-The next day-

I woke up to a familiar ceiling only to find my room littered with empty bottles. I must have drank too much last night. Well I dont have to head to work until noon anyway. Guess I'll go back to napping. As I was enjoying my well deserved break from working so hard, my door slammed opened with a loud slam.

"HEY! Dont you know what time it is!?" I poked my head out my blanket and I saw Kazuma giving me a death stare.

"Ohhh! Kazuma , welcome back! Why did you go to Axel without me?"

"You!" Kazuma walked up to me, my instincts as a Goddess tells me this is bad.

"Ne... Kazuma, you are looking kind of handsome today!"

"Did you know! HOW LONG I TOOK TO SAVE THOSE ALCOHOL!" Kazuma shouted furiously.

"AHH! HELP!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Kazuma slowly approaches me as I decided I wont go down without a fight. I readied my fighting stance.

"I swear, I am going to make you cry today if it's the last thing I do!" Kazuma said maliciously.

"Ohh? Try if you can! I wont go down fighting!"

Kazuma pulls out a scroll from his pocket.

"I am not going to let you!" I jumped on Kazuma and he slid past me and my face crashed into the door.

"I have auto-dodge remember?" Kazuma smugly said

"WAAAH! That is cheating! Kazuma cheated!" I tearfully said as I got back to my feet.

"Now then, QUICKSAND!" The scroll in Kazuma's hand disappeared as the floor below me started slowly sucking me in.

"I am going to leave you here and make you think about what you've done. This shall be your punishment for now." Kazuma said as he walked out of the room.

"WAAAH HELP ME!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Hey! Be quiet! Dont you know what time it is!?" Kazuma shouted at me.

"Onii-sama what's going... on... Oni-sama, no matter how desperate you are, this is no way to get a woman." Iris coldly stared at Kazuma and said.

"W-w-wait! You got it wrong!" Kazuma started to panic.

"*sniffle* This hikiNEET trapped me in quicksand! And threaten to make me cry! *sniffle*"

"Kazuma-san, release Aqua-san now, this is no way to treat a woman! I am going to have a nice long talk with you." Ice coldly said to Kazuma.

"W-what happened to onii-sama?" Kazuma said as he was despairing.

Kazuma dropped his head and pulled out another scroll, upon activating it, the quicksand spat me out and disappear. I got up to my feet and stared at Kazuma while puffing up my cheeks.

"That is so mean! Kazu-trash is the worst!" I tearfully said and I stomped out of my room towards the shower.

"Dont worry Aqua-sama! I will punish Kazuma for you!" Iris shouted behind me. What a good kid!

"W-w-wait! Aqua!" Kazuma shouted behind me.

After showering, I headed back to my room and saw Kazuma pouting on my way.

"Arent you a little old to be pouting like that? Is not cute you know?"

"Is all your fault! And who are you to call me old!" Kazuma snapped at me.

"How dare you call me old!"

"My precious alcohol." Kazuma said while burying his face in his palms and started tearing up.

I... Might have gone a little too far? I have never seen him this upset before.

"Eh... There, there, I will just make some more!" I said while patting his head.

"Y-you... You can?" Kazuma timidly looked up at me with teary eyes.

"I have descended on my own this time, I have all my powers in tact, a simple task like wine-aging is nothing for me!" I puffed out my chest and pounded it as I declared.

"T-thank you Aqua-sama." Kazuma said tearfully.

I follwed Kazuma into a wine cellar as he brought me to a hidden passageway where there are mountains of barrels of wine.

"Could... You... Erm, help me age all these ?" Kazuma said

"Wait... Why are they in barrels? Arent they supposed to be in wine bottles?"

"Wine aging can only be done in barrels, I need to rebottle up those I lost..." Kazuma despairingly said.

"Leave it to me!"

"I will leave it to you partner! Dont worry about your work today, leave it to me!" The life in Kazuma's eyes returned as he said that and he gave me a thumbs up.

I spent my time aging the wine as Kazuma instructed, he even made multiple checklists for me so I wouldnt mess up. He is so thoughtful, he must have known I would miss out steps in accelerating their aging process.


-Meanwhile in the Axel's guild-

Kazuma was going wild, drinking nonstop and was treating everyone to drinks. The guild hall was rowdy and there was a party going on.

"Chris! Over here!" Kazuma shouted

"What's the celebration for?" Chris asked.

"Aqua finally fell for it! After so many days, she finally found my aged wine." Kazuma smugly said.

"I-isnt that a bad thing? Werent you saving them for something?" Chris asked with a confused expression.

"Heh, I just started it in the castle. The ones I had been aging are in my mansion in Axel. Aqua is now helping me speed up the process." Kazuma said.

"If you keep bullying and using Aqua-senpai like that, you will receive divine punishment you know?" Chris said.

"She has been pretty well behaved recently, besides, isnt it about time she paid me back for all those debts she costed me over the years?" Kazuma said

"Hmm... Speaking of Aqua-senpai, there is something I needed to talk to you about..." Chris said.

"What is it?" Kazuma leaned closer to Chris.

"Let's go somewhere private." Chris said as she pulled Kazuma out of the guild.

"Teleport! Okay what is it?" Kazuma teleported with Chris to the mansion.

"We need to send Aqua back as soon as possible, the residences of the heavenly realms cant seem to work out the reincarnation systems!" Chris said.

"?" Kazuma looks confused.

"You... You see, people stopped getting transported to different worlds after they died, because no one knows how to work the system properly?" Chris said.

"Wait... You mean there are worlds other than this?" Kazuma shouted.

Chris nodded.

"It heavily depends on which God or Goddess you meet when you die. I have a new kouhai who regularly summons people from their worlds to save random worlds from destructions, but that's a story for another day." Chris said without a thought.

"Well... It could be worse I guess. This world isnt that bad." Kazuma said with a smile.

"I am glad to hear that, but... Could you get Aqua to go back to the heavenly realm to fix and guide people on the reincarnation and isekai systems? If she disappears too long this time, they might issue a search for her, and I wont be able to hide her!" Chris said while slowly starting to panic.

"What happens when they try to find her?" Kazuma asked.

"Well, unlike the last time where she was specifically summoned as a cheat item, she left on her own accord this time. The Gods and Goddesses might send an army down to capture her!" Chris said panickedly.

"EHHH? I KNEW IT! THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING TOO SMOOTHLY!" The colours in Kazuma's face started to drain as he shouted.

"We just need to send her back for a while! After she sorts out everything, she can come back here to play again!" Chris said while slowly calming down.

"The thing is... Since Aqua doesnt govern this world, she isnt allowed to just descend here, but she is allowed to do so in Japan." Chris said.

"*sigh* Fine... I will talk to Aqua." Kazuma said while drooping his shoulders.


Next part might take slightly longer, reading certain light novels to get more inspirations.