I love time travel the most!

Kazuma Sato covered Aqua's mouth.

The presence of succubus shops in Axel's starting village is not a secret, but it's like a well-known secret that absolutely cannot be spoken of.

Especially the royal prosecutor from the capital, Sena, who brought him to the interrogation room without explanation; he had been harassed by her quite a bit during this time.

With a frustrated sigh, Kazuma Sato rebuked, "It's because you're always lazy and don't work that you have no money!"

As a renowned fashion designer in Axel, he has certainly made a lot of money.

The reason for working so hard to earn money is naturally to prepare for the future and prevent the current situation from happening again.

As Kobayashi once said:

Only when the tide goes out will we know who's been swimming X.

I'm talking about you, you idiot goddess who doesn't know how to save money!

"Aaaaa!" Aqua cried out, "Don't say that! Me too, I'm working too!!!"

"Ha, was it that you accidentally let the wronged spirits escape while helping to purify the graveyard, or that you kept trying to sell the Axis cult to adventurers while asking them to help you heal? You really have the nerve to say you're working!"

Kazuma Sato angrily berates the shameless Aqua.

Actually, he had been restraining himself the whole time.

Despite being a sadistic, scumbag, and vulgar character, he has always been very restrained. His bad reputation is entirely due to being implicated by Aqua!

"You...you're a real scumbag."

This was all Aqua could say.

"Wait a mininute!"

Just as they were arguing about money, two other problem children from the group walked over.

It's Megumin and Darkness.

The girl in the squad, whose real name is "Phoenix Chick" but is actually "a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) Crimson Demon Girl with a screw loose," loudly proclaimed, "I have some good news for Aqua! Look! Megumin has successfully found a super awesome mission!"

"It was just added."

The title "Sleeping Dragon" actually refers to her as "a perverted female knight with an incredibly tough body."

Seeing the excited, idiotic duo, Kazuma Sato felt only intense unease.

"Let me see... Monster extermination quests in the Rocky Area... Any sightings of Stone Giants or similar creatures?"

"Oh oh oh!!!"

Aqua, standing to the side, had bright eyes.

She didn't pay attention to what the task was; she just saw the string of zeros for the task reward below and immediately became greedy.

Kazuma Sato sighed, looked at Megumin who was equally excited, and said bluntly, "Megumin, you brought this here just so you could unleash an explosion spell at the drop of a hat, right?"

"—!"

Huihui froze in mid-air.

Then came silence.

The Grand Magister Burst, whose thoughts had been exposed, was completely at a loss for words.

Finally, in a fit of desperation, she shouted, "No, isn't this great! I can unleash my daily burst spell and complete the quest at the same time—killing two birds with one stone, isn't it?!"

"You're really going all out."

In order to release the Explosion Magic in a reasonable way, Megumin has gone to great lengths.

Aqua went even further.

Her eyes sparkled as she exclaimed happily, "Isn't this great, Kazuma! Let's take it! This kind of mission can be easily solved with a burst spell from Megumin! We can make money while lying down!"

"You'd better get some work done too!"

Kazuma Sato couldn't help but complain.

Actually, if we're just talking about how lazy and gluttonous Aqua is, she's number one in the squad.

"Go ahead and answer it!"

"Go ahead and answer it!"

Megumin and Aqua were pulling and tugging at Kazuma Sato's cloak, their constant shouting driving him crazy.

At this moment, Darkness nodded and said, "Alright, alright, Kazuma. It's good to make good use of Megumin's daily homework, isn't it?"

A mature and composed female knight gives people a sense of security.

"And if you need bait, leave it to me!!!"

...That doesn't seem to be the case.

Kazuma Sato was speechless.

The three problem children in the team were truly overwhelming for him. However, seeing their strong needs, he had to give it serious consideration.

To be honest, he didn't want to take the job.

Because the rock giant naturally countered him, the short sword in his hand—given to him by Kobayashi, a short sword capable of killing with a single blow—was completely useless.

But Megumin in the team is also a problem.

Before leaving, Senior Kobayashi had instructed her not to let Megumin use magic indiscriminately.

"...Forget it, rather than letting her release explosive magic at will and cause destruction to the surrounding area, it's better to do a mission."

"That means—!"

"Ah, let's go do a mission!"

"Yay!!!" x3

So they submitted their application.

After receiving permission, the group arrived at the rock climbing area.

Looking at the empty mine, Kazuma Sato was dumbfounded: "Hey, really? I haven't seen a single one around here!"

"Indeed."

"Is it false information?"

"Or perhaps someone else beat them to it?"

Just as the others were wondering what was going on, a tremor reached their ears.

"Um, have you heard any sounds since just now?"

"You mean, like an earthquake?"

Everyone kept listening to the sound.

Then, a black shadow enveloped them, and a fierce aura came from behind.

"Hey, look behind you! Behind you!!!"

"what……?"

Aqua's shout made the group turn around involuntarily, only to see several large rocks piled together, with a towering stone giant, as tall as a small mountain, looking down at them.

Wow, it's huge!!!

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" X4

The four people were startled and cried out in surprise.

The sheer size and imposing presence of the stone giants caused them to tremble uncontrollably. For a moment, they couldn't help but wonder if undertaking this mission had been too reckless.

Darkness swallowed hard: "That's a stone giant? It's huge!"

"This is huge! It's unexpectedly big!" Kazuma Sato exclaimed.

Aqua cried out in panic, "Quick, quick, quick, do something!"

Only Huihui raised her wand and shouted, "Give it to me! There's no time to lose...!"

Only magic can defeat this powerful enemy!

"Wait a minute, Huihui!"

"Um?!"

Just as the chuunibyou-fueled Crimson Demon Archmage was about to unleash her full power, Kazuma Sato suddenly stopped her.

"What's wrong, Kazuma?"

"You can only use one life-saving spell. You should save it for when you're absolutely certain you can kill your opponent, right?"

Then he noticed several small stones of different sizes nearby.

With innocent, wide eyes and a round, chubby body.

I feel inexplicably annoyed.

Kazuma Sato drew his short sword and roared, "I don't really understand, but it's just a mere stone, I'll start by cutting you!!!"

Then, he slashed at it with his sword.

"Ah, Kazuma! That guy is...!"

Huihui, who noticed his actions, was about to shout something when a bright light suddenly burst from the chopped stone, and you could even see the stone showing a triumphant smile.

……Eh?

Just as he was puzzled, the explosion occurred.

boom!

It wasn't very powerful, but it still left him covered in dust and his body in tatters.

Once the commotion subsided, Huihui explained, "That was actually a burst rock."

"Tell me earlier!"

Kazuma Sato cursed angrily.

Aqua yelled angrily, "Don't drag them into this, you idiot Kazuma!!!"