I love time travel the most!

Ignoring the two who had started arguing, Kazuma Sato questioned the most suspicious person again.

"So, what about you? Are you really clueless?"

His gaze was fixed on the silly goddess.

In response to Kazuma Sato's slightly uneasy question, Aqua replied, "Of course not. Honestly, you're too suspicious of me."

The goddess frowned as she answered, and Kazuma Sato breathed a sigh of relief.

Come to think of it, we can't doubt her about everything. Even Aqua wouldn't cause so much trouble all the time.

He readily apologized to Aqua and deeply reflected, saying, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. Because of the court appearance, I've been feeling paranoid lately."

"Exactly! You should at least trust me a little! In fact, it's thanks to me that the dungeon shouldn't be getting any monsters near it now. Isn't there a room deep inside that dungeon where a lich stayed? The magic used to purify the lich back then was something I put a lot of effort and worked incredibly hard on."

Aqua proudly curled her little nose, as if she had done something good.

However, Kazuma Sato's heart stopped, and he grabbed her shoulder: "Hey, what did you just say?!"

"Ouch? That hurts. Why did you grab me for no reason? It's something strange, just like I mentioned earlier. The magic circle I carefully created is still there, exerting its power to keep monsters away..."

"You idiot—!!!"

Kazuma Sato clutched his head and screamed in agony.

Kobayashi sighed and rubbed his forehead.

He forgot to tell Aqua.

At that time, he was influenced by theories about lifespan, so he ignored this aspect.

Even so, the silly goddess is always like this. Once she achieves something, she has to cause some kind of trouble, as if she has a disease that makes her only satisfied when she has to negate all her achievements.

Just like when Wiz had asked her to purify the graveyard before.

A powerful holy magic enveloped the place where the dead returned, causing a massive outbreak of evil spirits throughout the town.

With a sorrowful expression, Sato Kazuma pressed down on the shoulders of the idiot goddess, subduing her while saying to Kobayashi, "There's no other way. To avoid being held accountable, we had to hand Aqua over. Even though she's our comrade, for the safety of the others, we had no choice but to do it."

"Wait, wait! Don't say that!"

Aqua immediately started screaming.

Kazuma Sato had no intention of exonerating her or cleaning up her mess. Despite his grief-stricken expression, the sinister smile he wore revealed his true intentions.

He must want Aqua to suffer like him.

Seeing his behavior, the rest of the team looked at him with disdain.

"What a scumbag."

"Yeah, what a complete scumbag."

"You're right."

"That, that..."

Xiaolin and the other two rebuked his despicable behavior without reservation. Only Youyou hesitated and didn't know what to say, but it seemed that she also wanted to say something like "scumbag".

At this moment, Aqua broke free of her restraints and shouted, "Wait a minute! This time it's definitely not my fault! Please believe me! I really only set up a purification magic circle in the boss's room, that's not how a large number of monsters came out of the dungeon! This is completely different from the previous evil spirit disturbance!"

"I know, I know!"

The silly goddess grabbed Kobayashi's shoulders and shook him repeatedly, making Kobayashi a little dizzy.

Unlike Kazuma Sato, she was more afraid that Kobayashi would blame her. After all, she was in charge of the squad's finances or was the one who made the most money. If she got angry, it meant that she would no longer have any pocket money.

"I believe in Aqua, so let go already, you idiot!"

Seeing that Aqua was getting more and more aggressive, Kobayashi angrily tapped her on the head, finally stopping the idiot goddess from going berserk.

However, upon hearing that she was believed in, Aqua was moved to tears.

...It could also be painful.

"In short!" Kobayashi said to everyone, "The key issue is not this; whether Aqua caused it or not is not the point at all."

"what happened?"

The others looked bewildered.

Only the quick-thinking Kazuma Sato followed their line of thought, and with a sigh of great distress, he explained to them, "Regardless of the effect of the magic circle Aqua set up, if it is discovered, she will be arbitrarily accused of a crime. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing his words, the expressions of the others immediately turned sour.

Everyone present, except for Aqua, was quick-witted and immediately grasped the crux of the matter.

"No! No, no, no, no, no, no!"

Kazuma Sato frantically rubbed his head, yelling, "If this keeps up, I'll definitely be thrown back in jail! I absolutely don't want to live like that!!!"

The poor kid, every time there's some crime, it's inexplicably pinned on him, to the point that he's developed a mental disorder.

half an hour.

Kazuma Sato stared intently at Kobayashi and said, "There's only one way now. Let's quickly remove that magic circle! That way, even if Sena—that evil prosecutor—searches us, she won't find us!"

His proposal was unanimously approved by the team.

“But there’s another way.” Under their puzzled gazes, Kobayashi said, “Accept the guild’s commission. That way, it won’t affect the town, and Miss Sena won’t have any reason to investigate us anymore. Most importantly, the mission will have a reward and we’ll be praised.”

"But... I don't know how strong the monsters there are. What if something unexpected happens..."

Kazuma Sato hesitated.

His timid demeanor was infuriating, but when you think about how his former teammates were all a bunch of problem kids, you can understand his predicament.

Patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't be afraid, Sato-kun. I'm here for you, aren't I? And the powerful new members who have joined the team are probably eager to try their luck."

Xiaolin gestured with her eyes that he shouldn't forget he still had Youyou.

Having found his anchor, Kazuma Sato closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then said, "You're right. Even if those few idiots and problem children are useless, we still have our last ace, Senior Kobayashi. And there's also the newly joined Yu-Yu, so there's absolutely no need to be afraid."

He had high expectations for Youyou.

The shy girl, whose expectations were being met, immediately declared, "Don't worry, everyone! I will do everything in my power to vanquish all the monsters!"

She spoke decisively, even with a hint of murderous intent.

Kazuma Sato waved his hand and said, "No, there's no need to go to such lengths. Our first task is to find a way to destroy the evidence. If things don't look good, we can just turn around and run."

"Huh? Hu ...

Not yet understanding the true nature of scumbags and real people, Youyou's eyes widened in surprise.

Aqua waved her hand lazily and said, "Well, I won't be going..."

"You all come at me! Don't even think about running away!"

Not giving the silly goddess a chance to slip away, Kazuma Sato forcibly took her out with him.

Under the cover of night, the group headed towards the underground city of Kiel outside the city.

I'm still away on a business trip, so I'll start updating twice a day tomorrow.

Chapter 276 Calculation

Aside from Aqua's constant crying and tantrums, the group encountered no problems along the way and arrived at the Kiel Dungeon without incident.

"You mustn't do anything rash, do you hear me?"

Uneasy, Kazuma Sato gave the problem children another instruction, fearing they might cause more trouble; he was fed up with the endless, interconnected problems.

Several people nodded.

Upon arriving at the dungeon, the group observed the monsters at the entrance from a distance.

In short, it's a masked doll.

Masked, knee-high dolls emerged one after another from the underground city on their own two feet.

"What's that? It's so cute!"

"This looks really strange. I've never heard of it before, nor have I ever seen it."

"To be honest, at first glance they don't seem to have much fighting power."

"How should I put it? I have a kind of physical inability to accept that doll. Why is that? Just looking at that thing makes me feel inexplicably angry."

They each expressed their opinions regarding the appearance of the monsters.

After observing for a moment and confirming his thoughts, Kobayashi said, "Everyone, there are Demon King's army officers in the dungeon now, so we must not be careless."

"What—!!!" X4

Upon hearing his words, the expressions of the crowd varied.

Kazuma Sato shouted, "Hey, why are there Demon King's Army officers here? I've never heard of such a thing before!"

Aqua shouted, "What? There are Demon King's army officers here? That's great!"

One was panicked, the other was extremely excited.

"Huh?" Kobayashi scratched his head, feigning confusion, and said, "Didn't I mention the Demon King's Army officers?"

No! Absolutely not!

Kazuma Sato shouted loudly, seemingly expressing his dissatisfaction with Kobayashi, while grabbing Aqua, who was excitedly heading towards the underground city.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Huh? Of course, it's about defeating the Demon King's army officers!"

The statement was so matter-of-fact that Sato Kazuma was momentarily speechless, his mouth opening and closing without uttering a word. Finally, he couldn't help but shout angrily:

"Hey, didn't you hear? There are Demon King's army officers in this dungeon!"

"I heard you, what's wrong?"

"What else... Are you scared? You're even thinking of going to fight it? Who gave you the courage?!"

"Huh?! Kazuma, what are you talking about! I'm a goddess, a goddess! Defeating the Demon King is my birth mission, and the Demon King's army officers are no exception! If it can weaken the Demon King's army, of course I'll do it!"

The foolish goddess spoke with an air of righteous indignation.