Naofumi Iwatani, Megumin, Satou Kazuma. Fanfiction 3. Chapter 3: The Retaliation

Kazuma was tired after watching over Suwon all night, but Suwon was fast asleep because Kazuma had kept him awake with stories and jokes all night. It was in retaliation for trying to kill Naofumi, but also a way to take Suwon's thoughts of his deceased sister. Suwon did sleep with a smile on his face, since his sister had at least been granted a quick and painless death. As Naofumi and CO was eating their breakfast discussing how to act after uncovering a conspiracy against him. The new question now was, how far does the conspiracy go in the church. Are there others that conspire with them. While our heroes pondered these questions some mysterious shadows converged in an alley.

"Hmm, it seems the attempt failed." One of the shadows spoke up as he lightly kicked one of the corpses checking to see if it was still alive.

"It is unfortunate, but it doesn't matter our plan will still succeed." Another one spoke up as he counted the corpses.

"Fucking hell this was supposed to work, you promised me this would work fuckers. SO WHY ARE NONE OF THESE CORPSES ARE THAT CURSED SHIELD HERO." A woman screamed as she was violently kicking a corpse.

"Calm down, we don't want to draw attention to ourselves." The first male shadow spoke up.

"FUCK THAT, I WANT HIM DEAD, DEAD, DEAD." She continued to scream until she crushed the skull of the corpse she was kicking. "EEWWW, DISGUSTING I GOT IT ALL OVER MY FOOT." She screamed as the brain matter and cold blood splattered on her.

"What did you think would happen when you kick it, dead things disgust me." The other man spoke up.

"But HOW did he survive this, weren't all of these assassins meant to be level 60. We know for sure he hasn't passed level 40 so how did he survive this." The first man pondered.

"Didn't these idiots get an order to only attack him, IF he was alone?" The other man questioned.

"How many people did this assassin group consist of again, I only see 10 corpses." The woman said with a clearly annoyed look on her face.

"They were supposed to be 13." The first man answered.

"I only found 2 headless girls on top of the roof." A new shadow said as he landed in-between them.

"How did you know they were girls Nelly?" The second man questioned the newcomer in a mocking tone when mentioning his name.

"That plays no relevance towards the mission, and it is Necrojax when I am working." quickly replied as he pocketed a necklace.

"Hmm, so in total 12, I think one of them might have betrayed the rest. He first took out the archers, and while the rest of them tried to kill the shield hero, he must've shot the rest of them, which would explain the arrow wounds." The first shadow man explained to the others.

"There is no other explanation that makes sense, it is not like they attacked the wrong guy right. Also if they picked the wrong person, who could possibly be able to defeat 13 Lv 60 assassins. The thought itself is laughable." The second shadow man laughed as he explained his unlikely possibility.

"But why would he betray his group?" Nelly asked

"Money, women or power. That can sway most people in this profession." The woman said as she giggled over the thought, in a fashion making her seem more insane than cute.

"We will need to clean this mess up and then leave when that is done we can try to assassinate the crown princess." The first man spoke again.

"But we need to try and kill her in front of the shield hero, or else this will backfire. So that if it fails we can play it off as a hostage-taking." The second said.

"I like this plan, and when we reacquire her we kill her and say that the shield hero placed a curse on her." The woman said.

"You majorly creep me out princess," Nelly said

"Don't say my title out in the open like that idiot!" Princess Malty yelled back at Nelly.

"Well, I will return to my party, we need to prepare for the upcoming wave, ta-da gentlemen." Princess Malty said as she started to wander off on her own.

"Well start the clean-up you two I will report back that the shield hero is still alive, and he has acquired a new ally." The first man said before he just vanished.

"Well I guess it is just us then, HEY WHERE DID YOU GO?" Nelly looked around in pure befuddlement as he understood he was the one that drew the short straw and had to clean up the bodies. (This would have been fun if I had more time, now it is just all work.) Nelly thought to himself as he picked up a corpse.

As princess Bitc… I mean as princess Malty walked back to her party she was fortunate enough to be bestowed a pitch of ice-cold water on her as she walked under one of the windows. The woman that had thrown out her dirty bathwater received a lot of swears and profanities for her careless disposal of it. She apologized profusely to her as she begged for forgiveness. Malty didn't give her any forgiveness, but she went on her way smelling awful, soaking wet and cold.

The woman that threw out her bathwater that morning did, however, start laughing the moment Malty was gone. "Hahaha, that is what you get! Luckily I didn't purify this batch." The woman said exhilarated from the experience. She then wrote "Attempt 17 was successful," in her notebook before she disappeared.

/Meanwhile in Erhard's weapons shop

They were all sitting by a table that Erhard had been able to procure for them. They were eating well today since Kazuma had challenged his son to a cooking duel like they used to do back in the day. Kazuma revealed that he had always been using the cooking skill that he acquired when he was an adventurer, something Naofumi had picked up automatically from his father over the years they had been cooking together. Kazuma and Naofumi both made breakfast even a king might have been envious of, so to say the group was well fed afterward would be a major understatement.

"BURP!" both father and son burped out in unison like they used to do when they ate dinner together.

"That is still disgusting you two," Megumin said with a smile on her face, it was great seeing her son and husband get along, even if it was over that disgusting burping game.

"Burp." A tiny burp came out of Filo as she started giggling.

"Look master Naofumi I was able to do it too." She said wearing a cute smile, as her little wings flapped.

"Oh no, you two won't corrupt her too!" Megumin erupted as she protectively put her arms around Filo, as an act to shield her from the burping idiots sitting across of them.

"Amateurs!" The host suddenly erupted with a smug smile, as he let out a burp so loud that one could feel the rumble going through one's bones. "Now, beat that."

They looked on in astonishment at the shopkeeper's burping skills.

"That was ama…"

"BUUUUUUUUUUURP," Kazuma's praise was interrupted as the burp of all burps rang out through the room, from no other than Raphtalia. This burp was on such a level that even Megumin couldn't do anything but appreciate the shockwave it gave off, our explosion enthusiast adores any aspect of explosions especially shockwaves.

"Sorry, but I had to, tanuki people can't process gas the same, so if we don't get rid of it we might die from an exploding stomach." She looked away ashamed of the ear-deafening burp she had just blurted out.

"Accepted!" Both Kazuma and Megumin excitedly yelled out in unison.

"W-what do you mean by that?" she asked timidly

"We accept you as our granddaughter." They cheerfully said as they raised their glasses

In response to this Raphtalia started sulking (Not even his parents recognize me as a potential romantic partner.)

"Ok, onto another note. So these waves contain with monsters and all the heroes got a timer that tells them how much time there is before the next wave. Does that summarize it well enough?" Kazuma asked.

"Well mostly, the next wave arrives in about 9 days, and we can't change classes because of the trash king, which means we are level-capped at 40," Naofumi explained losing his happy expression and returning to the somber one that he had unfortunately gotten used to, after all the shit he had been put through.

"Do you want to do something fun?" Kazuma asked Naofumi as he wore a mischievous smile.

"What are you suggesting?" Naofumi retorted with a smile eerily similar to his father.

"We will scout out the enemy out, nothing MORE THAN THAT." He answered his son.

"Hmm, well said, of course, we need to find out more about our enemy, scouting, for now, should be fine and nothing MORE THAN THAT." Naofumi agreed.

"Sounds like you two are planning to do more than just scouting." Megumin put in as she ran her hands through Filo's golden hair.

(Oh they are definitely up to something, but I want to see where this leads.) Erhard thought as he heard the boys scheming.

"Naofumi, give me a tour of the city, I will be using {Lurk} to stay in the shadows." He said

"But won't it look weird for me to give a tour of the city to Raphtalia and Filo, they already know the city layout after all."

"I will be in the shadows, but you will, of course, be touring your mother around the city, avoiding suspicion. We don't need to show them all our cards, so we won't tell them that Megumin is your mother."

"What will I be then?" Megumin asked a little worried about what Kazuma would come up with.

"No need to take it too far from the truth, you will just be an archmage that joined his party."

"I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE RING OFF!" Megumin yelled out, clearly insulted making her eyes shining bright red. "I didn't like the views the vendor gave me, and from what Filo tells me this spear hero is a creep. The ring at least keeps me safe from that." Megumin got up and stood in front of her husband.

"YOU WON'T TAKE IT OFF! I will just hide that I exist. You will still be an archmage, let us say married with a sailor out on the sea." Kazuma said in a stern tone.

"But why won't you show that you are here with me to everyone?" Megumin asked thinking (Why do we need to hide it again, the first time we didn't tell people about our relationship Darkness ended up stealing your first kiss. When we got to Japan, they told me to hide my child and marriage, to become a more attractive idol. That only lead to that nightmare… NOT AGAIN!)

"It won't be like hiding our relationship have gone before, and that won't happen again I promise you." Kazuma reassuringly said as he put his hands on Megumin shoulders and stared into Megumin's burning red eyes. His calm green against her burning red.

"I-I trust you, but don't you dare take your eye off us." She said in an indignant tone as her eyes started to reside.

"Well with that settled we will make the carriage ready, Filo and Raphtalia come with me," Naofumi commanded as he got up and went outside

"Yes master Naofumi!" they both yelled out in unison, without a second of hesitation they followed after him.

"Hey, no need to be so in such a hurry about it, I am still tired after being a prison guard all night," Kazuma said as he shifted his attention from Megumin's gaze, ruining the moment they had.

"Hmph, of course," Megumin said in great annoyance that their moment had been ruined.

"Dad just drink this, and you can be awake for the whole tour." He said as he threw Kazuma a potion with a milky white color.

"Ok, then," Kazuma said as he managed to catch the potion, and quickly drank it all up.

Kazuma instantly fell asleep after drinking the potion.

"W-what, why would you do that, to your own father of all things master Naofumi?" Raphtalia asked totally surprised by her master's action.

"Because he gets cranky when he doesn't get enough sleep, so a stamina potion would not solve the problem. So I instead gave him a hyper-sleep potion. It makes you fall asleep instantly, and makes you able to feel rested after just sleeping just 1/10 of what you would normally need." Naofumi explained as he gestured for them to go out and load the carriage.

Megumin just looked at her husband laying on the floor sleeping peacefully. "So he will be out for 2 hours." She said before she leant down and petted his head tenderly.

"I guess closer to 1-hour mom, no one needs 20 hours of sleep." He said as he went out the door following after Raphtalia and Filo.

"So how long will he be asleep you think?" Megumin asked Erhard.

"I am guessing 20 minutes," Erhard said as he went back to his work.

Megumin picked up Kazuma with ease and carried him into a private room tucking him into bed. "Ha, looks like our roles are reversed this time dear." She whispered with a cute smile as she caressed Kazuma's face.

"I want a daughter. No, I can't say it like that. Kazuma I have been thinking for a while, shouldn't we try to get a daughter. Yeah, that could work." She whispered to herself as she looked at the sleeping Kazuma. (Should I maybe be more direct) she thought.

"Fuck me Kazuma. NO, I can't say that. Maybe, Kazuma I have wanted a daughter for so long, you told me that I could name our baby if it was a girl, and you could name them if it was a boy back then, so let us try for a daughter." She continued to whisper to herself and the sleeping Kazuma.

"Sounds fun" Kazuma whispered back to her as she was tenderly stroking his hair.

Megumin didn't catch that he was awake for a second, but then she suddenly stopped stroking his hair as she looked into his very open eyes.

"How much of that did you hear?" She asked as she started to blush profusely.

"Oh, I came back to my senses the moment you started carrying me." He informed her.

Now Megumin's face got so red from the embarrassment that her eyes and face had matching colors.

"I haven't seen you this embarrassed for some time, it is really cute." He said with a smile on his face. "But why do you suddenly want a daughter?"

"Because I saw Filo and Raphtalia, it is fun to have something I can call granddaughters… But it just reminded me that I always wanted a daughter." Megumin explained to him as she leaned in closer to him.

"I have one requirement if we do this," Kazuma said as he stared into her red eyes.

"What, is it?" she asked pleadingly.

"NOT IN MY SHOP!" Erhard yelled out as he burst into the room and interrupted the couple.

"AAAH!" they both screamed as the blacksmith burst into the room totally ruining the moment they were having.

"HOW?" They asked with matching red faces.

"I could hear you, I hear anything going on in my shop. If you want to do it go to an inn." He told the two laying in the bed, before he lowered his voice and left the room.

"Hahaha, something never changes does it." Kazuma started laughing as he remembered how they used to be interrupted back in the days.

"Not everything is as fun to repeat." She said while pouting.

"What about this," Kazuma said as he leaned into a deep kiss with Megumin, she was pleasantly shocked at how forward he suddenly acted. She reached out her hands and pulled him deeper into the kiss as they started to let their tongues go on an exploration into the other's mouth. When they released from the kiss, Megumin started to get groggy.

"That is better to repeat…" she slurred her words as she fell asleep.

"Dammit still some potion left in my mouth," Kazuma said partly disappointed at the abrupt end of the kiss and part happy because he got to see his beautiful wife sleeping peacefully.

(Good to see {Potion boost} still works though.) he thought as he tucked her in, but since she had already slept well the night before she woke up after just a few minutes.

{Potion boost} will passively grant a 10 x boost to all potions the user consumes, note: this ability boost both negative and positive potion effects, so don't drink something that has negative effects.

Kazuma left the room with Megumin, which shocked Naofumi that just came in to get another box of supplies. Because Kazuma had just been sleeping for something close to 6 minutes. When he had used the potion it had only sped up his sleep time 10x. So either his father doesn't need more than 1 hour of sleep or he has some ability he doesn't know about. Now would be a great time to question him since they were ahead of schedule.

"Dad what ability did you use to wake up so quickly?" Naofumi questioned his father

"Oh, the ability I used just now is called {Potion boost} it is a passive ability that should be self-explanatory in what it does."

"Ok, yeah that would explain it. But what abilities does mom have?" Naofumi questioned as he directed his gaze towards his mother.

"The greatest, most powerful, most wonderful ability of them all, of course, it is EXPLOS…" Megumin was stopped by Kazuma just before she could yell out the last word.

"Idiot have you forgotten that you can cast instantly now. You could have killed us all with that chant of yours." Kazuma said as he held his hand firmly in front of her mouth, not letting a single word escape.

Megumin just looked back at him with a guilty smile hidden by his firm hand. (Whoops, I forgot.) Her eyes did, however, shine up a little bit from being held so tightly by Kazuma.

"Hey, what was she about to cast?" Erhard said nervously.

"Explosion magic," Kazuma said in a stern tone.

"How devastating would that be?" Naofumi asked.

"It is easier to show than tell, so you will see it at some point," Kazuma said as he released his grip on Megumin.

"Well, with that over we should probably leave for the tour." Naofumi said before he also realized "Wait for a second, shouldn't we form a party her let me show you how you do it." Naofumi then first proceeded to show Megumin how to join his party, but for some reason, it wouldn't work.

{WARNING}: Unknown error has occurred please do not proceed.

It said on Naofumi's player Hud as he got a shock from trying to have his mother join his party, he then tried do let Kazuma join his party, but the same warning flashed up, only this time Kazuma got the shock.

"What is going on, why isn't this working?" Naofumi said in total befuddlement as he looked at his father rolling around on the floor in pain.

"Naofumi what are the consequences for not being able to be in the same party together, aren't they more of a formality?" Megumin asked as she pointed on her husband, gesturing for Naofumi to do something.

"{First heal}" Naofumi cast on Kazuma so he would stop being in pain, clearly he had more damage resistance than his father. "The consequences are that you won't be teleported with me when the wave hits, and you won't gain any EXP from the monsters my party defeats." He explained

"EXP is shared?" Kazuma asked now very intrigued.

"Yes, it is shared if you are in the same party, the one that defeats the monster gets most of the EXP though," Naofumi explained.

"Megumin wants to see if we can form a party?" Kazuma asked totally excited at the thought.

"Well I guess, we can do it for old times' sake if you really want to." Megumin looking away.

Kazuma and Megumin then went on to actually party up without any further difficulties. Megumin did, however, get a prompt up on her player Hud. It said, "You can summon 1 available familiar, do you wish to execute this action." Megumin instantly pressed yes, because why not summon a familiar.

"Eh, Megumin what did you just do," Kazuma asked as a blue ball appeared in the middle of the room and started to grow.

"I summoned my familiar." She retorted with her usual energy as her eyes lit up.

"Since when can you summon things?" Kazuma asked with some panic showing in his voice, as he backed away from the glowing blue ball looking like it was about to explode.

"Since now." She said as she got closer to the blue ball of light, and when she came in contact with the ball it disappeared as she had just popped a balloon.

Megumin was a little disappointed while the rest of the men in the shop let out a sigh of relief. The familiar that laid on the floor right now licking her black fur was Chomusuke. When the black cat looked up from her cleanup project and noticed that she was no longer on Kazuma's pillow, but instead in a place she had never seen before she freaked out until she finally saw Megumin. The cat then understood her mistress had summoned her and stopped freaking out. Chomusuke did not go to her mistress because the second thing she saw was her favorite person in the universe, Kazuma. She quickly sprinted to Kazuma and rubbed herself against his leg.

"Hey I am here, why does this always happen?" Megumin said with a pouty as she saw her own familiar betray her and cuddle up with her husband, instead of jumping up in her outstretched arms. But on both Megumin's and Kazuma's party status, Chomusuke appeared listed under Megumin, which was listed under Kazuma essentially making him the leader of the party.

"Well, then should we get going?" Kazuma excitedly said as he tenderly picked up Chomusuke. In return, Chomusuke rubbed herself against him as he petted her.

"Do you think you can be covert while you are holding onto her." Megumin pointed out, with some annoyance showing in her voice.

"No, I thought she was going to travel with you in the carriage." Kazuma simply retorted with as he went over to Megumin and handed Chomusuke over to her. Chomusuke didn't resist she loved them both, she just like Kazuma a tad more.

"It is only fitting for a familiar and her mistress to be together," Megumin said in a tone resembling that of a high-status woman before she quickly turned around to hide her childish glee.

(Who is the mistress again.) Naofumi thought as he saw his mother spoiling Chomusuke, while the cat just laid in her arms enjoying herself.

"Well, let us get going, mom." He said as he left through the door quickly followed by his mother carrying Chomusuke.

"I hope you can take care of Suwon while we are gone," Kazuma said as he directed his attention towards Erhard.

"That won't be a problem, he is not going anywhere," Erhard said with confidence as he looked over at the sleeping assassin.

"I will be off then {Concealment}" Kazuma said as he turned invisible. Shocking Erhard a little bit.

"Damn, he is good," Erhard uttered before he went back to work.

"So what is the first place you want to show us?" Megumin asked as she sat down in the packed carriage next to her son holding the reins, with Raphtalia at the back and Filo in her Filolial form ready to drag this carriage.

"First we could just travel a little bit around in the city showing you the outlay," Naofumi said as he gave a little smack with his reins to make Filo start moving.

"Finally," Filo said in pure exhilaration, she finally got to drag this heavy carriage that she had been waiting for all morning. The carriage was usually so light in her opinion, but this time the carriage was packed.

Kazuma using his {Lurk} skill followed behind them from the rooftops. (This is going to be a little tiresome, but I got a great view over them.)

(Oh, I have an outfit inventory, let me just quickly check. What I have the thief costume, let me equip that.) Kazuma thought as he initiated the outfit swap. Now he stood on top of the rooftops wearing a black and white mask bestowed upon him by Vanir, while the rest of him was covered in black. The mask avoided anyone from recognizing his voice as well as his face.

He continued to follow behind them, then he saw a person spying on them. She was wearing a cloak and a mask to hide her face. (Now, that looks fucking suspicious) he thought as he got behind the suspicious person. He then jumped the person, quickly immobilizing her.

"WTF are you doing following after them?" Kazuma whispered inquisitively as she held down the covert person. He didn't give the spy any room to retaliate as he unmasked the spy, revealing it to be an objectively beautiful brown-haired woman. Kazuma a true advocate of gender equality didn't get startled by the fact he was straddling a woman, no he tightened his grip. She stared back at him with a serious and neutral face, intently observing her opponent.

"I'll ask again, why are you following that carriage, are you planning to kill them?" as Kazuma whispered the last part he tightened his grip.

"Are you trying to protect them?" she asked as she understood why this man had restrained her.

"Of course I am, and if that means killing you to keep them safe, I will do it." Kazuma menacingly said as he put his sword against her throat.

"Hmm, you don't seem to be lying, I am not here to kill these people or bring harm to them in any way. I am tasked with keeping a watch over the shield hero's party, in case something were to happen to them I would help them. It seems we share the same goal." The woman explained, without ever showing any fear or hesitation in her words, she didn't show any emotions.

(She doesn't seem to be lying, but she could be manipulating me.) Kazuma thought, still holding the blade to her throat. "Who do you work for, talk?" he said with as much menace as he could muster whilst whispering.

"I am one of the queen's shadows, we mostly observe how the kingdom operates while the queen is gone. I have been ordered to keep watch on the Shield hero. Would that suffice?" she whispered back to our masked Kazuma.

(Hmm, yeah that could make sense. Some people warned Naofumi about the conspiracy going on in this, three heroes church. She doesn't seem to be lying, so I will trust her.) "You never saw me, and I will know if you tell anyone about me," Kazuma whispered as he removed his sword from her throat.

In response to his words, the spy said: "Very well, but I will keep an eye on you."

"You can try, but you will only see me if I want to {Concealment}" Kazuma said as he turned invisible and the shadow could feel the hold on her disappear.

(What kind of man can be stealthier than a Shadow? Who is he? I have never heard of him or seen him. He must be a professional "The perfect shadow"). As the woman thought this she could feel her heartbeat just a bit faster. (No, Shadows don't fall in love or give in to feelings.) She thought as she breathed in and out letting her heart calm down. Her hand went over her neck to check for any blood, not finding anything. This only made her remember her youthful days.

/10 years ago

"Petrissa will you marry me?" a young man asked her.

"I will only marry a man if he is better than me, I have seen what you have done I will not marry you, you are not only a man with no skills but also a horrible man that mistreats the people around him." Petrissa scolded the man as she left him behind.

/Present time

(He was better than me, he unmasked me if I ever catch him I will do the same. I must find more out about this mysterious and hands… man, I must find more information about this man this is only in relation to the mission.) Petrissa thought as she went to her rendezvous point.

Kazuma was now using all his energy to catch up with the carriage that had been driving away as he tangled with that spy. (Megumin would be so jealous if she saw me back there.) he thought as he finally caught up to the carriage. It had been stopped by none other than The spear hero's party.

"So where do you think you are going Naofumi." Bitc… I mean princess whor… Malty commanded as she blocked the path for them.

"That is none of your business!" Naofumi sternly said as he tried to pass them, again being blocked by Motoyasu (fuckboymcgee).

"Who might you be beautiful?" Motoyasu asked as he tried to grab Megumin's hand to kiss it, he was however abruptly stopped when a potted plan hit him right in the head.

"WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT COME FROM," Motoyasu yelled as he looked up to the rooftops not seeing anything suspicious.

(DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!) Kazuma screamed in his head as he looked at the idiot that just tried to touch his wife. (OH, I SAW WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO, GET ANY CLOSER AND THAT HAND IS COMING OFF.) Kazuma thought as he drew his blade, ready to go in.

"I wouldn't try to do that to a married woman Motoyasu, it brings bad luck," Naofumi said as directed his attention towards Megumin's wedding ring.

"Did you marry Naofumi, don't you know what kind of scum he is, he tried to force himself on Malty when he got drunk," Motoyasu said with clear shock.

"I am married to a handsome sailor currently at sea, Naofumi is just showing me around in the city. But why do you say so many things that are untrue about him?" Megumin said in a calm tone as she realized this sleazy guy would never even get close to her, but also shocked at that someone would say her son got drunk.

"Ok, so you are married to a sailor out at seas, he must be a very lucky man. I swear that everything I just said about him is true, after all, the one he attacked stands right over there." Motoyasu said as he pointed over at bitc… princess Malty.

"You say he attacked her after he got drunk and lost control?" Megumin asked with feigned concern directing the question towards whor… Malty.

"Yes, he is a brute and cannot be trusted I advise you get away from him right away." She said with very convincing acting as she put on teary eyes and let her voice whimper.

"But Naofumi can't get drunk, which means that what you are saying is a lie." Megumin smugly informed the group in front of her.

"W-what do you mean he can't get drunk, everyone can get drunk if they drink enough" Bitc… Malty said a little startled by someone seeing through her act.

"No, I have seen him drink whiskey like it was juice," Megumin informed them as she thought back to her last meeting with Aqua.

/Aqua's blessing

"Megumin, I don't ever want you or Kazuma to ever get drunk again so I will give you immunity to all alcohols. It will also affect all your children." Aqua said annoyed at her newfound godhood.

"But why?" Megumin and Kazuma asked her in unison

"Because if I can't get drunk anymore, so shouldn't you." She informed them before they were transported to Japan.

And they had found out the hard way that they couldn't get drunk anymore after they went to a bar and won every drinking contest without feeling as much as a little bit tipsy. Aqua can be really petty.

/Present time

(Wait, mom knows I can't get drunk since when she has never seen me drink or…) Naofumi thought as he looked on in surprise at his mother defending him.

At the same time, Kazuma took out some rope he had in his pocket and threw it at Malty's feet. He then used {Bind} to tie the ropes around her feet, so that when she started walking she would fall over. This action would garner more amusement than he could imagine.

"No one can drink that muuuehhhh" Malty screamed as she stumbled forward.

Luck would have it so that the spear hero was carelessly holding his spear behind him, just in the path that Malty was currently falling. (Un)fortunately, Motoyasu was able to react to her screaming in time that the spear didn't chop her head off, but she did receive a small cut on her cheek. Malty was still stricken with fear when she realized the spear had cut her because she had imbued the spear with poison the night before.

(Oh fuck this isn't good, I didn't fucking buy any antidote) She thought as the severity of the situation set in. Her face went pale as the blood drained from it, and she could feel a small burning sensation spread from her wound. She had 20 minutes left to live, or maybe the shield hero had an antidote. Would she stoop as low as to beg for her life, HELL YEAH SHE WOULD.

"Does anyone have an antidote for manticore poison?" She first tried to probe the question to not needlessly beg for her life if he didn't have an antidote.

"I have some, but why are you asking?" Naofumi said while scowling at the two-faced bitch laying on the ground.

"Well, the spear just that just cut me has manticore poison on it, so hand it over." She commanded.

Naofumi understanding how much leverage he now held over her, he started grinning. "Remember to die slowly and painfully." He said as he again tried to leave.

"NO! Please I need the antidote or I will die!" She now said pleadingly as real tears emerged from her eyes.

"Wonderful news, now Filo let us get moving," Naofumi said as just the thought of that bitch dying brought him so much joy.

"NO! I won't let you leave before you have handed over that antidote." Motoyasu said as heroically as he could manage, in his head, it sounded great, but in reality, it was really embarrassing to watch. He got into a battle stance as he pointed his spear towards Naofumi.

(FUCK OFF!) Kazuma thought as he chucked another potted plant towards him, hitting him in the back of his head with a lot of force.

"WHERE THE FUCK ARE THESE POTTED PLANTS COMING FROM!" Motoyasu yelled as he darted his eyes around to look for the culprit, of course not seeing anyone.

As he turned his back to Filo to look for the potted plant chucker, she took the great opportunity to kick him in the balls making him fly. She then started running away dragging the carriage with her, leaving

"Good job Filo," Naofumi and Megumin said in unison as they left the pleading Malty, the still flying Motoyasu and the other shocked spear hero party members behind.

"Our current objective is to keep this antidote away from that bitch at all cost," Naofumi said as they were riding away.

"Understood," both Filo and Raphtalia said as they got battle-ready.

Kazuma was now back on the roof following after his family, wearing an evil grin. He couldn't tell exactly why, but throwing potted plants at that spear hero gave him so much satisfaction. He had thrown another at him while in midair, it hit him straight in the face breaking his nose.

(I would throw more stuff, but I think I got the best result from that situation and I need to keep my family safe.) He thought as he picked up another potted plant, just in case.

The current objective is to let bitc… princess Malty die. Will our heroes succeed or not. Yeah, you get to know more about that in the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I wonder how they are going to deal with the next wave if they can't bring Megumin and Kazuma with them. Well, we will find out next time.