On our way to the capital's guild, I looked at Megumin's right hand and noticed the ring that Kazuma was probably talking about. There seems to be a tremendous amount of power and energy flowing from it. At the first glance it looks like a glass ring with golden edges holding it together.

"Ne.. Ne.. Megumin, is that the ring Kazuma gave you?"

"Ha! So you have noticed it havent you? This amazing ring on my finger was what Kazuma proposed to me with! Although I do not know the customs of his world, but it seems like a truly fitting gift for someone like me!" Megumin declared.

I looked forward to Kazuma, who was leading the way in front of us, he seemed to be blushing from ear to ear. It seems that Kazuma does not seem to know the marriage proposal customs here. I turned to look at Yunyun's hand and I dont see a ring of any kind, seem like whoever she married knows about the customs of marriage here. It would seem that Yunyun is on the verge of tears.

"S-stop looking! My husband didnt get me anything when he proposed... B-but, but he said he will buy something to make up for it once all his businesses take off!" Yunyun panickly yelled.

"There is a good chance he forgot about it though, how many years has it been already and he only has the cafe business going for him." Megumin smugly said.

Yunyun looks like she is about to cry.

"Dont worry about it Yunyun, as bad he is, he always come through in the end." Kazuma tries his best to console Yunyun. He wiped the tears off Yunyun's face.

"T-thank you Kazuma-san, you.. You always know just what to say." Yunyun gently smiled.

"Hey! Whose side are you on anyway?" Megumin said to Kazuma.

"Stop bullying Yunyun or I will steal the ring back and drain your mana so you cant do your 1 explosion per day!" Kazuma threatened Megumin.

"O-okay! I will apologize, so please dont do that!" Megumin panickly said.

"Ne.. Kazuma wouldnt draining her mana be enough?"

"It wouldnt now, I have to take the ring away first." Kazuma said while watching Megumin apologizing to Yunyun.

"That glass ring with gold edges?"

"That's not glass, that is the purest grade of condensed manatite. I crafted it for Megumin" Kazuma said.

"Wait what do you mean 'crafted it' ? I feel tremendous power from it, almost like a divine relic!?"

"Heh, normally people can only craft top-tier gear with maxed out smithing skills. But for someone with high luck like me, maxed out smithing skills would mean almost everything I craft would range from 'Relic-tier' to 'Legendary-tier'. Megumin's ring would grant her endless amount of mana for 1 hour, but it takes 72 hours to recharge, it is one of my greatest creation!" Kazuma proudly declared.

"Is that ring on you also one of your crafts?"

"Of course! This ring enhances my magic powers! My powers now is high enough to rival that of a crimson demon!" Kazuma declared.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Megumin and Yunyun both glared at Kazuma.

"It might be even higher, Sumire and I were able to use freeze gust and immobilize a wyvern." Kazuma smugly said.

"Are all your armours crafted by yourself though? If you could be killed by something dumb like a wyvern's tongue... It doesnt really feel like a relic to divine tier item."

"It's a light armour you dumbass! It is at least relic-tier, it has high magic resistance but low physical defense, you dont expect a robe to prevent a sword from cutting you. Also... There are no one around who are able to craft gears for people with the class of adventurer." Kazuma said.

"That's a dumb way to put it..." I muttered to myself.

"Did you say something?" Kazuma asked

I shook my head and instinctively put my hands over my head. If Kazuma heard what I said, he will definitely hit me! Suddenly a siren rang across the capital.

"EMERGENCY QUEST! EMERGENCY QUEST! Knight Corps, prepare to move out. Because of the opponent we are facing, we're appealing for the adventurers within the capital to join in the battle! All high-level adventurers, please gather in front of the castle immediately!"

We picked up our paces and reached the castle gates, I saw a bunch of strong looking adventurers and I noticed Makoto walking up to us.

"Aqua-sama, have you come to help us defend the capital?" Makoto asked.

[Well, well, well... If it isnt my bosom friend Kazuma, and the crimson demon whom wore me to sleep during her exam.] The armour said.

"AIGIS?!" Kazuma and Yunyun shouted in surprise.

"Didnt you went back to the heavenly realm with this idiot when you ran away from Katsumuragi?" Kazuma said.

"Hey! Who are you calling an idiot?"

"Dont worry about it Aqua" Kazuma tried to change the topic.

"I got this armour as a perk for reincarnating here." Makoto said.

"A girl? From Japan?" Kazuma said with sparkling eyes.

"Ne... Ne... Megumin, your husband is looking at that poor innocent girl lustfully."

"Disgusting... I should blow him up now." Megumin said.

"Old man preying on a young girl... Shameful" Yunyun said.

"Waa? Dont say that... After all these years, I finally found a girl who is willing to come here from Japan. Usually it is all just guys! Unlike a certain useless Goddess, I actually properly guide the cheat-users here to make sure they do not misuse their powers after a few incidents." Kazuma panickly said.

"Who exactly are you calling useless?"

[I know what you mean, I was excited at first when I heard a girl was about to pick me...] Aigis said.

"See? This armour understands me!" Kazuma said while pointing at Aigis.

"This man knows no shame..." Megumin said.

Yunyun and I nodded in agreement.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Kazuma shouted

[You might not have noticed it, but you are pointing at her disappointingly flat chest] Aigis said.

"Wha-? FLAT? DISAPPOINTING?" Makoto shouted.

"It's not like that! I swear!" Kazuma started to panic.

Kazuma looked up at the balcony of the castle with pleading eyes. I look towards that direction and saw a few figures looking down at us from the balcony in the castle. Ermiana and 2 older ladies was looking at Kazuma with disgusted eyes, while Iris, who was looking straight at us with eyes filled with expectation. Wait a minute... This seems dangerous. I tugged on Kazuma's sleeves.

"Kazuma-san, Kazuma-san. I'm very smart and have the ability to learn. I'll definitely get into trouble if I take part. For example, a crazy crimson demon whose head was caught in the door when she was young might drag me into her explosion spell. Or someone who has been extremely lonely to a point she is easily tricked into doing anyone's bidding in the name of friendship might drag us into danger, is not too late to go to the capital guild for a drink or two."

"Who are you calling crazy? That definitely wont happen!" Megumin shouted

"W-who... Who are you calling lonely!" Yunyun tearfully said.

"Dont worry Aqua, if it gets too dangerous, we will not participate, most of us are past our prime anyway." Kazuma said.

"Makoto-san please tell me you and your party are joining! Your party should be able to handle it right? You do have a cheat item!"

"Actually... Aqua-sama, I am alone today, my party members are still recovering after being revived yesterday." Makoto said.

"That was just yesterday?!"

"Of course... Just how forgetful are you?" Makoto said.

"She has always been like that though." Kazuma said.

One of the staff members from the guild in the capital with a familiar loudhailer type magic item announced.

"Attention all Knights and high level adventurers, we received news that the creation of the Evil God known as Glacius is approaching our capital gates!"

I heard something I cant ignore, did she say Evil God? How can a real Goddess like myself ignore something like "the creation of the Evil God?"

"You heard her Kazuma! We are going after the creation of the Evil God!"

Kazuma stared daggers at me and motioned for me to come closer.

"That 'creation of the Evil God' was just something I came up with, because the original creator was someone reincarnated from Japan with cheat-like powers. Does that sound familiar?" Kazuma whispered.

"Eh?"

"You heard me, now we know what we are dealing with, we need to prepare." Kazuma said as he walked into the castle.

Yunyun, Megumin and I followed Kazuma in as we make preparations for our upcoming battle. Inside Kazuma's room, he pulled out a chest from the closet. It was full of rings, accessories, robes and cloaks, all of which are overflowing with power.

"Kazuma! Kazuma! Are these for us?" Megumin excitedly asked.

"Yes, yes, but let me sort them out first. We need a lot of fire-based magic amplification items and ice resistance for the upcoming battle." Kazuma said

"Umm... Am... Am I included as well?" Yunyun timidly asks.

"Y-yes Yunyun, O-of course you are included, I would never forget about you!" Kazuma said.

I forgot Yunyun was even with us, I bet Kazuma felt the same way as he stared blankly at Yunyun. She probably realized we forgot about her as she looks like she is about to cry. There was a gentle knock on the door and behind us stood Iris, Ermiana and 2 old onee-sans.

"Onii-sama, I will be personally joining this battle as well, I have a score to settle with that witch! I was hoping too seek your cooperation and... And... I was hoping I could borrow your accessories as well." Iris said while lowering her head.

"Aqua-sama?" One of the older onee-san said.

I looked at her with a confused expression.

"It's me! Darkness! Dont you remember me?" She said panickedly.

"Ohhh! I remember! You look so different! I am guessing the other onee-san here is the lolicon."

"Hey! Dont say it like that! I will have your head for slandering me, I am... I am merely Iris's and Ermiana's bodyguard." Claire said while blushing.

I ignored them as they were saying something unnecessary and turned to look at Kazuma. He took out a bunch of bluish-white bracelet, crimson red rings and white capes with his own crest on it.

"You ladies get 2 of the bracelets and a cape each, they may not look like much but they heavily increases your ice-resistance and increases your freeze-immunity." Kazuma said as he hands the items to everyone other than me.

"Megumin, Yunyun, Erminana. We will be getting 2 of these crimson rings that heavily boosts our fire spells each, we will need it to fend off Glacius's ice attacks." Kazuma handed said as he handed them the rings.

"Ne, Kazuma what am I getting?"

"Eh? Oh... Here! You can have this!" Kazuma said as he handed me a few red sticks.

"What are these?" I looked at them, it doesnt seem to have any magic flowing out of them.

"These are dynamites! H-here have a lighter too." Kazuma said.

"WHAT ARE THOSE?!" Megumin appeared beside us menacingly.

"Th-those... Those are..." Kazuma trembled as he tried to complete the sentence.

Megumin snatched the dynamites from my hands.

"NOOOOOO! That was the only cool thing I got from Kazuma!"

Megumin ran to the balcony and suddenly she froze and dropped the dynamites on the floor. I ran over and picked them up tearfully.

"*sniffle* Y-you know... This was one of the only few times Kazuma gave me something! *sniffle* Megumin, you could be very mean sometimes! If you... If you keep this up, I will call you Megu-meanie!"

Kazuma walked over and patted my back.

"There, there... I will make you some cool-looking accessories after this okay? Your hagomoro will protect you from ice and freeze magic, so you have nothing to worry about." Kazuma said while smiling gently.

I looked into the room and saw everyone equipping their gears from Kazuma. Feels kind of weird that all their capes had Kazuma's crest on it. Kazuma walked up to Megumin.

"I know you are angry about the dynamites and all, but... bu..." Kazuma suddenly stopped speaking as he looked out from the balcony.

"Uwawawawa"

Megumin and Kazuma are making some weird sounds by the balcony, I wonder if that's how that couple communicate. I walked over to the balcony and took a peek. There seemed to be a snowstorm approaching us?

"Ne... Ne... Is it winter already? What season is it anyway? I havent bought any gears to handle the winter. Kazuma can you lend me some money to get them?"

Kazuma looked at me dumbfoundedly, he seemed to have lost his ability to speak as he was pointing at the oncoming snowstorm and making weird noises. Looking closely, he doesnt seemed to be cursed... But just in case...

"SACRED BREAK SPELL!"

Kazuma shook his head violently.

"We have to go... Now! She is already approaching the capital watch towers!" Kazuma shouted.

The air in the room changed as the atmosphere in the room got tense. I looked around wondering what's going on. Kazuma seemed to have noticed I had no idea what was happening.

"That snowsto-" Kazuma cut himself off as his face got pale.

"That snowstorm got bigger?!" Megumin panickedly shouted.

"Let's not waste any more time! Onii-sama! SNAP OUT OF IT!" Iris said with a stern voice while shaking Kazuma.

"Y-yes!" Kazuma said.

Right now our party had Kazuma, Yunyun, Megumin, Darkness, Claire, Ermiana, Iris and the great Goddess Aqua that is me! I dont see a way we can lose to a creation by probably another hikiNEET!


This and the next chapter are slightly longer. The next chapter might be slightly delayed and I apologize in advance.