You didn't expect this, did you? I've time-traveled again!

Is Aqua, who sleeps in such an unusually ugly and lazy way, the goddess of water?

I, Kazuma Sato, absolutely refuse to admit it!

"Get up right now, you idiot goddess!"

Kazuma Sato nudged Aqua, "Let's go on a mission today!"

"Task……?"

Aqua looked at him with sleepy eyes, "Didn't we just finish a mission last night? How about we rest for another day?"

"One more day of rest?" Kazuma Sato lowered his voice, seemingly dissatisfied.

Aqua's words only made her angrier.

Last night, the two of them finally completed the task assigned by their team leader, Suoh Takeshi, to expel the graveyard ghosts.

That damn Aqua! She promised to complete the mission the next day, but every night she says she's too tired to get up and refuses to go to the cemetery with him to exorcise the ghosts.

After dragging their feet for several days, the two finally completed the task the night before.

She's supposed to be a goddess, yet she has absolutely no tolerance or compassion. Her heart is so narrow that she can't even compare to the "broad-minded" lich Wiz.

I glanced at Aqua, then compared her to Wiz.

Sure enough, the difference is huge.

"Hey, Kazuma!"

Aqua, who had been dozing off, suddenly sat up straight and turned to look at Kazuma Sato. "Am I just imagining things? I have a feeling that someone is talking bad about me."

'That idiot always has a knack for this.'

Sato Kazuma, though harboring resentment, didn't voice it directly: "How could that be, Aqua? You're a goddess, who would dare speak ill of you behind your back?"

"really?"

"really."

"Kazuma, do you know? Because of the difference in status, mortals cannot lie in front of gods, because if they lie, the gods will notice."

"I'm sorry, Lady Aqua! I shouldn't have slandered you as narrow-minded!"

"Humph."

Seeing Sato Kazuma's straightforward apology, Aqua snorted and magnanimously forgave him.

This did not exacerbate the conflict between the two.

Bickering has long been a daily routine for them to get closer, and this level of playful fighting is also the norm.

However, after this commotion, Aqua finally got up.

"Hey, Aqua."

"how?"

"Let's go do the mission."

"Sure."

"Huh...?" Kazuma Sato immediately became alert.

Why would Aqua, who has always been lazy and trying to avoid work, immediately agree to do a mission?

There must be something wrong with this!

"Aqua, why?"

"what?"

"Why would you, who have always been unwilling to work, suddenly agree to do a task with me without any hesitation?"

"Oh, Kazuma~ Look, we're teammates, so of course we should act together."

Aqua patted his shoulder with an exaggerated fake smile, as if they were a team.

"Yes, I understand what you're saying."

Kazuma Sato nodded in understanding, then changed the subject, "So, in reality?"

"Th-that..."

"In reality?"

Under the intense pressure from Kazuma Sato's gaze, Aqua had no choice but to confess the truth, whispering, "If we don't work soon, we'll go hungry tomorrow. We... have no savings left."

"What?!"

Kazuma Sato's loud voice pierced the sky, shaking off a lot of dust from the stable roof.

He shouted excitedly, "Where's the money? Where did the money go?!"

"I'm buying... I'm buying alcohol..."

"You bought alcohol?!"

Kazuma Sato shook Aqua's shoulders violently, "10! That's 10 Eris! You spent it all?!"

10 Eris.

It was the leftover money from making the shield for Darkness, plus the savings the team had painstakingly accumulated; it could be said to be all the property the three of them owned.

"Because this is a very high-end sparkling wine, I've heard it has a sweet and lingering taste and is a best-selling wine, so the price is relatively high..."

Aqua knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't even dare to speak too loudly.

"You...idiot goddess!!!"

Kazuma Sato instantly transformed into a roaring emperor, unleashing a torrent of abuse on Aqua, leaving her unable to lift her head.

"Senpai Suoh shouldn't have entrusted the money to you for safekeeping..."

"Look what you've done! You've betrayed Suoh-senpai's trust..."

"If Suoh-senpai comes back, how am I supposed to explain this to him...?"

An hour later.

Sato Kazuma, his anger subsided, and Aqua, who was crying, left the stable.

Adventurers' Guild

Kazuma Sato and Aqua arrive at the Adventurers' Guild and reunite with Megumin and Darkness.

"...That's it. Because Aqua has spent all her money, we have to go on a mission."

Kazuma Sato explained to the two of them, and then said very understandingly, "Of course, if you two don't want to do the mission, we won't force you."

Although Megumin and Darkness are team members, if they really have something important to do, he won't force them to do the mission; he'll let them do their own thing.

"What are you saying, Kazuma! We're a team, aren't we?"

"That's right, my explosion magic has been itching for a long time!"

Upon hearing that they were going to have a mission, Megumin and Darkness were extremely excited.

For the week since they began customizing the shield for Darkness, the squad had been on standby.

But is today finally the day their adventure begins?

Their hearts began to burn with passion.

"Alright! Let's accept the mission!"

"Oh!" X3

Everyone went to the task list and began to examine it carefully.

Kazuma Sato suddenly remembered something and turned to say, "By the way, Darkness's shield should be finished by now. Let's go get it later and test its quality."

"Yes, let's go get it in a bit!"

Darkness suddenly became coy, "Take the shield back, and start...training and stuff...ha~...ha~"

"Hey, shut up!"

Kazuma Sato looked at Darkness, whose face was flushed, with disdain. "Don't start your shameful fantasies here, you perverted female knight!"

His original intention was to get Darkness to tone it down, but unexpectedly, it backfired, and Darkness became even more engrossed in it.

"They actually called him a pervert or something... Ha... Ha..."

Kazuma Sato moved aside in disgust.

"Kazuma, Kazuma, what mission do we take?"

Aqua looked at the list for a long time but still didn't know which mission to accept, so she had to let Kazuma Sato make the decision.

"Of course it's difficult! I'm a Grand Magister, of course I have to do the most difficult tasks!" Huihui said with a touch of chuunibyou, looking like she was the only one who could do it.

But Kazuma Sato quickly brought her back to reality, saying, "She's a Scarlet Devil girl with a problem in her brain."

"What?! When did I get this title?"

Amidst Huihui's exaggerated shouts, Sato Kazuma chose the most suitable task for the team at the moment—slaying five forest wolves.

"Okay, let's choose this one."

Kazuma Sato accepted the mission, and the group left the Adventurers' Hall amidst much chatter.

They were completely unaware that someone was following them.

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Chapter 039 Darkness's New Equipment - Magnarok's Giant Shield

[Weapon Shop]

The group formed a circle and began to comment on the items in front of them.

"Is this the shield made from Suoh-senpai's blueprints?"

As Kazuma Sato looked at the enormous shield before him, imagining Darkness lifting it, he couldn't help but shudder.