Free Web NovelChapter 317: 317 KonoSuba 42
We were drinking tea at a café, and Yunyun and Megumin had gone home to get their school uniforms and returned.
"Alright, let’s go now. Yunyun, you brought them properly, right?"
"Uh, yeah..." freёwebnovel.com
Megumin, excited, guided us to a large building halfway up the mountain. That building was a very well‑decorated building like a Western‑style chapel, and even the main gate was ornately decorated.
"Please wait here for a moment."
"O-okay."
Megumin led us to a place like an auditorium and told us to wait for a moment.
"Let’s go, Yunyun!"
"I’m embarrassed..."
Megumin took Yunyun, who was embarrassed, to the back of the auditorium and came out, and their clothes had changed. The two were wearing pink dresses with neckties, and long black robes draped over them. Those clothes were magic school uniforms.
"Welcome! To our magic school, Red Prison!"
"We-welcome..."
Megumin excitedly introduced her school. Then Aqua asked.
"Oh~ so this place was a magic school. Then the clothes you’re wearing are school uniforms?"
"Yes."
"Cute, aren’t they?"
"Right, right. When guiding visitors through a historic magic school, it’s only proper to dress up!"
Seeing that, Kazuma said.
"You just wanted to wear them because you miss it."
She had come out wearing the school uniform of the school she attended, with whom she was now in a good relationship, but for some reason, Kazuma’s reaction was a bit cold. Then Megumin’s expression was not very good. Seeing that, Aqua looked at Kazuma and spoke.
"Kazuma gets touchy whenever school comes up. I guess his guilty about his not‑diligent past."
"Hey, stop! That’s an invasion of privacy."
Clearly, Kazuma had been NTR’d at school and hadn’t been able to properly live his school life. But to act like this even toward the woman he was now going to marry seemed a bit much. From Megumin’s perspective, she probably wanted to hear something nice from Kazuma, but it seemed the two still had a long way to go.
At that moment, the auditorium doors opened and three women entered. Those women were also wearing the same magic school uniforms, and as soon as they appeared, they struck strange poses and introduced themselves.
"My name is Arue! As the Crimson Demon with the best curves, I am the one who will soon become a writer!"
Arue, as per her introduction, had the ends of her long hair rolled up like a bun, and on her eyes, she was wearing decorative eyepatches like when we first saw Megumin.
"My name is Funifura! The Crimson Demon who boasts the greatest love for her little brother, called a brocon!"
Funifura had her long straight hair tied in twintails, and this one also had a decent figure. And her proudly calling herself a brocon was a bit ridiculous.
"My name is Dodonko! The Crimson Demon’s greatest... what was it again?"
Dodonko had her long straight hair tied in a ponytail, and this one also had a decent figure.
Yunyun, and her classmates, all had excellent figures, but no matter how much it was genetics, I didn’t know why only Megumin was shaped like that. Even though they were the same Crimson Demons.
Kazuma, incredulous, asked Funifura.
"A brocon?"
"Ah, I just haven’t thought of a cool epithet yet!"
Seeing her being embarrassed, I couldn’t understand why she had introduced herself like that.
"Arue, and Dodonko and Funikura."
"Funifura! You’re doing that on purpose, aren’t you? You’re saying it wrong on purpose?!"
When Megumin tried to greet them, saying her name wrong, Funifura got angry.
"I heard you were back after a long time... gasp! There’s a really handsome guy..."
Dodonko trailed off mid‑sentence, then saw me and blushed, and the three of them gathered together, squealing and whispering.
Seeing that, Aqua asked Megumin.
"Who are they?"
"My classmates from magic school days."
Then those three, ignoring the other people, came to me and greeted me.
"You are Silver Flash Taejin, right? Nice to meet you."
It seemed they had also heard the rumors about me here, and they seemed to have deduced who I was.
"Yes, nice to meet you all. I heard you are Megumin and Yunyun’s classmates."
"That’s right. We are Megumin and Yunyun’s classmates."
Then Yunyun suddenly linked her arm with mine.
"Taejin is my party member!"
"Eh? Then Yunyun is that famous Crimson Magic Caster?"
"Ye-yeah..."
Whenever Yunyun was called Crimson Magic Caster, she was happy, but being called that by her acquaintances, her classmates, she seemed a bit embarrassed.
"Wow~ amazing! So Yunyun was that Crimson Magic Caster!"
"And this is my party member, Cecily. She’s an archpriest."
"Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you."
Then Megumin, frowning, said to Arue and the others.
"We’re here too, you know!"
"Ah, right, sorry. Welcome back. I’m glad you both returned safely."
"Since there are people who believe things too easily, please refrain from sending letters like that. Anyway, these are adventurers — Kazuma, archpriest Aqua, and crusader Darkness. They’re my party."
"Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you."
"For your information, Darkness and Taejin are married."
It seemed Megumin said that because her classmates were clinging to me too much. Then Dodonko, surprised, spoke.
"Gasp! No way, you’re married... oh? Wait, forbidden love... Oh~! My name is Dodonko! The Crimson Demon who engages in the greatest forbidden love! Ah... so cool! I’ve decided!"
Dodonko seemed to have found her introduction line, and she was extremely happy. Aside from them, everyone had expressions of incredulity, though.
At that moment, Darkness poked me and spoke.
"Taejin, you really are popular with women."
"It must be because of my looks."
"That’s not it. Taejin is handsome, but also warm‑hearted and takes good care of others. And at night, he’s a beast..."
When Darkness tried to say something strange in front of the girls, I quickly covered her mouth.
"Ooh~ did you hear?"
"We definitely heard! That Taejin becomes a beast at night!"
Squeal squeal-!
It seemed covering her mouth was a bit late.
"I’m sorry, Taejin. Thinking of you, I lost my senses for a moment."
"Yes, I understand, so stop talking about it."
Anyway, we looked around the school here and there, then went back down to the village. But suddenly, an alarm broadcast rang throughout the entire village.
[Warning! Warning! The Demon King’s army has invaded the village. Currently, a small number of Demon King soldiers have entered the village. If you discover the Demon King’s army, please use signal magic immediately, and the elderly and children, please quickly evacuate to a safe place.]
When we heard the alarm, we quickly went down to the village and looked around, but we could not find the Demon King’s army. The villagers also just murmured, not knowing the location of the Demon King’s army.
"This won’t do. Let’s split up by party and search. The one that finds them first will send a signal."
I handed Kazuma a signal flare and spoke.
"Got it."
We split from Kazuma’s party and began searching all over the village for the Demon King’s army. freewebnøvel.com
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"Taejin, it seems Kazuma’s party found them first!"
Cecily discovered the signal flare bursting and shouted to us.
"Let’s go!"
"Yes!"
We quickly moved to the place where the signal flare had risen. Then Kazuma and the others, together with the villagers, were seen blocking Sylvia and the Demon King’s army.
"Oh no, even the Silver Flash... See you later, Mitsurugi!! Retreat!!"
"Huh? Mitsurugi?"
When Yunyun was puzzled by the name Mitsurugi, Kazuma, as if trying not to be caught about something, shouted loudly to Sylvia.
"I am Mitsurugi Kyooya!!! You’d better remember it!!!"
"Huh?"
Then Sylvia, taking her subordinates, began to quickly run away. Then the villagers began firing magic at the fleeing Sylvia.
"Don’t let her get away! Lightning Strike!"
"Light of Saber!"
"I’ll catch her and use her as a magic experiment subject!"
When the Demon King’s army fled like that, we all looked at Kazuma with expressions of incredulity. Then Kazuma said proudly.
"Let’s buy Mitsurugi something fluffy or something next time."
"Eh?? What in the world..."
When Yunyun did not understand well, Megumin, looking at Kazuma with a pathetic expression, explained.
"It seems this man got scared at the very end. So he used someone else’s name..."
"Ah..."
Yunyun also finally understood.
"Since we’re on the topic of drinks, let’s have a drink. Everyone is tired from running around."
When I said that, Megumin thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Hmm... then there’s a good place. One of my classmates runs a bar. I think it was... Nekamari?"
Then Yunyun corrected the name.
"It’s Nerimaki!"
We moved to the bar that Nerimaki ran like that. The shop that Nerimaki ran was a smaller building than I expected, and it seemed to have been built recently. And in front of the shop, a life‑sized cute figure with cat ears was greeting us.
"Ugh... a life‑sized figure..."
Even Kazama, seeing that figure, was incredulous.
"Welcome~ Ah! Megumin, Yunyun, long time no see!"
Nerimaki, seeing Megumin and Yunyun, greeted them happily.
"Long time no see, Nekamari. The shop has become cleaner than before."
"It’s Nerimaki! Anyway, the shop burned down last time. So this was newly built then."
In the past, demons had invaded the Crimson Demon village to break Wolbach’s seal. At that time, because the Crimson Demons had excessively spammed magic, Nerimaki’s shop had also burned down.
Nerimaki had straight bangs and long straight hair hanging down, giving off a Japanese‑style young lady atmosphere. Rather than a striking beauty, she was a cute but slightly sharp‑featured young lady. That doesn’t mean she wasn’t a beauty — it just meant that by my standards, she wasn’t an extraordinary beauty.
’She received a lot of anime correction. Well, if she were that much of a beauty, word would have spread already.’
While I was looking at Nerimaki’s appearance, Megumin introduced us one by one.
"These are my party members — Aqua, Kazuma, Darkness. These are Yunyun’s party members — Taejin, Cecily. And this is my classmate I mentioned earlier, Nerimaki."
"Nice to meet you. I’m Nerimaki."
"Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you."
We greeted each other and sat down, ordering drinks and food. In the shop, since it was evening, there were some customers, but not many. So Nerimaki, after working for a bit, ate with us and chatted.
"Haa... when will I ever pay off all my debt..."
Then Yunyun, with a worried expression, asked Nerimaki.
"Do you have quite a lot of debt?"
"Yes, quite a bit. Because the shop burned down once."
"Eh? At that time, didn’t the villagers join forces and repair the buildings?"
"Yunyun, you’re being naive. Only the buildings, not the inventory inside. And the sign was also custom‑ordered and made."
"Ah, you mean that statue."
"Yes."
"Anyway, these days there aren’t many customers, so it’s hard. I wonder if it’s going to go under like this..."
I thought "now’s the time" and spoke.
"Then, if Yunyun allows it, how about you try working with our party? When we fight the Demon King’s army later, if we have one more mage, we can increase firepower, which would be good, I think."
At those words, Yunyun happily agreed.
"I’d like that! This is the first time an event where one of my classmates joins my party has happened."
In fact, in Konosuba, it’s not easy for the same class to join a party. Because if the same class overlaps, the existing member’s ability gets doubted. So it’s easy for discord to arise. But Yunyun is kind, so she wouldn’t do that, and rather, she was extremely happy about Nerimaki joining the party.
Nerimaki, when Yunyun allowed it, her expression brightened greatly, then she thought for a moment, then shook her head.
"I’m grateful for Taejin and Yunyun’s words, but... I’m worried about the shop. It’s in a state where it might go under if things go wrong..."
I immediately took out one gold bar from my inventory and placed it on the table.
"Gasp! A gold bar???!!!"
"This much is easy to earn. After all, we’re a famous party. So if you join the party, debt won’t be a problem. Instead, you have to worry about other things. It could be dangerous. Because our goal, after all, is the Demon King."
"Is, is that so?"
"While we stay in this village, I’ll give you some time, so think about it."
"I understand."
Then Nerimaki began asking Yunyun and Cecily various questions. Where they live, what kind of requests they do, how dangerous it is, and so on. Then Yunyun and Cecily kindly explained various things to Nerimaki. Then customers came, and she went back to work. Even if Nerimaki refused, I did not particularly plan to persuade her any further.
We drank and talked like that, then split to rest at Megumin’s house and Yunyun’s house.
After bathing and preparing for bed like that, suddenly a signal flare rose from the direction of Megumin’s house.
"Taejin! A signal flare rose from Megumin’s house!"
"Let’s go immediately!"
"Yes."
We quickly prepared and ran to Megumin’s house. Then there, Sylvia was holding Kazuma between her breasts, facing off against Aqua and the others. At a glance, it looked like Kazuma had been caught by Sylvia, but Kazuma’s expression was gentle. No, rather, he was burying his face in Sylvia’s chest, shaking his head side to side, enjoying it.
"What is going on..."
Yunyun and Cecily, who didn’t understand the current situation well, saw that and were incredulous, and Megumin explained.
"Ah, everyone’s here. Well, Kazuma is a hostage... no, he went himself, so not a hostage?"
"Eh? He went himself?"
Then Darkness stepped forward, holding her sword.
"Wait, Kazuma! I’ll save you now!"
Then Kazuma, as if it wasn’t an emergency situation at all, looked at us and spoke.
"Don’t mind me."
"Eh?"
At those words, everyone was flustered and looked at Kazuma. Even Sylvia, who was holding Kazuma, seemed not to have expected the hostage to act like this, and she looked at Kazuma in surprise.
"I said don’t mind me. Haven’t you all been treating me too carelessly lately? This Sylvia here, you see, says she likes me. I might unconsciously start thinking I want to join the Demon King’s army. Apologize! Apologize to me, who’s been working hard!"
Kazuma, continuing to rub himself against Sylvia’s chest, spoke to us. Then Darkness tried to calm Kazuma down.
"Hey, Kazuma, that’s enough joking. Consider the time and place. That said, your achievements so far have been admirable... when we return to Axel, I’ll ask Father to award you a medal..."
"Say it properly. Honestly, without me, you’d still be drowning in debt! And I wanted to get married too, like Taejin. So I was happy that I got into a good relationship with Megumin. But what did you call me? ’Enemy of women’!? Isn’t that going too far!? Don’t try to brush it off with things now — show me some proper sincerity! Look, this girl Sylvia from the Demon King’s household is appealing to me with her volume!"
Kazuma had released all the frustration that had built up so far. At his words, the people were flustered and just listened. Honestly, there was some logic to Kazuma’s words. Because it was largely due to Kazuma that this party, where something seemed a bit off about each member, had been led this far. But even so, that didn’t mean there was no problem with the way he expressed his complaints.
"From last night to this morning, my luck was at its peak! Apologize! Apologize so that I, now at the prime of my life and in perfect condition, don’t just readily follow Sylvia!"
Then Sylvia, as if acknowledging Kazuma’s spirit, patted his head and spoke.
"Fufu, good boy. But you shouldn’t bully the young lady too much. You need to understand a woman’s heart a little."
At those words, Darkness spoke.
"For a demon, you seem to know a woman’s heart quite well!"
"Of course, I do. Both a man’s heart and a woman’s heart. Because I am half male."
Sylvia’s words were shocking, so the people could not say anything, and silence fell as if time had stopped. Then Kazuma broke that silence and looked at Sylvia and asked.
"What did you say just now?"
"Oh my, didn’t you hear? Because I’m a chimera, these breasts you like are attached through synthesis. But you really are a good man, aren’t you? Just being like this, both my breasts and my crotch are throbbing."
Sylvia said that while twitching her waist against Kazuma’s rear.
"Um... Sylvia, something is touching my rear..."
Kazuma, sweating coldly, said that, and Sylvia, blushing, spoke.
"Fufu! That’s because it’s really touching~!"
"Yaa—!!!!"
Kazuma shouted and freaked out.
"Really! A penis is touching me!!!"
"Oh my, are you that excited? Wait, we’ll have plenty of time to enjoy ourselves later."
When Kazuma freaked out, Sylvia struck his neck and knocked him unconscious, then looked at us and warned.
"Don’t follow me any further. If you do, know that this one’s life will be gone! Especially you, Silver Flash and Crimson Magic Caster!"
"Guh! Release Kazuma and take me instead!"
Darkness said something strange again.
"Offering to be the hostage instead — a splendid knight. But I prefer men."
At that moment, someone was running from afar, and when I looked, it was Wolbach. Wolbach asked Sylvia.
"Sylvia, what are you doing instead of coming? I got tired of waiting and came. Did you find what you were targeting?"
"Not yet. But I’ve obtained a good hostage. Let’s go back for now."
"Yes, let’s."
When the two tried to go back, Megumin spoke with a shocked face.
"Please wait!! Surely, you are!?"
At those words, Sylvia and Wolbach stopped for a moment and looked at Megumin. Then Wolbach, as if remembering something, clapped her hands and was happy.
"Ah! You’re that girl from back then. I’m glad you grew up healthy."
"Surely, you were a Demon King general?"
At Megumin’s question, Wolbach scratched her head and spoke.
"Ahaha, that’s how it turned out. I also had various circumstances."
"Why in the world..."
At that moment, the villagers were seen gathering toward us. Seeing that, Sylvia urged Wolbach.
"We have to go now. There’s no time."
"Sorry, girl. See you next time!"
And then they left, taking Kazuma with them. Because Kazuma was being held hostage, we could not chase them.
