“That hurts!” On an early afternoon Chris came to the mansion to play with Chomusuke.
“...What are you doing? Don’t think that because you’re cute, you can get away with anything.” Chomusuke is usually friendly, but it was being mean to Chris.
“Come here, Chomusuke, come here. I’ll pet you.”
“Meow.”
“Ah! W-Wait!”
I made a hand signal to call her here, Chomusuke jumped up onto the sofa, and began to snuggle up to my chest. I stroked her while lying down.
Darkness was reading a book beside Chris “...I don’t know why, but Chomusuke is only friendly with Kazuma and Megumin, not even I can touch her...” She looked at Chomusuke with envy.
She fed her but when she wanted to pet her, Chomosuke immediately avoided her. Aqua got the same treatment as Chris, scratches.
“They say animals are sensitive to the human heart. Maybe our nature is alike.”
“Your nature… That means it’s interested in someone who is as lazy as a cat?”
Why do you say that an experienced adventurer on vacation.
“Hmm, from my clear eyes, this cat seems to be a demon-connected embodiment. She must hate the holy aura of Aqua and Darkness.”
“Aqua said the same thing. But there is no reason for her to be aggressive to you, a thief.”
At my casual mention of it, Chris got startled, and her body began to tremble “Y-You said it before, animals are sensitive to the human heart. This fur ball must hate this pure heart of mine.”
“You asked for a steal duel when we first met, remember?”
Darkness chuckled at our conversation.
“Look Chris! The princess is laughing. She must be thinking, ‘She asked for a duel but lost her panties’!”
“Stop laughing, I’ll steal yours!”
“You two stop calling me princess! Besides, I’m not laughing because of that!” Putting a bookmark; the princess faced this way “I just feel happy seeing you having fun with Kazuma, you’re usually alone when you’re not with me, I mean you don’t even have a party. Your lack of friends worries me, I’m relieved to see you have social skills…”
“Looks like I have to punish you. Kazuma, restrain her.”
“Okay! I’ve never stolen from Darkness. How about we have a match to see who gets the good stuff?”
Darkness was trying to escape with all her might as Chris extended one hand “Bind!”
“He-Hey, you even used a skill to restrain me, are you serious?” Darkness began to hurriedly shout “WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE CHRIS! If my clothes were ripped one by one by two people using steal...!”
“She’s getting excited, do something. You’re her best friend, aren’t you?”
“Hmm, she wasn’t like this... Sometimes I wonder, is this girl really a noble...?”
The still-bound Darkness showed a serious face “That’s right, I don’t want to stop your fun, but that’s the reason I called Chris, there is a request from a noble.”
“She wants to distract us with her noble aura. Let’s scribble on her face while she’s still tied up.”
“I won’t forgive you even if you get serious. Say ‘I’m a useless perverted girl’!”
“Ah, s-stop it! I have important business tomorrow!” Darkness didn’t seem to mind as Chris scribbled on her face.
She asked Chris to accompany her on important business. I asked if it was okay if I didn’t come, but she said Chris was enough. They’ve known each other for a long time, maybe she wants to be with her friend once in a while.
“......”
“By the way, earlier you said you were worried about Chris not having any friends, but you don’t have any either. I’ve never met any.”
“D-Don’t say that, I have many noble friends! I just never introduced them to you!” She’s saying arrogant words still tied up.
Why didn’t she introduce them to me? I should find out about through her body!
“Hey, what are you doing with that hand...! C-Chris, help me... You too?!”
As she untied an exhausted Darkness Chris looked out the window “...It’s already afternoon, aren’t they late?”
‘They’ are Megumin and Aqua, going about their daily routine. For some reason, today Aqua took on the task of carrying Megumin home.
“Here’s my guess, Aqua messed up and got chased by monsters, Megumin launched her magic and they went home after being attacked by the freshly awakened frogs. It’s almost time for them to come home in tears after being rescued by nearby adventurers.”
“It couldn’t have come to that, after all, they are veteran adventurers... Hey, don’t you have a lack of trust in your own friends? Darkness, you should also say something!” Chris said with a tired look.
“...I’ll prepare the bath. Kazuma spread newspaper from the front door to the bathroom. If the frog slime drips onto the carpet, it will be difficult to clean.”
“Darkness?!” Chris cried out in surprise.
The front door opened, along with the sound of muddy footsteps, someone had arrived.
“We’re home.”
“Waa, waaaaa... It’s sticky and smelly...”
Megumin was being carried by a crying Aqua who shakily dropped her to the living room floor.
“W-Wait you two, don’t come in like that! I’ll bring the newspaper first...”
Against Darkness, Megumin began to grin “Oh, Darkness, you’re wearing princess-like clothes today. What’s with that outfit? Chris is here too, does that mean you intend to go out? What a perverted girl, huh.”
“Why are you ignoring the drawings on my face? …This is my favorite outfit! It was sent from my parents’ house... W-What does that expression of yours mean Megumin? Why did you come to me!” Darkness began to step back with her face frozen as Megumin suddenly attacked her.
“My name is Megumin! There will be no mercy for anyone who stands before me, even if she is a noble! Fuhahahaha, aren’t we friends, I won’t let you remain clean!”
“Ah?! Wait-, stop-...! My favorite clothes are covered by frog slime, such an unkind appearance in front of Kazuma and Chris...! I can’t face the Dustiness ancestors anymore...!”
“You should apologize to your ancestors.”
While shocked by the sight, Chris began to mutter “...Since joining your party, Darkness has become increasingly dirty...”
No, I think she was already like this.
Part 2
The next day I woke up at almost nighttime. As I came down the stairs feeling hungry, I found Megumin and Aqua waiting restlessly. Darkness was supposed to cook dinner tonight, but because she had business to attend, we decided to have dinner out.
Aqua was looking me up and down “Hey Kazuma, we’re going to an expensive restaurant, I don’t think sportswear is appropriate.”
“Sportswear is the formal attire of an unemployed person. You could say it’s the best outfit.”
“Maybe the best outfit for a NEET!”
Megumin was wearing a black one-piece outfit...
“You are wearing your usual clothes, you don’t get to say anything.”
“This is the formal attire of a goddess. It’s arguably the best outfit, it doesn’t matter.”
She said the same thing I did.
We arrived at what looked like the wealthy part of town, somewhere we’ve never been to before. The people on the streets are wearing expensive looking clothes.
“Kazuma, Kazuma! I want to go to that restaurant over there. We should be able to afford it.” Aqua was referring to a prestigious looking restaurant with glass walls on the side of the road.
She and I stuck to the glass and tried to see inside “Look Aqua. They’re all wearing nice, stylish clothes, even the waiters! Feels like poor people are banned.”
“Geez, just look at their faces, they’re ignoring us. It’s like they can’t even look at poor people!”
Despite being stared at by us pressed against the glass, the rich-looking customers hastily turned their faces away.
Megumin took one step back from us and said “They seem to be nobles. Although not as beautiful as Darkness, people with blond hair and blue eyes are everywhere.”
“So it’s a noble’s restaurant. If we don’t have enough money, we can just use Darkness’ family name. She’s a noble, the staff must know about her.”
“That’s right, friends help each other, if we’re in a bind, let’s rely on Darkness. Moreover, we are adventurers after all, always supporting each other!”
The moment Aqua and I opened the door, a waiter came straight to us “Customer, umm... there’s a dress code at this restaurant...”
“I’m Kazuma Satou, an adventurer. In other words, this outfit is formal wear.”
“I’m Aqua, the archpriest. An archpriest is not an ordinary priest, this outfit is also formal.”
“...Customer, in addition of not being able to enter without being introduced by someone, tonight we’re completely booked...”
I’m surprised that there’s a restaurant that rejects first-time customers, and by someone of high status, he means the nobility, right. If we were ordinary adventurers, we would get scared and start running away, but...
“High status? Here is the goddess of the Axis cult in person.”
“As ordered by the goddess of water, you will give me your finest alcohol!”
“I will give you a free meal tickets, please go away.”
As we happily accepted the tickets, a girl hurriedly approached us “What on earth are you doing! Sorry, these two are my acquaintances... H-Hey, you three, don’t try to run!”
Darkness looked even more like a princess even more than before, she caught us as we were trying to escape “Why did you show up at this restaurant? Ordinary people can’t come here!” While being stared at by the curious nobles, Darkness said with a troubled expression.
“I have a lot of money; I can be luxurious Lalatina.”
“Right, we’ve made quite a fortune, Lalatina.”
“I have nothing to do with this. I don’t want to deal with the people in this restaurant.”
“Stop saying my name! Megumin, by not stopping them you’re guilty too! Listen you all, tonight there’s a feast for nobles. I’ll bring you some souvenirs later...” Perhaps the figure of the irritated Lalatina was unusual for them, as the nobles were interestedly looking this way.
Then, a noble who seemed to be the organizer approached us “It seems like strange customers come here... But if they’re acquaintances of Lady Dustiness, they have enough background, so it’s fine to let them in.” The blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl wearing a red-colored dress said with a chuckle.
“No, these three are adventurers.” A persuasive Darkness tried to stop us “Kazuma, the people in this restaurant are all nobles, you probably won’t be able to eat because you’re too nervous, so...”
“We are adventurers, we can’t possibly feel nervous. Take it easy, I won’t be impolite to the nobles, just relax.”
“Just as Kazuma said. There seems to be expensive alcohol, but don’t worry, I won’t drink it to the point of getting drunk. I’ll be patient until I get the most expensive stuff.”
“I won’t embarrass you either, I’ll refrain from bringing too much food home.”
“I’ll give you money for tonight’s meal, go home!”
Even though Darkness tried to get us to get home, we now found ourselves in a corner of this fine restaurant.
Noble parties typically take place in one of their mansions, but this one is specifically to enjoy high-quality food, that’s why it takes place is in a restaurant, and why they don’t care about us at all, they are focused on their food. Sometimes there are nobles who glance our way, but the moment our eyes meet, they immediately look away, although maybe that’s just my imagination.
“But you attended the party too. Even though you’re a useless noble who doesn’t like gatherings.”
“Who are you calling useless! ...But no, there’s a different reason as to why I attended...”
She is the only daughter of a nobleman who needs to find a successor to his family, perhaps she’s feeling anxious about not finding a fiancé.
“In that case, we will calmly eat while trying not to disturb you, so feel free to flirt with handsome nobles and tease low-status nobles.”
“You don’t understand! Ugh, you guys aren’t going home no matter what, are you? What the heck, I’ll tell you the truth...” Darkness said as she looked around to make sure no one heard her “This party is held often, but there have been unflattering rumors about it." She lowered her voice, a serious expression on her face "That is, whether the food used uses illegal ingredients...”
On earth an illegal ingredient would be something like an endangered species.
“...I see. So, if a lesser noble dares to eat such food, you come a monopolize it with the power of your family.”
“You cheat Darkness! I want to eat too! We’re friends, right?!”
“I’ll taste it and give you my opinion.”
Darkness complained “I infiltrated to crack down on the use of illegal ingredients! Not to break the law!”
Then a handsome young man with a slim body entered the restaurant. He looked around and headed straight towards us...
“Sorry I’m late. ...Are the others coming too?”
A man with silver hair wearing a black tuxedo, is it...
“Darkness, I’m sorry for being late, I want to talk about these clothes you gave me.”
With an annoyed look Chris faced Darkness and the two started whispering.
Part 3
Chris and Darkness took us to a waiting room.
“I’m dressed up, you better tell me about the situation.” Chris said while eating a chicken leg she had secretly picked up from the hall, a still unaccepting expression in her face.
With guilt on her face, Darkness explained “There are rumors about illegal activities here. So, I called Chris...”
Without listening to details Chris replied, “What should I do?”
Chris’ immediate agreement made me believe that she was truly Darkness’ friend. They were together for a long time, so maybe they trusted each other without having to say anything...
“Every time I come to parties the men from good families would come straight to me. That’s why I can’t investigate, you will play my date... Ah, ah, w-what are you doing!”
“It seems this girl hasn’t been punished enough! Do I look like a man just for wearing men’s clothes!?” Chris pulled Darkness’ cheek, and yes, she looked like a boy still in puberty.
Wait.
“Hey, Darkness, wait a minute! If you need someone to be your date, you could’ve asked me!”
“Y-You!? Think carefully about your behavior before saying that. A man that stares with lust at women has no right...”
There are many beautiful women in town, what can you do?
“Well, if that’s the case I’ll help too. We’re friends after all!”
“Yes, we can’t leave Darkness alone. It’s time for the number one genius of the Crimson Magic Clan’s mind to shine!”
Darkness still seemed to want us to go home.
“Chris please be my date. While I check if the food uses illegal ingredients or not, you guys... umm, if you can distract them...” Darkness said with great doubt, Aqua and Megumin nodded.
“That means it’s time for my party tricks right, leave it to me!”
“No, what she means is that we should pick a fight with an arrogant nobleman!”
“Eating quietly is enough!”
We were back at the hall, eating the food the nobles were giving us.
“Nyamnyam, shrimp ish reall gooh!”
“The fish is pretty good too! This is the first time I’ve eaten such good food!”
Aqua and I ate our fill while the nobles looked at us.
“These are our family’s lobster skewers! I guess ordinary people wouldn’t appreciate its flavour, wow!” While showing a pleased face, the girl at the other side of the table looked at me mesmerized. Swallowing, I thanked her.
“The lobster and fish are very delicious. The soft lobster meat goes well with the sauce, and the combination of fish and soy sauce is superb. It’s expensive, isn’t it?”
Perhaps pleased that her food was being praised, she explained, “Yes, of course! Hard-shell lobsters are aggressive. They can be a challenge to any but high-level adventurers! The fish has dark and light magic attributes, it’s also a very powerful enemy. Requests for it are quite expensive...”
Aqua nodded as she stuffed the food into her mouth.
Despite our disregard for manners, the nobles in the hall were not frowning, but rather seemed inexplicably pleased. Their expressions look like of a grandmother feeding her grandchildren. Seems they like to see people happily enjoying their food.
“Young man, eat this too. This is northern stormy seas' dragon meat cooked professionally. Although dragon meat is tough and usually inedible, by being boiled in an alchemy pot for a very long time it becomes so tender that it can be cut with just a spoon...”
“No, try this big fat king salmon cooked with sautéed meat. It’s a meal of pride that uses the finest ingredients...”
“You folks have great reactions, most people here are used to this high grade food and for us it’s nothing special. This is a scarlet ocean neroid that has a crunchy flavor, served together with deadly heaven mash. It’s dangerous for those with low levels, but the aftertaste is refreshing...”
As the nobles served us various dishes, Darkness and Chris looked like they had been abandoned “...Darkness, aren’t you usually mobbed by men when you attend these parties?”
“U-Umm, in other parties it would be like that, but...”
She brought Chris to protect her from the men, but now was upset at being ignored.
The nobles were also mobbing Megumin...
“Your name is Megumin right? Go ahead and eat, please eat some more. no need to hold back!”
“Your body is quite small, how can you eat so much? Are you that hungry? There’s still plenty if you want more.”
“Seeing her eat it with such gusto makes me very happy. As expected, the daughter of the Dustiness family has a guest with good taste.”
“Yes, I thought Lady Dustiness wasn’t interested in this kind of feast, but it turns out I misunderstood. I didn’t know someone could enjoy a meal like so much.”
Megumin ate like there was no tomorrow but wasn’t expressing how much she liked it.
One of the nobles who had been watching her warmly, hurriedly started asking questions “Wh-What’s the matter? I prepared that dish; is it not of your taste?”
Megumin swallowed the food while taking something from her pocket “Since this is so delicious, I was thinking I should take some home and give it to my parents and sister... Ah, Darkness what are you doing?!”
“I’m sorry, these adventurers don’t know manners! Megumin, I beg you, restrain yourself and only eat, no need to take it home!” A red-faced Darkness tried to stop Megumin from putting the food into what looked like Tupperware, but the noble who prepared the dish showed a happy face “N-no, if she likes it that much, it’s fine. But that food can’t last long, so advise against taking it home...”
“I’ll ask my self-confessed rival to freeze it, don’t worry. By the way Darkness, don’t you have something to do?”
Seemingly awakened by Megumin, Darkness was surprised.
The nobles were all gathering around us as Aqua and I were drowning with food and Megumin was trying to take as much with her as possible, seems like the plan to distract them was working.
“That’s right! Then I’ll enjoy the food too! I can’t leave my boyfriend, Chris, alone can I!” Darkness turned towards Chris...
“So, Lord Chris is a thief. That scar on your cheek looks wild, it’s amazing! Please dig in, I suggest this!”
“He’s not Lady Dustiness’ fiancé yet, huh? Oh, I’m from a low family, there’s a huge difference in status, no need to be so formal with me.”
“I’m the third daughter of a low family! As my brother will be the successor my father said it was fine for me not to marry another noble...”
“Lord Chris is quite handsome, isn’t he? To even be approached by older women…”
I don’t know why Chris is so popular. She does look handsome as boy, but that can’t be it.
She had a troubled expression and was looking at us for help, but this was the best time to investigate.
“If there’s good food and alcohol then high quality entertainment is necessary, right? I’m here to show you a party trick! Look, the piece of handkerchief I took out here...” A drunk Aqua started to show her party tricks.
They were nobles, perhaps because they had a taste for high art, weren’t expecting much for Aqua’s tricks.
While she was trying to attract attention, I approached Darkness “How’s it going?”
“Kazuma... I don’t hate being ignored, but if no one accompanies me...” Darkness was looking at Aqua as she became the center of attention.
“You asked for this! I came to you to ask if the illegal ingredients are here or not!”
“T-That’s right, this kind of treatment is quite refreshing, so I forgot...! I couldn’t find illegal ingredients from the dishes here. It would be easier if I checked the kitchen, but...”
If it’s that easy.
“Alright, while everyone's distracted, let’s quietly sneak in.”
If a high noble like Darkness wasn’t around, someone might get suspicious. She felt flustered because I pulled her hand, then, I called out to the noble girl who looked like the organizer “Excuse me, she needs to go to the restroom, where is it?”
“Y-You, I’ll get you for this...!”
I made up a good excuse for her to leave the party.
“...This should be the kitchen, right? What are these people doing?” I reflexively asked.
Using my stealth skill, we arrived at what looked like a kitchen. The chefs were busy, looks like they are making dessert.
“They’re making a strange snack from a distant country. Even among nobles, only few know about it” Darkness answered in a whisper.
The chef was sprinkling something suspicious while casting magic on what looked like sugar candy, rather than making dessert it looked like he was conducting a magic experiment.
“No, what kind of snack is that. Wait, that thing he’s sprinkling, I’ve seen in Wiz’s shop. It’s a potion that will explode if bumped!”
“That’s right. It may be unbelievable, but that snack will explode inside your mouth. I tried it once; it was quite stimulating...”
The food and people in this world are strange.
“Wait, was that snack introduced by someone who had black hair like me?” My uncle once told me that there used to be a popular candy in Japan that popped in the mouth.
“Oh, you know about it? That’s right, if those with little defense eat it they end up injured, but high nobles can withstand it.”
It seems to be different from the snacks I know, those aren’t life-threatening.
Then, we noticed a birdcage. Is it an ingredient?
Part 4
A day later, on the mansion
“While the chefs were off guard, you brought this home?” Chris was peering into the birdcage.
Megumin and Aqua’s eyes sparkled as they looked at it “Is this a fairy? I’m seeing one for the first time.”
The little fairy in the cage made small sound as if it was speaking.
Yes, in the kitchen of the noble’s party was a fairy. Maybe it’s an addictive illegal ingredient, or maybe it’s a rare creature, but either way there it was.
Darkness was crossing her arms at a loss as to what to do with the rescued fairy.
“Umm, is eating fairies illegal?” I just wanted to make sure, but everyone looked surprised.
“Did this NEET lose his heart? Trying to eat a cutie like this, how could you even think that?”
“N-No...! I mean, it was in the kitchen! It’s not odd to think that!” I hurriedly explained as Darkness interrupted “I-It’s not forbidden... After all, no one has tried to eat a fairy so there are no laws against it... W-What about this, I thoughtlessly took it home, it’s going to be a problem...”
If no one has done it, there won’t be any laws. Makes sense, I guess.
That means this noble princess committed theft...
“You didn’t do anything wrong.” Chris said clearly, with dignity and a serious face.
Feeling a little embarrassed for being protected by her best friend “N-No, I kidnapped a fairy. ...I’ll talk to the organizer. I’ll see if she wants to sell it…”
Chris stood up with an angry face “You didn’t do anything wrong; you don’t have to do that! Even if your family is of high status, they don’t have much money, right? What happens if she asks for a lot?!”
“My family is not that poor! Moreover, an Eris-serving crusader committing theft is a great crime. I will apologize to Lady Eris...”
Darkness closed her eyes, Chris beat her chest and said “Lady Eris will definitely forgive you! You’re just stubborn!”
“There are stories passed down that Lady Eris is a serious goddess, stealing is stealing, there’s no way I’ll be forgiven!”
“In that case, I, a higher level goddess, will forgive your sin in place of Eris.” Maybe, because she couldn’t stand watching the two of them fight, Aqua interfered with a smile.
Darkness said to Aqua nicely “Hey Aqua, are you calling yourself a goddess again!? If you say anything like that, you’ll get punished!”
“What the hell!”
“If Darkness wants to go apologize, I’ll accompany her. I will cast magic behind you, it’ll help on the negotiation.”
“That’s not negotiating, that’s intimidation, Megumin just stay in the house!”
The four of them started making a fuss as I looked at the birdcage closely. The fairy was not frightened and was looking at me curiously.
I wanted to open the cage thinking that it was hard for her to be locked up in such a place, however,
“...?! XXXX!” With a small, inaudible voice, the fairy shook her head as she shouted something.
Perhaps understanding that her voice was inaudible, it was trying to communicate by gesturing. She was hugging herself as if trying to protect her body, then repeatedly pointed Chomusuke, who was hiding behind the sofa.
... I understand, for fairies the outside world is full of dangers, she should be safe in the cage.
“Excuse me. Is Lady Dustiness here?” After knocking at the door of this noisy mansion for a while, last night’s party organizer peeked inside the house with a sad looking face.
“…eating a fairy!? We wouldn’t do that! She is one of the chefs!” She was angry at our explanation.
Darkness was on the ground apologizing, Chris and I tried to help her “She had no bad intentions, she just thinks of herself as a princess and was interested in that fairy. I’ll scold her, please don’t take legal action...”
“Da-Darkness just wanted to save the captured fairy, that’s all! Although she looks serious and stern, she’s actually a nice girl and has a cute name!”
Despite Chris and me trying to help her, Darkness’s face turned red as tears welled up in her eyes.
“...is that so? Well, the party is done, so there’s no real loss, fufufu, Lady Dustiness turned out to be such a cute girl, fufufufu...!” Even if she should be angry, the noble girl looked down at Darkness and started laughing happily.
Darkness clenched her hands into fists and her shoulders began to tremble “You know my weakness. What will happen at the next party...”
The masochist was gasping for air with tears in her eyes made me think that she was beyond help.
When the noble girl opened the birdcage, the fairy flew towards the kneeling Darkness and whispered something into her ear.
“Ah...”
I couldn’t hear what she said, but judging from Darkness’ reaction, perhaps she was thanking her.
The fairy then landed on Chris’s shoulder and began to whisper again “Eh?! No, it’s, umm, take it easy, it’s a secret!” She started to panic.
“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden Chris? What did that fairy say?”
“Fairies are sensitive to hearts. Maybe Chris is thinking something bad.”
“No, she just asked if it was okay for me be here, she’s just a bit nervous, that’s all!”
Darkness was frowning at the nervous Chris “…why would she care about that? Can’t be... Ah, what are you doing!”
“I’m quite hardworking, you know! For the sake of the world, for the sake of its people, even when they are sleeping I’m out there!” Chris began to get angry.
“...Well, since our chef has been found safely, I’ll be going home then. I got a favor from Lady Dustiness, so that’s enough for me.” She gave a ‘here-here’ gesture to the fairy and tried to leave.
“She is so small, how can she cook?” Aqua asked the noble.
The fairy moved to Darkness’ shoulder as she tilter her head slightly.
“...That’s a company secret. T-Then, Lady Dustiness, we...”
As the noble girl hurriedly tried to leave, Megumin asked curiously “Oh yeah, it’s not like she can hold a frying pan, does she use magic?”
Then, as if in answer to that question, the fairy began to whisper into Darkness’ ear...
“Bathing you say?! The fairy was told to take a bath, and then the water was...”
“Stop! If you just say it like that, we sound like a bunch of perverts! The scales on fairy’s wings are considered a high-quality condiment!”
“The mystery of the illegal ingredients has been answered. What are the rights of fairies in this country? Is there something like human rights.” I asked the embarrassed noble maidens.
The supposed chef fairy looked like a completely naked girl…
After the noble heard that, her whole body stiffened, Darkness unsteadily tried to stand up “...Fairies are innocent and don’t suspect humans, she is treated the same as a child. In other words, rather than a worker it’s more like, a very young girl is told to take a bath, and then the bathwater is...”
“Ah, she escaped! As I suspected, Darkness was not wrong, I will never forgive this noble! I will punish her!”
“She’s a huge pervert!” Chris and Megumin tried to chase after the runaway noble girl.
“W-Wait a minute, I’m coming too... Ka-Kazu...! Ah!” Aqua stopped the still recovering Darkness.
“Chris doesn’t usually get angry. You two seemed like very different people yet get along really well.”
“That’s right, how you met makes me curious. A high noble and a thief meeting seems very unlikely.”
Then, to our questions, Darkness gave up the chase and sat on the carpet “That’s right, I’ve been friends with Chris for a long time, but thinking back, we met in a very odd way...” She began to chuckle “It was when I was still a novice adventurer. I was searching for party members, but because my attacks never landed it was difficult, I was so troubled that I went to the church of Eris and prayed every day hoping to get a partner, but... It was on a cold night. On my way home from church, someone suddenly stole my wallet. It was Chris.” Darkness nostalgically stared into the distance...
“I get it, she was in money problems and you were an easy target.”
“No, it was an invitation, just like when she taught me the steal skill. I’m sure it was like that.”
Aqua and I said what was on our minds.
“Chris said with a happy laugh, ‘Miss Eris cult believer. Do you want to compete with me? We’re betting this wall...’ Not letting her finish, I called people around and got her arrested.”
“Hey” We reflexively reacted, then Darkness smiled wryly “She suddenly stole my wallet, that’s a normal reaction. But then Chris said, ‘You misunderstood me! I’m asking you to join a party...!’ while saying vague words she was taken to the police station, and then she tried the same stunt several times...”
That’s because Chris just wanted to get close to you...
“Chris said to me one day, ‘As a follower of the justice-loving goddess Eris, I will give you a new life. Form a party with me for a while … This is totally different from what I expected...’ she muttered something vague.”
“I see. She opened Darkness’ heart and became the good girl she is today.”
“I understand, Chris has been going through a tough time.”
She took the role of Darkness’ caretaker; she must have been through a lot. But there’s one thing I’m curious about.
“...Why would Chris want to be friends with Darkness?”
My muttering was erased by the sound of the door opening loudly.
“Darkness! The noble fled to her mansion, help us! When I tried to chase after her, the gatekeeper said, ‘No ordinary citizen will be allowed into a noble’s mansion.’ laughing!”
Darkness started to stand up while saying “First I’ll barge in from the front. Then Chris you’ll...”
“Hold them with a bind! Reminds me of when we went on adventures together... Back then, after doing that, before the bind came off, we would beat the monster with all our might...” At that, Darkness gave a small smile.
“With everyone here we can do anything. Let’s get this over with! Exploiting a fairy must be an absolutely a crime! Let’s get that criminal!”
“Let’s go!” Chris punched upwards, laughing happily.
Credits
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Konosuba Yorimichi Anthology Volume 2 by Natsume Akatsuki
Illustrations by Kurone Mishima
Published by Kadokawa Shoten on November 1st, 2020.
Original crappy translation by H. Berry.
Edited by Felinicity Bone.
Feel free to translate this to other languages/ get in touch to further improve, just make sure as to include the credits section as included here. Thanks.
Konosuba Yorimichi Anthology Volume 2 by Natsume Akatsuki
Illustrations by Kurone Mishima
Published by Kadokawa Shoten on November 1st, 2020.
Original crappy translation by H. Berry.
Edited by Felinicity Bone.
Edited chapter title image by u/artgold8 and @jacht_ny, images sent by Felinicity Bone.
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