Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 156 Left Foot Stepping on Right Foot

After learning that the source of the hot spring had been invaded by bad guys, Charlotte and the others ran towards the mountaintop without stopping.

Wiz suffered a significant blow.

The main reason was that when the Lich Queen saw Charlotte pull out the noble token, she was shocked, assuming he was married. Her mouth moved slightly as if to say, "What am I anyway?" However, after Charlotte explained that the token was actually a forgery, Wiz was not relieved at all; instead, he became even more shocked.

"No, no, no—this is terrible, Mr. Charlotte! If someone discovers that you are impersonating a nobleman, you could be sentenced to death!"

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Even Wiz was extremely flustered, which shows just what kind of people the kingdom's nobles are.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry."

"—Mr. Charlotte, you haven't already given up on everything, have you?"

"Hahaha, how could that be?"

"Mr. Charlotte!!"

Wiz turned to Kazuma Sato and the others for help, but when they patted her on the shoulder and said with a compassionate tone that she should remember Charlotte's sacrifices, she became very upset.

"We'll talk about this later. The situation is urgent, and Claire will forgive my offense, of course—provided we can successfully capture or defeat the Demon King's army. Do you understand what I mean?"

"So, in other words—successfully resolving this incident won't result in punishment but rather merit, while failing to resolve it will lead to multiple offenses and punishment?"

"It's a huge help that Kazuma understood so quickly."

This matter can be big or small.

In this world, the Demon King's army is more important than anything else. If the kingdom's greatest nobles—the royal family—could sacrifice themselves to defeat the Demon King, they would be happy to do so. But in reality, even when the king and princes went to the front lines, they could only barely hold off the Demon King's army's invasion.

Therefore, if she could thwart the Demon King's army's plot, it would be a great achievement, and Claire probably wouldn't hold a grudge—probably.

"Gentlemen!"

"----Um?"

Wiz called out to the group, and as they looked at her with some confusion, the lich girl slowly spoke, "We've been walking for quite a while now. Besides, aren't there monsters lurking on this mountain? I wonder if the manager who went to the source before us is alright?"

"They just said it was a blond old man, right?"

Just as Kazuma Sato casually brought up the matter, and Charlotte was about to speak, the sound of fighting came from afar. The group exchanged glances, then simultaneously headed towards the direction of the sound.

But when they arrived, they didn't see the imposter manager, but rather a mess—or more accurately, the bodies of numerous monsters lying haphazardly on the ground, all of them lifeless.

"Could this be a killer for beginners?"

Darkness examined the monsters' corpses—the remains—but there were no nicks from swords, no scorch marks from magic, or anything like that. All that remained were the black fur of a novice assassin and those enormous canine teeth.

The remaining fragments looked as if they had been dissolved by acid or something similar.

It's hard to imagine that the novice assassin who once made Charlotte flee in such a sorry state would die such a tragic death.

"As everyone knows, the beginner assassin is very strong; three to five people cannot defeat it, which means—"

"As expected, that administrator was the problem."

Kazuma Sato gave his approval.

Charlotte was covering Aqua's mouth to stop her from talking nonsense, otherwise she would definitely say things like "the old man at Axel's barbecue restaurant can take on a dragon by himself" or "the old lady chef once collected a large number of high-grade vegetables on her own". But hopefully this idiotic goddess can understand that Axel is an exception.

They had walked for who knows how far, and even Charlotte felt somewhat exhausted, not physically, but mentally. After all, the scenery along the way was exactly the same; apart from six enormous water pipes extending from the mountaintop down, there was nothing else—just barren land. Of course, the area where the hot springs were located had too much sulfur, so naturally, no plants would grow there.

Sato Kazuma, slightly out of breath, said, "Charlotte, could you lend me Anemie for a moment? I can't walk much anymore."

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"Kazuma, I'd be happy to lend it to you, but I don't think you can wear it—and hey, you perverted female knight over there, don't look at me with that expectant look. I can't let you pass out in this situation."

Charlotte stopped Darkness from pleading with her, while she herself looked visibly disappointed.

In the end, Kazuma Sato couldn't hold on any longer and asked to rest for a while.

"Kazuma is such a loser."

"Exactly, it's so embarrassing."

"You're already exhausted after walking only this far. No wonder you're the weakest beginner."

"Stop being so long-winded!!" Sato Kazuma was getting a little exasperated by being told this repeatedly, but considering that he was indeed worse than the others, he couldn't refute it. However, he was a little curious, "Charlotte, I remember your stamina stat should be lower than mine—"

"I've put on a positive attitude."

"—What?"

"You see, the priest has amplification magic, right? I used that. And because I have a lot of magic power, it's been going on for a while. Of course, that doesn't mean it doesn't affect me much; my muscles are still a bit sore, but I solved that with healing magic."

"Cheating!!"

Kazuma Sato said this with envy, jealousy, and resentment.

But this isn't a game. Or rather, situations like Charlotte stepping on her own foot only happen frequently in games. Skills are restricted, but thoughts cannot be bound. As long as your mind doesn't falter, there will always be more solutions than problems.

"----strangeness."

"What's wrong, Kazuma?"

"The hot springs here are black."

"Really!"

Kazuma Sato sat beside a water pipe, pointing to the end of it not far away, where the source of the hot spring was constantly gushing out. The source was as black as ink, and it was obvious that it was poisonous.

"don't want!!"

Aqua suddenly rushed forward, and to everyone's astonishment, plunged her hand into the dark spring—"It's so hot!!"

"You idiot, who would put their hand in the spring? Pull your hand back right now!"

"But...but—!"

"You idiot!"

Charlotte quickly came to her side and shouted at Aqua's hand, which was reaching into the hot spring, "Healing! Healing!!"

Heal! ! ! "

At the same time, Wiz rushed over and used ice magic to lower the temperature of the hot spring, preventing Aqua from being scalded by the boiling water. During this time, the originally dark and murky hot spring gradually became as clear as water.

"That should do it—but purifying the inside of the water pipes isn't that simple, so this source might have to wait a long time before it can be used again—"

Aqua said this listlessly.

The usually energetic and silly goddess was now looking dejected and particularly frustrated and sad. Charlotte felt a little annoyed and said, "As expected of the Toilet Goddess, her cleaning ability is really strong."

"—What?"

"Oh, Charlotte's right, no wonder she's Axel's universally praised goddess! — Even if she's more of a toilet goddess, lol!"

"Pfft!" 3

Kazuma Sato echoed Charlotte's teasing, while Darkness, Megumin, and even Wiz couldn't help but laugh out loud, which made Aqua angrily jump on Charlotte and tear at his clothes.

"Wait, wait, don't do this! Don't take my clothes off, you idiot!"

"Who told Charlotte to say such things?! Apologize now, apologize to me right now!!"

"I know you're anxious, but don't rush things now. I'm not the one who made the hot spring like this; it's the mastermind behind it, right? So, save your anger and unleash it all on that guy."

"----Um!!"

Aqua nodded earnestly.

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