Free Web NovelChapter 314: 314 KonoSuba 39
But Kazuma, although he was also surprised, seeing him blush, it seemed he was secretly hoping to have that kind of relationship with Yunyun.
But the women who heard those words, naturally, were not going to stay quiet.
"What exactly does that mean, Yunyun??!!"
"What’s going on, Yunyun??!!"
"Do you even know what kind of man he is?"
"Are you trying to ruin your life??"
When the conversation began to turn into bashing Kazuma, Kazuma frowned.
"What’s wrong with me?!"
Then Yunyun handed the letter to Megumin. Megumin read the letter to them.
"By the time this letter arrives, I will surely no longer be in this world."
When Megumin read the first sentence of the letter, people’s expressions became serious. Megumin, also seeing the first sentence, began to read down seriously.
"The Crimson Demon village seems to be being overrun by the Demon King’s army. On the day the fortune teller saw a hopeless future of annihilation, she also saw a ray of hope. It was the sole survivor of the Crimson Demons, Yunyun. Huh? Yunyun?? Why is the sole survivor only Yunyun?? What is going to happen to me?!"
When Megumin panicked, Yunyun urged her.
"Just keep reading!"
Megumin was curious about what would happen to her, but urged on by Yunyun, she continued reading for now.
"That sole survivor would meet a certain man in a beginner’s town. That unreliable, powerless man would become her partner."
As she read the letter, Megumin kept looking at Kazuma.
"Hey, why are you looking at me?"
Ignoring Kazuma’s words, Megumin continued reading.
"As time passed, the boy born between her and that man set off on a journey. But the boy did not know — that he would one day defeat the Demon King, the very enemy of his clan..."
"Ehhhh~~??!!"
They were surprised once more. Especially Kazuma, who seemed the most surprised.
"Ou-our child will defeat the Demon King..."
Then Aqua grabbed Kazuma and spoke.
"That’s a problem! I have a problem with that! For my part, don’t say such relaxed things — I’d rather you hurry up and defeat the Demon King! Are you saying I should wait for your kid to grow up!? Can’t you speed it up to about three years? If you can’t, then please make that prophecy not exist!"
"You... are you planning to have an infant defeat the Demon King?!"
Aqua’s unreasonable demand made Kazuma incredulous. Then Yunyun spoke.
"Our village has skilled fortune tellers... I don’t want this either, you know. But if I cannot have Kazuma’s child... the Demon King will..."
Then Kazuma quickly stood up from his seat, casually approached Yunyun, put his arm around her shoulder, and sent her a sleazy look.
"Alright, if that’s how it is, leave it to me. For the sake of the world, I suppose I have no choice."
Seeing that Kazuma, Yunyun made a very disgusted expression. She didn’t say anything, but from that expression alone, you could tell that she truly hated this situation. I intercepted the letter from Megumin and read it again.
"Hmm... huh? Wait! This is a novel! Crimson Demon Hero Chronicle, Chapter 1 — author ’Arue’. Look, it says so here."
I pointed to the name Arue written at the very bottom of the letter. Then Yunyun snatched the letter I was holding, crumpled it and threw it away, then lay face down on the table, unable to lift her head. It seemed she was extremely embarrassed because the commotion was caused by Arue’s novel.
"Waaah!!! Arue, you idiot!!!"
Then Kazuma, who didn’t understand the situation, asked.
"Hey! Explain what’s going on! What happened to our child? What am I supposed to do?! Should I go to an inn with Yunyun right away?!"
Everyone frowned at Kazuma’s crazy words. Then Megumin explained step by step.
"Arue is a classmate from the village who dreams of becoming a writer. She probably included her own novel with Yunyun’s letter."
"Hmm... then that means the first letter is the real one."
I said, picking up the letter that Yunyun had thrown away and unfolding it.
"That’s probably right. Crimson Demons have been a thorn in the Demon King’s eye since a long time ago."
Then Kazuma said something crazy again.
"Hey, wait! What about my pride? What about Yunyun? Are we going to have a sweet and sour relationship from now on?"
Seeing that he couldn’t accept reality, it seemed he was properly in heat. Well, Kazuma is at an age where he has a lot of interest in this kind of thing, but it was a bit excessive.
"But if this is true, that means something is happening at the Crimson Demon village..."
When I said that, Yunyun quickly stood up and spoke.
"Th-that’s right! Taejin, what about Megumin?"
Then Megumin spoke as if it were nothing.
"We Crimson Demons are feared even by the Demon King, you know. I don’t think the villagers will be defeated that easily. Besides, as long as Yunyun, the chief’s daughter, is alive, even if something happens to the Crimson Demon village, the bloodline won’t die out. So you can think of it this way: ’The villagers will always be in our hearts...’"
"Megumin, you heartless monster!"
Yunyun, hearing Megumin’s words, grabbed Megumin by the collar and began to shake her. It seemed that Megumin said this because she doubted the credibility of the letter’s contents. Anyway, I separated the two of them for now.
"Calm down for a moment. If by some chance the contents of this letter are true, then not only Yunyun’s family but also Megumin’s family is in danger, right? I think we should all go to the Crimson Demon village first. We can’t just stay here when our comrades’ families are in danger, can we? Don’t you agree?"
"Wow~ as expected of Taejin. Thank you."
Then Megumin also spoke, acting tsundere.
"I suppose I have no choice. I’m also worried about my family, so I’ll go with you."
"Then it’s settled. Let’s prepare and leave right away tomorrow. I need to tell Luna first. And let’s order food first — we haven’t eaten yet."
"Okay."
I went to Luna first and explained the situation. Luna also said she understood after hearing that.
The next day, preparing for an emergency, I told Helen again to ’please take care of Luna’ and teleported with Kazuma, Yunyun, and Cecily near the Crimson Demon village. But as soon as we arrived, female orcs appeared from all sides and began chasing Kazuma. Having seen the original, I used [Conqueror’s Haki] and [Intimidation] appropriately around us to prevent them from coming.
"Damn! There’s a handsome guy here too, but I can’t have him. If I get too close, I feel like my neck will be cut."
"Then let’s chase the other one! We have no choice — before the other guys get a taste, hurry!"
The female orcs gave up on coming near me and began chasing Kazuma.
"Nooo!!! Aaaah!!! Yunyun, where did you teleport us to???!!!"
"Wait, big boy! Don’t you want to have some fun with me!?"
Kazuma began to run away like crazy, and behind him, the female orcs, excited, began to chase after him to catch him. And further behind them, Megumin, Darkness, and Aqua followed.
"Why is it all female orcs?!!!"
Then Megumin, chasing after Kazuma, began to explain.
"Kazuma! There are no male orcs in this world right now! Male orcs were wiped out a long time ago! Even when a male orc is born once in a while, he gets his energy completely drained by the females and dies before growing up! Currently, orcs capture any male of another species who enters their territory and drags them back to their village, where they truly suffer an incredible fate — so to men, they are natural enemies!!"
At that, the orcs added to the explanation.
"Stay in our village for two or three days — it’s a harem! We’ll show you heaven on this earth♡."
"I refuse!!!"
Kazuma looked like he’d be all for it if he just needed to wear a skirt, but seeing him refuse, it seemed that wasn’t the case.
Darkness, who was running next to Megumin, asked Megumin with a troubled expression.
"Wait! Orcs are natural enemies to women! You mean the male orcs that expose their lust and mount any woman they see!"
"They don’t exist anymore."
At Megumin’s words, Darkness suddenly made an expression as if she had lost her country, then collapsed while running. But because she had momentum from running, she rolled along the ground as she lay there.
"Darkness!!"
I quickly went to take care of Darkness. Even if she is a masochistic pervert, she’s my wife, so I had no choice.
"Hey, Darkness, snap out of it!"
"Taejin... I, I... have lost my will to live."
When I helped Darkness up, Darkness cried and despaired. To be so sad about not being violated by orcs — this showed just how much of a genuine M she was.
"I want to have your child!"
"Out of my way! He’s mine!"
"I want my firstborn to be a boy! 60 males, 40 females! And I want to live cozily with my big brother in a white house by the sea!"
The orcs shouted crazy things and continued chasing Kazuma. Kazuma was running away with all his might.
"I want to go home!!! I want to go back home!!!"
Then one orc jumped and finally caught Kazuma.
"Oh my, caught. Kazuma has such strong lust — I think it would be good if this reduced it a bit."
Cecily watched the scene, finding it extremely amusing. She has strong lust herself — I don’t know what nonsense she’s talking about.
The orcs tore off Kazuma’s clothes and began licking his face. Kazuma, terrified, tried to resist with all his might, but with his strength, he was no match for the orcs’ strength.
"If he keeps that up, he’ll get traumatized, won’t he? I should help about now. Yunyun, please."
"Yes! Bottomless Swamp!"
When Yunyun used her magic, the orcs began to sink into the swamp.
"Orcs living near the Crimson Demon village! I will let you off just this once, out of neighborly friendship. Now, withdraw!"
Yunyun didn’t kill the orcs — it seemed that orcs were so fearsome that even the Demon King’s army would be appalled, so they were probably not on the Demon King’s side. So it seemed she just thought of them as another species of villager.
"Yunyun! Yunyun! Thank you! Wahahahaha~."
Kazuma, perhaps from the relief of being alive, began to cry heavily. When Yunyun released the magic, the orcs began to return to their village with disappointed expressions, as if they had lost prey they had almost caught.
Kazuma, his clothes all torn off by the orcs, crawled to Yunyun in just his underwear and, crying again, expressed his gratitude.
"Yunyun! Yunyun! Yu~nyun!! Thank you. Sniff..."
"I-it’s fine, it’s fine... um, my precious robe is getting covered in snot..."
"Sniff..."
"Ugh..."
Anyway, with that commotion having distracted everyone, we went into a nearby forest to rest for a while. Kazuma, having suffered a great mental shock, curled up on Aqua’s lap, and Yunyun and I were washing her robe with the soap we had obtained in Arcanletia and water magic, then drying it with wind magic. That soap sold by the Axis Cult was truly effective, so we could wash it quickly.
"Yunyun, thank you. I am so grateful that if someone asked me ’Who is the person you respect?’, I would immediately answer ’Yunyun’ — that’s how grateful I am."
"Pl-please stop. It feels like you’re making fun of me..."
When we had roughly dried the robe and came back, Kazuma thanked Yunyun again. It seemed he was quite grateful.
"By the way, this is a place where orcs do not appear, so I just teleported us here, but I don’t know why orcs appeared."
"If the orcs moved, the cause is probably one thing. It’s probably because of the Demon King’s army, wouldn’t you think?"
"Then does that mean the contents of the letter were really true?"
"I don’t know that yet. We’ll have to go to the village first to find out."
At that moment, armed kobolds and goblins were seen approaching from outside the forest.
"Something’s coming — is it the Demon King’s army? Wait a moment. I’ll take care of it quickly and come back."
"Should I help?"
"No, I’ll take care of it quickly and come back."
Although Yunyun said she would help, I said it was fine and went out of the forest and quickly dealt with the Demon King’s army. I threw a few Moonlight Cuts, and I could take care of them easily.
"I think it’s better to get to the village quickly. With the Demon King’s army nearby, it seems we won’t be able to stay here any longer."
"Okay."
At my words, everyone picked up their belongings again and moved to the Crimson Demon village. The Crimson Demon village was a very quaint Western‑style rural village — there were rice paddies around, the roads were well‑maintained, and there were many trees blooming with flowers of various colors, so it felt like stepping into a fairy tale. We continued moving and went to the largest mansion in the village. This seemed to be the village chief’s house — that is, Yunyun’s house. frёeωebɳovel.com
"Um... Dad? Could you say that again? You said, ’By the time this letter arrives, I will surely no longer be in this world’..."
"Hahaha, that was just a status report. And that’s a normal greeting among Crimson Demons. But it’s true that there is a crisis. Two Demon King generals came, and both are not ordinary. There are no casualties yet, but to the point that even in our village, people are getting hurt."
Something was a bit different from the original. The only Demon King general that appeared here was Sylvia, but this time, it seemed two generals had come to attack the Crimson Demon village. So I asked.
"By any chance, could you tell me what the generals look like?"
"Oh~ you are the ’Silver Flash’ that I’ve only heard about. Nice to meet you. Thank you for taking care of my daughter. As for the generals’ appearances... first of all, I can say that both are very beautiful women. One has brown hair, carries a whip, and commands monsters — a queen‑like feeling. The other has pink hair, is a mage with great magical skill, and has a very... ahem... Anyway, because of those two, we’ve been struggling to defend the village."
From the story, it was Wolbach. Among the Demon King generals, the only one with pink hair is Wolbach. It seemed she had come to support Sylvia.
"By any chance, do you know the generals?"
As I was thinking, Yunyun asked, so I told her about what we saw at the hot spring.
"Yes, I’ve seen her before. Kazuma probably saw her too, didn’t you? That woman with pink hair we saw at the Arcanletia hot spring. She was with Hans, the Demon King general slime."
"Ah! I remember. She was a beautiful woman with a really great figure. But that lady was a Demon King general?"
"Probably. If she was with Hans, it’s obvious."
Just then, a warning broadcast came from the village.
[Demon King army alert! Everyone gather at the village entrance. The number of enemies appears to be about 5,000.]
"F-five thousand???!!!!"
At that alert, Kazuma and the others were extremely surprised. Then ’Chief Hiropon’ stood up and said to us.
"The timing was about right. Let’s go out as well."
We followed the chief’s guidance and went out to the entrance of the Crimson Demon village. But unlike the original, the number of Demon King soldiers that came to the Crimson Demon village was not ordinary. In the original, it was about 1,000, but here, 5,000 had come. It seemed that the Demon King army had diverted the forces that were attacking the royal capital to here. Probably, they intended to target the Crimson Demon village first, which had many powerful mages and was the biggest thorn in their side.
KABOOM!!! CRASH!!! BOOM!!! CRACKLE!!!
"Move the wounded! Everyone else, provide covering fire!!"
Chief Hiropon commanded the Crimson Demons, working hard to hold off the Demon King’s army.
The nature of the battle was also extremely fierce, unlike the original. Monsters that could use magic joined in, using earth magic or ice magic to create thick walls to block or cancel out the Crimson Demons’ magic, and monsters that couldn’t use magic fired arrows from a reasonable distance. As a result, the Crimson Demons’ casualties were not small.
But today was different from other days. Because we had come, Darkness and Kazuma waited nearby and blocked the enemies trying to charge, and Aqua and Cecily quickly healed the wounded. And Yunyun, Megumin, and I even used Explosion magic, dealing a great blow to the enemy units.
"Explosion!!"
"Plosion!!"
"Sion!!"
KABOOOOM!!!
"Waaah!!!" "Skreee!!!"
When the powerful Explosion magic struck the enemy lines, the Demon King’s army, perhaps because it was an unexpected blow, panicked and began to retreat.
Wah wah~~!!
"Crimson Magic Caster!!" "Crazy Widow!!" "Silver Flash!!"
The villagers cheered, chanting our titles.
"Oh~ as expected of a party that’s also famous in the royal capital! Thanks to you, we were able to hold off the Demon King’s army today without a single casualty."
When Hiropon praised us, Yunyun was extremely embarrassed. But Megumin began striking poses, acting superior. Here, the difference in disposition between Megumin and Yunyun could be clearly seen. No, to be precise, it would be more accurate to say it was the difference in disposition between Yunyun and the rest of the Crimson Demons.
