Chapter 1

Part 1

"Ugh, what… what just happened...?"

I slowly open my eyes and scan my unfamiliar surroundings

I seemed to be in a large, white room, with little to nothing in it. The only furniture present being the chair I was sitting in, some pillars, and a chair with someone unfamiliar sitting there, however it feels like I've seen them before...

Soon after me noticing her, she spoke up

"Hello, Megumin, not so long ago you died, and it's terribly unfortunate, especially at such a young age, but it seems that thanks to the efforts of one of your party members, it should only be temporary"

I stop to think for a second

Ah right, I died to some rampaging monster, wait if this is heaven then…

"Wait, are you Eris? THE Goddess Eris?"

"Why yes, I'm actually quite happy you recognize me, if you'd like, you can ask me anything while you wai-"

"Was I a Goddess of Destruction in a previous life!?"

Eris pauses for a moment at my question, probably pondering my question, or perhaps stunned at how awesome it was

"No you weren't a Goddess of destruction, actually you wer-"

"Can you see into the future!?"

"Well I can't, but there are some Goddesses that can see into the future, I've heard some demons ca-"

"What happens to our party in the future?"

"Didn't I just say that, ugh nevermind, do you perhaps have serious questions for me that I could answer?"

I pouted at her for thinking my previous questions weren't serious, then thought for a second… What's a good, serious, question I could ask Eris…

"Wait, what's happening to Kazuma right now?"

"Ah... Kazuma? Well right now he's-"

Part 2

"Shit"

"Shit shit shit this isn't good"

Okay Kazuma, just calm down, just… think about everything that has just happened. You started off the day thinking you wouldn't have to leave the mansion, eventually went on a date with Megumin, and now here I am standing over her lifeless body as whatever monster killed her is long gone

Okay so situation is still just as bad, if not worse than I originally thought

But I don't have time to panic, I need to think about what to do next. The only logical thing being to find Aqua and have Megumin revived, but where would she be?

And I would have to do something about Megumin first...

Ah, Aqua should be able to revive her at any point, so I should be able to leave her at the mansion and run around town looking for Aqua

Ok that sounds like a good plan, considering I'm too panicked to think of anything else. That being my only plan I'm alright with

As I start to rush her back to the Mansion, a thought dawns on my mind during the chaos, what was the monster doing there to begin with? And why wasn't didn't enemy detection go off?

I guess I don't have much time to worry about that now, and frankly compared to my current issues, are basically irrelevant

I just have to get Megumin back to the mansion so I can rush out and find Aqua

Now if I were Aqua, what would I be doing today of all days-

Oh of course, she's probably there. It is a sunday after all

Keeping in mind Aqua's likely location, I continue to rush towards the mansion

"Wait for me, Megumin"

Part 3

"Ah"

Eris continued on

"Kazuma is currently bringing you back to the mansion, so considering he still needs time to get lady Aqua it seems you'll be here for a little longer, is there anything you would like to talk about?"

Hmm, now that I know I have some time to talk to Eris I decide to think about my next question, what's an unanswered question I've had?

"Hey what do you know about Kazuma's home country?"

"Oh, not much I'm afraid, I don't interfere with wherever Kazuma came from, that'd be Senpai's job-"

"Oh just bring your Senpai here then"

The quick retort left Eris speechless, if only just for a moment, with her continuing quickly

"Well as I was about to say, Senpai isn't exactly… uhm, available right now, so there isn't anyone who can answer your question at the momen-"

"Well where is she? What's she doing? Surely it must be something important as to ignore the pleas of a poor soul who just lost their can't be as heartless as to lie to me? What kind of Goddess can't even answer this simple plea?"

"Don't put it like that! It makes me feel guilty. I don't know exactly what she's doing right now, and I can't tell you who she is, as it may cause some issues-"

Just as Eris was about to finish with her excuses, Aqua's voice rung into the room, with Eris jumping at sudden yelling coming from her

"Oi, Eris, can you tell Kazuma to bug off for me? He won't listen and is insisting on dragging me back to the mansion, something about Megumin, keeps telling me to talk to you"

"Oh Senp-Aqua-Sama…ah well I kind of need you to go with him, Megumin needs to be revived soon, I can't have others waiting if anyone else passes while she's here"

"Wait what? Did something happen to Megumin?"

It seems Aqua can't see into this space, but can communicate through it, so I guess she hasn't noticed me yet

"Well yes I died, and I'd appreciate if you could go back to the mansion with Kazuma and revive me"

"Oh, sorry about that Megumin, I just assumed Kazuma was going on with his regular nonsense. I'm trying to expand my number of worshippers, it is the day for those pesky Eris cultists to attend mass, so it's the perfect opportunity to sway them over!"

Eris seemed to take issue with that last part

"Aqua-Senpai please don't bully my followers! And besides, you need to get back to the mansion, I don't have all day you know"

Eris looked back over at me, and seemed to get flustered, remembering I was here to begin with, must have gotten too wrapped up in fighting with Aqua

Now that I think about it, she referred to Aqua as her senpai, what was that about? Before I could ponder further, Aqua's voice rang back in

"Ow ow ow, Oi Kazuma stop pulling on my ear, I'll have you know you're going to suffer devine punishment for this, ow ow ow I'm going I'm going"

And just like that everything had gone quiet again

"Well, looks like you'll only have to wait a little longer, is there anything else you'd like to ask?

Hmm, she couldn't answer my question earlier about Kazuma's home country, so maybe...

"Well, about something that happened earlier today, with uhm… me and Kazuma"

I could see Eris tilt her head curiously from across the room

"Well, he told me how he feels about me as an arch mage, about explosion and everything, I was just wondering if what he said is what he really feels?"

Eris giggled from the other side of the room, quickly reassuring me

"Oh you shouldn't worry about that Megumin, what he told you is how he feels about you, and how he's felt for a long time"

I felt relieved hearing this, but now a new question popped into my head

"Well how long has he felt that way?"

"Do you remember back when he had you continue pursuing explosion magic? Going against your wishes to learn advanced magic?"

I nodded

"Well I can't put my finger on when exactly, but that was when he truly decided to accept your quirks as an archmage, and your magic"

I sighed in relief

"Wait how did you know that, yet were unable to answer most of my other questions?" I retorted

"Well Goddesses aren't all-seeing, we can observe the world but can't keep track of everything that's happening"

"Well then how come you haven't been able to answer my other questions? And how do you know what Kazuma was thinking back then?

"Well I have been able to answer most of your questions Megumin, but you keep-"

"And Kazuma?"

"Well uhh, I've made sure to keep an eye on him, seeing as he's a special case"

What's that about Kazuma? I know he's revived more than once, which could be the reason for this, but I had a hunch it was something else

"Well what exactly makes him a special case that requires Eris' attention?"

Eris seemed panicked at my question

"Ah, W-Well I've said too much as it is on that subject, and I don't know all the details, so it's best left alone for now"

Hmm, so all she knows is that he's a special case, and not because of the multiple revives. Now that I think about it, when I first saw Aqua and Kazuma their situation was quite weird. This is all confusing, yet intriguing.

Thinking about it, Aqua had mentioned Eris quite a bit, and she's always mention something about-

"Hey Eris, do you pad your chest?", I asked out of curiosity

Eris didn't quite appreciate the question however, quickly becoming flustered

"Aqua said to quite a few people that you did, so I was just curious is she was right"

Eris quickly snapped out of her flustered state and looked quite annoyed

"Oh, of course it was Senpai spreading those rumors"

"So you don't then?"

Eris pouted and looked away, not wanting to answer

"How about a way I can make my breasts bigger?"

Eris looked back with a confused expression across her face

"Why would you want to do that? You're perfect as it is, and besides, there isn't any magic that would make your breasts bigger"

I slumped down showing signs of disappointment, then shot back up asking another question

"Well what about future me and Kazuma? D-do we end up having… a child?"

Eris rubbed her fingers to her temples saying

"I swear, haven't you been listening? I can't look into the future-"

I began to slump back down at this revelation before Eris continued

"However if I were to guess, and let's say you did have a child, I'd say you would have a beautiful daughter"

I perked up after hearing her say this, it wasn't quite the confirmation I was hoping to hear, but it was nice to have Eris' input

Shortly after Eris finished Aqua's voice once again echoed across the room

"Oi Megumin, you're healed so you can revive now, both thanks to me"

"Ah, thanks Aqua, but can I have a minute? I'd like to ask some more questions to Eris"

"Ehhhh?"

Eris called from the other side of the room

"I've been saying you need to revive soon so I can tend to others who have fallen, you can't just hang out here"

I decide to ignore Eris' remark

"And besides, Kazuma's gonna get mad at me if you don't come back"

Uh oh, why do I feel like Aqua just said something she definitely shouldn't of

"Oi Kazuma, what are you doing?"

"Wait there's no way he'd…"

"Kazuma, I'd always known you were a scumbag, but I never knew you had this side to you. I always knew you were a pervert, but never thought you'd be doing this "

"Oi what's he doing?" I shouldn't have to worry too much though, surely Aqua's going to stop whatever it is he's-

"Ow ow ow, Okay I'll leave jeez, she's able to come back now anyways, so I can't do much else. Anyways if I hurry I should be able to make it back to the Eris Church for when their mass ends!"

Wait, she's leaving me? I… I gotta get back there now

"Eris, Eris can you send me back now-?"

I look over and notice she's giggling

"What's so funny about this?" I asked, slightly frustrated

"I'll send you back now, be safe in the future Megumin"

As I slowly rose towards a bright light, I further questioned her

"Wait, what's so funny about this situation, as we speak, Kazuma's-"

Eris cuts me off loudly giggling, trying her best to keep quiet

"You shouldn't worry too much Megumin, anyways, I hope I don't see you here any time soon, safe travels"

She smiled waving me farewell, and before I could do anything else I was engulfed in a bright light, my consciousness eventually fading

Thank you to those who've been reading my story so far
Originally wasn't planning on writing, but was encouraged
to try writing and hey, I've been enjoying it so far, as I hope
You're enjoying the story. School might come up in the future
and I write slowly as it is, so uploads may be inconsistent, but
I'll try to continue onwards

Thanks again for checking my story out