KingVessel: This chapter doesn't have much content to expand beyond Kyouya's introduction. Maybe I can just add a little and keep the chapter at a reasonable length of around four thousand words without getting carried away- WORD COUNT: 9,869
Chapter 05: A Reminder of Rotten Character from the Protagonist!
"Kazuma!" Aqua slammed her hands onto the table, almost upsetting the breakfast dishes of her teammates. "Let's go on another quest! A super high-paying one!"
"Huh?" Kazuma Satou turned to her incredulously, having to swallow his bread before he'd choke on it. "Why the fuck would we? We earned over a whooping four million just a few days ago."
"But I'm cashless!" Aqua cried. "I want money for my booze!"
"HOW?!" Ditching his breakfast, Kazuma grabbed the goddess's collar and dragged her close so that their foreheads knocked against each other, his darkened eyes searing into her soul. "Your part of the Black Fang reward was 1,200,000 Eris. How the fuck did you splurge over a million in a few days? It's. Not. Possible!"
Aqua shakily cleared her throat and tried but failed to free herself from Kazuma's grip. When that failed with her failing to get a solid grip on his constantly dispersing forearm, she resorted to a hasty explanation. "So you see, remember how you once mentioned those Eris church guys weren't doing their jobs properly? So I thought 'why not build my own church right here in Axel'. So I looked around for who'd want to find a proper space to that we could get to building when I ran into this interesting woman and her group. She said that they were the Magic Constructors and had heard about my request to build a new Axis church and wanted to help, which was great since everyone had been looking at me like I was crazy and kept running away. So after giving her all of my money so that she and her friends could purchase magic materials, she said that it'd take a while to procure them so I should expect a few delays. Therefore, I'm broke and I need to be not broke until they return and we can start building my church!"
By now, Kazuma's angry expression had changed into one of mixed disbelief, resignation and horror. Letting her go, Kazuma sat down dejectedly and pushed his no longer important food towards the bottomless pit(Megumin).
And then, he sighed. Heavily. 'This dumb goddess got scammed so hard...' "I'm gonna go on a guess and say that they left you no way to contact them, did they?"
"Well, yeah." Aqua looked unsettled at Kazuma's attitude. "She said that she wouldn't want to be distracted from buying the magic materials. After all, she's-"
"What's her name?" Kazuma cut her off. "Don't give me that look that look that implies that you never asked for the name of the one who was going to help build your super important church."
Aqua awkwardly looked to the side.
"...godda- No, neither Him nor Thoth-sama have a say in your stupidity." Kazuma slammed his head into the desk. "I can't even build up the effort to rebuke you. Just... go."
Somehow, that hurt even more than Kazuma's usual loud, pervy or violent rebuttals. Constantly looking over her shoulder at her human, Aqua slowly skulked over to Quest Board and looked it over, wanting one that Kazuma wouldn't shout at her for.
When she returned to Kazuma and gingerly handed it over, Aqua nervously took her seat opposite him and he read through it.
"The lake that provides our water has declined in quality, now being inhabited by Brutal Alligators. Seeking purification of the lake. Also, the monsters will leave the area for a different habitat if the lake is purified, so it's not an absolute necessity to kill them. The reward is 300,000 Eris." Kazuma finished reading and passed it back to Aqua. "I guess this is perfect for you, Goddess of Water and Life. Since it doesn't even require you to kill the monsters, I bet you could even do it all yourself and keep the reward."
"W-Well, the monsters are likely to attack me while I'm purifying the lake..." Aqua nervously pressed her thumbs together. "So I'd like some protection..."
Kazuma sighed before sitting up straight. "So how long would this even take? An hour for something as large as a lake?"
"If my divinity wasn't sealed, I'd literally just need a few seconds to touch it with my hands." Aqua grumbled. "But even with my Archpriest class... about half a day?"
"So long!" Kazuma complained before turning to the other girls. "I've got an idea on how to deal with this, but I will be leaving Aqua in your care."
"Eh?" Megumin looked to her Party leader in surprise. "You won't be joining the Quest?"
"Last night, Kaito-san - the Guildmaster - asked me to accompany Chris on a special Exploration Quest." Kazuma explained as he stood up. "Normally, it'd take her a while to do it, but since I'm capable of flying, I can help her get it done in just an afternoon. Now, Aqua, about helping you on this, feel free to consider this your punishment..."
EXPLORATION QUEST!
Objective: Accompany Chris to Investigate the Researcher's Workshop!
Kazuma and Chris hummed as they stood before what was clearly a derelict manor. "Hey, we're not gonna find any monsters in here, right?"
"Not likely." Chris shrugged as she led the way inside, pausing only to lockpick the main entrance and utilize her {Enemy Detect} and {Trap Detect}. "Well, looks like there're no traps or enemies inside."
"Well, isn't that luck-" Kazuma's words became cut off when a wash basin of all things slammed down from above a few inches to his right. If not for his crazily potent LUK, Kazuma had no doubt that the basin would've 'greeted' his head instead. "I guess {Enemy Detect} or {Trap Detect} wouldn't work on a basin of all things, huh..."
"Looks like it, huh." Chris crouched and gingerly knocked on the metal basin, only to freak out when after giving two metallic clangs, the basin destabilized into a blob-like shape. "What in the world?!"
"Is that a slime?!" Kazuma observed as the slime crawled away from them. "I thought slimes were supposed to be translucent living gels, not metal-mimicking blobs."
"They are." Chris crossed her arms. "Then again, Minazuki-san did say that the former owner of this manor was a Foreigner of the Unreachable East who was researching heavily for something in slimes of all things. His research documents might be hidden somewhere in here, so keep an eye out."
After checking the ceiling and walls for any more surprises from above and finding none, the duo made their way into what looked like a library and searched around. But...
"Did the slimes eat the pages?" Kazuma held up a book cover which had no soft paper between it before dropping it onto a small pile similar to it. "I think this place is a bust."
"This one wasn't eaten." Chris approached Kazuma with a book showing heavy detailing on slimes. "Looks like a record for research results. The properties of different slimes are written in here. The researcher probably enchanted it so that no damage could stick to it."
Deciding to take the notebook along in case it became useful, Kazuma and Chris made their way to the staircase, only pause at the sight of many slimes blocking their way.
"Green slimes?! What do green slimes do?!" Kazuma growled before deciding he'd rather not find out. Gathering wind around his arm, he swept it forward and cleared a path through which allowed him and Chris to get up the staircase. Taking a look back, he paused when he noticed the slimes not following them up. "Huh? They're not following us?"
"Eeeek!" Chris suddenly slipped and fell over, causing Kazuma to notice that the staircase ground had become flooded with slimy liquid from a few pinkish slimes that had appeared at the top of the stairs. Grimacing at the state of her clothes and body, Chris accepted Kazuma's outstretched hand and checked on the notebook. "Let's see. Lotion slime? When it senses danger, it secretes a lubricating and sweet-smelling fluid. Thankfully harmless and smells really good, but still a failure."
"Failure?" Kazuma gave the slime an incredulous look, thinking to the other two types below. "What was he aiming for that he considers all these failures?!"
Snatching the book for himself, he checked for the other types they'd seen so far. "Bouncy slime. They don't each much compared to the Copy slimes, but they like bouncing a lot. Nice to look at, but a failure. Copy slime. They have a habit of copying random forms before them, but if they consume parts or all of what they wanna copy, they do a better job of it. Failure. Does this mean that the slime that greeted us ate an actual wash basin for it to mimic it so well?"
"It looks like the researcher was trying to create some kind of special slime." Chris surmised with her cheeks reddening a bit, the fluid still shiny and slick on her exposed skin. "Of course, many mass-produced failures popped up. Especially, if he was aiming for what I think he was aiming for... form copying... bouncy... slick aromatic fluid..."
As they had been continuing their investigation, Chris suddenly stilled and dodged just as two small and whitish slimes flew past where they'd have hit her chest. "What in the world?!Kazuma, what are those?!"
"Let's see, let's see..." Kazuma noted their appearances while flipping through the book, only to gasp at what he saw. "Bust slimes! They aim to help poorly developed women and accentuate the flat expanses of their chests while camouflaging to match skin color upon contact. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), in their desire to help their hosts, they eat through everything in the way, which happen to be the clothes. A step closer but still a failure."
"A step closer...?" Chris growled as the slimes prepared to launch at her again, drawing out her knife. "[Blade Blitz]!"
Her dagger glowed before Chris swung it many times too fast for Kazuma to catch and stopped when the slimes had been shredded into tiny unmoving droplets. "This body is still growing..."
"Um, Chris-san?" Kazuma took a cautious step back at the dark look in the Thief's eyes.
"I grew this body up from babyhood, so it's still growing." Chris silently growled before she kept walking forward, leaving Kazuma to awkwardly follow from behind. "It's mortal and young, so it'll keep growing."
However, as they kept exploring, Chris's anger seemed to give way into growing exhaustion, which finally culminated in her wobbling oddly. Closing their distance to grab her shoulder in a steady grip, Kazuma frowned at how hot her skin felt against his fingers.
"Chris, are you okay?" Kazuma fretted, already knowing that she clearly wasn't okay. He could feel how her entire body was now trembling slightly, with the flush on her cheeks now spreading out over her entire face and neck as her breaths grew heavier.
Chris slowly shook her head before bracing her hands against Kazuma's chest, not pushing him away but even melting into his embrace. Looking into her eyes, Kazuma noted the purples of her eyes were now a very deep aubergine with her pupils being blown wide.
It became really alarming when Chris started to wrap her arms around his sides. With her gloved palms sliding along his abdomen and feeling his muscles, Chris pulled herself in closer, even making it so that her small breasts pressed together, looking even bigger as they strained between the tight material of her top and his chest.
"Chris..." Kazuma growled as the Thief kept exploring his body, not only noting that she probably wasn't even aware of her actions, but also that she smelt good. Really good.
It wasn't overpowering, but it reminded Kazuma of fresh gold coins, except Chris had a rather ozone-y scent along with it instead the stink of human sweat. Which was kinda weird as Aqua smelt similar but was way more overpowering.
"Sorry, I-" Chris blinked up at Kazuma and licked her lips before continuing. "I've been feeling weird since that lotion slime... You smell pretty good and I... feel so hot..."
It took everything in Kazuma not to curse as he realized what the point of the lotion slime having a sweet-smelling fluid as a defense mechanism, along with the researcher's intentions. 'It's a fucking aphrodisiac!'
Now that Kazuma knew to look for it, the fluid on Chris seemed to have seeped deep into her clothes and skin, causing it to give her skin a slight gleam. He'd never seen the effects in real life, but Kazuma knew that she was soon going to be a groveling mess, desperate and willing to fuck anyone or anything.
Now, while Kazuma would love to indulge himself in this scenario, there's still the fact that Chris hasn't given any form of consent in this.
Make Chris strip herself after losing a bet? No problem for this logia.
Take advantage of a drugged girl not in the right sense of her mind? Kazuma had limits, thank you very much. Even more so when one considered that she would be in her rights to murder him the moment she came out of it, if standard medieval laws applied here.
Taking off his mantle, Kazuma gingerly began to wipe the fluid off her face. Chris made a confused little sound in the back of her throat, but seemed to understand what he was doing soon enough.
She just kept staring up at him with those amethyst eyes of hers while he wiped the pink fluid away from her mouth, nose and eyes. As he rubbed the last large smear of it off of her scarred cheek, she gave him a beautiful smile.
Kazuma gave her cheek a few extra rubs just to be safe. When he shifted his arms downwards, Chris tilted again, almost hitting her face into his before Kazuma scooped her up easily. Being already woozy, Chris went along with it and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"No, Chris - Listen. I think that lotion slime's stuff was an aphrodisiac." Kazuma harshly whispered, hoping she was still sane enough to register his words as her grip on his shirt tightened and moved as if to pull it off. "If we don't get it off or deal with it, soon... soon, you won't say no - to me or anyone else."
For a second, it looked like Chris was too far gone, but then the flush in her cheeks paled as the Thief's eyes widened and couldn't meet his own anymore. She didn't quite stiffen in his arms, but she did stop roaming her hands, probably aware of how little effort it would take to strip her off her clothes.
"Th-Thank you." Chris's voice turned soft and timid in a way no girl (even Chris herself) had ever sounded with Kazuma before. "I-It's... It's going to get really bad, isn't it?"
"Yeah..." Kazuma bit back a groan as she started to unconsciously grind her thighs against his hips. "Stop it. It really doesn't help that I already consider you sexy when you're normal-"
Kazuma's words cut off when Chris suddenly took his lips in hers, frantically grabbing at his shirt as she pulled him in close. Against his better judgement, Kazuma kissed back, pressing her against the wall and letting his tongue explore her entire oral cavity as she grabbed him close. It's not until he pulled back to breathe that he realized what he'd just done.
"Shit. Shit, shit, shit!" Kazuma growled as he prowled away from the confused girl, smashing his forehead against the opposite wall. "Not like this...! Fuck...!"
"It's okay, Kazuma..." Chris whispered, having pressed herself against his back. "I think... I get it now..."
Kazuma choked as he was suddenly spun around and had his pants pulled down, Chris gasping heartily as his erect cock smacked her cheek upon it's freedom. "Ch-Chris!"
"Hehe~ Wrong name~" Before Kazuma could ponder on that, his thought process totally died when Chris took his cockhead into her mouth.
"FUCK!"
Chris's tongue felt amazing, unlike everything he'd ever felt before. While he'd gotten blowjobs from all the girl members of his Party by now, there was just something about Chris that instantly shot her to the top of Kazuma's very private and mental 'Supreme Suckers' list.
Her movements were just as innocent and inexperienced as the others were, but there was just the way to she seemed to lick just the right way, suck with just the right amount of pressure and hum just the right tone in her throat and mouth.
Was it innate talent? great instincts? Luck ranked up to divine standards?
Chris chose that exact moment to take him even deeper, causing Kazuma to bury his hands into her hair and shove his cock deeper. To his relief, Chris never stopped working him with her tongue and never stopped trying to swallow him further.
When he felt like he was about to blow, Chris suddenly pulled away and stood up, stepping away. When Kazuma gave her a distraught look, he lost his breath when she simply turned about and pressed her hands against the wall, sticking out her trembling butt. "Ah..."
"{Steal} it, Kazuma..." Chris whispered, her tone husky as she stared at him through lidded eyes. "We both know you wanna~"
"[STEAL]!" Kazuma shouted as he approached, immediately tossing away the shorts that appeared in his hands as he regarded the stained spot between Chris's thighs. Praising his LUK that it only targeted what the useless cloth so that he could memorize the familiar blue-trimmed white panties being soaked in her nectar while outlining that sublime ass, Kazuma lined up his cockhead against the seeping heat after shifting the obstructive cloth out of the way and pressed it in slightly. "F-Final chance, Chris. If you don't wan-"
Chris growled deeply as she shoved her ass against Kazuma's crotch, both of the Adventurers groaning at the feeling of connection. "Yes, Kazuma. Now fuck me like you're fucking Darkness and Aqua-senpai~"
With the last of his hesitations blown away, Kazuma proceeded to give her just as she demanded, hugging her close as his cock repeated knocked powerfully into her depths. Growling almost bestially, Kazuma completely pressed her flat against the wall.
"Ohhh fuuuuck~! S-So big~! He's so big, Darkness~! How do you take this daily?! Oh, oh, OHHHH!"
Chris's eyes began to roll back in her head as her tongue started to loll out of her mouth. She cummed explosively around Kazuma's conquering cock... but the logia was just getting started with the apparently repressed girl.
She was small against him, barely bigger than Megumin, but that meant little as Kazuma suckled her neck hard, leaving hickeys all over for her to remember later afterwards as he almost ripped her top off in an effort to properly tease her stiff nipples. After extracting a few more orgasms from Chris and almost fucking her into a limp stupor, Kazuma finally let loose and filled her up with his seed, pumping the hot, thick loads of white cum nice and deep inside of her.
"Oooooh..." Chris hummed as she shuddered against him, her inner walls milking his cock dry.
An hour later, they stood inside the deepest room, surrounded by varying junk. Even as the aphrodisiac had faded away from her system, Chris still hadn't lost the satisfied smile on her lips ever since as she searched everywhere she could while Kazuma looked around.
It seemed to be Japanese in nature even if very dusty, with even a kotatsu at the side. Casting a look at the huge metal vault entrance, Kazuma looked around once more for a hint to open it.
"Oh, it's another book." Chris pulled out a rather thick book from a drawer. "No, wait. A diary?"
As Chris opened it up to read, Kazuma came up to her side and noted the Japanese language the text had been written in. "Oh, it's Japanese."
"So that's the name." Chris noted. "I can read this too, but only because Goddess Eris once taught me how to."
"A goddess taught you Japanese?" Kazuma raised a disbelieving eyebrow. "Why?"
"I, uh, think she got dared into it. I mean, she never even gave me the name before shoving the 'how-to' into my head." Chris shrugged, sheepishly scratching her scar before getting started.
"My first day in this world: It was on this day that I arrived in this world at the behest of a certain goddess with the goal of defeating the Demon King and saving the world. The road before me will be long and full of troubles, but my determination wavers not."
Hearing those words, Kazuma felt a twang of embarrassment. He'd arrived for the same purpose, but had yet to make much headway on that front. As an Adventurer, he'd grown lots. As a Hero, he'd done squat.
"My seventh day in this world: I tried out the Blessing bestowed upon me by the goddess. While it has it's limitations, the {Idea of Genesis: Creation} was the powerful ability to create anything I could think of. With such power, I could probably conquer this world. But I have only one wish: To defeat the Demon King and save this world's people."
With the power to create anything one wanted, Kazuma remembered something like that being among the Blessings Aqua had earlier offered him back then. It really had been a tempting cheat-level power that was totally viable for world domination as the researcher had believed, but he'd still ignored it because Kazuma also knew that being able to create anything wasn't the same as being able to use anything.
But even now, Kazuma admired how the researcher had still aimed to save the world despite his realization.
"My eighty-seventh day in this world: I met Geru-chan. It's just a little slime I encountered in one of my outdoor walks when I usually took breathers. I slipped on a loose stone and would've probably broken my neck had Geru-chan not been there. Geru-chan the slime is not a bad slime!"
Kazuma snickered, unable to help himself. Beside him, Chris rolled her eyes with a tiny smile gracing her lips.
"My one-hundred-and-thirteenth day in this world: I am having some difficulty in creating an item capable of opposing the Demon King. Or rather, the limitations of my Blessing are giving me some trouble. I require strong feelings when creating anything, and stronger feelings create stronger items. Is my resolve to defeat the Demon King so weak? At least Geru-chan is here at my side. She's been such a reassuring presence, especially when she lets me sleep on her like a constantly cool pillow/bed. My nightmares are lessened when I'm with her."
It was clear to Kazuma that the researcher had been anguished. And after reaching this point, he'd practiced enough of the world's language that the Japanese characters had slowly been replaced over time in the diary.
"My two-hundred-and-fifteenth day in this world: Geru-chan died. It was to a monster called the Black Fang. Despite being able to bore a hole through it's side and chasing it off, it still damaged Geru-chan's core. Despite being in agony for hours as she tried to stay stable while I tried to heal her with whatever I could create, she still expired. Her death is my fault.
Here, both Kazuma and Chris hissed in sympathy. It was clear that Geru had been something of an emotional link for the researcher's mental health, and with its death, it showed how badly the researcher spiraled.
"I know, deep down in my heart, what my greatest desire is. But it's also the truth that I want to find a way to revive Geru-chan and defeat the Demon King. I am deeply troubled. What do you think I should do, Geru-chan? Tell me, Geru-chan. Please help me, Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan. Geru-chan."
Kazuma grimaced while Chris took a pause to flip over many full pages of the name being written over and over again.
"My three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth day in this world: I've decided to give up on defeating the Demon King. I mean, come on. I used to be a NEET. I can't believe I lasted so long at trying to become something different after arriving here. I'm gonna live how I want, and I'm only going to make what I want to make."
Kazuma and Chris stared at the diary in disbelief.
"First off, I'll focus more on reviving Geru-chan. I still have most of her body fluid in safe storage just in case. Necromancy's not an option for monsters, so I'll have to figure out other options. Secondly, I'll make what every guys yearns for. A pretty maid girl to clean up after me and do whatever I ask of her. Wait, why can I try at both?"
Chris's eye twitched.
"I've created what I'll label the Copy Slimes. They're good at mimicking the shape and get even better if they absorb the material into themselves directly. But I'm rather leery of feeding them actual girls... Maybe if a female bandit shows up?"
Kazuma was suddenly grateful that none of the slimes at all had assumed a human shape.
"My two-hundred-and-eighty-ninth day in this world: Time to start on those slime maid girls. So many failures. The Bouncy Slimes are bouncy but can't change their shape. Plus, they bounce me away whenever I try to bounce down on them instead of gently letting my weight sink in like Geru-chan used to do! ...at least they jiggle well."
Chris's eyes twitched.
"My five-hundred-and-sixty-third day in this world: I'm going back to square one. No compromises. I'm going to create exactly what I want. First, the one thing I desire... A Dom? Or a Sub? Well, let's come back to that later."
Chris's eye twitched.
"My seven-hundred-and-eighty-third day in this world: I created the Bust Slimes but it's all wrong! Where did I go wrong?! Do I need Butt Slimes, too?! Or Hip Slimes?! LEG SLIMES?! EVERY MAID WORTH A DAMN NEEDS LEGS THAT MAKE MORTALS KNEEL AND DROOL!"
Despite the fact that the researcher's madness was clearly getting worse, Kazuma still nodded in total agreement at that last bit.
Chris's eye twitched. And pinched Kazuma's cheek a little.
"My eight-hundred-and-fourteenth day in this world: By the way, turns out I'm a masochist. Crap. Oh man, crap. Still, I clearly deserve pain for letting Geru-chan die, so I might as well get some enjoyment from it. Well, let's come back to that later."
Kazuma decided that the researcher was a total failure, watching as Chris gingerly turned over the pages that had long strands of loose hair between them.
"My one-thousand-and-thirtieth day in this world: Eureka. With a Blessing like this, why am I even bothering with slime maids? I'll go offer my services to some technological nation, build them some giant robots 'cause nobody doesn't like them, get super rich, and then hire some gorgeous maids. Holy crap, I'm getting excited! Thank you, Goddess Aqua, for bringing me into this world!"
Chris's eye twitched as she growled softly, almost threatening to tear the book in her hands.
"P.S. If this diary has been found and read, please take care of the slimes that are around there. Not a single one of them listens to a word I say, but they're all still my precious children regardless of their gelatinous nature. As for Geru-chan's fluid, please take it from the cannister and pour it into the nearest clean lake you find. She always loved the water. When I tried to do so myself, I kept crying."
Chris closed the book and gently put it down, her body shaking with repressed rage.
"Um, are you okay, Chris?"
It was like a dam finally cracking open as Kazuma laid a hand on her shoulder.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Chris blasted Kazuma away as power flooded off her body, her form flickering and glitching as it showed someone else for an instant. A Chris with longer hair while being adorned in a white and purple one-piece hagoromo dress with yellow trimmings.
"Why does she do this...?" Chris paused as she finally remembered Kazuma's presence and turned in panic to explain, only to squeal in panic for a different reason as she regarded Kazuma's unconscious body after having hit the wall with his head. "Oh, no!"
A while later, Kazuma idly flew back to Axel with a bandaged head and some confused memories while carrying a sheepishly quiet Chris as she carried Geru's cannister and the Researcher's diary.
EXPLORATION QUEST!
Objective: Accompany Chris to Investigate the Researcher's Workshop!
Status: Cleared!
Reward: 100,000 Eris + Researcher's notes + Slime Fluid
"Now what to do with you..." Kazuma hummed as he looked through the transparent glass to see the fluid within. When both Kazuma and Kaito had earlier realized that Geru had somehow come alive within the cannister despite the Researcher's efforts failing, they'd all fallen into a wild brainstorming of how it had happened, from immense luck, freak chance of nature or exposure to a deity's energy as they randomly manifested nearby.
(At that moment, Chris shiftily looked aside for some reason.)
In the end, Kazuma had been stuck with it since neither Kaito nor Chris wanted anything to do with the slime.
"Well, I guess I could teach you to help out in some slimeplay when you fully wake up, Geru-chan." Kazuma gently tapped his knuckle against the glass, enjoying the slight ripple he made in the green-tinged slime. "Boop."
Humming to himself as he continued on his way back to the Starstruck Inn, Kazuma paused as he heard the familiar voices of his teammates arguing. Clipping Geru's cannister to his belt, Kazuma rushed forward and soon burst into view to take in the sight.
There was Aqua, still in the cage that she'd left in. Even if the cage was rather busted up and the girl herself had a distant look in her eyes, she looked fine. At the side of the cage carriage, both Megumin and Darkness seemed to be arguing with some guy in fancy armor.
"Ah, Kazuma-sama!" Darkness noticed him first, causing the others to regard him as well. "Come quick! This fiend is trying to make away with Aqua!"
"Who the hell are you?" Kazuma asked as he approached them.
"So you're the leader of this Party?" The armored guy noted as he stood before Kazuma, his greater height allowing him to look down on the logia. "I am Kyouya Mitsurugi, Sword Master of the {Demonic All-Cutting Sword: Gram}, and a Hero chosen by Goddess Aqua. Explain to me why that goddess is down in the mortal world and in a cage."
'Holy shit, it's another Hero candidate.' Kazuma gawked before answering. "Well, she's down here as her punishment-"
Kazuma's words choked off as Kyouya grabbed him by his mantle.
"Down here as her punishment?! Don't screw with me!" Kyouya roared right into Kazuma's face. "You expect me to believe that?! Just who do you think Aqua-sama is?!"
"Um... It's okay, though." Having gotten out of her cage and probably remembering who Kyouya was, Aqua attempted to play mediator(for the first time in her life). "I've already gotten used to depending on Kazuma. He's my human, after all."
"Aqua-sama, I don't know how this man won you over, but you're a goddess!" Kyouya protested. "Yet, this guy..."
Having had enough, Kazuma sighed heavily before clapping and causing a huge burst of wind to separate them. "Listen to your goddess while she's speaking, riajuu. So how the Quest go, guys?"
"We did as you suggested and Aqua faced no problems until she was halfway done." Darkness reported as she pointed to the cage. "Then when the Brutal Alligators came, I offered to pull the cage out but Aqua refused."
"Then Darkness went into the lake to distract them." Megumin referred to Darkness's torn apparel. "Thankfully, when Aqua was done, the monsters left on their own. Which in turn means that I didn't get to blow them up!"
"So in the end, Aqua's earned all of the money for the Quest." Kazuma surmised before patting the pleased goddess's head. "Good job, Aqua."
"You..." Kyouya growled before returning his gaze to the human girls. "A Crusader and an Archwizard? To think someone like you could be blessed with wonderful Party members."
Kazuma's eye twitched. 'You really know how to make a guy wanna rip your guts out, you know?'
"Alright, here's what we'll do. You two and Aqua-sama should join my Party from now on." Kyouya suggested. "Along with getting you full sets of high-grade equipment, you'll be perfect matches for my other companions, a Warrior and a Thief."
'Wow.' Kazuma whistled at Kyouya's audacity. 'How narcissistic can a riajuu get? Is he trying to NTR me? So blatantly?'
"Hey, this is bad." Aqua whisper-spoke to her fellow girls. "This guy seriously freaks me out. He's so narcissistic that it's scary. How'd he get this bad since I last met him? He was right before Kazuma in being sent here!"
'Really? That's a surprise.'
"What should I do?" Darkness hugged herself in discomfort before raising a clenched fist. "I enjoy getting hit more than doing the hitting, but something about this man makes me want to hit him."
'Oi. You know you're fucking up really bad if you can make a hardcore masochist turn sadistic against you.'
Megumin levelled up her staff against Kyouya's face, its manatite core glowing slightly. "Kazuma, if I use a {Blast} against his face, he probably wont die, right? Right?"
"Huh. Well, it's sounding like my allies unanimously refuse to join your Party." Kazuma shrugged as he resisted the urge to smirk widely. "Bye, then. Kyouya. Good luck beating the Demon King."
With that dismissal, Kazuma turned about and led his Party away with carriage, only for Kyouya to race ahead and block their path. "Oh, what now?"
"Sorry, but I can't leave Aqua-sama in this environment." Kyouya declared.
'Urgh. He's really the type to not accept decisions that he doesn't agree with. He's totally going to spin this into a way he can walk away with Aqua, isn't he?'
"Will you have a duel with me?" Kyouya stated with a smug grin.
'I knew it.'
"If you win, I will heed any one request you have." Kyouya stated. "If I win, turn Aqua-sama over to me-"
"Okay, I'm in." Kazuma charged forward before Kyouya finished speaking, smashing a billowing fist into his hastily raised forearm. Not that it saved Kyouya from being blasted several feet away. "I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Kazuma Satou, a fellow Hero. Prepare to lose."
Stopping his roll, Kyouya glared back at Kazuma as he unsheathed his greatsword. "A fellow Hero, you say?! And you allowed Aqua-sama into such conditions?!"
Kyouya swung {Gram} horizontally, unleashing a slicing arc of energy that Kazuma immediately dodged under. The undeterred slice continued onwards until it slammed into a tree and cut it into clean halves.
"What the?!" Kazuma gawked. "That's one hell of a sword!"
"This is my Blessing from Aqua. The {Demonic All-Cutting Sword: Gram}." Kyouya (Sword Master: Lv. 37) declared as he entered a stance. "Whatever defense you hold against me will be meaningless."
"Ah..." Kazuma (Adventurer: Lv. 31) hummed in thought before charging again and dispersing into a dome of translucent wind that instantly surrounded Kyouya. As Kyouya tried to swing his sword again, he suddenly faltered as he clutched his throat.
Falling to his knees, Kyouya raised his hand weakly as the dome compressed down until just his upper half was obscured. Then, finally...
*Clang!*
Both Kyouya and {Gram} collapsed while Kazuma recomposed into his human form.
"Hypoxia. A state in which the human body isn't receiving adequate amounts of oxygen." Kazuma idly recited as he looked down on the unconscious Sword Master. "Congrats, Kyouya. You're the first one in this world to make a Logia like me fight smart instead of hard."
"You... You rat! You snake!" Two girls ran towards Kyouya's body, the pinkette gently checking his neck for a pulse while the greenette glared at Kazuma. "You're pathetic! Were you too scared to fight like a man?!"
Kazuma gave them a dull look, looked behind him to see the halved tree, turned his gaze to the sword that rendered all defenses meaningless(including probably his own), then back to the girl. "Yup."
Looking away from them, Kazuma observed the sword instead. He'd never had a need for a sword, but going by the set rules of the duel... "Well, he did say that he'd grant one request of mine. I'll be taking this sword, then. Time to finally make use of that {One-Handed Sword} Skill I got from Darkness."
"You can't!" The greenette protested. "{Gram} only acknowledges Kyouya as it's wielder!"
"Really?" Kazuma gave Aqua a questioning glance.
"All Blessings are specifically attuned for their owners." Aqua shrugged. "In the hands of anybody other than this loser, {Gram} would be just a sharpened slab of steel. Well, a sharpened slab of steel capable of rending through most metals like a hot knife through butter, but that's hardly the point."
"...sweet." Kazuma adjusted his grip on the greatsword and made to continue on his way. "Let Kyouya know that I took his sword, okay?"
"W-Wait!" The pinkette stood up, clenching her fists. "We won't accept the way you won! I, Fio the Thief, challenge you!"
"I-I, also challenge you!" The greenette unsheathed her sword. "I, Cremea the Warrior, will be joining in!"
Kazuma paused before turning around to regard the girls before a nasty smirk crossed his lips. Well, if Kyouya wanted NTR him of all people... "Girls, I'll handle this myself. You should all get going and meet with Luna."
Without waiting for their replies, Kazuma turned about with his arms outstretched and his fingers . "As for you ladies, I accept."
Fio used all of her control to not freak out as she waited in the room she'd privately rented. After she and Cremea had been defeated by Kazuma, suffering a humiliating 'battle' in which he'd spent molesting and humiliating them, she'd looked around the town to find some information on him while Cremea took Kyouya away to get his lungs healed.
What she'd discovered terrified her. Apparently, Kazuma Satou was easily the second most powerful Adventurer present in Axel, right after the Guildmaster himself. He'd even slayed the Rookie Killer in his first week!
This only meant that if Kazuma had indeed taken the battles seriously with his wind magic, he would've no doubt laid waste to everything around him.
Acknowledging that trying to resort to force was no longer an option, Fio had resorted to meeting with Kazuma privately and begging for {Gram} back, along with a promise not to bother his Party's Archpriest again.
Fortunately, Kazuma had accepted. Unfortunately, he'd decided that he wanted a night with her in exchange. It was reprehensible how different Kazuma could be so scummy compared to her dear Kyouya who was practically a saint.
Having recognized that her pride wouldn't do her any favors, especially as Kyouya sorely needed his sword, Fio had accepted his terms.
*knock-knock*
Sitting up and prepping herself, Fio's voice cracked as she spoke up. "C-Come in."
The door opened and Fio's eyes widened at the sight of Cremea following after Kazuma, the Thief's expression mirroring hers.
""What are you doing here?!""'
"The both of you are here for exactly the same reason as the other." Kazuma casually confirmed as he took a seat on the bed after laying {Gram} against the wall. "Now, I'm sure that there'll be protesting which I'd like to get over with. So here are your options: (1) You choose who amongst yourselves will be getting fucked by me while the spare leaves with {Gram}, (2) The both of you get fucked by me and collect {Gram} after, or (3) We call this off and I leave with {Gram}. You may try to stop me or steal away the sword, but you both know how that ended up last time."
Locking eyes with Cremea, a quick mental conversation occurred, tempered after months of cooperation and rivalry within their Party.
Are we really considering this?
He won't give it back any other way and we can't force or steal it.
But... But... What about Kyouya?
...he doesn't have to know. If Kyouya ever learns exactly what I had to do to get his sword back, he'll never forgive himself.
What?! No, I'll be doing it! You met Kyouya before I did and you're way more honest with your feelings than I am. Save your first time for him while I deal with this.
Who's the Rogue between us? A romantic coward like you shouldn't have him as your first.
...together, then. Hopefully, he's so bad that doing it again with Kyouya will totally blow this night away from our memories.
Considering the information Fio had gotten about 'happy screams' from Kazuma's fellow residents of the Starstruck Inn, she had her doubts. That didn't stop her from accepting Cremea's outstretched hand and stepping forward together.
"Both of you together, huh. I guess you're closer than I thought you were. So I'll at least do my best to make sure that you enjoy tonight as much as I will." Kazuma sat back against the wall. "For starters, Cremea, start stripping from the top."
Swallowing, Cremea shrugged off her scarf before pulling her tube top over her head. Nervously gulping, Fio watched as Cremea soon rid herself of every cloth on her upper half. Maybe it was due to her usual habit of teasing Cremea's expressions, but Fio found herself hating how she liked the sight of Cremea hiding her supple breasts in her hands while completely topless.
"You too, Fio."
It was only three words, but Fio knew what Kazuma wanted. In one smooth movement, Fio drew up her top and mantle and dropped it to the side, a mix of pride and shame filling her as his eyes followed the jiggling of her freed breasts.
"Now, for- Wait... Fio, take off Cremea's skirt."
Fio froze. Locking eyes with her, Fio found Cremea to be just as embarrassed, awkward and aroused as she herself was. For all of the circumstances that had led up to this, it was the most blatantly sexual thing she'd ever done other than quietly fingering herself whenever a private opportunity offered itself.
It didn't help that Kyouya's obliviousness often caused a lot of frustration to build up.
Kneeling before her, Fio could already catch the smell of Cremea's arousal. It was a smell she'd probably never forget, especially as her gaze made Fio feel weirdly shaky as she focused on her skirt.
Fio's fingers trembled as she undid the belt over Cremea's skirt, the usually warm skin now scorching hot. Ignoring the twitches Cremea made as her fingers touched her, Fio finally pulled the skirt down. She'd meant to do it quickly, but inexplicably she lingered as the sight of the Warrior's crotch was revealed.
It was like an explosion of Cremea's arousal washing over Fio, her pussy no longer dampened by her skirt or panties. Fio felt and saw her nipples get even harder as she breathed in Cremea's scent.
A long exhale left Fio and Cremea let out a soft mewl as the hot air she blew out washed over her core. From this close up, Fio could see that Cremea was completely soaked, her pussy dripping with arousal.
Fio knew hers would look exactly the same.
Locking eyes with her again, the girls were distracted by the sounds of clothes falling off as Kazuma dispersed within his own clothes and reappeared, now completely naked. His dick jutted out from his body and it was an angry red color that seemed to pulse to an unheard beat.
It was a small comfort to know that from the few peeks Fio sneaked of him undressed, Kyouya's was bigger.
Kazuma smiled at them like a fox would at a lamb. "Come and kneel in front of me."
Hesitating at the sight of it, the two girls approached Kazuma and got down on their knees between his outspread legs.
"You should get to sucking me off." The cock twitched before their eyes. "I haven't had any threesomes yet, so this is a big deal for me as well."
It was a weird thing to fixate on, but the fact that Kazuma didn't know how to handle multiple girls at once reassured Fio a bit. It was probably the same for Cremea as she began to lick up and down the throbbing shaft, slathering her tongue over it like it was a candy.
Giving it a lick of her own, Fio noted that the taste... wasn't really good at all. It was sweaty, musky and yet, her tongue licked it again before she knew it. Soon enough, Fio and Cremea had established a rhythm of sorts with their tongues bathing the cock with occasional brushes against each other.
Kicking his head back from the feeling, Kazuma groaned heavily at the sensation of Fio and Cremea's teamwork. Which was why she probably should've expected her head being grabbed before the cock was thrusted into her mouth.
Fio let out a muffled sound of protest, hearing him say something almost inaudible to Cremea as he laced his hands behind her head. Immediately, Fio knew what was coming, but she was helpless to stop it as Kazuma shoved his cock down her throat.
Fio gagged at the sudden intrusion and tears burned at the corner of her eyes. She looked up at him to see his pleased smirk as her lungs burned for air while she fruitlessly tapped against his thighs to no avail. Her throat kept convulsing trying to expel the rock hard shaft buried within it, but it was futile.
Fio's protests grew weaker and her vision began to black out before suddenly, air was flooding her burning lungs. Collapsing onto her heels as she took in fresh oxygen, Fio looked up at Kazuma through teary eyes. "Why did yo-"
She was cut off again as Kazuma made her deepthroat him again. However, this time he didn't just try to choke her again. Feeling him withdraw his hips a bit, Fio gagged again as his cock shoved into her once more, the grip on her head adjusting and tightening as he began to abuse her throat with powerful thrusts.
Fio's world was a blur as Kazuma frankly used her, his cock plunging in and out of her throat while barely giving her any time to breathe as spit and tears flowed down her cheeks and jaw.
When he suddenly paused, Fio thought he was about to give her a break and move on to Cremea, but instead, he began to force more of his dick down her throat. Her head being pushed harder against his crotch, Fio let out an evensong of gags and gurgles as her body vainly tried to force the member out even as he eventually bottomed out with her nose pressed against his pubic hair.
Even with her consciousness fading, Fio was sure she must have been quite the sight. Saliva dripping from her mouth, tearstained cheeks, balls against her chin and a cock down her throat.
Even if it was Kyouya's sake, she hated doing this.
She'd never done this for anyone before and now Kazuma had inflicted this upon her. He didn't care about her feelings at all.
No, that was wrong.
Kazuma just wanted to hurt Kyouya for trying so hard to take away his Party members despite their clear refusals.
He'd been satisfied with just taking away {Gram}, but now he was getting a better, more carnal form of vengeance.
Taking the women of a man who tried and failed when doing the same to-
Fio's train of thought broke as Kazuma pulled out of her throat, causing a wet gargle as air flooded into her lungs. Rather than look up at his expression, Fio instead fished out a small mirror from the satchel still hanging off her hips and weakly opened it to see herself.
Her face and chest had become flushed red from the exertion, her hair was tangled and messy, and a cascade of saliva had leaked from her onto her chin and breasts topping off her terrible look.
"You can stop now, Cremea."
Casting a look over at her partner, Fio gulped at the sight of the Warrior slowing down with her heavy fingering with her skirt and panties off. Gazing at her own hand after looking away from Fio, Cremea stared with an almost confused look as it was slick with her thick and pungent fluids.
'Oh. He made her finger herself while watching me.' Fio realized.
Then she gave a little yelp when Kazuma's hand shot forward and grabbed Cremea's forearm, being connected to him by a stream of compressed air before the Warrior was yanked towards him until she landed onto Kazuma's lap.
"W-Wait-" Cremea's protest was ignored as Kazuma shoved his slick cock in Cremea's very wet pussy, her body trembling as her first time was taken so suddenly.
"You're so wet." Kazuma murmured as he grabbed her hips and began to thrust into her. "Did you like watching me fuck Fio's face?"
"N-No..." Cremea said, her voice filled with both pain and desire. "You're just a perverted scumbag."
"But I only told you to finger yourself." Kazuma continued. "You're the one who took off her lower clothes for better access on her own."
His words were accompanied by the sound of flesh slapping flesh as Cremea rode Kazuma with increasing fervor, Fio being quite sure the Warrior hadn't noticed her arms and legs wrapping around him while his eyes were firmly on the kneeling Thief.
Fio shuddered under his gaze, as the closest thing she had to a best friend was having passionate sex and only barely acknowledging her presence anymore.
"Hang on." Kazuma said as he stood and picked Cremea up and off his dick. "Let's make this a bit more... including."
Cremea let out a curse as she was positioned on all fours in front of Fio who was still seated on the ground. Fio looked into Cremea's eyes and saw was a mix of anger and shame and desire continually swirling in her friend's eyes.
Kneeling behind her and sinking himself back into her with one strong thrust, Cremea fell forwards onto Fio, pushing them both to the floor. Fio's head hit the floor, but the resulting pain was immediately pushed aside as Cremea had gotten back up on all fours, her hands either side of the Thief's head.
"Cremea?"
"Tell us, Cremea." Kazuma grit out as he began to fuck Cremea anew, his palm smacking loudly upon her butt. "Let it all out and tell us what you felt about Mitsurugi's behavior around Aqua."
And Cremea did just that after biting her lip.
"This is all Kyouya's fault." Cremea growled over the slapping of flesh on flesh, unshed tears building up. "Why was he so insistent on taking this Aqua girl? *SPANK!* Why'd he go so far as demand a duel despite her and her friends saying no to him? *SPANK!* Why won't he look at either of us like he looked at her?!"
Tears of her own built up in Fio as she sympathized. There was no doubt that Kyouya was a good person, but even with her always all but declaring her love for him...
A girl could only take being ignored for so long.
By now, Cremea's hair had fallen loose of it's ponytail, giving her an almost wretched look as tears dripped down. "I just... want to be loved..."
Before she realized what she was doing, Fio reached up and dragged Cremea's face close, kissing her tears away. "I'll love you."
For a moment, Fio feared rejection towards her extremely impulsive action, only to gasp when Cremea leaned down and kissed her on the lips, their tongues meshing roughly as Kazuma never stopped smashing his hips against Cremea's ass while the Warrior shuddered through another powerful orgasm.
In fact, Kazuma's motions increased in fervor, leaning over both girls as he ploughed even harder until he suddenly bottomed out and groaned while yanking Cremea's hair. Beneath him, Cremea let out a garbled mess of words as she collapsed into Fio's arms while Kazuma cummed deep into her.
For a few seconds, Fio listened to Cremea's tired sighs as the girl weakly clung to her. Then, Kazuma pulled out and gently shoved her aside and ripped off Fio's utterly soaked panties. Gulping nervously, Fio stared at how the cock resting against her aching core hadn't flagged down in the slightest. "A-Aren't you tired?"
"Nope." Grabbing her thighs, Kazuma showed no mercy and promptly penetrated her, eliciting a sharp gasp from her as he punched through her hymen and knocked against her cervix. "Damn, you're so tight!"
Rearing his hips back he almost pulled out until only the tip was left inside, Kazuma swiftly rammed back inside, literally fucking a startled cry out of her as he began thrusting in earnest.
"W-Wait, please..." Fio pleaded as pain and pleasure flooded her body with each shaking impact, her cries filling the room as Kazuma attacked her throat and breasts with his soft bites while his strong hands grabbed her thighs tightly.
It was no surprise that a powerful climax soon hit her, her pussy tightening around Kazuma's cock as it unrepentantly refused to slow down in plundering her depths. If anything, Kazuma fucked her harder, sliding his hands along her thighs and lifting them up until her knees were at the sides of her head.
The Thief had only a moment to register what he'd just done before Kazuma resumed fucking her with renewed strength, plunging his dick deep inside her to the tune of slapping skin.
"Aaaah~!" Fio screamed another climax began to creep upon her. "Too much, too much, too much-"
Her words elevated into a breathless scream as her vision actually blacked out, feeling Kazuma's cock swell inside her before unleashing a massive load within her and managing to muster several more ragged thrusts that bumped him against her cervix and pumping his seed into her depths, the risk of impregnating her all too real.
Wait, was it a safe day?
She was too tired to remember...
"Hmm..." Some hours later, Kazuma laid in his bed in the Starstruck Inn, his Party's finances well enough that they could each rent separate rooms now. It especially worked out for him as he could observe Geru's slow recovery now after dropping Megumin's limp body in her bed, which was weird as she hadn't used her magic during Aqua's Quest...
Anyways, poking at the slime's body again within it's cannister, Kazuma smiled when a little tentacle rose up to bump his finger back before weakly returning. "Boop."
Wondering if it was hungry, Kazuma fished out some fried toad meat he'd saved and dropped a leg into the slime's body. It was almost freaky to watch the meat dissolve almost immediately after it was completely submerged.
"Kyouya... Kyouya..."
Slowly waking into consciousness, Kyouya woke up in what he quickly recognized was their carriage. At his side, Cremea was fretting while Fio drove the horse. At his other side was {Gram}... "What happened?! I thought Satou took away my sword?!"
"We got it back." Cremea explained, taking back Kyouya's attention. "After you lost, we... bargained with Kazuma-sama to return it."
For some reason, Cremea's cheeks reddened horribly. "It was a team effort."
"But we did get something good out of it, didn't we?" Fio's cheeks were scarlet as well as she looked at Cremea.
"Yeah. Yeah, we did." Cremea answered with a bright smile.
Kyouya was horribly confused but made no mention of it. The two girls always never seemed to get along, so whatever Kazuma did to get them to stop fighting over him?
Thank FUCK he'd run into him. He'd probably apologize the next time they met... if Goddess Aqua refused to join his Party again.
KingVessel: Wow, what a doozy... Gimme a review for this scumbag who just cuckolded Kyouya and made his bitches into lesbians!