Naofumi Iwatani, Megumin, Satou Kazuma. Fanfiction 3. Chapter 6: Lost in transfer
A new figure had suddenly appeared after she had taken out a soul-eater with ease. This was something Naofumi and his party had struggled to do. Naofumi had to utilize his rage shield, and that barely killed it. Now this woman that stood before them had killed a soul-eater in less than a second. So she was clearly powerful, the question was just, how powerful?
Everyone, even Kazuma looked on in shock of what they were seeing. Kazuma looked on in shock, but not for the same reason everyone else did. He looked on in shock, because this woman looked like Megumin, just taller and with longer hair.
(I should make a kimono for Megumin while we are here.) He thought to himself.
"You really have troubles with weaklings like these?" the woman asked in a mocking tone as she gestured to the people before her, while wearing a coy smile.
She started to walk towards Naofumi as she spoke, "There is only one person here worthy of the name hero," the woman declared in a praising tone as she directed everyone's attention towards Naofumi.
(Good choice.) Kazuma thought to himself.
"What is your name?" She asked in a curious tone.
"Introduce yourself before you go asking for someone else's name!" Naofumi yelled back in a stern tone.
"Oh, pardon me, where are my manners. My name is Glass and feel free to consider me your enemy. I think that is all you need to know, for now." Glass said in an unnaturally calm tone as she declared something rather ominous.
(She is a boss, well should have expected as much. I had to fight a demon king general, when I was level 15.) Kazuma chuckled to himself as he saw history repeat itself.
"I am Naofumi," he declared in a calm tone as he wore a serious expression.
"Well then, shall we begin? The only worthy of the name hero," she asked as she intently stared at Naofumi, while unfolding her metal fans.
Everyone stared intently at Glass. No one moved a muscle, clearly this was a strong enemy where even a tiny mistake could mean death. The opponents were sizing each other up. Naofumi hid his distress as he knew he didn't have any SP left to perform the same attack as he did earlier on the soul-eater. He would try to protect Raphtalia and Filo, and then hope that Kazuma could take her on.
"Why are you waiting to attack, Hero of the shield Naofumi? Do you perhaps want to send these servants at me first?" Glass asked in a mocking tone as she gestured towards the shocked "heroes" and their party members.
(Ah, she is baiting them to attack her, but only an idiot would fall for such an obvious bait.) Kazuma realized as he spectated the battle from above.
"DID SHE JUST CALL US NAOFUMI'S SERVANTS!" the three idiots yelled out in unison, as they clearly took offense to her statement. Kazuma could see a faint smile emerge on her face, which she quickly covered with one of her fans.
(I forgot, there are three of them on this ship.) Kazuma thought as he facepalmed.
The three idiots and their party started to surround her as bitc… I mean Myne started to wake up. They then let out their meteor series attacks and shot everything directly at her. Their combined attacks made a huge flash, and when it resided Glass stood there like nothing had happened to her.
"Truly pathetic," she said her voice full with disdain, as she readied her own attack.
"What is going on?" Myne asked groggily as she awoke from her knockout, her nose still bleeding.
"{Reverse four season}" Glass chanted, which created an extremely strong wind that swept everyone, except Naofumi, Filo, Kazuma and Raphtalia off their feet, knocking them out instantly. Myne was sent violently thrown into a mast, which broke her right arm.
"Like I was saying before, just mere servants." She mockingly stated as she looked on the sorry excuse for heroes and their party members, that were strewn around on the ground.
"I hope you will at least entertain me a little," Glass said as she pointed her fans at him in a challenging manner.
"You should meet a friend of mine, the only thing she is useful for is entertaining people with her fans though," Kazuma in his thief outfit stated as he appeared behind Glass.
"And who are you?" Glass asked in genuine surprise.
"The one who will defeat you!" Kazuma stated in an intentionally silly manner, trying his best to act drunk.
"Where were you hiding all this time, and drop the act I can tell you aren't drunk. I can't smell any alcohol on you." Glass said as she got increasingly frustrated at this silly man before her.
"You are clever. Let me just say one thing before we start," Kazuma said in a serious tone as he dropped the act.
"Please tell," She said in a tired voice, clearly she found this mysterious person annoying.
"{Steal}," Kazuma chanted, which made his hand emit a blue glow, and when the light resided he stood there holding a pair of black panties. (Well, I might as well just pocket these.) He thought as he stuffed the piece of underwear into his satchel.
"You scum, why would you steal my panties, you will pay for this." Glass declared as some cracks started to show in her calm demeanor.
Naofumi just stared at his father with a blank face, not knowing how to react to this. Raphtalia was shocked by the perverted thing she had just witnessed, she had held Kazuma in high regard previously but now she didn't know what to think about him. Filo followed Raphtalia's line of thought. Then Chomusuke emerged from Filo's feathers and meowed.
(You get used to it.) Chomusuke thought to herself, as she poked her head out of the fluffy feathers. She then jumped out of her comfy sleeping bag, and landed gracefully on the deck of the ship and lazily stretched out.
(Why is she just angrily staring at me, this usually always works to either make a girl embarrassed, or angry enough to attack me.) Kazuma thought. His plan had been to make her so angry she made a mistake and attacked him, but she was clearly not a careless person. He would have to change things up a bit.
"If you are not going to make the first move, then I will {Fireball}," Kazuma chanted the spell, creating a tennis ball sized fire in his hand that he threw at Glass. She was a little on guard as the ball of fire flew towards her, but she easily smacked it away like it was nothing.
"What kind of pathetic magic was that supposed to be?" Glass mockingly said as she gestured to the fireball that was currently flying away. "Even these servants had more powerful attacks." She pointed out, as she thought this guy just had to be cocky.
(Just as planned, she underestimates me.) "Take this {Wind breath}," Kazuma chanted as he pulled out a bag of flour and used the wind to send a massive cloud of flour towards Glass.
"Are you serious, are you trying to bore me to death?" Glass said dejectedly as she stood inside a cloud of finely dispersed flour.
"You underestimate my flour, {Fireball}" Kazuma chanted as he created another fireball in his hand.
"You just did that trick," Glass said in a tired tone, as she got ready to do her own attack and end this stupid farce.
"TAKE COVER!" Kazuma yelled in a serious tone, his son recognized it instantly as the "NO BULLSHIT" voice, Kazuma used when he was extremely serious about something.
"{Shield Prison}" Naofumi yelled as a metal ball with chains appeared around him, Raphtalia, Chomusuke and Filo.
Kazuma threw the fireball at Glass, as it flew through the air Kazuma used {Escape} to get out of the range from the incoming dust explosion.
(I give you, my explosion.) Kazuma thought with a smug grin adorning his face, as he just barely got into cover, before the fireball ignited the flour. The dust explosion didn't have any shockwave, like Megumin prefers, but it got the place heated. Extreme heat spread across the deck, giving people that wasn't in cover nasty burns. Whor… I mean Myne was so (un)lucky that her red hair caught fire, which burned down to her scalp. The only one that got off easy with some superficial burns was a green haired girl named Rishia.
"Cough, cough!" Glass coughed violently as the black cloud of burnt powder resided.
Kazuma then shot up from his cover and used {Create water} to douse Glass in water, next he used {Freeze} to hold her in place. However, Glass didn't have any problems breaking free from the ice Kazuma had created.
"You are eternally annoying, but it is time to end this," Glass said in a raspy voice from all the smoke she had inhaled, as she readied her own attack before Kazuma could get out of the way. "{Tortoise shell cracker}" Glass chanted as an arrow of purple light shot towards Kazuma.
"{Reflect}" Kazuma yelled as he hit the purple light with his hand sending it right back at twice the speed, cleanly piercing through Glass' right shoulder like nothing. If Kazuma had mixed it with his snipe ability he would have certainly killed her right there, but he just acted on instinct in that very moment.
"FUCK!" Glass yelled in anger as she saw the damage she had taken. This man was more dangerous than she had thought. (He tricked me, he is much stronger than he seems and he is definitively smart, but who the hell is he?) Glass berated herself as she kept her gaze at the masked man in-front of her, as if trying to see the face behind the black and white mask.
Naofumi finally released the shield prison around him and the girls, the moment Chomusuke was free to roam around she started calmly prancing towards Kazuma.
(I can't hurt her with my own magic, but using her own attacks against her seems to be working fine.) Kazuma noted to himself as he saw Chomusuke walking towards him. The moment his attention was off Glass she jumped forward to swing at his neck, which Kazuma barely was able to dodge.
"I don't like getting my head chopped off, I have been there done that." Kazuma politely informed Glass as he got a safe distance away from her. He finally drew he unnamed blade and got ready for a sword fight, or in this case Sword vs Fan.
Glass didn't hesitate, she immediately jumped forward at Kazuma and swung her fans at him again. He tried to parry with his own sword, but that was quickly chopped in half.
Kazuma was able to dodge away, but Glass still managed to give him a little cut at his left cheek with her first fan, and got a good hit on his stomach, with her other fan.
"Fuck!" Kazuma muttered to himself with gritted teeth as he felt the pain spreading across his abdomen.
"{First heal}" Naofumi chanted as he saw the angry/pained expression on his father's face. He recognized it from the time Kazuma had been changing a light bulb, and Naofumi had turned on the power, unintentionally electrocuting his father.
Kazuma could feel his wounds heal, not nearly on the same level that Aqua was capable of, but it was helping.
Kazuma used {Create earth} mixed with {Wind breath} to throw sand in her face. This temporarily blinded her, which gave Kazuma the perfect opportunity to slide under her kimono and grab ahold of her knees, where he proceeded to use {Drain touch} to drain her for mana and energy.
"AH!" Glass shrieked out as she could feel her very life drain away rapidly, she barely managed to kick him off, before she lost too much life energy.
Kazuma quickly got up to see the pale Glass looking translucent, very similar to how Wiz would look after interacting with Aqua for too long. (So, she isn't human) Kazuma noted to himself as he jumped backwards and picked up Chomusuke.
"I can't lose, I have to win or else my world is doomed!" Glass muttered to herself, which Kazuma was able to pick up on with his passive ability {Lip reading}.
Kazuma took in this new information and changed his attack "{Hell bind}". The red cross on Chomusuke's forehead started to glow as she opened her mouth and let out a big hairball. Kazuma pointed Chomusuke at Glass and the hairball shot into Glass' chest and quickly started to spread across her body, restricting her movements.
"What is this?" Glass yelled out in slight panic.
Kazuma dropped Chomusuke and used {Dash} quickly get over to her and used his momentum to body slam her into the ground. "Yield!" Kazuma commanded as he held her down in a firm grip.
"I will never surrender!" Glass yelled back him, as she started to sneakily cut herself out of the hairball, without Kazuma noticing.
"Then I will have to…" Kazuma was about to say something, but suddenly the timer ticked down to zero and both Glass and Kazuma abruptly vanished in a flash of light. This caused Chomusuke to shriek out in panic, while Naofumi, Filo and Raphtalia stared on in shock.
The sky turned blue again, and all the rainbow wormholes disappeared. Naofumi could feel the ship starting to lose height as it started plummeting towards the ground. In quick succession Naofumi ran over to the panicking Chomusuke and picked her up, as he gestured for Raphtalia to jump on Filo, before promptly doing so himself. All the while Chomusuke wouldn't stop shrieking.
"Fly Filo, this ship is going to crash!" He ordered which Filo did without a second of hesitation.
Only seconds after liftoff, the ship violently crashed into the ground which caused everyone on the ship to be thrown around. (Un)fortunately everyone got out if it with only light bruising, except for Rishia which was practically unharmed.
When Naofumi and his party gently landed on the ground, they all looked at the panicking cat as she continued to shriek. Naofumi was distressed at this, since Chomusuke always just slept or ate when he saw her, but now she was screaming her lungs out. Since he didn't have any other alternative, Naofumi gently put the panicking cat down into Filo's feathers. This seemed to calm her down for a bit, but then she just continued shrieking.
"Master Naofumi, why is she like that?" Raphtalia asked in a worried tone as she witnessed the distressed cat shrieking.
"She really likes my dad, and he just disappeared right in front of her, wouldn't you also be distressed if I just suddenly vanished like that?" Naofumi asked rhetorically as he gestured for Filo to go to the where the soul-eater had dropped.
(I feel for you Chomusuke) Raphtalia thought as she stared at the cat with pity present in her face.
"Master Naofumi, shouldn't we first go to grandma and tell her that grandpa is gone?" Filo asked as she felt Chomusuke sink her claws into her skin, barely holding back a yelp.
"We will do that, but first I need to absorb the soul-eater to see if I can gain any new powers," He explained as Filo started running towards the corpse of the soul-eater.
After Naofumi had absorbed enough of the soul-eater to unlock some new powers he looked at what was left and made a decision. (The other heroes are too weak, I should probably leave some for them too or else they might die.) Naofumi thought to himself as he got back on Filo and started riding back to the village, where Megumin was currently resting.
"MEOOOOW!" Chomusuke shrieked as Naofumi opened the door to Elrasla's house. This instantly woke Megumin as she stormed out of the bed to see why her familiar was in distress.
"WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IS CHOMUSUKE WAILING!?" Megumin demanded to know as she met Naofumi and the other's in the door.
"Dad vanished," Naofumi quickly answered as he saw the red eyes of his mother flare up.
The moment Megumin heard the news she stared at her ring, before she slowly twisted it around and saw the red gem shining. The moment she saw that, she let out a huge sigh of relief and grabbed ahold of her familiar.
"He is still alive, so calm down, see the gem isn't black. Kazuma is still alive. Chomusuke look at the gem, he is still alive." Megumin said in a calm tone as she gently stroked her hand through Chomusuke's fur. In response the cat calmed down as she intently stared at the red light shining from the ring, as if nothing else mattered to her.
"How does that ring actually work grandma?" Filo asked curiously as she saw how quickly Chomusuke calmed down.
"The ring is linked to his heartbeat, so if we ever get lost from each other I can still know if he is alive," Megumin explained with a tender voice as she gently petted her familiar.
(How romantic) Raphtalia thought to herself as a tear of joy went down her cheek, which Naofumi stroked away. This action made Raphtalia turn red as she looked away from her master.
"But do you know where he is?" Naofumi asked.
"The ring doesn't work like that, it only shines in accordance with the my or his heartbeat. However, if I get emotional it will shine dark red, while mine will flash green if he becomes emotional." She explained as she looked over at her eldest son, while still tenderly stroking Chomusuke.
"Hmm, so you are all family, well what more surprises does this day hold?" Everyone (except for Chomusuke still staring at the ring) looked on in shock at Elrasla as she suddenly spoke.
"Now listen…" Naofumi tried to say, but was interrupted.
"I won't tell a soul, you saved my life after all, so it is the least I can do, but I have to say I am surprised your mother looks so young, I thought she was maybe 20-19 years old." Elrasla complimented in an uplifting tone.
"Thank you," Megumin said as she blushed slightly from the compliment, before she stared out the window. (Where are you?) Megumin and Chomusuke thought to themselves as they stared at their own respective light source.
/Meanwhile in a wormhole
"force it out of youuuuu" Kazuma finished his sentence as he clutched onto Glass for dear life, as it felt like he was being dragged through a wind tunnel.
Glass finally managed to cut herself free from Chomusuke's hairball bind. "GET OFF ME!" She yelled as she broke free and pushed Kazuma off herself, sending him crashing through the side of the light tunnel. Glass had finally got rid of Kazuma as she was transported the last stretch back to her own world. Now let us see where Kazuma crash-landed.
/Meanwhile in the Crimson demon village
"What if I manage to summon something bigger than a dog?" Meimei asked with a hopeful look on her face as she stared back at her mother.
"If you manage to summon something bigger than a dog, today, I will let you get to ride on my broom," Yunyun answered her daughter, knowing full well she couldn't summon anything bigger than a cabbage head.
"You promise?" Meimei asked as her crimson red eyes shone brilliantly from the thought of being able to ride on the broomstick.
"I promise," Yunyun answered her daughter honestly as she flashed her an encouraging smile.
"Very well then, I Meimei the cutest archmage in the crimson demon village summon forth the strongest creature across all universes to help me in my quest to become even cuter!" Meimei chanted as a magic circle appeared on the ground, and in a blinding flash of light no one saw when Kazuma crash-landed on the grasshopper Meimei had summoned as he came out through his own portal.
When Meimei could see her results she shot up in joy, as she saw she had seemingly summoned something bigger than a dog. "MOM I DID IT, I DID IT, LOOK MOM I DID IT!" Meimei screamed in joy as she ran around Kazuma and pointed at him.
Yunyun stared in disbelief at the man that had seemingly been summoned by her daughter. First she looked at the masked Kazuma laying on the ground totally knocked out, then back at her joyful daughter, then back at Kazuma, she repeated this around 20 times before she spoke.
(Oh no, I need to tell her that the broomstick will be out of the question until she is older.) "About the broomstick…" she tried to say as her daughter cut her off.
"Yes, I almost forgot about that since I was so happy about finally being able to summon something so big, thank you for reminding me mom, so where is it?" Meimei asked as she remembered the reward her mother had promised her.
"Let us wait a little with that, we have to see what you summoned first," Yunyun quickly redirected her daughter's attention back to the sleeping Kazuma.
"Oh yeah, hey who are you, hey wake up, hello are you awake?" Meimei asked as she started poking Kazuma in the side. "He isn't waking up mom, what do I do now?" Meimei asked as she kept poking Kazuma.
"Step away, I will wake him up," Yunyun declared as she readied her spell, after Meimei had gotten out of the way Yunyun cast "{Freeze}". This caused Kazuma to jolt up in pain at the sudden temperature change.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Kazuma yelled as he frantically looked around, before he saw an older woman, and a child around ten looking at him curiously.
"Uhm, who are you, where the fuck am I and why did you cast {Freeze} on me!?" Kazuma asked in rapid succession as he stared at the two people standing in front of him.
"I am Meimei the cutest crimson demon of the crimson demon village, and I have summoned you here, so now bow down to me, my familiar!" Meimei declared in usual crimson demon fashion.
"Crimson demon you say," Kazuma instantly understood where he was as he looked around to see that he was indeed back in the crimson demon village. "And who are you?" Kazuma asked Yunyun, since he clearly did not recognize her (poor Yunyun).
"I am Yunyun, and who might you be?" she asked curiously since Kazuma was still masked, she couldn't recognize him.
"Oh yeah," Kazuma took off his mask revealing his face. "I am Kazuma!" he said with a smile on his face, he didn't realize it before, but he had really missed this world.
Yunyun stared on in shock as she recognized her old friend, while Meimei remained ignorant. "Kazuma, KAZUMA!" Yunyun yelled out in joy as she tackled him down to the ground, Meimei followed suit since it looked like fun to tackle someone down to the ground.
"OOF," Kazuma uttered as he got slammed into the ground, "Yes, I am Kazuma," He said in a monotone voice. He clearly didn't enjoy getting body slammed. "Can you get off me now?" He asked in an annoyed tone.
"Oh sorry, here let me help you up." Yunyun said as she got off him, and helped him up off the ground.
"So, is this your daughter?" Kazuma asked as he pointed at the little girl.
"Yes indeed, this is my daughter, and I have already met yours and Darkness' children, but have you gotten any children with my frie… I mean rival Megumin?" Yunyun asked with wide eyes in the hope that she had finally beaten Megumin to something.
"Yes, we have a 20 year old boy, and an 18 year old boy." Kazuma happily informed her, which caused her to slightly sulk down.
(I got beaten by 10 years) she thought to herself as she clenched her fist together in frustration.
"So, who is the father?" Kazuma asked
"Dust, her father is Dust," She said with some disappointment present in her voice.
"How exactly did that happen?" He asked in genuine surprise.
"I don't want to talk about that, can we please talk about something else?" She pleaded with him.
"Fine, but how are things around here these days?" Kazuma asked
"It is always so BORING!" Meimei shot in, as she leaned her head backwards to show how bored she was.
"It has been peaceful ever since the demon king was defeated, but yes, our daily life is quite boring."
"I HEARD SOMEONE SAY KAZUMA!" a crimson demon shouted as he burst out of his house, alerting EVERYONE in the village to his return. In less than a minute all the inhabitants of the village had surrounded Kazuma, Meimei and Yunyun. Some were flying in the air, which blocked out the sun but that was fixed by someone casting light. Literally casting a spotlight at him and Meimei, no one even payed any attention to Yunyun.
"Eh, Yunyun can you teleport us out of here?" Kazuma asked pleadingly, he didn't want this much attention.
"{Teleport}" Yunyun chanted as she grabbed ahold of both Meimei and Kazuma.
"Where did you teleport us Yunyun?" Kazuma asked as he looked around in a decently looking house, while the smell of something cooking came from the kitchen.
"Eh, this is Yuiyui's house," She informed the unfortunate Kazuma, before she promptly teleported away with Meimei in tow.
(Oh crap) he thought, as a woman looking like she was 40 walked out of the kitchen holding a spatula tighter than necessary.
"Hey, KA, ZU, MA! So, where is my daughter, and more importantly," Yuiyui said in an unnatural calm voice as she slowly approached Kazuma with an unsettling smile plastered on her face. "WHERE ARE MY GRANDCHILDREN!" she yelled as she angrily smacked Kazuma's head with the "spatula of justice" (No like serious, that is the name of the spatula).
"FIRST, I DON'T GET TO ATTEND THE MARRIAGE OF MY OWN DAUGHTER, THEN YOU DISAPPEAR WITH HER, AND LASTLY I NEVER GOT TO HOLD MY OWN GRANDCHILDREN, I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO SEE THEM!" Yuiyui yelled as the spatula of justice kept getting slammed into Kazuma's head.
"We OUCH, have OUCH, two OUCH, sons," Kazuma was able to utter and after he said "sons" he expected another smack, but it didn't come.
"SO, you have gotten me grandchildren?" Yuiyui stared at him intently to see if he was lying.
"Yes, we have two sons, eldest is 20 and youngest is 18." Kazuma said as he started rubbing his sore head.
"And when can I see them?" Yuiyui asked, narrowing her eyes even more at him.
"Eh, as soon as I can find a way to transport us to Japan, you can see them," he answered, in a frightened tone as he saw the burn in her eyes.
"Ah, wonderful then would you like to sit down and eat with me and Hyoizaburoo, son?" She asked, but Kazuma knew he couldn't refuse the dinner invitation regardless so he politely nodded.
As Kazuma sat down with his father in-law(FIL) the atmosphere was very tense between him and Hyoizaburoo, as Yuiyui was in the kitchen preparing the food.
"So, nice house, when did you get this?" Kazuma asked trying to break the tension
"HMPH!" Hyoizaburoo angrily huffed as he gave Kazuma a murderous stare.
"Honey don't you harm him in any way, Megumin loves him!" Yuiyui yelled from the kitchen.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that Kazuma, I got a little carried away," he said as he rubbed the back of his head, before he leaned in close to Kazuma "she told me to look angry, but good to see you," He whispered, which caused Kazuma to let out a huge sigh of relief.
Suddenly Megumin's mom came into the living room with a trolley filled with food. This was a shock to Kazuma, since last time he ate dinner with them, it had been water with some rice here and there, with some really thinned out tea. Now she was bringing out a three-course meal, and it smelled wonderful.
"So, how did you get all these things?" Kazuma asked curiously as Yuiyui sat down next to her husband.
"Queen Lalatina provided us with this, after you and Megumin went to Japan." She informed him as she levitated the food in front of each person.
"Kazuma do tell, how has your life with Megumin been in Japan the last 20+ years?" Hyoizaburoo asked.
And so the story of his life with Megumin was told, and it went on for a few hours until nightfall. Kazuma was then later offered to sleep in the 2nd guestroom they had, which they boasted about in great lengths. As Kazuma went to sleep he looked at his ring, and saw the green gem blink rhythmically, this put his mind at ease and let him sleep peacefully.
The next day Kazuma woke up to someone knocking at his bedroom door. "Kazuma wake up, breakfast is being served" Yuiyui said in a gentle tone as she waited for a response.
"AUGH, I am coming," He answered in a yawn as he lazily got out of the bed.
When Kazuma arrived at the dinner table he was greeted by a friendly married couple, with stacks of pancakes already made.
"You two are becoming great grandparents," Kazuma said not realizing how those words could be interpreted.
"REALLY! Which one of my sons have become a father, or do they wait for one?" Yuiyui asked in a super giddy tone as her crimson eyes shone brilliantly.
"NOW HOLD UP, none of my sons are awaiting any children," Kazuma interjected.
"Oh, too bad," She said as her voice was filled with disappointment.
"Well on second thought Naofumi has pretty much adopted two girls, so in a way you are great-grandparents." Kazuma shot in as Filo and Raphtalia came to mind.
"Hmm, I am sure I can find a woman for both of my grandchildren." She said with full confidence.
"About that, my youngest is gay, so I think that finding him a girlfriend will be troublesome," as he informed his MIL(Mother In-Law) about his youngest sexual orientation he could see a huge smile emerge on her face.
"SO, I can hook him up with boys, I can talk to him about what he finds attractive in a man?" Yuiyui went on a rant of what she could do with her youngest son, clearly not discouraged in the slightest. She was very fond of her family after all.
"Well, I guess you can if you manage to crack through the walls he has put up," Kazuma said as he started stuffing his face with pancakes.
After they had been eating for some time Kazuma wondered where Komekko could be so he asked. "So where is the reincarnation of gluttony?" He asked jokingly, remembering how much that little girl could eat.
"Come with me Kazuma, we are going to teleport to her right now!" His MIL declared as she grabbed ahold of him, before he got to eat the last piece of his pancake she suddenly teleported them.
Kazuma looked around a little confused as he tried to take in his surroundings. He was standing in a spacious living room, he then looked to the fireplace and above the fireplace he could see a Family crest. The crest was a big golden V that a hand grabbed ahold of from behind, it was supposed to convey the message of how the house of Satou stole the victory from the demon king. Kazuma had sketched it when he was younger, but never really gotten to see the finished product in person. When he realized what he was seeing he instantly understood where Yuiyui had brought him.
"I thought we were going to meet Komekko, not my own children," Kazuma said as he gave his MIL a judging stare.
"We are going to meet both, I think Komekko is in the kitchen with your son. He sure likes to cook all types of food." She explained as they started to walk down towards the kitchen.
(Oh god, he despises me, Eris at least told me, so what kind of harsh talking is he going to give me when he sees me, will my own son outright say he hates me?) Kazuma's mind went on a frenzy, as his catastrophe thoughts kept piling on for every step they took towards the kitchen.
"Can… can you please go in first, so you can prepare him for me," Kazuma asked timidly as Yuiyui laid her hand on the door handle. In reality he didn't want to go in that door, he had not been there for his children all of their life. He had come up with excuses to not see them, but now he had to see them, and this was his last attempt to wriggle himself out of it. As soon as Yuiyui went inside he would use {Escape}.
"Oh, I see, very well then, you can stay out here {Paralysis}" Yuiyui chanted with an evil smile on her face, as she opened the door and walked in.
(Fuck! She saw right through me.) He thought as he was unable to both move and talk. Now he could only stare on in horror at the door. (At least the food he makes smells good, at least I will have one good memory before my son starts berating me.)
"Good morning!" Yuiyui said as she walked into the kitchen.
She instantly caught the attention of the two people in the kitchen, her 28 year old daughter Komekko and Kazuma's 20 year old son Masaharu Satou. Masaharu looked at Yuiyui and smiled back at her as he simultaneously cut vegetables. Komekko sat on the kitchen bench and idly swung her feet around as she shot her mother a brilliant smile. She was the self-proclaimed taste tester on all the food Masaharu made.
"Hello, Yuiyui what brings you to my kitchen today?" The blonde haired Masaharu questioned as his calm blue eyes looked at the woman entering.
"I have brought a surprise with me, so please put away the knife," She said as she gestured to the knife that was expertly being swung through the air by Masaharu, cutting everything into perfect slices before it landed in the boiling pot bellow.
"Very well," Masaharu said as he effortlessly threw the knife behind him, making it land perfectly in a washing rack. "What is the surprise?" he said as he wiped his hands clean on a paper towel.
Komekko also intrigued at what this surprise could possibly be, for once stared at something else than food with intrigue. Yuiyui went back outside the kitchen and dragged in the paralyzed Kazuma, before she introduced him.
"This Masaharu, is your father, Kazuma Satou! You can do whatever you want with him for the next 5 minutes, before the paralysis spell wears off." Yuiyui informed the pair.
"Kazuma?!" Komekko uttered out in shock as she stared at the paralyzed man, very quickly recognizing him as her sister's husband.
"MY FATHER!?" Masaharu yelled questioningly, this man didn't look anything like the statues depicted him, but it did fit the description his mother had given of him.
Kazuma's eyes went wide as he saw his son start walking menacingly towards him, but he couldn't do anything as his son wrapped his arms around him and… hugged him. He was hugging him, why was he being so friendly. Didn't Eris say he still despised him. Then Kazuma could feel the hug getting tighter, and tighter. His son was currently crushing him in a bear hug, making Kazuma unable to breathe.
(So this is how I die, in the arms of my own blood) Kazuma thought as he could feel his consciousness slipping away.
"Masaharu, he is much weaker than your mother, you can't hug him with so much strength. You are going to kill him," Komekko pointed out as she could see her Brother in-law's (BIL) face turn purple.
Masaharu only first realizing how much strength he put into the hug instantly let go, letting Kazuma breathe in the precious air he so needed. He then shot his father an apologetic smile very similar to that of his mother. Imagine a male version of Darkness just with spiky blonde hair like Kazuma, then you have a quite good description of how Masaharu looked.
"So, what are you doing here?" He asked his father.
(I am still paralyzed, I can't answer you) Kazuma thought as he tried to convey the information through his eyes, which proved ineffective.
"I am sorry if it was an intruding question, but I am just so happy I can finally meet you," He told his paralyzed father with genuine joy showing in his voice.
"Didn't you say you would filet Kazuma if you ever met hi…" Komekko tried to point out as she was abruptly silenced by Masaharu's hand.
"Don't listen to her, she is just speaking nonsense," Masaharu said as his face grew beet red from embarrassment.
(WTF! What did she just say, WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY!) Kazuma screamed in his head, but the paralysis made him unable to do anything other than breathe and blink.
"Mom, take him out of the paralysis already," Komekko said as she grew tired of him not saying anything.
"Fine," she responded to her daughter's plea, and patted Kazuma on the back, finally giving him back the ability to move and talk.
"H-hello, son?" Kazuma almost asked, he was worried that his son wouldn't let him call him "son," but he was pleasantly surprised to see his son shine up, before his eyes flashed with fear as he got dragged into another bear hug.
"YEAH!" Masaharu cheered in joy as he again started to crush his own father, totally forgetting what he was just told.
"chant brehhhte aahh," Kazuma was barely able to breathe out, which his son didn't pick up. So Komekko had to again save her BIL and make Masaharu aware of the purple color his father started to get.
"Hah, hah, you definitively have gotten your mother's strength, hah, hah!" Kazuma managed to convey in-between heavy pants, as the sweet oxygen was able to refill his lungs.
"To be honest I have gotten most of this strength and experience from just cooking." Masaharu informed his father with a smug smile.
"Why didn't I think of doing that?" Kazuma uttered as he facepalmed. (I could have stayed home and safely cook all day, instead of going on dangerous missions, I am stupid.) he thought, as he realized just how genius this ploy was.
"He gives all the food to a noble cause, so no food goes to waste." Komekko proudly proclaimed, as she wiped away some drool escaping her mouth.
"How is feeding you, a noble cause?" Masaharu questioned the glutton, that was currently trying to discreetly inch over to the boiling pot.
Komekko put a hand over her heart in a manner as if she had been shot, before she fell to the ground and played dead. In response to the overdramatic Komekko, both Kazuma and his son stared blankly at her, before Masaharu went over to the pot and pulled out a giant spoon. He then dipped the spoon into the pot, and pulled out a bowl's worth of soup and went over to the "dead" Komekko.
"Do you demon of glutton that resided in this woman accept this sacrifice as adequate to release her from your clutches?" he asked in a monotone voice, already knowing the answer.
""Sniff" "sniff" this food smells fine for me to consume, "slurp" yes I find this as an adequate sacrifice to release this wonderful girl." Komekko said with closed eyes as she just casually slurped up the spoon's content, with frightening speed.
"Would you please get up?" Masaharu asked in a tired tone.
"Lift me!" Komekko ordered as she stretched out her arms, which Masaharu used to drag her on his back, before he set her down on the kitchen bench.
Kazuma stepped a little bit back towards Yuiyui, "Are they in a relationship?" he whispered, as he kept spectating the eerily familiar seen before him.
"I am working on it, but I would be appreciate if you would like to help me." Yuiyui whispered back to him.
"NO! that would be really weird," He angrily whispered to his MIL as the thought of Komekko being both his SIL and Daughter in-law(DIL) was a little unsettling.
"Come on, they are perfect for each other, he makes food almost non-stop and she eats almost non-stop" She whispered back in an argumentative tone.
"There should be more to a relationship than just-" he was cut off.
"What are you two whispering about?" Masaharu asked curiously.
"Nothing to worry about," Yuiyui said with an innocent smile.
"Now then, where is my daughter?" Kazuma said in an excited voice, now he really wanted to see his daughter. If this was despise by Eris' standards, he really wanted to see how good glorification was going to be.
"Oh, she is probably hanging out with Chris, like she usually does," Komekko answered as she started levitating some of the stew from the giant pot, and over to her giant spoon, which she ate at such blazing speed Masaharu wasn't able stop her in time. Instead he gave her a judging look as he put a lid on the giant pot, protecting the stew from further thievery.
"Do you know where that could be?" Kazuma asked.
"Either they are in the hideout, or they are doing a security job for some noble." Masaharu told his father as he shielded the pot from the hungry glutton, with his body.
"I will take my leave then, I will see you later." Kazuma informed them as he left through the door.
"Kazuma!" a young girl's voice rang out from behind him, when he looked back to see there was no one there.
"BOO!" A little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, yelled out as she floated in front of him.
"Hey Anne," Kazuma said in a monotone voice as he looked at/through the ghost girl floating in front of him.
"You are no fun, I haven't seen you for 20 years and not even as much as a yelp," Anne said with feigned disappointment.
"You have done that trick to much on me after I got the ability to see ghosts, so no. I won't be scared by you." He informed her.
"Do you want to hear some gossip?" Anne said as a mischievous smile adorned her face
"Sure, tell me some juicy gossip Anne" He answered with the same mischievous smile on his face.
"That crimson demon girl and your little chef have been going at it in the bedroom every night for about a week now," She informed him as she finally got a shocked expression from Kazuma.
"They have been having-"
"SEX, yes they have been going at it like wild animals, much different from you and Lalatina did it, and definitively much further than you and Megumin ever got." She kept telling him as her evil smile grew even more.
"Excuse me, me and Megumin did it, but never in the mansion since we traveled to Japan." Kazuma informed the ghost as a blush emerged on his face.
"What! I really missed that. Don't tell me you did it with other girls I don't know about, I only liked it when you Lalatina did it." Anne said as she started to pout.
"That is none of your business!" Kazuma said in a stern tone. "Also weren't you supposed to be exorcised by Aqua after I left?" He said as he started to scowl at the ghost girl.
"Eh, Well I wasn't ready so I asked her to come back in like 40-60 years." She nervously informed him.
"Can you just wait here for a second, I got one more question, but I just have to do something first?" Kazuma asked, the moment he got a nod from the ghost, he ran back to the kitchen.
"Son, I am so proud of you!" Kazuma happily exclaimed as he gave him a thumbs up, as he started to walk up to him, before he grabbed him in a chokehold.
"Why are you sleeping with your aunt?!" Kazuma yelled, while he tried his best to reprimand his son, with his relatively weak chokehold.
"How did you find out about that?" Komekko and Masaharu asked in unison as their faces started to grow red.
"IS IT TRUE, I CAN AWAIT GRANDCHILDREN?!" Yuiyui yelled out in joy as she started to dance around.
"We used protection so that will probably not be the case," Masaharu effortlessly answered from his father's chokehold, which made Kazuma let him go.
"Why are you letting him go?" Yuiyui asked as she wanted to choke him, over the (bad) news.
"Well, they have been responsible so I don't see why not," Kazuma explained.
"I asked him to use protection," Komekko shot in, saving her lover from her mother's wrath.
"Come with me, my dear Komekko," she said in a dangerously chilly voice, as a fake smile emerged on her face.
"Not going to happen {Teleport}!" Komekko yelled in fright as she teleported away to Eris knows where.
"You bet it is {Teleport}!" Yuiyui yelled back as she also teleported away.
"Ok, quick question, are those C-cups real?" Kazuma asked curiously, which Masaharu just nodded in response.
(Hmm, maybe diet has something to do with it) Kazuma thought to himself.
"Well then I will now be off, but for real, and please remember that this mansion has a perverted ghost living in it, so if you want to keep your nightly affairs a secret don't do it in the mansion," Kazuma informed his son as he patted him on the shoulder before he again left through the door.
"Wait what?!" Masaharu yelled out in shock at the news, but now he stood in the kitchen all alone, which almost never happened.
Kazuma then walked back to the most perverted inhabitant of the mansion.
"Ok, so tell me, where is my daughter?"
"Oh I don't know that, she is almost never in the mansion," Anne said as she vanished.
"Well, I am going to need to find her the hard way then. Let me first check out the hideout" Kazuma said to himself as he started to travel to the most "covert" hideout for thieves in the city. A giant mansion, bought by princess Iris, from when Megumin created a fan club for the chivalrous thieves.
/Meanwhile back in Melromarc
"The king has summoned you shield hero!" a knight informed him as he was traveling back to Erhard's shop to get some new upgrades.
"Why would he summon me, has he found more stuff he wants to berate me for?" Naofumi asked in a stern tone, while giving the knight a death stare.
"Eh, I advise you to at least answer his summons, if nothing else, dev… shield hero," The knight said, trying his best to not lose his shit in front of Naofumi and his party.
"Fine, I will see what that moron has to ask me about," Naofumi said in a tired tone as he shooed away the pestering knight.
"Master Naofumi, what will we be doing while you are gone?" Raphtalia asked
"Watch after my mother and keep her hidden, remember she is still banished from the city, but I think she will be fine in Erhard's shop" Naofumi answered, as he pulled another rug over Megumin and Chomusuke.
After a few hours of travel, Naofumi got to the castle and ordered for Filo and Raphtalia to bring the carriage to Erhard, while he was talking to the king. When he arrived in the throne room he was showed a crystal ball that depicted the battle he had fought against the soul-eater, until the clip abruptly ended after Glass showed up and used her attack.
"I saw what happened through this crystal ball, and even if it pains me to admit this, you did well to quell the wave," The trash, I mean the king reluctantly told Naofumi.
(Ah yes, the normal "gratitude" from the royal family) Naofumi had expected this.
"How did you manage to muster such power? This power you have obtained is unbecoming of the shield hero, it is your duty to reveal the secret behind it!" The king ordered.
"Get on your knees and beg for it, if you want to know so badly," Naofumi said as a smug smile adorned his face while pointing to the ground.
"I knew it he is really in cahoots with that devil we saw a few days ago!" A robed man spoke up.
"Very well then, arrest the shield hero!" The king commanded making 6 soldiers surround him.
"Hmm, you really think you can defeat me, from what have I been told here today, I can easily kill you, dance on your corpse and leave this place without a scratch!" He mockingly informed with a smug smile, the confidence he emitted made the soldiers surrounding him flinch.
"That is clearly a bluff, attack him!" The king ordered, but Naofumi shot in.
"I killed the most powerful monster of the wave singlehandedly, if you believe you can take me down, THEN GO AHEAD!" Naofumi yelled which made a soldier stumble back in fear.
"I will quell the waves, but when that is done I am leaving this god forsaken place!" Naofumi said with a serious look on his face as he stared daggers at the king, which the king answered with his own death stare. Naofumi then turned around and went to leave.
"I am the king, I forbid you to disrespect me this way!" he yelled at Naofumi.
"DON'T EVER SUMMON FOR ME AGAIN!" Naofumi sternly ordered him as he again tried to take his leave.
"If I can't hurt you, I know what I will do, I will make those slaves you own pay for you crimes!" Trash threatened Naofumi, making him turn around and give him a death stare akin to his mother Megumin. That stare was so full of anger and hate that everyone that met his gaze was stricken with an uncontrollable fear and froze.
"If you, as much as lay a finger on them, I will make you regret if for the rest of your life. I will make you wish you weren't born, I will make sure you die slowly so you can growl at my feet for mercy, however, I will not grant you that mercy. Even if you kill me I will know your death shall be painful, and this is not a threat, that is a promise!" Naofumi threatened with so much power behind his words the throne room fell silent, and no one dared to say a word before he was out of the room.
"CURSED SHIELD!" The king yelled out in anger as he saw the doors close behind Naofumi.
When Naofumi started to walk out of the castle, a woman in a pink dress complimented him on his excellent performance under the last wave, before she gave him a warning about the three heroes church. Never revealing herself she just started to wander off. Naofumi noted the warning and started to walk back to Erhard's shop. When he opened the door Megumin and Chomusuke was in distress, because the ring was blinking green.
Finally, a new chapter! I hope you liked it, and now let us go over to some responses to questions and reviews I have gotten. To all others that have left a review thank you very much and I hope you will continue to read as there is definitively more to come. I hope to be able to release at the very least release two more chapters/stories this month. Until next time.
Shoytahn: Both! I have an outline of possible ways I can take this story, but I did start this because I wanted to vent. If you ask me how long this story is going to be, I don't have an exact answer unfortunately. PS. I am also happy you have helped me find some major grammatical errors, I fixed some.
An ordinary guy: I will go over the divine punishment's details in a chapter in "Prologue of: The Iwatani family." Also on another note, your other review really made my day, that was so fun to read.
LuciusRedhand: Thank you very much! It is truly an outstanding compliment, and I am glad you enjoyed your time reading this chapter.
