(Hello, this is the second chapter of Jujutsu-Suba.

Picking up where we left off...)

As the bright light surrounded them all, they got transported!

A carriage made a loud creaking sound as it drove over the pavement.

"…Another world… Hey, it really is another world. Eh, it's for real. Am I going to use magic and go on adventures in this world?"

Kazuma is trembling with excitement because of the scene before him and started talking to himself.

Aqua: "AHHH! …AHHH! …AHHH…!"

Kazuma turned around and looked at Aqua, who was hugging her head and screaming.

"Hey, you're noisy. What would you do if people think I'm friends with a crazy woman like you? Stop screaming. You should be giving something to me at a time like this. Look at what I'm wearing. A tracksuit? I've finally arrived in a fantasy world and I'm wearing a tracksuit. According to the norm in games, you should be giving me the minimum equipment…"

Aqua: "AHHH–!"

The goddess screamed as she pounced over to grab Kazuma.

"Whoa! What…? What are you doing, don't act this way! I get it! I'll do something about the basic equipment. I should say that I was wrong. If you hate it that much, you can go back. I'll work out the rest on my own."

Aqua tried to strangle Kazyma with teary eyes, so Kazuma shook off her hands and tried to shoo her away with an annoyed expression.

In the end, Aqua said with trembling hands:

Aqua: "What are you saying? I'm troubled because I can't go back! What now? Hey, what should I do? What am I going to do from now on?"

Aqua fell into a panic in tears, pacing about while hugging her head.

Her waist-length hair was a mess. She looked crazy right now, although she was a beauty if she didn't speak.

Toji gripped the Defence Bypassing Sword he chose to revive with. He slashed in the air and made Aqua and Kazuma jump out of fear and suprirse

"Hmmm. Looks like my Heavenly Restriction is still active. That must be because I kept my body.

This sword is pretty fine to use too."

Aqua: "OI DON'T JUST SWING THAT THING AROUND LIKE A TOY! THATS A MAGICAL SWORD SENT TO YOU FROM THE AFTERLIFE!"

"HUHHHH?! HOW DID THE OTHER HERO CANDIDATE SWING THAT SWORD SO FAST? I COULDN'T EVEN SEE IT! IT WAS LIKE IT TELEPORTED?!"

Toji chuckled as Aqua and Kazuma were so amazed and surprised they couldn't move.

"Anyways. the first place to visit should be the tavern. Everything starts from collecting information at a tavern, that's the standard in RPGs."

Aqua:"Huh…? You're supposed to be just a hikikomori-gaming NEET, so why are you so reliable? Ah, Kazuma, my name's Aqua. I don't mind you addressing me as goddess, but do call me by my name whenever possible or else citizens will surround us and we won't be able to go on adventures and take down the Demon King. This might be a different world, but I'm still one of the revered gods in it."

"This guy is a hikikomori-gaming NEET. Of course he knows this type of stuff. It's his specialty to sit around his room playing all kinds of fantasy games..."

"OI TOJI! I AM NOT A HIKIKOMORI, NOR AM I A GAMING NEET!!"

Kazuma got flustered and embarassed as Toji stated the truth.

"All right, there should be a group formed to take on the Demon King or an adventurer's guild made to defeat monsters."

Speaking of which, Aqua was a goddess. Therefore, Kazuma could ask her if he had any questions.

"Aqua, please tell me where the adventurer's guild is. Which way should we go?"

Kazuma asked Aqua, but she just looked at him blankly.

Aqua: "…? I wouldn't know even if you ask me. I know the common knowledge of this world, but not the specifics of this town. This is just one of the many existing planets, and just a small town at that! How should I know?"

This girl's useless.

"As expected. She was such a brat back in the Afterlife it's only common sense she is a completely useless person. Centurys of just sitting and lazing around probably even made her worse."

Aqua: "What did you say?!"

Aqua tried to deliver a "God Blow" to Toji's head. But his impeccable speed dodged it easily and Aqua landed plop on her face.

Kazuma sighed. There was no other way, so I asked a middle-aged lady passing by.

Kazuma didn't ask any guys for fear of meeting delinquents, and the difficulty of talking to young girls is too high for him.

"Excuse me–may I ask you something? I'm looking for a place like an adventurer's guild…"

Old Lady: "Guild? Oh my, to not know where the guild is, might you be from out of town?"

From what the lady said there really was a guild here, making Kazuma relieved.

"That's right; I'm a traveller who came from a faraway land. I just reached this town."

Old Lady: "Oh my… Since you came to this town, you must be aiming to become an adventurer. Welcome to the town of novice adventurers, Axel. Follow the main road and turn right, you'll then see the signboard for the guild."

"Take a right down the road. Got it, thank you very much! … Hey, let's go guys...

A town for novice adventurers.

I see. This was a good starting point for the dead transported here."

After thanking the lady, Kazuma and Toji, followed her directions while Aqua followed Kazuma with respect in her eyes and sighed.

Aqua: "Hey, you came up with an excuse right on the spot. Why are you able to handle this so perfectly? You seem to be a capable guy, so why were you a hikiNEET without any friends or a girlfriend? Why would you want to stay at home all day and be a hikiNEET?"

"Not having friends or a girlfriend isn't a bad thing. One can't measure the value of a person by the number of friends or by having a significant other. Moreover, don't call me a hikiNEET you damn [CENSOR]! Don't combine hikikomori and NEET together…! I'm just sixteen; I'm too young to be a NEET by society's standards…! There it is."

Aqua pounced over to strangle Kazuma for calling her a [CENSOR, but he ignored her and entered the adventurer's guild.

– Adventurer's Guild –

"So this is the Adventurer's Guild?"

After saying that, Toji went off to sit on one of the benches.

Aqua and Kazuma went over to the recruitment section and were stumped by a recruitment fee.

Aqua and Kazuma returned to the table Toji was sitting at and sighed.

"Hm? What's wrong?

This useless Goddess and NEET were filled with so much energy just a minute ago."

Kazuma stood up straight and said:

"Look Toji, we need to get the recruitment fee to Become part of the Adventurer's Guild. Any ideas?"

Toji smirked and said

"Of course. Let's rob that guy over there when he exits the guild. I can make sure there are no witnesses..."

Kazuma said:

"OI! No illegal stuff Toji! I don't know what world you came from but this isn't the place for that!"

Aqua: "I have an idea!"

Toji and Kazuma both stared at Aqua, thinking "Is this Uselsss Goddess actually going to start to be useful now?"

Aqua: "You both suddenly become unreliable. However, there's no helping it, since you're a hikikomori and a homeless assasain after all. All right, it's time for me to shine. Just watch, I'll show you the capability of a goddess."

Seated at a table wearing the loose and cumbersome clothing of a priest was a man.

Aqua approached the man confidently…

Aqua: "Man of the cloth, please state thy religion! I'm Aqua. That's right, the goddess Aqua worshipped by the religious order of Axis! If thou art a believer…! … May you give me some aid by lending me some money?"

The man ended up being a follower of Eris instead of the Axis. However he lent 4,000 Eris as a sign of good will towards Aqua. (The registration fee is 1,000 Eris per person.)

Man in cloth: "It's just a small fee, so please take it as a blessing from Goddess Eris. But no matter how devout you are, you shouldn't use the title of goddess in vain."

Aqua: "Ah… Okay, sorry… Thank you very much…"The eyes of Aqua looked dead as she returned with the money.Aqua: "Ha, he didn't believe that I'm a goddess… By the way, Goddess Eris's my junior. I was pitied by the believer of my junior goddess and received his money…"Toji was surprised. "The Useless Goddess did it! She actually did something helpful! What a surprise!" Aqua: "I have a name! Aqua! Not The Useless Goddess!! Stop calling me that!"

"What matters is that you completed the task. Think about it. If he really believed that you were a goddess, there'd be a different kind of trouble!"

Aqua had an expression that seemed to say she lost something important, so Kazuma half-heartedly encouraged her.

"Eh, we're back with the registration fees.

I… I see… The registration fee is 1,000 eris…"

Aqua received 3,000 eris from the priest.

According to Aqua, one eris was about one yen. Therefore, she received about 3,000 yen.

Aqua, Toji, and Kazuma went up to the recruitment counter.

Counter Lady: "All right. Since you said you want to become an adventurer, you should have some level of understanding, but I'll explain it from the start… First, adventurers are responsible for the extermination of monsters wandering outside the town, people who get rid of dangerous creatures that might harm the citizens. They're also jacks-of-all-trades, taking on odd jobs that require their talents. Collectively known as adventurers are people who earn a living this way. And among adventurers, there are different jobs."

Finally, it was coming.

This was a norm for adventurers. Be it jobs, class, or whatever it's called, you had to choose the way you fought in this world.

Compared to the blunt warrior profession, flashy jobs like mages should be better.

The counter lady handed Aqua, Toji, and Kazuma one card each.

It was about the size of a driver's license and seemed to be a kind of identification card.

Counter Lady: "Please look over here; do you see the word 'Level'? As both of you know, all things in the world have souls no matter what form it takes. If you eat or kill a being, you can absorb a part of the memory of the soul, known as 'Experience Points.' Experience Points are normally intangible things, but…"

The counter lady pointed to one part of the card and continued.

Counter Lady: "With this card, the Experience Points the adventurer absorbs will be shown here. At the same time, the level corresponding to your experience points will be displayed here. This shows how strong an adventurer is. How many enemies you defeat will be recorded here. With the accumulation of experience points, all creatures will grow stronger rapidly at some point, known as leveling up. Simply put, leveling up will grant you all sorts of benefits, such as skill points to learn new skills. So please work hard to increase your level."

Counter Lady: "First, please fill in your height, weight, age and other details in the blanks."

Kazuma and the others filled in their measurements on the form given to them by the counter lady.

Counter Lady: "That'll be fine, please touch this card. This will display the strength of each of your abilities for reference when choosing your job. After accumulating skill points, you can learn skills that are available for your job. This is one of the key points in choosing occupations."

With tense emotions and a heart full of expectation, Kazuma touched the card first.

Counter Lady: "… All right, thank you. Satou Kazuma-san, right? Let's see… Strength, vitality, magic, agility and speed… All of them are average. Intelligence is slightly better than average… Huh? Luck's very high, but it's not very relevant for adventurers… This is troubling. From the numbers, you can only choose the most basic Adventurer job! Since your luck's so high, I suggest you give up being an adventurer and be a merchant instead… What'll you like to do?"

"Hey, denying my life of adventuring right from the very start!? What was this?"

The corners of Aqua's lips were high in a smile, tempting me to punch her.

"Me being weak doesn't help your cause, you know."

"Um… I'd like to become an Adventurer…"The counter lady said with a face of worry:Counter Lady: "I-It's fine. After levelling up and raising your stats, you can change your job! In addition, the Adventurer job is just what it sounds like; it's a combination of all jobs. That's right, it might be a basic level job, but it doesn't mean it's worse than the others! Adventurers can learn and use the skills of all jobs after all! On the other hand, you'll need more skill points to learn skills. Without the bonus attribute of the actual job, your skills will be weaker when compared to them. It's a jack of all trades, master of none."After the counter lady pointed out the good points, Aqua immediately shot them down.Kazuma should find a place to throw her away.It seemed that Kazuma would be taking a basic job, a beginner job.Anyway, it was the weakest job.However, Kazuma was still an adventurer that appeared in this world.As Kazuma received my card with my name and the job 'Adventurer' written on it with a heavy heart…

Counter Lady: "Eh? Huh? What's with these numbers? Leaving the lower than average intelligence and rock bottom luck aside, the rest of your stats drastically exceed the average! Especially your magic, it's abnormally high! Who in the world are you…?"

The counter lady screamed after looking at the card Aqua touched.

The place was in an uproar.

… Weird, shouldn't that be happening to Kazuma or Toji instead?

Aqua: "Ah, is that right? Therefore, it means I'm amazing. Oh my, it's normal by my standard."

No matter how useless, she was still a goddess.

However, Aqua being so happy that she became embarrassed pissed me off.

Counter Lady"This… This is way beyond amazing! Mage-type jobs that require high intelligence aren't available… However, you may choose any other job! The holy knight with its strongest defense, Crusader; the swordsman with the strongest attack, Sword Master; and the top-tier cleric, Archpriest. You may choose from most of the top-tier jobs right now!"

Slightly troubled by the counter lady's exclamation, Aqua said:

Aqua: "Well, it's a pity that goddess isn't available as a job. It'll be Archpriest for me then."

"Archpriest! Archpriests can use all kinds of recovery and support spells. They can even take the role of vanguards, a strong all-rounder job! I'll register you now… Done. Welcome to the adventurer's guild, Aqua-sama! All of our staff look forward to your grand exploits!"

The counter lady said with a pleasant smile.

… Strange, what was this?

As I said, this should've happened to me…

Ah, forget it–

Now it was Toji's turn.

As Toji Fushiguro touched his card...

Counter Lady: "WHAT?!!?!

Max strength!? Max speed!? Max durability!?

What is this!!? Umm... Aside from average intelligence and a magic stat of zero, you can be anything besides a Mage!"

"Heh. As expected of my Heavenly Restriction working it's wonders. Now... My job type...

Seems like Sword Master might be good. Lady! I want to be a Sword Master!"

Counter Lady: "Right away Sir!"

And the job "Sword Master" was put on Toji's adventurer card.

Meanwhile Kazuma...

"IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEEEEE.

WHY DOES TOJI GET EVERYTHING?!??!

QE'RE BOTH HERO CANDIDATES!!"

With that, their life as adventurers began in this world.