The next day, after the lizard runners and the inspirational speech given by Gohan, Megumin pranked Kazuma by writing something next to his private place, you see, after the group was returning, Kazuma fell by the nearby cliff, obviously he died a silly death, and everyone was stupified beyond recognition,
"Did he…" trailed off Darkness
"I think that has to be the silliest death I have ever seen," Gohan deadpanned, "Aqua, mind using resurrection on him?"
"No problem, just get me down there so I don't suffer the same fate"
"Alright" Gohan then carried Aqua like a princess and jumped down to the cliff, next to Kazuma's body
"It's like he's born a hero," said Megumin as she was impressed by Gohan once more, his limits just don't exist
"I wonder how he got so strong?" Darkness asked herself
"You two! Can you come down here? Or do I need to carry you?" Gohan called out for Darkness and Megumin
"Yeah there's no way I can make that jump, I'm gonna need help" deadpanned Megumin
"I don't even think I can make it," Darkness told Gohan
"Alright! I'll be up there in a minute!" , "You revive Kazuma while I get them down" Gohan commanded Aqua
"Leave it to me,"
While in the afterlife, Kazuma tried to small talk Eris, wanting to talk to her more
"Do you ever get bored here?" he asked
"I don't mind the boredom, if I'm bored that means that everyone is safe, which keeps me in relief" replied Eris
Her words made Kazuma's heart flutter, 'What? What is this feeling? My heart…' Kazumas heart experienced a rush of adrenaline
"Although I don't stay here all the time, however, I do sneak up a little to the surface from time to time, that's our secret, so don't tell anyone" she winked at Kazuma
'I get it! This where my main heroine is!' his thoughts however were interrupted by Aqua
"Hey Kazuma!" she said, Kazuma deadpanned at the sudden appearance of her voice, 'Seriously?' he asked himself
"Hey, Kazuma! I cast a resurrection spell on you so you can come back now! Tell Eris to open up the gate for you" she commanded Kazuma
"Tch, I'll come back later! I want to talk with Eris Sama for a little, just keep my body safe!" replied Kazuma
"HAAAAA?! What do you mean come back later?! Hurry and level up and beat the demon king so I can return to the heavenly realm!" replied Aqua with a loud voice that had both Kazuma and Eris putting their hands over their ears
'Best the devil king, huh? Will I be able to beat him with these 4? No wait! We have Gohan! He has that freakish strength of his! Yet… I'm not sure if we can beat the devil king, even if we do I'm pretty sure this terrible world wouldn't allow us to win that easily' Kazuma thinks, seemingly reaching a decision
"Aqua, I decided that this life sucks! I wanna be reborn, so send everyone my regards!" Kazuma yelled out in reply, which startled Eris herself
"What?! What do you mean?! Hold on a minute!" said Aqua enraged by Kazuma's words
"Now if you could help me here, I would appreciate it, I don't want to be too selfish, but I wanna be born a man again, also I want a family with a pretty older step-sister and a cute younger stepsister!" he asked Eris for these conditions
"W-Wait a minute!" stuttered Eris, believing that these conditions might be a bit difficult to bring up
"hey, Kazuma! Darkness says she's gonna doodle on your face if you don't come back! She has a pen and looks really excited!" warned Aqua
"tch," Kazuma let out, 'that won't be enough to convince me '
It was dead-drop silence than before Aqua spoke up, "Megumin? Hey megumin what're you doing? What're you doing with Kazuma's clothes?" asked Aqua
"Hey stop that! What're you doing messing with dead bodies? Stop it, it's bad Karma!" yelled out Kazuma
"Kazuma! Come back! Hurry up and come back! Quick!" Aqua was in a hurry for some reason
"Hey, Aqua, stop that! Megumin! Excuse me, can you hurry and open up the gate?" Kazuma asked Eris
Eris giggled, before snapping her finger, that purple gate returning yet again, "Now, Kazuma San, I'll be praying you won't find your way here" she said as Kazuma began floating towards the gate
"Eris sama… I…" Kazuma stopped his sentence
"Have a safe trip" Eris smiled him goodbye
"I don't mind if they're padded!" Kazuma yelled before going into the gate completely
Kazuma then opened his eyes to see a teared-up Megumin sitting on top of him, seemingly buttoning back his shirt, "Hey what're you doing? Apart from your explosion obsession and your goofy name, I figured you had more common sense than I thought"
"if you have any complaints about my name then let's hear it, I did it because of your dumb joke about not coming back" replied Megumin as she stood up and turned away
Kazuma then turned his face towards Darkness who had her face buried in her hands, crying (at least I think it was crying)
Kazuma then turned towards Aqua, "Dont expect a sacred goddess like me to explain what she did" was her immediate sentiment
"Hey, seriously… what the hell did she do?" asked Kazuma
"Kazuma" Gohan said in a neutral voice, Kazuma turning his face to Gohan… To be met with a smile as bright as the sun, " Welcome back" Gohan said as he raised his palm, for a high five
"Yeah!" Kazuma replied with his own smile as he high-fived Gohan, 'Man, I feel happy with this guy, it's like his aura is just pure innocence, a child by all means' Kazuma enjoyed Gohan around, always happy unless it's something that hurt his friends, Gohan is truly like a hero mentioned in these stories and games
After they reached home, it was already nighttime, Kazuma put down the baggage he had, and Gohan ran off to the kitchen immediately, while Kazuma took a breath to relax, he then noticed Darkness around the corner, lurking, Darkness noticed Kazuma and shied away
Gohan ate large amounts of food they had in the kitchen, "Man, food always makes my day better" Gohan muffled with food in his mouth, "At least swallow the food first" deadpanned Aqua as she came in, took a bag of chips, and left for the couch
Kazuma was in the bathroom, he looked into a mirror, checking himself out, before he noticed something written on his belly, "AH!!!" he yelled super loud, he then ran to the living room
Gohan heard the yell, 'What the hell?!' he was alarmed, and ran off to the living room
Kazuma reached there first standing in front of Aqua and Darkness
"megumin! Where the hell is Megumin?!" Kazuma was angered beyond belief
"She said she would be staying at YunYun's house for a while- Ahhhhhh!!" Darkness yelled as well, this time in embarrassment, a naked man in front of her eyes
"Are we being attacked?" Gohan ran in, already in a fighting position,
"Shaddap!!" Kazuma yelled at Gohan
"Oh, Kazuma, why are you here naked?" Gohan asked
"Hey, Kazuma," called out Aqua
"What?!"
"I know self-esteem is good and all, but I have to question this self complimenting," said Aqua
"Oh be quiet! You were there when Megumin wrote this on me! Just what Are you calling holy sword Excalibur!", Words written on Kazumas belly were, "Holy sword Excalibur" with an arrow pointing towards his private part
"Woah! Do you have a sword under the towel Kazuma? I didn't know you could hide stuff there, can you show me?" Gohan asked the poor guy thought it was an actual sword that a hero used before his imminent death, saving the world
"Are you stupid?!" Kazuma pointed at Gohan, and his towel then fell off, Kazuma then let out an ah from his mouth, in surprise
Aqua laughed at the sight with pity
"That's no sword," Gohan said with disappointment etched on his face, he then left, going for bed, no longer interested in the subject and very tired
Konosuba!
Megumin was in the living room, she saw a sight she never thought she would see in 1000 lives: Kazuma and Aqua being friendly
"Here you go, Kazuma San, tea of the finest quality, ready for you," says Aqua elegantly, she gave Kazuma a teacup to drink
"Ah, thank you… Aqua" Kazuma replicates the elegance, he then drinks the teacup, "This is just hot water," he said with a smile
"oh, Silly me, I must have not noticed, how careless of me," said Aqua
"Could it be that you purified it?" he asked
"I'm ever so sorry, Kazuma San"
"It's okay, that means it just has to be remade, thank you Aqua, I'll finish this one," says Kazuma
"You guys are freaking me out!" said a horrified Megumin
Gohan came out of his room, yawning and stretching, "Oh, Megumin, did you enjoy staying with Yunyun?" Gohan asked
"Gohan…. What the hell is happening here?"
"What's happening where?" Gohan then opened his eyes, to a sight he never thought would bless his eyes, "Oh? This is definitely… weird, I have no idea what triggered this, there's a phoney sense of wealth in the air though"
Konosuba!
"I apologize for what happened yesterday! So please turn back to normal!" Megumin bowed, apologizing
"Yesterday?" Kazuma had a flashback to when he found the words written on his stomach, "Oh that? The rich have no time to quibble over something like that, regardless, do you wish to join us in tea? Megumin chan? We happen to have stumbled upon fine quality tea leaves"
Megumin started to tear up, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please turn back to normal! You're being really creepy right now!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about"
"Kazuma San, the finest tea quality is ready, again", Aqua blew a bit of air into Kazumas neck, which resulted in a bit of pleasure
He took a sip yet again, "It's hot water again, you must have purified it,"
"I'm sorry, Kazuma, how careless of me" Aqua bonked her head twice
"It's alright, it just means it has to be remade, I'll finish this as is" he smiled
Megumin saw Darkness in the background, Darkness was ushering Megumin to come here, Gohan noticed Darkness as well
"Darkness, what's going on in here? Have they lost their minds?" he whispered
Megumin nodded to her, agreeing with Gohan
"Well, you see, what happened here was.."
Flashback
"Damn! Where is Megumin? Where is she? When I find her, I'll make sure to do something that'll make someone even as tough as her break down in tears!" Kazuma yelled in anger
Darkness then blushed at the statement, "What exactly will you do that will make Megumin cry?!"
"can't you guys be any louder in the morning? Just look at me, I haven't moved since yesterday except to take a bath!" Aqua complained to Kazuma
"Shut up! I don't wanna hear a failure who always ruins our plans, speak! You were there when Megumin wrote this! Oh, I can already taste her sweet tears!" Kazuma retaliated, his anger yet to side
"Can you tell me what exactly you'll do that will make her cry?!" Darkness asked with anticipation
Kazuma then heard a knock on the door
"There she is!" he yelled as he ran towards the door, a speed he was not even sure about, "Megumin! You little-" he opened the door to not see megumin, but instead it was Vanir
"Hahaha, you thought it was the crazy explosion girl, didn't you? Well, unfortunately for you, it is I! With a shrew eyesight for business, I have come to negotiate deals with you," Vanir said as he entered the mansion
"rejoice! Prostrate yourself in joy, for I have come to your home!" he says his arms all over the air
Aqua then got up, seemingly already disgusted, "Oi, wait a minute, how did you even get here?"
"Oh, you mean that puny thing? It was incredibly weak, I thought it was a failed experiment from a fledgling priest, it seems with my immense strength, walking through it was enough to destroy it" Vanir was blatantly mocking Aqua, Aqua got up all in Vanir's face
"Oh my, it seems that barrier was enough to leave your body in this state" Aqua pointed at Vanir whose body seemed to break down, "What are you going to do, Mr Immensely strong demon? Weren't you supposed to be the duke of hell?" she then touched a bit of his body which fell off in response
Vanir then laughed once again, "This body is merely animated earth! There are countless replacements for it, I was merely interested in that barrier, after all, it was created by a fledgling priest, a human little priest" he laughed more intensely
Kazuma then got in between the two, seemingly wanting to calm them down, "Hey, let's not fight now" he flailed his Arms around
"Hey Kazuma, aren't you doing the Kotatsu and other businesses with this thing? This parasite who has to suck on human emotions to barely manage to exist? My gosh, it's so funny! I even forgot to laugh" she says as she proceeded to laugh ( •-• seriously aqua??)
"You're laughing now though?" Kazuma replied, confused by Aquas's behaviour
"We demons are particular about contracts, so rest assured, I'll be doing my end of the deal for sure, I'm not like those who say "Believe and be saved!" and seek to pray on pure hearts, gathering followers by sweet hollow promises, only to gather a tithe and scam them for their money! What was their catchphrase again?" Vanir wondered for a bit
"Oh, it was "God is always watching over you," isn't it?" Aqua looked horrified, this devil was mocking her devoted followers
"Well, I have caught a glimpse of this myself actually, he was arrested for peeping at the girl's bathroom, perhaps this guy who was looking at naked women…. Was he actually a god?!" Vanir laughed even harder, he was talking about Dust
Aqua couldn't take the mocking any longer and jumped back, "Sacred exorcism!" she launched an attack at Vanir, the beam hit him and then vanished, a moment later a blue circle appeared under Vanir
"and a shedding, I Go!" he yelled as he threw his mask, his body disintegrating a moment later, and then animated earth began pilling under the mask, but before anything could be done, Aqua rushed and grabbed his mask, "is this it? Is this your real body? What are you gonna do now huh? What are you gonna do?" Aqua mocked as she wiggled around his mask
Vanir yet again begins laughing, "Even if you destroy this mask, see this here? Hey, wait a minute, stop trying to pull my mask off! At least let me finish what I was saying!" Vanir yelled out with Kazuma trying to calm everything down
Konosuba!
"Let's begin the meeting then… we previously agreed on splitting profits but…" Vanir inspected the designs that Kazuma made, "How about it boy? Why don't you sell these intellectual properties to these designs instead? I'll buy them for 300 million Eris" Vanir's offer was too good to deny
"300 million??! That's enough to live out my life without working…" Kazuma thought about it
"If you want monthly profits instead, I could give you 1 million Eris a month " Alternated Vanir his offer
"A million a month?!" Aqua and Darkness yelled both in turn, they ran straight to the kotatsu and sat down with Vanir and Kazuma
'A million a month, there's no guarantee that they'll sell indefinitely, but a million a month, we wouldn't worry about depleting money in a short time' Kazuma thought about his options
"Well, I'll give you time to think about it, I'm worried about the store, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave," Vanir said, standing up
"Ahem, yeah you better leave, I'm worried about your nasty stench picking up in my holy abode, leave now!" she yelled
Vanir grit his teeth at Aquas's behaviour, but he said no more and just left
Back to the present timing, Kazuma had yet again drank a teacup, "It's hot water again" he laughs
"I'm sorry, Kazuma San, how careless of me" Aqua laughed back
"So that explains the phoney sense of wealth in the air, " Gohan deadpanned, how can a morning be so uneventful and eventful at the same time
"Still, it's great that we have money, but we do need to go and do a kill quest," said Megumin
"Excuse me? I'll have to disagree with you Megumin, I mean… we had a foolproof plan, we had the weapons and we had the power, yet we were all almost killed, I don't wanna have that feeling again" argued Kazuma, "I decided that I'll make my living from business from now on, no more dangerous quests any longer"
"Truthfully, Kazuma San, that would actually be a problem for me, if we don't beat the devil king, then it'll be a big problem for me" Aqua complained with a smile
"In that case! Why don't we get a lot of money and hire adventurers to help defeat the devil king, we will have a huge army and raid the devil king's castle with those adven-" Kazuma was cut off by Gohan
"It won't work."
"Huh?" Kazuma was confused by Gohan, "what do you mean?"
"I said, it won't work…" he said
"Why not?" Kazuma asked, the whole group's attention towards him
"Megumin, remember that guy that we fought? The person who thrashed me and then left?" Gohan asked
"Of…course, I remember him, why would you ask that?"
"Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news".. Gohan began to sweat profusely, bitting his thumb, "That guy…. He's working with the devil king"
"What?!" they all yelled at the same time
"How could that be possible? I mean he looked evil, but he never said anything about the devil king, he looked like a wandering monster who caught a glimpse of us!" Megumin said with a rush
"Aqua, the devil king has his eyes everywhere right?" Gohan asked, wondering if the devil king truly knew their locations everywhere
"He doesn't have eyes on us specifically, he can, however… see through the mons…ters" Aqua had a terrifying realization, "Gohan… you don't mean…"
"Yeah… as soon as we entered that dungeon, the devil king had eyes on us, and he either sent that guy to us, or he told him of our locations, and to do whatever he wants…" Gohan informed them, "However, we can't be too sure yet, so calm down.." said Gohan, not noticing that he himself was a bit panicked, 'How did that guy get his hands on something so powerful, from sensing his energy alone, it needs at least super saiyan 2 full on to beat him, however, the important aspects of his energy seemed to be boosted, so if I remove that percentage, I wouldn't need a considerable amount of energy from ss2 to beat him, and if I remember who it was….if cell was to get that boost he would surely be stronger, but that thing isn't stronger, more like almost an equal, it's either hachiyak….. Or…'
Gohan realized who he might be battling, 'Bojack! It has to be Bojack! He's the only guy who would bother to team up with someone to kill me! This is bad, real bad!'
"Gohan? Gohan, are you alright?" Megumin asked Gohan, "You look like you lost your mind!"
"Ah, sorry… I was thinking who that enemy would be.." Gohan breathed relief through his nostrils, "regardless, your plan wouldn't work Kazuma, with a person who bested me that easily, you'd need more than an army of adventurers for him" Gohan warned
'A person stronger than Gohan…. We might be actually doomed with this one… I knew this cruel world wouldn't let us have it our way once' Kazuma cried to himself
Gohan noticed Kazuma's frustration, he then smiled and flicked Kazumas forehead, "Don't think much of it, when the time comes, I'll be there to protect you…. Call it a promise between men" Gohans smile yet again as bright as the sun, filling Kazuma with relief, again, "When the time comes, I'll depend on you…. Friend" Kazuma replied with a smile
"Anyway, I died of falling from a cliff remember? My body still hurts, let it heal and then we'll go see what we can do" Kazuma said
"Then let's see to healing your injury then! Let's go to the city of water and hot springs, Arcanretia!" suggested Megumin
"Nah, I'm pretty sure if I slack off enough, then I'm sure the injury- " Kazuma cut himself off, "Did you just say hot springs?" He asked seriously
"Did you say arcanretia? Did you say we are going to Arcanretia?" asked Aqua, a bit hyped, "The city of water and hot springs arcanretia?"
"what's a hot spring?" Gohan asked, a completely neutral face on him
"you don't know what a hot spring is?" asked Darkness, she then looked onto his face, complete cluelessness to his eyes, "Ah! I can't help but find you adorable!" yelled out Darkness as she stretched his cheeks and then hugged him tightly
"H-Hey, P-Put me down!" Gohan blushed at Darkness' gesture, trying to wiggle out, her boobs crushing him down, "H-Hey! Put me down-" Gohans brain malfunctioned, and he was out cold
Darkness then put him down, "Uhm Gohan… are you alright?" she asked
'How does he do it?!' Kazuma asked himself, wondering how all the girls are just attracted to Gohan
"Sorry… he was too adorable… I couldn't help it" she said
"oh great… Now Gohan is out cold." Megumin facepalmed, but then she got an idea… why not a bit of… teasing
"Oh, Guys look, Yunyun is out in front of the door" Megumin winked at Kazuma and others, hoping for them to get the hint, and lucky for her, they did
"Oh yeah, that does look like Yunyun" laughed Kazuma,
Gohan then raised, his whole body standing upright like a brick, "Where?" he asked as he looked at the window
"Oh, there was no one, we just wanted to check out something, and it's true, it seems," answered Megumin
"Oh really? What did you want to check?" Gohan asked innocently
Megumin finds it hard to herself to tease him, so she just shies away, "N-Nothing…"
"So, to the springs we go!" said Kazuma
Konosuba!
The next day, Aqua and Kazuma had already prepared everything, and were waiting for the others to wake up, "Honestly, how much can those 3 sleep? And they call us lazy" complained Kazuma
"I'll go wake them up, you Kazuma San, go to the boarding wagon, and secure the best seats!" said Aqua as she gave a thumbs up to Kazuma
"Yeah, leave that to me!" he returned the thumbs up
However, instead of the originally planned route of going to the wagons, Kazuma ended up going to Wiz's shop
"Welcome!" Vanir said, wearing a pink apron over his purple suit, "Oh, what brings you here so early?" he asked Kazuma
"Hi, about our deal, I'm going on a hot springs trip for a while, so we have to hold it off for a little while" Kazuma explained his situation
"Oh, no worries, you enjoy your trip and your anticipation of mixed bathing" Vanir points towards Kazuma
"I'm not anticipating that!" Kazuma yelled out with an embarrassed blush to him, "I'm only going because my neck is hurting.." Kazuma then noticed a burned-up Wiz, on the ground, presumably out for good
Flashback
"Wh-What in the world!" asked a surprised Vanir
Wiz was standing in front of a huge collection of wooden-looking things with a beak that has a white lid over it, "These things are amazing, Vanir San! They'll sell! I'm sure they'll fly off the shelves! So… would you please stop getting closer while charging a murder ray.." Wiz was terrified
Vanir was approaching like a robot with red orbs over his eyes, seemingly charging a beam,
"Ah!!!" Wiz was electrocuted by a blue and red electricity
"So I was loading these pieces of junk back to boxes, hoping to refund them… wanna buy one?" asked Vanir
"What is That? Some kind of magic item? What does it do?" Kazuma wondered what these wooden dolls do
"They are portable toilets, they let you deal with nature call while on the road, they even make water to add a degree of privacy, they make noises that do not expose you" Vanir explained their abilities
"What the heck? That's so cool!"
"The problem with them is that the sound they make is too loud it'll attract monsters, and the water they produce is enough to start a localized disaster"
"Does nothing in this store work without making problems?" Kazuma deadpanned
"Sigh, unfortunately, this dimwitted owner has the skill of stocking completely useless magic items, as soon as I get my eyes off of her, she buys the most bizarre things…" Vanir deadpanned himself
"right, boy… Didn't you say you were going to the hot springs?" Vanir bonked his palm
While with Aqua and the rest, "Aqua, I have to leave and search for something back home when Kazuma comes back, don't worry about me and leave, I'll catch up to you guys" Gohan said, leaving before anything happened
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Aqua yelled, irritated, "Do boys always ruin everything?" Aqua questioned
Kazuma then appeared on the scene, with Wiz on his shoulders
"Hey! We told you to secure our seats before people came in- Huh? What's that on your back?" Aqua asked
Kazuma deadpanned, holding a sleeping Wiz on his shoulders
Konosuba!
"Can you please wrap these up?" a woman asks with a basket full of fruits
"sure thing!" a man replied
Yunyun was in front of Kazuma mansion, "E-Excuse me! T-today we settle our vendetta! Megumin!"
"Yunyun? What's going on here?" Gohan showed up from behind her
"A-Ah! Gohan kun!" she was surprised
"No one is home, right now… I came back to look for something" Gohan informed
"Where is everyone?" she asks
"We're going on a trip, to Arcanretia, the city of hot springs" Gohan replied, he then opened the door and went in, but he suddenly stopped in front of the door
"Are you coming in?"
"M-Me? I can't enter your home! It's bad manners!" Gohan deadpanned at her behaviour,
"Alright, stay here then…" Gohan entered the house, went straight to his room
"Now… where is that old outfit of mine?" Gohan asked himself, he was looking for his torn outfit, hoping to find a certain brown bag
"uhm… What are you looking for? Maybe I can help?" Asked Yunyun as she stood in front of his room
"Oh, Yun Yun, I'm looking for a brown bag full of green beans, it's important so I would appreciate your help," Gohan informed her of what he was looking for
"Alright, I'll help you…" she said a bit embarrassed, but started looking through his room too
Back with the group,
"Where did Gohan go?" Kazuma asked
"he said he was looking for something, so he's back home, he said we can leave in time and he'll catch up" Aqua replied, "Anyway, babysitting huh?" Aqua looked at Wiz, "Thats fine but she's kinda fading away" she said in a relaxed tone
Kazuma was shocked, "Ah! She is fading away! Healing magic! Wait that would have the opposite effect on the undead…" he wondered what to do
Darkness was looking at one of the wagons, "a trip.. Huh? My father took me to the capital when I was young- aheeeeee!!" she moaned in distress
Kazuma was using drain touch on her and Wiz, transporting Darkness' vitality to Wiz, she then started to come back and the fading stopped, she opened her eyes to the sight of Kazuma being choked by Darkness
"Oh, Kazuma San!" she said
"It… Was an emergency!" said a muffled Kazuma struggling to breathe, "You have the most vitality out of all of us!"
"Kazuma! Let's take this wagon!" Aqua yelled out, she pointed to the first wagon with Megumin standing next to her, "From the looks of it, it looks the most comfortable, by the way, I sit next to the window, I reserve the seat with the best view of the scenery" she said matter of fact
"Come on, Kazuma! Go and buy the tickets, hurry up before anyone buys them before us!" she yelled as she ushered Kazuma to go
In the wagon, there was a baby red dragon in a cage, Aqua was looking over it
"Hey, mister, what's this baby dragon doing here? Who bought the seat here?" she asked
"That is a baby red dragon, miss… I was already paid for a single seat so, it'll be uncomfortable but one of you will have to bear sitting in the back" said the driver
"in that case…" Kazuma thought of a way to solve this issue
"Rock paper scissors! We'll decide by rock paper scissors!" suggested Aqua
"If it's too much then I'll sit in the ba-" Kazuma put a finger over Wiz's mouth, effectively stopping her words
"No wiz, let everyone have a fair chance, Alright, Aqua! You want to play rock paper scissors let's do it, the loser will sit in the back!" Kazuma said
"Rock paper scissors, shoot!" everyone said in unity, everyone putting paper while Kazuma put scissors
"looks like I'm in the safe," he said
"Wait a minute! No one said it was by elimination, we will play 5 times until one of us loses!" Aqua dictated the rules
"You want to play against me then?" Kazuma asked
"Huh?"
"We will play one on one 3 times, and if I lose once, I'll sit in the back" Kazuma challenged Aqua to a one on one
"You're serious? Do you even know how probability works? You won't win all 3 times!" Aqua mocked
Kazuma took a deep breath, "I never lost a game of rock paper scissors" he said
After a few moments, Kazuma appeared to walk away with Aqua holding his hand, "Cheater! How did you win 3 times?! One more time! One more time, please!" Aqua pleaded
"You serious about that? Just one more game?" Kazuma accepted
"You accepted? You accepted, didn't you, Kazuma?" Aqua questioned, "I don't know how you did the first time, but if you wanna play dirty, I have my own tricks up my sleeves, Blessing!" Aqua said, golden dust all over her body
"That's dirty! You used magic to boost your own luck!" Kazuma retorted
"Luck is only a skill factor, Magic skills are a luck factor, now let's go!" Aqua said
"Rock paper scissors!"
"Why?!" Aqua cried, she lost yet again
"Even as a child, I never lost in rock paper scissors" Kazuma revealed
"What's that?! Some kind of cheat, you're using some kind of cheating ability! You were born with some kind of special ability!" Aqua cried, she then stood up, "Then that cancels out the divine grace I gave you! Return me back! Return me back to the heavenly realm, you cheater!" Aqua mocked
"You little bitch! Are you saying my special ability is winning rock paper scissors?! Are you an idiot?! How is that gonna help me fight off monsters!" Kazuma retorted
"but-But" Aqua tried to reply But Kazuma continued
"And what pisses me off the most, is that you describe what you've been doing as "Gracious help!", gracious, my ass, if I could trade you in for a special power, I would've done long ago!" Kazuma was irritated by Aqua
Aqua was pouting, barely keeping in her tears, "Kazuma! I can't believe you went there!" she grabbed him by his collar, and started shaking him up, Kazuma then shook off her hands and started pulling her cheeks
"Stop it! Stop pulling my cheeks" she cried
"The caravan to Arcanretia is pulling out." said the main driver, and then the horses began moving
Back with Gohan, he yet has found any traces of that bag,
"Yunyun, any luck?" he asked
"No, I can't find it either!" she said as she was under his bed, "Um… I'm kinda stuck however…" she said embarrassed
"Stuck? You're stuck under the bed? How do you even find yourself in this situation…" Gohan deadpanned
"I don't know! Just help me out!" Yunyun started fidgeting around, hoping to be unstuck
Gohan then grabbed her hips and then pulled her out, however, she was sent flying off the bed, taking Gohan with her
"Ouch!" Gohan held his head as he hit the drawer, he opened his eyes to see…. Yunyun on top of him
Yunyun looked at him, small tears in her eyes, her face as red as a tomato, as she gasped, "I-I-Im sorry!" she said as she got off of him
Gohan had a blush of his own, though not as bad as hers, he liked her smell, 'She smelt really nice, but my nose was going crazy, maybe having heightened smelling is not good at times' he complained to himself as he got up
The caravan finally left the city, and was passing over a bridge with beautiful waters, Darkness enjoyed the scene with a smile
'I guess this is new, even for a daughter of a noble family'
Wiz was petting Chomusuke, while Megumin held the cage of the baby red dragon, who was letting out cute noises as in greeting… Megumin took a look and "Chomusuke is still cuter" she said as she looked away
'I never thought id be going on a trip in a world like this..'
"Kazuma! My butt hurts like crazy, can someone switch places with me?" Aqua asked
Kazuma sighed, "We'll move into a different wagon when we stop, just hang in there until then"
"Aw man.." she complained
The caravan then reached a point in the desert, Kazuma then noticed something, "Foresight", he used his ability to zoom in, and in the distance, he saw a dust cloud Forming, 'What the hell is that?' he asked himself, he then stood up and went to the driver, "Mr, there is a dust cloud coming in our direction" Kazuma said
"Well, I can't see anything, but the only thing that would kick up dust clouds were lizard runners, however, I heard that they were all wiped out, so the other thing would be a sand whale kicking up dust, but if anything else, it would be running hawk kites" the old man informed
"running hawk kites?" Kazuma asked
"I'm not trying to be confusing sir, when their mating season approaches, the running hawk kites compete in something like a chicken race in order to impress the females, they run into something at full speed but then dodge last minute, they'll probably run into some rock, nothing to worry about" the old man explained the running hawk kites
Megumin seemed to finally concede to the red baby dragon, and hugged it, while chomusuke was playing with Wiz's boobs, juggling them around, Aqua was laying in the back, seemingly done with life
Back with Gohan and Yunyun, Gohan found his old torn-up shirt, 'maybe it's here..' he checked his pants and… "I found it!" he said
"you did?" asked Yunyun, wanting to check if he truly did
Outside, Gohan was standing in front of Yunyun, "Well, thanks for looking with me, but I gotta go back to the group before they do something stupid"
"No problem, I just wanted… to say sorry… about that.." Yunyun apologized about the incident where she fell on him, a blush formed on her face
"Ah… don't worry about it, I enjoyed your smell," Gohan said with a smile
"Wha.--" Yun Yun's face was beet red, "You smelled me?!" she asked, shying away
"Well, I couldn't help it.." he scratched the back of his head with an awkward smile
"So, this is the person you like? Son Gohan.." a voice said from out of the woods, the voice startled both Gohan and Yunyun
A shadowy figure with a cloak appeared yet again, Gohan grit his teeth
"Who are you?!" he asked
"Come on now, I'm sure you figured it out by now.." the voice said, the figure removed the cloak, bushy brown hair showed itself, a figure wearing a blue baggy shirt that showed his chest, and white pants
"You… Bojack!" Gohan gasped
"Gohan, who's that?" Yunyun asked, thinking he was a friend
"So, you're fond of her? It'd be a shame.." Bojack then charged a green black ball, "if she died!" he yelled, already planning to kill her, he threw the ball,
"Yunyun!" Gohan grabbed her and barrel rolled into the forest and started running
"Running won't save you, Gohan!" Bojack yelled out
'Damn, I'm in trouble here, I can't fight with Yunyun around, and it looks like Kazuma and the others are in danger too… Damn!' Gohan thought of a plan…
"Gohan, what was that!" asked a terrified Yunyun
"He's an old enemy of mine I killed, I have no idea how he's here," Gohan replied, Yunyun saw that Gohan was genuinely distressed
Gohan gasped, and got an idea, "Nimbus!" he yelled, a yellow cloud zooming through the forest, appeared in front of him, he stood on it with Yunyun still in his arms, "Nimbus, We'll go to Kazuma, Now!" he commanded, the Nimbus left the forest immediately and went on,
Bojack saw that unfold, "Tch, I planned to kill him here before he returned to his friends, no matter… we will continue next time, Son Gohan" Bojack laughed maliciously, his laugh echoing through the forest
In the air, Gohan breathed a sigh of relief, "That was close, wasn't it.." he looked at Yunyun and saw that her face was completely white
"We're flying!" she yelled out in surprise, jumping out of Gohan's arms
"Hey, Relax! You'll fall off!" he said, bringing her down before the air swept her away
"G-Gohan! We are flying! In a cloud, too!" she was hyperventilating, a panic attack if you will
"Hey, it's okay, I'm here to protect you, okay? You'll be safe with me, " he smiled at her, putting a hand over her forehead, which seemed to effectively calm her down
"This cloud is my dear friend, Nimbus! A keepsake from my father" he informed Yunyun,
"How would a cloud act as a keepsake!" she yelled in surprise, which hurt Gohans ears a bit, but he shook it off
"My father received it from his master before I was born, it's a magical cloud from the other world, I believe…" Gohan informed he wasn't sure about it
"Otherworld? Like… the afterlife?" asked Yunyun
"I don't know the details myself, that's where my knowledge stops." he said, "Anyway, you shouldn't worry, your hand is touching the cloud physically, which means you should be sitting on it, try, if you somehow fall, then I'll catch you," he said
"Um…. Okay.." she was reluctant, but Gohan held her upright, and then carefully, put her on the nimbus, and sure enough, she was able to sit on it, "Wow, it's so fluffy and comfortable" said Yunyun
With Kazuma and the others
"The dust Cloud seems to run towards us at quite a clip…" said Kazuma a bit worried
This time the owner was able to see the dust cloud, "Oh, these are running hawk kites, but they shouldn't be heading over to us, the only reason they would be heading here, is maybe somewhere in the caravan there's a metal as hard as adamantite," the driver explained the hawk kites more
"Ah. They seem to be heading this way, towards this wagon actually.." said the driver
"Kazuma, there are incredibly fast monsters running towards us" exclaimed Darkness with glee
Kazuma was sweating oceans, ever since the driver mentioned adamantite
"Their gaze is fixated on me! They're so intense!" Darkness fell down from the excitement
"It was you!" Kazuma yelled
"Sir, I need to stop the wagon, the adventurer guards will protect you and the wagon," said the driver as he stopped the wagon, which in turn stopped the caravan
"Darkness! They're after you! They're after something hard, they're after your rock-hard muscles!" Kazuma said
"Hey, Kazuma, in spite of it all, I'm still a woman, don't call my muscles rock hard, I know what it is. My armour is partially made of adamantite," she informed
Kazuma looked down at her with the most pitiful look he can muster, "it's true! Don't look at me like that!" she said, "It's true! My body isn't that hard!"
"Aqua, Megumin, we're up! We shouldn't be fighting, but it's because of us they're here, let's clean up our own mess!" said Kazuma as he grabbed Darkness by the collar
"Let me help too!" said Wiz as she got up
"You stay here and protect the driver, Wiz!"
"Okay!"
"Sir, Sir, you are paying for this ride, just let the guards handle this one!" said the driver
"Guards!" yelled the driver
And a group of adventurers appeared, "Leave this to us!" they yelled as they charged the monsters
Kazuma and Darkness were also running towards the monsters, "Megumin, prepare some explosion magic!" Kazuma commanded
"Got it!"
One of the adventurers noticed Darkness, "You! Crusader! You're not a part of the guards! Stand back!" he said
"Looks like those monsters…" said another adventurer, as Darkness stood between them and the monsters, "Are after the Crusader!"
'I'm sorry our crusader is causing so much trouble' Kazuma cried in silence
"And she's taking them all on her own! How brave this crusader is!" said the female guard
"Decoy, it's decoy! Crusaders have this skill called Decoy where they attract all the monster's attention to them!" an adventurer informed
"She's not even being paid! Adventurer or not, we can't let a passenger be in danger! I'll back her up!" determined, the adventurer used a skill of his own, "Bind!" he shot ropes from his palms, hoping to tie the monsters down,
However, Darkness had other plans, she jumped in front of the ropes, in turn being tied up herself, "Damn! Did she jump in front of the ropes knowing that they'll go after me if hit them?! Damn! I just wanted to help, I'm so sorry!" cried the adventurer who used his skill
Before the monsters could reach Darkness, Nimbus appeared and Darkness was sitting next to Yunyun
"is that a cloud?!" asked Aqua in surprise
'Is that…' Kazuma wondered, "Nimbus!" he yelled out loud, "that means…" Just as his hopes were high, they were answered, and from the sky leapt down Gohan in front of the monsters, however, he meant not to harm the monsters, his land as elegant as his jump, not a single flaw in his movements
"Yunyun? What is she doing over that cloud? And Gohan!" Megumin was confused
Konosuba!
The monsters who ran towards Gohan then changed direction towards Darkness' metal armour, but Gohan had a sudden change of demeanour, he finally understood that these could be a danger if they aren't stopped now, so he rushed in between the first bunch of monsters and a second one, he then brought his arms closed to him and took a deep breath
"Ha!" he roared like a warrior in the heat of war, blasting his arms forward, using a kiai wave that not only destroyed all the monsters but created a trench 5 miles deep and 50 miles wide across both sides, miraculously missing the wagons and the people
"He's a…. Monster!" yelled out one adventurer as he returned back to his wagon in fear of Gohan
"What… is that?" asked the terrified female adventurer, shocked beyond belief at the display of power
"How?!" Even Yunyun was shocked, the group themselves were baffled at Gohan
Gohan then stood up straight, dusted himself off, and changed the atmosphere as if nothing happened, "Yo, Kazuma, Aqua, I'm back!" greeted Gohan
"Don't just act as if you didn't just destroy the landscape!" yelled an angry Kazuma
"Oh," Gohan turned to look at what was done by his hands, "I guess I did use a bit too much, I'm sorry"
"what's "I'm sorry" gonna do to destroyed landscape!" Kazuma retaliated
"But what's Yunyun doing here? And what's that cloud of yours?" asked Megumin 2 questions at the same time
"Well you see while I was searching for the thing I needed, I found Yunyun waiting in front of our house, challenging you, not knowing anyone was home, so when I came by, I asked for her help in looking for the thing I needed, we found it, and she was gonna leave…. Until we were attacked by that other creature I told you guys about" Gohan explained the whole story
"You mean the guy who was able to knock you out?" Kazuma asked, surprised that the creature found him so easily. Especially since it was their home which was protected by Aqua
"Yeah, turns out, he was an old enemy of mine, somehow back and stronger, but he didn't seem like he wanted to kill me this time, rather he went immediately for Yunyun" Gohan revealed
"Yunyun? What would he want with Yunyun?!" Megumin was worried, worried that her friend might be the target of a monster beyond their power by all means
"He might be going with her, simply because of her connection with me," Gohan said, "I'm not sure though"
"sir! Are you alright?" The driver asked Kazuma
"Anyway, let's forget about him and go on with our trip, But Yunyun will have to join us, just to make sure she's safe" said Gohan
Gohan then went to Nimbus, cut the ropes off of Darkness and put her down gently, he then took Yunyun like a child and put her down
"wh-What did you do that for?!" asked an embarrassed Yunyun, she was held up like a child
"I need to let Nimbus go, it can't stay here for long" Gohan informed, "Bye Nimbus! I'll see you later!" Gohan embraced Nimbus before it flew off
"Woah, it can fly alone!" Kazuma said starry-eyed
"I'll explain the Nimbus to you in the wagon, let's just get in," Gohan said, excited as he got in the wagon
Once everyone got in Gohan explained the nimbus and how it's a sentient entity that can sense if the user has a pure heart, only then will it be allowed to ride
"Fascinating, I never heard of such magic…" Wiz was amazed by the properties of the Nimbus
Everything was quiet for a while, while on the ride, however, Chomusuke was playing with Wiz's boobs again, Gohan saw this.. 'are they that soft and jiggly?' he asked himself, he then turned towards Yunyun who was looking out the window, she noticed Gohan, "Is everything okay?" but before getting an answer, she saw Gohan was staring intensely into her boobs
"g-Gohan?" she was blushing deep red
Gohan then started to jiggle Yunyuns boobs like chomusuke was doing to Wiz, "G-Gohan! What're you doing!" she yelled out with an embarrassed look
"Oh my god!" Kazuma was shocked at the scene
"Gohan! Gohan is sexually harassing Yunyun!" Megumin was horrified, her eyes losing colour
"I never thought Gohan would do such a thing, what an unexpected development!" Aqua was blushing
"He's violating her in front of people! Do you have no shame? No… shame!" Darkness was blushing towards Gohan's shameless behaviour
"S-Sorry, I saw chomusuke do it, so I wanted to check out how it feels" Gohan reasoned
"What kind of reason is that!" Yunyun punched the eyeballs out of Gohan, a bump forming on his head, "You don't touch a girl like that!"
"N…oted" Gohan was tearing up comically from the pain
The wagons stopped in at night time
"Eat up! Eat up!" said the main driver of the caravan to Kazuma and the group, "Oh! Food!" Gohan jumped at the food immediately, chowing down on it like a monster, "I can't believe you guys defeated the running hawk kites like that! To think you had an arch-priest who could heal wounds in an instant, and a crusader who has unmatched bravery in stopping the hawk kites! Not to mention the boy who destroyed the monsters in an equally monstrous attack, he was too strong for them, not a chance! Not to forget your genius distraction plan! Complete master class!" the driver continued to compliment on and on
'Please stop… it was our fault' Kazuma cried to himself, Gohan then stood next to the group wondering what will happen next
"Here, please have this as a thank you for the help!" said the Owner as he gave money and pushed it towards Gohans face, "I can't accept that! Sorry, I help people all the time! I don't need money for it, you could keep that to yourself, and help yourself with it"
The owner started to cry, "Amazing, I had no idea adventurers like you still exist in this harsh world, you're a true hero"
"I wouldn't say hero, we did cause the trouble, didn't we? I simply cleaned up my mess, and my teammate's mess, we just happened to help people in the middle of doing so" Gohan retorted
Close to midnight, Aqua was doing party tricks, after a while, everyone was out asleep, that was until Gohan woke up, he felt something weird, like monsters, undead to be specific, he was sleeping next to Yunyun in a sleeping bag, "Yunyun, wake up, there's something weird," Gohan called out to Yunyun, but she didn't wake up
Gohan then scanned his surroundings, wanting to see if anyone is up, only to see that Darkness was the only other one awake, he got up slowly, and walked to her
"Darkness" he called out
"Ah!" she yelled, jump scared by Gohans sudden appearance
Gohan put his hand over her mouth to stop the sound, "Shh! Be quiet!" he whispered
"Gohan? What're you doing up?" she asked
"I felt something weird like something was watching us… no, someone is watching us" he stated, explaining his reasoning for being awake so late
"Right, me too… I felt something strange so I woke up" Darkness agreed with the reasoning,
From the distance, a group of walking things started to form
"What… is that?" Darkness asked
Gohan lit up a ki ball, and threw it, in hopes that it would luminate the area, and luminate it did
"Those are… undead monsters!" Gohan yelled out, "Everyone! Wake up, we're being attacked!"
Everyone woke up, already ready to attack, "Darkness, fight them off for a moment, I'll bring Aqua and Kazuma, "Okay" was Darkness' response
"Kazuma, Aqua, we're being attacked-" Gohan tried to warn them but was greeted with a more… pitiful sight, a sight of Kazuma and Aqua squirming, already surrounded by undead
"Why is being surrounded by undead monsters the first thing to happen to me after I wake up!" Aqua cried
"Gohan! Save me!" Kazuma held on to dear life, Gohan rushed in and swept Kazuma from between the monsters, "You okay?" Gohan asked Kazuma, "Thank you! My hero!" Kazuma cried even more, " Alright, alright"
"Attacking us while we're asleep, pretty sneaky of you undead! But I will purify you here!" Aqua threatened, "Oh wandering souls, rest in peace, Turn Undead!" she said as a blue circle covered the whole camp
"Hey Kazuma, you don't think…." Gohan was shocked,
"yeah, these undead monsters are here…." Kazuma was terrified, monsters attacking again due to their faults
"Because of her!"
"You ran out of luck the moment you ran into me!" she laughed like a maniac, undead monsters began disappearing, but Wiz was also being hurt
"Oh no! Wiz!" Gohan put Kazuma down, and picked up Wiz away from the circle, "Wiz, you alright?" Gohan asked, a bit worried for his friend
"However Wiz's eyes were completely white, Gohan couldn't tell if it was because she was knocked out, or because the pain was a shock to her, either way… "She's fading" Gohan deadpanned at her face, but then went back into the circle, which was gone after Aqua purified these monsters all
"so, Kazuma, how was that? That was goddesslike, wasn't it? It wouldn't kill you to make an offering once in a while" she said as she hugged her favourite bottle of wine
"She looks so beautiful, like a goddess!" commented a female adventurer
"She's from that crusader's party" informed a male adventurer
"you've helped us twice now, please, accept this as compensation!" the owner ran after Kazuma and Aqua,
Kazuma grabbed Aqua by the waist, and then ran away, "We cannot accept that at all!" he cried
Gohan deadpanned at the situation, he put Wiz back into her sleeping bag and went to check who was awake now, Megumin was awake but she went back to sleep quickly, Yunyun fought the monsters who came at her infinitely, so she was pretty worn out, Gohan went to check if she's okay
"Are you alright?"
"y-Yeah, I'm … fine" she replied out of breath
"Well, it's over, so you can go back to sleep," Gohan said nonchalantly
"Sleeping… sounds like a good idea," she said, collecting her oxygen, "What about you, will you return to sleep?" she asked, to open her eyes, she saw an already sleeping Gohan, he didn't wait for her at all, she was surprised about how fast he slept, but she went back to sleep herself
Konosuba!
The caravan was full, so Yunyun and Gohan had to ride the nimbus
"Yknow, Gohan, that flying cloud of yours, it looks awfully familiar, I remember a hero had something like it.." Aqua reminiscent
"Really? The only other person who had it was my father if I remember correctly," Gohan replied, a bit interested in what Aqua might say
"Your… father?" Aquas eyes then widened at the revelation… "was your father's name… perhaps… Son Goku?" she asked, sweat collecting on her face
"Woah! How did you know?" Gohan asked
"You know his father?" Kazuma asked
"Who wouldn't know of his father?!" Aqua yelled out loud, "Everyone in the heavenly realm knows Son Goku! He's a hero like no other, pure of heart, nightmare to evil, with power to rival the gods of this world!" Aqua praised Gohans father
"Power to rival… gods?!" Kazuma questioned him
"Tell me, Gohan, how did you end up here!" Aqua asked
"I wanted to evade it for a while, but it seems Nimbus gave it away, you're right Son Goku is my father, however, I believe you only saw him when he fought Frieza" Gohan theorized
"That's right before I got dragged here by Kazutrash I saw the fight between Frieza and Goku, it was a remarkable battle, something not even gods have seen throughout different worlds!" Aqua praised yet again
"Who is Frieza?" asked Yun Yun, a bit lost there
"Frieza was a space emperor, he used to ruthlessly rule over worlds like ours, and would kill entire species for talking to him the wrong way, he's a being of complete evil" Gohan spat out, disgusted by Frieza
"What?! Rule over worlds?! How is that possible?" Kazuma asked, shock splattered over his face
"Frieza is an emperor, his technology is way more advanced than Earth could hope to be, he has armies at his disposal, and could destroy worlds with a single finger" Gohan spat yet again
"W-With a single finger?!" it was Megumin's turn to be shocked, "That's humanly impossible!"
"Because he is no Human, Frieza is a being that is not human, has a tail and his body lacks genitals, he has a purple crystal-like thing on his forehead and chest" Gohan described Frieza
" He's also capable of breathing in the vacuum of space "
"How did you even come across a beast like that?!" Yunyun was horrified at the descriptions being mentioned
"I'll save you guys the details, it's a very long story for another time, but to answer your question aqua, there was an opponent vastly stronger than Frieza" Gohan revealed
"What?!" Aqua was shocked now, "How… that's impossible! Frieza was supposed to be the strongest! At least from my knowledge.."
"It was a bio android made of the cells of every great fighter that lives, my father, Vegeta, Frieza, Piccolo, and others, I assume you already know of my friends" Gohan informed
"yeah I know of them, but how did a human manage to create a monstrosity like that!" Aqua replied
"I have no idea, but basically this monster was way stronger than the average super saiyan, and my father couldn't beat him, however during our preparation for that beast, my father trained me, and in those training, he realized my potential was greater than the super saiyan form" Gohan revealed
"Greater… than the super saiyan?! So that's why you could transform, I had my suspicions but I never really expected a warrior like you would end up here!" Aqua informed Gohan
"So that blonde hair is a transformation? Why did you act like you didn't know how it happened then?" Darkness asked
"hehe… well you see…" Gohan awkwardly scratched the back of his head, hoping to change the conversation somehow, and just in time, "Oh guys look! We made it!" he said as he pointed towards a large spread out city, "Arcanretia, city of water and hot springs!" Aqua looked out the window
The caravan entered through a tunnel, and the tunnel led to a bridge that leads into the city, while the caravan was going to its stop, "Woah, elves and dwarves, what a sight!" Gohan announces
"the scenery is completely different from Axel, the air is so clean too," Darkness said
"steamed Buns! Care for some steamed buns?" a merchant asked
"oh, this is the arcanretia speciality, arcan steamed buns!" Megumin exclaimed
"Have you been here before?" Gohan asked Megumin
"Of course I have, arcanretia's hotspring is known for its healing quality, it makes for a good trip for vacation" Megumin responded, "The hot springs' curative effect is said to be extraordinary"
"Really?" Gohan asked
"my father took me to all the cities, but none of them is as beautiful as this" Darkness expressed
"Really? Maybe we should have gone to those cities first" Kazuma said, "If they're all like this, then maybe we should be heading to different cities all the time"
"Enjoy your holiday, Sir!" the driver tipped his hat to Kazuma, before driving off
"Thanks for the ride mister!" Gohan waved
"Aw. Jarippa, Jarippa is being taken away" Megumin's face was sombre
"jarippa?" Gohan asked
"She gave something a weird nickname again, Jarippa is the red baby dragon that was in there" Kazuma informed Gohan
"So! What do you guys want to do? You can ask me anything! After all, this town is home to the Axis church which I have blessed!" Aqua said, proud
'Axis church?! Do you mean that crazy cult filled with crazy people?? No wonder Aqua wanted to come here, they do worship her after all ' Kazuma thought to himself
Then multiple people came in front of the group, "Welcome travellers! Are you new here?" asked a man
"Are you adventurers? Believers? Pilgrims? Converts? Tourists?" this time it was a woman
"if you are looking for a job, might I recommend the Axis church?" recommended a man
"You can get paid money just for telling other towns about how wonderful the Axis church is!"
"If you do so, you'll get the bonus of identifying yourself as an axis member!"
"So? How about it? Will you join us?" they all asked simultaneously, after saying a bunch of nonsense, Kazuma was adjusting Wiz on his back
"Woah! This majestic blue hair! Is it natural? I'm so jealous!" said a woman who complimented Aqua
"And the Raiment too! It looks exactly like our goddess Aqua Sama, it fits you perfectly!"
"Look at those muscles of yours! You look so young yet you are already as built as a grown man!" complimented a guy, he was talking to Gohan
"R-Really? Thanks…" Gohan gave an awkward smile, he wasn't used to people complimenting him much
"You could prove useful to the Axis church! So, consider joining us!" said the same guy
"We should head to an inn, I think.." Kazuma whispered to Darkness
"Yeah, I think so too.." she agreed
"Sorry, everyone! We already have a priest from the Axis cult, but we have to go!" Kazuma apologized on behalf of everyone and gave a bow before leaving
"Farewell, comrades! And may your day be blessed!" waved the Axis cult members, Aqua and Gohan being the only ones to wave them off
Konosuba!
Wiz stood on the edge of a flower field, next to a river, on the other side, Dullahan or verdia was waving to her, "hey! Come here! Come over here!" he said
She then woke up from the dream to see Kazuma using drain touch on Darkness and transferring vitality
"Where am I?" Wiz asked
"Relax, we are at Arcanretia" Kazuma assured
"I felt like I was at the edge of a river and Verdia San was at the other side, happily waving to me" Wiz described
Kazuma deadpanned at her words, "Thank you, Kazuma San" She thanked Kazuma
"Don't thank me, thank Darkness" Kazuma deflected the appreciation
"I'm just happy you're alright" Darkness replied
"Kazuma, me and Yunyun are going out, she said she knew the place and I wanted to check this city out" Gohan called out
"Alright, just be sure to be back before it gets dark" Kazuma replied
Gohan turned towards Yunyun, "Then, let's go! This will be the date that I promised you" Gohan said, a smile on his face
"D-D-Date?!" Yunyun exclaimed, her face bright red as she shied away
"Come on, let's go!" Gohan carried Yunyun by hand and ran out, "What's the first thing we'll do?" he asked
"There's that steamed Buns that you liked, right? Well, let's go check him out" Yunyun suggested
"Oh yeah! That thing looked really delicious" Gohan exclaimed happily
While Yunyun and Gohan were walking, there was a girl nearby, walking with a basket of apples, the girl then fell and the apples scattered across the ground, Gohan ran to help her up while Yunyun put the apples back into the basket
"Are you okay, miss?" Gohan asked the lady stumbled a bit to stand upright, but after a few wobbles, she managed
"thank you for saving me mister… is there any way I could reward you?" the woman (who if you didn't know, was a young lady, not an old one, there's a bit of connection with Apple full of baskets and old women for some reason ) fidgeted around, a faint blush on her face
"No need! I'm happy to help people!" Gohan said with a son grin, that honestly made Yunyun's heart flutter, it's always something with his smile
The woman then grabbed Gohan's hands which startled him, "I know, there's a cafe ran by the Axis church down the road, why don't we go?"
"uh… well I'm on a date with her and we were about to go get food! So no thanks, but maybe ill accept the offer sometime later!" Gohan smiled, Yunyuns face turned redder and redder, he was saying it as if they like each other! Well, they do… but nobody should know!
"Then how about you let me read your fortune? I'm pretty good at that!" said the woman as she tried to force herself on Gohan
"N-no thank you! Yunyun help, please!" Gohan was afraid of hurting this lady if he made any sudden movements
"Please, stop! We don't want to sign with the Axis cult!" Yunyun yelled out as she tried to move the lady's arm from Gohan, and she was successful, She and Gohan then ran away
"Wait! Don't leave!" the woman said, but they didn't wait to hear her out
"Are they all intense like that?" Gohan asked as they stopped in front of a store
"Mostly" replied an out-of-breath Yunyun as she tried to regain her breath,
"Anyway, let's continue walking to the steamed buns guy!" Gohan said as he held Yunyun by the hand again
"S-Stop holding my hand!" Yunyun was embarrassed, but Gohan stopped
"You don't like it? I'll stop then" Gohan stopped holding her hand, Yunyun then had her mouth agape and her hand still in the same position
"No wait!" she said
"Huh? What's wrong?" Gohan asked
Yunyun then shied and fidgeted a little, "Hold… my hand…" she said in a light tone
Gohan wasn't completely clueless, of course, he had a blush of his own at her words, but he held her hand once again and they continue walking
"Well, if you liked it, why refuse earlier?" he asked
"Because you kept doing it suddenly!" Yunyun replied, yelling
"Sorry" Gohan smiled, they eventually reached the steamed buns guy, and they both got one
"This is pretty good!" Gohan exclaimed as he enjoyed the food
"It's the arcanretia speciality," said Yunyun, "It is good!" she also exclaimed
They went sightseeing then, mostly just looking around, avoiding the Axis cultists as good as they could
Hope you guys enjoyed this, i tried to make this as romantic as i could, as i said im not good at romantic scenes so
But yup, the villain is revealed, i was conflicted between hatchiyak and bojack, i liked hatchiyaks reason to kill the saiyans but i felt that bojack would be the most practical, if you want to ask, the space pirates are still there, i just revealed bojack right now
Hope you enjoyed though, ill see you next chapter!
