Disclaimer: Will reference some light novel stuff.

This project is manly so I can practice writing and show my love for Konosuba.

I would say this is a slice of life but might have some plot and romance.

Other than that there's not much left to say, so hopefully you all enjoy!

Chapter 5: God's Blessing on this Wonderful Blade!

It was a bit dark in my room. The sun still hadn't come up. I woke up before Megumin and kind of stared at her. She must've been having a really nice dream, she was smiling. After about 5 minutes I deciding I'd pick her up and carry her to her room. I had no idea if she was a heavy or light sleeper so this could prove to be a challenge.

I picked her up as gently as I could and stood there for a second, hoping she hadn't woken up.

I guess she's a heavy sleeper. I carried out the door and to her room. I placed her down as gently as I could and stood over her, being sure she wasn't awake. Once I was sure she was asleep I left her room and decided to sit in my room until the others woke up.

I sat on my bed, with my legs crossed, and thought about my plans for today.

Okay so I've been saving up skill points for a while now. Today I think I'm gonna put them to use. Now.. what new skill do I want to learn.. Well let's see I want a new offensive ability, since snipe doesn't cut it sometimes and pulling out a bow in close combat is a death wish. Now Wiz, and Megumin both have great offense but that takes up a lot of mana.. Ah I know!

"I'M HEADING OUT NOW EVERYONE! I'LL BE BACK BY LUNCH!" I yelled as I opened the door to the mansion. We had just finished eating breakfast, so I was heading out on my own to find YunYun. She hasn't come by in a while so maybe she's staying somewhere in Axel. I searched each hotel and motel in Axel asking if they had seen a young girl with black hair, red eyes and a rather revealing outfit but nothing. Don't tell me she went back home! If I weren't the richest where would I be… HAH!

I knocked on the sliding door to the 3rd stable on the right. "Who is it?" The barn. I should've known she'd be here.

"It's Kazuma." I said as she slid the door open.

"Kazuma! Did Megumin send you here to invite me to battle her?" She asked leaning against the wall.

"I'm doing fine thank you for asking. And No Megumin didn't send me. I just need a favor." Man she is obsessed with Megumin, isn't she?

"A favor?"

"I need you to teach me some magic!"

After she had agreed to help me out we made our way to a lake outside of Axel. There were some rather large rocks scattered along the river.

"Okay! So I'll teach you on one condition!"

A condition. Lemme guess..

"You have to get my rival, Megumin, out here to face me!"

Predictable

"Yeah I can do that for you. Now, let's get to it. What do you got?"

"Well I specialize in what's known as electrical magic. I'll teach you a basic electric based attack that's good for beginners and requires little mana. It's also super effective for killing. Here. All you have to do is stick your arm towards the ground grab your wrist and focus.." She stood there focusing for a second. Electricity began flowing through her hand. "There! It's called Lightning Blade!" I feel like I've heard that before. It even looks familiar.

"Now that's an attack I can get behind. But how powerful is it?"

"Here let me show you." YunYun replied as she dashed towards one of the boulders. She then punched the rock causing it to explode.

"I'm sold." I said pulling out my registration card and applied lightning blade to it. "Okay here I go!" I formed the stance and focused.. Lightning Blade! My hand was engulfed by a ball of electricity. I began to run towards one of the boulders.

"WAIT!"

It was too late. I had already slammed my hand into the rock. Turns out Lightning blade is one of those attacks that needs to be leveled up..

"You know YunYun you could have told me that earlier." I complained as she wrapped my hand in bandages.

"I'm soo sorry. My incompetence got you hurt, but our deal is still good, right?"

"Yeah.. it is." YunYun really is hopeless.

After she finished wrapping up my hand I ended up dumping all 20 of my skill points, that I had been stockpiling for about a month, into lightning blade. I got it to Lightning Blade IV. Max is Lightning Blade L (lvl 50)

As I was walking her back home we passed by the guild. "Oi, YunYun wanna grab a bite? My treat for you teaching me."

"Yes I would love to."

We entered the guild and ordered some food. After ordering I caught a glimpse of Aqua, Darkness and Megumin looking at the quest board. Oi are the looking for a quest without me!? They could get themselves killed. YunYun must have seen them too. She ran towards Megumin and started chatting it up with her. I decided to get up and join them.

"Oh it's Kazuma. Trying to seduce the future leader of the Crimson Magic Village, eh? Kazuma?'

Megumin teased.

"What in the world would give you that idea?"

"Meeting with her alone, inviting her to eat with you. You probably even invited to walk her home. Kazuma you aren't exactly being subtle." Or maybe she's reading to much into it. Can't I just be nice without having ulterior motives?

"More importantly what are you three doing here? Going on a quest without me?" I asked trying to drop the subject at hand.

"I wanted to go on a quest." Darkness said, stepping forward. "Are you going to viciously berate me now for doing this? Or punish me physically?" Darkness' breathing became heavy as she spoke. Why does she have to be like this?

"I'm not going to be doing any of that. So what quest do you all have in mind?"

"OOOOH THIS ONE KAZUMA!" Aqua exclaimed shoving a flyer in my face.

"AGH OKAY" I grabbed the flyer and read of the quest. "An obelisk has gone out on an important trade route between Axel and the Kingdom of Belzerg. Objective: Defend repair workers from monsters. Time: One full day. Reward: 1,000,000 Eris…" A full day for 1 million Eris…

"So? What do you think? It's perfect, right?" Aqua proclaimed

"Yeah this is fine. With my new skill this'll be a breeze."

"New skill?" Darkness and Megumin said in Unison.

"You'll have to wait 'till tomorrow to see it in action! For now we'll head home and get ready for the quest."

"If it isn't too much to ask, could I join you on your quest?" YunYun asked lightly tugging on my shirt

"Eh- Uh Yeah that's fiiine." I mean how could I say no. I know how it is to live in the barns so letting her help is a good idea. She gets money and we have to put less effort in. It's a win-win!

After finishing all our food I decided I would walk YunYun home while the others went back to the Mansion to prepare for the mission. Megumin had a point. Leader of the Crimson Demons isn't too bad of a title.

"Alright YunYun, remember to meet up with us at the guild tomorrow. Alright?"

"Yep you got it." She said with her hands behind her back."Oh yeah one more thing I need to tell you.."

"And that is?"

She leaned forward and whispered into my ears "Marriageable age" before shutting the sliding door to her room. Sometimes I forget that in this world people usually don't live past 40 years old so having kids is important.

A/N: Alright this is the longest chapter to date and I'm so proud of the work I've done so far. I would like to thank everyone who's continued to read up until this point. Next chapter will be out soon and will be entitled God's Blessing on this Wonderful Road!