I love time travel the most!

Aqua is the type of person who will suddenly change her mind if you don't communicate with her or ask for her opinion, even if the final result is good. So it's better to ask her first in order to avoid her causing trouble later.

Aqua did not respond.

She sat there quietly, head bowed in deep thought, her delicate brows furrowed as if contemplating something profound. She exuded a tranquil and gentle aura, truly resembling a goddess.

Kazuma Sato was stunned.

This water goddess is nothing like Aqua!

When they first met, he was deceived by her goddess-like appearance.

"Hey, Aqua..."

"I see!"

Aqua suddenly slammed her hand on the table and stood up, startling the three of them.

Then, her eyes lit up as she said to Kazuma Sato, "The reason I sleepwalk in the middle of the night is because Kobayashi's ring contains my divine power! The ring containing high-quality water-attribute divine power is the reason why I hug him in my arms in the middle of the night!"

"Are you still hung up on that matter?"

Kazuma Sato rubbed his forehead in frustration and said helplessly, "We're talking about the house right now, can we talk about this later..."

"Wait a minute! I'm very interested in what Aqua said!"

Megumin suddenly moved closer to Aqua.

Darkness, her cheeks flushed, leaned closer and asked urgently, "Last night, you and Kobayashi hugged...hug...hug each other?! Why? What did you do afterwards? Are you in that kind of relationship?! And the three of you live together, right? What exactly happened last night? Explain yourself!"

For some reason, the two of them were also very interested.

Despite her limited brain capacity, Aqua was very proud of her deductions and wanted to show them off to others.

"Actually, last night..."

"Actually, Aqua really did sleepwalk last night! Right, Goddess?!"

Kazuma Sato pressed his hand over Aqua's mouth, giving her a fierce look that warned her not to say anything out of line.

"Uh huh huh..."

Aqua was speechless.

They were discussing living together as a team when, unfortunately, a fatal chest attack occurred last night.

Furthermore, Aqua's tendency to blame others for her mistakes could cause Darkness and Megumin to distrust him and Kobayashi, potentially leading to the failure of their cohabitation proposal.

How could he possibly let the task assigned to him by the team leader fail so easily?!

He absolutely refused!

However, Kazuma Sato didn't realize that preventing Aqua from saying it would only make things more likely to be misunderstood.

Was it really sleepwalking?

Huihui's eyes were full of suspicion: "Could it be that you two did something underhanded last night?"

"It really was sleepwalking!"

Kazuma Sato was not lying at all, because what he said was the truth.

Darkness, panting heavily, gripped his hands tightly: "I believe you! Sleepwalking at night, is this a routine activity for the squad?! Excellent, really excellent! I want to join too, no, please let me join!"

hiss--

"It hurts! It hurts so much!"

Kazuma Sato cried out in pain, wailing, "It's sleepwalking! I told you it really is sleepwalking, it's not what you think!"

A few people were making a ruckus in a corner, but suddenly the noisy guild fell silent.

Kazuma Sato had such an experience.

When he was still in school, the students would talk quietly in twos and threes in the classroom, making the whole classroom sound like a noisy, low-decibel vegetable market.

But in that instant, the classroom suddenly fell silent; all the students shut their mouths.

This situation most likely occurs when the homeroom teacher arrives, or when someone noteworthy appears.

Click! Click! Click! Click!

The clanging of metal against metal echoed continuously, and at the entrance at the end of the guild corridor, a strangely shaped iron can appeared.

He wore an iron bucket with two holes, a scarf that looked like rags, a heavy suit of armor on his upper body, leather pants on his lower body, and a pair of tall boots covered in nails.

Add to that the longbow on his back, the longsword in his left hand, the short dagger at his waist, and the hidden weapon in the crook of his knee... it all looks bizarre.

"Everyone, sorry for the wait."

A muffled sound came from the metal bucket.

Kazuma Sato and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Who? Someone you know?"

"I don't know, I don't recognize him."

Everyone shook their heads, indicating they didn't recognize it.

"It's me!"

Iron Can took off his helmet, revealing a handsome face.

"It's Kobayashi (senpai)?!" x4

The person who came was none other than Kobayashi.

Darkness was thrilled: "Is this some kind of shameful play?! I want some too!"

"No, you've misunderstood. It wasn't play."

Xiaolin shook his head in denial.

Kazuma Sato asked, "Kobayashi-senpai, why are you dressed like this?!"

"Actually, I prepared these gear a long time ago, but I've always been a lone wolf. Now I finally have the chance to wear them."

Kobayashi enthusiastically introduced the product to everyone.

"Don't let their appearance fool you, they're actually quite powerful."

For example, helmets can not only effectively prevent attacks such as cold arrows and hidden weapons, but they also have magic circles engraved inside that can resist mental attacks to a certain extent.

There are also scarves that can increase magic recovery, armor that can form a protective shield, and boots that can even allow you to walk freely on vertical walls.

And there's more...

He got more and more excited as he talked, his fanatical demeanor resembling that of a game addict who couldn't stop showing off his super-powerful equipment to others.

Kazuma Sato could understand, but this outfit was just too bizarre.

"Don't you think it's too conspicuous, Senior Kobayashi?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I don't care at all!"

Kobayashi said with considerable pride, "I'm a loyal Monster Hunter player!"

Monster Hunter players never care whether the costumes are cool or not; they always focus on practicality and stats.

She is truly strong, and truly ugly.

This has resulted in a situation where the characters in the game are so bizarre that they don't resemble human beings at all.

Besides, Kobayashi is a tough guy who can carry a giant, smelly frog down the street, so he naturally doesn't care what others think.

He may not care, but others do.

"Senior Kobayashi, if you keep doing this, you'll easily be mistaken for a member of the Demon King's army and become the target of their attacks!"

"How could that be? I'm human."

"But your clothes don't match at all!"

In the game, there are often sayings like, "Please dress like a human being during cutscenes."

Because the character customization options, clothing, and other elements are out of place in the game environment, comical scenes that are both funny and absurd can occur during cutscenes.

"Am I more like the Demon King's army?"

"You can say that."

"But they are really great equipment."

"At the very least, they should wear matching outfits!"

After all, reality isn't a game; dressing strangely can really lead to misunderstandings.

"how so……"

Kobayashi was deeply shocked. Kazuma Sato didn't say anything, but gently patted Kobayashi's shoulder to comfort him.

It turns out that Kobayashi-senpai was also a problem child.

Chapter 10 Reward Yourself - Do It Secretly

"Ahem, enough of this farce, let's get down to business."

Kobayashi said in a very serious tone.

Kazuma Sato secretly curled his lip. The other side was the one who had just caused the disturbance, yet they were acting as if they were the ones making a fool of themselves.

"What's wrong, Sato-kun? Is there something you want to say?"

"No no."

Under the pressure of his gaze, he had no choice but to obey.

Having secured the only member of the squad with any intelligence, Kazuma Sato, Kobayashi began to explain.

"Sato-kun should have told you that I wanted the whole team to live together."

Seeing that they all nodded to indicate that they understood, he continued, "However, we don't have any money right now. It's very difficult for us novice adventurers to save up a lot of money, so I specifically looked for a sponsor."

"...Sponsors?!" X4

Darkness and Megumin looked puzzled, while Kazuma and Aqua, who understood, were quite surprised.