A dark gloomy castle, in lands far away from Axel, surrounded by a dark barrier, inside was an old-looking man sitting on a throne, grey hair on his head and a long grey beard
"Did you do as I ordered?" said the man
"Remember, I'm not working under you, I'm just doing you and me a favour, and it's to get rid of that brat named Gohan" replied a green-looking humanoid creature, (Authors note: I'm not gonna say who, but green looking narrowed down you guys chances of 3 people that I might use, Bojack, cell, and hachiyak, I recently watched that movie so I enjoyed his character, good luck guessing!)
"Of course, anyway, I'm talking about if you attacked the castle during that boy's attack?" replied the old-looking man
"I did quickly and swiftly, I saw that they held his execution yesterday" replied the green creature
"So he died?" asked The old man
"You know how strong I am, so for me to chase a boy like that, do you honestly think these petty human executions will be enough for him? He was stronger than me, so for them to kill him, it'd take much more than a silly weak blade" replied the green creature
"Certainly interesting…" said the old man looking thoughtful
"Their journey is certainly eventful as well, they look to be having fun…. It disgusts me." said the creature
"Let's not be hasty, We will meet in due time, and we will fight in due destiny, we should only keep the city under control," said the old man as he pointed to Belzerg
"That's easy enough," said the creature
Gates of Axel
"Explosion! Explosion! La la la!" sang both Kazuma and Megumin sang as they both skipped and jumped
'Despite our situations, my daily routines continued with Megumin' Kazuma thought
"Explosion!" screamed Megumin, as she launched an explosion at the castle of Dullahan
"On snowy days," said Kazuma, and then we see Megumin launching another explosion in the vastness, "-Losion!" she yelled
"On rainy days," he said again, as Megumin launched another explosion, "-Sion!" she yelled as she then fell face first
"On peaceful afternoons even," said Kazuma as Megumin prepared to launch an explosion on a lake, "-Ion!" she yelled, and a big explosion erupted from the lake, a rainbow then appeared
"What do you think of this beautiful rainbow? I rate it 120 points!" said a fallen Megumin
Kazuma appeared to be crying under the rainbow, 'What the hell am I doing?!' thought Kazuma
At the guild
The group of 4 were sitting at the table while the rest of the guild was drinking
"Come on! Bring the drinks!" said an adventurer
"Keep em coming!" said another
While they were sitting at the table, their stomachs rumbled, "Tomorrow we're going to the dungeon" said Kazuma
"No, we aren't* replied Megumin quick
"Yes we are," said Kazuma, getting irritated
"We can't go do a dungeon! I'm practically useless during dungeons! I can't use explosion magic during dungeons! Without explosion magic, I'm a normal citizen!" she yelled teary-eyed
"Remember when you joined us, you said you'd carry our bags or whatever?" said Kazuma
"Was she that desperate?" asked Gohan
"Hey, can't we wait for Darkness?" said Aqua
"Yeah, Darkness has been gone for a while now," said Gohan
"Listen to me!" said Kazuma as he slammed his hand on the table which startled Aqua, "We've got as much debt as some countries! If we don't do something about it, we'll starve to death!" said Kazuma
"Even if I work hard to fold all these milk cartons and being paid more? Even if I keep selling those vegetables nonstop?" asked Aqua
"These part-time and side jobs will not get us the money we need!" said Kazuma as he then slammed a quest paper
"That's right, our debt is big, so we couldn't do side jobs our entire lifespans and still pay it off," said Gohan
"Keele's dungeon?" said Aqua, "Isn't that dungeon that was thoroughly explored," she asked
"It was," said Luna as she walked up to them,
"Oh, Luna! It's been a while hasn't it?" said Gohan with a small wave
"It has! Anyway, the reason this dungeon was posted again, is there was another pathway that was accidentally found, the guild originally planned a search party for this dungeon" Informed Luna
"But I told her she should let us have a crack at it first," said Kazuma
"I see, an unsearched pathway, would mean there are undiscovered treasures," said Gohan
"Treasure?!" said Aqua in a loud voice
"What? You guys talking about a score?" asked a drunk Dust
Kazuma then got up, "It's nothing important," he said as he gave Dust a ticket to the succubus shop
"This expires tonight," said Dust with a small frown
"Use it well," said Kazuma with a smirk
"Heh" laughed Dust as he took the ticket and walked away, with Kazuma saluting him, 'This is our opportunity to make money, I won't let anyone ruin it!' he yelled internally
Konosuba!
Outside the dungeon walls the group were standing in front of the entrance
"For a beginners dungeon, it's annoyingly far from the city," said an irritated Aqua
"A place this far away, I could blow anything I want!" said Megumin
"Don't do it, we're going underground " said Kazuma who then turned his head towards her, seeing her readying her staff
"Seriously don't do it," said Gohan, Kazuma All the while, was choosing his equipment for this dungeon
"Ahem! This dungeon was built by an ancient great wizard, do you think he's hiding here?" said Megumin
"Who knows, it's gotta be hard to rest in peace while people dig around your place all the time," said Kazuma
"I'll head in first, you guys stay here," said Kazuma as he prepared his items
"I'll stay with Megumin and Chomusuke, in case something happens outside" said Gohan
With Kazuma and Aqua inside, Kazuma was going down the stairs in the darkness, 'I learned the thief skills, 'Enemy detection' and 'Lurk', these allow me to notice any enemies in the dungeon' thought Kazuma, 'Then there's foresight, with it, I'll be able to see in the dark ' he thought
"Hey, hey, can you really see in the dark?" asked Aqua
"Yes, I can, did you not hear me the first time? You're the one who followed me, despite not being able to do anything in the darkness" retorted Kazuma
"Have you forgotten who I am? The archpriest was just an alter ego" said Aqua, "Go ahead, state my real class," she continued
"Debt Goddess?" asked Kazuma in a sarcastic tone
"No! It's a water goddess! Regardless of my usual behaviour, I am still a goddess! I may have lost some power, living between these mortals, but I still have godlike or 2 techniques at my disposal, I may not be omniscient, but a little darkness is nothing" said Aqua, quite irritated, until she noticed a treasure chest, she went to open it, to find nothing there, "Man, these are empty" she said
'She might be able to see in here, but there's no telling what her bungling might cause,' thought Kazuma, as Aqua then proceeds to fall, a sly "Ow" escaping her mouth
"Besides, in dungeons, there are a lot of undead and they tend to follow the living by detecting their life force, so your 'Lurk' skill won't work on the undead, so I just had to follow you!" explained Aqua, she then continued to walk forward, "Treasure, treasure, la la la! Treasure" she sang
'I have a really bad feeling about this!' thought Kazuma with nervous sweat all over his face
Outside of the dungeon, Megumin was practising her lines in front of Gohan and Chomusuke,
"My power… My weapon?... My madness? Yes! Let my madness manifest! Explosio-" she was cut off
Konosuba!
"This is it," said Kazuma as he checked the map, his hand resting on a door, he then pushed in a block and the door opened up
"Oh? This is the entrance to the new path? I bet it's littered with treasures" said Aqua who was holding a lamp
"it would be trouble if it wasn't," said Kazuma as he entered, the path led to more stairs, and there were monsters that appeared in the dark, while Kazuma and Aqua were walking down the stairs, a monster let out a roar, it freaked both Aqua and Kazuma out
"Hey, if my eyes aren't deceiving me, it looks like you're shaking in fear with every step," said a scared Aqua
"You're scared every time there was any little noise you heard" retorted Kazuma
"Even in here, I can run away, just tell me if you detect any monsters, and don't think you can get away with touching my butt, either," said Aqua
"You wanna know what I'm thinking about right now? I'm thinking of how plausible it would be to ditch you down here in the dungeon" said Kazuma, and then they both stopped walking
"Oh, Kazuma! You're such a joker, Tee hee" said Aqua as she giggled
"Aqua, you dummy! Haven't you known me long enough for now that you would know if I'm joking or not?" asked Kazuma as he giggled a little as well, he then stopped giggling and suddenly got serious
"Hey, something is coming, my Enemy detection is picking it up," said Kazuma he then jerked his hand backwards
"What? What's that? Are you showing me those shadow puppets? Ok, put the lights on, Forget the silly foxes and rabbits, I'll show you a perfect mobile fortress destroyer" said Aqua
"That's not it! The gesture meant "An enemy is coming, let's run away!" said Kazuma, as he explained it to Aqua, a foxlike demon attacked them from behind
Konosuba!
Kazuma was laying on the ground next to his sword, while Aqua was holding onto the wall with her butt tooted up while she was crying
"What the hell was that? I could see it with foresight, but I couldn't make out its look" said Kazuma out of breath
"It's a low-level demon called Gremlin, you find those in dungeons like these," said Aqua as she stopped herself from sobbing, the demon was knocked out dead
"So you really can see well in the dark," said Kazuma
"As clear as daylight" replied Aqua
"You said before that you'd heard me rustling while sleeping in the stables.." said Kazuma in a low tone
"I didn't see what, once I heard you rustling, I turned to the other side," said Aqua
"Thank you for that, Aqua sama," said Kazuma, seemingly relieved of worries, a small blush on his face
They continued walking down different rooms, Kazuma hit his head and he knelt in some kind of fear
While they were walking to the next room, they heard an extremely loud hiss and turned to look for it with scared faces
And then they were in a room full of rocks(?) they were checking the corner in case nothing jump scares them
They were walking for a long time, and suddenly Kazuma stopped as he felt something atop his foot, he looked down to see a dead adventurer's body, a skeleton, and then he went "Phwaaahh" with a loud yell, he then realized it was just a dead skeleton
"Oh, it's just a dead adventurer's corpse," he said until he fully calmed down, "So someone did make it this far before" he stated, he inspected the dead body, "I wonder what's up ahead," he said
"Kazuma, wait a minute," said Aqua as she knelt near the corpse, "Oh, you lost soul who died with unfulfilled ambitions, Go, rest in peace," she said, as a blue light appeared from her hands, the blue light slowly but surely disintegrated the corpse, "That should do it," she said as she stood up
"Aqua, you're acting weird today," said Kazuma
"I can't believe you went "Phwaaah" and everything, after playing thought and coming alone, you go "Pwaaah" " replied Aqua as she laughed at Kazuma
'Maybe I should ditch her here' he thought with an angry voice
Outside with the rest
"Haaaaaah, Burst forth! Explosion!" yelled Megumin as she pointed her staff at Gohan and Chomusuke
"Nyah" they both yelled in raspy, sarcastic agony as they fell to the ground, dead
Back with Kazuma and Aqua, they were in a room, with Aqua drawing an arrow sign towards the door
'Usually, this kind of place needs trapping, watching for monsters, and mapping everything, what we're doing seems like heresy, the kind of people who take dungeons seriously' thought Kazuma
They continued searching the drawers, "Tch, nothing here" said Kazuma, he couldn't find anything worthy in those drawers
"Hey, Kazuma ( Yes, Kazuma here) when you put it like that, you make me feel like a burglar," said Aqua
"Don't say that, I'm feeling kinda guilty about it myself" replied Kazuma
Aqua then suddenly got up, and ran to the other side of the room, "Look! There's a treasure chest! We did it" said Aqua in pure happiness as she went to the chest
"Idiot, Stop!" said Kazuma as he stopped Aqua, "Don't you know when treasures are left in the open like this…" he continued, then activated his Enemy detection, "Sure enough, my enemy detection is picking something up," he said, he then knelt to the ground and threw a rock at the chest, and sure enough, a big mouth erupts from the wall and eats the rock, and then spits out the chest back out
"Now that I remember, they did tell me to watch out for dungeon mimics, some of them even disguise as humans to prey on monsters," said Aqua with a terrified face, when was just going to die had Kazuma not stopped her
"Monsters too?! Disgusting" said a disgusted Kazuma, 'Struggles of natural selection show even in dungeons, this world is truly rough' he thought with a disappointed time
Darkness' home
"S-Stop it! Don't! You can't! Trying to put me in such shame! I'll kill you!" yelled Darkness, as she tried to resist the people who are forcibly doing something to her
Back with Kazuma and Aqua, Aqua is using turn undead on many undead, proof of that is the souls roaming around, "Turn undead" she said as she purified more undead, "Oh, lost souls who wander this dark dungeon, you may rest in peace now" she said as a blue circle surrounded her
'Somethings weird with Aqua today, she looks like a goddess you can take out in public and not be ashamed of!' thought Kazuma with his mouth agape at Aqua's ability, he was then startled by an undead attacking him, "Aah! Master!" he yelled, "Turn undead!" yelled Aqua as she then purified the monster that was about to kill Kazuma,
Then another bunch of monsters attacked "MASTER!" he yelled again, and Aqua purified them, "Turn undead,", then it happened once more,
"Turn undead! Turn undead! Turn undead! Turn undead! Nature's beauty!" said Aqua as she used her party trick in the middle of purifying the undead, "God blow!" yelled Aqua as her attack purified all of the undead that was currently attacking them
Outside, while Gohan and Chomusuke were playing dead, Gohan suddenly felt immense malicious energy, "What?!" he said as he got up suddenly, startling Megumin
"What? What's wrong?" she asked, and she was met with silence, Gohan was looking around until he identified where it was
"Why don't you show yourself, since you're terrible at hiding," said Gohan, shouting at a tree
"Sharp as ever I see," said a cloaked man as he flew up for a tree, "Hello, Son Gohan, we meet yet again" said the man
"Who are you?" said Gohan with a serious face, Megumin was holding on to Chomusuke, "Who's that?" asked Megumin
"Bad news, Megumin, you have to stay far from here, he's dangerous," said Gohan as he turned his head towards Megumin
"Let's not be haste, Son Gohan, me and you, will not fight yet, our time has yet to come, I only came here, to see you with my own eyes, and to my dismay, you look just like before." said the man
"I don't know who you are, But I won't let you get away from here, you came for something," said Gohan, there's no way a guy with that much malicious aura just came to see him
"You're right, I originally came here…" said the man before appearing in front of Gohan, "For a fight." he finished as he kneed Gohan in the stomach
"Guugh" spurted Gohan as he spits out blood and bile,
"Gohan!" yelled out Megumin, "Meow," said Chomusuke in shock
'Damn! I didn't even see him move' said Gohan as he got up and tried to attack the man, only to see he hit nothing but air, "I can't tell if it's you, who got weaker, or me who got stronger" said the man with an evil smile to him, he then smashed his elbow into Gohans back
"Unfortunately, Son Gohan, our time here is done," said the man as he then disappeared into thin air
"Gohan! Are you okay?" asked Megumin as she ran towards him, he was knocked out cold by that attack
"Who was that?" asked Megumin to no one specifically, she had a sweat drop on her cheek, "He beat Gohan just like that?" she said
"Meow" replied Chomusuke who was also watching over Gohan
With Kazuma and Aqua, after Aqua has purified all the undead, she was sniffing around for more undead
"There's nothing here," said Kazuma
"That's weird, I smell something," said Aqua as she bent on a wall for support, only for the wall to vanish in a blue light and reveal an entrance
"Is one of you, an arch-priest?" said a person, or rather an undead, he was sitting on a throne with one of his eyes glowing red
"I am Keele, I built this dungeon and I kidnapped the daughter of a noble," said Keele
The story begins way back, in a king's castle
"Great wizard Keele, for your heroics to the kingdom, I shall grant you one wish," said the king
"any, one wish? Well, I wish for my beloved to no longer suffer, but to be happy" said Keele
The princess who had brown hair and green eyes for a match, gasped, then blushed in teary eyes
"So I say that to him, and run off with her," said the present Keele as we return to the current timeline
"in other words, you're not an evil wizard, but a good one?" asked Kazuma as he held off Aqua, the way she was moving, you wouldn't tell the difference between her and a zombie
"I used to be after I proposed to her she immediately accepted," said Keele, "While we were eloping, I found myself facing off the entire kingdom" he continued, "Oh, these were the glorious days" he finished
"Oh! By the way, this is her now" said Keele as he ushered to a dead body, Aqua was already looking at it, "Look at her, doesn't she have the most beautiful Clavicle" he said as he did a weird dance (I don't even know what he was doing there) chanting 'beautiful'
"I don't even know what to say," said Kazuma
"She managed to pass on in peace," said Aqua as she looked towards Kazuma
"That being the case, I have a favour to ask," said Keele
"A favour?" asked a confused Kazuma
"Yes, will you please purify me? This priest girl has enough power to do so, right?" he asked
While Aqua was drawing the magic circle (?) Keele was next to his wife's bed, looking at her
'Looks like this guy was heavily injured while protecting his lady, and despite being a lich, I thought this lich was a cool guy' thought Kazuma, a kind of sombre look at the man turned lich
"Everything is set up now," said Aqua as she got up
"Ah, thank you so much for this, unfortunately, undead can't do something as surreal as killing themselves, I just waited until I decayed, until I sensed a tremendous holy power, It woke me up from my slumber" Keele explained himself, he gave a light giggle, which Aqua returned
Keele then stood in the middle of the circle with Aqua standing in front of him, she then extended her arm forward, "Arch wizard Keele, who forsook the gods will, and willingly turned into a lich, in the of the water goddess, your sin is forgiven" said Aqua
'Who the hell is this?' asked Kazuma internally, Aqua was way off her usual behaviour
"When you go, you'll meet a goddess with unnaturally large breasts, named Eris, if you don't mind the age difference or the trappings of man and woman, then ask her in meeting your beloved yet again, I'm sure she'll allow it," said Aqua
"Thank you so much," said Keele with a smile, and then both his and his wife's bodies started to disintegrate slowly, 'Dear wife, I'm coming soon' thought Keele with an even wider grin
"sacred turn undead," said Aqua then both Keele and his wife's bodies disintegrated into blue light
After he was gone, Kazuma said, "Let's go back"
'With the treasure Keele gave us, we left' he thought, "Hey Aqua," he called out
"Yes?" answered Aqua
"That guy said he woke up because he sensed immense holy power," Kazuma reminded Aqua
"Yeah?" she said in a thoughtful tone
"We didn't run into these undead because of you? Did we?" asked Kazuma
Aqua's eyes widened in shock, "I-I-I don't think…. That's… the case…" she said in a doubtful tone, Kazuma then started to walk faster, "Now that I remember, when Dullahan summoned his knights, didn't they go after you?" asked Kazuma, his tone now a bit darker
"H-Hey Kazuma, why are you walking faster? Shouldn't we stay together in case a monster attacks?" asked Aqua
Before Kazuma could start walking, Aqua held onto him, "You're planning to ditch me down here! I won't allow that to happen" she said with urgency in her voice
"Let go!" said Kazuma
"You can't make it out of here, without me to fight those undead" said Aqua, "Please don't leave me down here!" she said, about to cry
"So you did attract those undead monsters to us!" said Kazuma as he tried to escape from her good grasp
"Don't leave me! There are other monsters in here too!" she said before a large hiss came from behind them, they turned around to see a huge number of monsters running after them, Kazuma took a good look, before…
"Lurk," said Kazuma as he disappeared from Aqua…
"Wait! Why did you use Lurk only on you? Kazuma! Cut the cruel jokes! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done it! So please use lurk on me as well! Please, I'm sorry! Kazuma-Sama!" yelled a crying Aqua
Konosuba!
Outside, Kazuma and Aqua finally made it, as they caught their breath, Aqua fell on the ground tired, "Kazuma!" yelled Megumin in a hurry, Kazuma looked on to see a knocked-out Gohan,
"Oh no! What happened here?!" asked Kazuma, worry latched onto his voice
"Some guy in a cloak attacked us while you were in there, he looked to know Gohan, so he attacked and he was too strong for Gohan!" explained Megumin with worry as she watched out for Gohan
'A person who could knock out this guy?! That's real bad news' thought Kazuma with worry, before suddenly….
"Megumin!" yelled Gohan as he jumped up, with sweat all over his face, "Where is Megumin?!" he asked seemingly to no one as he turned his head around multiple times, "Ahem" coughed Kazuma, Gohan suddenly jerked his head to his behind, to see Megumin sitting on the ground with Kazuma next to her and Aqua next to the gate, seemingly out cold
"Oh, thank god, I kept having those terrible nightmares of that guy killing you off multiple times, while I was powerless to do anything" said Gohan, after releasing a sigh and relaxedly sitting down next to them,
"Sounds rough, who attacked you guys?" asked Kazuma
"I don't know, he looked like he knew me, judging from his attacking style. He seems like he already knows how to fight me advantageously" said Gohan with a thoughtful look, "Regardless, what happened here?" asked Gohan as he pointed to Aqua
"She was being catnip to the undead, I decided to leave her but I changed my mind last minute and we ran together" explained briefly Kazuma
"It was all your fault!" said Aqua as she suddenly got up,
"It's not my issue those undead monsters keep following you!" said Kazuma
"It's not my fault I was born with overflowing, divine, vital energy, or what? Do you expect me, a Goddess, to lower my holy aura to that of Kazuma, the shut-in NEET?" asked Aqua
"She's not even a bit guilty about it, You could take a lesson of spiritual energy from those two!" said Kazuma as he pointed at Aqua
"You're telling me, a goddess to take a lesson from a pair of undead couple" retorted Aqua
Konosuba!
At the guild، after Megumin and Aqua took a bath they went to the guild to eat
"Cheers!" they said as they clink their glasses
"This proves taking risks is worthy, even if they seem unlikely" said Megumin a bit happy
"And it's all thanks to me! We should split the winnings 9:1 " said Aqua
"Idiot, this is gonna go to our debt," said Gohan as he drank his orange juice,
"Even so, today we can at least order refills, right? Excuse me! Keep the drinks coming!" yelled out Aqua
"I didn't do anything, so I don't feel like I deserve this," said Megumin, she then tried to drink a glass, but Kazuma grabbed it away
"You're too young to drink" yelled Kazuma
"Ah! Not fair! Come on let me drink a little!" said Megumin in a desperate voice as Kazuma drank both his and Megumin's cups
Yunyun was outside watching the group bicker, Gohan noticed her, and she noticed him noticing her, as she let out an "Ah" in surprise,
Inside, after Gohan noticed Yunyun, he put his hand around Kazumas shoulder and whispered in his ear, "I'm gonna leave for a bit alright? I'll be back quick" said Gohan, before Kazuma could ask why, Gohan disappeared,
"Huh, where did Gohan go?" asked Megumin,
"He said he had to go somewhere, I don't know where though," said Kazuma
Outside, Yunyun was about to leave, when she hit something as hard as a wall, "ouch", She let out, and before she could hit the ground, someone grabbed her by her waist,
"Sorry, Guess I surprised you," said Gohan with a sheepish smile and a sweat drop
"H-How did you get here so fast?!" she asked Surprised, blushing as well, she realized he was grabbing her from the waist down
"I'm fast on my feet, I guess, anyway, what're you doing here?" asked Gohan
"I-i….. I'm spying on my rival, I have to learn her weak points better!" she said, with unconvincing smugness,
"Really? You're here to spy on Megumin? Then I'll go tell and leave you here" said Gohan as he prepared to leave,
"W-W-Wait! No, don't tell her!" said Yunyun with an embarrassed blush on her face, light red
"Will you tell me the real reason you're here then?" asked Gohan
"I-I…" she stuttered, and then she let out a sigh, "I-i wanted to join you, but I have no friends here, I'd just be wandering around wasting my time" said Yunyun, with sadness in her voice
"No friends? Who said that?" asked Gohan, Yunyun then let out a "Huh?" a little surprise in her eyes,
"You got Megumin! And even if she isn't a friend, Kazuma and Aqua are! We're all your friends" said Gohan with a smile, "I just didn't ask yet…Can I be your friend?" asked Gohan with a grin
Yunyun's eyes lit up, "You… want to be my friend?" asked Yunyun, a little tear in her eyes
"Yeah, you look like a cool person, id love to be your friend!" said Gohan with a smile, a little blush on his face as well, he had some kind of affection for this girl, he doesn't know what they call that, he was smart, but conversing with people wasn't something he always excels at, he doesn't understand emotions as well as normal people do
"Yeah!" said Yunyun with small tears falling from her eyes,
"Let's go in then, shall we?" said Gohan as he patted Yunyuns head, a little blush over him, Yunyun blushed from the gesture as well, and they both went in,
"Hey, Kazuma! Do the thing!" said an adventurer as he waved a cloth around
"Oh…. Since you asked, guess it can't be helped!" he yelled as he extended his hand out, startling Luna, he then moved his fingers around in a weird way, "Steal!" he says, at the same unfortunate time, Chris enters the room, "I heard drinks were on Kazuma!" she said, before a small wind hit her, as she shielded herself from it
The underwear of a girl then appeared yet again in his hands, and the crowds of men then let out roars of glee,
"No! Give me back my panties!" yelled Chris as she blushed a blush of embarrassment, Kazuma then started to wave her panties around
Then, multiple men went around harassing maids and women saying steal, trying to steal panties, some even tried to touch Yunyun before Gohan stopped them, "T-Thanks" said Yunyun with a little blush
(Author note; I dislike making romantic scenes, I'm terrible with romance)
'I'm still in debt, we're still under suspicion, but this is kinda fun, I feel like an adventurer' thought Kazuma with a happy smile
"We're gonna drink til morning!" said Aqua, with everyone agreeing with her
Later at night, Aqua was puking while Kazuma was patting her back,
'What am I doing?! I can't keep this up' thought Kazuma with dismay
Konosuba!
The next day, at the mansion, it was snowing yet again, "Achoo!" was heard from inside
"Oh my, oh my, catching a cold now? Take care" said Kazuma with a smile
"You look pretty nasal yourself Kazuma, I'll hurry up and fix the tracksuit for you," said Aqua with a smile as well
"You're the one who got carried away and threw it into the fire," said Kazuma, then Aqua's stomach rumbled
"Oh my, Oh my, Getting hungry now?" asked Kazuma
"Well, I guess I haven't eaten breakfast yet" replied Aqua with a smile
"It is you who spent all of our money on booze yesterday," said Kazuma with a smile, seems like he was in a good mood
"That's because everyone was partying yesterday!" said Aqua as her eyes teared up and she turned around…. To see Kazuma holding a bottle of wine with pure rage in his eyes
"That…. Looks like the bottle of bubbly I hid under my bed.." said Aqua with shocked eyes
"I wonder if the pawn shop is open today," said Kazuma
"Give it to me! It's my last bottle!" she yelled in despair
As Megumin and Gohan watch them bicker, "Come to me, Chomusuke" said Megumin, as the cat jumped to her lap
"The cold has driven them insane," said Gohan, as he activated his aura yet again, warming up the entire place
"It's my last hope!" yelled Aqua as she tried to take back the bottle
"I'll sell it for cash now! If I can't I'll just drink it, maybe that'll warm me u-" Kazuma stopped as the feeling of Gohan Aura instantly washed over them, Aqua felt it too
"Woah" blurted Aqua, she then ran to hug Gohan yet again, this time with Kazuma joining in, " now I know why they keep hugging you like that, you're super warm!" said Kazuma as he smiled with glee
"Shouldn't you guys be worried more about Darkness than money? " said Gohan, as soon as he finished his sentence a woman, that's wearing a fedora-like hat with white feathers on it, and a black and green noble dress that's revealing a big chest, and an orange bowtie, "Kazuma! Trouble, Major Trouble!" says the woman
The group looks at the women with confusion before asking, "Who are you?"
The woman was shocked at their question before suddenly…. Moaning?
'That woman is a red flag' was Gohan and Kazuma's simultaneous thought
"Hey, Kazuma, can't you save this kind of play later?" she said with a blush on her face
"That kind of behaviour…. Darkness! Is that you? We were so worried about you!" said Gohan with a smile
"Darkness! Kazuma has stripped me against my will! And he wants to sell my most intimate possession!" said Aqua crying as she rubbed her face between Darkness' boobs
Darkness let out a gasp of horror, but yet again, blush spluttered all over her face
"Hey! Word choice!" said Kazuma in irritation
"Welcome back, Darkness," said Megumin
"Oh, it's good to be back, Megumin," said Darkness
"Why'd you leave so suddenly? We were super worried about you!" said Gohan
"Well, I had to go see my family since it's been a while since I saw them face to face, also it's because I had to tell my father about that lord, they had originally planned to do another execution of Gohan," said Darkness, revealing that startling revelation
"What?! Another execution?! For what?" asked Gohan
"They just didn't trust you enough, but I told the lord I would do anything he wants if he just cancels off the execution, which brings me to my current predicament," said Darkness
"Hey, don't tell me that guy tried anything weird with you," said Gohan, he already hated that guy
"What? No! He doesn't have the guts to demand such things! It's this" said Darkness as she pulled out a picture of a young guy and gave it to Gohan
"What a handsome guy," said Gohan as he looked at the picture, he then accidentally tore the picture, "Ah! Sorry!" said Gohan
"What're you doing!" yelled Darkness
"My hands… moved on their own. Sorry" said Gohan with a small frown on his face
Konosuba!
Aqua was somehow fixing the paper with… rice?
"So the handsome guy in the picture was the lord's son?" asked Gohan
"Yeah, in exchange for him not arranging that execution, he asked for an arranged marriage with his son," said Darkness, "The reason I was away for so long, is because I tried to prevent it" she continued, "My father doesn't hold aldarp (the lord) in high regard, but he thinks highly of his son, he's the most excited about that idea," said Darkness as she started to shy away, "Please come with me! And help me convince him!" she finished
Aqua then came up and gave the picture to Kazuma, "Here you go! Good as new, right?" she said with a smile
"How come you are so versatile when it comes to things like this?" said Kazuma, with a little disappointed look, 'It's true… if we don't do something, our valued crusader will be married off… our valued…' thought Kazuma, he then looked at Darkness, who was thanking Aqua, 'Shes going to leave? Our crusader who can't land a single hit…. Will leave?!' he thought, his eyes then glowed in realization, "That's it!" he yelled as he tore apart the picture
Konosuba!
Aqua held the torn picture in her hands, balling her eyes at it
"What do you mean I should accept the arranged marriage?!" asked Darkness
"Don't you care that she won't adventure with us any longer?!" asked Megumin
"I will not allow that to happen! We need Darkness, other than me, she's the only other one I can fully trust in protecting the group!" said Gohan, a bit irritated at Kazuma's suggestion
"Listen, she should only accept because if she doesn't, it'll make that lord even less reasonable than he already was," said Kazuma
"But if he's already unreasonable, why try and change that? There's a chance that he won't hold his part of the deal, regardless of what Darkness might do!" argued Gohan
"Hold on, you didn't let me finish, I was going to say she should accept it, but then ruin it!" said Kazuma
"Bu-" Darkness was cut off by Kazuma yet again
"Without ruining your family's name" he finished
"That's it, let's do that!" said a gleeful Darkness, "if that works, I won't have to slap my father silly, every time he brings up the subject of marriage!" she continued, a look of determination facing a deadpanning Gohan and Kazuma
'I feel bad for your father/old man' was their concurrent thoughts
"Son Gohan, is Son Gohan here?" yelled out Sena as she approached the group with guards
"What is it now?" asked Gohan, Sena was a cool person, but her constant questioning and appearances like that make her shallow
"There are strange monsters in the vicinity of the town, know anything about that?" she asked
"What would I know about monsters?" said Gohan
"You'll accompany us at once," said Sena
"He can't, one of our precious comrades are facing a grave crisis, we cannot ignore it!" retorted Megumin
"Megumin," said an embarrassed Darkness (at least I think it was embarrassment )
"Hey, Hold on," said Kazuma, trying to calm everyone down, 'Wait, Aqua I can manage, but Megumin is weirdly smart about certain things, and so is Gohan, I'll have to get rid of them both' Kazuma thought, he needed to get them busy, so the marriage with Darkness can be successful
"Megumin," called out Kazuma as he put his hand on her shoulder, she turned her head towards him in sequence, "You should go, Leave Darkness and Aqua to me, a large number of monsters is a perfect problem to your explosion magic," said Kazuma
"Bu-" Megumin was about to question why, but he put his finger to block her mouth, "You're the only one who can do this," he said, with charm detectable on his face
"I'm the only one?!" said a shocked Megumin, "We're gonna leave it to you, ultimate arch wizard!" continued Kazuma with a thumbs up, "You too Gohan, you should go with her in the unlikely situation where something bad would happen, so you could protect her," said Kazuma
"I refuse, I have full confidence in Megumins ability, I don't need to be there to protect her, also I have to be with you guys, Darkness potentially leaving and never coming back is more important." Immediately countered Gohan, he knows of Kazumas manipulation, he'll do everything he can so things can work out
"Sorry Kazuma, you might have tricked Megumin but it won't work on me." finished Gohan, to see Kazumas look of absolute dismay,
'Tch, I knew he was smart, but this is too much for me' thought out Kazuma, "Alright, but if Megumin gets injured, it'll be all on you" said Kazuma, already trying to blame Gohan, 'This is surely going to convince him'
"That's fine with me, I'm sure she won't get injured, as you said, she's the only one who can do this," said Gohan as he smiled towards Megumin
Megumin blushed at such words of encouragement, "This time, I'll prove its power!" she said as she walked off with Sena and the guards
Kazuma frowned at Gohan, only to be met with a smile, 'Is he trying to stop me from sending off Darkness?' thought Kazuma with a small sweat drop to himself
Konosuba!
Within Darkness' mansion, ( more like a castle to be honest)
"Really? You're willing to answer the meeting, lalatina?" asked Darkness' father
"Yes, Father, I, lalatina, had decided to attend this meeting" replied Darkness, with Aqua, Kazuma and Gohan giggling at the name
"And these are?" asked the father
"These are-" was about to reply Darkness before Gohan cut her off
"Hello, Mr dustiness, My name is Son Gohan, your daughter's friend, these are Aqua and Satou Kazuma, we have come here to serve as temporary servants for the meeting," said Gohan, a little bow from him
'What the hell?!' was the group's thoughts about what Gohan just said, he was very oddly polite
"Ah, well, I thank you for taking care of my daughter," replied Darkness' father with a smile
"It's my utmost pleasure," said Gohan
"Well, why don't you go inside and get ready? The guest is nearly arriving" said the father
In the dressing room, Kazuma and Aqua were done dressing up like a butler and maid
"You know Aqua, this maid look suits you better, maybe you can serve something," said Kazuma
"I have to say the same Kazuma, the NEET who's trying so hard to be a decent butler look suits you as well" retorted Aqua
"Heh? Very funny," said Kazuma sarcastically
"Guys, stop fighting," said Gohan, he finished wearing his butler suit, and it, rained down light on Gohan as if he was majestic or something, the suit suits his black hair
"Woah…" mouthed both Kazuma and Aqua as they admired Gohans look, "You look…. Great! It fits you perfectly!" said Aqua with a smile
"Hehe…" laughed Gohan awkwardly, as he started rubbing the back of his head, in his usual silliness
"Come on, we can't waste any more time," said Darkness, she has a new white and rose dress, and her hair was tied up in a bun
When they were in the living room waiting for the lord's son to arrive," I'm really glad that you accepted this meeting, Lalatina" said Darkness' father
"But, I accepted nothing" she replied
"Huh?" asked a confused Mr Dustiness
"That's right Father, I merely accepted this meeting, but I never accepted the marriage, I've decided it was a bit too early for me to marry," said Darkness with a scary-looking smile
"Wh-" was about to ask the father before Kazuma cut in
"Please refrain from using such language, the guest may arrive any moment," he said
"You…. Are you betraying me?" asked Darkness,
"I am but a butler, my duty is to ensure your happiness" he replied
"You…." said Darkness as she ran to Kazuma and grabbed him by the cheeks before anything else could resume, the door opened, and coming from outside, was a blonde-haired man, about a head taller than Kazuma, with formal attire befitting his noble status
"Oh… Walter-San" said Darkness' father
"So you, you are the one they intend to marry me off too!" said Darkness as she walked by fast, trying to get to the man
"Milady! Watch your step!" said Kazuma as he stepped on Darkness' dress, causing her to fall head first
Back in the corridor, Aqua, Kazuma, Darkness, and Gohan were standing there
"What are you doing Kazuma?!" asked Darkness, "Didn't we agree on stopping the marriage?" she asked again before the first was even answered
"Did you forget the part about not butchering your family's name?" replied Kazuma with a deadpan
"I don't care about my family's name! As long as I won't be married off, I can continue adventuring! I can get disinherited too!" she said,
"No, we can't just barge in and yell out we don't want marriage, Darkness, we gotta dismantle it slowly but surely" informed Gohan, he's adopted a serious look the whole time
"But I don't like guys like him! He carries himself with great self-confidence, he radiates respect, and he's a good nobleman! I want someone…. I want someone like Kazuma, who eyes me as nothing more than a toy!" she said
"I don't do that!" said Kazuma with an embarrassed blush
"This man, he has great sword skills, skills so great he became a knight at a young age" described Darkness
"That sounds great to me," said Aqua
"He's not my type! My ideal man is a man who has no self-respect, a man who abuses me and yells at me whenever a fault is committed, he can be either scrawny or fat, a man who is so weak-willed, that despite my love for him, would easily be charmed by other women! A man who always blames society for his failures and is a complete loser, I just imagine him drinking a bottle of alcohol, talking about how unfair society is, and then he throws the bottle at me and saying "Hey, Darkness, why don't you put that nasty body of yours to use and bring us money" " imitated Darkness, she then immediately moaned a moan of a pleasure
"you're a completely hopeless case," said Gohan, disappointment itched on his face
'This girl is completely hopeless!' was Kazuma and Aqua's thoughts
In a room, there was Walther, Darkness' father, and Darkness herself, with Gohan Aqua and Kazuma standing behind her
"My name is Alexie Barnes Walther" introduced Walther
"I'm Dustiness Ford Lalatina" introduced Darkness, "I will spare you from telling about my family, an upstart noble like yours-" Darkness was cut off by Kazuma using ice magic next to her ear, She let out a moan of pleasure
"Are you okay?" asked Walther
"I'm fine… it's just seeing your face makes me si-" Darkness was cut off yet again, this time by Gohan, releasing a bit of hot ki next to her ear, "EEP!" Darkness let out
"It seems milady is excited in meeting you" said Kazuma
Gohan looked at him, 'Is he still trying to get rid of Darkness?' he thought to himself
"Well, she does look a bit flushed, I'm embarrassed," said Walther, a little blush on his face
"Hey, Milady, mouth off any more and you'll get colder" whispered Kazuma to her ear
"I consider that a reward" replied Darkness
'Of course, that would come from you' thought Kazuka with a deadpan
"Hahaha, it looks like I'm on the way here, why don't you guys go around the garden for a walk?" advised Darkness' father
In the garden, while Walther, Darkness, Gohan and Kazuma were walking, Aqua decided to do a trick, she whistled, then clapped her hands, and as soon as that happened, multiple fishes appeared in front of her in the lake
'How did she do that? That's amazing!' thought Gohan with starry eyes
'I should have her teach me that!' said Kazuma, starry-eyed as well
"So what're your hobbies?" asked Walther
"Well I like goblin hunt-" she was cut off as she was nudged by Gohan, Walther noticed that
"You guys seem like friends," he said
"We do everything together, we eat together, we sleep together….. And of course… we bathe together" she replied as she grabbed her crotch and was blushing
'Just what exactly is her shame threshold?' Gohan asked himself
"That's it! I've had enough!" said Darkness, she then proceeds to tear away the bottom half of her dress, revealing a bit of her underwear, "Hey, Walther was it? Let's go to the training hall, I will test your wits there!" said Darkness
"Hey, Darkness! Wait-!" Kazuma cut himself off as he stared at her exposed body
"See? If you're a noble, you'd have a lascivious gaze like Kazuma's!" said Darkness yelling
"Darkness, control yourself, at least not in front of another person," said Gohan
"Lady Lalatina, I am a knight, I do not hit women," said Walther
"You spineless wretch… Well, Kazuma here claims to be an advocate of gender equality, and he has no issue with drop-kicking women" she said as she pointed to Kazuma
"She's throwing your name in there dude" whispered Gohan to Kazuma with a small light grin at him
"I can see that," said an angry Kazuma
"To be honest, I came here to reject the arranged marriage, but seeing you I've changed my mind, you can be frank with words, but you still have a charming side" said Walther, which took Kazuma and Gohan by surprise
"Really? Did you come in here to reject the marriage? Sweet!" said a happy Gohan
Konosuba!
"That's enough! Haven't you gotten enough?" asked Walther with a shakey tone, while he was holding a wooden sword
"This entire time, she hasn't hit a single strike, while Walther has a clear advantage…." informed Kazuma
"I concede, my skill might be great, your strength of will was greater, you truly are a strong person," said Walther, having enough of beating on Darkness
"You spineless wretch, Fine! Kazuma, come and fight me!" yelled Darkness, ushering for Kazuma to come and battle
"No, that's enough battling for you today," said Gohan, taking on a serious look
"What?" asked Darkness
"Sorry, my lady, but you won't fight any longer, you had enough for today," said Gohan, acting like a true servant
"It's okay, I want to see the man Lalatina-San trusts so much, fight," said Walther
"Unfortunately for you, the safety of Milady matters most," said Gohan
"Yeah yeah, Gohan's right," said Aqua, also adopting a serious look
'Oh thank the gods, Gohan saved me from that lunatic' said Kazuma to himself
"Why, you!" yelled Darkness, How dare Gohan stand in her way, was what her mind was saying to her, she then rushed Gohan with her wooden sword, Gohan didn't have to dodge since she missed every single hit
"Hey, Darkness, why are you attacking me?" asked Gohan with a sweat drop as he kept back trailing
"Don't stand in my way!" she said
"You're trying to be a pervert again?!" asked Gohan, 'Does she never break character?!' he asked himself
"Hey, Darkness, calm down!" said Kazuma,
Gohan then tapped her forehead, a pressure point to be exact, which knocked her to the ground, before she hit head first, Gohan caught her by the hand
"Is she always this crazy?" asked Walther
"Not to the point of attacking, she just acts crazy," said Kazuma, deadpanning
"He knocked her out so fast though, How?" asked Walther
"He does that kind of stuff, he's crazy strong" replied Aqua
Darkness' father then came in holding a tray with tea in it, to the shocking sight of his daughter's dress was torn, and she was knocked out on the ground, Kazuma Gohan and Walther were all horrified at the sudden appearance of Lalatina's father
"They did it" Aqua immediately pointed at all 3 guys
"Alright, Execute them," said the Father
"Wait no!" yelled Gohan
Back in the private room, Darkness was out on the couch she sat in
"I see, terribly sorry for the misunderstanding, the thing is, her mother died when she was young, so I spoiled her as much as I can, but I also let her have her freedom," said the father
'I'm pretty sure it's not his fault, she's just weird' dead panned Gohan at the information revealed to him
"Don't worry about it, Mr Dustiness, Lalatina is a very nice girl" said Walther with a smile
"Kazuma San, Gohan San, please continue to take care of my daughter, make sure she doesn't do anything foolish," asked the father of them
"Don't worry, Mr, as long as I am there, Darkness will be in safe hands, isn't that right Kazuma?" asked Gohan with a smile
"Uh, Yeah…" said Kazuma
Darkness finally woke up,
"Oh you're finally awake?" asked her father
"Uh…. Is it done already?! Did he already have his way with me?!" asked Darkness
"Nobody has done anything to you, Darkness," said Gohan, with a neutral look
Darkness then looked like she got an idea, she then looked at Kazuma, "Hee hee" she giggled
'hee hee?' wondered Kazuma what she's giggling about
Darkness then stood up, holding her belly, "Father, I didn't want to tell you, I've been meaning to keep it a secret, but… I have Kazuma's child growing in me" said Darkness, with a blush visible across her face
"Hey! How could you say that about a virgin like me!" yelled Kazuma in anger
Walther started to laugh, "I see, you have Kazuma's child? Well, I'll go tell my father I rejected the arranged marriage, that'll make it more convenient for you," he said, he then subsequently left the room after he winked to Kazuma
"Ah, Yeah…" was Kazuma's reaction to Walther, 'He's a nice guy' thought Kazuma
Darkness' father was crying tears of happiness, "My grandchild, my first grandchild" he said teary-eyed
Aqua was terrified, "I didn't… know you guys… were like that…. Need to tell someone… need to tell the guys!" she said in a shaky tone
"Why did you believe her!" said Kazuma
Gohan had his mouth open in horror, his soul left his body and his body was completely white, he then fell on his back
"Son Gohan, Is Son Gohan here?!" yelled Sena as she barged in
Hope you guys enjoyed this, while writing this i was wondering something
How plausible would it be to make a dbz x genshin impact crossover, and i wanted you guys opinion in this, just drop the review asking if you want to see it or not
See ya next chapter!
