Chapter 01: This Wonderful Fruit and a Scummy Guy in Another World!
Kazuma Satou blinked as he woke up.
Looking around, he found himself to be in an extremely dark area, with a checkered floor being the only thing visible for miles into the faraway mist.
"Kazuma Satou-san. Welcome to the afterlife." A girl in blue approached Kazuma from behind, her voice sensual enough that he could feel it caressing his ears and soul. Possessing long, light blue hair with similarly colored eyes, she snapped her fingers as she strutted past him, nearly distracting him with what he swore was her bare ass under a translucent underskirt that he almost missed the two chairs appearing out of two separate glyphs that splashed some water. "Unfortunately, you passed away moments ago."
Snapping out of his ogling when she took a seat and crossed her legs, Kazuma blinked as her words registered. "Wait, what?"
"Your life was a short one, but you are, in fact, dead." The woman joined her fingers with a smile, as if she wasn't confirming the death of the boy before her.
"J-Just one question." Kazuma asked, trying to find a thread to keep his rising hysteria under control. "T-There was a girl..."
"She's alive." The girl confirmed, causing Kazuma some relief.
"Thank goodness." Kazuma sighed blissfully. He may have been a shut-in, but he was glad that the final moments of his life hadn't been wasted. 'This means my death wasn't in vain.'
"Actually, she wouldn't have gotten hurt even if you hadn't pushed her out of the way." The girl's sentence cut through his bliss. Uncaring of Kazuma's confusion, she continued. "That tractor was already going to stop before it hit her."
"Huh? Wait a second." Kazuma leaned forward in confusion... and growing mortification. "'Tractor'?"
"Yes, it was a tractor." The girl snapped her fingers again, causing water to appear and form into a large mirror-like form at his side, replaying the events of Kazuma's death in visual form. "You didn't die from being plowed over by a truck. You instead died from the shock of believing that you'd been ran over by a tractor."
The mirror showed Kazuma's deceased body on the road, its awkward posture causing so much cringe from it's former owner. The girl actually burst into a derisive laughter at the sight, which proceeded to turn Kazuma's humiliation into anger.
"I've been doing this for a long time, but you're the first human to have died in such a bizarre way." The girl kept giggling through her words, as if she wasn't unrepentantly mocking Kazuma's death like a YouTube epic fail.
'Who does this bitch think she is?' Kazuma growled as he glared at the now wheezing girl. 'What's her deal?'
"You... You were so terrified that you'd even wet yourself!" The mirror focused on dead Kazuma's crotch, horrifying Kazuma at the fact that she was right. "And when they took you to the hospital, even the doctors and nurses couldn't resist laughing at the sight of you-"
"Stop!" Kazuma wailed in horror, desperately clasping his hands over his ears. "I don't wanna hear it! Stop talking! Stop talking! Stop talking! Stop talking! Stop talking! Stooooooop taaaaaaaaaaalking!"
The girl, in fact, did not stop talking as she stalked over and leaned forward until her lips were right next to his ear. "Your family just rushed to the hospital, and now even they're laughing out loud at the cause of your death."
Kazuma's screams rang out through the void even louder than before.
"Well, well... I've vented enough stress for now." The girl declared, flipping her hair as a translucent pink hagoromo appeared over her shoulders. The moment she did so, an overpowering aura seemed to burst from her, briefly giving Kazuma the impression that he was at the preciple of an unfathomably deep ocean. "My name is Aqua. I'm a goddess who guides young humans to the afterlife after their deaths. You now have two choices, Kazuma Satou-san."
"Hold up a second."
"You can start from square one with a new life, reincarnating without the memories of your previous one." Aqua ignored Kazuma and held up two fingers. "You could also just straight up ascend to Heaven, considering that you really haven't lived as a soul deserving of Hell."
Before Kazuma could speak, Aqua leaned forward over him, thrusting her large swaying breasts into his view. "To tell you the truth, Heaven isn't exactly the place to go for guys like you."
"Huh?" Kazuma tilted his head in complete befuddlement. "How is Heaven a bad place to go?"
"Not only is there no television, no internet, no manga, no games, etc., you won't even keep your physical body meaning that you're never gonna 'get some' either." Aqua rubbed a finger across Kazuma's lap, smirking at the look of horror in his eyes. "You really wouldn't do much beyond basking in the sun and constantly giving praise to whichever deity you worshipped while alive."
"I take it back." Kazuma furiously shook his head. "Heaven's totally a bad place to go! Are you telling me that if there's some hot angel in there, I'll never tap that?!"
"Yup! A virgin in life becomes a virgin for eternity~" Aqua leaned forward even further, grabbing Kazuma's shoulders as she straddled him in order to distract him further from her goal. "And that's just horrible, right? Which is why a third option's become available."
"Th-There's a third option?" Kazuma blushed as he turned away, wondering if his soul could actually pop a boner against the girl straddling him.
"You like games, don't you?" Aqua got off him and posed dramatically. "That world, which has long enjoyed peace, is being threatened by the Demon King and his army! The citizens lived under constant oppression from monsters and the like!" An actual spotlight shone from above Aqua. "All of humanity trembles in fear of the Demon King's merciless siege, pillage and slaughter!"
Kazuma blinked before slowly clapping. 'Meh. I give a 5 for effort.'
Aqua smiled as she curtsied. "Since that's the sort of world it is, everyone native to there refuses to be reborn, so there's a pretty bad population decline."
"You just mentioned that there's a war going on." Kazuma snarked. "Of course, population would go down especially since it's a fantasy world. No sane person who died in a warring world would want to return."
"It's so obvious, right?" Aqua nodded to that. "Which is why we deities decided to try migrating some foreign souls over there who will defeat the Demon King. Of course, we giving out big favors due to the fact that we'll be practically tossing you in to just risk dying again."
Kazuma leaned forward in anticipation. "Favors?"
Aqua nodded. "You'll be granted the right to bring any one thing of your choosing with you. Powerful weapon or tremendous skill, you can take it. And unlike the reincarnation option, there's zero loss of memories. Not a bad deal, right?"
Fantasies of living through quests and adventures ran through Kazuma's mind until an important fact reared it's head. "Wait. Will I be able to read and write this other world's language?"
"That's no issue." Summoning a pamphlet out of nowhere, Aqua sat across Kazuma's laps and leaned on him as she displayed it to the blushing teenager. "Once you leave, your brain will be overloaded so that you'll be able to understand all of the world's languages instantly. As a side effect, you have a somewhat small chance of your brain liquefyingfromthestrain."
Yeah, Kazuma wasn't anywhere near distracted enough to mishear that last bit no matter how speedily she went through it. "You just said something really dangerous just now. What was that bit about 'liquefying from the strain'?!"
"I never said that."
"Your lying skill sucks!"
"Now, choose!" Aqua got off Kazuma and twirled, tossing up a flurry of cards that fluttered down around him. "Choose your Blessing and it will be granted!"
After rearranging them into a comprehensible order, Kazuma looked over his choices very seriously. And not just for the fact that his life depended on it. 'This is my gamer's intuition talking, but everything here's either a broken ability or super useful equipment!'
The Crimson Sword of Volcanic Essence - {Aestus}. A crimson sword made from a volcano. With every magically infused swing, it released magma at it's opponent.
The Idea of Genesis - {Creation}. The ability to create anything from imagination, only being limited by complexity.
The Ebony Coat of Midnight - {Elusive}. A black long coat which rendered it's user completely invisible from all senses, both mundane and magical. Currently in Use.
The Golden Ring of Velocity - {Rapid}. A golden ring which allowed it's user to possess superspeed and hyper reflexes.
The Vest of Vitality - {Buff}. A vest which granted immense healing and durability passives to it's user when equipped.
The Demonic All-Cutting Sword - {Gram}. A sword which allowed the user to project slashes that ignore defense. Currently in use.
'So broken!' Kazuma gasped as he read through them all. Just like these {Elusive} and {Gram}, there were a few 'currently in use' as well, meaning that there had obviously been some before him who had taken their pick and moved on.
"Hey, can you hurry it up?" Kazuma looked up and suddenly balked. The goddess was fucking eating chips, speaking down to Kazuma from her seat. "No matter what you pick, it's all the same if you can use it properly. I'm not expecting much from a shut-in otaku anyway. There're still many dead souls to process~"
"Sh-Shut up, alright!" Kazuma flew into a rage, throwing up the cards in frustration. 'Cocky bitch goddess. She's like one of types in my school think it's cool to be mean to everyone below them...'
Kazuma blinked as he looked down on a card he hadn't noticed yet... and promptly grabbed it while yelling in shock.
The Devil Fruit of Air Mimicry - {Gust Gust Fruit}. This is a Logia-type Devil Fruit from a mystical world which allows the user to create, manipulate and transform into air at will.
'A Devil Fruit. A real Devil Fruit... And a logia to boot~!' Kazuma held up the card, giving it a worshipful caress not unlike a pope would've done to the Holy Grail. 'Wait. Won't there be lots of water bodies in the other world? Nah. I can just learn a spell that creates a bubble around me whenever underwater.'
Kazuma silently put the card aside. Best to keep searching in case he found something better.
And so two hours passed with Kazuma engrossed in the collection. While Aqua grew more and more impatient, there was the taunting phase, then the complaining phase and now the ignoring stage.
She read a magazine, splayed across her chair in what seemed an uncomfortable position. Kazuma had to give some credit to her flexibility as the whiner before him didn't show the slightest bit of discomfort.
After the sound of her shifting again reached his ears, Kazuma looked up to see her ass pointing at him. His eyes widened as a noise almost made past his lips before he blocked his mouth with his hands. Aqua leaned over the back of her chair, tilting it in a way that should have fallen it over but was undoubtedly kept suspended through magical means.
The real issue was that Aqua was definite going commando as Kazuma had earlier suspected, revealing her peach shaped bottom, along with her bare pussy with a tiny patch of visible blue hair.
Kazuma, who had never even seen a real girl in her underwear, instantly popped a boner on the spot. 'Dammit! Why do the bitches have to be the hot ones?!'
Stealthily adjusting his pants to hide his erection, Kazuma straightened up and held up his chosen card. "Well, I guess this is the one to go for, huh?"
Aqua took notice and skipped over, snatching the card out of his hand. "Gust Gust Fruit? I should've known an NEET like you would've picked this. Stupid Thoth. He's always been a fan of your world's manga and the like and always likes to create Blessings based of from them. I specifically made sure to remove that loser's Blessings from here! I can't believe I missed one!"
"Hey!" Kazuma leapt to his feet and glared at Aqua. "Don't go dissing a god who actually likes us for our achievements! Who the hell even put a bitch like you in charge of handling souls, anyways?"
Aqua scoffed and snapped her fingers. The Gust Gust Fruit card transformed into a beam of light which pierced into Kazuma's chest. After that, a large blue glyph manifested under Kazuma. "All right, stand there and don't leave the glyph- Eh?!"
Aqua's words cut off with a squeal as a similar glyph appeared under her as well. Above them, a flash of light appeared, a woman with golden feathered wings appeared, her hands glowing with the same energy that was powering the glyphs.
'A real angel...' Kazuma thought as his eyes raked over the short dress that hugged the angel's sexy figure. 'I'm so glad I didn't go to Heaven and become unable to tap that.'
"Wait- What's the meaning of this?! Hey!" Aqua desperately pounded on the barrier that had gone up around the glyphs.
"Goddess Aqua. I'm sorry, but I have received an order to bestow punishment upon you by the other gods." The angel sadly declared, although Kazuma could definitely detect some hidden glee in there. "You will be entering into the other world as well, along with 80% of your Divinity sealed away."
Looked like Aqua wasn't well liked amongst her fellow deities.
"What?! Don't joke with me?! What did I do?"
"Well, for starters, you belittled your fellow deity before a human." The angel raised a finger. "Before that, you revealed that you've been deliberately removing the Blessings that other deities had been voluntarily handing over for the humans, which could be seen as sabotage and therefore, treason." She raised a third finger. "And before that, you mocked the death of a recently deceased soul. Now, will you accept your punishment or do I have to list the crimes from before meeting Kazuma Satou?"
Aqua burst into a pathetic wail, throwing her body against the barrier only for it to naturally stay undispelled.
The angel hmphed before turning to Kazuma. "And Kazuma Satou, be rest assured. Even if that tractor didn't hit you, your actual death was caused by you slipping on a loose stone and breaking your neck after you fell. You didn't wet your pants and nobody laughed at you. Plus, even Goddess Aqua's joke of your death doesn't even rank in the top 50 weirdest deaths we've seen."
"She fucking lied to me!" Kazuma snarled before giving a grateful smile to the angel who he was now wishing was the one to welcome him. "Thanks. Seriously."
The angel simply smiled back before adorning a serious look. "Kazuma Satou-sama. You will now be heading to another world and become one of the candidate Heroes to defeat the Demon King. If you succeed in this endeavor, other than the gift Thoth-sama is preparing as thanks to you for defending his honor, you will also receive a reward of your own from the gods."
"...reward?"
"Indeed." The angel smiled beautifully. "A wish of yours will be granted should you succeed. Provided that it doesn't do anything to destabilize the worlds, we will grant anything you desire."
"JACKPOT!" Kazuma roared in excitement. "I'm totally gonna wipe out that Demon King!"
The angel then spread out her arms and wings, letting feathers flutter upwards to surround the elevating duo. "Brave Hero, I pray that of the many prospective Heroes, you will be the one to defeat the Demon King. Now, go forth on your journey!"
"That's my liiiiiiiiiiiiine!" Aqua wailed as she and Kazuma disappeared in a flash of dimensional light.
The Town of Novice Adventurers - Axel
The carriage drove over the pavement and made a loud and constant creaking sound, unintentionally masking the portal that appeared and left behind Kazuma and Aqua.
"It's a parallel world... Hey, it's a parallel world!" Kazuma trembled in excitement from what he was seeing. Before his eyes were houses built from red bricks, the streets right out of Europe in the Middle Ages. There were no cars, bikes, power lines, or telecommunication cables. It was the classic light novel and game fantasy world. "I'm really here, using magic and skills and going on quests in this world from now on!"
"Ah… Ah… Ahh…"
Kazuma ignored the sounds coming from Aqua's mouth. "I think I see adventurers- Wow! Look at what that's chick's wearing! And nobody's commenting on it! Hold on, is that supposed to be a priestess? So much leg!"
"Ahh… Ahhh…. Ahhhh!"
"Goodbye, shut-in lifestyle! Hello, a different world! If it is this world, I am willing to go out and explore it to the fullest!" Kazuma pumped his arms excitedly, only to be discouraged by Aqua's rising hysteria. "Hey, calm down already-"
A small white portal appeared before Kazuma, dropping what looked like a backpack with golden accents. Catching it reflexively, Kazuma looked surprised at the note attached to it.
Dear, Kazuma Satou.
In appreciation of your bravery against Aqua as you defended me, I have provided a basic starting assortment of necessities I think you might need.
In this bag I have modelled after your homeworld's own, you will find a map based on Harry Potter's Marauder's Map except it works a bit differently considering your location, twenty thousand Eris which is the currency of this world and have modified your Devil Fruit to not give you a weakness against water.
Please be well.
- God of Literature, Thoth
'Magical map, money and upgraded Devil Fruit?!' Kazuma let a happy grin cross his lips. "I was so worried about the language that I forgot to ask about money as well. Clearly, Thoth-sama is a much better god than you, Aq-"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—!" Aqua screamed as she pounced over like a lion to grab Kazuma.
"Woah! What, what are you doing, don't act this way! I get it!" Kazuma forced the crying goddess off. "If you are unwilling to join up with me, then you should plead to go back. I'll be fine on my own."
"What are you talking about?!" Aqua inched forward, making Kazuma take a step back incase she tried to grab him again. "I'm in trouble because I can't go back! Unlike you, I'm not hooked into this fantasy world! What do I do?!"
Kazuma stared blankly at the goddess who was actually starting to cry now, tiny twinges of pity appearing at the sight of her tears. "Well, we should start off at guilds."
Kazuma pulled out the map and spread it open. The words {Adventurer's Map} appeared in thick fonts over the whole paper before disappearing to reveal the entire town being mapped up.
"Woah. So convenient. Where are we even in this and where's the nearest guild?" To Kazuma's surprise, the glowing ink on the map suddenly moved as if he had magnified a phone screen and narrowed in on two glowing Dots. The green dot was at the very center of the map was labelled with his name while the blue and much brighter dot was labelled with Aqua's name.
From before his map self, a long line suddenly shot across and maneuvered through several streets before stopping before the drawing of a large building labelled {Adventurer's Guild, Axel Branch}.
"...so convenient." Aqua herself admitted.
Kazuma nodded before remembering his Blessing. With a wide smile, he dug into the bag and retrieved the Devil Fruit.
Unfortunately, right as Kazuma bit into it, he was immediately reminded of a sad fact that even Thoth had been unable to change or lessen in anyway.
"Urgh! So disgusting!"
Adventurer's Guild, Axel Branch
"Looks like this is the place." Kazuma commented after he and Aqua reached the large building. When the sudden sound of glass being broken came through the doors, Aqua flinched while Kazuma only smiled as he pushed through and entered.
"Welcome!" A sandy haired waitress with her hands carrying four large mugs of overflowing alcohol instantly greeted them. "If you're here to eat, please take any open seat. If you need job guidance, head to the counter inside."
"Thanks." Kazuma replied, ogling her outfit as the waitress left to attend to her customers. It was a skimpy barmaid outfit, with soft fabric holding her breasts, with no bra, so when she went to serve a table and bent over, her breasts bounced easily while her skirt rode high enough to expose a hint of her panties. "This world's the best."
Groups of adventurers in armor could be seen congregating inside, but they didn't seem to bear any ill will. They were more focused on their gossip and beer than anything else. However, some noted the newcomers. Unfamiliar faces seemed to be a rare thing because soon enough, a lot of them became aware and focused on them.
"So what now?" Aqua nervously tugged on Kazuma's sleeve. "Everybody's staring at us. Even if I only have 20% left, my divine aura is still pretty strong."
'That's most likely because an Aqua that keeps her mouth shut is a divine beauty. Literally!' Kazuma shook his head before approaching the nearest guy. He was rather muscular, but was dressed in a weird combination of suspenders and armored shoulder pads on his upper half. Kazuma mentally dubbed him Mohawk Guy due to that being the most normal thing he could see on him. "Sorry to interrupt your drinking. My friend and I have come a long way and have just arrived in town."
Flashing a wide grin, Kazuma crossed his arms imperiously. "I'm aiming to become an Adventurer and defeat the Demon King, after all."
"Is that right, you reckless punk?" Mohawk Guy cocked a similar grin of his own. "Welcome to the gates of the Underworld! The guild's admission desk's over there."
With a satisfied smirk, Kazuma pulled back and walked towards where Mohawk Guy had pointed, leaving Aqua to follow him with some awe.
"Hey. How can you make up a story like that on the spot?" Aqua questioned.
"It's not like I lied in the slightest, Aqua." Kazuma replied. "Besides, making sure to speak with an intimidating guy right at the start makes sure that we get an informal seal of approval in RPGs. Look, not as many people are staring at us like before, right?"
"True..." Aqua marveled. "You seem like such a capable guy. Why were you a shut-in otaku with no friends or girlfriend before?"
"We are nowhere close enough for us to exchange life secrets, bitch." Kazuma snapped, that question digging a bit too deep. "Don't forget that you used my death for your amusement."
"Geez." Aqua crossed her arms and huffed, not even having the decency to look a bit guilty.
Finally, they approached the desk and beheld a well endowed woman with wavy, blonde hair tied back in a bun. Kazuma put a lot of effort into not ogling the impossibly low cut top that exposed a large amount of the woman's breasts.
"Hello, I am Luna." The woman bowed a bit, unknowingly flashing a bit of her nipples to Kazuma. "What can I do for you today?"
"Um, we'd like to become Adventurers." Kazuma replied as he thumbed back at Aqua.
"I see. In that case, you'll first need to pay the registration fee."
"Sure, sure..." As Kazuma started reaching for the money that Thoth had gifted him, he paused to regard Aqua. "Do you have enough money to pay for yourself?"
Aqua shook her head. "I got dumped down here with no warning. Of course, I'm penniless."
"Right..." Kazuma sighed before facing Luna. "I'll be paying for the both of us."
"U-Understood." Luna leaned back a bit, nervous from Kazuma's annoyed expression as she begun their registration.
"Allow me to formally explain." Luna held up two cards near a metal apparatus with a blue sphere in it. "Adventurers each have their own separated classes. And these are your Adventurer Cards. It keeps track of how many monsters you've vanquished. As your level increases, you'll earn points that you can use to learn skills, so please work hard."
Kazuma nodded along. This was all flavor text stuff, after all.
"Now, both of you, please hold your hands over this crystal." Luna gestured to the apparatus next to her.
"Like this?" Kazuma held a hand above it, suddenly gasping as the sphere lit up and caused the apparatus's parts to move about.
"With this, you will each learn your current status." Luna explained a blue laser beam of light shot down onto Kazuma's card. "After it's done, please choose your desired class based on your stats."
'Well, I know that the Gust Gust Fruit's gonna alter my stats to a whole new high, but I still wanna see it printed down!' Kazuma thought with some excitement as it finally finished.
Luna picked up the card and read it out. "Kazuma Satou, I believe? Let's me see... both STR and VIT are slightly above average, AGI is average, MP is... EX?! INT is slightly above average. Huh? Your LUK is also abnormally high. But it is not that essential for Adventurers. From this numbers-"
Luna was cut off when a nearby door suddenly opened to reveal another woman dressed similarly to Luna. "Luna, the Guildmaster wishes to see this young man. Attend to his companion."
"U-Understood." Luna held Kazuma's shoulder and directed him. "Um, the Guildmaster would like to see you. Please be rest assured, I will attend to Aqua until you return."
"Ok." Kazuma nodded and followed the other lady through the door and into a hallway, constantly switching between admiring her long, exposed legs and his surroundings.
"Here you go." The girl bowed before departing, leaving Kazuma before the door at the end of the hallway. With some trepidation, Kazuma opened it and stepped through, entering inside to see a black haired man leaning back into his chair with a blissful expression on his face before noting him and waving him to the chair before his large desk.
"Um..."
"Welcome to the Kingdom of Belzerg, Kazuma Satou." The man who must've been the Guildmaster greeted him as he leaned forward and steepled his fingers. "My name is Kaito Minazuki. I believe that's enough to explain our connection to each other."
"You're Japanese, too?!" Kazuma leaned forward and suddenly slammed his hands on the table in excitement. Curiously, he almost heard a sound from underneath that didn't sound quite right.
"Indeed. You're not in trouble by the way. I just wanted to give some warnings that might already seem obvious to you." Kaito squirmed a bit in his seat. "First off, that's a goddess downstairs, right? The both of you can't ever mention that you're not original natives of this world unless it's to those you trust. Thanks to most of the Otherworlders throughout history being Japanese, we've come to be called 'Foreigners of the Unreachable East'."
"Well, that makes sense." Kazuma hummed as he took a seat. "I wonder just how many of us have made it through here though."
"Don't think too much on that." Kaito waved the matter away. "Secondly, don't do stupid shit."
"What?"
"There are several of us who go crazy in this world." Kaito explained. "Like trying to take over the kingdom or doing crazy shit or other stuff. And believe me, the 'take over the kingdom' part actually ranks low on the clusterfuck we usually cause."
'Something like taking over the kingdom ranks low?!' "W-Well, I was a shut-in back home, so I'm definitely not going for such a thing." Kazuma scoffed as he leaned back and crossed his arms. "I'm aiming to defeat the Demon King so I really don't feel like taking on such stressful habits."
For a brief moment, Kazuma could have sworn that he saw a flash of amusement in Kaito's eyes after that last sentence. However, it disappeared as Kaito smiled with some relief. "That's great! I really don't care what you do, as long as it doesn't terrorize the civilians. And with that, we're done for now."
Kazuma's eyes widened as the man suddenly jolted in his chair, letting a soft groan escape his lips as he closed his eyes while his cheeks reddened a little. Before he could question that, his eyes then bulged out as a near naked woman popped out from under his desk, sensually licking her lips.
She had long pink hair, creamy skin with glowing markings and was dressed in a really skimpy nurse outfit.
"Thanks for the meal~ Till next time~" The woman waved cheerily at the content-looking Kaito as a portal appeared behind her. With a saucy wink in Kazuma's direction, she went into the portal and disappeared.
"...who was that?" Kazuma breathlessly asked.
"That was a succubus." Kaito breathlessly replied as he wore back his pants from where they'd been pulled down behind his desk. "They usually just visit dreams but if a guy is strong enough to survive it, they can do it with you directly. There's a shop in the city with a whole bunch of them offering their services. I'd tell you their location as a fellow male... but I'm under contract to not reveal it."
"God! Dammit!" Kazuma pounded the table in frustration before standing up and bowing respectfully. "Thank you for your guidance, Minazuki-sama! I will definitely become strong and capable enough to survive a succubus, too!"
"Good luck." Kaito cheerily waved Kazuma out of his office. "Just focus on finding a place to sleep tonight, okay?"
Starstruck Inn
"Am I really sharing this room with you?" Aqua frowned as she looked around the small space. "There's only even one bed!"
"Hey, I'm rationing the money that Thoth-sama gave me. And I definitely didn't hear any complaints when I got dinner for the both of us." Kazuma snapped as he took off his tracksuit jacket. It had taken several hours to find an inn with reasonable prices and considering how late it was, he was really feeling the urge to just fall asleep right away. "If you're unsatisfied, the door's right there. It's not like we're a team."
Aqua pouted before snapping her fingers, loosening her hair and transforming her clothes into a set of blue pajamas. "Fine, then! You better not molest me in my sleep or something?!"
"I make no such promises." Kazuma dully replied as he laid down, leaving some space for Aqua to squeeze into. "Your body's nowhere as unpleasant as your attitude is."
As Aqua laid down and shifted as faraway as she could, Kazuma idly thought through his plans for the next day. 'Today was well spent at least. I'm registered, I met up with a useful senpai- No, wait. Considering his position and age, he's more like a sensei. Right, then. A useful sensei unlike the useless goddess next to me and I can test out my Devil Fruit tomorrow.'
"Oi, Kazuma. Quit ignoring me." Aqua stated a while after they'd both woken up. Kazuma had entered into a deep thought about his future in the Fantasy World, so distracted that he'd barely noted the goddess hovering over him now with her breasts close to his face.
The Demon King was probably strong enough to rival deities, if several other Otherworlders hadn't been able to defeat him yet. But the fact that the adventurers he'd seen at the Guild weren't acting like they were in a war meant that he wasn't interested in their particular territory, giving Kazuma some relief.
Still, Guildmaster Kaito had raised a good point even if it was for a different reason. Kazuma needed to get strong and experienced as soon as possible.
After all, it was better to have power and not need it than to need power and not have it.
"Hey, Aqua." Kazuma called out to the goddess as she sat up and straddled him. "Form a Party with me."
"Eh?"
"I have the knowledge and street smarts while you have the raw power." Kazuma explained as he sat up as well. "Together we can defeat the Demon King and accomplish our desires. You get to go home and I get my Wish. What do you say?"
"...okay, then!" Aqua burst into a wide, happy grin, which actually stunned Kazuma from how pure it looked as she raised a fist. "Let's form a party, Kazuma!"
"Right!" Kazuma raised a fist as well and bumped it, suddenly gaping as a flash of light shown from both their Adventure Cards. Kazuma pulled his out and observed the holographic window that popped from the card.
[Party created!]
[What would you like to name your Party?]
"Oh!" Aqua cheered from behind Kazuma, the latter only accepting her weight because of her braless breasts pressing against his head. "Let's name it 'Aqua-sama's Anti-Demon King Alliance'!"
"Yeah, no." Kazuma instantly typed in his own proposed title for their Party.
[You have created the Party 'Phantasmal']
"Stop whining. It's one simple word that easily describes the both of us!" Kazuma grunted as he held back Aqua while making himself the leader of the Party. Immediately he did so, both their stats appeared into his view.
[Party: Phantasmal]
[Name: Kazuma Satou]
[Class: Adventurer]
[Title: Japanese Otherworlder, Logia Devil of Air, Party Boss]
[Alignment: Chaotic Neutral]
[STR: 20]
[VIT: 40]
[AGI: 15]
[INT: 50]
[WIS: 40]
[LUK: 205]
[NRG: EX]
[MNY: 14,400 Eris]
'Chaotic Neutral? Well, I can't deny that I'm a pretty selfish guy who won't go along with whatever I don't like, but I'm not the kind of asshole who'd go bothering others deliberately. NRG? Oh, that probably means 'energy' as in mana and stuff. Considering that the stuff Devil Fruit logia-types and some paramecia-types create tend to be near-infinite, I guess there's no way to put a numerical value on that.' Kazuma hummed as he appraised himself. 'Now, let's check Aqua's.'
[Party: Phantasmal]
[Name: Aqua]
[Class: Archpriest]
[Title: Goddess of Water]
[Alignment: Chaotic Neutral]
[STR: 200]
[VIT: 400]
[AGI: 200]
[INT: 5 (MAX)]
[WIS: 70]
[LUK: 1]
[NRG: EX]
[MNY: 0 Eris]
"This is bullshit!" Kazuma smacked Aqua's Adventurer card against the floor in hysterical envy, uncaring of the goddess's yell as she dived for it. 'What's with these stats?! So unfair!'
Kazuma huffed and calmed himself down. 'No, no, calm down. She's a literal goddess. Of course, her physical stats are crazy high. At least the Party didn't share the money between us or something.'
"Aqua."
Just as Aqua turned to look at Kazuma, the Sun finally rose and shone through their window and right at Kazuma, creating a weird backdrop in which the edges of his form briefly seemed to just... wisp away as he put on his jacket, reminding Aqua about the Devil Fruit he had eaten.
"It's Day #01 of the rest of our lives in this Fantasy World. I hope I can count on you."
"Of course, you can. Just who do you think I am?"
And so their adventure began...
"So I'm thinking we split our future rewards 8:2 in my favor."
"Better shut your mouth before I either fill it with something else."
...and hopefully, Kazuma won't snap and commit deicide!
Start the SBS!
Devil Fruit: Toppu Toppu no Mi(Gust-Gust Fruit)
Strengths: This fruit allows the user to create, control and become air. Since air cannot be seen by conventional methods, neither can the attacks and derivatives formed by/from it, making it an invisible and versatile weapon that is very difficult to block and dodge. The user is also able to avoid normal physical attacks by turning into air and allowing the attack to harmlessly pass through or into their body.
Weaknesses: Due to the nature of the element, the user runs the risk of being 'dispersed' by especially strong winds or shockwaves unless they can resist them.
Besides these factors, standard Devil Fruit weaknesses also apply. At least, they did until Thoth removed those.
KingVessel: Well, done for now. Now it's up to my clients to check how much it's liked.
