For some reason, Kagura-san and Gintoki-san started calling me Silicon-chan.
I don't know why, but it feels like that name would only give me embarrassment.
Also, they had a large dog that Kagura-san named Sadaharu.
When Shinpachi-san offered me to split the reward with them equally, I initially refused it but he kindly said that it's only fair that I would get a share.
After Kagura-san and Gintoki-san whispered something, Shinpachi-san screamed at them and when he looked back at me, he started acting weird.
He rushed to a nearby boulder and bashed his head repeatedly while telling himself to calm down.
I was getting worried at his actions so I asked Kagura-san.
"U-Uhm, what is he doing? Is he going to be alright?"
"He's fine-aru. He's just bashing his actual head because he has no chance to ever use his other head to bash anything."
Kagura-san answered with a bored expression on her face.
I was about to ask her what she meant by other head, but I stopped myself before that. I think I already know what it is.
Eh—
I heard a thud and that's when I saw Shinpachi-san lying on the ground. There's a lot of blood stained at the boulder and more covering his unconscious face.
As I watched Kagura-san poking Shinpachi-san with a twig followed by Gintoki-san smacking Kagura-san in the head, I asked myself.
Who are these people?
I looked at their dog who was staring at me and asked another question to myself.
Why does it feel like that dog wants to eat me?
Shinpachi.
I woke up on Sadaharu's back and noticed that it's already nighttime.
Judging from the surroundings, we are heading to the stables, which would mean that Gin-san and the others have already received the rewards for the quest.
"Oi, it seems that you've woken up. Here's your share, Patt-san."
I instinctively caught the bag of coins Gin-san threw at me.
"Ah, Gin-san. We're supposed to have 31,250 Eris each. Why is my bag only had 5,254 Eris?"
I asked Gin-san after counting the contents of my bag. By the way, Eris is the currency used in this world.
"Oh that, I borrowed some of your money to buy a dozen boxes of strawberry milk and a wagon for Sadaharu."
I looked behind me and realized that Sadaharu was tied to a wagon. It would really help since there would be no need to pay for transport fee for carrying our bounties. As for the strawberry milk—
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY A DOZEN?! YOU BOUGHT TWELVE DOZEN BOXES OF STRAWBERRY MILK! I CAN UNDERSTAND THE WAGON BUT YOU HAD BOUGHT TOO MUCH MILK! WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A REFRIGIRATOR, SO MOST OF IT WILL DEFINITELY SPOIL! GIVE IT BACK! GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY! DIDN'T YOU GET 31,250 ERIS TOO!?"
"Well, the wagon costs 31,500 Eris so I used Kagura's money and yours to buy it, after that, I used yours and silicon girl's money to buy the strawberry milk. As for my money, I used it all up for pachinko. To think that it also exists in this world"
"YOU MONSTER! YOU USED OUR MONEY SO YOU CAN JUST USE YOURS FOR GAMBLING!?"
"That's right, Shinpachi! Gin-chan would drain all our money for his personal needs-aru!"
"You're the one to talk, you drained all the energy of those hungry adventurers by ordering all the food in the guild, causing us to have a running tab there, you brat."
These two!
I was about to shout at them when I realized something.
"Anyway, what happened to Yunyun-san? You owe her money too, you know!"
"She alright-aru! Look!"
Kagura-chan pointed at Sadaharu's mouth.
There's a pair of legs hanging from it—
"YUNYUN-SAN!"
"The moment Silicon-chan tried to pat Sadaharu, he started swallowing her whole-aru. I heard something inside Sadaharu that sounds like a scream but I decided to ignore it since she probably liked it in there."
"She obviously didn't like it in there!"
I got off Sadaharu and pulled the pair of legs from his mouth.
When I removed the unconscious Yunyun-san from Sadaharu, I tried to wake her up.
"Oi, Yunyun-san! Hang in there!"
Then she slowly opened her eyes which are looking at me and widened.
She got up and ran away towards the town.
"I-I'm sorry! I-I have to go somewhere else!"
She said while crying.
Since there was nothing we could do for her, we decided to go back to the stables and called it a day.
The issue for the strawberry milk and our debt at the guild will have to be set aside for now. I lay on the ground and closed my eyes to sleep.
Then I heard something exploded—
Kazuma.
"That explosive loli, that explosion magic just now was too close!"
I ran towards the source of the sound. I shouldn't have left her alone at home.
This is the only time I regretted going to the succubus shop.
What can I do? Aqua wasn't at home because she was invited by Cecily to celebrate an Axis Cult Festival happening at Alcanretia.
Darkness wasn't home as well because she was invited to some sort of noblemen meeting.
Megumin and I were the only ones left in the mansion.
But since both of us just confessed our feelings for each other, it was awkward for us to be alone in the mansion together.
I decided to secretly visit the succubus shop and stay in a hotel for a while.
Then I heard an explosion just as I was about to close my eyes.
The explosion just now was a bit different from what I was used to. But who else would use an Explosion other than her?
If I run fast, I could still catch up to her.
Anyway, who is her accomplice this time?
The only person I knew who could have assisted her right now was Yunyun, but I just saw her sobbing just now when I exited the hotel. She smells bad and her head is bleeding. I would have asked her about that but decided to set that aside for now.
She was curious on what I was doing at the hotel but I ignored her and hurried to the scene of the crime. I'll come up with an excuse later.
But if Yunyun's not the one who's helping Megumin, then who is it?
My mind races.
What if that idiot got angry that I left her alone in the mansion and used Explosion alone in frustration?
If that is the case, then I have to hurry.
I heard that the giant frogs are plenty right now.
Just as I was about to exit the town gate—
I heard another explosion coming from the same area.
Wait, that can't be possible?
Megumin can only use Explosion once per day.
The only time she was able to use it twice was when we battled the Mobile Fortress Destroyer.
But then again, it only became possible because of my 'Drain Touch' and Aqua's mana. So what's the explanation this time?
Then I saw the culprit of my troubles standing near the crater of the first explosion.
"Megumin, what are you doing? It's late at night and how is it po—"
I stopped.
Megumin is staring at the crater and started shaking a lot.
"Ahhhh….. Ahhhhhhh….."
I've seen this reaction of hers before, it was the same one she had when I showed her the power of my dynamite prototypes.
"M-Megumin, could it be-?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Before I could finish my question, she grabbed me by the collar.
"KAZUMA, YOU DID THIS DIDN'T YOU!? YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK AT ME FOR WHAT I DID EARLIER!"
"Hey, let go! I didn't do this! I thought this was your doing!"
I tried to get away from Megumin who's attempting to strangle me.
Just then, we heard another explosion.
We looked at each other, trying to see if the one of us did it. After confirming that it wasn't one of us, we moved our gaze towards the smoke.
It was then that we saw a long-haired man accompanied by—what the hell is that thing?!
"Wahahahaha! Elizabeth, my level raised by 5! By level 15, we should recreate the Jouishishi here and take down this country's bakufu!"
The man with his arms crossed stared at the smoke created by the explosion. He's wearing a blue yukata with white clothing on top.
His companion, how do I say this, looks like a white penguin mascot used for a kid's birthday party.
Then the white thing turned and faced us.
Waaaaaaahhhhh!
It looks scarier up front!
I felt Megumin hiding behind me. Even Megumin, who finds robots and chivalrous thieves cool, is trembling like a little child when that thing stared into our souls.
It then turned to the man and showed a placard.
It was a dark night, but because of the explosion fire, anyone could read the words written in the placard and even read it better with 'Farsight' and 'Night Vision'.
The girl still grabbing my back whispered to me,
"K-Kazuma, I think they're from the ancient race who built the ruins back home. It's using the ancient language I cannot read!"
Sorry, Megumin. It's actually written in Japanese.
It says,
[Katsura-san, there is a cute couple staring at us. I think they were supposed to get nasty here but we interrupted them.]
"Hey, what are talking about us being nasty!?"
"Kazuma, you can read those words?"
"Elizabeth, we didn't interrupt them. After all, our goals are the same, to use balls as means for explosions."
The man said as he pulled out a ball made of metal. With my 'Farsight' skill, I can see a small screen with numbers on it.
I see. It's a time bomb.
Wait, what did he meant balls as means for explosions! Just what did these guys thought we were doing?!
Also, a long-haired samurai talking about toppling the country's government, uses spherical time bombs, and has a white penguin costume companion?
Now where did I last saw a guy with the same description?
No, it can't be possible.
Just as I was about to shake off the possibility, Megumin asked me a question loud enough for them to hear,
"Kazuma, why does this guy who wears a wig (zura) able to use Explosion magic without depleting his mana?"
I was about to answer her when the man looked at us and said,
"Zura janai, Katsura da."
I KNEW IT, IT'S THEM!
-CHAPTER 1 END-
