From RE0, Sato Kazuma decided to cheat on food and drink

Aqua immediately defended herself, deliberately putting on a tired expression, but her gaze shifted away somewhat guiltily.

"So you must have learned some new skills too? What exactly did you learn?"

Kazuma Sato asked with some curiosity.

"That's right! I really learned an amazing skill! It's one I chose without hesitation from several other skills, but I just hadn't had the right opportunity to show it off before! This is the skill that best suits my goddess status!"

As soon as the topic came up, Aqua seemed to be injected with energy. Her previous fatigue vanished, and her blue eyes seemed to sparkle with light.

"Oh!? Is the 'useless goddess' finally going to prove herself?!"

Although Sato Kazuma was somewhat annoyed that his opponent could choose from several skills, it also gave him a glimmer of hope.

The other party is a goddess, and given her already high stats, she might actually have drawn some amazing skill.

In this way, if an emergency occurs later—

"It's a light magic! It can turn anything you touch into a light source! And you can even change its color freely!"

As she spoke, Aqua reached out and placed her hand on the tableware on the table.

The ordinary fork suddenly emitted light, and under Aqua's control, the light changed in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.

"How's it going? Isn't it awesome?"

After her demonstration, Aqua proudly puffed out her chest.

"What...is this for?"

"Just imagine, wouldn't it create a wonderful atmosphere with these colorful lights after the banquet starts?"

Aqua said with a smile, already prepared to receive praise from Kazuma Sato.

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Countless words swirled in Sato Kazuma's mouth, but he found himself speechless and choked with emotion.

This goddess seems to have a lower level of cognitive development than she expected.

Having been given the opportunity to choose a skill, this useless goddess actually chose the Banquet skill.

Moreover, the goddess's original abilities seem to be unable to function in this world.

For some reason, Sato Kazuma's somewhat anticipated journey to another world has been shrouded in gloom.

Just then, the restaurant waiter brought out the food, and the rising steam carrying the aroma of the food wafted into Aqua's nostrils.

"I'm going to start!"

Just as she was about to eat, the scene before her eyes suddenly changed.

The two people who were just in the restaurant are now suddenly standing on the street.

This is exactly where they appeared when they first arrived in this world.

"Aa ...

Aqua clutched her head, kneeling on the ground and wailing in agony.

Kazuma Sato stared blankly at everything, feeling a strong sense of familiarity with the scene before him.

what happened?

Weren't we just about to eat?

Why did we suddenly come back here?

It was night before, but now it's daytime again.

Are you dreaming?

"Goddess of Waste".

"what!"

The moment Aqua turned her head, Kazuma Sato reached out and slapped her twice across the face, swelling the goddess's cheeks like a hamster's.

"Aaaaaaah! What are you doing?!"

"Does it hurt?"

"Of course it hurts! It hurts like hell!"

"Looks like I'm not dreaming."

"Kazuma!!!!!"

Kazuma Sato completely ignored Aqua, who was preparing to perform a rear-naked choke on him, and gently stroked his chin with one hand.

"We've returned to the point in time we just traveled through. Could it be that we've encountered a time loop?"

Kazuma Sato was somewhat confused. He took out his adventurer card and found that his skill points had not been reset and he had already learned the skill of stealing.

Just as Sato was still filled with doubt, an idea suddenly popped into his mind. He then pulled Aqua, who was clinging to him, and headed in a certain direction until they arrived at a familiar alley.

"Hey, hand over all your money!"

It was that familiar trio of thugs again. Upon seeing Kazuma Sato and Aqua appear, they immediately stepped forward and blocked their path.

"Ugh, it's you guys again!"

Aqua frowned, and then, with lightning speed, she dodged behind Kazuma Sato.

She also remembered being brutally beaten by the trio.

"Again? What are you talking about? We've never seen you before."

The trio exchanged glances.

Their reactions confirmed to Kazuma Sato that their time had been reversed, but he and Aqua had retained their previous memories.

"Don't think you can escape by trying to get close to me. I'm telling you one last time, hand over all your valuables!"

The skinny man, who seemed to be the leader, spoke menacingly to Kazuma Sato, taking out a dagger from behind his back and twirling it in his hand.

"That's money I worked so hard to earn, how could I just give it away like that!"

This time, however, Kazuma Sato did not have the panicked expression he had before. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed it at the other person.

"theft!"

Chapter 5: Holy crap, there's another transmigrator!

Kazuma Sato had already devised a plan.

Perhaps I can use my thieving skills to deal with these people!

'It seems only the middle person is armed. If we take his weapon away, we might be able to turn the tide!'

Kazuma Sato muttered to himself, a confident smile spreading across his face.

theft!

The next instant, a money bag appeared in front of Kazuma Sato.

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Kazuma Sato's face was full of black lines.

Previously, the chances of stealing money were extremely slim, and it took an entire afternoon to scrape together enough money for a meal.

Now that we've reached this crisis, we can actually steal it directly?

Thank you for your thieving skills!

The thugs in front of him had their eyes fixed on the money bag in his hand.

Why does it look...somewhat familiar?

He reached out and quickly rummaged through his pockets, only to find them empty.

"You bastard, you stole from me, and you're deliberately showing it off to provoke me?"

"Hahaha, there must be some misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! Right, right, I just found this on the roadside, I don't know if you believe me..."

Before Sato Kazuma could finish speaking, the thug's fist had already landed on him.

. . . . . .

A few minutes later, Kazuma Sato, his face bruised and swollen, was once again thrown out of the alley.

Aqua, who had selectively disappeared for a few minutes, reappeared at this moment.

"Oh dear! How did you get all these injuries!"

Aqua pretended to know nothing and spoke to Kazuma Sato.

“￥……￥%￥￥＃% (You bastard, you just ran away, didn't you?)”

Kazuma Sato's voice became muffled again due to his swollen cheeks.

I don't know what you're talking about!

Aqua shifted her gaze elsewhere and spoke to her fingers.

However, she still walked up to Kazuma Sato, wanting to cast the healing magic again, but the effect was still minimal.

"Damn it, it seems there aren't enough believers in this world!"

"%……￥……*%……(What exactly happened?)"

"If we're going to make a comparison, each world is just like a planet in the universe. In each world, there should be my followers... But for some reason, there are no followers in this world at all, and this world is different from the worlds I've seen before. It must be that those guys above me are lazy and made a mistake."

As Aqua spoke, she gently tapped her chin with her finger, then looked up at the sky.

"But that's really strange. It was nighttime just now, how did it suddenly turn into daytime? Does that mean the day-night cycle is very short in this world?"

"&%￥…% (Didn't you notice that the trio of thugs from before have reappeared? Our time has been reset!)"

Kazuma Sato was also speechless. How could Aqua not have noticed something so obvious?

"So that's how it is!"

Aqua suddenly realized, her eyes widening in surprise—but in the next instant, she seemed to realize something.

"Then, all the money we worked so hard to earn is gone!"

As Kazuma Sato nodded, Aqua, as if her soul had been drained, collapsed to the ground.

"I...I didn't even get to eat a chicken leg!"

"%&% (Even now, this is still what you care about?)"

Kazuma Sato, enduring the pain, sighed helplessly.

He was constantly thinking about the current situation.

What exactly is this time rewind, and what are the reasons and conditions that trigger it?

and.....

If this guy next to me continues to be such a useless piece of trash, then things will get really bad.

If we could gain a few more followers for Aqua, perhaps she could be of some use.

Just as Sato Kazuma was feeling a bit confused, a slightly hurried sound of footsteps came from the side.

Then, a boy about the same age as Kazuma Sato walked past them.

Upon seeing the other person, Kazuma Sato's eyes, squeezed by his swollen face, reflected an expression of utter surprise.

The other person was wearing sportswear that was similar to his own!

That doesn't belong to this world.

This made Kazuma Sato realize that the person in front of him was very likely also a time traveler, so he quickly called out to stop him!

"#￥#% (Hey, wait a minute, buddy!)"

Kazuma Sato shouted at the other person with his swollen lips.

The boy initially ignored Kazuma Sato's voice, thinking he wasn't being addressed. It wasn't until Kazuma Sato's voice gradually turned into an almost heart-wrenching scream that he realized he was being called out to.

"Excuse me, are you... are you talking to me?"

The boy walked up to Kazuma Sato with a puzzled look on his face.