I love time travel the most!

Without any monster interference, Aqua successfully purified the lake. She even played a water fight on the lakeside and sang an unknown song.

"Donna~ Donna Donna~ Donna~"

...Dona Tea?!

Xiaolin rubbed his shoulders.

He remembered a witch who liked to give others her bodily fluids and had a terrible personality.

As the lake was continuously purified, the ferocious alligator left the water and swam towards the mountains on the other side.

Despite Darkness's desperate attempts to persuade him to stay, the ferocious alligator left without looking back.

The mission is now complete.

Chapter 111 Sato Kazuma Wants to Leave the Team

"The guild's quests have increased again."

"Because the Headless Horseman was defeated."

The group was gathered around the Adventurers' Guild's bulletin board, looking for a quest that would suit them.

Aside from those outrageous tasks like "medicine man" and "meat target," the number of tasks for gathering herbs, ores, and defeating monsters has increased significantly.

But is there any point in doing the mission now?

Kazuma Sato frowned.

He thought for a moment, then said to them very seriously, "Hey, Darkness, Megumin! I have something to tell you."

"...What's wrong? Why are you so serious?"

Everyone looked at him with suspicion.

Kazuma Sato suddenly declared his incompetence, saying, "From now on, I want to reduce the number of adventures I take! Now that I've earned such a large sum of money from defeating the Headless Horseman, I want to live a peaceful and carefree life!"

"Wait, what do you mean by that?!"

"Exactly! I've never heard of that!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Megumin and Aqua objected.

The chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) little girl, holding up her magic wand, exclaimed excitedly, "Being unable to fight powerful enemies is a huge problem for me! I'm going to get the title of the strongest magician!"

"Give up, it's impossible in this lifetime."

Kazuma Sato ruthlessly extinguished Megumin's enthusiasm.

Aqua anxiously chimed in, "No! I absolutely disagree! If Kazuma doesn't go and defeat the Demon King, won't I never be able to go back?!"

She was originally one of the useless ones.

But Kobayashi pointed out that the Headless Horseman was merely the Demon King's vanguard, and that it was still a long way off before he could return to the Heavenly Realm.

This immediately ignited her fighting spirit.

"Wait... what's this about defeating the Demon King?" Huihui paused for a moment, then suddenly leaned closer.

Darkness exclaimed excitedly, "That's exactly right! I had no idea about this at all!"

Oh right, I forgot to mention.

"Actually, our initial goal was to defeat the Demon King," Kazuma Sato said without any preamble.

If anyone else heard this, they would probably laugh until their stomachs hurt. A few newbies thinking they could defeat the Demon King.

However, there were no normal people in this team.

Huihui's eyes shone with a bright crimson light, proof of her excitement, and she shouted, "I'm going! I'm going to defeat the Demon King! If I can successfully defeat the Demon King, I will definitely become the strongest Burst Mage!"

"Demon King... Defeating the Demon King... The captured female knight is wantonly played with in a dimly lit secret chamber. Although defeating the Demon King is an incredibly lofty ideal, being wantonly played with has always been my dream! Hiss—ha—hiss—ha—"

Darkness has started generating electricity again.

While it's true that in typical light novels, it wouldn't be right for a Demon King not to have several female knights kneeling at his feet, a Demon King certainly wouldn't want a knight like Darkness.

Not only is his physical defense exaggerated, but he's also an absolute monster.

They would definitely be rejected and thrown out the door.

Kazuma Sato shook her head, banishing these strange thoughts, and said seriously, "In short, I'm the type who just wants to live a leisurely life here, and I absolutely won't do anything dangerous!"

Having witnessed the power of the Headless Horseman, he became even more interested in this idea.

Imagine there are seven more powerful figures like the Headless Horseman, plus a Demon King whose strength might be even more outrageous. How could these few weaklings possibly stand against them?

"Hey Aqua, hurry up and teach me your skills!"

"...Banquet skills?"

"It's a High Priest skill!"

Kazuma Sato cursed angrily and said disdainfully, "The only thing you're good at is your High Priest skill, right? Hurry up and teach it to me, then you'll be useless!"

That was extremely harsh and cruel.

But that's just the kind of man he is, so it's normal for him to act this way.

But Aqua disagreed.

Her large, deep blue eyes filled with tears as she sobbed, "I don't want to... don't take away the meaning of my existence, please don't!"

"This guy……!"

Sato Kazuki clenched his fists tightly.

He hated Aqua the most; she was never useful, and she hoarded his powerful skills without sharing them, making unreasonable demands to take him on adventures.

They're completely useless!

...He completely forgot that the Headless Horseman ultimately ascended to heaven under Aqua's powerful divine purification skill.

It was probably the trouble Aqua caused that left a deeper impression on him.

"Besides..."

Kazuma Sato sighed and looked at Kobayashi, who was pretending not to exist because he found it troublesome, and said, "Since you want to defeat the Demon King, why don't you just let Kobayashi-senpai lead you?"

He's smart, caring, and has some special abilities.

The items they brought back from the other world greatly increased their strength. If things continued like this, they would soon be able to defeat the Demon King without needing any help.

To put it bluntly, they are actually the ones who are holding us back.

Upon hearing her name called, Kobayashi pointed to herself and asked, puzzled, "...Huh? Me? Why?"

"Why... wasn't Kobayashi-senpai one of the heroes sent to this world? Defeating the Demon King is your ultimate goal, isn't it?" Sato Kazuma said.

"That's outrageous, Sato-kun, to pass the buck to someone else. Besides, I never said I was going to defeat the Demon King."

"Uh……"

Kazuma Sato was suddenly dumbfounded.

He thought about it carefully and realized that Kobayashi had never actually said anything about defeating the Demon King. It was just his subconscious assumption that the heroes sent by Aqua were all aiming to defeat the Demon King.

Did I misunderstand?!

“Sato-kun, not all heroes aim to defeat the Demon King. In fact, most heroes are the ones who bring trouble to the world. As far as I know, there is a person who created a machine that can destroy a country, and it is still out of control, running rampant across the continent.”

"No, no way, hahaha..."

Kazuma Sato gave an awkward smile.

Seeing Kobayashi's genuine expression and considering Aqua's unreliable nature, he felt it was quite possible.

wrong!

Even if you say that, it will absolutely not shake his resolve!

Kazuma Sato stubbornly replied, "In short, I will absolutely not do any more dangerous missions. After I get the bounty, I want to live a comfortable and happy life here! Besides, how about I just quit the team?"

at this time--

"Excuse me! Kobayashi! The bounty for your defeat of the Headless Horseman has been awarded!"

Luna's voice reached his ears.

Despite her soft voice, she instantly silenced the noisy guild, drawing everyone's attention to her.

"First of all, I want to thank Kobayashi and the others for helping everyone defeat the Headless Horseman and saving this town."

"It's all what we should do, no matter where we are."

Kobayashi replied politely.

After all, the reason the Headless Horseman attacked was their team's fault; if they didn't deal with the Headless Horseman, they would be dealt with by him.

"Now, let's distribute the bounties to everyone."

"Oh oh oh!!!"

Kazuma Sato was thrilled; he had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

3 million Eris!

That's enough for him to live a happy life in this town!

however--

"Eh?"

Kazuma Sato looked at the shrunken money pouch in his hand. Compared to Aqua's bulging pouch, Megumin's second, and Darkness's third, his small money pouch was so thin that almost no sound could be heard when it was shaken.

Compared to Xiaolin's few checks, it was pitifully small.

"Wait a minute! This isn't right!"

Kazuma Sato couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Isn't it 3 million Eris? Why is mine the lowest?!"

"How should I put it... actually, this is based on the contributions made during the defeat of the Headless Horseman."

Luna's awkward explanation.

Because of Kobayashi's intervention, Sato Kazuma only fired one arrow and had no chance to show his skills, which is why he received such a small bounty.