It seems I am in the same situation again... As last time...
Whatever wrapped around my ankles seemed to have loosened and released itself from its grasp and disappeared. Though I could feel a slight bruise, even though I couldn't see it due to how dark this room was.
The only light illuminating the room were the stars and moon from that large window.
And what was also in the light was Megumin, looking at the window even though her face was filled with horror just a few seconds ago.
"I can't believe she did it again..." She quietly said, crossing her arms, her gaze still fixated on whatever was outside that window.
"Your mother is definitely obsessed with me. No doubt she wants to try to marry you off to a rich handsome guy like me."
With no reason to resist as we are trapped in here for the night, I simply just lay on the bed meant for the two of us.
"Who are you to say that you're handsome? But... as much as I want to run outside the window to sleep at Yunyun's mansion, it's futile anyway. We'll have to deal with this for a couple of nights."
She takes her eyes off the window and comes to lay down next to me, taking most of the blanket, leaving the right side of my body extremely cold.
"Do you hate it?" She turns to my side, staring at my eyes intently.
I could notice the crimson in her eyes glowing. She's doing it again. Every time she is about to do something romantic or with immense emotions, her eyes glow to that certain extent. I must mentally prepare myself and be the man of the house.
Show her your cool side, Kazuma.
"Not really. There really isn't anywhere good to sleep anyway, so your room was the best option." I nervously scratched my hair, waiting for her to say something next.
Though I believe the four of us could fit in this room... But I won't say that to ruin the mood.
I've learned from my past mistakes and have gotten stronger.
"I see... I mean, I always come to your room at the mansion anyway, and you don't mind. Do you think it's weird for a girl my age to be sleeping with you?"
Aw, crap.
This is where things get difficult.
She definitely has something for me, I already knew. Sleeping with me a few times, holding my hands, and taking me to 'explosion' dates.
But then there's Darkness, who's recently been extremely bold as well. Even though she doesn't come sleep next to me, she has been dropping hints such as a kiss on the cheeks, touching hands with me, sleeping on my shoulder, sleeping while holding my hand, and if you think about it, imagining if she's riding a horse behind me due to her gripping my waist tightly just this morning.
Both are dropping hints but won't drop the bombshell.
Clearly, Darkness was winning... But if Megumin decides to confess right now, I have no choice but to accept.
We will see what fate gives me.
"Kazuma... say something." She lightly pulls my shirt, staring at me with her still-glowing crimson gaze.
"I mean... I don't know. Both you and Darkness have been dropping hints, so I don't know if it's normal."
Shit. I messed up.
I panicked and brought up my inner thoughts.
That crimson glow slowly dispersed, "Thinking about Darkness at a time like this. Really? Let me guess, it really is weird for a girl my age like me to sleep with an older guy like you?" Her slight glare was all that's left.
"N-No, not at all. I mean, I'm fine with it. Don't think about what other people think."
"Is that your horny self talking or your honest thoughts? But the last sentence you said is actually good advice. I've always had that sort of mentality. No matter how bad people talk about my explosions, I still do them. And you're the only one who doesn't say anything about it..."
Only during unnecessary usage, and it's happened plenty of times.
"Your welcome, I guess."
Gosh, this is so awkward. I don't know what to say next. I can't make the next move for fear that she actually doesn't want it. And then she'll tell both Aqua and Darkness, and they'll certainly hate me forever. A bit exaggerated, but I'll get a bad reputation in Axel.
As much as I like to tease them both... I'm also scared of making the move. I honestly like where everything is at. We have crazy moments and then memorable moments. But if the me and the other two girls were to have something going on, it would be extremely awkward for the other two.
For now, I'll stick to waiting for the both of them to make the first move.
And not just a kiss on the cheek, maybe on the lips, but what I really need in order to accept is a raw and pure confession.
Dropping hints don't tell me much.
If Megumin confesses to me tonight, I'll accept. If Darkness confesses to me before Megumin, I'll accept.
Both girls are truly beautiful in their own way. Though I won't be saying that out loud.
I'll be happy with either of them.
But then I have to worry about the one that loses because I am their party leader, no... not party leader... I am their close friend. Gosh, that was embarrassing to even think about it.
Usually, whenever I think about those girls, it's usually something perverted or in disappointment.
But this is another obstacle set up for me to get through.
For now, let's see what Megumin does tonight!
"That was really cool and good thinking with what you did there. When we rode on these cockroaches... I definitely would have never thought of that." She brings up what occurred earlier in the morning.
"Thanks. Though we wouldn't have made it without you and Yunyun's guide. I guess we should've used Teleport after all to better prepare for Komekko's birthday party."
"That reminds me... Kazuma..." She tugged on my shirt again, her eyes glowing crimson once more.
What was next?
"Yes?" I gulped.
"This past week, I've been thinking about it... about something extremely important to me..." Her other hand guides through her chest, covering where her heart is.
Is this where it happens? My popular phase? Well, not really a popular phase, that has been going on for a while now.
But this is where I finally prove my family wrong and get a beautiful girlfriend?
"I shouldn't say that I have been thinking about it for a week. More like I've been thinking about it for months. But I wasn't sure if you would go through and accept..."
Now that was such an obvious confession set-up! What more?
"Ever since we were stuck in the same room last time..."
Just confess, dammit!
"I was wondering if you could buy this really expensive gift for Komekko that I can't afford!"
My brainwaves went flatline.
Was that really what she wanted to say?! Did she really lead me to this conclusion that she was more worried about a birthday present than confessing her love to me?! Aaah!
She did it again! She teased me and ran away like a little girl committing a ding-dong ditch! Her strangely named cat and now this!
"Kazuma, are you okay? You look very tired but semi-angry." She asked me, noticing the disappointment on my face.
"Nope. It's nothing. Sure, I'll buy whatever Komekko wants. I did promise your mother and you that I would buy her anything, and not just food." I turned to my side to cover my body with the blanket.
"Ah. Why did you turn away from me? Did I do something wrong? All I wanted to ask was-"
"I got it already! Just sleep so the night passes quicker." I didn't want to yell at her as much, but she's become increasingly annoying, clueless about what she had just done.
Now I'm gonna have to deal with more of their troublesome antics.
"I see then. Thank you very much. Goodnight."
I could hear her turn to her side and fall asleep immediately.
Now I have to suffer more of this.
Can this get any worse?
...
Those eight hours of sleep passed by quickly. I awoke to find Megumin already out of the room, somewhere inside the house.
I quickly checked my pants and belt to see if she did anything while I was asleep.
Thank goodness, everything seems fine.
Judging by the light from the sun shining through the window, it's an hour after sunrise but not early afternoon. It seems we have some time to spare before Komekko's birthday celebration.
I got up from the uncomfortable bed, stretching my tightened muscles. After finishing my stretches, I opened the door to the room.
"Good morning, Kazuma."
An unknown blonde woman with tight black buttoned clothing and a pink apron greeted me with a smile, mixing a bowl of chocolate fudge with her two arms.
"I have a wife?!" I suddenly screamed out, feeling utterly confused.
"N-No! Not at all! It's me, Darkness."
I almost didn't recognize her. I was so used to seeing her in her pink pajamas every morning and every night.
"Oh, I see. My bad. Where is everyone else?" I looked both ways down the hallway, noticing Aqua and Komekko helping Darkness in the kitchen.
"I decided to wake up early this morning to get the ingredients to make the exploding chocolate cake. I'm not sure how the explosion will work since we can't have Megumin do it. But I remember your small dynamites that you used to imitate it. So we can have that inside the chocolate cake and fulfill Komekko's dream."
I see, so she's making that special chocolate cake instead of just buying one from the town. Well, I have plenty of money to spend, but it looks like she's extremely passionate and working hard to make it, so I won't do anything to bring her mood down.
"I didn't bring it with me..." I replied to her.
"What? You didn't bring it? Then what are we supposed to do?! Is the cake I'm making useless then?" She seemed to be panicking already.
"Look, we can just buy one from the town and I'll figure out a way to make it explode." I tried to calm her down.
"Ah, you're right. I should've just done that instead of going through the trouble of making it."
Guess I was wrong about bringing her mood down. She switched to that idea really fast.
"I mean, you're already halfway done making the cake. So I don't see any issues with finishing it for us to try it out."
"Do you want to try it out right now?"
All of a sudden, Darkness brought the spoon she used to mix the chocolate fudge close to my mouth.
Why is she doing this all of a sudden in the morning?
Should I accept her bold maneuver or deny it hurtfully?
"I guess."
I opened my mouth for her to put the spoon in.
Plain!
"You're thinking that it's plain, aren't you?"
She looked unsatisfied, and not in a teasing way, only in a very serious way.
How could she tell? We've probably lived together for so long she already knew.
"More sugar will help. That's the main flavor for the cake anyway. Besides that, where are Megumin and her parents?"
I might have to give them a word about kidnapping me and putting me inside her room again. Their wishes won't be granted if her mother does what she did last night. My ankle still slightly hurts from that ankle snare.
"They're in the living room right now discussing something... I don't want to interfere since it seems like a family matter. For now, just help us three bake the chocolate cake."
"Alright. Alright."
I followed Darkness into the kitchen.
To my horror, the kitchen did not look like a kitchen at all. It was massive slaughterbakery!
What an absolute mess?!
There were small to large drops of chocolate batter splattered everywhere on the floor, counters, and walls. There was even one on the ceiling! How did that even happen?! Did someone whip the chocolate too hard?!
Piles of spilled flour on the counter, and many utensils and bowls that looked like failed attempts of mixing in the sink that were dirty and unwashed.
Multiple egg shells, yolks, and egg whites on the floor.
It's raw!
There was even a small mouse eating off of it.
Aqua and Komekko don't even seem to be assisting Darkness in making the cake at all. All they're doing is wiping each other's face with chocolate batter and just giggling every finger wipe they commit to.
"You have a funny face! Haha!" Komekko innocently laughed, almost making my heart melt.
"No you do. Hehe!" The useless goddess of cookery giggled, making my brain fumble with anger.
"Kazuma, can you lend me a hand?"
Darkness looked at me, clueless as to what is going on.
"Kazuma?" She called my name again.
I looked at all three of them with a deadpan expression.
"We're buying the cake. Clean everything up."
"Understood."
...
After cleaning up the kitchen and apologizing to Megumin's parents profusely, the four of us headed off to the center of the Crimson Village.
While we had been here before, it seemed more peaceful and lively than the last time, thanks to the absence of constant attacks from the Demon King Army.
With Sylvia gone, they no longer had the slightest bit of worry. The only threat left was the Demon King itself, which didn't seem to be launching any immediate attacks. Perhaps it had decided to focus its efforts on other capitals and kingdoms in this world.
As we strolled through the village, I observed shop owners and customers haggling over prices, each trying to get the best deal. There was one particular scene where an obvious tourist was trying to barter with a shop owner over the price of a single pork kebab.
A group of little kids, around Komekko's age, ran past us, chasing a red butterfly with pure joy and excitement, completely oblivious to their surroundings. It was a heartwarming sight to see them so carefree and happy.
"Check out this teddy bear shop, Kazuma! I think we should get a new stuffed teddy bear for Komekko. It's definitely better than that skinned lizard she uses to hug with," Aqua exclaimed, tugging at my sleeve to lead me towards the shop.
I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, still puzzled by the idea of Komekko cuddling up with a skinned lizard.
"I'm sorry, what? Komekko has a skinned lizard as a stuffed toy?" I asked, trying to process the strange information.
Megumin nodded with a smile, "Yes, that's what she loves to hug. We don't really understand why, but she finds it comforting."
"I see.. So I'm gonna have to wrestle with a giant alligator to satisfy Komekko's needs. It will be difficult, but I will do it if I have to in order to preserve her happiness," Darkness declared, her determination evident in her pumped fist.
"Don't you even think about it," I quickly interjected, not wanting to deal with the aftermath of Darkness wrestling with a large reptile in the middle of the village.
"Kazuma is right. There's no need to wrestle with an alligator in a pond," Megumin chimed in, agreeing with me for once.
"We can get one here!" she exclaimed, already leading us towards a shop that sold reptile skins in various forms.
Upon entering the store, I was immediately overwhelmed by the extravagant and expensive items on display.
Reptile skin products were fashioned into shoes, purses, belts, and even hats. The craftsmanship was undeniably exquisite, but the price tags made even a billionaire like me contemplate whether it was worth the expense.
Clothes are clothes, they keep you warm, that's it . And also memories, like my tracksuit, the only memory of my previous world.
"They even have a teddy bear version of the reptile skin."
"We're buying the normal teddy bear for it. She needs a real toy."
I purchase the teddy bear that was at a low bargain of 500 Eris coins.
The shopkeeper carefully wraps it, ensuring that it would be a pleasant surprise for Komekko.
"What other gifts do you want to give to Komekko? I'll buy every single one of them if I think they are worthy of being in her possession." I loudly declared, my heart set on satisfying the little girl.
"Kazuma is surprisingly very nice today. Usually he's greedy about his money and sometimes wants to touch my butt in return." Aqua rudely remarks to the other two girls that I can clearly hear out loud.
The last one is untrue though.
"Indeed. He's also trying to use the excuse that he bought me off of the previous landlord so he can use my body whenever he feels like it. B-But I mean... I-I-I wouldn't mind. Mmmph!"
And here is this idiot getting turned on just by her own words. I'm not even bothered by it anymore. It's just another painful reminder as to why I almost risked all my earnings for this masochist.
"I got nothing to say. He's done nothing wrong or perverted to me in a while." Megumin shrugged her shoulders, continuing to explore the town.
As expected- wait a minute, what do you mean in a while?
"Hey Kazuma, can we get something to eat? I was too busy making the cake for Komekko, I forgot to eat breakfast." Aqua complains to me.
As much as I want to tell her to buy her own food, I too was hungry for something to eat.
"Let's find something to eat in this town and then we'll continue searching for any gifts to buy." I curled my lips in a smile.
The other three girls smiled cheerfully together with Megumin leading the way.
Eventually, she finds a highly rated restaurant recommended by many tourists.
After booking a table for four, we were seated, and we went all out, ordering the most expensive wine and dishes. A significant portion of the bill went towards Aqua's wine test tasting extravagance. On the other hand, Megumin and Darkness opted for modest portions to satisfy their immediate hunger.
As for me, I ate it to my hearts content even though I was gobbling everything from Yunyun's feast just yesterday.
In the days following my summoning to this world, I had very little money, surviving mainly on cheap ramen noodle soup from a small shop that is still running today. However, as time passed, I managed to accumulate some wealth, and out of gratitude, I gifted a substantial amount of money to the ramen shop owner, allowing him to live a worry-free life with his daughter and wife.
But despite my current financial comfort in this world, I still yearn for something I always desired back in my previous life – true financial freedom, free from debt and worries. This world, however, presents ten times the challenges I faced before.
Another desire that lingers in my heart is finding a beautiful wife to spend the rest of my life with. The question that remains is: when will she come into my life?
"Kazuma! Kazuma! This wine tastes very good. Try it!"
Definitely not this blue-haired idiot! Why did she have to ruin my deep thoughts? I was hoping that if I had an intense monologue in my mind, the girl of my dreams would certainly arrive in my life.
"Hey, look, it's Megumin and her party members!"
Aha! Found her!
"Oh, hey, Arue, and his group of weirdos."
This Arue woman was hanging out with her other two crimson companions.
"Darkness too? The mighty tank and expert sword expert, but both unmatched by her immense beauty. Your family's influence isn't for show, and neither are your noble values."
Hey, why are you describing everything not about her?
"Why, thank you."
Don't agree with him!
"Aqua is here too? The number one Axis Archpriest that surpassed everyone's expectations of what an archpriest can do. Her high intellect and her powerful spells are what contribute most to the party. If it weren't for her, this party wouldn't have lasted for a long time."
Don't try to give her any more confidence and stupidity than she already has.
"Yup! Yup! Praise me more! I am the most beautiful Archpriest you'll ever witness!"
Now she's drugged by these useless compliments.
"Oh, it's Kazuma. Hey."
Where was my dramatic introduction?
"Isn't he the guy who tried to sleep with Megumin?" One of her crimson companions whispered, loud enough for me to hear.
"Didn't he also allow Sylvia, the demon king general, to absorb the mage killer, almost leading to the destruction of our entire village?"
Both are somewhat true, but they're making it sound like insults!
"You got something to say, punks!" I laid my foot on the table loudly, resting my head on both of my hands.
"That won't intimidate us at all. We already know you're the weakest class and weakest member of the party. You're not as strong as a Crimson Demon like us."
"Yeah, and besides, are you really trying to act tough in front of your party members to try to impress them? You're just holding them back from their fullest potential."
"You don't have the balls to punch me in front of this many people. Even if you do, your party members can easily restrain you."
It wasn't effective!
But two of the comments they said to me were true, but one of them was false.
"Kazuma, there is no need to intimidate them. Besides, they're right. If they wanted to, they could beat you with no effort." Megumin said to me, taking a bite out of her meal.
"Hahaha! Kazuma is getting bullied by kids younger than him! Hahaha!"
Do you want to pay the bills for your wine or not? As much as I wanted to say that, having her cry her eyes out is the worst situation from this outcome.
Curse this dumb situation I'm in!
All I wanted to think about was a wife that respects and loves me!
"Don't get too mad about it, Kazuma. They're just kids after all," Darkness reassured me, looking at me with an honest expression.
"Hey, don't try to group me up with them. I'm not a little girl. Look, I can eat more than you!" Megumin takes a bite out of Darkness's dish, stabbing it with her fork with murderous intent.
"Hey, that's my breakfast that Kazuma is paying! Let me have some compensation then." Darkness then proceeds to take a bite out of Megumin's dish.
"Hey! I need all the food I can get to grow bigger in all sizes!"
Ignoring the two who were now fighting for each other's plates, I looked at the useless goddess that asked for more wine from the waiter.
Ugh, I need a break from these three girls. They're driving me nuts already. I need some time to think.
I can't help but keep thinking about what those delinquent geeks said to me.
Was I really holding my party members back? I mean, they seem to be relying on my wealth for their own benefits. The only thing I seem to be useful for nowadays is just being rich.
But I'll admit, I am physically the weakest in the party as an Adventurer.
But surely not weaker than Crimson Demons that were Komekko's age.
After apologizing to the waiter about our inhumane manners and hospitality, I tipped them generously, and we went our ways.
"Kazuma! Kazuma! We should get a mage hat like Megumin's and get pictures of Komekko wearing it!"
I spotted Aqua wearing a wizard hat that was slightly smaller than Megumin's.
"I appreciate that you want my little sister to look like me. But... I will be the strongest archwizard in the world! My little sister should also wear a smaller one."
Give me a proper answer, do you want your sister to look like you or not?
I'll just buy it anyway.
"Kazuma, how about this necklace for Komekko? I think she would look nice with this plastic gold-colored necklace. Look, you can even put a small portrait of her family inside."
Huh, for once, the crusader thought of a good gift for a family.
I'll buy it with no second thoughts.
After a good amount of time passed, I think we've found the best gifts for Komekko and what she needs.
"Wow, that was so refreshing to go shopping without any major accidents or incidents! I want to do it again tomorrow!"
Aqua stretched her arms, raising a very hard flag.
As I was about to say something, suddenly, my eyes caught a specific shop.
The huge sign decorated with confetti said, 'Grand Opening'.
My breathing paced heavily and quickly, and heat rushed up onto my face.
"Kazuma? Are you okay? Why does your face concern yet excite me?" Darkness commented, observing my pent-up expression.
The other two girls turned their heads to where I was staring.
"What? Such a thing exists?" The shocked Aqua flew back.
"I-I was only making that up, but they actually did it?!" Megumin spouted nonsense.
Wait, are you telling me they were lying the whole time about a possible strip club in the Crimson Village?
This must be a gift given by the gods! Finally, my hard work, coupled with my sheer respect and unmatched kindness, has been rewarded.
Adult versions of Yunyun and Megumin upgraded to a PREMIUM SIZE!
"I need to use the bathroom..."
I entered the newly opened shop with a calm demeanor.
"This man! As if! He just wants to be surrounded by erotic and huge breasted women!" The little crimson mage couldn't understand what was going on through a man's thoughts like me.
The rest of the girls followed behind me.
"Welcome! Welcome! You are our first customer of our first grand opening! How may I serve you?"
It was an older man who certainly owned the shop that greeted me first. He must be excited about his first customer, so he wanted to greet them warmly.
I offered him my immense respect.
The shop definitely had a huge strip club vibe for it. Disco and music going around. Though the place seems dead empty.
Maybe it just now opened as soon as we've finished shopping.
"I want your best service from your finest workers... Big. Everything big. I'll pay for your most expensive service," I said to the owner with a very serious demeanor and a face filled with determination.
"R-Really? That's a shock! I thought you were just gonna order the basic service based on your class."
This was a reward gifted by the gods and goddesses. I must stay calm to the very end before anything gets ruined, especially by the three...
"W-Wait! Kazuma! You really don't want other women dancing on you, do you? I-I-I mean if you're into that sort of play, we could find the place and time."
Darkness does her best to try to seduce me with her slutty body that I am now immune to.
"Shut up, boobies! You always say that but don't end up doing anything like that loli over there! This is every eight-teen year old's dream to enter a strip club for the first time and have multiple women dance around him! So get out unless you're into NTR!"
I yelled at her, making her body stay frozen, her face paler than cow milk with shock that I rejected her pathetic advancements.
"H-He rejected Darkness instantly with no hesitation! This man truly has succumbed to his deepest and darkest desire and has shown his true nature! Let's dump him and find someone else more worthy of us girls!"
"Before that, I want to beat this guy until he can't walk anymore. I'll even buff us up with spells to make it quicker and more painful."
"Bring it on!"
I made a karate fighting stance, ready to fight for my dreams I've long sought for and one-hundred percent deserved.
"Alright, just sign this here with your mana, indicating that you agree to all of our services and etc!"
I quickly pressed my finger on the paper that the owner handed out to me, giving bits of my mana to the paper.
"Now then, enjoy!"
I quickly ran away to the main area of the strip club.
"Wait-"
"Sorry, only paying customers can enter this area only." The shop owner used his arm as a barrier between me and the girls.
I rested on the nearest couch I could find.
It's finally happening. This wasn't your ordinary succubus dream event going on.
This was the real deal.
Big sexy women are going to dance around me! I can hardly wait!
The music stopped immediately and a spotlight was used to point out someone hidden in the curtains.
This must be the premium feature he was talking about. I get the whole show for myself.
I wiped my drool.
"Kazuma! If you truly go through with this! We won't forgive you!"
I ignored the unnecessary audience that added unnecessary drama to my romantical life.
Lui, il est tout mon monde, et bien plus que ça
The music of an unknown artist plays through the speakers.
I don't know what it was saying but I could feel like it was meant for me or maybe meant for this legendary dancer that was about to introduce herself.
Could she rival even Darkness's proportions?
Seule je crie son nom quand vient le désarroi
Et puis tout s'effondre quand il n'est plus là
J'aimerais tellement lui dire mais je n'ose pas
The curtains dramatically opened to reveal itself...
A very tall and bald muscular man dressed in a woman's bra and panties, with deep dark sunglasses equipped onto his face.
"Gahhhh!" I shrieked like a little girl.
All of our faces peeled off of our skin.
"Hey, shop owner! This was not the service I wanted! I wanted the premium service with a big booty and breasted woman! This isn't it!" I desperately shouted at the owner, looking back and forth at the obvious male stripper slowly approaching me.
"Sorry about that. The truth is... I tried recruiting every woman I could find in the village. They all rejected my offer because they wouldn't dare sell their body to anyone besides their true love, so I could only recruit male workers."
The owner scratched the back of his head as Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin watched with shocked expressions, their eyes wide open, and their mouths slightly agape, rendered speechless.
The atmosphere in the room had shifted dramatically.
Lui qui me fait
The male stripper approaches closer to where I was sitting, walking like a female fashion model would as if she's being looked and judged by the audience.
"I'm getting out of here!"
As I said that, attempting to get off the couch, unknown magical rings wrapped around my wrists and ankles, originating from the couch I was sitting on.
And then, finally, my neck was encircled by the magical rings, completely restricting my movements.
"Also, you did sign our contract that you agreed to whatever service we provide with your mana. The system is already in place so you'll be stuck here for about... five minutes."
Five minutes for a premium service? That's a total scam—No wait!
I'm trapped in here and this dancer that was obviously a man is going to violate me with no hesitation.
While five minutes isn't that long in a general sense, that is five minutes given to this man to touch me wherever he wants! And I do not want that!
"Save me, Megumin! Do your thing again!"
"I can't use it at this range! Darkness, you're physically the strongest! Do something."
Suddenly, a magic barrier raised between me and everyone else from the main room.
"Not happening on my sight. I shall satisfy my customer's needs and wants. And don't worry, he won't touch you. He'll just dance around you with his bikini."
Tourner dans le vide, vide
Tourner dans le vide, vide
Tourner dans le vide, il me fait tourner
The male stripper dances erotically around me, mainly showing his huge behind wedgie black panties up to my face.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Dans le vide, vide vide
Tourner, tourner dans le vide
Tourner dans le vide, il me fait tourner
Next, he dramatically lifted himself off the ground, jumping onto the couch, his massive feet right next to where my legs were resting and trembling, desperately trying to move.
He proceeded to used every hardened muscle in his juiced up thighs and calves to thrust his thing in front of my face, barely touching the tip of my nose.
It looked like he was enjoying this too much as his arms and hands rested behind his head.
"Please stop! We can talk about this! I'll pay extra just for you to stop! I don't want my first time to be with another man!"
I begged of him.
The magic binding me must've prevented me from closing my eyes because I tried my very best to close them. I also seemed to have been unable to use spells, nor would I find it useful in the first place.
Drain Touch was utterly impossible cause I wouldn't even dare touch the oily sweat of his skin.
Tinder and Create Water would probably make it worse.
Steal is definitely out of the question of moves I should use!
"I am a bad boy, young man. Punish me more!" The muscular male stripper whispered to my ear, but loud enough for the others to hear.
The girls were speechless, not knowing what was happening and unable to do anything but watch it all unfold.
"This is only the beginning part of my sexy premium service. Young man, are you prepared for the final showdown? Because I am. The more you scream, the more it arouses me."
The male stripper placed his finger on his lips, licking it seductively as he begun to moan.
With that, I would remember this five minutes of inhumane torture for the rest of my life.
...
"It's okay, Kazuma. It's okay. You made it back alive; that's the most important part," Aqua comforted me, slowly patting the top of my head like a mother comforting her injured child.
I was currently on the ground, crying and whimpering like a lost toddler, resting on Aqua's lap.
The rest of the two girls sat next to me, using the tree as shade from the sun.
What is with this village with crazy perverts disguised as either girls with dicks or intense and perverted in-heat female monsters?!
Why did I have to go through what no one should've gone through? Are the gods and goddesses playing favorites right now? Was I deceived, or was I too greedy to have all the glory to myself?
Has my luck finally run out?
Maybe I should just stay in my mansion and never go anywhere else. I should've never gotten out of my mansion from the start!
"As much as I want to say that it was justified karma... I think the bad karma was a bit too much," Megumin spoke up, staring at me with pity, as if I looked like a homeless stray dog.
"Same here. While I want to ask how it feels like, maybe it should be saved for later."
Hey, don't you dare try to remind me of that later in the future, Darkness. I was already almost done forgetting about it. If only I could wipe that horrible memory away from me.
Oh wait, I can.
I just need to go to the kingdom and ask Claire for the memory wipe potion. Though I am unaware of the side effects because I don't remember it.
Another time.
"We should get going. It's already an hour past afternoon. Komekko is probably crying her eyes out, thinking we've left her," Megumin suggested, standing up to head home first.
"C'mon, Kazuma. Cheer up for now. It's Komekko's birthday. Imagine her smile when she sees what we've bought her," Darkness smiled at me.
You mean what I've bought for her. I'm using my money to buy whatever you guys want for her after all.
"Yes. Let's go," I stood up immediately.
"That was a swift recovery. Well then, my job here is done," Aqua wiped off the dust and purified tears from her lap, following us from behind.
A few short minutes passed by as the tree we sat under was actually closer to Megumin's house than from the town.
Megumin was the one to knock the door while I hid behind Darkness. I've learned from my past mistakes and have surpassed my past self.
With this, their parents won't be able to set me up again.
"Big sister is home, Komekko."
The usual greeting plays out, what next?
"Mom! Dad! Onee-chan's husband is fooling around with another woman from behind!"
"Wait! Komekko, you've got it wrong!" "Wait! Komekko, you've got it wrong!"
Darkness and I chased after her.
"This is very unsatisfying news, Kazuma-san... Cheating openly in front of our daughter isn't something I can tolerate- Ooh, don't mind if I do!"
I also had a back-up plan if my first plan messed up.
Throwing Megumin's father a little pocket change to dissuade him from following through with his wife's plans.
"Oto-san, your next line was supposed to be 'In order for this to not happen again, marry our eldest daughter as an apology.' Not being persuaded by pocket change."
It seems Megumin's mother could tolerate being given a little sum of money.
"That aside, Kazuma-san, did you purchase all the gifts that Komekko wished for?" She asks me, her eyes closed like the main heroine's mother who was clueless as to what was going on but vibes anyway.
But she knows exactly what's going on...
"Yes, I did. Here you go, Komekko."
I handed her the teddy bear from the blue-haired girl, a small arch wizard hat given by your big sister, and this necklace given by the pretty blonde woman that I wasn't fooling around with.
"Uwahh! Thank you so much! This is all too cool!" She hugged all three items, trying the hat on with immense emotions, hugging the teddy bear with all her might, and wearing the necklace to her best.
"Splendid! Splendid! As expected of our future son-in-law! Now for the cake?"
The cake?
Oh, shit.
"Y-You didn't bring me my cake?"
Tears were about to erupt out of Komekko's eyes, almost rivaling the Krakatoa eruption.
"U-Um, we kind of forgot! D-Don't worry, Komekko, we'll get it right now!"
Crap, I was too traumatized by the obvious strip club in the village that I forgot all about the cake.
Struggling to find the correct words to say next to not make her parents extremely mad as well,
"Don't worry, Komekko. We can just make the cake again just like we did early morning! And this time, it'll be the best cake ever!"
"Okay!"
Unbelievable! Aqua managed to say something that worked out for everyone.
I have to thank her later with a bonus allowance.
"Alright, everyone! Commence the exploding cake operation!" Megumin loudly announces the operation like a general ordering his army to charge while he does nothing else but watch.
About two hours later, my perfect planning and execution made sure that no one made a mistake.
"Ah, you idiot! You purified the milk! Don't touch anything that's liquid!"
"Sorry!"
Aqua would have to handle everything that wasn't liquid.
"You're gonna break the bowl if you mix too fast!"
"Sorry, master!"
"Don't call me that!"
Darkness seemed eager to impress someone and cracked about four wooden bowls.
"Stop slacking!"
"My main event is me, using my explosion to explode the cake. I'm resting until I will do my part."
Ugh, this lazy girl!
Finally, we were able to make a small-sized chocolate cake. It looked more grey than brown or black to me.
It also definitely didn't look like it could feed three people at all.
"Is this really the best of our party's capabilities... A goddess like me, struggling to bake a single cake?" The depressed Aqua looked extremely moody.
"I think we did fine. After all, my cooking skills are just average." Darkness does her best to pat Aqua on the back.
"Are you saying my cooking skills are on par with someone like you! Wahhh!"
The two began wrestling with each other out of nowhere.
"Something that small isn't even worthy of being exploded by my precious explosion."
Megumin smirked, closing her eyes as if she were the main villain, witnessing the weakest character do his best.
"Someone like you who didn't put any effort shouldn't be saying something like that! I'll show you something worthy of exploding when we're sleeping next to each other again, if it happens!"
"What?! What do you plan to do to me, lolicon?!" She hugged herself defensively, fearing for her chastity.
"Lolicon?! As if! Aren't you the one claiming to be an older woman! Never mind that, I'll just throw this cake onto your face- Wait, where did the cake go?"
Everyone stopped to a halt from what they were doing and noticed the plate that held the cake was gone.
We followed the crumbs it escaped to only for it to reach its final destination.
The crumbs left the path to Komekko's mouth, her cheeks filled with something she ate.
"Oh? Sorry. I got hungry and saw a cake."
The clueless little girl didn't realize what the cake was meant to do.
But I'll take what I can get.
"Did you enjoy your birthday party, Komekko?" I asked her.
"Yup! I was wiping chocolate fudge everywhere in the kitchen. I was helping with the cake early morning. And I got to eat all the leftover food from yesterday. And then I got a teddy bear, a hat, and a necklace for my birthday. And I got to eat a cake for my birthday. All thanks to Onee-chan's friends and husband! I'm so happy I get to enjoy all of this!"
Just the smile of this little girl was enough to make us forget about what happened a few seconds ago.
As long as we were able to satisfy her, we could most definitely achieve everything else that crosses our path.
...
The energetic Komekko, after eating tons of sugar-based substances and running around the house the entire day, had finally tired herself out. She was soundly asleep on her mother's lap.
Nothing could wake her up besides the largest chocolate cake in history placed right in front of her nose.
"I appreciate all of you for making Komekko's- No, 'our' wish come true. I've never seen her stomach this full and her face this satisfied before." Her mother gratefully thanked us.
"Your mother is right. This is also my first time seeing an entirely different Komekko. One that makes me happier than usual. You are in debt of my gratitude." Her father nodded his head and tipped his hat to us.
"It's no problem. It's something we owe to this little girl for saving us a bunch of times with her explosions."
Even though it was more of a hazard and threat to us most of the time.
"That reminds me, Kazuma. I have a strong urge to use my explosion right now this instant. I haven't used it in two days and it's really bugging me. So can we use it right now?"
The dumb archwizard who ruined her cool moment was fidgeting with her staff.
As much as I wanted to tell her how much of an idiot she was for not continuing from my sentence, it's best if she does it now before she blows up her own home.
"Let's do it quick."
I looked at the window, noticing the sun was about to set in a couple of hours.
"I'll follow with you guys. But I'll just leave my sword here since we're just going for a walk." Darkness said, leaving her sword on the wall.
"Wait up! I want to see how much bigger Megumin's Explosion has gotten as well!" Aqua hurriedly got up from her small nap, following the three of us.
The four of us ventured out of the house, heading for any uninhabited land where no one lived to create a huge crater.
"Hey, Kazuma. Do you want to head back home tomorrow morning? I kinda miss the mansion already. Emperor Zel must be devastated for his lovely owner to be gone for more than two days." Aqua said to me.
"Don't forget about Chomusuke. Why did you leave her out of our pets in the mansion?" Megumin pointed out.
"You mean the strangely named cat that always scratches me for no reason?! Count me out. I don't have the slightest bit of worry for her."
The goddess crossed her arms.
"Hmph! Then the chicken shouldn't also be categorized as a pet if you won't even count the cat as a pet."
"He's not a chicken! He's a dragon-"
"Shut up!"
I shouted at them both.
"Can we at least go for a quiet and peaceful walk through the forest for a minute? They're both chicken and cat. Both look like good meals to me. So shush and hurry up with the explosion," I mumbled, trying to distract them from their teasing.
"Tch! This guy! Give me my gratitude back for comforting you when you were getting sexually harassed by that male stripper!"
Aqua chimed in, enjoying her revenge.
"AHHH! Don't remind me of that! I already forgot about it!" I protested, feeling embarrassed all over again.
"Hahaha! I just realized that we can use that against Kazuma now! Whenever Kazuma is threatening us, insulting us, or treating us like garbage. We'll just remind him of the male stripper that almost took his first time with him! Hahaha!"
Megumin laughed heartily, finding the whole situation hilarious.
"Well, I mean, it was kinda funny now that you think about it. Calling me such harsh nicknames a few seconds ago and then getting the same treatment but tenfold,"
Darkness managed to say amidst her efforts to suppress her laughter.
"Hehe! Let's also remind him of those three little boys that totally humbled him with just a few sentences. You should take their advice and praise us every day for saving you. Without us beautiful girls, you'd be dead meat! I don't remember at least one time of you saving all three of us at all. Hahaha!"
Aqua continued her teasing, not letting me off the hook.
Tch, how am I supposed to get back at them now?
"Hey, look at what's going on over there," Darkness pointed out, changing the subject.
We turned towards the center of the village, where a larger crowd had gathered than before. A rally or protest seemed to be taking place.
"Let's check it out," Megumin suggested.
Well, if this is more important than her explosions, then I have nothing to say.
As we got closer to see what was happening, we realized it was just people gathering around to hear a speech from the leader of the village.
And next to him stood Yunyun's father, who was about to address the crowd.
"My fellow Crimson Demons. I have a dream! To wipe out the Demon King and his army!"
Suddenly, the crowd erupted in cheers, their enthusiasm palpable.
"But we need something more powerful than just magic, even though we are the most powerful clan. We need... love!"
Again, the crowd cheered, swept away by the leader's words.
"He's just spouting what everyone wants to hear..." I muttered to the girls, feeling skeptical.
"That's usually how elections work. Whoever from the same generation as the leader gets the most crowds to cheer becomes the leader for the next generation. Though for an election for new generations of Crimson Demons, you need to complete a trial," Yunyun explained.
What is with you Crimson Demons with weird names, weird laws, weird people, and now weird elections?!
"This is very different from how royal speeches are. Interesting," Darkness observed.
"Don't add fuel to the fire, Darkness," I cautioned, knowing her tendency to get carried away.
"While we've endured a small span of peace. Let's not get it in our heads! Even though the mage killer, Sylvia, is gone, that doesn't mean that the Demon King is gone. More people are suffering and dying at the hands of the Demon King. And it is not our job to let that happen!"
The crowd cheered, their passion fueled by the reminder of their duty.
"Strong armies make peace. Peace makes weaker soldiers. Weaker soldiers make hard times. Hard times create stronger armies. It all goes around in a circle! We can't let that happen! We need to make strong armies in peace!"
The crowd cheered once more, their fervor increasing with every word.
Just what was this guy even saying at this point? I can't believe Yunyun's father was the leader for so long.
"Ah! Kazuma-san! I see that you're here! Welcome! Come join me on the stage! You are the previous hero of the Crimson Village, the one who saved us from the Mage Killer!"
He spotted me and the girls somehow amidst this large crowd.
With all the attention now focused on us, it seems we have no choice but to accept the spotlight this man has given us.
"Kazuma, as the previous hero of the Crimson Village, could you share your thoughts about the Demon King and his reign?"
Why did you have to ask me this question? I tried so hard to forget about fighting the Demon King, and now you're here to remind me of it. To make it worse, I have to express my thoughts in front of all these people!
"Not my problem," I calmly stated.
The crowd grew silent.
"Hey, now that I think about it, wasn't this the guy who let Sylvia into the forbidden building and allowed her to absorb the Mage Killer?"
"Yeah, I don't think he contributed to anything at all. It was Megumin and Yunyun who finished her off, right?"
"No, I believe it was Megumin's little sister."
"Let's get rid of him!"
Uh oh. Was I too honest?
What is this aura of death surrounding me?
I don't think I've ever fought against an actual Crimson Demon before.
In terms of raw strength and magic power, I'm certainly no match. So, I don't know if I'll be able to outsmart one or not.
Suddenly, objects were thrown into the air towards me, and I desperately tried to dodge them.
"Yeah, take that! Let's find more things to throw. Hand me the weird strip club coupon ticket so I can throw it at him. I don't know why that weird middle-aged man gave it to me."
"Hey wait, I think their blonde crusader is deliberately taking the objects thrown at her on purpose."
"Megumin is also on stage, so let's stop before we accidentally hurt her."
"We don't want to hear from you! Let's hear from Megumin!"
The crowd cheered for Megumin.
I looked at the pre-teen who was hiding her smile of joy with a cocky smirk.
"Hehe! I see that my people need me! How may I be of service to you all? Is there an enemy that only I, the strongest Crimson Demon, can battle against?" She loudly blurts out to everyone.
"Yeah! Blow up the Demon King and his army!"
"We'll support you in every way possible, Megumin!"
The crowd cheers for Megumin once more.
Gosh, these people get way too motivated easily. What's their secret?
...
To give you the entire summary of the speech, Megumin received more praise than she actually deserved.
Yunyun's father was reelected as the leader of the Crimson Village quite easily.
Meanwhile...
"Kazuma, how did it feel? Tell me! How did it feel to be publicly shamed in front of a crowd? You must tell me!" The masochist crusader blushed with excitement and drooled, yearning for my answers.
I ran away from the crowd before they could throw more objects, especially a coupon ticket from a certain shop, at me.
The rest followed behind, with Megumin arriving a minute later than the rest of us.
"Let's just hurry up and find something to explode so I can go home and sleep."
Ignoring the pleading Darkness, I asked Megumin to hurry up and explode something. I didn't even care if we were in the vicinity or center of the explosion at this point.
The hurtful things they said to me were genuinely upsetting, despite all the hard work I put into saving the town.
It was reminiscent of what happened in Axel when I was accused of conspiring with the Demon King and almost faced execution, saved only by this woman and her noble status.
"Found it!" shouted the excited explosion maniac.
She had discovered a large, lonely dirt mountain surrounded by grassy plains, seemingly man-made.
"Good. Good. Now do your thing." I urged her.
"Aqua, you wanted to see if my explosion has gotten bigger?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm sure it's big."
"Then watch and see."
"Yes. Yes, I'll watch as well. Please hurry."
"Let me say something, Kazuma-"
"EXPLOSION!"
Aqua was about to say something, but Megumin's explosion interrupted her.
The entire mountain exploded, and the usual mushroom cloud slowly formed in the sky before imploding as it descended.
"Wow, it has definitely gotten bigger," Aqua remarked, looking at the absolute demolition of the mountain, now reduced to a small crater. If it had been a flat surface, the crater would've been even larger.
"Alright, let's go."
Not wanting to carry Megumin, I used Drain Touch on Aqua to transfer mana to Megumin, allowing her to walk again, at least for now.
"H-Hey, how many points did I get? You didn't even shout out the points! Is it finally a hundred points?" Megumin inquired eagerly.
"Yes, a hundred points. Now let's go home and sleep."
"Right now, that sounded sarcastic even coming from you. And why are you so eager to go home? Is it possible you want to sleep with me again?" Megumin hugged her body, keeping her distance from me.
"What? No! I just want to get out of this village as soon as possible tomorrow morning! I have no desire to touch your flat body!"
"Why you! After all the things I did to you, you still treat me like a little girl! Buff me, Aqua! I'm going to finally show this man who is the boss!"
"Bring it on! I've never faced a Crimson Demon before, but I'd gladly take on the challenge if you dare to challenge my mighty throne!"
"Hey, wait, guys, look!" Aqua shouted, turning our attention to something within the crater.
There was an unusual rectangular doorway inside the crater that looked like an entrance to something like a dungeon.
"A dungeon hidden underneath the mountains? That is indeed something rare to find. There must be lots of treasures and riches inside!" I exclaimed.
"It seems to be a hidden dungeon. Though it is said that dungeons hidden in mountains are dead dungeons. There are no more monsters or treasures inside, so the place eventually gets buried by other parties, so no one would waste their time on it."
Darkness explained.
"Don't believe in such rumors, Darkness. That's what they want to tell you! The adventurers who told you that just want the riches for themselves. While I believe the 'no monsters' part, I can't just believe that there is no hidden treasure underneath. Especially a dungeon hidden near the Crimson Village. It's such a rare thing to find, so I'm going in first!"
While Aqua rushes into the abandoned dungeon, I can't help but find her statement ironic, considering she was tricked into purchasing a chicken egg for a large sum of money.
"W-Wait, I don't have my sword. Is that bad?" Darkness asked me and Megumin.
"It has no monsters inside, so there is no need. If anything goes bad, I think your brute force is enough." I snickered.
Darkness becomes flustered and grabs both Megumin and me, intertwining our hands with hers, practically dragging us into the dungeon.
The more we tell her to let go, the tighter her grip becomes, and her speed increases until we catch up with Aqua.
"Man, you really like having it rough with me." I check my bruised hand, while wiping the dirt off my clothes with the other.
"Don't make it sound so weird as well." The mother of the party scolds me.
"Heal! Heal!"
Aqua heals my hand as well as Megumin's.
"Thank you." I was sincerely surprised.
I didn't even have to ask, but she did it anyway. Maybe I should increase her allowance instead of just giving her a bonus.
"Not a problem for someone like me! I've healed you with worse injuries. Hehe." The innocent smile of hers almost makes my heart skip a beat.
"Well, since we're in here, we might as well explore. Wait a minute, this doesn't look like any ordinary dungeon. I wouldn't even call this a dungeon at all. More like a secret laboratory."
Night vision was not needed as the lights were somehow still running on some long-lasting generator.
"Danger sense."
But it's better to be safe than sorry. I activated my skill to see if there were any dangerous objects or traps, highlighting and glowing red.
But there doesn't seem to be anything dangerous in this weird laboratory.
"This place looks just like the one we entered when we destroyed the cool-looking golem," Megumin observed, examining the walls of the hallways.
"Megumin is right. And the fact that it's near the Crimson Village. Could it have been built by the same guy who made the Destroyer?" Darkness wondered curiously, exploring the empty rooms one by one.
"It may be a possibility. But if the creator of the Destroyer built this place, there would likely be some defense mechanism, just like the golem. For now, let's search for more answers."
And maybe another sexy maiden robot.
"Man, this place has no treasure at all. Ooh, a button!"
Aqua pressed the one thing that you should not always press: a red button.
"Ah, you idiot! What if you blow us up?! Who's going to heal all of us then?!"
Suddenly, a hidden door in the bland white walls opened, leading to a set of stairs descending to a basement. Fortunately, the stairs were not spiral but straight, making the descent easier.
"My instincts are telling me that the treasures are hidden down there. I call dibs!" Aqua recklessly ran down the stairs with her ability to see through the dark.
Oh yeah, I forgot she had that ability. Not a problem for her.
Thankfully, there was also a light switch for the basement, though the lights were not as bright as the ones on the main floor.
"Stop her before she does anything else stupid!"
The rest of us carefully descended the stairs, chasing Aqua. Each second wasted was an opportunity for her to blow this place to smithereens.
"Aqua, didn't I just tell you not to do anything-"
Just as I said that, I noticed how empty the basement was.
It was a fairly huge basement, about 20 feet high from floor to ceiling. I couldn't even estimate the width and length as the walls were blocked by several pillars supporting the structure.
The only things besides the pillars were a few bookshelves that were almost empty, with just one book left on each shelf.
"Hmm... I'm starting to think Darkness was right about buried dungeons. There is absolutely nothing here but spiders and emptiness in this dungeon! Hmph!" Aqua crossed her arms in disappointment, ready to leave whenever she pleased.
"I told you so. Then again, even if this was a buried dungeon, we should at least see some skeletons of monsters here, but I'm surprised there is nothing at all."
"What should we do, Kazuma? Explore more or just leave? I'm okay with either. After all... I also want to sleep..." Megumin tugged the sleeves of my shirt, her face expressing nervousness but determination.
At a time like this, does she really want to be all flirty?
"Aqua, look at this book. Can you read it to us?"
Darkness interrupted our close moment, whether accidentally or on purpose, grabbing the only book on the bookshelf.
"From what I'm seeing right now, it looks like another diary... Hm..."
The three of us listened intently to her above average reading skills.
...
I've made a decision to create an underground laboratory because I felt like it...
I mean, I have the power to create anything I want with slight limitations, which I don't even know yet, thanks to the blue-haired goddess that granted me this power freely.
The laboratory was constructed with ease - just a single thought and a dramatic pose, and poof!
At first, I had grand plans to use it as my primary sex dungeon, with multiple women whipping me while I'm cuffed to the bed. But then, those Crimson Demons that I made followed me to the laboratory. I told them to shoo, but they wouldn't budge.
So, I thought I'd get rid of them by creating a middle age village right next to me. But even that didn't work. Every day, they kept praising me for giving them life and such a cool name. I was about to lose my mind from all the adulation and decided to create an indestructible mobile fortress.
But then... one thundery night... I was greeted by someone filled with such tragedy, desperation, and despair. Even I couldn't bear the thought of ignoring this certain Crimson Demon.
It was the first Crimson Demon I ever made. He looked exhausted, his dirty and raggedy clothes soaked from the stormy rain.
At the time, I didn't think of them having pools of mana or the ability to master advanced magic spells quickly. So this first and original Crimson Demon was just an ordinary man, just like me before I entered this world.
That rainy night... he told me how the other Crimson Demons harshly treated him for being the weakest of all of them, even weaker than the children. They called him names, threw objects at him, forced him out of his tent, and almost exiled him from the village. His cheeks were dripping wet with tears, and he begged and begged to be something more, to fit in.
He just wanted a friend that would stick by his side until the very end. Such isolation and loneliness can break a man.
He almost reminded me of myself back in my other world.
With him being the first, I knew he needed to have something special about him. I couldn't ignore him like the rest.
I promised him that I would give him the best ability I could make with a hundred percent of my powers.
And that night, I did the best of my capabilities to create something so powerful. I couldn't even remember what it was that I gave him because I was so focused on using 100% of my ability to create whatever I wanted.
The power I created for him turned into something edible - a piece of banana. It didn't look like much, and he didn't expect much from eating it. As he ate it, he said it tasted and felt just like a normal banana.
No doubt, there was power inside that banana, but I also didn't know.
I told him it was for him to find out.
He excitedly thanked me for helping him and went on his way, getting wet again from the thunderstorm.
The next few days, I didn't see him anymore. I thought maybe he finally had the same abilities as the rest and had made friends with everyone in the village.
But to my shock and dismay, I received terrible news from the Crimson Demons themselves as they showed up at my front door.
Small numbers of Crimson Demons were found murdered in the village. Thankfully, a powerful Archpriest from the village was able to resurrect them all, gather information from the resurrected victims, and learned who the culprit was.
To my shock, all the evidence pointed to someone I'd recently granted new powers to.
This wasn't an ordinary malfunction or failure of a test. This was a massive mistake that I must correct before it gets even worse.
The Crimson Demons teleported me into the center of the village. After hours of scouting, we found the original Crimson Demon to whom I'd given powers.
But he looked entirely different from before.
The banana he ate must've mutated his body on a genetic level. He didn't look like any ordinary human anymore.
In this wretched state, he resembled a grotesque abomination, a nightmarish creation born of my own reckless actions. His once-human form twisted into a horrific entity, adorned in a nightmarish red hue with demonic features. His entire body seemed like a grotesque canvas, marked by sinister shadows and chilling darkness.
His nails and teeth, once ordinary, transformed into razor-sharp implements, ready to inflict unspeakable horrors.
His elbows grew sharp with white bones coming from underneath like a secondary dagger,
But his entire body was grotesquely defined with muscles that I didn't even know existed in the human body. If he was even human anymore...
The shocking part was that the last time I saw him, he was as skinny as a stick.
Most importantly, his genitalia disappeared.
He was just... something. He looked like a divine entity resembling that of a devil, but he wasn't...
He had mutated into an entirely different being, thanks to my recklessness. He wasn't the depressed, desperate man I once saw a few nights ago.
His aura was filled with the intent to kill whatever, whoever he saw.
Even if you were just a newborn baby, he would spare no pity in dispatching you.
God knows what happened to him when he ate that banana.
But I knew I had to stop him.
I could sense his greed for more power as I didn't let other Crimson Demons approach him at all. I was going to deal with him myself.
This was entirely my fault to begin with.
So I baited him into thinking that if he read this forbidden letter, he would have the powers I have. To create anything with my imagination.
Thankfully, his greed was much more stronger than his intelligence, and he read the words from that letter that would ultimately seal him.
I did my best to keep him sealed, as he somehow almost managed to get out in his first attempt. The second attempt, I made it stronger for him to get out, and he never came out.
Absolutely exhausted from using my entire brainpower to stop the entity, I had to do one more thing before I fell unconscious.
I had to erase the memories of every Crimson Demon who even saw or interacted with the original entity.
I had to erase records of the entity, drawings of the entity, documents of the entity.
And with that, I fell unconscious.
The next morning, I woke up in my bed.
The Crimson Demons must've escorted me into my own laboratory and left me.
So then I just focused on making a mobile fortress.
Also, what was I doing yesterday? I should just read what I wrote in this diary.
...
"The end," Aqua closed the book.
The rest of us fell silent.
The only sound that could be heard was our breathing.
Even though this diary was obviously written by the man who created the Destroyer, I couldn't bring myself to yell something out loud about this old guy, not this time.
Somehow, the diary he wrote was extremely sad, too sad for me to even tell Aqua that it was all her fault for making him reincarnate into this world.
"Wow... I didn't even know that my village had such a tragic past... Now I know what Kazuma feels like. I want to get my memory erased now too," Megumin softly spoke in a sad tone.
"Everything has a deep and dark past behind it, even us nobles. The best thing to do is just move on. The past is the past," Darkness said, comforting the depressed Crimson Demon.
"I think we should just leave this place once and for all. Let this place rest in peace. There seem to be no spirits or undead here, so I don't need to exorcise anything in this laboratory," Aqua said as she put the book back into the shelf, ready to leave.
"Yeah. Let's go home. I miss home..." Megumin said softly, walking right in between the middle of Darkness and Aqua for comfort.
I stood still behind them, pondering and still thinking about what I just listened to.
I looked back at the book inside the bookshelf and noticed a small piece of paper wrapped into a ball, almost pushed flat against the wall of the bookshelf by Aqua.
Curiously, I moved the book aside and grabbed the ball of paper.
The footsteps of Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness grew more distant as their voices became more distant.
I opened the ball of paper and noticed the language was in Japanese.
Maybe it was another page of the diary that was ripped out.
And so I quietly whispered it to myself.
...
The seal used to seal the original Crimson Demon was too fragile in the first place.
And so I made it so it wouldn't be ripped apart so easily by a sword, or even by a strike of magic lightning.
But in exchange, I had to create a set of words that would protect the seal from being released.
And since everyone in this world spoke one specific language.
I used the words in Japanese since only I would know the location and language.
To any future Japanese people that finds and reads this...
Run away...
...
The last two words written down sent chills down my spine.
I instantly dropped the piece of paper, my hands suddenly sweating and shaking, my breathing increasing with each fearful inhale and exhale.
My body began trembling and sweating profusely, overcome with an unexplainable fear of death.
All of a sudden, my danger sense alarm went off.
But there was nothing in my front view glowing with red.
The only people I saw were Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin.
Suddenly, my head started to throb, and I covered my eyes with my hands, trying to rub away the pain.
As I opened my eyes and took a step forward, I felt my foot sink into something soft, unlike the usual hard floor.
I looked down to see dead and rotten corpses of Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin lying in front of me, surrounded by a large pool of blood.
Their lifeless eyes were wide open, staring at me with no expression and no signs of life.
I was about to scream until I blinked again, and the horrifying sight vanished.
I rubbed my eyes once more, looking ahead, and saw the three girls still walking.
They were talking to each other with their innocent smiles, having no clue what I just had a premonition of.
My danger sense alarm was still blaring, though.
But there was nothing dangerous in front of me.
Which means.
Which means...
Which means...!
"I've decided to show you, as a sign of gratitude for releasing me from my long imprisonment..."
A deep, dark, menacing voice, filled with hatred and anger manifested right behind me.
"What you just witnessed and experienced... was your future party members and their demise..."
As it whispered into my right ear...
For the first time in my life in this scary world, I felt genuine fear and powerlessness behind me.
Not even a Demon King general could give me this traumatic feeling that this entity was giving me...
While I couldn't see the glowing red danger from behind me, I could feel it emitting with such intense glowing heat, it was as if it was his crimson aura of death.
"I have given you a vision of your dead party members as a parting gift... Their deaths will be painful and excruciating to the very end. But with you...!"
As he grunts with his last sentence, I felt something extremely sharp and excruciating pierce through and into my lower back, instantly severing my lower spine.
"I'll make your death as painless as possible."
His attack went deeper into my back, into my organs, bulging out of my stomach.
The noises it made as it passed through were extremely disgusting and unnerving.
The immense fear and pain I was experiencing were too unbearable to even speak or cry out for help.
"But.. before you die... you'll hear their screams of torture, begging for your help... and then you'll peacefully pass away..."
"Where did Kazuma go?" I could hear Megumin ask Darkness.
"Kazuma? He's..." I could see Darkness turning around, her eyes spotting at where I was standing.
Then her eyes and mouth widened with shock.
With that sort of shocked expression, she must've seen the entity that was behind me.
And for the first time, I too saw genuine fear on Darkness's face and expression.
"She'll be the first to die... Are you prepared... to hear their screams of terror?"
The immense pain I felt in my lower stomach finally came to a climax, and it exploded.
Aqua and Megumin seemed to have heard the sound of my blood splattering on the floor and turned around.
Their faces resembling the same as Darkness when she first witnessed it a few seconds ago.
Huge piles of blood and organs spewed out of my stomach.
I looked below and noticed his entire crimson arm covered in my own blood, popping out of my stomach like a jackbox.
To think he could effortlessly blow a hole through me with just one punch...
I was definitely no match for him...
My vision began to fade away, and my body began to twitch uncontrollably from the massive blood loss.
"Because I am..."
As his voice grew distant.
The last thing I saw before I blacked out, was Darkness running towards my direction.
And suddenly, it all went dark.