Naofumi Iwatani, Megumin, Satou Kazuma. Fanfiction 3. Chapter 10: Raphtalia's Revenge

When we last left off our heroes were given refuge in the mansion of Lord Van Reichnott. Shots had just been fired in rapid succession, which woke everyone from their slumber, as they saw soldiers start to flood the mansion. However let us go back to 5 minutes before the shots were fired, and look inside Kazuma's room.

Kazuma had fallen asleep in his chair, after his 50th reassemble of the AR. This gave a black haired maid the opportunity to snag the gun from him, which woke him. So now Kazuma sat in his chair, with both his pregnant wife and fiancé sleeping soundly in their bed as a woman trained his own gun on him.

"I know how to use a gun so don't try anything, I know I might only have one shot, but I don't think you want either of these two to die, so you will wait here until the guards I called for gets here," The maid said as she aimed the gun towards the sleeping Megumin.

"So, how did you learn to use a gun?" Kazuma casually queried as he leaned back in his chair.

"My father taught me, he is from the kingdom of Faubley, so I got some training in how to load, clean and handle his flint-lock, so I know very well that if I pull this trigger, this thing will shoot," She confidently stated as she wiggled her finger around the trigger.

"That's right," Kazuma confirmed totally calm, which put the maid a little bit off.

"Why are you so calm, I will kill one of them if I pull this trigger, I am confident I won't miss, I even hit a bird 100 meters away, with one of these," She reaffirmed, now starting to get nervous over how calm the man in front of her was.

"So, why are you doing this?" Kazuma questioned as he leaned forward and looked the woman straight in the eyes.

"To kill the devil of the shield of course, but I thought the devil of obliteration would be a good 2nd target, and when I look at you, you could pretty much be that devil's brother," She realized as she now trained the gun back at him.

"Do I still look that young, I thank you for the compliment, but I am going to give you some information about my relationship with the shield hero, I am his father," Kazuma introduced himself with a smirk on his face, as he rose from his chair.

"STOP, I WILL SHOOT!" She nervously screamed at him, as he took another slow step towards him.

"No, you won't," Kazuma confidently stated as she went into a stance and put her finger on the trigger.

"I WILL BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF, SO STOP!" She commanded as Kazuma took another step towards the armed maid.

"That will not be what happens here," Kazuma said as he took another step forward.

"FUCK!" She yelled as she pulled the trigger three times "click, click, click," now understanding why he was so calm.

"You didn't load it," She said in grave realization as she dropped the gun and fell to her knees.

"No, it is definitively loaded, you just didn't do two vital steps," Kazuma said as he picked up the gun, then proceeded to cock it and switch off the safety.

"See you were also wrong about another thing," Kazuma said as he pointed the gun at the woman that betrayed her own lord.

"W-what?" She asked clearly frightened.

"It has more than 1 shot," Kazuma informed her with a sadistic smile which made her skin crawl.

"You wouldn't shoot a woman, right?" She pleaded as she hoped for some forgiveness.

"I am a man of true gender equality, so since you pulled the three times while aiming at my head, I will now return the favor, I'll be sure to inform Lord Reichnott of your betrayal," Kazuma said with a sadistic smile as he pulled the trigger three times.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

"OUCH!" Iris complained as she shot up from the bed.

"Hehe, tiny explosion," Megumin muttered still half-asleep.

"Sorry, I always forget how loud this thing is, get dressed this woman has betrayed her lord and we have unfriendly company incoming," Kazuma quickly relayed as she got out of bed.

"How didn't that wake her?" Iris asked as she pointed at the still sleeping Megumin.

"Our son is in danger!" Kazuma said in a stern voice, which made Megumin shoot out of her bed in an instant.

"Oh no! I am going to kill them before any danger can even be perceived by him," Megumin angrily stated as she tried to walk out the door with only her hat and black staff on, before Kazuma held her back.

"Get dressed first, only I get to see you naked," Kazuma said as Megumin suddenly looked at her attire, or rather lack of zed attire, and turned a little red.

"Ok, Megumin you will be in the middle, I will be the vanguard, and Iris you are in the back, we make our way to the lord and Darkness' room first, then we get to Naofumi's room," Kazuma quickly laid out the plan as they got dressed.

"Shouldn't I be the vanguard since I am the better close quarters combatant," Iris argued.

"But I want to use my gun, do you guys have any of Filo's feathers so we can plug our ears?" Kazuma questioned.

"I got 4, so you and Iris can plug your ears, those firecrackers don't compare to the sound of my mighty explosion, so it won't face me," Megumin explained as she handed the feathers to Kazuma and Iris.

"Ok, then let's go, and don't step in the dead maid as you walk out," Kazuma said as he fastened Chunchunmaru to the underside of his gun, making it into a makeshift bayonet. Before he again adorned his mask and carefully opened the door, taking care in avoiding the corpse.

/Meanwhile in Naofumi's room

"Come shield hero, we must hide you before they can find you," a blonde maid nervously ordered as she gestured for them to follow her.

"No, we won't reach anywhere in time, if there where half the amount of soldier we could probably have made it to somewhere else, but now our best option is to barricade this room, if you want to come in now is the time, otherwise get out of here before you are caught in the crossfire," Naofumi ordered as he gestured for Filo and Raphtalia to pick up the beds.

BANG! As another shot rang out the maid jolted into the room for safety, right before the doors closed and Filo put her bed in front of it, quickly followed by Raphtalia's bed.

"Ok, we need to make this door impenetrable, so take anything heavy and place it in front of the door, I am certain the others will be able to take care of the other soldiers," Naofumi informed as Filo took Melty's bed and flung it onto the barricade.

"How do you know that it is not someone else with his gun?" Raphtalia asked in a worried tone.

"If it was, we wouldn't have heard three rapid shots, they are probably only used to flint-locks so I am pretty sure that he still has his gun," Naofumi reassured.

BANG! Another shot rang out making the maid more nervous, as soldiers started to bash on the door, trying their best to force it open.

"They better get here quick, this barricade won't last forever," Naofumi noted as everyone got ready for battle, even the maid slid brought out her kitchen knife.

/5min before Kazuma shot for a 4th time

"Hey drop your weapons!" A soldier accompanied two others ordered, but instead Kazuma shot him in the head, which made his two companions scramble for cover. One got into another room, while the other stood in the entrance to the hallway.

"Shit, he has a gun!" The one in the room said as he got up.

"Yeah, I thought it was one of ours that fired earlier," The door soldier said.

"Wait, he just used his shot, we should rush him," The room soldier realized.

"Ok, on 3," The door soldier said as he held up three fingers t

"I will count, one, two, three, g-" BANG! Another shot rang out as the door soldier got shot as he ran out on three.

"I thought we were going to go like, one, two, three, GO! Not literally on three," The room soldier excused himself to his companions corpse.

"Hey soldier, we heard shots, where is the gunman?" A high ranking officer commanded as he looked at the dead soldier with some pity.

"He is that way sir, and he just shot Darrius here, and Henry further up the hall," The room soldier informed.

"Well, what are you sitting here for, attack him, he has just shot 2 times, I have never seen a man carry three flint-locks on him, ATTACK!" The officer ordered, but the room soldier didn't move.

"Make me," The room soldier defiantly said, as he didn't dare walk into the hallway.

"You dare disobey me, I will have your head for this," The officer threatened as he drew his sword and walked into the hallway.

He was almost into the room with the disobeying soldier when, BANG! And his head was shot, as he fell over dead. Which made the room soldier go into a fetal position as he closed the door behind him.

"I didn't want to be a soldier, I wanted to be a baker, why am I even here? Please if there is a God spare my life," The room soldier muttered to himself as he hid his head.

BANG! BANG! The shots were now closer as he could hear two more of his companions die right next to the door.

"I DON'T WANT TO DIE, I DON'T WANT TO DIE, I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" The room soldier frantically repeated to himself, as he held his head.

BANG! BANG! BANG! More shots rang out right next to his door as he could imagine more of his soldiers dying, what kind of gun was that, when would the firing stop. Then the door to his room got kicked open and a man came in and pointed literal death on him.

"PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE TODAY, I WAS ORDERED, I SWEAR, MERCY, PLEASE HAVE MERCY!" The soldier begged for his life as he stared at Kazuma.

"Stay in this room, if you leave it you are dead, UNDERSTOOD!" Kazuma ordered.

"YES SIR! STAY HERE! DON'T LEAVE!" The room soldier quickly reaffirmed, as he started to strip his armor off and threw his weapon out the door, right before Kazuma closed the door and let the soldier be by himself.

"I get to live, I GET TO LIVE!" He yelled out in pure bliss as he lay on the floor totally relaxed, and fell asleep. When he woke up 10 hours later that was the best sleep he had ever had in his life, even with everything going on outside. But he wouldn't dare leave the room, in fear that the gunman was still around.

/Meanwhile at the barricade

"OPEN THIS DOOR IMMEDIATELY!" A soldier commanded as three others tried to push it open, not realizing the door opened their way.

"Why would we do that?" Naofumi questioned, startling the soldiers a little with his question.

"Uhm, well because, NEVER MIND, CHOP THIS DOOR DOWN BOYS!" He ordered as he drew his own sword and started to swing at the door.

"YOU DARE RUIN THE DOORS OF LORD REICHNOTT'S MANSION, I WILL CUT YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF!" The maid roared as the prospect of some lunatics ruining her beautiful workplace really pushed her buttons. Some of the soldiers even stopped chopping until their commander aimed his own sword at their necks.

As the soldiers kept chopping at the door, one of them finally made a hole in it, but then he did the grave mistake of taking a peek inside, and suddenly he got up close and personal with the maid's kitchen knife. The dead comrade scared some of the soldiers but the commander ordered them to keep chopping, and no peeking.

/Meanwhile in the 2nd floor

"Lady Lalatina, are you sure you can take on all of these soldiers?" Van asked politely, long past arguing if he should surrender himself to the soldiers, when he heard the shooting downstairs.

"I will be just fine, I have my armor on and I can't exactly let them harm my host, my noble status won't allow it," She lied, she just wanted all the attacks directed at her.

"If need be I will step in to help you, but if you want to prove yourself for your friends I have no problems with it," He gently informed her as 10 soldiers rushed up the stairs towards them.

"Thank you Reichnott, but that won't be necessary," She proudly stated as she drew her blade, easily averting all of their blades, but when she went for a strike, well she missed. However the strike had so much force behind it that the soldiers backed away, now trying to assess their new foe.

(How noble, she doesn't want to harm the soldiers, so her first strike was a feign to see if they would rethink their actions) Reichnott incorrectly deduced.

"Ok, two attack on her right, two on her left, and I will occupy her front, GO!" A soldier commanded, which made Darkness let all the strikes from the side hit her as she parried the soldier in the front.

"I felt nothing," She calmly observed, hiding her disappointment, but to the soldiers and Reichnott. To them it looked like this woman just warned them not to attack her, by using a super powerful strike that would mean certain death if hit, and when 4 men in level 20 hit her, she felt NOTHING. So since they didn't think she would tolerate a third attack the soldiers ran away from their weapons.

"Impressive my Lady, most impressive, what is your relationship with the shield hero again?" Reichnott praised as he dug for information, to get a read on Naofumi's companions.

"I am his godmother, whoops, I wasn't supposed to say that," Darkness suddenly realized as the information spilled out of her.

"Oh, no need to worry, your secret is safe with me," He reassured her, which made her let out a sigh of relief.

(Godmother, the shield hero must be a very merciful man, if he is anything like her) He wrongly deduced again.

"Hmm, my soldiers seemed to have been defeated, but that doesn't matter, I will defeat you with ease," A fat man in a noble's outfit confidently stated as he drew his sword and whip.

(I am getting major Alderp vibes from this guy, but this guy doesn't even have a mustache) Darkness thought with disgust, an abusive man had been her type before, but now she was only into one type of man, Kazuma.

"Idol, why are you visiting me so suddenly, and with so many soldiers nonetheless?" Reichnott calmly asked.

"I know you are harboring the devil of the shield here," Idol accused as he snapped with his whip to be as terrifying as he could manage.

"I know no one by that name Idol, the only shield related person I know is the shield hero," Van answered with a grin, which he got a whip in the face for.

"If you are going to whip someone, whip me!" Darkness stated, which to Reichnott seemed heroic, but our dear masochist was just being greedy again.

"Gladly!" Idol spoke with a sadistic smile plastered across his face, before he struck with the whip and hit Darkness right in the face. This hurt as much to her as someone flicking their finger at her face, sure it stung a little, but it wasn't exciting to any capacity. Idol did however not notice Darkness' great uninterest as he whipped her face repeatedly.

"Enough of this," Darkness said in annoyance, as she swung her sword towards Idol, which he easily dodged as he drew his own sword and struck at her back. Again, the armor absorbed all the damage, so Darkness didn't feel anything. The armor was clearly a counter for high-level opponents, so to even make a dent would be impossible for someone like Idol.

"So you think some fancy armor from your pathetic boyfriend is going to save you, doesn't matter I will cut off that insolent head with ease," Idol said as he thought that Lord Reichnott had given her that armor, but since Kazuma was the one that had given her the armor, Idol accidently pushed a lot of buttons.

"BASTARD!" Darkness roared as she stepped forward and took strike after strike at the fat grape in front of her. Every time she missed he would sidestep her and whip her face, or take a swing at it with his sword. The whip didn't do anything, but it sounded like it hurt so Idol kept at it, and every sword strike was either parried by Darkness or he hit her armor.

(They are so evenly matched, Lalatina is strong enough to take whatever he is able to dish out, while Idol is surprisingly nimble and can dodge her strikes) was what Reichnott thought.

Suddenly the sounds from the fight in front of Reichnott was drowned out by the rapid fire from Kazuma's AR, and the ensuing panic from the still alive soldiers as they scrambled for cover only to be cut down by Iris, or some unlucky soldiers that were thrown out the window by Megumin, as they had to suffer their last minutes alive with glass shards poking out of their bodies.

"Soon that valiant look in your eyes will turn into despair, you might act tough but I know for certain I have done some damage," He incorrectly deduced as he totally ignored the panic below.

"You are joking right?" Darkness asked totally confused, but Idol just mistook it as her continuing to play tough.

"The next one to be hit by my whip, WILL DIE!" Idol menacingly predicted as he swung the whip backwards.

"{Bind}" Kazuma chanted as the whip started to wrap itself around Idol, and the popper of the whip snapped Idol right in the balls, making him fall forwards onto his knees as he was unable to move from the intense pain he now felt, plus he was bound by his own whip.

"You seem important enough, Darkness drag him with you, we got to check up on the kids," Kazuma commanded as he cleared the gun, before he kept walking towards Naofumi's room, now accompanied by Darkness and Reichnott, with Idol as a prisoner.

"Fascinating weapon you have there Mister "Essler," it is very different from any flint-locks I have seen," Reichnott complimented as he got up beside Kazuma.

"It certainly is," Kazuma confirmed as they got up to the third floor with maybe around 60 soldiers flooding the hallway, all weary of the now absolutely torn down door to Naofumi's room.

"HELP ME!" Idol screamed, which caught all of the soldiers attention, but Kazuma quickly put his Katana that gave off a weak silver light to Idol's throat.

"Anyone that wants to live, LEAVE, Anyone that wants to see this man live, LEAVE, OR ELSE DIE HERE AND NOW!" Kazuma threatened as every soldier felt their bones freeze, and the deadly aura from the newly arrived group holding their lord hostage was clearly noticed by everyone.

"Do as he says!" Idol commanded in a frightened tone, the soldiers threw away their weapons, some out of fear, others because Idol ordered it, but not all had thrown everything away. As the soldiers passed the group three soldiers suddenly tried to jump Kazuma with hidden daggers, but instead their daggers were parried by Darkness and heads severed by Iris at such speed it took the other soldiers a few seconds to understand the scene, before mass panic ensued about getting the fuck away from this group.

"To obvious," Kazuma scolded as he gestured for everyone to follow, before he stopped at the side of the door opening, which was obstructed by both dead bodies and different types of furniture.

"Naofumi, get everyone inside out of the way, Darkness is going to rush inside and remove the blockade you built here, give me a signal when you are ready!" Kazuma informed as he gestured for Darkness to get ready.

"{Shield Prison}, GO AHEAD!" Naofumi yelled, as Kazuma gestured for Darkness to attack, and the furniture got blasted away like nothing, if it hadn't been for everyone being in Naofumi's ball, they would probably have been severely injured.

After a few seconds of letting the dust settle, Naofumi let the ball disappear to reveal a pissed off maid with a torn dress, three sweaty girls and one bloody Naofumi. Which sent shivers down Kazuma and Megumin's spine immediately as they saw the sight.

"Are you hurt!?" they demanded to know as they rushed forward to inspect him themselves.

"This isn't my blood, it is theirs," Naofumi angrily said as he pointed to the dead soldiers in the doorway.

"We have to double check, now off with all of this," Megumin ordered as she undressed her son at a masterful speed, having honed the skill over many years of having to dress and undress her sons for different occasions.

"{Create water}" Kazuma chanted as all the blood on Naofumi got washed away by his water torrent.

"I AM NOT HURT! STOP THIS!" Naofumi roared in annoyance at his parents persistence, and when they could see that his upper body had no cuts or bruises they let go of him.

It might have been all the adrenaline from the fight they just had, or it might have been already lingering feelings, but when Raphtalia and Melty saw the naked upper body of Naofumi, they couldn't help but get a little bit excited by what they saw. Naofumi's training and time in this world had clearly done something good for him.

"Ok, so what do we do with the Alderp-rip-off here?" Darkness asked as she flung him inside the room, making him land on his collarbone, which immediately snapped from the impact.

"AAAAAH!" The man screamed in agony as Raphtalia recognized the man… I mean monster.

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH SCUM!" Raphtalia shouted with pure rage at the despicable man bound in front of her, as he whined in agony.

"How dare a filthy demi-" his words were cut short by Raphtalia kicking his face so hard that she knocked out two of his teethes.

"PLEASE STOP! I BEG YOU, SPARE ME!" Raphtalia kicked his obese body again this time cracking some of his ribs, the only sounds Idol made now was small whimpers as his eyes were filled with fear.

"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT IT!" Raphtalia's anger and hate was so strong that it sent shudders down everyone's spine. "So many, so many demi-humans begged for their lives just like this, DID YOU EVER SPARE THEM, SO WHY SHOULD I SHOW YOU SUCH MERCY!? YOU MONSTER!" Raphtalia roared her every word and insult filled with so much sorrow, pain and anger. Her eyes started to get watery as everyone could see this man had done something unspeakable to hurt her.

"You're not, it can't be, one of my enslaved villagers, a damned demi, WAIT! Wait a moment, you would've all been dead, the whole lot of you would have been dead if I hadn't taken you in like that!" Idol protested, but Raphtalia answered with putting her blade to his cheek drawing his blood, making him go back to his whimpering.

"ENOUGH WITH YOUR LIES, DO YOU THINK ALL THE ATROCITIES I HAVE SEEN YOU COMMIT WILL EVER BE FORGOTTEN, NOT TILL THE DAY I DIE! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" Raphtalia's pure hatred for this man was apparent to everyone, as she drew her blade back cutting deeper into his cheek as she prepared a swing to cut his head off.

He kicked back with all his strength to get as far away from Raphtalia as possible, but it looked more like a seal flopping over on its side to get sun on its stomach, on other words pathetic. I am sorry to all seals for comparing you to this monster.

"I-I am s-sorry I was wrong, I will apologize, I SWEAR!" Idol threw out empty promises as he begged for his life.

"This scumbag here, HE TOOK RIFANA AND, AND HE," whatever he had done was clearly something that had scarred Raphtalia so deeply she didn't even want to say it.

"NO PLEASE DON'T! BUHUHUHU," He cried out in pain as he tried to roll over and prostrate himself, which made him look even more pathetic and helpless.

"Raphtalia, I can't imagine how you feel, but will killing him help you get closure?" Naofumi calmly questioned. "You've become stronger, and not just with your sword," He reminded her, which seemed to somewhat calm her, as she lowered her blade.

"You are a terrible person, a monster who put demi-humans through hell, then killed them, I will never forgive you, but if I kill you I won't be any different from the disgusting worm you are, so I have decided to let you live, that way you can atone for the sins you have committed," Raphtalia calmly informed the bound bag of walking fat in front of her, his face clearly twisting with anger what she just told him.

"DAMN YOU DEMI-HUMAN!" He yelled out in disgust and anger, but he wasn't able to do anything since he was bound by his own whip as Raphtalia kicked him in the balls.

"First, tell me where your torture chamber is, is it still in the same despicable location or have you moved your victims somewhere else?" Raphtalia interrogated as the scum bound by his own torture weapons laid on the ground trying to breathe.

"y-yes" he whimpered, earning him another kick to the stomach.

"I COULDN'T HEAR YOU, WAS THAT A "YES?"" Raphtalia asked sarcastically.

"YES, YES, YES, IT IS STILL THERE!" He yelled out in fear as he forced himself to speak, despite all the pain.

Kazuma walked out of the room, without saying a word.

"ARE THERE STILL PEOPLE ALIVE THERE OR JUST ROTTING CORPSES!" Raphtalia interrogated as she put her foot down onto his broken collarbone, causing him even more pain.

"AHLIVE THEEEEREE IS STIIIIL PEOPLE ALIIIIVE THERE!" He relented the information to them as he suffered through the pain.

"Master Naofumi, this might be too much to ask of you, but can we leave immediately to save the victims of this, MONSTER!?" Raphtalia said as she kicked him in anger again, breaking more of his ribs.

"If doing so would give you closure, then yes, I will support you," Naofumi confirmed.

"I am going to help you Raphtalia, not just because master said so, but because I like you," Filo happily stated

"If Naofumi goes with you, then I will come with you too," Megumin said as she took on a pose.

"Wherever my friends go, I will follow," Iris reaffirmed as she pulled out Calibur.

"I will help you free those innocent civilians from this evil lord, or else I can't call myself a crusader," Darkness heroically stated as she stuck her sword into the floor, which made Reichnott smile again.

"I will also lend you my assistance," Melty stated as she held her hand over her heart.

"Me and the my household can't lend you my direct help, but feel free to take what you need of supplies, from today I Lord Van Reichnott the ruler of the Reichnott region declare that we will grant the shield hero our full support, and aid in any way we see possible," He declared as he went down on a knee in front of Naofumi, his maid perfectly mirroring his actions.

"Thank you, we will be sure to take use of it," Naofumi accepted, now seeing that Reichnott was a man could be trusted.

"Where is Kazuma?" Raphtalia asked as she couldn't see or sense the man anywhere in the room.

"IF YOU WISH TO LIVE, I ORDER YOU ALL TO STAND DOWN AND SURRENDER, BUT IF YOU STILL WISH TO FIGHT I PROMISE YOU THAT DEATH WILL BE THE ONLY OUTCOME! FOR THE ONES THAT WISH TO LIVE SIT DOWN AND THROW AWAY YOUR WEAPONS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T FACE ME!" Kazuma's voice rang out from the courtyard where about 190 soldiers were collected, many demoralized and scared of the man speaking from his makeshift megaphone.

"Found him," Naofumi stated as he looked out the window to see his father stand on top of a carriage as he loaded his gun.

"Does he plan to take them all prisoner?" Reichnott questioned.

"Well, it is the laziest way to win, so I am sure he would try," Megumin and Iris reaffirmed.

About 70 soldiers laid down their weapons and sat their asses down, since they had already either witnessed Kazuma's allies or Kazuma himself in action, while the rest felt confident they could take Kazuma on, it was 120 vs 1 after all. What is the worst that could happen. Kazuma only had 3 magazines left though, so if he was unlucky he would at least kill 90 soldiers, with his AR.

"GET HIM!" A commander ordered the massacre to begin. The next thirty seconds would just be filled with screaming and the thunderous sound of Kazuma's AR being fired. He killed the closest soldiers to himself in quick succession followed up by him shooting every commander still standing. After having only fired 20 shots the remaining will to fight in the soldiers faded away, to them it didn't seem like Kazuma would ever stop shooting, so they sat down in hoped of having their lives spared.

"WE SURRENDER, WE SURRENDER!" The last commander begged as he threw away his sword, before prostrating himself in front of Kazuma standing on top of the carriage.

"I ACCEPT YOUR SURRENDER, AND AS MY PRISONERS YOU WILL BE GRANTED CERTAIN RIGHTS, IN RETURN I DEMAND YOU BEHAVE OR IT WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR EVERYONE!" Kazuma's enhanced voice sent shivers down every soldiers spine, as he said the word "consequences."

"WE ACCEPT! PLEASE JUST SPARE OUR LIVES!" The soldiers said in perfect sync, they were all equally scared by Kazuma's little show.

"CLEAN UP ALL YOUR DEAD COMRADES THAT FELL HERE TODAY AND GIVE THEM A PROPER BURIAL, ANY DISOBEDIENCE WILL BE HARSHLY PUNISHED!" Kazuma warned as the soldiers calmly started to walk towards their fallen comrades and pick them up. All of them had unfortunately gotten a bullet to the head, and their helmets didn't help in stopping them.

Today's results

Soldiers Killed: 64 + 1 traitor

Soldiers Captured: 171 + Lord Idol Rabier

Equipment seized: 235 x chest plates, 178 x intact helmets, 57 x damaged helmets, 235 x swords, 235 x daggers, 400 x arrows, 237 x minor health potions

Information gained: A torture chamber still exists in Lord Idol Rabier's mansion, with an unknown amount of mistreated Demi-humans, residing inside. Raphtalia is a previous victim that was tortured.

/In Idol's prison room

"Idol Rabier, when the queen has returned you will be set on trial for your unjust treatment of Demi-humans," Melty informed the hogtied monster laying in a far too comfortable bed.

"They were slaves, I can do whatever I want with them," Idol countered.

"No, slaves are permitted to be used to do hard labor, or fight for you in battles, the law does not permit you to make slaves into your own sick sadistic dream, or murder them for simply existing, even slaves have certain rights," Melty sternly informed the pathetic man.

"You are also being put on trial for harming a fellow noble, just because he spoke up against you," Reichnott said as he pointed to his cheek, which he had refused to be healed my Melty.

"You were harboring devils, I am justified, if not by the throne, then by God!" He frantically countered.

"The only devil here is you Rabier, and your sentence will most likely be decided by your victims, and if they are all dead then you will join them," Melty informed, as she took her leave with Reichnott behind her. A maid served Idol water and bread before she exited the room herself and locked the door behind her.

Reichnott and Melty entered a new room, with everyone else waiting for them. Masked Kazuma sat opposite of the host with Megumin on his right and Iris on his left. Naofumi sat next to Megumin, with Raphtalia next to him, and Filo next to her again, while Darkness sat next to Iris. Reichnott seated himself in his chair, and Melty sat on Reichnott's right side.

"One would almost think you are the patriarch of this house if one walked in to see this," Reichnott joked to start the conversation.

"Trust me if I wanted to, it would be, but you have proven yourself as a friend and ally of Naofumi, so I will consider myself your guest, and I will be sure to compensate you for your hospitality," Kazuma politely said as he threw a bag of gold coins onto the table.

"I thank you, but since it was a traitor from my staff that were behind today's ruckus I would wish for the shield hero to have the money, as compensation for my failure as a host," Reichnott apologized as he gestured to Naofumi.

"Very well, I think it is better if I take this off to show you my trust Reichnott," Kazuma said as he took off his mask to reveal his face, which made the lord smile warmly.

"Good to finally meet you, Kazuma, father of the shield hero," Reichnott said as he saw Kazuma's face, finally putting all the pieces together.

"Likewise, Van Reichnott," Kazuma retorted.

"But let us get on with the planning, I can't hold 172 captives fed for an extended period of time, much less keep them all hidden from other people coming to investigate, do you have a solution for this problem?" Reichnott asked.

"I do, but doing so will take the entire day for me, and in the meantime we need Naofumi and the others to free Rabier's victims, and transport them back here," Kazuma relayed.

"Wait, teleporting is a taxing feet in itself, weren't you spent after just teleporting back and forth a few times?" Megumin interjected.

"I can take with me 5 people at one time, which drains a quarter of my mana, but since we have access to a lot of manatite I should be able to do 35 trips with the prisoners to hill and then back again 35 times, without any problems," Kazuma informed.

"Ok, but you can still develop teleport sickness if you do too many, too quickly, so you will have to take a 10 minute breather for every back and forth transit,"

"What are the possible consequences if he develops teleport sickness?" Naofumi asked.

"In mild cases nausea, vomiting and temporarily blindness, in severe cases brain damage, coma or death. It usually only happens if you teleport repeatedly over a short amount of time, normally you would have to do 20 teleportation transits in less than 10 minutes to develop even weak symptoms, but since Kazuma is using the teleport spell in a way no one has used it before we need to be careful," Megumin argued.

"But what will our roles be in the meantime?" Iris asked, while pointing to herself and Darkness.

"You two will be the guards of the prisoners here until I have transported them all to their new labor camps in Belzberg, I don't want to risk you guys might being reset again, in the meantime Naofumi will go with Filo, and Raphtalia to discretely extract the victims,"

"What if they need healing, shouldn't I be with them?" Melty interjected.

"Hmm, we could take a carriage with us where we could put the victims, and then Melty can provide healing to them while traveling back here, and for protection I can be with Melty," Megumin suggested.

"Wouldn't it be better if I came with as protection, while Megumin stayed here with you, I bet her presence is much better at keeping the prisoners in check than mine," Darkness argued.

"That is a good point Lalatina, but me not being here is much better option for keeping everything as covert as possible, while you guys are doing the prisoner transits," Megumin said, which made Darkness' eye twitch involuntarily.

"In the meantime I will make sure my loyal subjects insist that this army haven't passed through here at all, while doing their best to halt any curious visitors, with that I think our strategy meeting is over, and now it is time to execute it," Reichnott said as he rose from his seat.

"Very well, but could I get to talk with my son in private for a little bit?" Kazuma asked.

"That will be no problem, I will leave you to it," Reichnott complied as he left the room with everyone following behind him, except of course Naofumi and Kazuma.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Naofumi asked, still completely serious.

"Take this," Kazuma said as he handed him a heart-shaped locket.

"What is this?" Naofumi asked curiously as he received the locket and started to study it.

"That is a locket containing a valuable tear of joy from goddess Eris, I thought it might be better to give you this," Kazuma informed with a slight smile.

"What can I use it for?" Naofumi asked as he inspected the locket closer.

"If you drink it directly it would boost your luck to an insane amount for a short period of time, if you keep the tear on you in the locket it would be more of a good luck charm, but I advise you to smelt it with something, which also has been done with this katana," Kazuma said as he pulled out Chunchunmaru and handed it to his son.

"So someone smelted a tear of joy with this Katana to make it stronger?" Naofumi asked now clearly intrigued by all of this new information.

"Not exactly, this katana has probably been smelted with the blood of Eris, but I don't know if her blood or her tear of joy would yield more power, simply because I haven't tried to compare them before, but this tear is now yours to do with as you wish," Kazuma said as Naofumi unsheathed Chunchunmaru.

"Interesting, I want to see if I can replicate this," Naofumi noted, as he got a little cocky and tried to swing the katana, but then he instantly got shocked which made him drop the katana.

"Hey be careful with Chunchunmaru," Kazuma scolded as he picked the katana up again and sheeted it.

"Who came up with such a weird name for that katana?" Naofumi asked.

"Your mom, your mom came up with the name for my katana," Kazuma regretfully informed him.

"Ah, that explains it," Naofumi said in realization as he remembered back to when he had won a teddy bear and asked his mother what he should call it, and she answered "Hyoizaburoo," but that bear didn't last long anyway since Chomusuke ripped it to pieces overnight.

"With that done I wish for your safe return," Kazuma said as he rose from his chair and put his mask back on and left the room, leaving his son with a very valuable item.

And that will be that for this chapter, May was pretty hectic with exams and everything so this took me a lot of time. I have something special planned for Idol Rabier, aka. sadist scum later on. Otherwise I hope you liked this chapter, even though it wasn't as long as the last one.