AN: The translation of Konosuba finished recently and I got to read how the series ended. This is great to see what material I can use and where to deviate from the source material. On the other hand I'm sad to see a great series like Konosuba end (the author has plans for a sequel, but that could be years off)
Either way this won't dampen my desire to finish this story.
Have fun reading and tell me what you think!
Kazuma Satou was in a real pickle this morning. On the one hand, the young man really needed to use the toilet, but on the other hand he wanted to prolong the heavenly feeling he had woken up to for as long as possible.
No other word could describe being entangled with a beautiful naked woman, using her body as mattress and boobs as pillow. The intimacy Darkness between him and Darkness hadn't ended in the bathroom. Somewhere around midnight they had wound up in his guest room for a few more rounds between the silk sheets of his queen sized bed. It was like something insatiable had been unleashed between them and nothing short of going at it like animals could satisfy both.
A deep and satisfying breath between the massive mounds made the memories of their nighttime activities flood back in vivid detail. He rubbed his cheek along the smooth skin of her left breast and dared a lick to taste its saltiness. Grinning sheepishly, Kazuma carefully blew cold air towards her exposed nipple and watched it stiffen with fascination.
"Stop playing around with my boobs…"
The loving administrations had woken the lady of the house from her slumber and the man responsible apologized by planting small kisses on the bullied mammary.
"Their lewdness makes it so difficult to control myself."
"At least kiss me… not them."
"The wish of milady is my command." Kazuma said in a nasally voice to caricature a butler, making Darkness pout until he moved in for a tender kiss. As it lingered on and intensified, she put her arms around him and rubbed his back.
This was pure bliss.
Years of imagination couldn't compare to the real thing. A girl that wanted him, found him desirable and wasn't repelled by his presence. The thought of having potentially three more waiting at home was still hard to believe, despite the mountain of evidence.
"It's poking me…"
Kazuma got up on all fours to remove his weight from the girl. "Want me to put little Kazuma away?"
"I never said that..."
A knock on the door interrupted a steamy repeat of last night. The atmosphere deflated and the two scrambled for clothes as the voice of the head butler could be heard from outside. "Mr. Satou, I must inform you that his lordship hasn't returned yet from the capital and extends a sincere apology with an invitation to use our estate to your liking."
"I… uh appreciate that… Sebastian." Kazum struggled to get in his pants and tossed Darkness her pair of black panties from his inventory, which he had planned to keep as memento. Her resolve to stay unnoticed saved him from repercussions deeper than a judging glare.
"It's Hagen, sir." The lack of resentment spoke volumes for his professionalism. "I also have to inform you of a guest that has arrived to see you."
Darkness stopped putting on her underwear around the ankles and glared at the door. Her thoughts instantly went to her party members and the promise she had gotten from them. They had sworn to stay away during her time with Kazuma and there would be hell to pay if they break their oath. Then, the crusader paled as she remembered how only Megumin and Yunyun had given her that promise.
"It wouldn't perchance be a blue-haired priestess or a crimson demon girl?" Kazuma asked, unaware of his bedmate's inner turmoil.
"It is a girl, sir." the butler answered with even tone. "None of the other attributes fit your description."
This earned two sets of raised eyebrows. Nobody outside their group should know about their trip to the Dustiness estate. They exchanged knowing looks and he equipped Chunchunmaru from his inventory. The possibility of an enemy attack was slim to none but why take a chance?
"Did she give a name?"
There was a short pause behind the door before the butler answered with a click of his tongue. "Recent events have me and the rest of the staff on edge, so I haven't asked for a name. I would suggest you stop fornicating like a wild beast with lady Lalatina for a moment and solve this mystery by yourself."
"Hagen!" Darkness cried out in embarrassment from being discovered and hid her red face.
"I must apologize for my outburst, milady." Hagen replied in a droning tone without an ounce of regret present in his voice. "The young girl identified herself as an old acquaintance of Mr. Satou and wanted to have a word with him. I couldn't discern her attitude towards Mr. Satou because I'm unfamiliar with her strange vernacular."
Something began to tingle in the back of Kazuma's head, an unwelcome thought whose implications his mind couldn't fully grasp yet. "Any examples?"
"She called you tractor boy on multiple occasions."
Kazuma's sword slid out of his hand and dropped loudly to the floor. The ensuing emotional numbness made him finally remember his ability to equip clothes from his inventory. He did so in a single click and walked towards the door with every step resonating in his ears like a tremor. A clammy hand grabbed the handle to open it and step outside to the surprised butler waiting in the corridor.
The still half-naked Darkness hid herself with a blanket and stared at the silent Kazuma with worry.
"Are you ok?"
"Take your time."
It didn't answer her question because he didn't have one and left the confused crusader to dress fully. The maids he passed on the way to the entrance hall saw a serenity which wasn't really representative of the anxiety bubbling inside.
The people who knew how he died were few in number and even fewer should have the means to find out. It still could be Eris or another goddess coming out of the woodwork to make his life more difficult.
Divine intervention would be preferable to the alternative presented to him as he entered the entrance hall. The sliver of hope for an easy explanation died as soon as he laid eyes on the girl staring up at him with a smile, a very plain looking individual with the standardized uniform of his old school and brown hair put into twintails. Despite her forgettable appearance, every feature and characteristic or this person had been burned into his mind as the last face he'd ever seen in his old life.
"It's nice to see you again, Kazuma."
You never forget your first. Death was no exception to that.
"Hello…" Kazuma stopped after realizing he was drawing a blank. Funny, how he could draw her face from memory, but was struggling to put a name on it even though she had been a classmate for several years before his demise. He couldn't even remember how her voice sounded when she greeted him with a big smile.
"You don't know how to call me, don't you?"
"No, sorry."
Her smile got even bigger, almost giddy and trying not to giggle. "Don't be. The fact you can't makes you even more amazing."
"If you say so…" his voice once again petered out and he looked at the mystery girl for help with a pleading look.
"Mei."
"Yes, that. What do you want, Mei?"
The curtness in his voice surprised him more than the intended target. Usually Kazuma knew how to act polite despite his antisocial tendencies, hence his successful introduction to Lord Dustiness. You could argue about his methods all you want, but otherwise her father wouldn't have let a guy stay over without his supervision.
The appearance of a living piece of his past made him fall back in old patterns, which didn't seem to bother Mei. "I'm only here to introduce myself. You've done so much for me and it's my time to return the favor."
Darkness chose this moment to join them in an interesting getup. Pressed for time, the blonde went for maximum efficiency and minimal effort. She was still barefoot and in panties, using the zipped up jacket of his tracksuit to cover up the bare essentials and strained the material to the maximum. It looked even smaller on the crusader than on Yunyun, adding her notable difference in height to the impressive bust size they both shared.
"Kazuma!" she yelled with righteous fury, heavy sword drawn and disheveled hair giving the picture of a warrior princess ready to wade into battle. Whatever may come, Darkness would always have his back, a fact Kazuma loved about the woman above all else.
Although, she often took things a pinch too far in her zeal.
"It's ok she's not…" He turned to calm the frantic crusader but Mei already stood beside her on top of the stairs, somehow going past Kazuma without him noticing. This increased her potential threat level by several stages. Every muscle in his body tensed when the small girl grasped the hands of Darkness as if the tall woman wasn't holding a sword almost as big as herself.
"That's a really nice weapon. Where did you get it?"
The futility in which Darkness tried to break herself free from the iron grip added a few more levels of danger to Kazuma's mental list. Mei was no ordinary girl by any standards, which left the question of how this power came to be.
"It's a gift from Kazuma and I will use it to hack you to pieces if you don't let go of me!"
"I wouldn't dream of getting in between Kazuma and his girlfriend." With both hands busy constraining Darkness, Mei used her teeth to open up the zipper on her tracksuit just enough to inspect the multitude of lovebites on her neck and collarbone. She smiled at the obvious embarrassment of the woman who had forgone wearing anything under the green piece of clothing. "Keep making my saviour happy. A man like him deserves only the best. I will come for you the moment you're not."
The tense crusader watched as Mei used her mouth to zip her jacket closed again and jumped backwards as soon as her hands were released. There was no followup to her harassment, much less an actual attack, so Kazuma relaxed when her interest turned back to him.
"Am I the first to find you?"
Blood in his veins turned to ice and all remaining levity was sucked out of the scenery. The half-devil began to tremble until the fluctuations of his power shook all the windows. Mei looked neither intimidated or scared and walked passed him without a care in the world, still smiling at him with soul-burning admiration on her face.
"From your reaction I suspect that's the case. A pity, but I'm sure the others will come around eventually. It will be a big, happy reunion."
Suddenly, she stood back at the entrance door again, but this time he managed to see the tiniest flicker before the girl disappeared and reappeared. Definetly some kind of ability and a massive headache for the future.
A deep bow and Mei closing of the door concluded her introduction. "The world will finally appreciate you, Kazuma. I will make sure of it."
"Hey wait!" he called out, but she was gone when Kazuma opened the door again and not even his enhanced senses could pinpoint her location. Mei had managed to put herself out of reach for further questioning, just because he froze at the most inopportune moment. In a fit of rage he slammed it shut hard enough to dent the hinges.
"You dropped your sword…"
"Thank you." Kazuma stared at the ornate Katana presented to him. This mighty tool of destruction was equally useless like a fork in his current situation since Mei's intentions were as vague as they were non-threatening thus far. All he knew was people from his old life popping up couldn't be a net positive. One big negative being the influx of uncomfortable questions running through his head.
Who got here?
How did they get here?
What do they want?
Every conceivable answer was either unfullfillying or deeply disturbing. Naturally, the people in his life would want answers as well, with Darkness leading the way as the first to witness something he rather left buried and forgotten.
"Kazuma, who was that?"
"The girl I died for the first time."
Kazuma was usually the person admonishing others for unclear use of words. Naturally, this could be misunderstood in many ways and it showed on the concerned face of Darkness. And while too flustered to notice beforehand, his trained mind caught up pretty quick.
"She's nothing to be worried about. I can handle this just fine."
"Then why are you so upset?"
"You're imagining things. What guy wouldn't be a little tense when a woman wears his clothes? I have a hot girlfriend with potentially three more waiting at home. Mei is a minor nuisance at best in comparison to making you four happy."
His attempt to divert attention was clumsy at best and made white hot anger bubble in her veins. Somehow this Mei had managed to rattle Kazuma more than anything they faced together, including monsters, demon generals and a large engine of destruction. She could still see the anxiety in his eyes, the mind behind desperately racing to find a solution for a problem only understood by him.
Darkness wanted to help him and the only thing that came to mind was showing support by being there for her party leader with a simple gesture.
Sometimes a simple hug worked wonders.
"We will figure this out. All of us."
For a moment, he just stared up at the woman in his arms. Then, without any warning, Kazuma cupped her face and planted a kiss on those luscious lips in the middle of the empty foyer. He loved her, he loved them all so much it hurt and nothing could remedy this fact anymore. The eternal shut-in and loner had given up on keeping his distance.
He peppered her neck with small pecks. "You will get the full insight into the mind of Kazuma Satour at breakfast. My girlfriend should know more about me than the bare basics."
"It's the second time you called me your girlfriend..." she replied with a cute stutter, cheeks flush with a faint pink taint.
"It still feels unreal to me. Are you sure the others don't mind this polygamic arrangement? Especially Aqua is very stingy when it comes to sharing anything."
Darkness tensed before tightening the embrace. "Sure they are fine with it… totally!"
Coarse hands travelled from feminine shoulders towards a perfect butt to pinch those cheeks. She squirmed in equal parts of pleasure and embarrassment, his eyes fixated on hers with smoldering intensity. "Darkness… what would happen if I told them about last night?"
"Just don't… for now at least… maybe later… a lot later… eek!"
The stuttering mess of an explanation was halted by Kazuma picking Darkness up and throwing the woman over his shoulder like a sack of rice.
"Breakfast is postponed until you have received your due punishment and helped me figure out how we survive their wrath!"
"What about this weird girl?" Darkness cried, kicking her legs uselessly in the air while Kazuma bound up the stairs in huge leaps.
"Later, a thorough spanking comes first!"
The crusader quivered in delight and stopped struggling when she realized more than anger fueled his actions. None of them knew what challenges the future would bring and Kazuma wanted to enjoy their time together as much as possible.
"Guh… my room has some stuff… punish this filthy sow!"
"God, I love you so much. I don't know what this says about me, but I do."
