Chapter 1, Part 2- Explosion Series: The Second
"I have anxiously awaited the arrival of those such as yourselves. My name is Megumin! My calling is that of an arch wizard, one who controls explosion magic, the strongest of all offensive magic! Do you, too, desire my forbidden strength, which is so almighty, that I've been ostracized by the entire world?"
A flustered Megumin walked hand-in-hand [A/N- Sorry if too lewd] with an equally flustered Kazuma (who was doing a relatively good job of hiding his embarrassment),
"S-so Kazuma...what made you decide to hold my hand like t-this?", she asked him, in an attempt to make conversation.
Kazuma then squeezed her hand and said," Well, what else are you supposed to do with your date, idiot? It's not like I w-want to hold hands too much or anything, people might just stare if we didn't, you know."
Megumin blushed and smiled while looking down at the ground. "Once a tsundere, always a tsundere, huh?"
Still, she wasn't exactly unhappy with the results. After all, Kazuma had just acknowledged her as his date! This was going well. Unexpectedly well.
"Hey, we've reached the fields. It seems empty and we're far enough from the town. I think I shall cast my mighty Explosion spell here!",Megumin shouted. The thought of casting Explosion had renewed her vigour and had breathed life into her.
Gone was the flustered Megumin who behaved like a bashful damsel in distress. No, this was the Archmage Megumin that the world itself was gazing upon.
Her eyes began to shine and she struck her signature pose. She raised her mighty staff and banged it against the ground.
Just as she was about to begin chanting, Kazuma interrupted her.
"Hey, wait a minute. I brought my last top-grade manatite here. S-shall we cast Explosion together?", Kazuma asked, but his voice trailed off towards the end.
Megumin looked at him with star-struck eyes. She jumped at him, and then slung her hand around his shoulders, pointing at the sky.
"WHAT'S THIS, KAZUMA?! YOU TOO HAVE PREPARED TO UNDERTAKE THE JOURNEY TOWARDS THE PINNACLE OF EXPLOSIVENESS?! VERY WELL THEN! I SHALL TAKE YOU AS MY DISCIPLE AND TEACH YOU THE TRUTH OF EXPLOSION SPELLS. BE WARNED, FOR I AM FAR BEYOND YOU IN THIS FIELD. I HAVE TRANSCENDED THE LIMITS OF HUMANITY ITSELF. STILL, I WILL DO MY BEST TO SHOW YOU THE SUPREMACY OF THIS MIGHTY SPELL."
"NOW, COME WITH ME, MY YOUNG STUDENT. GRAB HOLD OF MY HARD AND LONG STAFF, AND CHANT WITH ME."
"You know… calling it a hard and long staff isn't the greatest move! The people will get the wrong idea!"
"WHICH PEOPLE DO YOU REFER TO MY, MY BRIGHTEST AND ONLY DISCIPLE? THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS NOW IS THE BEAUTIFUL AND OMNIPOTENT EXPLOSION. CHANT WITH ME!"
"She really is excited, huh?", Kazuma thought to himself. Then, he too grabbed her staff, while making sure that their fingers were intertwined.
Megumin looked at him with the same shining red eyes, but was thrown off for a moment, when their fingers touched. Still, she regained her composure fast. And thus began the chant.
"Oh, blackness shrouded in light,
Frenzied blaze clad in night,
In the name of the crimson demons,
let the collapse of thine origin manifest.
Summon before me the root of thy power hidden within the lands
of the kingdom of demise!"
As they chanted, mana began to flow between both of them, with the staff as the conduit. While they both had momentarily 'tasted' the same mana before due to Drain Touch, this was...different. Drain Touch felt twisted and forced. But what was happening right now felt...good. They both felt each other's mana, each other's life force, the very foundation of each other's being.
Their bodies, nay, their minds, were in unison. No, even that didn't sum it up.
Their souls were intertwined with each other, just like their fingers. They were in harmony. A bond was forged between them; a bond so deep, and so...richthat anyone would envy their connection.
They were in unison.
And then, they said the word. Together.
"EXPLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSION!"
And thus, they both cast an Explosion.
…
Somehow, after the Explosion, Kazuma had ended up lying down on top of Megumin. He felt exhausted, even with the help of the manatite. Last time, he had not been able to appreciate the waves of exhaustion the spell brought, because he had blown himself up. But now, he could truly understand what Megumin went through every time she cast this spell and saved their party from their untimely demise.
"This girl...really is something, huh." Kazuma thought to himself.
Though he was lying down on her chest, it felt right. In fact, it would feel wrong to try and move away from his beloved.
Megumin too felt elated beyond compare. She had just cast her strongest explosion yet with the help of her boyfriend. The one she loved with her heart and soul, more than anything else, more than even her Explosion spell. And though he was lying down on her chest, she wanted nothing more than to reach for his hair, and run her fingers through it again. She wanted to touch him once more. She wanted to tell him he was all hers, and she was all his. That there was nothing she wanted more than to be by his side and tell him how much she loved him again and again and again.
The Explosion had destroyed the landscape and laid waste to it. It was after all, the ultimate form of destruction, something which most mortals could only hope to wield.
Yet, the very same spell, symbolic of annihilation itself, had created a deeper connection than thought possible between them, to the point where their desire for each other was more important than their need for food and water, and even breathing. Truly, a magnificent and divine connection.
"Kazuma…", she said tentatively. Afraid he hadn't experienced the same thing. Afraid that he would laugh at her for being so obsessed with Explosion. Afraid that he would go back to lusting over the gorgeous women and succubi again.
Despite their newly-forged bond, she was scared.
And so, before he could even reply, she started rambling.
"I know I don't have the assets you go for and that I can be very angry at times, and that I'm not exactly the most pleasant to talk to because I am obsessed with my spell and, and I become a burden on the party after casting it once and, I get excited too easily and I embarrass you and so if you don't want to date-"
"Who am I kissing right now?" Kazuma asked cooly.
"Huh-?!", Megumin asked, only to be interrupted.
He leaped at her with what little strength remained within him, and kissed her lips, claiming Megumin as his. It was like a bolt to the blue. He wasn't supposed to kiss her for at least a year! What was this new Kazuma?! What had happened to him?!
Kazuma let go after a bit, and asked while gasping, " Who am I kissing right now? Is it someone with boobs? Or is it you, you idiot?"
And again, before she could answer, he captured her lips and battled for dominance with her tongue.
The kiss was sloppy, because they both were tired from the explosion spell. Still, it felt heavenly to both of them. They were joined on both a physical and emotional level. Their love was truly, among the purest in the world.
And then they were interrupted by the sound of someone falling onto the ground, and squeaking like a...bunny?
They both looked to their right and found a timid Crimson Demon staring at them with a deadened expression. Her eyes were completely hollow, and her body seemed to be devoid of a soul.
It was Yunyun.