Chapter 1

I woke up to a faint light passing through my eyelids.

"Kazuma! Wake up! Are you okay?" I heard a voice calling out to me. What happened?

"That was a scary fall, Aqua, quick, heal Kazuma!"

Oh yeah, we fell. What the hell was that fall? I fell unconscious before even hitting the ground.

I opened my eyes and looked at my surroundings. It was a room overgrown with vines, just like the place we were just in, speaking of that, there was a large hole above us from where light came through, that is the way we fell, huh. It looked too high to climb. Darkness, Aqua and Megumin had gathered around me, and there was a weird corridor that looked too smooth to be natural.

"He is waking up! Hey, Kazuma, are you okay? You are the most brittle and weakest here, so we thought you had died." Megumin said.

"Yes, I thought even though the flowers softened the impact, The weak Kazuma would have still died due to some stupid reason like shock or landing badly." Aqua added to Megumin's , she is talking like that even though she was the reason we fell.

"I am okay...Also, stop calling me weak, do you want to hurt my ego? I am gonna have to punish you if that is the reason."

"Punish? How could you punish us?"

"Hmm, I could Drain all of your mana in the morning or donate to an organization that is against the Axis Cult."

""...Don-Don't be unreasonable Kazuma, w-we would never do something like that!""

"That is cruel...as expected of Kazuma." The 3rd weirdo said. That is probably the 5th time that phrase has been used today, just what is expected of me?

I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up

"Huh?" I turned back, seeing a yellow blur. It disappeared as soon as I looked at it.

"What is it, Kazuma?" Megumin looked at me questioningly

"Did you see that?"

"See what?"

I would say some cliche line like 'It must have been my imagination', but that never turns out good.

"There was a yellow blur. I am not sure what exactly it was but it looked like a… flower."

"Kazuma, no need to worry about such things, it was probably a non dangerous flower"

"Yeah, and I thought it was something serious."

Ah, yes. Somehow, I completely forgot this ridiculous world has sentient plants. It was probably one of those.

"Ok, then, where are we?"

"We don't know, it seems like we are underground, but I am not sure where we are exactly."

Darkness said while fidgeting. She really enjoyed the fall, didn't she?

"I can't use my magic here…. Kazuma, lead the way to the exit."

"Why are you telling me that? I don't know where we're either! There may not even be an exit!"

"Kazuma! Don't say stuff like that! I don't want to be stuck here!"

The person who was responsible for the problem in the first place said.

"You made us fa-"

"If I'm stuck here, I might as well just use [Explosion] right now and end it all, right? I may as well end my Crimson journey with a Crimson bang, right? Darkness blacker than black, darker than dark…."

My words were interrupted by psychotic muttering

"Wait, no! Stop! Megumin, are you that crazy?!"

"[Explosion]!"

I couldn't reach her before she used the spell.

So this is how I die for real, huh?

Aqua can't revive me if she is dead too.

There was this one big concern looming over me:

I died a virgin.

My whole vision was encompassed by red light

Part 2

I appeared in the ever so familiar black room.

"EHH!? Kazuma-san? What happened? How did you die? I wasn't looking at you. Wait, you are here too?"

'You'? Who does she me-

Oh.

I looked around, and the rest were here too.

"That felt….amazing." Darkness was quivering in her seat.

"So, this is what Kazuma sees every time he dies, neat."

The suicidal maniac said.

"..." I stared at her

"..."

"..."

"Why are you staring at me?"

"Oh god do I wonder! It might have been something to do with the whole Kamikaze thingy. You really are crazy, aren't you?!"

"Dying with dignity is way better than rotting in those caves, waiting and sitting until the all seeing void consumes us!"

"There was an obvious man-made corridor in there! I was just joking, why was your first instinct killing everyone and not, you know, looking back?!"

"Ah. Kazuma, you don't joke about things like that"

"You were the person who killed all of us!"

"That happens to everyone, Kazuma."

"..."

"I am really sorry"

"..."

"What? I said sorry!"

"Megumin, we are gonna talk about this later."

I looked at the others, Darkness was still doing Darkness things.

Aqua appeared to be thinking about something. I didn't know she could do that.

"So….Do I go to Heaven now that I'm dead?"

"You can't come back until you kill the Demon King, Aqua-sama!"

"Then what is going to happen to me?"

She asked nervously.

Eris paused for a while. After a minute, she said this:

"You are going to get erased from history."

"Eh? What does that mean? I have never heard of such a thing!"

"That's because...no one remembers them."

"I don't want to get forgotten and erased! What will my followers do?! You are cruel! You are all cruel!"

"Aqua-sama! I am just listening to what the higher-ups say! I want to help you, but-"

"Erisssss! Waaaaaaaaa! Try harder!"

"I am trying Aqua-sama! How did you die anyway?"

"We-we-we-we" she sobbed "Waaaaaa!"

I walked towards Eris and told her the story of the Creeper

"So, that is how it happened…..say, that mountain wasn't named Ebot, was it?"

"You know about it? Yes, it was. Why are you asking?"

She seemed a little anxious.

Scratch that.

She seemed really anxious.

"Tha-that isn't supposed to happen, I thought they took care of it….." Eris was walking briskly back and forward.

"Wait…." I heard a voice say from my back…."Is she Eris-sama?! I apologize!" She immediately bowed down.

"No need to bow down to me! I'm sorry we met in such circumstances."

"Actually, I am glad we met like this!"

She said some weird things again.

"Eris-sama, what do you mean by 'that isn't supposed to happen'?"

"I mean...the mountain isn't supposed to be there!"

"Huh?"x4

Everyone, including the crying Aqua and Megumin who was distracted with comforting her said in unison.

"What does that mean?"

Megumin asked.

"It's an error, a glitch, it's not supposed to be in this world!"

"Anyway, I got to talk with someone, please stay here for the moment."

She briskly walked away and disappeared, as if she teleported.

"What the heck does that mean? 'This world'?" Megumin said.

"I don't get it either, it's probably some God stuff."

"Also, I noticed, does she pad her chests?"

Darkness, who heard this, immediately stood up and walked towards Megumin.

"What are you saying about Eris-sama?! This is heresy!"

"Didn't you see it? Those chests didn't look natu-"

Her words were interrupted by Darkness pouncing on her.

I walked up to the crying Aqua.

"Hey, Aqua, what does she mean by 'erased from history'?"

"It means not only will die, but I will be forgotten by everyone, and will be erased from history, I won't exist, my soul will be shattered." she said in a completely monotone voice.

That's kinda….cruel.

I'm feeling a little sad for her, getting erased from history is probably very rough.

Me too, If I die for good, I either go to Heaven, or get reincarnated.

Heaven seems really boring, and there's no guarantee that my life will be good if I get reincarnated, I'll also lose all my memories.

And I'll never get to see the others again.

I might see them after we get reincarnated, but we won't be the same.

I might not see them at all.

I can't die right now, it can't end right now.

I need to find a way, I need to stay [Determined].

Suddenly, I felt something was some kind of power surging through me. It wasn't mana, it felt different. In front of me, two buttons appeared.

They were both orange, one said 'Continue' while the other said 'Reset'.

"Eh?"

Megumin heard me and asked:

"What is it, Kazuma?" She paused for a bit before seeing the buttons "What are those?"

"I don't know either."

"What are you two talking about...What are those?"

""We don't know either""

"Eh?" Aqua groggily lifted herself "What are those?"

"""We don't know either."""

….Well, at least I didn't have to ask.

"What should we do?" Darkness asked.

"Well we sho-"

"Press it!" Megumin said.

"Yes! Let me press it!" Aqua said, forgot about all of her worries and stood up. Does she have the memory of a goldfish?

"No! We have been over this! You shouldn't press random buttons! Oi Darkness, help me!"

"Got it!"

Darkness grabbed both of their hands.

"Let go of me, Darkness! Or I'll have to punish you!"

"I, a crusader, shall never fall to such threats!"

"[God Blow]!"

She punched her in the guts.

"Ahhh~" Darkness made a sound that I didn't like.

Did she punch her friend just to press a shiny button?!

"Punch me as much as you can, but I will not falter!" She was still grabbing tight to their hands.

"[Bind]!" I used my spell before it got too dangerous.

"Free us you heathen! Or I shall unleash my Explosion spell right here!"

"And kill us a second time? Is that even possible?"

"Do you want to find out?"

"No." I stretched my hand towards her and activated my [Drain Touch] skill.

"Aaaaa! Stop! Please! I promise! I won't do anything!"

I stopped, not because of her pleas, but because I had already drained enough mana from her.

"From now on, I shall drain you every morning so you won't be able to use [Explosion]."

"I apologize, so please spare me."

"You will not see Mercy." I said calmly.

"Kazuma, did you really have to tie me up too?" Darkness said while breathing heavily.

"You were a necessary sacrifice, Darkness. I had no other choice"

"Anyway, what are we gonna do with the button? I mean, we aren't just gonna leave it there, right?"

"I don't know exactly,we should probably wait for Eri-"

"I am back! Sorry for the wait!" Suddenly, Eris appeared behind them, probably carrying some great news.

"AHHH!" I got startled by this, losing my balance and tripping back, I tried to find something to grab before I fell.

And I did, but unfortunately, it was not anyone's breasts, instead, it was one of the buttons I tried to stop others from pressing, specifically, the 'Continue' button.

"Ah."

Part 3

I woke up to a faint light passing through my eyelids.

"Kazuma! Wake up! Are you okay?" I heard a voice calling out to me. What happened?

"That was a scary fall, Aqua, quick, heal Kazuma!"

"He is waking up!"

What happened?

This sounds awfully familiar.

"Kazuma! We are back! I am saved, I won't get erased from history!" Aqua said.

Back? I stood up and looked around myself, and sure enough, we were back in the room that we died in, it looked just like before, and not like a place exploded into smithereens just moments ago, that doesn't make sense, I am sure Megumin exploded it, the room couldn't have resisted that.

"What are you talking about, Aqua?" Megumin questioned her sudden excitement.

"Aqua, calm down, what happened?" Darkness asked

"Don't you really remember? Did you hit your head on a rock or something? Kazuma, you remember right? We died and came back, you remember, right?." Aqua answered.

"Died? We didn't die though. Aqua, are you okay?" Megumin asked.

"Yeah….I remember, you killed us, don't try to act innocent!"

"I did? Why would I kill you?!"

"Don't try to act like you lost your memories!"

"Kazuma, calm down, what are you talking about? When did that happen? I don't remember such a thing." Darkness said.

"You don't remember? Then that means….Do you two have amnesia?" Aqua said.

"Can you tell us what exactly happened?" Megumin said.

"...You really don't remember? Aqua, you remember right?"

"Yes, After we fell, Megumin casted her magic here and killed all of us." she answered.

"Wait, what? Why would I do something like that?!"

"Because you are crazy! That's why!"

"Oi! Who are you calling crazy?"

"You! You are!"

"Ho-ho! Then I will sh-Aahhhhh." I used [Drain Touch] on her before she finished, I am not making the same mistake again. I drained most of her mana, but left her with enough that she could walk.

"Aaaaa…. Sorry Kazuma, I won't do it again, will you give me my mana back?

"You'll get your mana back when you need it, and you don't need it right now."

Darkness was unusually silent, she looked like she was thinking about something.

"...You are thinking about how good the explosion must have felt, right?"

"...I am not!"

"...Anyway, After that, when we were in Purgatory, two buttons appeared and I ended up pressing one." I decided to leave out most of the details to not complicate things.

"And we ended up back here, right?" Darkness asked.

"Yeah, why don't you remember it unlike us" I asked back to her, really, why can me and Aqua remember while Darkness and Megumin can't? Is it a glitch? Wait, Eris also called this mountain a glitch, that it isn't supposed to exist, what does that mean? Maybe it has something to do with that.

"Who cares?! We need to get out of this place right now! I will go crazy if I don't use [Explosion] soon!"

"How much crazier can you get? Also, it hasn't even been a day!"

"If I don't use it once a day, I will go boom! Let's just leave!" She said.

"I won't let you use it anyway after we get out."

"I'll find a way!"

"Ok, if you insist, let's just move on." I shrugged.

"Look, Megumin, there is a corridor right there, we aren't trapped here!" I said in a sarcastic tone while pointing at the corridor entrance.

"I can see that, I'm not blind!"

"I doubt that"

We all proceeded through the corridor, at the end of it, there was an archway to our left, this really is man-made, isn't it? We entered the archway, which led us to a dark room.

It was dark, but I could see the room with my skill, it was very indistinct though. There was something that looked like a spotlight shining on the middle, and in that light….

"Howdy! I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flower!"

...stood a talking flower with yellow petals.

Author's note: I hope you enjoy the chapter! It's pretty short, but I felt like ending it right there for some reason, it had nothing to do with me being lazy or anything. Anyways, as for the reviews:

Forum Explorer: I'm gonna try to fix that. Thanks for the compliment.

SilentXD7: It's gonna be a while until we reach those, and for the question: ...perhaps.