The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 480: Damn it! How did the kingdom become like this?
"Aqua, what should we do now? You're talking about halfway? Don't be ridiculous! I don't know how many hundreds of millions I'll have to pay as taxes!"

Sato Kazuma looked like he had lost all hope in life.

While other adventurers went to pay taxes in an orderly manner, he could only walk back silently and hide among the crowd.

He just felt like a clown.

Just now he was brazenly saying that he wanted to be an adventurer who was useful to the kingdom, but now he can't afford the high taxes he needs to pay... This is unacceptable!
however.

If you're looking for comfort, you're definitely looking for the wrong person.

Aqua was also devastated, and she screamed at him, "I don't have any money anymore, okay? I've spent it all! Filing for bankruptcy won't help in terms of taxes! I really don't want to be in debt anymore!"

The stupid goddess is a complete moonlighter... no, she should be called a debtor.

This guy eats and drinks lavishly every month and feels uncomfortable if he doesn't owe some money. It's simply wishful thinking for her to save money or pay taxes.

“Right, Kazuma! Let’s run away!”

"escape?"

"The tax system in this world is simple. Taxes are paid in the first month of autumn every year, and must be paid in full before the end of that month!"

"It's really easy to understand. By the way, isn't today the last day of the first month of autumn? So, what if I run away? What will happen if I don't pay today?"

“You don’t have to pay taxes.”

The stupid goddess suddenly said this, and Satou Kazuma said in a daze, "Huh!?"

Aqua thought he was new, so she kindly explained, "On the last day, as long as it's past the closing time of the civil servants, the previous taxes can be waived."

"——Isn't that too heroic?!"

This sentence expresses the thoughts of every time traveler.

Sato Kazuma couldn't help scratching his head and asked, "Is this all right? The kingdom won't trace us back and ask us to make up the payment or something?"

"what are you talking about!"

Hearing his confused words, Aqua said that the laws of this world are made by the nobles.

When the nobles made laws, they of course took their own convenience into consideration.

It is more cost-effective for ordinary people with low income to pay taxes than to travel far away or escape to other places; but the rich and nobles will travel at this time every year and will not return home until the next month.

It’s simply lawless!
"What the hell! How did the kingdom become like this?!"

Zun Zun couldn't help but curse.

How could he manage the kingdom with these insects? When he thought about the money he had earned from selling his body being embezzled by these guys, he couldn't help but want to do something.

"They are just a bunch of pigs who have taken advantage of every opportunity! Those nobles are so treacherous!"

Sato Kazuma couldn't hold it anymore.

In fact, he knew very well that Japan was the country with the most serious corruption. Every year, the prime minister was removed from office almost always because of corruption. Incidents like being ganked by the Japanese server's male gun were rare.

"Wait, wait a minute! Um, um... there are some kind-hearted nobles too. Don't lump them all together."

Darkness said so.

Come to think of it, she is also a daughter of a noble family, and the daughter of the great noble family of Dustinis.

By the way, Zun Zun remembers that her family is known for being poor. If that's the case, how can they pay such a large amount of taxes?
Suddenly I noticed that she was holding something in her hand.

“…Darkness, what are you doing?”

"Hey, what's that in your hand? Let me make it clear, I don't have time to play this kind of bondage play with you."

Sato Kazuma couldn't hold it anymore.

The perverted female knight was holding an iron shackle in her hand, which she handcuffed on her right hand with a click... Because this girl is a walking pervert, everyone is used to it.

"What are you doing?"

Sato Kazuma said this unhappily.

He didn't have time to care about the perverted female knight's XP right now. The most urgent thing was to take Aqua, Huihui and Yunyun and escape from here.

Although the speech just now put him in a difficult position and he might be severely beaten if he didn't pay taxes, but as Zun Zun said - as long as the money is there, you can throw away everything else!
However, when he looked for Huihui and Youyou, he found that they were already queuing up to pay taxes, and it was their turn.

"Ms. Huihui... your income is very low, so it is tax-free. Thank you for your cooperation! As for Ms. Youyou... you actually pay taxes every month, which is really surprising. It is only necessary to pay the last one! Thank you for your support, thank you!"

The two completed the tax formalities.

Huihui doesn't have to pay any taxes because she is a low-income earner; and Youyou is a good kid who is an excellent student and pays taxes well every month.

Perhaps they noticed Sato Kazuma's gaze, one of them showed a cocky smile while the other was a good student.

hateful!

Sato Kazuma clenched his fists.

In this case, only he, Aqua, and Darkness are left. They need to figure out how to escape...

Click!
"What are you doing?"

Sato Kazuma looked at Darkness in dumbfounded. This perverted female knight had no idea what was wrong with her. She actually handcuffed the other end of the shackles on her right hand to Sato Kazuma's left hand.

Is this some new type of Play?
Just when Zun Zun was curious about what she was going to do, Darkness unexpectedly showed a fresh and cheerful smile, as if she had just changed into dry new underwear this morning, and spoke in a relaxed tone as if she was inviting Sato Kazuma to go for a walk.

"Paying taxes is a citizen's duty. Follow me, the highest-earning adventurer in this town."

"Wait, wait! I'm not the highest-earning adventurer. The person over there has much more than me!"

Sato Kazuma pointed at Zun Zun.

Zun Zun didn't expect that he would be the one to be blamed. However, Darkness just glanced at Zun Zun and turned around and said, "To correct it, it is the adventurer who earned the most money without paying taxes."

“You——”

Come to think of it, it's really him.

Seeing that Darkness seemed to have him in his grasp, Sato Kazuma decided that he must find a way to leave here, so he asked Aqua for help.

“Aqua, cast support magic on me! Increase your strength and speed, and use strengthening magic so that you can carry this guy with me and run away! Quick, help me!”

"Well……!"

“Aqua, you can run to wherever you want. If you can successfully escape from them, you can do whatever you want afterwards. But in exchange for letting you go, you are not allowed to cast support magic on this man.”

Darkness proposed a trade.

Sato Kazuma naturally would not give in, he shouted that this was a conspiracy and he must not believe it. However, Aqua said nothing and just kept backing away.

"A-Aqua!?"

“I’m sorry, Kazuma. I just thought that having someone slower than me would increase my chances of escaping successfully. And if Kazuma escapes, I’m afraid I’ll be the second person in this town who hasn’t paid the second most taxes…”

The stupid goddess's mind worked quickly only at this moment.

She managed to escape after her encounter with the bear, but her companion, who was shot in the knee, was not so lucky.

Aqua first cast several support magics on herself, and then this guy ran away without looking back, without even having time to say hello to Zun Zun and the others.

Sato Kazuma glared at the stupid goddess's departing back with gritted teeth.

Zun Zun, Hui Hui and You You, the three of them sat on the platform, watching the developments below with great interest, wondering how Sato Kazuma would escape.

Pay taxes?

It is impossible to pay taxes. It is impossible to pay taxes in this lifetime.

The nobles here are diverse and the laws they make are very interesting. Sato Kazuma likes this place very much.

Sato Kazuma wanted to ask for help from Zun Zun and others, but when he saw their expressions as if they were enjoying a show, he knew that his companions would definitely not help.

He gritted his teeth.

Seemingly being forced into a corner, this guy actually chose to hug Darkness from the front and tried to lift her up and carry her away.

However, he was simply overthinking it.

Darkness didn’t move. Even without the ridiculously heavy armor, the female Crusader in the team could have made Sato Kazuma surrender with her strength.

"Haha, there's nothing we can do, right? In order to prevent you from escaping, for this day..."

"Did you eat yourself fat just for this day? You care so much about your hard abdominal muscles, but now you have extra fat on your belly... Haha!"

Before he could finish his words, Sato Kazuma was hit hard in the abdomen.

"They are pieces of iron. Look carefully at what they are. I have hidden a lot of them under my clothes! Look, look!"

As if to explain, Darkness lifted up her shirt. What she saw was not her fair skin, but a lot of thick, long iron blocks wrapped in cotton. No wonder she didn't say a word just now. It turned out that she was prepared.

"It seems that you are determined not to give in..."

Sato Kazuma was forced into a corner and secretly became angry. If that's the case, then don't blame him.

"Steal!"

This guy decisively used stealing magic on Darkness, but what he got was not underwear, but a piece of iron.

“I see. You want to steal a lot of iron to reduce Darkness’ weight and move her away?”

“Isn’t it the key? If we think about it another way, we can just unlock the shackles and get rid of Miss Darkness and escape easily, right?”

Huihui and Yunyun said this in succession.

Rather, this should be the optimal solution.

"No, that doesn't seem to be the case..."

Sato Kazuma used the stealing skill again, and this time it was still a piece of iron. It looked like he wanted to reduce the weight of the iron, as Megumin said, but his blank expression seemed to indicate that this was not the case.

"What's wrong, Kazuma? If you want to steal my panties and embarrass me in public, forget it."

“What…! Wait a minute…Darkness, you’re not…”

"That's right! I'm not wearing any!"

"You're such a pervert!!!"

Sato Kazuma cursed at the blushing Darkness. He never expected that this guy would learn from Zun Zun and not wear underwear in order to prevent him from stealing his underwear. It was really speechless!

"But! If you think so, you are totally wrong!"

"Kazuma, what do you want to do?!"

"Steal————"

Sato Kazuma used his stealing skill again, but the target of his theft was not Darkness, but other women at the venue.

And this was the beginning, and it was used dozens of times in a row.

Because everyone was queuing up to pay taxes, the crowd was too dense. After just a few minutes, his body was filled with underwear of various styles and colors, which were so colorful and bold that it was dazzling.

Then, Sato Kazuma was arrested and taken to the police station on the charge of underwear thief, and successfully evaded the deadline for paying taxes.

(End of this chapter)