Chapter 3

THIS CHAPTER IS RATED M FOR A BIT OF LEMON FEATURING OUR BELOVED SHOP OWNER, WIZ!

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

As always, I made this on my phone, sorry if there are any misspellings or anything.

First time or me writing a lemon scene and thus help needed for that part! If anyone can make it better, then don't hesitate to PM me.


"What the!?"

After Wiz cast the Teleport Magic, Shirou opened his eyes, but he wasn't with Megumin, Yunyun, And Wiz. He alone had been sent into another place, and judging by the look of it, this place was definitely not the Crimson Demon's village.

"Who are you!?" yelled out a woman with short blonde hair wearing a white suit and a rapier in her right hand on a horse. Behind the white-suit woman, there was a woman with wavy auburn hair wearing a mage's attire and a staff ready in her hands. There was literally a full-geared army behind the two women as if they were going for a war.

"W-W-Wait, wait, wait!" the redhead cried out with both his hands up in the air. "My name is Emiya Shirou! And I was supposed to be teleported to Crimson Demon's village with my friends! But somehow I got teleported here instead!"

The blonde-haired woman glared at him, then Shirou quickly pulled out his adventurer's card from his pocket. "Here! You can check it if you don't believe me! I came from Axel and just registered 3 days ago!"

The woman took the card but the tip of her sword was still pointed at Shirou.

After several seconds, the blonde woman called out for the mage behind her.

"R-Rain, can you have someone verify this card?"

"R-Right away!" The mage took the card before she glanced at one of the columns by accident before throwing a glance at the redhead. "O-Oh my…"

When the mage had left, the white-suit woman turned to Shirou.

"We need to check your card for now in case you falsified it."

"Okay, I understand, but can I ask you something?"

"Out with it." The woman said with a haughty tone.

"Is there something going on? All of you look like you're heading to war."

The white-suit woman pursed her lips. Should she tell him the reason? Until her friend returned, there was no guarantee he wasn't a spy from the Demon King's Army.

Seeing the woman didn't answer him, Shirou decided to keep quiet and looked around at his surroundings.

Far behind the soldiers, he could see castle walls and a gate. Then he peeked at the blonde-haired woman again especially the sword in her hand. With a glance, he knew the woman's identity, her family which was a high-ranking noble similar to Darkness in position, and where he was right now.

He was right outside of the main capital of the Kingdom of Belzerg and the woman in front of him is Claire from house Shinfornea, a bodyguard, and a retainer of Princess Iris of the Kingdom of Belzerg.

Shirou closed his eyes and smiled before yelling inwardly.

'Eris-sama! Didn't you say that you boosted my Luck!?'

Unbeknownst to Shirou, the blonde-haired woman had issued an order to the army to move on ahead saying that she would catch up once she was done here.


After a moment of waiting with no words exchanged between the two, the Mage called Rain finally returned with a bated breath, indicating that she might run to the guild since riding a horse inside the kingdom might be a bit troublesome.

"C-Claire! The guild had confirmed that this card is real and there was no trace of being falsified!"

Shirou breathed in relief after he heard that. He wouldn't want to know what would happen to him if it was the opposite.

"I see." Claire took back the card from Rain and turned to Shirou. "It would seem you were telling the truth and for that, I apologize for pointing my weapon at you."

Shirou nodded, and when he was about to take his card back, the blonde woman moved her hand away.

"However, since now we know you were the one who defeated Beldia and the one bestowed the title Sword Prince, we would have to ask you to help us in pushing back a threat that's heading toward the royal capital."

The redhead frowned at the woman for calling him with the title that he disliked.

Claire who mistook the frown for something else then opened her mouth.

"If it's a reward you are worried about, you don't have to worry about that, plebeian. We would definitely reward you generously if all of us get out of this."

After a brief moment of contemplation, Shirou nodded at Claire without saying a word. Extra money for his party couldn't ever be wrong. Especially since now, he knew how bad the blue-haired Goddess' spending habit was.

Claire nodded in return as she handed the card back to the redhead before the latter opened his mouth.

"I would like to ask one more thing for my reward."

The white-suit woman's eye twitched. If he was a normal adventurer with no achievement whatsoever, perhaps he would have been beheaded for asking for something from a nobility so nonchalantly. But since this young man was someone who had managed to defeat a Demon King's General, she couldn't just outrightly refuse his request. The woman nodded as if telling him to go on.

"After we push back the General, I want you to teleport me back to Axel immediately and had my reward sent to my bank account. I don't want anything else, not even a meeting with any royalty without my party leader's consent and you must definitely not force us to attend the meeting without thinking of our situation."

Rain opened her mouth before Claire could.

"B-But that's—"

Claire raised a hand to stop her fellow retainer from continuing.

"Very well, I can arrange that. Princess Iris also doesn't know about this matter, and I'll make sure I have Rain here to send you back to Axel without arranging any meeting with the Princess IF you manage to kill the General. I promise you this."

"Didn't you just say push back the general? not killing them?"

The white-suit woman scoffed at Shirou's naivety.

"You asked for something more for your reward, then why couldn't I do the same in return?"

The two stared at each other for a while before the redhead nodded with a strained smile.

"If I hadn't known Tohsaka...maybe I would have countered her...but since she's a noble...doing that would worsen my situation..." the redhead muttered.

"Did you just say something unsavory?"

"N-no, nothing ma'am."

After that, the mage Rain decided to ride one horse alongside Claire, while Shirou took a horse for his own. He had trouble riding it at first, but after a few minutes of practicing, he got the hang of it. Then the two horses began to march to the frontline where the army had gone ahead.

"Claire… are you sure it's fine to speak like that to someone who defeated a General?" Rain whispered behind the white-suit woman before glancing at the redhead who was marching behind them.

"I-I-It can't be helped, Rain! I was too nervous to speak normally! I-I mean… if you meet someone that made a huge achievement right after 3 days he joined the guild so suddenly, can you even act normal in front of him!?"

"Y-You're not wrong about that…" Rain then turned to look at the redhead one more time. "He looks cute too…"

"Huh?"

"N-nothing, I didn't say anything…"

Claire hummed and then proceeded to gallop her horse faster to catch up with the army that had gone ahead.


Arriving at the front line, all that Claire and Rain could see was a single masked man with black hair silked back and dressed like a butler against the entire army.

"KUHAHAHAHAHA! USELESS, USELESS, USELESS! MOI WON'T BE DEFEATED WITH ONLY PHYSICAL ATTACKS AND SUCH WEAK MAGIC!"

With a wave of his hand, the first line of the army was thrown back as if blown by a tree log.

"W-What is that monster… is that thing even at the level of a General?" Claire muttered as her complexion went pale.

"I-It's impossible for us to win… that thing…is beyond the level of a general…"

"Kukuku! A general? Moi is way higher and stronger than them! They call Moi, the Duke of Hell, Vanir, the one who stands at the same level or probably even stronger than the Demon King himself."

The masked devil then bowed politely at the two women and smirked, inflicting fear on them.

However, since he was too focused on his plan, he didn't realize 6 weird-looking swords were already pinned to his shadow and now, he was stuck in a bowing position with his head lifted up.

"W-What!? Moi…can't…move! What is this!? Who did this while Moi was talking!? Do you not know Knight's courtesy!"

"Huh, I didn't expect it really works against a devil at the same level as a Demon King…Just in case, I'll add another 6 to bind your movement. And besides, I'm not a knight, only a passing-through adventurer."

The owner of the voice stepped down from the horse and walked toward the bowing devil.

"Adventurer!? A mere adventurer bound Moi movements with strange-looking swords!?"

Instead of answering his question, Shirou gave the devil his own.

"Hm…you are not really here, aren't you?" Shirou asked as he crouched to observe the devil's mask. "the feeling your mask gave me was a lot stronger than your body… I guess it's a medium for you to interact with this world?"

Vanir went silent at the adventurer's guess. His observations were all spot-on.

"You know, I've met someone with people using a medium like you to be in one place, while the real body is being kept safe…" Shirou smirked at the Devil. "Do you want to know what we do to them?"

Then, a flash of light came in Shirou's hand, forming a jagged dagger belonging to the Witch of Betrayal.

"Rule Breaker~" the redhead grinned as he sang the name.

Vanir began to sweat profusely as he paid his attention to the ominous dagger in the redhead's hand.

"Since right now your consciousness is in your mask, and it's provided with magical energy from your body somewhere out there, what will happen if I cut off your supply of magic~ A body without its consciousness is just an empty husk, isn't it?"

"Y-Y-You wouldn't dare! You're a devil! Much a devil than Moi! Someone! Stop this ruthless devil from killing Moi!"

Claire and Rain as well as the soldiers around them could only look at what happened in front of them in disbelief. A Demon King's General was brought down to pleading for help with just the appearance of a weird dagger in the adventurer's hand.

"If you're as cruel as Beldia, then I'll become a devil, however, if you're similar to Wiz, perhaps I'll spare you."

Vanir's ears perked up at what the redhead muttered before he started a mental thought transmission with him.

"Wait, are thou the one who killed Beldia?"

"Huh? I didn't know you can do thought communication…"

"Just answer Moi, Moi's running out of time!"

"Yes, I was the one who killed Beldia, by accident."

"Hm…" After several seconds of silence, Vanir continued. "Moi have a request as the Duke of Hell, while Moi do attack humans, Moi have never killed any of them and the truth is, Moi's purpose here was to inflict fear on the kingdom and after that Moi wanted to retire."

"Retire? How can I know that you're telling the truth?"

"You mentioned Wiz, a brown-haired woman, with big assets, and a Lich, correct?"

Shirou nodded inwardly.

"Moi was the one who taught her to be a Lich and helped her to have Beldia remove the curse from her friends back then. Actually, Moi had heard that the Lich opened a store in Axel and made a plan to help her with the store."

The redhead didn't say anything, and after a quick thinking, he said.

"…You owe me favors for this…"

"And Moi won't disappoint, Moi will be forever indebted to you."

After a brief second of silence, Shirou pretended to fall to his knees, and the traced weapons of his which included the ones binding Vanir's movements disappear into blue motes of light.

"KUHAHAHAHAHA! To think that it was so easy to hijack his mind! Truly, Moi was lucky that he didn't expect Moi do that!"

Vanir then turned at the soldiers including Claire and Rain who were trembling on their spot. None of them could say anything as they watched the Devil approaching them. But then Shirou began to stand up while pretending to be exhausted.

"Oya, Moi didn't expect you to recover this quick…"

Shirou then traced a drill sword, before glancing at the devil knowingly.

"Hmph! That sword of yours looks really bad for Moi. And it would seem the time is up… Moi is a bit sad to say this, but Moi have to leave now."

The devil then began to turn around before glancing at the redhead.

"You are strong boy, if only you managed to withstand Moi from playing with your mind, you would have defeated Moi at that time…anyway! Adieu!"

The devil with the mask then jumped high toward the night sky under the bright moon.

Playing his part, Shirou traced a black bow and nocked the drill sword after altering it into an arrow.

"Are you sure you can survive this?"

He asked the devil who was still maintaining the thought communication.

"Please do not underestimate Moi, Moi is in the league of the Demon King, just give Moi your best shot, Emiya Shirou."

"if you say so…"

Shirou inhaled.

"I am the bone of my sword"

As magical energy surged from him, the now arrow-sword began to crackle as it was filled to its max capacity. Vanir then began to sweat profusely although it was just a fake body. The sheer power it radiated was dangerous, more than any detonation or explosion magic that he had seen.

"CALAD—"

"Wait, wait, wait! Moi don't think Moi can handle—"

"BOLG!"

He let loose his fingers from the string resulting in the arrow flying in a spiral motion toward the Devil who was basking under the moonlight. The devil immediately tried to create multiple barriers in front of him, however, the spiral arrow easily ripped them through as if they were paper.

"NooOOOoooOOOOo—"

*BOOOOOMMMMM!*

In that one moment, a gigantic Explosion occurred in the night sky, illuminating Belzerg's royal capital, turning the night into a day for a short time. The sheer destructive power of the explosive sword even blew away all the soldiers nearby and shook the royal capital for that night.

A certain Princess who was looking at the bright sky from the window of her room could only worry about her retainers and soldiers who fought at the front line, not knowing that it was someone her retainers hired that caused the explosion.

With that done, Shirou fell on his back to the ground thinking whether the devil survive that attack of his or not since the thought communication was suddenly cut off after he detonated that Broken Phantasm.

"…Goddess Eris… I beg you, after this, please just let me have a normal life for the next few days…" Shirou muttered.

Meeting three Demon King's Generals in just 3 days since he joined the guild was definitely a stroke of bad luck. The redhead thought that perhaps his luck in this world was even worse than that of a certain red bowman. After all, what was the chance to encounter 3 Demon King's Generals in a row?


Meanwhile, Eris was peeking at the young man from Heaven.

"A-areh? I'm sure that I increased his luck… the status on his adventurer's card too showed that it was really high, almost at Satou Kazuma's level…"

The Goddess rested her chin on her palm.

"Mmmuuu… while I'm happy that he managed to defeat Vanir and Beldia… that wench is still alive…" Eris tapped his finger to the table. "what should I do… Shirou himself also thinks of the Lich as his friend…if I purify her…then he might hate me…"

The Goddess sighed as she watched Shirou following the soldiers return to the Royal Capital with the two retainers on each side.

"Mou...why do you have to make it so difficult..."


"Is there no way for us to convince you to stay and meet the Princess?" Rain asked, still a bit perplexed at what had just happened in the fight against Vanir, the Duke of Hell, the three were currently in an empty room at the royal castle.

"The Lady somehow had been informed about your presence in the royal capital and she couldn't wait to meet someone that could manage to defeat two Demon King's General in such a short time, especially after you managed to defeat a General on your own without needing any help."

Claire added in a commanding tone. She knew that she might cause a ripple between the adventurer that had defeated two Demon King's General and the Kingdom, but her loyalty was only to the Princess alone, therefore, she had to fulfill what Princess Iris wanted.

Shirou who heard that scratched his head, a bit irritated at the request.

"Listen, Lady Shinfornea, we had an agreement before I helped you with your problem, and now that I already did what I needed to, I expect you to do yours. It's already late at night and my friends might be worried sick right now since I suddenly get teleported to the Royal Capital and disappeared on them."

The redhead ended with a heavy sigh before he fiddled with his Adventurer's card, seeing an unexpected spell carved on the acquirable skills column, he immediately learned it.

"Even so, this is a royal order. Her highness Iris ordered me to bring you to her immediately—" Rain said before Shirou cut her.

"I don't care about a selfish princess that couldn't understand her people's situation, you can tell that to her."

Angered by what Shirou had said, Claire drew out her sword and had it on the redhead's neck. However, at the same time, there were hundreds of swords threatening to turn the women into pin cushions surrounding them.

"You dare to raise a hand against a noble!? Do you know what the consequences are for doing this!?"

"And do you?"

Shirou returned the threat.

"Let me tell you a secret…" Shirou grinned at the woman who flinched by it. "I can read every history of a weapon, and when I said every history, that includes what the wielder's doing."

Claire blinked, not knowing what Shirou meant before she came to realize what it was.

"No…Y-you don't mean…"

"Oh, yes."

"No..."

"Especially at night, when—"

"No!"

"You—"

Rain who couldn't understand what was happening could only turn from Shirou who was grinning to the blushing Claire repeatedly with a bemused expression.

"Please!"

"Took—"

"Okay, I get it already! I'll have Rain teleport you back to Axel right now! So please stop!"

Shirou nodded in satisfaction at the white-suit woman and removed the swords around them.

"Glad that you can finally fulfill your part of the agreement."

Claire fell to her knees, dropping her sword to the floor, and making a loud clang.

"Ughh…my secret…my deepest secret…I can't live anymore…if Iris-sama finds out about this..."

Feeling pity for the woman, Shirou put his hand on the woman's head.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about it."

Still disorientated, Claire opened her mouth.

"Really? Can I trust you to not tell anyone?"

"Sure, but tone it down a little okay? I felt bad for her since she is a lot younger than you, and you thought of her that way."

Shirou whispered to Claire's ear, and the light pink hue on her cheeks turned bright red either from Shirou being too close or at his advice.

Feeling the woman was alright now, he turned to Rain.

"Then miss Rain, can you teleport me to Axel's guild?"

"Um… I set my Teleport point right outside of Axel's gate…"

"That's fine, if the gate's closed, I can just climb the wall and get past it."

"Uh...okay then, please come closer…"

The redhead did so after he said farewell to the other retainer of the princess.

"I'll tell you something, I haven't forgiven you for badmouthing Princess Iris."

"And I'll say that directly to her if she asked for me again or my party without considering her people's situation, I can guarantee you that."

"Why you..."

Rain gave the two a dry laugh before she cleared her throat on purpose.

"Then, shall we?"

"Sure, see you some other time, white suit."

"Say that—"

"Teleport!"

Before Claire finished what she was about to say, Rain had teleported them away.


"You've got to be kidding me…"

The redhead looked around. He saw no Rain or anyone in his surroundings, but a familiar place that he knew.

"Wiz's store…I guess I should say I'm lucky this time…"

Then, when he was about to move, he noticed the shop owner was sleeping on her hands on top of the front desk.

"She must have been worried sick since I disappeared on them suddenly...better get her to her bed then…sorry about this Wiz, but I'm about to carry you to your bed…."

After making sure that the front door was locked including the windows in the shop, he picked the Lich carefully so as to not wake her up, then headed for the owner's room and entered it.

Wiz's scent was exceptionally strong and lovely in her room, he felt that if he stayed in this room for just a while, he would smell like Wiz and people might misinterpret it again.

Therefore, the redhead quickly put Wiz on her bed and covered her with the blanket. However, his luck once again acted on its own as Wiz pulled him to her bed and wrapped him with her arms and legs.

"…Why…Eris-sama…didn't you say you boosted my luck…"

The redhead whimpered.

"…ehehe…Shirou…"

Wiz muttered in her dream while pulling Shirou's head to her plump chest.

"…classic...I'm scared to imagine what will happen when she wakes up…"

With that, the redhead resigned to his fate as the sleeping Lich pat his head and showered him with kisses on the head. Accompanied by the sweet smell of a woman that assaulted his nose, Shirou couldn't help but say.

"...I am literally the bone of my sword here...calm down...brother..."


-The next day, early morning at the guild-

"What the hell did you just say!?" Kazuma screamed out of frustration after Megumin told him and the rest of the party about Shirou's disappearance.

It was a very rare occasion that Kazuma and Aqua had managed to get up early today. They had a lot to do today, especially checking up on the mansion that was about to be their new home. However, the news that he got this morning was not a good way to start the day.

"This is bad…bad…bad…" The Japanese boy bit his thumb.

"W-W-What should we do, Kazuma!? I-i-if Shirou's gone, we'll lose our income since he's our main DPS like you said before!"

"IS THAT ALL YOU THOUGHT OF HIM, YOU GODDAMN USELESS GODDESS!" Kazuma smacked the Goddess' head.

"I think we should have Luna put up a search quest for Shirou, and if possible, have them put it in all of the guilds in the Kingdom of Belzerg." Darkness supplied with a very rare serious expression on her face.

"Who are you!? And What have you done to Darkness!" Megumin yelled out in surprise seeing the blonde Crusader acting normal for once.

"Aqua! Heal her! Purify her if you need to! Something must have possessed our super perverted and masochist Crusader!"

"Sacred Highness Heal! Sacred Dispel! Sacred Break Spell! Sacred Exorcism! Sacred Turn Undead! GOD BLOW!"

The blue-haired Goddess didn't hesitate to launch her fist at the Crusader which threw Darkness away from her current seat. Luckily, since Darkness' defenses were ridiculously high, Aqua's God Blow didn't do any damage to her.

"H-H-How rude!" Darkness yelled out after getting up. "E-Even I know the time to be serious and play around, you know! Besides, I'm not possessed, sick, or anything!"

The rest of the party deadpanned at the blonde Crusader.

"Remember yesterday when we were about to trap the One Shot Bear?" Kazuma asked, his voice devoid of life.

"Y-YeS?"

"Do you remember what you said about being bait?"

"Uh…yes…"

"AND YOU CALL THAT SERIOUS!? BESIDES, AT LEAST LEARN A ONE-HANDED SWORD SKILL SO THAT YOU CAN HIT SOMETHING WITH YOUR SWORD GODDAMMIT!"

While Kazuma was berating Darkness who was squirming from it, Luna approached Megumin and Aqua.

"Um…Aqua-san, Megumin-san, where is Shirou-san?"

"He's not here Luna…why? Do you need something from him?" Megumin narrowed her eyes at the buxom blonde. The Crimson Demon girl knew that Luna and the other waitresses were aiming for the redhead of their party hence her cold answer toward the blonde receptionist.

"Um…yes, actually this morning, we received this from the Royal Capital's guild and we needed Shirou-san to sign it in order for us to move on with the procedure…" Luna answered, not realizing the glare Megumin threw at her before she handed the paper to the two girls.

"Let's seeeeee…" Aqua cleared her throat before reading the lines. "Emiya Shirou, as a reward for defeating Demon King's General… huh? Didn't we receive it already for defeating Beldia?" Aqua looked at Luna, but the guild receptionist just urged the blue-haired Goddess to continue. "On the XX (date), wait, wasn't that last night?" Aqua turned to Megumin who nodded. "The Royal Capital rewards the adventurer, Emiya Shirou, a total sum of….600 MILLION ERIS!?"

Everyone currently presents in the guild paused whatever they were doing including Kazuma and Darkness before the latter two turned at the blue-haired Goddess.

"Wait, wait, Shirou is at the Royal Capital!?" Megumin pointed out.

"And he defeated another Demon King's General, alone!?" Kazuma cried out before he snatched the paper away from Aqua's hands. "Holy shit… 600 Million for a General… as for the reason…" Kazuma read the next lines in the paper. "Damn…it's said that this General managed to overwhelm an army with a wave of his hands and this Vanir was presumable to be a lot stronger than all of the Generals, that's why the reward was twice bigger than Beldia's…"

"Aww, who cares about that, Kazuma! We're filthy rich now! I can expand my wine collection as much as I want!"

Hearing that, Megumin used her staff to smack Aqua's head while Kazuma slapped the blue-haired Goddess."

"WhyyyyyYYYyyyy?!" Aqua cried.

"Shut up! Don't you care about Shirou here!? He fought a General strong enough to overwhelm an army by himself! Do you not worry about his safety!?" Megumin berated Aqua, which was something that Kazuma didn't think she would do.

Sure it was only just a few days since they know each other, but to see Megumin act like this brought warmth to Kazuma. Including Darkness, although he was reluctant to admit it, he felt that this random party of his was finally becoming a real family with each member caring for each other, except for the Goddess who only cares about money and wines.

"Hmph! I'll tell you something, there are no wounds and curses that I can't heal and break! No matter how heavy the injuries Shirou suffers, I'll heal him perfectly without leaving any trace of scars!"

As much as Kazuma hated it, Aqua was a real Goddess and her healing spell was beyond what humans could do. After all, Aqua had already shown him that she managed to resurrect Shirou when they first met the redhead.

While the two were bickering, this time, Darkness' eyes fell to the last lines of the paper Kazuma held.

"No way…"

"Huh?" Kazuma turned to Darkness. "What's wrong, perverted Crusader?"

"T-This isn't the time for this kind of play, Kazuma!"

"Eh, whatever."

Kazuma handed the document back to Luna and Darkness let out a relieved sigh at that since her party leader didn't notice what was written in the last paragraph.

"An invitation from the Royal Princess herself…and the House of Shinfornea… just… what kind of feat have you done last night to attract the Princess, Shirou…"

Darkness knew that the redhead was a very exceptional adventurer but she hadn't expected for someone who looks so peaceful could be that strong. While he might be less her favorite compared to Kazuma because of the ruthlessness the latter had in him, she had to admit, there was a small part of herself that admire him.

"As you can see, Luna," Kazuma began with a sigh. "Shirou is not here yet...I'm afraid that he's still at the royal capital."

Luna then fiddled with her hair after she heard what Kazuma said.

"So it's true..."

"Huh?" All of Kazuma's party members turned to Luna.

"What do you mean?" Megumin asked.

"Actually, last night, one of the mages from the Royal Capital had personally teleported with him to Axel...but..."

"D-Don't tell me..." Kazuma gulped. "He wasn't with them when they arrived at Axel?"

Luna nodded and the group went silent.

Seeing that Kazuma and the others weren't going to ask anything anymore, Luna returned to her receptionist's desk before trying to reassure Megumin who was on the verge of crying.

The group then sat at the table in the corner of the room.

They didn't say anything except for Aqua who was somehow unaffected by the redhead's disappearance one more time.

"Somehow...I wonder if this woman has a heart..." Megumin muttered darkly at no one while glaring at the blue-haired Arch Priestess.

"Stop it, Megumin..." Kazuma cut in. He already had a headache this early in the morning and he didn't want to deal with a breakout within the team.

"To experience such things twice in a row while the rate of it being happened is almost nonexistent... I wonder what could have gone wrong?" Darkness mused as she drank her own drink.

As the three adventurers fell into contemplation while ignoring the Goddess who was enjoying her food, they heard some kind of ruckus caused by the waitresses at the guild's front door. At first, they didn't bother to look to see what it was about until they heard a voice familiar to them. Kazuma, Darkness, and Megumin turned their attention to the source and saw someone who they didn't expect.

The latter immediately shot up from her seat, and like a guided missile, Megumin tackled the redhead. Unfortunately for her, Shirou didn't fall on his back like the cliches from the rom-com movies.

"You're supposed to fall down when a woman tackles you, you know?" The Crimson Demon said with a muffled voice before she wrapped her arms around Shirou's waist.

"Then I'm fortunate that you're not a woman yet." the redhead replied, getting an 'oi' from Megumin.

"You look like shit this early." Kazuma greeted him with a tired smile.

"Well, no kidding." the redhead replied with a dry laugh.

It was one hell of a day to start with.


-Flashback starts, a bit earlier in the morning at Wiz's house, Lemon starts-

'...can't sleep...'

The redhead whispered while his face was still buried in Wiz's twin mountains.

He could feel that his dick was raging hard before suddenly.

"Nnnghhh…"

Wiz moaned when she moved her body while pulling her hugging 'pillow' closer to her chest and rubbed her crotch to its 'sword'.

"Aah…"

She moaned again, letting out a sexy sigh between her pink lips. The warmth of the hugging 'pillow' she held close to her body was really enticing for the Lich. She had never felt this kind of warmth ever since she abandoned her humanity, as in her human body.

She rubbed them again, this time a bit faster than before and although she was asleep, she could feel the underwear she wore was getting soaked from the sweet nectar she let out the more she rubbed her crotch at the warm 'pillow' which was slowly becoming hot.

"Aa…aahh…nngghh…"

The 'pillow' which 'sword' was being used as a stress reliever could only feel more awkward as the shop owner gripped his 'sword' between her thighs tighter than before as she started to move her hips faster and faster.

"aahhh..ahhhh, s-sh-shirou— I'm cu-cummingggggg….!"

The 'pillow' whose name was suddenly called out by Wiz let out a yelp before his lips were caught by the shop owner's pink lips.

Wiz's tongue forced to enter the redhead's lips and began to twirl and play with his tongue.

The pillow's brain melted, he was held tightly by both arms and legs of the Lich, his 'sword' still rubbing her crotch as more sweet nectar gushed out from the latter's 'sheath'.

He didn't care anymore, it had been a while since he did it with his girlfriends. He just closed his eyes and let Wiz have him. Her soft, warm lips were making him yearn for more. Their tongues interlocked with each other's for a while before Wiz let go of the 'pillow' with their saliva bridging the two's lips.

Slowly, Wiz opened her eyes and saw the redhead she adored was laying next to her closely, with only a few centimeters between their face.

"…ehehe…Shirou sleeping with me…this must be a dream right…then…I'll indulge myself for a bit while…"

Shirou knew the woman was still half-asleep, and if she truly meant what she had just said, the two would cross the line. Shirou didn't want that, if they were to do this, then it had to be consensual.

Then, the redhead proceeded to wake the Lich up, only to find he was too late as he felt a hand moving from his back down to his bottom and squeezing it.

"ehehe...finally…I've…been wanting to give this baby a squeeze ever since I saw you…"

"W-Wiz—"

The Lich's soft lips caught his again, silencing Shirou as her tongue began to stimulate the inside of the redhead's. Shirou wanted to relent, however, the sweet smell that had been assaulting his nostrils was getting stronger the more saliva the two exchanged.

"!"

He felt it, a hand that was supposed to be on his butt now had moved to the front, grabbing his 'sword' through his pants.

'This is bad!'

Another hand joined the one which was already rubbing his 'sword'.

"…as expected… of the sword prince…"

Wiz said after pulling her soft lips away from the redhead. Her eyes were still filled with butterflies as she stared at Shirou before she slowly tilted her head down to see the Sword Prince's meat sword.

"…so…big…" Wiz swallowed hard and her eyes never left the bulge. "it threatens to rip the pants away…"

Wiz giggled before she slipped one of her hands into Shirou's pants, touching the 'blade' of the sword directly this time.

"…it's hot…perhaps…even hotter than inferno magic…"

Wiz licked her lips before she began to kiss the redhead's neck, leaving a hickey before then her kisses started to move downward.

Shirou let out a small moan at that.

He couldn't hold back anymore, his hands started to move toward the shop owner's boobs which were a lot bigger than Sakura's, he wanted to grope and taste them.

Slowly, while Wiz was leaving hickeys on his body and her hands stroking his 'blade', one inside his pants while the other through it, Shirou's hand slowly raised itself toward Wiz's perverted breast, when she noticed Shirou's hand approaching her breasts, Wiz smiled at him.

"…come…touch me all you want…this is only a dream…let's make love til we're satisfied…shirou…"

With that, Shirou snapped, the last string of his willpower broken just with Wiz's temptation offer. His hand moved swiftly toward Wiz's chest and the Lich herself was getting excited as she waited for the young man she loved to grope her.

"Oya, looks like Moi is disturbing two dogs in heat."

Shirou paused at that voice. Wiz too but she was confused at the reason Shirou stopped.

The redhead then turned toward the room's door before he spotted the devil in the butler's outfit wearing a black and white mask with the number II on its forehead.

"WHOOOAAAAA!"

The redhead jumped out of the bed, and quickly covered Wiz with the blanket before he too used his hands to cover his crotch.

"What the hell!? What are you doing here!?" the redhead asked, both confused and relieved feelings washed over him as he returned to his senses.

"Moi told you that Moi will be coming here to help this Lich with her store, right? Speaking of Lich, wake up already!"

The devil clapped his hands, snapping Wiz from her half-asleep condition.

"E-eh!?"

The Shop Owner looked at Vanir before turning to Shirou. She blinked several times before noticing there was something wet in her hand which only the two knew what she did with that, and that there was something wet and sticky between her thighs.

"N-no…that…that wasn't a dream…?" Wiz whispered as her face slowly turned bright red.

"Moi assure you, everything you thought was a dream is actually reality." Vanir supplied as he crossed his arms.

"Wiz…"

"W-wait! Don't look at me, Shirou!"

The redhead did so and averted his eyes. He hadn't taken off her clothes or anything, and Shirou knew Wiz was embarrassed because of what she did.

"I-I…didn't say anything weird…right?" the Lich asked after she stood up and walked toward the room's door.

"Except for what you did? No, you didn't say anything weird."

Wiz turned bright red, so red that the tip of her ears was also taking that color. Then she exited the room and closed the door behind her before leaning on it.

She raised the hand that she used to do the deed. It was still soaked with the redhead's precum. As she was drawn by the smell of the fluid, she licked her hand.

"This is…Shirou's taste…"

Wiz muttered before then she ran to the bathroom and began to pleasure herself once more, this time, using the fluid that remained in her hand as she used her fingers to rub her crotch.


"Want Moi to tell you what the slow Shop Owner is doing right now?"

"Don't, please..." The redhead sighed. He didn't need Vanir to tell him what Wiz was doing since he could hear her moanings as Wiz called for his name through the walls courtesy of her enhanced hearing. After making sure that his brother had calmed down, he went behind the closet, out of Vanir's eyes to clean the inside of his pants with tissues. It still feel weird for him to leave it at that, but since he didn't have any spare pants right now, he had to deal with it. After that, he began to tidy up Wiz's room before getting out of it with Vanir in tow.

"Here, Moi brought you something good. Your attire isn't suited for adventuring, and Moi has prepared something better for you. Besides, you might need a change of pants right now. Kuhahahahahahaha!"

Said Vanir as he threw out a bag of clothes to the redhead who was turning red.

"My! what a delicious emotion! Moi thank thee for the appetizer!"

The redhead groaned. He hadn't had sleep and now he had to deal with a devil so early in the morning.

Shirou then opened and looked at the content of the bag.

Shirou was deeply skeptical about the attire Vanir handed to him, after all, this black sleeveless shirt and long pants were ridiculously similar to the red Archer he knew. It even came up with a red coat to complete the set including a red headband.

"What in the world…" Shirou looked up at the masked Devil. "What went on in your devil's mind when you chose this specific attire for me?"

"Kuhahaha! As Moi have seen, you would ask Moi why Moi chose this specific attire for you."

Shirou quirked a brow at the Devil.

"Let Moi tell you something, Moi is a devil with an ability to predict the future!"

"Uh-huh…"

The redhead deadpanned at Vanir.

"That's it? Only an Uh-huh?! You're not surprised or amazed at Moi's ability?"

"Well…I've seen crazier things than that…I've seen a dog that can't die even if he was stabbed in his head, being pierced in his heart, being used as a pin cushion for a literal rain of swords, and lastly fell off from the sky from a height that you can't even imagine…and...he's probably drinking or fishing right now…"

Shirou ended with a sigh.


Meanwhile, a certain blue lancer sneezed loudly.

"Hm… I didn't think a dog can catch a cold…"

"Oi! Who are you calling a dog, asshole!? And Servants can't catch a cold! Someone must be talking about me!"

"Alright, alright. You got a bite, by the way"

"Oh yeah!"


The redhead shrugged.

"So yeah, your ability to predict the future is not that amazing…"

"To lose against a dog that can stay alive after whatever things were done to him…I'm a failure as a devil…"

Vanir said dejectedly.

"Anyway, when you said you can predict the future, does that mean you see me wear this attire in the future?" the redhead asked as he took out the red coat.

"Ah, Moi wanted to ask that, while that person was you, Moi felt that he was someone different. Any idea why?"

Shirou cupped his chin as the gear in his mind began to turn.

"You're probably seeing the future of my alternate self." The redhead shrugged.

"Your alternate self? How is it pos—"

"As I said, I've seen crazier things than your ability to predict the future." Shirou cut in. "What if I say my future self got summoned in the past which is my current time and tried to kill me to erase himself?"

Feeling a bit surprised after what Shirou had just said. The Devil went silent for a while before then he spoke up.

"…Interesting, you're very interesting, Emiya Shirou! Moi had never seen someone as interesting as you!"

Vanir cackled at what he had just heard. The boy in front of him was probably the most interesting human he had ever met in all his life as a devil.

The redhead deadpanned at the devil.

"Is there something wrong, Shirou?" A voice called from behind.

The two looked at the Shop Owner. She was tidied up and her complexion turned normal, perhaps a bit freshened and her face seemed to glow a little. Her eyes then met with Shirou's before they averted their eyes and the latter excused himself to the bathroom.

The Lich then let out a sigh, a bit let down by what had happened.

"While Moi is grateful for the negative emotion you let out, Moi think it's fine if you just assault the boy, he wouldn't mind it at all."

"V-V-Vanir-san!?" Wiz let out a yelp. "What are you doing here!?"

Vanir shook his head exasperatedly with a hand on his forehead.

"Moi have been here when you two were having some fun back then, please do not tell Moi that you forget, clumsy shop owner?"

Wiz blinked.

"Anyway, Moi come here because Moi have retired from being a General and will help you with your store."

"W-Wait, what!?"

"Something amiss? Are you afraid that Moi will disturb the lovey-dovey time for the two of you? Do not worry, Moi will leave at night and return in the morning. You will have a lot of time to have your sexual act." Vanir raised his hands and turned to the shop's front, especially the wares. "Now, let's see what we have here!"

"T-T-T-that's not what I mean, Vanir-san! W-W-While that sounds a great idea, what I don't understand is why do you know Shirou-san!?" Wiz cut in, and the red on her cheeks was getting brighter.

"Hm? Did the boy not tell you? Or did you two copulate the moment he got here?"

"W-W-We did not! It was an a-accident! I thought it was a dream when I saw Shirou-san on my bed!"

"Kukukuhahahahahaha! What a very nice emotion you let out there! Truly a nice appetizer for Moi!"

"Anyway!" Vanir added. "Moi met the boy at the Royal Capital last night and he one-sidedly defeated Moi." Vanir then pointed at the number on his mask. "Do you see this number? Moi's first mask was broken easily by an explosive sword stronger than explosion magic that the Dark Goddess can use."

"H-Huh?"

Vanir sighed. "Still slow as usual, aren't you?"

"In short! When the boy was about to end Moi's life and Moi means eternal death, Moi made a deal that if he let Moi go, Moi will be forever indebted to him! As for the mask, we played pretend, but his attack was strong enough to destroy Moi's mask. That surprised Moi by a lot since that attack ripped all of Moi's barriers like paper."

"B-But I don't understand why you need to come here to help with my shop…"

Vanir put a hand on his chin before pointing at the Lich.

"Simple, Moi wants to try a peaceful life, and thou are a great start for it, now please excuse Moi since Moi need to inspect the wares you put out for sell."

After Vanir said that, he left the dumbfounded shop owner before Shirou came out of the bathroom, wearing new pants.

"So…" the redhead began before Wiz turned to look at him. "You're up for breakfast, Wiz?"

"Yes, please!" the Lich clapped her hands together.

"Do you think Vanir wants some?"

"Um…let's just make some for him, though it's not his real body, and he doesn't need to eat and drink to survive, he still can eat just fine." Wiz supplied as she took out an extra plate.

Shirou nodded and began to cook breakfast. When he did so, Wiz stared at the young man's back as he expertly moved around her kitchen as if used to it.

'Moi think it's fine if you just assault the boy, he wouldn't mind it at all.'

What Vanir said to her just now flashed in her mind as her face began to brighten up again.

'S-Should I just assault him? I-I mean… Vanir-san had never been wrong in his prediction…and this morning too…Shirou seems to not mind what happened…'

"You useless shop owner!" Vanir shouted out loud from the shop's front.

Shirou and Wiz turned in the voice's direction to see Vanir coming into the dining room.

"You idiot shop owner! Why in the world are all of your wares' side effects so horrendous!?"

"E-Eh?"

"Look at this portable magic stove! When you start to cook using this thing! It will immediately lure monsters at the level of One Shot Bears and Rookie Killers in the vicinity! Even if it doesn't use oil or anything, who in the world in the right mind wants to buy this stupid thing!?"

"Ah, that's the only drawback?" the redhead asked, surprising the ex-general. "I'll take one then Wiz. How much for it?"

"Y-You…didn't you listen to what Moi just said, boy!? It will lure monsters—"

"I heard you just fine," the redhead sighed. "I can use the monsters to powel my friends."

"Powel?" Wiz tilted her head cutely with a hand on her cheek.

"Hm… Kazuma said it's slang for power-leveling…basically, I had them hit the monsters once before I kill them in order for them to level up."

"Huh, maybe Moi should open a powelling service then…"

"If you went out showing off your power like that, they will know that you were still alive and probably your wanted poster will be put back up…" Shirou deadpanned.

"Tch! Moi guess Moi have no choice but to start with this useless Lich's shop…"

"That's rude, Vanir-san!"

"Anyway, breakfast is served." The redhead said as he put out 3 plates on the table.

"Hm…while Moi doesn't need to eat, let's see what thou have here…"

As soon as Vanir tried the food Shirou made, he immediately asked the redhead whether he wanted to open a catering or restaurant since the Devil could see how successful this business would be with Shirou's cooking. The redhead was very tempted by that proposal but Wiz refused it in his stead since She didn't want Shirou to cook for others except for those that he knew.

"Why, if that was your only reasoning, you can open a restaurant with the both of you together, you know? That way you can keep an eye on him the time he doesn't go adventuring." Vanir supplied as he sipped the tea.

Both Shirou and Wiz glanced at each other before they quickly looked away and said.

"We'll think about it…"

"Good, as for the price of the portable magic stove, how much is it, useless Lich?"

"P-Please don't call me that, Vanir-san… I-it's 1,5 million Eris…"

Shirou nodded, the price was reasonable for him and since he had a lot of Eris coming to him right now, it feels worth it to be able to cook and grind levels for his friends.

"Got it, I'll make sure to bring the money tonight when I come again…and do you have something to improve the destructive power of Explosion magic, Wiz?"

"What, are thou implying thou are going to learn Explosion magic that's much weaker than your explosive sword?"

Vanir quirked a brow at the redhead who shook his head.

"No, it's for a member of my party, she said that it was the time for her to upgrade her staff to a better one so that she can cast stronger Explosion magic."

"I have a manatite staff if you're interested, Shirou, it's 5 million Eris if you don't mind it."

"I'll take it. Megumin told us that she wants a Manatite staff when she found out Aqua spent a lot of money for wines." The redhead chuckled.

Unknown to the redhead, a small tick appeared on the Lich's forehead.

"Hm, the Aqua thou meant is the Goddess of the Axis cult, isn't she?" Vanir asked, there was an ominous aura behind him.

"Er…yes, is there a problem if one day she comes here?"

Wiz then looked at Vanir following Shirou's eyes.

"Actually, Goddesses might have problems with us. Of course, Moi won't attack them unless to retaliate since Moi wants to live in peace." Vanir then turned to Wiz. "This also applies to the shop owner as well since she's a Lich. The moment those Goddesses see us, they might try to purify us immediately."

Vanir then turned to Shirou who was smiling at him.

"Don't worry, I have something to temporarily seal her power if she acted hostile."

"Oh? Now Moi is intrigued, but Moi will wait until the time comes." The devil chuckled. "Moi can't wait to devour the emotions of the Goddess when she found out she couldn't use her power against us."

"That doesn't mean you can attack or kill her though, Vanir."

Shirou warned with a smile as swords started to manifest in the dining room. Wiz and the Devil turned to look at the numerous swords pointed at the latter.

"Magnificent, wonderful, marvelous! To think you have not only Holy Weapons but also Demonic Ones in your possession!" Vanir cackled at the impossibilities in front of him, but soon he regained his composure before tilting his head forward to Shirou.

"As Moi have told you before, Moi is forever indebted to you, and as the Duke of Hell, Moi will uphold Moi promise to you not to kill the Goddess or hurt her."

Shirou nodded in satisfaction before removing all the weapons he traced. With all that concluded, the redhead told the two that he would be heading to the guild and possibly return in the evening since he and his party wanted to check a new place to stay.

Wiz was a bit saddened that Shirou's leaving, but when he promised that he would come back soon made the Lich happy as she waved at the young man leaving her house as he bowed at the neighbors.

"You are really infatuated with the boy, aren't you?"

"Hmph!" Wiz gave the devil a rare pout. "Is it wrong?"

"Of course not. But Moi have to tell you, the boy's future is…kind of complicated."

Wiz turned at Vanir.

"What Moi mean is, women will always flock to him and you know how kind the boy is. It was truly an impossibility for a human to be that selfless. He would rather sacrifice himself than see someone else hurt, therefore if someone he's close to confessed to him, he would accept them."

Wiz looked down after Vanir said that.

"Thus, Moi's advice to you, Lich. Do not waste any more of your time, and make him yours, forcefully if you need to."

The devil made a wicked grin before he greeted the neighbors, introducing himself as Wiz's family.

Wiz still red-faced, was in dilemma. The woman knew that there are other girls that possibly have feelings for Shirou, should she discuss the matter with them or not before she decided to take an action.

-Flashback ends-


"Well, do you all are still up for breakfast? I'm not late, am I?"

Shirou asked his friends before turning to the waitresses and receptionist lady who were surrounding him.

"Of course not! We were waiting for you!"

"Even the chef himself was waiting for you, Shirou-sama!"

"Please hurry, Shirou-sama, I'm hungry here.."

The waitresses said altogether and Shirou nodded sheepishly at them.

"Damn, are you this popular every morning?" Kazuma asked in disbelief before Megumin answered him.

"Ever since they tried Shirou's cooking, they flocked to him in every chance they had."

"But still, for so many girls to surround him and he isn't even flustered by it… if it was me, maybe I'll be spasming already."

"That's because you're a wimp, Kazuma."

"Oi loli, watch your mouth or I'll feed you to the frogs later."

Kazuma threatened Megumin who moved behind Shirou.

"Shirou here will protect me from you if you ever try to do that."

The girl stuck out her tongue mockingly at the fuming Kazuma before she looked up at the redhead and noticed there was something red as if a bite mark on his neck.

"Shirou, what's that mark on your neck?"

The redhead tilted his head to the side before he touched it. Suddenly, he realized what Wiz had done this morning when she was half-asleep.

He still had his poker face on and tried his hard not to show any discomfort from Megumin's question and started to give her a reason.

"Remember last night I got teleported to Royal Capital by accident?" Shirou asked, both Megumin and Kazuma nodded at him. "I was sent into an open plain and had to wait for the soldiers to verify my adventurer's card to check whether it was real or not. I had to wait for quite a time until they returned and finally went with them to push back the General coming to attack the royal capital."

The redhead sighed.

"I got bitten by an insect and it looks like it left a mark although I had it healed by the mage in the royal capital."

Kazuma nodded and said. "Looks like even healing magic can't remove scars or something like that eh…I need to be careful in the future then."

Megumin however, wasn't easily convinced. Although she was still 13 years old, she knew pretty well what that red mark on the redhead's neck means. After all, she had once witnessed her mother giving his father the same mark by accident in the middle of the night when she woke up for the washroom.

The same for Kazuma, although he was still a virgin, he was fully aware of what that red mark was. Kazuma didn't want to cause trouble for his friend, after all, Shirou was the only one who openly said that he trust him with his life. Therefore, he decided to throw a helping hand to his friend to avoid Megumin's wrath. Still, he would ask him about the story behind it later, besides he would have to tell Shirou about the store that someone told him about last night.

Unbeknownst to Shirou who was feeling relieved at both Kazuma's and Megumin's fake understanding, a certain blonde receptionist furrowed her brows as she stared at the hickey on the young man's neck.

"Well, you two should go to your seats and wait for your breakfasts. Is your portion the same as usual, Megumin?"

Shirou asked as the three stopped in between their walk to the kitchen.

"Um…no, I'll only have one for this morning…" replied the Arch-Wizard.

"Huh? What's wrong? It's not like you to only eat one portion."

"I'm curious, how much does this loli eat every morning, Shirou?"

Kazuma asked the redhead.

"4 portions every morning."

"…where in the world did she store all of that meal in her small body…"

As Kazuma prepared himself for some berating from Megumin, he noticed something strange. The Crimson Demon girl didn't lash out at him and only looked down at the ground, her bangs covering her eyes.

Shirou too noticed it and urged Kazuma to go ahead and sit first while he handled this. His fellow Japanese nodded at him. As rude as he was, Kazuma was still someone tactful in this kind of matter. This problem must be related to the hickey on his friend's neck, therefore he decided to leave the matter to Shirou.

As Kazuma returned and sat at his table, Darkness opened her mouth as she watched the redhead and the black-haired girl heading to the kitchen.

"What happened to Megumin? She looked kind of down after she moved behind Shirou…"

"Hmm… it's complicated…and I don't want to talk about his problem openly."

"Huh. I didn't expect that from you, Kazuma. Here I thought you'll yell it out for everyone to hear."

"Oi, useless Goddess, I'm not someone that evil. However, it would be a different matter if it was you. I'll share it with the neighboring kingdom if I want to."

"Hmph! As if anyone would believe a pervert and scum like you."

Aqua replied smugly as she bit into her frog meat.

"…You're safe since I'm still too lazy to move from waking up too early…"


In the kitchen after Shirou had told the chef and the waitresses to leave the two of them alone.

Shirou proceeded to cook like usual as he glanced at the downhearted girl.

"Is it about the thing you saw just now?"

Shirou asked and he could see the girl winced from his sudden guess.

Feeling that there was no way for her to back away, she decided to confront the redhead directly.

"Yes... what you told us...was a lie, wasn't it? Can I get the real story behind it?"

Megumin asked, her heart was beating faster than usual and she could feel cold sweat on her palms. She was afraid to know the answer, but she still wanted Shirou to tell the truth.

After a brief moment of silence and Shirou plating the dishes and having the waitresses bring them to his party's table, the redhead answered Megumin.

"Last night, I got sent back to Wiz's store, it was probably quite late since it was already dark outside."

Megumin looked up at Shirou, but she didn't say anything while waiting for the redhead to continue.

"She was sleeping on top of her front desk and I carried her to her bed when she suddenly pulled me into a hug and didn't let me go until morning, she was asleep all the time, I tell you."

Feeling a bit happier that Shirou was starting to tell the truth, Megumin opened her mouth although she could feel something inside her constricted when she heard the Shop Owner's name coming out of Shirou's lips.

"Then…what about the hickey? How did you get it?"

Shirou scratched his cheek sheepishly with a free hand while he was cooking.

"I'm not telling you that because you're still a goddamn 13, Megumin…and how did you know the word hickey anyway!?"

"Oi! I'm almost 14 and that's the legal age for marriage!"

"Wait, really!?"

"Hmph! And for how I know about the word, we learned about s-s-sex education back in our magic academy, Red Prison…and when I watched my mother giving one to my father by accident…"

"…watching your parents having sex sure ruined your image of them, isn't it…"

"I can't deny that…anyway! Stop changing the topic! Now, tell me what happened! If it's not at night, then it must have happened this morning, right? Right!?"

The redhead sighed again before plating another dishes and had the waitresses waiting outside the kitchen to receive them. Since his party's portions were done except for Megumin, it was the waitresses, chef, and receptionists' turn.

"Yes, it happened this morning." Shirou began as he started to cook the next portions. "Do you want to know what happened to me when I got hugged by Wiz? Especially when her sweet smell assaulted my nostrils the whole night and my face buried in her boobs!? I got a damn boner!"

He said, the light pink hue on his cheeks slowly turning red.

"T-then…what happened…" Megumin asked as she imagined the boner Shirou meant.

Holding his urge to scream and pulling out his hair, he began to tell Megumin everything that had happened this morning.

While listening to the redhead, Megumin herself turned bright red and swallowed the lump in her throat before then she began to approach the young man who was plating the dishes from behind and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Uh…Megumin…?"

After he called out her name, he felt the Crimson-eyed girl groping his butt.

"What was…the next thing…Wiz did after…groping your butt?"

Megumin asked with bated breath.

Shirou didn't answer the girl and kept his mouth zipped tight. He didn't like where this was going, especially since Megumin was still underage.

'But wait... she said she's almost 14 which is the legal age in this world and that means I'm safe, right? There will be no police or FBI or something like that barging in right now, right!?'

Seeing the redhead didn't plan to answer, Megumin decided to make her own move.

"If I recall correctly…she moved her hand to the front…and grabbed some—"

Megumin stopped as she felt something hard in her palm. The red on her face became deep crimson as blood kept rushing to her head.

"Did I…make you have… a boner?"

Megumin asked teasingly as she began to rub the bulge in his pants.

Shirou still didn't say anything, but after a bit while he nodded, and that was enough for Megumin to be happy.

She let go of the redhead, took a chair to stand on, and began to kiss the redhead's neck. She didn't want to lose to Wiz, therefore she left a hickey of her own in a visible spot before she stepped down from the chair, took a plate of the served dish, and said.

"I'm happy that I can make you become…like that, Shirou."

She glanced at the redhead's pant which was bulging from his boner before exiting the kitchen happily with a red face.

Left alone in the kitchen, Shirou quickly calmed his mind and his brother before saying.

"This world's women...are very assertive even at early age huh..."


After around an hour of cooking in the kitchen, Shirou finally joined his party at their table.

"Damn dude, your cooking was goddamn delicious!"

"I agree, even as a noble, I had never eaten food this delicious. The chefs in our household pale compared to you."

"Truly a divine breakfast! It was definitely something worthy for a Goddess like me!"

His friends showered him with praises but the redhead only gave them a sheepish chuckle. Still, he was happy that everyone liked his cooking even in another world.

"Then! should we check out the mansion now? The realtor you passed by yesterday should've been open at this time, right Aqua?" Kazuma asked in high spirit.

"Mmhm, are we buying it right now, Kazuma?"

"No, you dumb idiot! We need to check the mansion and its location first and make sure there is nothing weird in the building!"

"Like a bandit's lair or ghosts or a monster's nest underneath it?" Aqua asked.

"…somehow, I think you jinxed us already with one of those three…" the brown-haired boy deadpanned.

"Oh, Kazuma, before we go to the realtor, can you send me 10 million Eris to my bank account?"

"10 million? What are you going to do with that much money? Not that I worry about you though, I'm sure you'll make use of them properly unlike a certain useless Goddess I know…"

"Trust me, what I'll buy will do our party favor. I also wanted to buy cooking utensils for our new mansion and some ingredients."

"You're acting like a housewife here…but sure!"

"Kazuma! Kazuma! What about me? Where's my share? You should worship me more, you know?"

"None for you, you brain-dead Goddess! All that money will just go to your wines or anything useless!"

As the two bickered, Shirou whispered to Megumin who was sitting beside him.

"I got something for you that you might like, so wait until the evening, alright?"

Her cheeks were colored with a light pink hue as she nodded at the redhead. Then Shirou turned to Darkness.

"Darkness, do you need to follow any procedure to join the Eris church?"

Aqua's ears twitched hearing what Shirou said.

"No, you don't need to follow any procedures, since you've got your own proof as an Eris follower, you can just go inside the church to pray to Goddess Eris."

"I see, I should visit it soon then."

Aqua slammed the table.

"Wait, wait, wait! Since when did Shirou become Eris' follower!? You have a real Goddess sitting in front of you right now, you know!? And where is the proof that you're Eris' follower!"

Kazuma deadpanned at the blue-haired Goddess.

"Oi Bakaqua, it's up to him whom he wanted to follow."

"Shut up you Trash NEET! Now, Shirou! Where's the proof that you had joined Eris' followers!?"

The redhead took out the necklace that Eris gave to him and showed it to Aqua who in turn widened her eyes in surprise.

"N-N-No way… that padded woman…actually give someone a Divine Relic?..."

"Well, since I died here not in my old world, I can't get any blessing like how Kazuma did and she felt bad for me, therefore, she decided to boost my luck by giving me this necklace blessed by Eris-sama herself. She also told me that this necklace only works for me and no one else can share the effect…and why did you call her padded woman, Aqua-sama?"

"Hmph! It's because Eris pads her chest! What else can it be!?"

Shirou sweatdropped at what Aqua.

"By the way…" Darkness raised her hand. "I've been wondering about the way Shirou politely called Aqua with an honorific, and that includes the Swordmaster from yesterday, why is that?"

Kazuma and Shirou looked at each other before the two turned to Aqua.

"Right, I've been quiet all this time…but the truth is, I am the Goddess Aqua, the deity worshipped by the Axis church."

The party went silent at Aqua's confession before Darkness said.

"You mean…you dreamt of becoming one?"

"No!"

Kazuma and Shirou shrugged at them.

"Wait! I actually can believe that Aqua is the Goddess that Axis church worshipped…"

The rest of the party then turned to the Crimson Demon girl.

"No wonder the cult is crazy since the Goddess they worshipped is like this."

Aqua gave Megumin a blank look, while the other three stifled a laugh before they burst out laughing.

"Nice one, Megumin!" Kazuma praised with a thumb up.

Aqua started to tear up as she watched her friends laughing at her.

"WAaAAAAAaAAAHH! Don't call my followers a cult!" the blue-haired Goddess clung to Megumin and shook the girl rapidly.


Later, Kazuma and Shirou headed for the receptionist's desk. Luna had asked Shirou to sign the paper for his reward for defeating another Demon Lord General. The redhead then asked the receptionist to send 550 million Eris to Kazuma's bank account which surprised both Kazuma and Luna again.

"You sure 50 million is enough?" Kazuma said in disbelief as he received his card back from Luna.

"Yup, I don't really need much except for buying household things and our adventuring gears."

Kazuma pondered silently to himself. Then he looked at his attire which was still his old green tracksuit.

"Say…we're still using our old clothes…What do you say we buy some gear for ourselves?"

The redhead then showed him the sack he received from Vanir.

"I got mine already, but if you want to, I can accompany you while we have the girls check the mansion."

Kazuma rose a hand.

"No, I don't trust either of the girls to check the mansion…Aqua would probably buy it immediately, Darkness perhaps would find something weird with the mansion but still buy it anyway since…you know how she was… as for Megumin… I think she'll follow what you said, but…"

"Got it, then we'll tell them that we'll check the mansion a bit later after you geared up."

"Nice! I've got to buy myself a new weapon since I broke mine yesterday!"

The two nodded before they returned to their party after parting with Luna. They told them they would go look for suitable clothing and weapon for Kazuma and they split up after that.


After around an hour, Kazuma and Shirou returned to the guild in their new attires. They glanced around and found the girls weren't there yet. The two then decided to take a seat at an empty table before noticing the glances the other adventurers and waitresses gave them. To be specific, at Shirou.

"I guess you really stand out with that red and black attire…hell, I won't be surprised if Megumin mistook you for a Crimson Demon from another place."

Shirou could only chuckle at his friend for his comment. True, right now he was wearing Archer's outfit, but he modified it quite a bit. It would look weird on him since his body proportion was smaller than Archer's although his muscles were as toned as his future self. Therefore, he had Vanir have the lower part of the red coat stitched into his pants and removed the right arm of the upper part of the redcoat, leaving the left one alone and stitched it to the black shirt.

The Devil did it with his magic, saying that they wouldn't get dirty and tear no matter what the redhead do. Another perk of having magically enhanced clothing.

"Damn… I don't know why, but those red and black clothing really suits you… unlike mine…"

Kazuma was wearing a plain white shirt, black pants, and a short green cape around his shoulders. There was also a sword belt on his hips where his new sword was dangling.

"You sure you're 17, not 20 or above?" Kazuma deadpanned at the redhead. "What the hell did you do to get that kind of body in that age dude…"

Shirou shrugged.

"I didn't really do anything special, but since I heard you were a NEET, that's probably it…you didn't exercise much I guess?"

"Well…you're not wrong…I locked myself up in my room and played games every day and only get out of the house to buy something I really want…"

"And that was when you died of a heart attack…"

"Stop! Don't talk about it! You don't know how embarrassed I was when that useless Goddess told me that I died for nothing!"

Shirou gave the green-cape boy a small laugh.

"Anyway! Shirou, do you know about a succubus?" Kazuma whispered in a low voice.

"Succubus? No, I've never heard of them."

Kazuma then grinned lecherously.

"Listen, there's a shop full of succubus that offers services to adventurers like us."

"Details?"

"They gave you those kinds of dreams with the specific you wanted while they absorbed some of your vitality…"

Shirou swallowed hard. He had been cockblocked by Vanir this morning and while he was glad that happened, he still needed to do it. And now he was hearing this.

"Tell me the details."

After a short explanation from Kazuma, Shirou pondered seriously.

"You were awfully serious about this matter, I guess you are also interested in this kind of thing eh?"

"Of course I am." The redhead snorted. "But our problem right now is… First, we weren't sure yet whether we'll buy the mansion or not. Second," the redhead raised two fingers at Kazuma. "if we did buy the mansion, do you think a devil can escape from Aqua-sama's awareness? Even if she's like that, she's a real deal Goddess and won't let a devil infiltrates our mansion, worse thing possible to happen, she barged into our room finding the succubus absorbing our vitality and immediately purified them."

This time it was Kazuma's turn to ponder seriously. Everything Shirou had said had a point.

"…Fuck…"

"Yes, fuck…"

The two sighed before their faces hit the table.


Shirou and Kazuma groaned as the gears in their mind turn for a solution for their current problem until they heard someone with bated breath heading toward their table.

"S-Shirou-san?!"

The two youngsters looked up and turned to the feminine voice. There were worry and anxiety in the voice as she called for the redhead's name.

"Yunyun? What happened? Is there something wrong?"

Shirou stood up from his seat and walked toward the buxom girl. She was sweating profusely and her breath was messy as she inhaled and exhaled before trying to regain her composure. Then the girl started to tell him that she came from Wiz's store and the shop owner had told her that Shirou was safe and probably at the guild. Yunyun ran out immediately from the store and headed for the guild as soon as she heard that because the girl was worried about her friend's condition.

Kazuma still in his seat couldn't help but wonder how and when did Shirou meet a beauty with big boobs like this. His eyes leered at the twin peaks threatening to jump out from the low-cut blouse the girl wore. Although the pink tie she wore was right in the middle of her boobs, that didn't stop Kazuma to look at the girl in a lascivious way since the sweat glistening on the boobs was increasing the sheer seductive power of the twin hills.

Then his eyes turned to the ultra-short pink mini skirt she wore. It totally revealed her not too plum thigh but still tempting.

Now he was ogling the girl with his eyes until Shirou called out to Kazuma in order to introduce the two.

"Kazuma…she's 13…" Shirou deadpanned.

"Wuh!?" Kazuma's eyes threatened to bulge out from their sockets. "This girl is younger than me!? I thought she would be the same age or older than me with that kind of revealing outfit!"

Yunyun tried to cover her chest and lower her skirt when she heard Kazuma say that before she hid behind Shirou.

"That also makes me curious, I've been wondering about it since we met, Yunyun. Can you tell us why you are wearing that kind of clothes, Yunyun?"

"Uh…oh…someone told me this kind of outfit will make me have friends faster…"

Shirou couldn't help but exhaled a loud sigh at Yunyun's answer. Even Kazuma, as pervert as he was, couldn't help but feel a bit angry at someone who tricked an underage girl to wear this kind of outfit. Sure he leered at her before, but once he knew her real age, even he felt disgusted at himself for looking at a 13 years old girl in that way, well, most of the fault lies in her body though.

"Yunyun, whoever that someone was. He tricked you."

Shirou said with a bit of anger behind his voice.

"E…eh!?"

"Listen, you're not trying to make friends when you wear that kind of revealing outfit. I'm sorry to say this, but you looked as if you're trying to sell yourself to perverted guys like Kazuma here who had been looking at you with his lecherous eyes."

"Oi! What did I do wrong!? Sure, I looked at her that way just now, but even I feel about it once I knew of her real age!"

Shirou sighed before Yunyun then began to crouch to hide her revealing outfit. Seeing her in that condition, Shirou took out his old white and blue shirt to have Yunyun cover her chest area with it.

"What I mean is, try to cherish your body okay? That someone who gave you such a weird idea was totally toying with you when he said that this outfit is the fastest way to make friends…"

"Y-yes…but…then I don't know any other way to make friends…"

Yunyun began to tear up.

"What are you saying? Didn't I tell you that any friend of Megumin is also my friend? I'm sure Kazuma here thinks the same."

"I sure am! Besides, who doesn't want to befriend a beauty like you."

Shirou deadpanned at his friend before letting out a sigh and turning to Yunyun who he urged to sit and handed him a tissue.

"Anyway, as Kazuma said, you're a pretty girl, you don't need to wear this kind of outfit to make friends. You only need to be more confident in talking with others. That way, I'm sure you'll make friends even more than me and Kazuma here."

"Really…?"

"Yup."

"I mean… am I really pretty as you said just now?"

"Yes. You're pretty enough to swoon anyone if you wanted to, but please don't do that, okay?"

Shirou answered with confidence backing his voice and letting out a wry laugh at the end of his comment. Yunyun nodded happily as she turned more demure. Meanwhile, Kazuma could only have his mouth half-opened at how smooth and natural this redhead was. The biggest problem was, Shirou didn't even realize what he just said to this girl. It was as if he was breathing normally while he gave the girl all the encouragement.

"…a goddamn natural…and also a super dense one…" Kazuma muttered, a bit annoyed at how the girl called Yunyun was looking at Shirou.

"By the way, after that guy told you about buying this outfit, he didn't do anything weird to you, right?"

"Uh…he only had his arm around my shoulder…and there was this one time that he was about to…"

"about to what?" Kazuma asked and Yunyun began to sob again.

"…about to t-touch my chest…h…he wanted me to thank him for telling me the way to make friends…"

"Oh, that guy is so dead…" Kazuma muttered darkly. He was jealous, yes, but even he wouldn't lay a hand on an underage girl.

"Did he give his name to you?" Shirou asked, his tone a bit sharp in the beginning.

"Yes…l-I think his name is Dust… blonde and wear a red tracked jacked with bandaged forearms..."

*SLAP!*

Kazuma facepalmed himself. He should have known that the only guy that would tell an underage girl to wear this kind of outfit was the same guy who told him about the Succubus' store.

"Something wrong, Kazuma?"

"Remember when I told you that I know the shop from an adventurer?"

It wasn't hard for Shirou to connect the dots. He had to learn how to do this if he wanted to survive from his 3 girlfriends back in his own world.

"…well, he's still dead, I'll have Aqua resurrect him again and kill him over and over until he promised me not to do this kind of thing anymore."

"Whoa dude… you're scaring me here… I mean…you don't really mean what you just said…right?"

Shirou didn't answer but smiled at Kazuma.

The latter began to sweat from the smile Shirou gave him. His smile didn't reach his eyes at all and that was what scared Kazuma to the point he almost pissed himself if not for Yunyun calling for the redhead.

"Uh…um…Shirou-san…do you…mind coming with me to the clothing store?"

"Oh, sure. Let's get you proper clothes this time, alright?" the redhead smiled gently at the girl before turning to Kazuma. "Do you want to come with us, Kazuma? It seems the girls aren't back yet."

"Eh, sure. Lead the way then— right, I haven't introduced myself, have I? My name is Satou Kazuma, the party leader of our team which includes Shirou and Megumin and 2 other girls."

The buxom Crimson demon girl then bowed meekly while having her hand holding Shirou's shirt to cover her chest.

"M-my name is Yunyun… nice to meet you, Kazuma-san…"

The green cape young man felt a bit soothed from the way she introduced herself. Her shy attitude just makes it better. It seemed she was more reserved than Megumin who introduced herself in chuuni-way.

"Then, Yunyun! Let's be friends too okay?

Kazuma held out a hand and Yunyun reached for it.

"Y-yes…thank you, Kazuma-san…...tch."

Shirou couldn't help but blink at the click of tongue Yunyun gave out just now. Kazuma himself didn't notice it as he began to walk in front of the two, heading toward the guild's exit.

"D-did I mishear it? W-why did she feel like Dark Sakura just now…"


After the three left the guild, the adventurers began to talk about the redhead.

"Oh damn…that Dust fucked up a big time right now…"

"I know right, did you feel the dark aura the Sword Prince let out just now…"

"Shit…now I won't be able to forget that smile…"

"That smile feels like it'll bring nightmare to my sleep later…"

"Well, let's just pray for Dust here…let's hope he meets him when he's a bit calmer…"

"I say that Dust finally deserved it if the Sword Prince really offed him," a buxom girl with long black and purple hair said as she chugged on her ale.

"Damn Melissa-girl, looks like you hate Dust's guts by a lot eh?"

"Hmph, if it was me, I'll probably torture him before I end his life."

"Damn girl…"

Among the waitresses who heard the three's conversation.

"Did you hear that? It seems the thug tricked that poor girl wearing that kind of revealing outfit…"

"What a scum…"

"we should have the police locked him away forever…"

"But…but…because of that thug, we can see Shirou-sama's deadly smile…"

"I know right? That smile was soooo dreamy~"

"I don't mind if he looks at me like that, I'll welcome him in my bed if he does that to me~"

"But still…you don't think that he will really…you know, offed the thug, right?"

"That's kind of hard to say…his smiled didn't let up even once after he said that…"

"Eh, who cares. That bastard always try to grope my butt in every chance he could get… if he's not here, maybe it'll be safer for us girls…"

"…you're right." The girls said in unison

With a girl wearing a green jacket who was sitting alone.

"Dammiiiiitt Dust!…..just when I was about to greet Shirou, you ruined my chance… I hope you get whatever you deserve for tricking an innocent girl like that…"

In that time, all the adventurers and waitresses in the guild agreed on one thing.

Note to self, never fuck around with anyone Emiya Shirou cares for.

"Hmm…it's written girls only."

Shirou spoke out what was written on the board in front of the clothing store.

"Well, I guess we should have Yunyun go alone then…" Kazuma followed up.

Shirou pondered silently before he felt someone tug the red coat stitched to his pants.

"C-can you come with me, Shirou-san? I'm not really good at starting a conversation with a stranger…"

Shirou turned to Kazuma who shrugged at him before the latter nodded.

"I'll wait at the stalls over there." Kazuma said as he turned and left for the food stall.

With that said, Yunyun and Shirou entered the store with the farmer's hand still holding the redhead's coat.

"Welco— Oh, I'm sorry dear customer, but this store is for ladies only—"

A small chatter among the staffs occurred right then.

"I-it's the Sword Prince!"

"R-really!? Wow! This is the first time I've ever seen him directly!"

"Oh, wow, that red and black outfit suits him a lot. That muscles on his right arm too were very well toned and defined."

"Y-your nose! It's bleeding!"

"Who is that girl beside him, I wonder..."

"Dunno, his girlfriend maybe?"

The redhead sighed at what he heard before he finally opened his mouth at the gawking staff.

"I'm sorry to come in although I read the sign, but I need you to provide proper clothing for my friend here."

Snapped out from her thought, the woman standing in front of him looked abashed before she turned to Yunyun.

"I'm sorry, but I think she looks lovely in that outfit already. Men will definitely flock to her with that."

"That's the actual problem." Shirou pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh before continuing. "Some guy tricked her to wear this kind of outfit while she's only 13 years old and I don't think it's proper for a girl her age to wear this revealing clothes."

"O-oh… I see. Then, I will immediately prepare more proper clothing for the girl, please, come with me, my dear."

Yunyun glanced at Shirou, pleading him to come with her as she pulled his finger with her hand.

Shirou blinked owlishly before he followed Yunyun and the older staff woman.

After several minutes, Yunyun had tried many different sets of clothes, and while Shirou did tell her they were all good when she came out of the changing room to show the redhead, Yunyun felt that it was not enough for her. She wanted Shirou to truly praise her, then she looked at the clothes again, and she found something eerily similar to what she wore back at the magic academy. However, instead of one piece pink dress, it was an open-shoulder pink blouse and a black skirt, reaching around 10cm above her knees.

She decided to put it on and after several seconds, she made a small twirl in front of the mirror before she came out to show Shirou the best clothes she could find.

And the reaction was not what she had expected, it was more than that.

"Wow…" Shirou had his jaw half-opened as he stared at the Crimson Demon girl.

Yunyun giggled at that. That reaction alone was enough for her to take this set of clothing and wore it immediately.

While she was about to pay, Shirou told her that it would be his treat and he also gifted her a cloak, the same as Megumin, only a bit darker in color.

Yunyun was taken aback by the sudden gift, but she received it gratefully and promised to treasure it forever.

The two went outside of the store with Yunyun holding the small bag containing her old outfit. Then, without warning, she cast intermediate fire magic and burned that old outfit to nothing.

Yunyun then turned to Shirou with a smile while leaning forward a bit.

"Shirou-san! Thank you for today! First, I was really happy to know that you're fine after your sudden disappearance last night, and now you are being really kind to me although this is only the second time we meet, you even bought me these clothes and gift me with a coat…I'm sooo happy that you are the first one to treat me so kindly, outside of my parents of course."

Shirou nodded at her and gave her head pat.

Feeling his hand on her hand, Yunyun blushed furiously, yet she didn't pull away and kept pushing her head to the redhead's hand.

Then, a voice rang out.

"What...are you two doing...Shirou, Yunyun..."

The two who recognized that familiar voice turned their heads to the side and found another Crimson Demon looking at them with her eyes and smile twitching.

"Oh, Megumin, where have you been?" The redhead asked nonchalantly as he took his hand off Yunyun's head which resulting the buxom Crimson Demon girl pouting.

"I was with Aqua and Darkness. Aqua insisted to check the Axis church in this town, so we went with her. They're still at the church and I left earlier thinking that you two might have already return."

"Right, the church, I haven't visited Eris-sama's yet..."

"Anyway, mind telling me what you were doing, Shirou? Why are you giving Yunyun headpats in front of a woman's clothing store?""

"Um... long story short, remember the clothes Yunyun was wearing?" Shirou asked and Megumin nodded at him. "A jerk tricked Yunyun saying that a revealing outfit was the fastest way to make friends, after that, me and Kazuma accompanied Yunyun to buy a new one, a proper one this time."

Yunyun then showed her outfit to Megumin before she nodded with a strained smile.

"Where's Kazuma then?"

"He's at the food stall."

"Then...it was only the two of you when Yunyun chose her clothes?"

Before Shirou could open his mouth, Yunyun brazenly wrapped her hands around Shirou's left arm and said.

"Yup, Shirou-san bought me this cloth and cloak!"

"Yunyun?!" the redhead shrieked a little.

Yunyun could feel her face getting hot when she was this close to the redhead, but her sense of rivalry against Megumin won over her and forced the buxom Crimson Demon girl to do it.

"I-I see..." Megumin trembled as the grip on her staff tightened. Then, she did what Yunyun hadn't expected. The loli Crimson Demon wrapped her arm around Shirou's right arm.

"M-Megumin!?" Both Shirou and Yunyun shrieked at what the other girl did.

"By the way Shirou, you look like a true Crimson Demon with that red and black outfit. It really suits you." Megumin giggled. "I love it."

Yunyun didn't want to lose to Megumin and began to praise the redhead's attire.

"Shirou-san, I also love it! W-when I saw you wearing that at the Guild before, I-I couldn't keep my eyes from stealing glances at you! No, even when we met yesterday and you cooked for us, I've been stealing glances at you!"

"Whoa... that's a bold thing that you did, Yunyun." Megumin smirked. "I didn't know you were checking on Shirou that much."

"I-I won't lose to you Megumin!"

"Hm? Lose in what? Mind telling me?"

"I-I-I..." Yunyun's face turned bright red as she struggled to answer her rival.

"What is it, Yunyun? What are we competing in right now?" Megumin grinned.

"I-I can't say it, can I!? Megumin you stupid!" Yunyun cried out as she ran away from Shirou and Megumin. Judging from the direction she was heading, it could be said that she was going back to Wiz's store.

"Heh, I win." Megumin clenched her fist before she let go of Shirou's arm.

"Don't you think you're too childish...no wait, never mind, I forget you're still a kid."

"AAh! You're calling me a kid again!" Megumin smacked the redhead's back with her staff.

All of a sudden, the alarm around Axel blared loudly.

"DESTROYER ALERT! DESTROYER ALERT! MOBILE FORTRESS DESTROYER IS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS TOWN! ADVENTURERS, PLEASE GET YOUR EQUIPMENT AND ASSEMBLE AT THE GUILD! ESPECIALLY EMIYA SHIROU! ALL OTHER RESIDENTS, PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!"

Shirou deadpanned at no one while Megumin was alerted. Everyone in their surroundings immediately went panic at the alarm and began to run only they knowhere.

...

"...WHAT IS IT NOW!?" Shirou cried out loud, pulling his hair in frustration. And here he thought he would have peaceful days after returning from the Royal Capital.

"OIII Shirou! Megumin!" Kazuma called out as he approached the two. "Did you two hear it? Let's head to the guild. I'm curious what this mobile fortress Destroyer is."

"Mobile Fortress Destroyer," Megumin began as she put on her eyepatch. "It's the world's biggest, baddest bounty. It will leave not so much as a blade of grass alive- except those Axis cults, I think."

Megumin finished and turned to Shirou.

"You cannot be so reckless as to fight it, Shirou."

"Huh...something that dangerous is heading this way? This is supposed to be a town for beginners, I wonder what makes it coming here..." Kazuma mused.

"If it's something that big, why don't you let your Explosion magic take the spotlight, Megumin?" The redhead asked in turn.

"It's reported that the Destroyer had a magic barrier that even Explosion magic can't break...We need to remove the barrier first if we want to hit it with my Explosion magic."

"Magic barrier?" Shirou parroted. "I can deal with that easily."

*CLAP CLAP CLAP*

"As expected of the one who managed to defeat Moi."

The three adventurers turned to see a masked butler walking toward him, beside him, Yunyun and Wiz were walking toward them with a staff in the latter's hands.

"Oi, Shirou, who are the other two?" Kazuma whispered. "The woman's hot!"

"Are looks and boobs really important to you, Pervzuma!?" Megumin retorted.

"The woman is Wiz, the owner of a magic tool shop, and the masked one is Vanir, both of them are ex-demon king's generals..."

"Huh!? isn't Vanir the one you defeated last night in Royal Capital!? Why is he still alive!?"

Kazuma and Megumin turned pale as he closed in behind Shirou.

"Don't worry, back then we made a deal, in exchange for not killing him, he retired being a General. As for Wiz, she's only a General to make sure the barrier surrounding the Demon King's castle stays up."

The Green-cape Japanese deadpanned at his friend, Megumin too could only stared at him with a blank look.

"I want the full story later, but I can trust you that they're not dangerous right?"

Before Shirou could nod at Kazuma, Vanir answered him.

"Do not worry, you perverted boy who was looking at this shop owner's excessive fat. Moi promised you that Moi don't kill people, actually, there were no adventurers or humans ever died in Moi's hands."

Hearing that, Wiz quickly used her robe to cover her chest, and Kazuma could only turn red from being found out.

"But... are you sure you're fine with going out? don't you think everyone will recognize you?" Shirou asked as he crossed his arms. "You can be easily distinguished with that mask of yours, you know."

"It's alright Shirou," Wiz interrupted. "Vanir-san here had a spell that can easily manipulate those who don't know him to see him as a normal person with a weird speech."

"I see... by the way, Wiz, is that what I think of?" Shirou pointed at the staff and Wiz nodded happily before handing the staff to Shirou.

The redhead then turned to Megumin.

"Here you go, Megumin. You asked for something to increase the power of your Explosion magic, right?"

"Y-You got this manatite staff for me?!"

Shirou nodded and Megumin received the staff with a flushed face.

"Thank you, I-I'll make sure to treasure it..."

Unbeknownst to the two, Wiz and Yunyun were pouting at them although it was not really visible.

"Kuhahahahaaha! Very nice emotion you two women with excessive fats!"

"What's he talking about?" Kazuma asked.

"Vanir's a devil that preys on negative emotions...and whatever thing he preys on right now must be related to Wiz and Yunyun..." Shirou supplied with a sigh.

"Anyway, we should head for the guild right now." The redhead continued. "Darkness and Aqua-sama might be there already...I hope..."

"...Darkness will probably be there, as for Aqua... somehow I doubt she will be there..."

"...Try to put a little faith in her, Kazuma..."

The two Japanese young men sighed before leaving for the guild, joined by Wiz and Yunyun. As for Vanir, he decided to stay behind since he knew they wouldn't need his help to defeat the Mobile Fortress Destroyer.


"Kazuma! Shirou! Megumin! What takes you so long!?" Darkness asked a bit infuriated at the three.

"...where's Aqua-sama, Darkness?"

"Aqua said that she'll stay behind at the Axis Church at the edge of the town to protect the children there. Therefore, she's leaving this matter to us."

"...You see what I mean, Shirou?" Kazuma sighed.

"And who is this? She looks like Megumin...but her chest is bigger..." Darkness said as she noticed Yunyun behind the three. Wiz meanwhile was greeted by the other adventurers since they knew that she was an adventurer called the Ice Witch.

"I-It's nice to meet you, I'm Yunyun, Megumin's friend..."

"Nice to meet you too, Yunyun, I didn't know Megumin's friend is so well-endowed."

"Oi Darkness, are you looking for a problem? Do you want me to use my old staff to pop your balloons!?"

"C-C-Calm down Megumin...huff...huff...while that's interesting, we have something more important here..."

"Darkness-san is right." A voice came in from the sea of adventurers.

"Shirou-san, since you only joined us a few days ago, what do you know about the Mobile Fortress Destroyer?"

The redhead then began to tell Luna what he knew of it.

"That's correct, every magic will be rendered useless if we don't take out the barrier first-"

"Oh, don't worry about that, I can break the barrier easily."

""Huh?!""

The adventurers and the receptionist gawked at the redhead.

"Even so, average magic won't do anything to the Destroyer even if its barrier's gone..." Luna continued.

"Excuse me! But I think the explosive maniac can do it!" a voice rang in, and the adventurers began to split to two to reveal a blonde-haired young man with a red track jacket.

"Oh shit..."

"Dust is so dead."

"He didn't know that the Sword Prince is looking for him, right?"

"Well, let's hope that he dies quickly."

"You're cruel, woman!"

Kazuma facepalmed as he saw the man. "I'm sorry dude, but I can't help you..."

Shirou raised a brow, but he didn't bring up the matter of Yunyun right now. He turned to Megumin instead.

"Can you do it? Can your explosion magic keep up with me?"

"Uhm...one explosion might not be enough even with this manatite staff..."

Then, Wiz raised her hand.

"Shirou, I can cast Explosion magic if you want me to!"

"Got it. I'll be leaving it to you and Megumin then."

"Leave it to us, Shirou!" Megumin and Wiz said in unison.

Shirou then turned to Kazuma.

"Okay leader, time to use your brain, any idea to immobilize it for a few seconds?"

Kazuma crossed his arms and the gears in his brain started to turn.

He then turned to the buxom Crimson Demon girl.

"Yunyun, you can use magic right? do you have something to at least trap the Destroyer's movement even if it's only for a while?"

Yunyun nodded and began to tell Kazuma about her magic.

Kazuma grinned before turning to Shirou and explaining what his plan was.

"Rather simple, but it's better than nothing..."

"Oh, and Shirou, if you have bigger guns in your storage, you better use them later since I don't think Yunyun's magic can keep it in for too long."

"Well, if you say so boss, just don't fell on your butt after you see it."

"W-Wait, you really do have them?!"

Shirou grinned at Kazuma. "A couple and some."

With that said, the adventurers began to leave the guild and headed for Axel's main gate.

"Oi, is it just me or is the super strong shop owner...has feelings for the Sword Prince?"

"No... she looks all bubbly when she talked with him... I guess...she really is?"

"Dammit... a clumsy big boobs beauty, a loli, and another beauty of the crazy Crimson Demon clan are infatuated with him..."


At Axel's main gate. Darkness stood alone in the empty field although Kazuma had told her to join them at the gate's wall. The Crusader refused, saying that it was her job as a noble to protect the town of Axel from destruction.

Seeing there was no more way for Kazuma to have Darkness come with them, he let her be.

"Yunyun, can you reach the Destroyer from this far?" Kazuma asked nervously as they felt the ground tremble.

"As long as I can see the target, it wouldn't be a problem, Kazuma-san."

The Japanese young man nodded before he turned to Shirou who was holding an odd-looking dagger.

"Is that your secret weapon to break the barrier then, Shirou?"

The redhead shrugged.

"Yup."

"And how do you plan to hit it from this far? I thought you'll-"

Kazuma's eyes widened as he saw the jagged dagger turn into a very thin arrow. Following that, a black bow came into his hand.

"Oi, look at that, the Sword Prince is using a bow..."

"That arrow...it's too thin!"

"Can he even reach the Destroyer from this far?"

Those were some of the noises Kazuma heard. Even the Japanese young man couldn't help but swallowed nervously since if Shirou failed, all of them would be dead.

"IT'S HERE!" an adventurer yelled out.

The group then turned at the blurred figure far away from their location.

"C-can you cast your magic now, Yunyun?!"

"Not yet, Kazuma-san! I still can't see it clearly!"

Kazuma clicked his tongue. True, even he couldn't see it with his Farsight.

That was when he felt a surge of energy coming from the redhead beside him.

"I am the bone of my sword."

Kazuma looked at the redhead who nocked his arrow to the bow and pulled the string made of metal, letting out a screeching sound painful enough for the adventurers.

"A-are you sure that you'll hit it from this far!?"

Shirou's lips curved upward before he said.

"I'll never miss a shot unless I want it to."

There was only one thing in everyone's mind right now.

"That was a badass proclamation!"

"Rule Breaker!"

Shirou let loose his fingers and the arrow began to glow dark-purple as it fly toward the incoming Destroyer at an unbelievable speed.

The adventurers gulped, waiting for the result to happen, and it did.

There was a deaf-sounding barrier cracking they could hear from this distance.

The Destroyer realized that its barrier was gone, and its speed was increasing as it headed toward Axel. Like a spider, it moved at a speed that was not supposed to be possible for a giant machine.

Kazuma called out for the buxom Crimson Demon.

"Yunyun!?"

"Bottomless Swamp! Bottomless Swamp! Bottomless Swamp! Bottomless Swamp! Bottomless Swamp! Bottomless Swamp!"

She cast her magic several times, and the Destroyer sank into the swamps on each of its legs. Yunyun then fell to her knees as she tried to catch her breath, exhausted from using the same advanced magic repeatedly in a wide range.

Other mages also cast the same spell to drown the Destroyer, however, it wouldn't let itself be stopped just like that.

The head part of the destroyer opened and a muzzle came out of it.

"Oi! Oi! Oi! are you fucking serious now!?"

Kazuma said as he saw a bright light gathered in the muzzle.

"It's gonna shoot a fucking laser beam at us!"

Shirou gritted his teeth when he saw a beam of light coming out of its muzzle, heading toward Axel.

The redhead proceeded to raise his arm urgently.

"RHO AIAS!"

A five-layered purple magical shield appeared in front of Axel, covering even Darkness who stood alone with a serious look on her face.

The clash between the beam and the shield didn't last long as it immediately dissipated after they met each other. While none of the petals broke from that clash, Shirou could feel that it took a heavy toll on him to trace the shield of Ajax.

"DAMN! THAT WAS AWESOME! IT LOOKS LIKE STRAIGHT OUT OF ANIME!"

Kazuma cheered in amazement before he noticed that one of the Destroyer's legs began to crawl out of the swamp.

"Oh shit, oh shit! Megumin, Wiz! is it ready yet!?"

"Not yet!" Wiz answered. "We haven't charged enough mana for it! We need a little bit more time!"

"Oi mages! are they any of you can cast the swamp magic again!?" an adventurer yelled out.

But there was no response since the mages available were all sitting on the ground, exhausted from mana exhaustion.

"Kazuma, make sure to make sure that I don't fall down from here if I run out of juice," Shirou said.

"H-Huh!? what are you planning to do now?"

"Trace On!"

Shirou pulled his arm back while having it facing upwards.

What happened next surprised everyone in the vicinity, including the ones in the town, church, and guild. Even the Devil cackled at the impossibility reflected in its eyes.

A gigantic, tall, and unrefined sword was covering the whole city of Axel.

Mobile Fortress Destroyer? it pales in size compared to the towering sword.

"""""WHAT THE FUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKK!"""""

Yelled everyone who saw the sword.

"IG-ALIMA!"

Shirou made a thrusting motion with his right arm as if throwing the monstrous sword at the Destroyer.

The sword followed with its motion and launched itself toward the Destroyer which almost escaped the swamp.

Unfortunately, Shirou missed his aim, and instead of slicing it into two, it only destroyed the right side of its legs including the mountain behind it.

"Shit, I missed."

No one commented on what he just said as their eyes were locked on the Destroyer which was moving with only 1 side of its legs.

"Dammit, it still can move! Hell! it's even faster than before! how can it move even with only 4 legs on one side!?"

Kazuma cried out.

"Oi, Shirou! Can you summon another of that gigantic sword!?"

"Yes, but this is the last!"

He exhaled before raising his arm once again.

Another one of the hollow Divine Construct formed itself out of nowhere before Shirou thrust it again at the Destroyer. However, since it knew how dangerous that sword was, it moved to the side and sacrificed the other side of its legs. The Destroyer, only with his body left managed to get quite close to Axel, stopping right in front of Darkness who hadn't moved from her spot.

When they thought it would do something else, the Destroyer immediately ceased its function after losing its legs, the red lights in its eyes died down following that.

"Well... in the end, we can say Shirou here solo-ed the Destroyer..." Kazuma said with a dry laugh as he fell on his butt.

Although Megumin was a bit disappointed she couldn't cast her magic right now, she was glad to be able to see such a grandiose performance from the redhead. The same went for Wiz who was looking at Shirou demurely.

While the adventurers cheered and made some flags here and there, a loud announcement came out from the immobilized Destroyer.

"THIS VEHICLE HAS CEASED MOVING. HEAT VENTING AND DISPERSAL OF KINETIC ENERGY ARE IMPOSSIBLE. DANGER LEVEL RISING, ALL HANDS, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. THIS VEHICLE WILL NOW GO KABOOM."

"OH WHAT THE HELL!?" Kazuma yelled out.

Shirou exhaled. "Goddammit...I'm starting to hate this world..."

The redhead then stood up from the ground.

"You coming with me? Kazuma, Megumin?"

"E-Eh? What do you mean?"

"I'm going inside there, and make sure to beat up the one controlling this stupid thing."

"No thanks, I'll be staying here."

"You sure? I mean, aren't you mad that this someone was about to blow the succubus store that we hadn't had the chance to visit?" The redhead whispered.

Kazuma then stood up. "You're right, we need to teach the bastard a lesson for almost ruining my chance to meet those sexy onee-sans!"

"Good." Shirou then proceeded to carry Kazuma under his arm.

"Oi...don't tell me..."

"How about you, Megumin? are you coming with us?"

"N-N-No... I'll be fine here..." Megumin replied as she backed down.

The redhead shrugged before turning in the Destroyer's direction.

"O-Oi! You're serious, aren't-"

"Shirou! Wait! I'm coming with you!" Wiz called out.

"Uh... sure, you don't mind I carry you the same way as Kazuma, right?"

"I-I don't... but... can you carry me on your back instead?"

"Well..." the redhead sighed inwardly before he crouched in front of Wiz and had her on his back. "Hang tight you two, we're taking the fun way to the Destroyer now."

"F-F-Fun!? You call jumping from this height fun!?" Kazuma retorted with a pale face.

Shirou then reinforced his limbs before he jumped from the wall, ignoring Kazuma and Wiz's yelling.

"T-That guy is nuts!"

"Holy shit! Did he just jump from this height!?"

"He was even carrying the shopkeeper and his party leader!"

"Are you sure his job is adventurer!?"

As Shirou landed on the ground, he dashed forward to the Destroyer at high speed, surprising Darkness who could only hear Kazuma's yelling alongside Wiz's.

As he got closer to the Destroyer, the redhead jumped to its head and continued until he reached the top of the body. He put down Kazuma and Wiz before a rain of swords literally rain down on the Golems waiting for them, killing them all with no mercy.

"Damn dude, you're making this an easy mode right now..." Kazuma whistled in amazement as he followed Shirou and Wiz.

"Truly, that was a very incredible magic that you have there, Shirou... You don't even look exhausted after making a sword that big..."

Shirou gave them a wry smile.

"Trust me, I'm almost out of juice right now..."

Then, he pushed the two doors and the trio got inside the building. In there, they found a skeleton of a man in the middle of a chamber that looked like a control room for the Destroyer. They had also found a diary about the skeleton's life and turns out, this skeleton was the one who made the Destroyer in the first place and destroyed the country he resided.

Behind the corpse, the trio could see the power source of the Destroyer called Coronatite.

Shirou wanted to slash the container open, but Kazuma told him to leave the matter to him since he hadn't had any action today. Shirou nodded and Kazuma used Steal on the Coronatite, pulling it out of its container. Unfortunately for the Japanese young man, the Coronatite was impossible to hold without tools, resulting in his hand suffering third-degree burns. Wiz had cast Freeze magic on Kazuma's hand for a temporary healing measure until they could see Aqua again. Kazuma even pleaded to Shirou not to tell Aqua about this matter or she wouldn't stop talking about it for a long time.

Shirou agreed and the three returned their attention to the Coronatite which was glowing brighter.

"Er... I think this is the best time for you to use your teleport magic, Wiz..."

Shirou called out.

"Y-Yes...but since I spent most of my mana for charging the Explosion magic that we didn't get to use...I don't have enough left..." Wiz lied through her teeth as she shyly glanced at the redhead. "I-I-I can restore some of my mana if I take some from you using my skill, Drain Touch..."

"Oh, sure. You can take them if you-"

Before Shirou could finish what he wanted to say, Wiz had already jumped on him and locked her lips with the redhead's.

"Whoa..." Kazuma gulped at how the woman was wrapping her arms around his friend's neck and at the sound the two made before Wiz let go of the redhead's lips with a trail of saliva on the corner of her lips.

"Thank you... Shirou..." Wiz said as she licked her lips.

"N-No problem..."

The two then turn at the Coronatite.

Wiz only stared at it, before Shirou put a hand on her shoulder.

"Is there something wrong, Wiz?"

"So... I actually just remember one thing..." Wiz said anxiously.

"What is it? Don't tell me you can't teleport this thing?" Kazuma followed up.

"N-no, it's not that. I-it's actually the places that I can teleport to are the capital and such, all densely populated..."

Kazuma and Shirou deadpanned at the Lich.

"B-But I do have a spell called random teleport...which will send it to an unspecified destination..."

"Unspecified Destination...That's a rather dangerous gamble..." Shirou muttered out.

"Oh, who cares!?" Kazuma yelled out. "Don't you see the color is getting brighter!? It's a big world out there! There's gotta be a better chance of it landing somewhere deserted! I'll take full responsibility if anything happens! Just do it, Wiz!"

"...Kazuma... I think you're setting a heavy flag for yourself..."

"You'll have my back if it indeed happens, right, partner?"

Shirou shrugged before giving him a smile and said.

"Please, do it then, Wiz."

"R-Right! Teleport!"


With all that done, Shirou carried both Wiz and Kazuma off of the Destroyer heading back to the wall. But since they only removed the power source and didn't handle the part where the heat was trying to get out, the carapace of the Destroyer was about to blow apart.

Luckily, or not, since Wiz still had a lot of magical power to spare, she cast Explosion magic at the Destroyer, destroying it into nothing.

"...Didn't you say that you only have enough for one teleport when you drained Shirou, Wiz?" Kazuma asked with a deadpan look at the Lich.

"What do you mean, Kazuma?" Megumin asked. "Wiz here drained Shirou?"

"Yeah, she kissed him on the lips, saying that she needed Mana to teleport the Coronatite to somewhere else..."

Megumin narrowed her eyes at the shopkeeper.

"Huh... I didn't feel anything when Wiz wanted to have some mana from me back then..." Shirou turned to Wiz who was blushing furiously.

"She's just using that excuse to steal a kiss! not your mana!" Megumin supplied angrily.

"U-uh...I've got something to do back at my store, so bye! Teleport!"

In that instance, Wiz disappeared from everyone, presumably returning to her store using Teleport magic.

"T-That thieving cat!" Megumin cried out.

Yunyun who had regained some of his mana approached Kazuma, Megumin, and Shirou.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Wiz used an excuse to restore her mana by kissing Shirou on the lips while she still had some mana left to spare..." Kazuma supplied an answer to another Crimson Demon girl.

Yunyun immediately froze in her spot after she heard that. She didn't say anything, but her shoulders could be seen trembling.

"Er...guys? Let's head back to the guild, they have been calling for us."

""SHUT UP/BE QUIET SHIROU!"" yelled the girls.

"Y-Yes, ma'am..."

Kazuma then walked to Shirou's side and whispered in excitement.

"You know...just ignore them, and since there's no way for us to check the mansion today, we can visit the store later!"

"Right, Aqua-sama couldn't possibly put a barrier on a public place, that means we can have them come without worrying about anything!"

The two Japanese boys shook hands before they got down from the gate's wall leaving the two fuming Crimson Demon girls alone.


Enjoy!

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