Chapter 10 Money Making Ideas/New Friend
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Note: As I said in the previous chapter, Yunyun will be 15 so as not to be too far away from Haruka, who is 16. I know that in the original book she is the same age as Megumin, who is 14, but it would be strange for someone 16 to be with someone 14. But anyway, on to the next chapter.
Chapter 10 Ideas for making money / New friend.
"So, have you improved?" Haruka asks, crouching down in front of Megumin and Yunyun.
The two girls are sitting on the floor leaning their backs on the counter. Breathing heavily and feeling their bellies burn.
"Wasn't that too cruel?" Aqua approaches the girls, crouching down next to them to use her healing magic.
"Look, for my sake, I'd leave Megumin there. Since it was her idea." Kazuma says, crossing his arms.
"Even, Kazuma." Haruka stands up, catching his friend's eye. "You said you wanted to make money fast, didn't you?" Kazuma nods in agreement.
"Yeah, why?" Kazuma turns his attention to Haruka.
"Have you had any ideas?" Haruka approaches Kazuma, putting her arm around Kazuma's shoulder for support.
"Actually, I'm still in doubt." Kazuma crosses his arms thoughtfully. "I have no idea what to do."
"How about making jewelry?" Megumin says, approaching the boys.
"Oh, looks like Aqua's cured you." Haruka says, reaching up and tapping Megumin on the forehead. "Stop with the silly board challenge ideas."
"Ouch!" Megumin puts her hands to her forehead. "Wicked!"
"But what did you say before?" Kazuma asks, taking the focus away from the two of them.
"Oh, yes." Megumin resumes her posture. "I thought jewelry might be a good idea."
"Jewelry..." Haruka put her hand to her chin, thinking. "What kind of jewelry?"
"Like..." Megumin tries to think of something. "Something that could make life easier for adventurers..."
"Make it easier... like lighting a fire... with a lighter..." Kazuma murmured. Wide-eyed, he knows what to do. "THAT'S IT!" Kazuma shouts, startling everyone in the store.
"That's what?" Haruka turns her attention to Kazuma.
"We can make an item from our world, like a lighter!" Kazuma says excitedly to Haruka.
"Yeah... it could work!" Haruka says excitedly.
"From your world?" Megumin asks the boys with confusion on her face.
"Oh, that's no big deal." Haruka shrugs and tries to change the subject.
"É... that's it." Kazuma says, a little flustered by Megumin's questioning of his old world.
"Well, we still need to know how to make a lighter." Kazuma puts his hand to his chin thoughtfully.
"Well, we can use both the logic here and that of our... hometown." Haruka blurts out.
"What are you talking about?" Aqua asks, finishing healing Yunyun and approaching the three of them.
"We're thinking of making 'Magic Items' to sell." Haruka says to Aqua.
"And what would that be?" Aqua asks, curious about the products.
"Well, if you like..." Wiz intrudes on the conversation. "I can offer my store for you to sell."
Kazuma and Haruka look at each other, knowing full well what could happen if they leave the items in Wiz's possession.
"Thanks, Wiz. But we'll leave that for the future." Kazuma refuses, trying not to hurt Wiz's feelings.
"Besides, I don't..." Haruka was about to say something, but gave up. "We'll see in the near future." Haruka can't be honest with Wiz, no matter how much of a demon she is.
"Oh, it's okay. Don't worry." Wiz gives the boys a slight smile. "Would you like some tea?" Wiz picks up the teapot, but trips and spills all the tea on Haruka.
"It's... another long day..." Haruka gives in and accepts his new way of life.
"Megumin, you really found a very... lively group," Yunyun giggles slightly.
"Yeah... I really did." Megumin also laughs lightly, seeing Haruka all wet from the tea.
[...]
"Bela, I'll see you later." Haruka says goodbye to Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, Yunyun and Wiz.
Haruka walks around Axis, trying to find something she likes. Some people are still gossiping about him, but he tries not to think about it.
Haruka sees a stall selling stuffed animals. Haruka looks at the stuffed animals, unsure whether to buy one or not.
"The frog mission was good money, but..." Haruka stares at the stuffed animals, unsure whether to take one or not. Until he notices someone watching him.
"Is anyone there?" Haruka looked around and noticed Yunyun watching him, barely hidden behind a wooden stake from a food stall. "Yunyun?"
Yunyun realizes that Haruka has seen her, becomes embarrassed and despairs, falling to the ground from tripping over a cloth.
"Oh, my head..." Yunyun sits on the floor, rubbing the back of her head with her hand.
"Are you all right?" Haruka approaches Yunyun and holds out her hand to help the girl up.
"Ah... yes, yes I'm fine!" Yunyun tries to stand up on her own, but feels her head hurting again. "Ow! My head..."
"Want some ice!" Haruka takes an ice cube from a stall, before the vendor complains he throws a coin to the vendor. "Here."
"Ah, thanks..." Yunyun reluctantly takes the ice and puts it to the back of his neck. "Ouch! It's freezing!"
"Hehe..." Haruka giggles and takes a cloth from her pocket. "Give me the ice."
Yunyun hands over the ice cube, Haruka wraps the ice in the cloth and puts it back on the back of the girl's neck.
"There! That's less icy." Haruka says to the girl.
"Ah... thank you..." Yunyun stares at Haruka's face, blushing as she looks away.
"Do you need anything?" Haruka asks the girl.
"Well... I just... I..." Yunyun tries to gather her strength to speak.
"Can you walk with me for a while?" Haruka asks, trying not to make Yunyun more nervous. "It's just that I wanted to ask you a few questions, can I?" Haruka said, snapping Yunyun out of her trance.
"Ah... yes, yes we can." Yunyun hands the cloth back to Haruka and reluctantly follows him.
[...]
"So that's how you met Megumin?" Haruka asks while looking at the food stalls.
"Yes, she gave me a lobster. And that was our first contact." Yunyun seems a little more at ease, but she's still nervous. "I even heard that Megumin sent a golden apple to her family. I just don't know where she got one..."
"Oh, so that's what she did with the golden apple?" Haruka asks excitedly.
"Eh? How do you know?" Yunyun asks confused.
"I gave her that apple." Haruka says pointing to himself.
"Really?!" Yunyun is impressed. "How did you get one?"
"It was on a mission. Actually, I found two, but Megumin seemed a bit sad, so I lied to the guild and only gave one to the guild, and the other I gave to Megumin." Haruka says with a smile on her face.
"Wow... you're so kind..." Yunyun looks down with a slight smile on his face.
"Hey, Yunyun!" Haruka says, catching the girl's eye. "Would you like a drink?" Haruka points to a milkshake shop.
Haruka and Yunyun enter the store, even though the sales assistant is reluctant to serve Haruka, he does so anyway. Haruka gets a vanilla milkshake while Yunyun gets a strawberry one. The two continue walking around the city, chatting about random topics.
"I really don't understand..." Haruka says, catching Yunyun's eye. "About you not having any friends. You're such a nice girl."
"It's just..." Yunyun lowers her head and stops walking. "Many people in my village thought I was strange. They put me aside and often didn't talk to me."
"Just because you're not 'Crazy' like Megumin?" Haruka asks, knowing Megumin's way of acting.
"É..." Yunyun replies in a sad tone. "I was treated differently, like I didn't belong there... I just..." Yunyun has a sad expression in her eyes. "It's just that you... were so nice to me... and didn't laugh at my name... I..."
"Hey..." Haruka caught Yunyun's eye and put her hand on his shoulder. "Your name isn't weird, it's actually quite cute... but that shouldn't get you down!"
"But..." Yunyun still looks sad.
"Look..." Haruka wipes a tear from Yunyun's eye. "You said you wanted a friend, didn't you? How about I be your friend?"
...
Yunyun's eyes widen as she stares at Haruka, and without realizing it, her tears start to fall. Haruka was concerned to see the girl crying.
"Hey, are you okay?" Haruka tries to console her, but she's still crying.
"You... you..." Yunyun tries to wipe away the tears. "You really..." Yunyun is still trying to wipe away the tears.
"Hey... there's no point in crying." Haruka pats Yunyun on the back to calm her down.
"You're not lying, are you..." Yunyun takes a deep breath, trying not to cry. "Do you really want to be my friend?" Yunyun tries to hold back the tears.
"Yes, I want to be your friend. You're someone nice and..." Haruka is interrupted when Yunyun starts crying again.
"Looks like I'll be staying here for a while." Haruka thinks to himself. Haruka tries to comfort the crying girl while people judge him with their gazes.
(End of chapter.)
Note: You might find Yunyun's reaction to Haruka's friend request strange, but if you know Yunyun's life story you'll know that she'd probably have a similar reaction. Okay, I may have exaggerated, but this is supposed to be exciting, Yunyun's first friend. I know this chapter was very short, but I just want to add to it for the future of this FIC.
That's all for today, see you in the next chapter!
