Free Web NovelChapter 327: 327 KonoSuba 52
We were resting at home after finishing a request when a letter suddenly arrived from the kingdom.
"Hmm... They want us to recover the sacred treasure Aegis? Apparently thieves stole it."
Aegis is a full-body silver-white armor with a will of its own — a living armor. It moves on its own, is the toughest in the world, immune to skills and magic, automatically heals the wearer’s wounds, and even sings and dances. Looking at this, it seems like a very good divine treasure, but the personality of the armor’s ego is very problematic.
Its heart is twisted enough that even Kazuma and Dust would step back — a completely perverted chunk of metal. Its tastes are also unique: it doesn’t like little kids, prefers cute girls over beautiful ones, likes people who wear thin clothing under armor, and absolutely hates men.
"How does the royal palace manage its security that something this important gets stolen by thieves? It’s supposed to be the royal palace, after all."
"I know, right."
Nerimaki found the letter’s contents absurd. I was also a bit dumbfounded.
"I’ll handle this one alone. I think it’s best if you all take a break."
I didn’t want this job to drag on long. I wasn’t about to waste time catering to a perverted suit of armor like in the original story. So I planned to let everyone rest and deal with it quickly.
The thieves who stole Aegis are a group in the Konosuba world who operate by stealing divine treasures, and in the original story, they often intersect with Chris and Kazuma’s divine treasure recovery missions. The problem is that they sell divine treasures to anyone, without regard for consequences. Divine treasures are inherently cheat-level items, yet these thieves were recovering them and selling them for high prices — this group absolutely needed to be eliminated.
"AAAAH!!!"
"Help!!"
Slicing! Slicing!
These guys were holed up in some mansion. As soon as I saw them, I cut them down without question. In some ways, this thief group played a supporting role in Konosuba, but the trouble caused by divine treasures was extremely annoying.
After dealing with all the thieves, I went to where Aegis was kept, and sure enough, Aegis was rampaging.
[You murderer! Cutting people up like that!]
I moved quickly, grabbed Aegis so it couldn’t escape, and said,
"I’m not exactly a nice person, you know. Are you going to listen and come quietly, or do you want to get a little banged up?"
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"Ding! Time’s up."
I put force into the hand holding Aegis and tried to crush the armor. Aegis, unable to withstand the tremendous pressure, started screaming and bending.
Creeeak—!!!
[AAAH! What are you doing, you brute!!]
"I was thinking of testing how tough you really are."
[AAAAH STOP! STOP! OKAY, I’LL LISTEN!!]
Realizing it couldn’t hold out any longer, it immediately surrendered. So I eased up and said,
"Warning’s only once. Don’t try anything stupid. If you do, you’ll become scrap metal and head straight for the furnace that same day."
[Dammit, I picked the wrong guy...]
I tied Aegis tightly with rope, slung it on my back, and teleported straight to the royal palace. The palace people recognized me and guided me straight to Iris.
"As expected of you, Hero Taejin. Thank you for handling it so quickly. To be honest, this was a difficult situation for the kingdom too — having its security breached by common thieves."
Claire and Rain, who were guarding Iris, began praising me endlessly.
"Not at all. Well then, I’ll be going now."
When I tried to leave immediately, Princess Iris blushed and whispered something to Claire.
"Hero Taejin, Princess Iris says that since you’ve also quickly resolved a problem for the kingdom, if you don’t mind, would you join her for a meal?"
"Thank you for the kind offer, but my wife is pregnant and has difficulty moving around, so I need to prepare her meals. Please understand."
Iris looked very disappointed and whispered something else to Claire.
"I see. Very well. We will send the reward to your home."
I returned home immediately. I wanted to avoid any further involvement with the kingdom. Iris was cute, but that was it. Lolis weren’t my type, and it would only lead to more troublesome affairs. Besides, there was nothing left for me to gain from the kingdom.
Back home, during dinner, I brought up the topic with my party members.
"I’m thinking of going to defeat the Demon King soon. But that doesn’t mean immediately. I want to prepare, and I think Nerimaki, Megumin, and Darkness still have room to grow — Aqua doesn’t change much even if her level goes up, so that’s fine. So for a while, I plan to focus last hits on Nerimaki, Megumin, and Darkness. The goal is to get all party members to level 50 or above."
Having decided there was nothing left to gain in Konosuba, I was preparing to defeat the Demon King. At my words, everyone gulped or broke into cold sweats, tense.
"So we’re finally defeating the Demon King. I’ve been waiting for you to say that."
Megumin spoke with great anticipation, but her hands were trembling. She must be very nervous.
"So we’re finally finishing this."
"We’ll steel ourselves too."
"Alright! Let’s do this."
"Haah~ The monsters in the Demon King’s castle will pack quite a punch, won’t they? If I’m not careful, I might get kidnapped by the Demon King and... slurp"
The others were nervous too, but only Darkness was excited. I really couldn’t do anything about her. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
"Anyway, let’s all focus on requests for a while and prepare. I’ll take care of any necessary items."
"Got it."
With that, everyone cheered up. From the next day, we worked hard on requests, funneling experience to the members who were lower level. In the evenings after requests, I started making various equipment.
First, I made Darkness’s armor — using high-purity orichalcum, I imbued it with [Physical Resistance] and [Magic Resistance] to create extremely defensive armor. I also made it very comfortable to wear and gave it a beautiful design.
In the midst of this, Chris returned home after a long time.
"You’ve come at a good time. I got some Breast Enhancement Elixirs. I was thinking of trading them for divine treasures."
"What, really?"
"Yeah. Our party is preparing to raid the Demon King’s castle too, so I’m looking for some good divine treasures."
"Ah, I see. Then wait a moment. I’ll pick out some useful divine treasures."
Chris left again. I thought she might be going to Heaven, since she was preparing for the Demon King raid.
"Here, take your pick."
Chris returned and showed me a list of divine treasures, with various options written down. Most of them were useless, so it took a while to choose.
"Hmm... First, one holy sword, Arondight..."
"Huh? Wasn’t it supposed to be one trade?"
"I got two Breast Enhancement Elixirs. Can’t we do two?"
"Well... it’s not impossible, but... I might get in trouble..."
From Chris’s reaction, it seemed the list she gave me also included divine treasures meant for other summoners.
"Then for the other one, I’ll take the Cherubim Ring."
"Alright."
I handed Chris two Breast Enhancement Elixirs immediately. Chris looked around to make sure no one was watching, then ate both of them at once. Given what happened with Megumin last time, she seemed to be careful.
"Oh~ oh~ they really got bigger!!"
The effect was immediate — Chris was fondling her enlarged breasts, extremely happy. She seemed to have even forgotten I was there.
"Hey, I know you’re happy, but groping your own breasts like that with a man in front of you..."
"Ah, right!"
Only then did Chris grasp the situation. Her face flushed bright red, she hid her chest and turned away.
"Anyway, I’ll bring the items. Thanks for getting the Breast Enhancement Elixirs."
"I don’t know if I’ll get more, but if I do, I’ll sell them, so just so you know."
"I’d like them a bit bigger, but I suppose I’ll have to be satisfied with this... still, if you get more, let me know first. I might buy them."
"Got it."
Chris went away somewhere again, then came back to hand over the items. I immediately put the Cherubim Ring on my finger. As I was about to receive the Holy Sword Arondight, I asked Chris,
"About this — I’m planning to have Darkness use it. If I take it first, will there be any problems like with other divine treasures?"
"Ah, so that’s why you chose Arondight, a sword with high defense. Just holding it is fine, but it’s better if Darkness draws it first. That way, she becomes the owner and can use it fully without penalties."
"Really? Then wait a moment. I’ll go get Darkness."
I immediately called Darkness, who was training in the backyard.
"Taejin, why did you call me? Oh, Chris, it’s been a while. What have you been doing since... huh? That sword is..."
When Darkness asked about the sword Chris was holding, Chris kindly explained.
"It’s your new sword. The Holy Sword Arondight. It never breaks and increases the user’s defense and stamina. Taejin got it for you."
I’d traded the Breast Enhancement Elixirs for it, but Chris, perhaps not wanting to say that directly, simply said I’d gotten it.
"Oh~ I see. What a beautiful sword. Thank you."
Darkness took Arondight, drew it from its sheath, and swung it a few times.
Whoosh whoosh—!
"It’s good. I like it. The balance is nice... but Chris, you look a bit bigger..."
Darkness also noticed Chris’s enlarged chest. Chris had been flat as a board, and suddenly gaining volume, Darkness, who was close to her, seemed to have noticed. Chris, embarrassed, hurriedly covered her chest and made an excuse.
"Ahahaha, I’m still growing..."
"I see. Then you should get equipment that fits your new size. Your current gear doesn’t seem to fit well."
As Darkness said, Chris’s chest armor was from when she was flat, and after taking two Breast Enhancement Elixirs, it didn’t fit at all — her chest looked quite compressed.
"Well, since we’re talking about it, want to go buy some armor and clothes?"
"Okay! I’ll get ready."
Chris and Darkness went out together to buy armor. Both had good expressions — Chris because she was going to buy clothes that fit her new size, and Darkness because she was going out with her close friend Chris after a long time.
After they left, I checked the Cherubim Ring I’d just received.
[(SS) Cherubim Ring]
Reflects all curses and magic of SS rank or lower, and provides high resistance.
It was a ring with magic and curse reflection. I was lucky to get a somewhat useful divine treasure. There were other divine treasures with good performance, but as expected of the Konosuba world, most of them had strange penalties or conditions, so I had chosen carefully.
The next day, we did another request. It was a request to deal with iron golems in ruins. Darkness took the golems’ attacks, then suddenly blushed and looked extremely troubled.
"Taejin, what do I do? I could handle the sword, but with the armor you gave me, I’m not taking any damage at all."
"Huh? Why is that a problem? Isn’t that better?"
"No, it’s not! This is a serious problem for me!"
Darkness, taking the golems’ attacks directly on her body, shouted with a red face. The other members found it ridiculous too, but knowing that Darkness was a masochist, they didn’t say much.
"I... see. Then go bring all the golems inside too."
"Okay!"
Darkness, not even trying to block with her sword, let herself be hit while running around the ruins and gathered all the golems together.
Thud thud thud thud!!!
"Ah... now it’s starting to feel like something..."
I watched Darkness getting excited for a moment, sighed, and said to Nerimaki and Megumin,
"Explosion magic..."
"Uh... okay."
Nerimaki and Megumin looked like they wanted to say something, but just said okay and cast Explosion magic on where Darkness was.
KABOOOM!!!
"Haaaaaah~!!"
Darkness let out a strange scream and went flying far away. Aqua and Cecily ran over to heal her, but seeing Darkness lying there excited, drooling, they looked troubled and just came back.
"I think her husband had better take care of her."
"Yeah, probably."
So I had no choice but to go, heal Darkness, and carry her back on my back. It seemed the more her defense increased, the more her masochism increased along with it.
"Hey... let’s call it a day here." ƒrēewebnovel.com
"Ye... yeah..."
