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

No, no, he can't have it!

"I see! That makes perfect sense!"

Aqua nodded as if she suddenly understood.

"I didn't expect you to be so reliable, Kazuma! But why did you choose to travel with him?"

"The more companions the better, and he's also a time traveler, so he might know a lot of information that we don't! Traveling with him will also allow us to learn more about this world."

"You actually have such thoughts! I thought you were just trying to freeload off others!"

"This is your idea, isn't it! I just thought you understood my thoughts and offered to travel with Subaru!"

Before long, Kazuma Sato and Aqua followed Subaru Natsuki to a slightly dilapidated hut in the slums.

Natsuki Subaru took a deep breath, then pounded on the door several times:

"Hey, hey, hey, open the door!"

"Shut up! You don't even know the code words, are you trying to break down the door?!"

As a deep, rough voice rang out, a tall, dark-skinned, burly man came into view.

However, his height exceeded that of ordinary people.

He was nearly three meters tall, with a head as white as a hard-boiled egg and not a single hair on it, but he did have very thick white eyebrows.

Natsuki Subaru was stunned for a moment when he saw the giant in front of him.

In the previous cycle of reincarnation, he saw a corpse here that had been disemboweled.

Without a doubt, it was the person right in front of me.

Has he been resurrected?

"This guy is so ugly, could he be one of the Demon King's men?"

Shh! Shh! We'll be heard if we're too loud!

Kazuma Sato and Aqua whispered to each other, while Subaru Natsuki immediately spoke up.

"Um, I... I have something very important to say!"

The giant looked puzzled, but seemed to have no hostility. He invited the three of them into the house.

The interior of the house was somewhat old, with a faint musty smell in the air, but the space was surprisingly spacious, with all sorts of strange objects hanging on the walls.

"What exactly are you guys up to? You're ruining my plans to have a few drinks tonight."

The other party introduced himself as Lord Rom and, while asking questions, cast his gaze upon the three people in front of him.

"that....."

Natsuki Subaru didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"What's wrong? Why are you acting so coy? Are you that concerned about the position of your testicles?"

"I, I wasn't worried about the position of the testicles at all, and why did you suddenly blurt out such a lame dirty joke, Grandpa?!"

Subaru Natsuki immediately said.

"So what exactly do you want from me?"

"Old man, have you...died recently?"

Natsuki Subaru looked at Rom with a serious expression and asked.

The events of the previous playthrough were so absurd that Natsuki Subaru began to doubt whether he had actually experienced them.

"Although I'm already halfway to the grave, I'm still perfectly healthy!"

"is it?"

Upon hearing Rom's reply, Natsuki Subaru also fell into deep thought.

Was it really just a dream?

"Oh right, I'm also looking for a badge. It belongs to the silver-haired beauty who saved my life. I remember she said it had a gem in the middle."

"I'm sorry, I don't have that product here!"

"Really? Are you getting senile? Think about it again."

"How could that be? If you can't even remember your best state after drinking, then I can only say I don't know. But later, someone will come to deliver the goods, and I heard it's top-quality stuff, which might just be what you want!"

"Was the girl named Felt the one who came to deliver the goods?"

"What? They even know the name of the thief!"

Rom and Subaru Natsuki were having a heated discussion about the lost item, while Kazuma Sato and Aqua were yawning repeatedly.

They were simply following Subaru Natsuki here to find someone and gather some information along the way; they didn't know anything about badges, silver-haired beauties, or anything like that.

However, on the road, Kazuma Sato also gained a deeper understanding of the world.

For example, not long ago, the royal bloodline of this kingdom named Lugnica was afflicted with an unknown disease and died one after another. Now, without a leader, the kingdom can only choose the next king from one of five candidates according to the prophecy of the Dragon Stone.

There seems to be information on only four candidates so far; a fifth candidate has not yet emerged.

Chapter 8: The Incident of the Hero Giving Up Shortly After Transmigrating

After several hours of waiting, as dusk settled in, the girl named Felt hummed a little tune and returned to the base.

Upon seeing the other person's appearance, Kazuma Sato's eyes widened in surprise.

Because this girl was the one he had met by chance before, the one whose panties he had stolen and who had given him the Leo Kick!

"You, you, it's you!"

"What are you pointing at me for? Who the hell are you?"

Felt saw Kazuma Sato's appearance and looked somewhat confused.

"You...you don't recognize me?"

"I've never seen you before, so don't try to talk to me like that!"

Felt frowned and looked at Sato Kazuma with disgust. After all, the latter's wound on his face was still swollen and he looked a bit sleazy.

"Sure enough."

Felt's reaction was exactly what Sato Kazuma had expected. He had just asked her another question to verify whether Felt didn't remember him.

This further confirms Kazuma Sato's earlier conjecture that time has indeed been reset.

Natsuki Subaru stepped forward and explained his purpose to Felt, learning that she had also been commissioned to steal the badge—but she was willing to sell it to Natsuki Subaru if he offered a higher price.

Finally, Subaru Natsuki took out his phone from his pocket and handed it directly to Felt and Rom, claiming it was a magical artifact capable of freezing time.

Upon hearing Subaru's words, Kazuma Sato and Aqua, who were standing nearby, turned their backs to avoid Felt seeing their barely concealed expressions.

They can really fool people.

However, without the internet and electricity in this world, cell phones seem to be useless.

"This thing is worth twenty holy gold coins!"

Rom, holding Subaru Natsuki's phone, spoke, while Kazuma Sato and Aqua beside him turned their heads almost simultaneously to glare at each other:

"Take the young master?!"

They had worked themselves to the bone all afternoon, but even with their thieving skills, they hadn't managed to steal much money.

After all, the targets of the thefts are random, and they don't steal much of what's valuable. Moreover, the pawnshop they went to knew that the items were of dubious origin and drastically reduced the price, leaving Kazuma Sato with no room for negotiation.

"This should be enough to buy badges."

Subaru Natsuki said with a smile.

Kazuma Sato and Aqua immediately rushed to Subaru Natsuki's side and asked with serious expressions:

"Subaru, are you really going to use those twenty Saint Gold Coins to buy that badge?!"

"Um....."

"Are you sure? Are you sure?! These twenty holy gold coins can keep us eating and drinking to our hearts' content for a long time!"

"I'm absolutely certain, because I have to repay that beautiful girl's kindness!"

Subaru Natsuki said in an extremely firm tone.

Upon hearing his answer, Aqua and Kazuma Sato deflated like punctured balloons and walked away dejectedly.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"It must be the previous employer!"

Ferut quickly opened the door, and a graceful woman dressed in black appeared before them.

Although she wore a dark cloak, her fair skin and slender figure were still faintly visible, and beneath her long, black hair was a face that could be described as alluring.

The moment the woman appeared, Kazuma Sato's gaze immediately fell upon her.

"Kazuma, you felt it too, didn't you? This person is strange, there's an unpleasant aura about him."

As Aqua spoke, she glanced at Kazuma Sato, only to find that the latter was staring at her longingly, with drool seemingly dripping from the corner of his mouth.

The woman was the buyer of the badge, who called herself Elsa, but after bidding against Subaru Natsuki, she chose to give up.

“My employer didn’t provide me with any more financial support, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

After Elsa finished speaking, she shook her head and then turned her gaze to Subaru Natsuki.

"But I'm a little curious, what do you need this badge for?"

"Find the owner and return it to her!"

Natsuki Subaru said with a smile—

The moment she finished speaking, a terrifying killing intent that everyone could feel emanated from the woman named Elsa.

A knowing smile appeared on her face.

"Oh, so you're someone involved."

Felt realized something and immediately pulled Subaru away while holding him, a move that saved the latter's life.

Elsa took off her cloak, and the sharp blade in her hand, reflecting a cold light, slashed past the spot where Subaru Natsuki had just been standing.

"They're the enemy! They're the enemy!"

Kazuma Sato immediately realized that the woman named Elsa in front of him was an extremely dangerous being.

He hadn't even been able to see the other person's movements clearly.

However, Kazuma Sato couldn't just stand by and watch his companions fall into danger, and he knew he had to do something.

He raised his hand and pointed it at Elsa.

"theft!"

"Ah?"

Kazuma Sato produced a dagger, which was clearly the same style as the one Elsa had.

However, what truly surprised Sato Kazuma was that with Elsa's milky white skin almost completely exposed and the rest of her clothes clinging tightly to her body, where exactly was the dagger hidden?

"That's really unexpected. I never thought you were blessed by heaven, young man."

In the instant that Sato Kazuma was stunned, Elsa appeared before him at a speed he couldn't even react to.

"This really excites me. What kind of temperature will the intestines of this 'favored by heaven' possess?"

The next second, the blade in Elsa's hand pierced through Kazuma Sato's body, and blood gushed out.

"Kazuma! Kazuma!"

Aqua's voice seemed to echo in his ears, but it grew fainter and fainter, and Kazuma Sato's vision gradually blurred.

. . . . . .

After an unknown amount of time, Kazuma Sato's vision became clear again.

He looked around and found himself sitting in a familiar space.

That was the place where he and Aqua first met, the goddess's exclusive domain.