Hmm.
We all got a reward for defeating the Mobile Fortress Destroyer, but, you know.
These days continue to go on idly by.
Then there was in incident where mysterious monsters were coming out of Keele's Dungeon.
By the way, Keele was a great magician who was in love with a noble, but could never be with her due to their differing statuses. When he became a great magician, he asked for a wish…
Some say that he took the princess and hid in a dungeon, which is the one called Keele's dungeon.
We went in there once and Aqua had to exorcise a Lich, but it went well.
So, we decided to help out.
The goal: defeat the maker of the strange monsters that would grab onto people and explode!
Megumin wouldn't be coming in with us since her Explosion magic would bring down the dungeon.
There were many adventurers who came with us, but…
"Look, Jaedin! I can hit them! I can hit them!"
Darkness could take on every one of the dolls and take no damage.
And so, our team of four managed to get away from the rest of the group because they were bogged down by those strange masked monsters.
"Hey, Jaedin, shouldn't we wait for them…?"
"Not really. The faster we take care of this, the faster we can go back home and rest."
In the end…
A demonic mask had possessed Darkness, the true identity of the demon being a member of the Demon King's army.
In the end, Megumin had to use Explosion on Darkness, outside of course, and all's well that ends well!
We even got another bounty for killing another Demon General! So we decided to use some of it to decorate and renovate the house.
Except when we saw that irritating devil at Wiz's we found out she was a Demon King's General!
And Vanir was still annoying as hell!
Though, his proposal to let him make money off my ideas and inventions from my original world… it was tempting.
Of course I took the offer! It was 2 million Eris per month!
But, you know, it was pretty quiet after that.
Though it was still cold, when it started to warm up we took on quests when it started to get warmer!
Hmm, what else?
Oh! We celebrated Megumin's and Yunyun's birthdays!
They turned 14.
So yeah.
I think my 18
th birthday just came and passed, so I ate sweets to celebrate.
I say that, but I eat sweets every day since my body stays healthy and I don't get fatter.
In line with the LN's I decided that we were to go to Alcanretia, where there were hot springs, to rest and relax!
But the moment we stepped in the city, we were bombarded with offers to join the Axis cult.
We went off in pairs, with Aqua and Darkness in one group and Megumin and Yunyun in the other.
As for me? I went with the former, only to see Darkness get berated and treated like dirt.
Of course, she liked it.
Aqua on the other hand…
"Welcome, lost sheep… Come, confess your sins, the goddess will listen to you and grant you compassion…"
And
"Remember this line, 'Eris pads her breasts'.
…
I can't handle this place.
When we went back to the hotel, I tried to go for the mixed baths.
I took off my clothes, and entered the mixed bath.
Then I heard someone talking,
"That damn cult's finally going to be destroyed. The work in destroying the secret hot spring is now complete; the progress in the other hot spring is also proceeding smoothly. Now, we just need to wait. For us who have long lifespans, waiting a decade or two's no big deal."
Uwah. That must be Hans.
The one who was traumatized by the Axis cultists and a poison slime.
The teammate he is talking to is troublesome. Due to my body, I can purify the poison that Hans emits and can probably purify him himself…
So, I retreated, put my clothes back on, and went over to the rest of the group, telling them about someone's plot to destroy the hot springs.
"Eh? Isn't it better if they're destroyed?"
"A-ah, but, that'd be bad for us since they're a defense against the Demon King…"
Megumin and Yunyun said.
"That's right," I said. "So, he was talking to someone else. A collaborator. I think I can Assassinate him safely, but the other one will be troublesome. Since they talked about decades being short, I think they're demons."
"I will go with you! This cannot stand!" Aqua said.
Darkness said, "I will go as well. I may be able to block their collaborator for a short while."
Right… Okay.
So, Aqua, Darkness and I went into the mixed baths. When we got naked before each other Aqua managed to sneak a peak.
"Average…"
"Shut up and be serious."
"Y-yes, Aqua. Be serious!" Darkness whispered.
We could hear them still talking about destroying the baths and about the other generals of the Demon King's army.
So we barged in, and saw a man and a woman in the bath!
The man wasn't in the water; he had a towel around his waist and knelt with one knee beside the woman.
He was tall and well-built, with short brown hair. The woman had large breasts and short red hair.
To be honest, I'm not really into short hair nor red hair, but that's not really important right now.
I smiled and went over to the man. "Hey, I think I've seen you somewhere before? Hans, is that right?"
He looked surprised. "How do you know my name…?"
"Come on!" I clapped and rested my hand on his shoulder. "Don't you remember me?"
He didn't take it well. "Gya…!"
He started yelling, and a white light was eating away at his being where I was touching him.
"I'm being purified…!"
I heard splashes of water and a cry of "Hans!" when he started yelling, but I ignored them in favor of covering the mouth of Hans. I also heard Aqua cry out the names of various spells, but I wasn't sure if they'd work.
I saw him start to turn into slime, but it was useless!
I planned this from the start! As a Fallen God of Anti-Poison, I am your antithesis!
And so, he was purified quietly.
When I finished I looked over to the red-head, and Aqua and Darkness who were restraining her.
They all had expressions of shock.
"Sorry about that." I scratched the back of my head. "My body has the anti-poison attribute, so when I saw the Poison Slime there, I knew I had to kill it. Okay, Onee-san?"
We can't kill her in a similar manner anyway, so I signaled the others to back off.
I heard Aqua yell out her spells but since they did nothing, there was only Assassination!
Luckily, nobody came when the Poison Slime was dying, so I took out my sword from my Warehouse, Flash Stepped behind Wolbach, and killed her.
She disappeared into bright lights.
I sighed, then asked the two of them.
"Uh, we should take a shower before going in the hot springs, right?"
Their naked bodies laid before my eyes!
Using my skills, I memorized it all.
Umu. Thank you for the meal.
......
"Look, I'm sorry," I say to a disgruntled Aqua and Darkness.
"How embarrassing…!" I could hear Darkness say from the Female side of the baths.
"Uwah. So Jaedin was a pervert. How disappointing."
"Hey, Megumin. No guy would not get excited after seeing two beauties."
"Hehehe, of course I'm a beauty. Of course I'm not ashamed of my body being seen by him. It's perfect in every way!"
Darkness is bigger, Aqua.
"Still," I say. "Thanks for the help back there. I think we just took care of two Demon King's Generals."
"With how easily you took them out?" Darkness asked. "Are you really sure?"
"Well, I backstabbed her with my Assassination, my Critical Hit is affected by my luck, and I have maxed out Sword Mastery."
"Sword Mastery. I heard you have to master many different sword skills before attaining even one level in that… How do you know it?" Darkness asked.
I hummed at that.
"Because I'm a God?" I decide to tell the truth.
"Please, Jaedin, don't start acting like Aqua…"
I was telling the truth, Yunyun.
……
"This is bad. This is bad! A lot of the hot springs are contaminated!"
Said a teary Aqua.
"I checked many of them. At this rate… everyone will get sick and die!"
"Ah, I can purify it since I'm Anti-Poison."
"I can purify it as well! I'm a Goddess of Water, after all!"
So went on the back and forth between me and this goddess.
"Don't your purifications totally ruin the hot springs? If I remember correctly, you got us kicked out of the hot springs because you purified them…"
"T-that was so cruel! I worked so hard for everyone!"
Yeah, she definitely purified them.
Hmm…
I should go and collect the bounty for Hans from this town's Adventurer's Guild.
……
As always, I earned quite a bit of money for defeating two Demon King's Generals.
Haven't 4 of them been defeated by this party already? That's half of them!
Even if I list off the number of how much I earned, it wouldn't matter.
I was truly way too rich.
…
I bought all the Highest grade Manatite in the city.
……
"Fuah, that was great!"
"It was troublesome, but the hot springs really were good until Aqua purified them…"
Megumin and Yunyun commented.
"Waaah! They chased me away, my beloved followers! Waaah!"
"There there…?"
Aqua with Darkness attempting to comfort her.
After that whole fiasco, we decided that it would be better to back home to Axel!
So, back to Axel we go!
……
"Home-!"
"It's 'I'm home!' isn't it?"
Aqua opened the door to our house in high spirits and entered the home we were away from these past few days.
Hmm…
These past few days.
Were they really a vacation?
I mean, I killed two more Demon King's Generals there…
Hah…
For some reason, Aqua was right up in my face, looking like she was really tired.
"What's up with the weird face?"
"I'm just imitating you. Looks just like you, right?"
Motherfucker.
……
Our day went by normally after that, though Yunyun went ahead to collect mail for Megumin and herself.
When she came back, she said something really outrageous to me.
"I want Jaedin's children…!"
I froze, unable to react.
I think everyone did.
"Um. Um. Um. I think it's much too early for that stage, Yunyun… W-we haven't even… uh, gone out yet!"
I started stuttering, unable to form words well.
"Eh? That normally infallible and calm Jaedin is stuttering? Could it be…? His weakness is women!?"
Aqua said something really ridiculous.
Megumin came back to her senses and said, "Yunyun, what are you saying? Do you even know what you are saying?"
I snapped out of it first and took a big breath. This was that event, right?
"Yunyun, what happened?"
"If I don't have Jaedin's children, the world will-! The Demon King will…!" Yunyun shouted through sniffles.
"Right, right." I held up my hands in a placating gesture. "What will happen? Just take a moment and breathe…"
"Jaedin's surprisingly good at this," Darkness commented.
Well, I had to git gud after seeing one of my friends cry in front of me without being able to do anything in my original world.
"The home of the Crimson Demons… is going to disappear!"
……
When she finally calmed down, Yunyun handed us a letter with two pieces of paper inside, which we then read.
The first was sent by Yunyun's father.
In short,
A general of the Demon King's army built a base near the Crimson Demon village with a large number of soldiers.
That general had high magic resistance, they couldn't destroy the military base, and he told Yunyun to not let the bloodline die out.
And, there was a second page!
'– The diviner in the village foresaw the attack of the Demon King's army and a visage of despair for the Crimson Demon village. But that same diviner also saw a glimmer of hope. As the only survivor of the village, Yunyun…'
"Hold on, isn't there another Crimson Demon here?" An agitated Megumin asked.
"Let's ignore that for now!" Yunyun said.
'… As the only survivor of the village, Yunyun hid her goal of defeating the Demon King in her heart and focused on training. Sometime later, she'll meet a certain man in the city of beginners. Reliable and powerful, that man would be her future spouse.'
"And the man you thought of was me? Thank you, Yunyun."
Yunyun blushed when she heard that.
'Time passed in a flash. The child of the survivor of the Crimson Demons and that man was already at the age of youth. Just like his father, he became an adventurer and went on a journey. But that youth still didn't know he would be the one who'll avenge his clansmen and defeat the hated enemy–the Demon King…'
Hey, wait. Wait.
My child?
I'm planning on killing the Demon King myself!
But… if I were to move on from this world without defeating the Demon King, I can see it happening.
In contrast with my calm decision-making, Darkness and Aqua gasped.
"The Crimson Demon village has powerful oracles! Which means that divination is…!"
"Hey, hey, that sounds like it'd take too long. At what age can one be a youth? Is three years okay? If that's no good, then let's pretend that divination doesn't exist!"
Hahaha.
You'll be here for a long time, Aqua.
Looking at the bottom, I read out loud.
"It says on the bottom here, 'Legend of the Crimson Demon Hero, Chapter 1, Author: Arue.'"
Turning to the back of the page, I read, 'The first page is written by Yunyun's father. The second one has the postscript 'postage is too expensive, so I asked the village chief to send it together with his. I'll send chapter 2 over when I finish it'…"
"Ahhh–!"
Yunyun snatched the letter, crumpled it up, and threw it away.
"Waaahhhh, that's too much! Arue, that idiot, ahhh!!"
Ah, this girl who's kneeling on the carpet and wailing, I can't help but want to comfort her.
So I kneeled down next to her and patted her shoulder, "There there."
I'm not sure what else to do for her.
"Who's Arue?" Darkness asked.
That that, Megumin answered:
"Arue's my classmate from the Crimson Demon village. How should I put it; she's a weird girl aiming to be an author…?"
Darkness, sounding relieved, said, "Oh, so it's just a story… Hmm? What about the first letter?"
"The contents of this one should be true. The Crimson Demons have been an eyesore to the Demon King's army for the longest time. This day was bound to come sooner or later anyway. They're probably getting serious about attacking the Crimson Demon village."
"Eh? Isn't that bad? Should we go there to help?" I asked.
At that, the wailing Yunyun lifted her head suddenly.
"That, that's right. Now's not the time to be crying! Hey Megumin, what should we do? I think it's true that our village's being attacked! What should we do?"
To Yunyuin, Megumin said:
"We're the Crimson Demons that even the Demon King fears, right? I don't think the people in the village will helplessly await their demise. Also, if Yunyun, the daughter of the village chief, is here, the bloodline of the Crimson Demons won't be broken no matter what happens to the village. So, I think it would be better to think about it this way–everyone in the village will live on in our hearts–"
"Megumin, you cold-hearted girl! Why do you act so heartless every time?"
Yunyun looked at me after scolding Megumin.
"Um… Sorry for saying something so weird suddenly. How should I put this… Jaedin's the only man I know…"
I pat her shoulder. "It's alright, it's alright! Hmm, should we head on over to the village? You two have family there, right?"
"Well, I do have a sister there…" Megumin said.
"Yes! If it's this party, then the tides can be turned!" Yunyun said with shining eyes.
Um, Yunyun, I don't think you should put that much trust in our capabilities. The best attacks are sneak attacks, you know?
Most of our enemies were in a state where it was easier to kill them as well, luckily enough.
And so, we took a carriage to a town called Alcanretia to as our first stop on the way to the Crimson Demon village.
But when we arrived there, we found out that there were no rides to the Crimson Demon village, as the way was so dangerous even caravans wouldn't go there…
And since the Crimson Demons could teleport to other cities, there was no reason for caravans to come.
So, we were on our own.
It would take us an extra two days to get to the Crimson Demon village…
And there were many dangerous monsters that frequent the road, so it would be dangerous camping…
But, I had the Warehouse House, so we were safe while resting.
A portable home that I can lock with the ForceWall, what a convenient item!
Still, I bought a map to the Crimson Demon village detailing the monsters on the road there.
When we reached a forest, Darkness who was the vanguard suddenly stopped, saying, "Hmm, someone's there."
We looked in that direction, and at the entrance of the forest, a green haired girl sitting on a boulder seemed to have spotted us, and started waving.
On her right ankle were blood-stained bandages. She would glance at her right feet from time-to-time with a pained expression.
When we went over, Megumin, Aqua, Yunyun, and Darkness immediately surrounded the girl, cooing over her.
I looked at the map, and said, "It's a 'Tranquility Girl', a type of monster that won't deal physical damage, but it'll stop travelers by stimulating their protective instincts, starve them to death, and enroot them."
What a scary monster.
Still, Aqua happily said, "I'll heal your wounds! … Huh? These aren't wounds. These aren't bandages either, just something that looks like it."
I came closer and saw that the boulder under her butt was a part of her body. Behind the boulder was something like a branch; small fruits were growing on it.
Still, I killed her, to the dismay of the rest except Darkness, who understood that it was a monster.
"S-so cruel! I didn't think Jaedin could be so cruel!"
"So, there was a hidden side to Jaedin all along…"
Yunyun and Megumin cried.
"To kill such a monster, this is definitely a path that you would regret!" Aqua said.
Sorry, but I don't regret killing a monster that would lure in people deceptively.
……
Orcs, One-strike Bears, Griffons, and Fire Drakes.
Such were the monsters that we may meet on this road.
I prayed that we didn't meet them, and luckily enough, we made it to the Crimson Demon village without incident.
When we arrived, the village didn't seem panicked.
As expected of the Crimson Demons with high stats.
There was a griffon statue at the front of the village entrance as well…
"… Eh, this griffon statue looks so realistic. Is that a work of a famous sculptor?" Darkness asked as she marveled at the statue.
"That's a griffon who wandered into the village and got petrified. It looks cool, so it was preserved as a scenic attraction. And now, it's mainly used as a landmark to meet up with people," Megumin said.
How ridiculous.
At that, Aqua went up to the statue and placed her hand on it, chanting something.
"Aqua, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to cast a spell to cure abnormal statuses. I've never seen a live griffon before."
After we restrained Aqua, we went to Yunyun's home to see about the situation.
……
Her mansion was in the middle of the village.
As Yunyun's father, a middle-aged man, received us we learned that…
"No, that's just a letter to my daughter about how I've been doing. I got a little carried away when writing it. My Crimson Demon bloodline makes it impossible for me to write normal letters…"
What.
"… Eh? Um, D-Dad? Well, I'm happy that you're okay, but can you explain it in detail? First, at the beginning of the letter you wrote, 'By the time you read this letter, I will probably have already passed on from this world'…"
"Isn't that the standard greeting amongst us Crimson Demons? Didn't you learn that in school?… Ah, now that you mentioned it, you and Megumin graduated early because your results were excellent."
"… And the part about being unable to break through the military base built by the Demon King's army…?"
"Ah, that part? Those guys built a very extravagant base. Should we destroy it or keep it as a new scenic attraction? We couldn't decide."
…
Ah, it really was something ridiculous like that, wasn't it?
"Jaedin, please get ahold of yourself! Stop looking as you've lost your meaning to life!" Darkness yelled at me.
Ah, right. Right.
"Demon King's army alert, Demon King's army alert. Everyone who's free please gather before the griffon statue at the village entrance. We have visuals of the enemy, they number about a thousand."
One thousand? There's only a few hundred here at most!
Though Darkness and I were worried, the other Crimson Demons were calm.
And Aqua didn't care.
"A thousand soldiers of the Demon King's army. Seems like it's time to show the real power of a goddess."
Nevermind, she's insane.
……
When we went to the front of the village, we could see about 50 people ready to stand against the thousand-strong Demon army.
But…
"Lightning Strike!"
"Energy Ignition!"
"Freeze Gust!"
"Cursed Lightning!"
Those chuuni Crimson Demons totally wiped the opposition out. Struck by lightning, bursting into flames, turning into ice sculptures.
Leading the army of now less than one-thousand was a beautiful lady in a red dress.
"Everyone! I'll block them from the front, so follow me! The gap between casting two high-level spells is large. Let's use this chance…!"
That must be the Demon King's General.
I wanted to kill her.
Ah, this is not because I suddenly had awakened to a desire to murder, but, all this would be over or reduced if she died, correct?
……
After watching their battle, we decided to go to Megumin's home.
Yunyun said she wanted to deliver punishment to her friend Arue who sent that letter and went off to do so.
It was a small wooden cottage.
Megumin knocked on the door, and a little later, we could hear someone running from inside.
When the door to the house was opened, we saw a little girl that looked like a mini Megumin.
"Megumin's sister? Such a cute kid," Darkness said.
"It feels like a mini Megumin. Hey little Megumin, want some sweets?" Aqua took out sweets from somewhere.
"Komekko, I'm home. Have you been a good girl?" Megumin said to her little sister now dubbed Komekko.
I'll not retort at these weird names. Yunyun, Megumin, Komekko, Chomusuke.
I saw her freeze up when she glanced at me.
Am I that scary?
"Dad! Onee-chan brought a man back with her!"
Wait wait wait wait!
……
"… Thanks for taking care of my daughter. I express my sincere gratitude for that," Megumin's father, Hyoizaburo said to me. He was a middle-aged man with black hair.
Beside him was a beautiful lady who resembled Megumin, with a head of black hair and slight wrinkles on the corner of her lips and eyes.
"My daughter has troubled you very much… I learned much about Jaedin-san from the letters she sent back… So, we know you quite well," Megumin's mother, Yuiyui, said.
Aqua and Darkness were playing with Komekko on the other side of the room.
"Really?" I ask, glancing at Megumin who was fidgeting on the side. "What did she say about me...?"
"Hmm, she says that you are a reliable man who has a good head, doesn't waste his money, and is possibly celibate."
"Oi. Why would I be celibate?" I stared at the sweating Megumin.
"To be under a roof with four other beautiful girls and not have any relations past friendship with them, it says quite a bit about you."
I was about to retort at that, when I realized that it was true. Actually, wasn't it supposed to be a good thing I haven't pounced on anyone? I don't really see anyone as a good partner for that type of thing.
Megumin and Yunyun, while legal now that they are 14 (This country is weird) I see as kids due to my much higher age. It's hard to see them in a sexual manner? Not really. It just doesn't click with them.
Darkness is a major masochist, which kind of turns me off.
Aqua is… Aqua.
"Maybe I should find someone…?"
I wonder.
……
The next day, we slept in at Megumin's place, in my Warehouse's House.
… I think I'll just it the House from now on.
And so, Megumin and Yunyun led Aqua and I around town while Darkness lounged about at Megumin's house.
There were many strange tourist attractions, like shrines with nekomimi figurines, a sword in the stone that will be pulled out at the ten thousandth person, a pool that people throw weapons in, and a mysterious facility that holds the weapon that will destroy the world.
…
When we came back to Megumin's house, we saw that Darkness was facing off against the Demon King's army, with the General at the forefront!
"Darkness is facing off against the army!? Let's help her!"
"Ah, Jaedin? Why are you here so soon…?"
…
This damn masochist.
"Hey, Megumin, start chanting while I distract them."
"But the General is resistant to magic?"
"Still, I can kill her after the damage is done to the rest of the army.
Megumin started chanting under breath at that, and the army must have felt the magic vibrations as they stared fearfully in our direction.
I brought out a large amount of Manatite, and gave it to Yunyun, saying, "Herd them."
"Light of Saber! Light of Saber! Light of Saber!"
Money is power.
"Guh! Sylvia-sama, let's retreat! There's no way she would use a spell on her own ally!"
"That's right! It's a bluff! Let's go, before the rest of them come and ruin our day!"
""Where do you think you're going!?" Darkness said, blocking their way. "Megumin! Do it! My magical resistance has leveled up from last time and I can handle the pain from the explosion~♥!"
Megumin kept on chanting.
"Explosion!"
A loud boom resounded, and most of the Demon King's army were decimated.
"Guh!"
But the General, Sylvia, was still alive. So was Darkness, but both of their clothing were in tatters, Darkness's armor showing some of her skin off, and the Demon General's dress almost all gone.
"Yunyun! Handle the stragglers! I'll kill the General!"
I went in with Flash Step and Assassinated her, aiming for the neck!
Slicing off her head, I cleanly killed our 5
th Demon King's General!
As usual, that was anticlimactic.
As expected of me, who had the stats of an Endgame adventurer, being a God of Swordsmanship, and lucky as hell.
……
After that whole thing, we decided to go back home to Axel using Yunyun's Teleport.
Before we left, we met two girls who looked about the same age as Megumin and Yunyun.
Now that I think about it, with black hair and red eyes, a lot of people look like those two, don't they?
"Ah, these two are Funifura and Dodonko," said Yunyun. "Back in school, these two were my f-friends!"
You don't sound sure.
"Ah, you three are their party members, right?"
"Thanks for taking care of them. Megumin acts childishly sometimes and Yunyun seems like she'd be an easy target for bad boys. We're glad both of you are doing well."
Ah, these two, didn't one of them need medicine for her brother so she got money from Yunyun?
Though she did feel bad about it, I'm kind of glad Yunyun has these friends who stayed even after their goal was met.
"Hey there, my name is Jaedin, the leader of this party. Nice to meet you."
"I am Darkness, it is nice to meet you two."
"I am Aqua, goddess of the Axis Cult!"
We ignored her.
The two seemed a little tense.
Was there something wrong?
"These two have no resistance towards men. Please forgive them."
"Megumin, don't say that. It must be embarrassing!"
Megumin and Yunyun bantered like so.
I looked a little closer and saw that they were nervous.
"He's also celibate, so don't think there's any chance with him."
"I'm not celibate."
It's just that I haven't found the right one yet!
After some casual conversation, we were off! Back to Axel!
……
I was face to face with Luna, the guild's most popular counter lady.
"How do you keep on doing this…?"
"I don't know. It just happened."
So please, give me that bounty now that I've given the Adventurer's card as proof.
"Whoo!"
"Aqua-sama, treat us, treat us!"
"Now now, my children, we're going to be drinking all night!"
……
A/N: What should be the next jump?
Just wondering
Not sure if I can write Danmachi, but I can try! Have not read any of it at all!
Fire Emblem Fate is a doozy with all those characters, but I know the story well enough.
I always fail to write much with Highschool DxD due to it being a whole mess of munchkinning. Needs more slice of lifes.
Sword Art Online might be unexpectedly easy to write.
F/SN is an easy write, I'd like to think. Pretty hard to beat though
Fate Extra is also an easy write. Too easy, though.
Fate Grand Order is a doozy to write because of all the Servants and their personalities.
Got any other suggestions? If I don't know them well, I'd have to go and read em or watch em before I can write