The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#267 - Whether you are a goddess or not, the lighting effect is the most important

What's it like to be tossed around in a washing machine?

It's that kind of dizzying feeling, like your brains are about to be shaken out. You can't even tell which way is east, west, south, or north, let alone front, back, left, or right.

"I'm... I'm gonna die... Ugh!"

Zunzun, kneeling on the ground, vomited.

Was Reinhardt doing this on purpose? This indescribable dizziness was truly unbearable, more painful than riding a rollercoaster 100 times.

It definitely wasn't like this when I came back from 'Landing'.

Lying on the ground, Zunzun looked up at the high ceiling of the church. He looked around and realized he had returned to the underwater temple of Alcanretia. Fortunately, the water in the lake hadn't gathered yet, or he would have drowned here.

But now, leaving seems unlikely.

Just as Zunzun was wondering what to do, he heard familiar noises coming from outside the church room.

"Argh! I've really had enough! I've been searching for a month straight, and I've practically turned the temple upside down! Seriously, Kazuma, you might as well just die once and ask Chris if Zunzun is with her!"

"I don't want to die just for something like that!"

Aqua reluctantly pressured Satou Kazuma.

Although the request was a bit much, everyone thought it might be the best option at the moment.

"After all, we haven't found him for so long."

"Maybe..."

Yuiyui and Darkness looked at him.

Satou Kazuma couldn't help but take a step back, his expression somewhat frightened. "Hey, hey... you guys don't really...?! No, no, we're comrades, aren't we? Doing something so extreme... killing me for something like this is too much!"

"Don't be afraid, Kazuma. To make sure we really kill you, I'll reluctantly use Explosion magic."

"You're eagerly anticipating this!"

"Come on, it's a necessary sacrifice. We're comrades, aren't we? Something like this is okay, right?"

"This isn't 'something like this'!"

This demonic man suddenly shouted that it wasn't a small matter, but Megumin's crimson eyes gleamed brightly as she raised her staff, preparing to chant a spell.

Satou Kazuma closed his eyes, crying out that his life was over—

"I'm here!"

A slightly blurred and weak voice reached everyone's ears.

"...Eh?" x5

Everyone exchanged glances.

After a few seconds of pause, they quickly turned and ran towards the deepest room—the place where Zunzun had been teleported away.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the room, getting closer and closer.

"—Zunzun!"

"Long time no see, I'm back!"

Zunzun struggled to raise his hand in greeting to the people appearing in the doorway, each of their faces beaming with smiles, seemingly happy that he had returned.

Megumin even rushed forward, throwing herself onto him.

"Where on earth did you go?!"

"...Sorry."

Zunzun patted her head.

It seemed he had been gone for quite a while, otherwise Megumin wouldn't be angry. Her eyes were vacant as she said, "If you didn't come back, I was going to use Explosion magic to blow up this town, digging three feet into the ground to find you! Hehehe...!"

Her yandere attributes were maxed out.

Don't doubt the Red Demon clan's obsessiveness. If he hadn't returned, Megumin would definitely have done something like that, and no one could have stopped her.

"You two, hurry up and separate!"

Yuiyui also ran forward, grabbing Megumin's arm, trying to pull her off Zunzun.

"Quick—let—go!"

"I—don't—want—to!"

But Megumin was too strong, like a piece of taffy that couldn't be pulled off.

Yuiyui said sulkily, "Megumin is being too much! I haven't even done that, even though I'm the one who has that kind of relationship with Zunzun!"

"So what kind of relationship do you guys even have?!" Megumin retorted loudly, also annoyed, but quickly asked in confusion, "Yuiyui, you're so strange. Why are you getting worked up about me caring about Zunzun? Could it be...!"

She seemed to have realized something.

Yuiyui's face was also incredibly red, frantically waving her hands.

"N-no..."

"Could it be that you like me?"

"Eh?... That's not it!"

After a second of hesitation, Yuiyui shouted abruptly. Although she and Megumin were good friends and cared about Megumin's affairs, it definitely wasn't the same kind of affection as she had for Zunzun.

"I should be asking Megumin why you care so much about Zunzun?"

"Eek!?"

"...How strange, Megumin. Although you're childhood friends, you're acting too weird. Aren't you being a little too concerned about Zunzun?"

"Y-you, you, you... what are you saying? I'm just showing normal childhood friend concern, okay?"

Megumin said, stammering a clumsy lie.

Her eyes darted around, and the little loli was sweating profusely, unconsciously letting go of Zunzun, looking completely guilty.

Satou Kazuma twitched his lips.

Should one say that onlookers see clearly, or that Megumin really can't lie? Even the idiot goddess Aqua and the moronic knight Darkness have noticed her feelings. Maybe—

"Is that so? Is this a normal way for childhood friends to interact?"

Yuiyui looked at Aqua and the others strangely.

She forgot.

This young leader of the Red Demon clan was also a heavyweight.

Although she's a normal person, being in the abnormal Red Demon clan makes her a mentally challenged and aloof child, so it's normal for her not to understand this kind of thing.

"How could that be normal? Actually, you know... um, um, um!"

"Alright, Aqua, you should stop talking nonsense. I'll treat you to bubble sake when we get back."

Satou Kazuma covered the idiot goddess's mouth, tempting her with bubble sake before she could excitedly break free, successfully stopping her from saying things she shouldn't.

One must admit.

Even though Satou Kazuma is a demonic scumbag, his emotional intelligence is truly top-notch... it's just that sometimes, this guy is too demonic. To put it nicely, it's called being true to himself, and to put it bluntly, it's just laziness to act.

Darkness also smoothed things over perfectly.

"Alright, alright, it's getting late. Zunzun is probably still injured, so let's get out of here first."

So, everyone left the underwater temple.

When they came out, Zunzun saw Aqua wave her hands, and the separated lake water was casually gathered back together, the temple once again hidden at the bottom of the lake.

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"This is...?"

"Ah, Zunzun probably doesn't know, but after you absorbed the magic power from the magic stone you found in the temple, the lake water no longer separates at the scheduled time every day. Every time we come down to look for you, we have to ask Aqua to separate the lake water."

Darkness explained.

Aqua proudly raised her head, hands on her hips, and said smugly, "How about it? Isn't it amazing? It's okay, you can praise me as much as you want, come on, hurry up and praise me now!"

"Praise my ass!"

"Ouch!"

The idiot goddess yelped in pain.

Satou Kazuma gave her a hard punch on the head, scolding her unhappily, "You always drag your feet and don't want to come down every time I ask you to. I really don't understand if you even want to find Zunzun."

"Didn't I say it a long time ago? Just let Kazuma die once and ask Eris. It's you who always refused!"

"That kind of thing...!"

Faced with the idiot goddess's accusation, Satou Kazuma was completely speechless.

She really doesn't treat a scumbag's life as a life, does she?

"As you can see, Zunzun, we really did try our best to find you." Darkness shrugged helplessly, then asked, "But where exactly did you go for the past month? We searched the entire temple, but there was no trace of you."

Although this temple is very large, with a team of 5 people, they could completely search it ten times in a day.

And searching for a whole month without any trace, it's no wonder Aqua, who couldn't stand it, would resist.

"I... participated in a trial."

"A trial?" x5

Everyone was slightly stunned.

Satou Kazuma quickly realized that this was probably the Red Demon clan's usual chuunibyou, nothing more than accidentally getting trapped somewhere and then coming out or something. He didn't expect—

"Ah, as a result, I got this."

The red gem on Zunzun's forehead shone brightly, and colorful light clusters emerged from it.

"This is...?"

"—Fairy Spirits!?"

Aqua was the first to exclaim.

She is a goddess after all, even if she's muddled all day like an idiot, she's still very clear about these things.

Satou Kazuma quickly asked, "Wait a minute, what are Fairy Spirits? They sound like they're very powerful?"

"It's not 'seem like', they really are very powerful!"

Aqua gently accepted the 6 spirits that floated towards her, her expression gradually becoming gentle and sacred, like a true goddess.

Her shedding of her foolishness made everyone feel unfamiliar.

"Fairy Spirits are the closest beings to gods. They are representatives of nature and beings capable of wielding natural energy. Actually, you've encountered Fairy Spirits before, Kazuma."

"I've encountered them before?"

Satou Kazuma blinked.

When did he encounter them...?

He remembered, he seemed to have really encountered them!

"Are you saying, Winter Shogun!?... Wait, isn't Winter Shogun something that humans imagine and then give it a form?"

"Then what do you say Winter Shogun was like before it had a form?"

"That would of course be... eh?"

Satou Kazuma immediately understood, but his expression quickly changed, saying, "In other words, these Fairy Spirits will become existences as strong as Winter Shogun in the future!?"

"If they have enough time to grow."

Aqua seemed to be very popular with the Fairy Spirits (Spirits), which made sense, after all, she is a genuine goddess no matter what.

Megumin asked curiously, "How did you get them, Zunzun?"

"Hmm... I signed a contract?"

"A contract?"

Yuiyui also looked confused.

They probably don't understand the concept of a spirit mage signing a contract with a Fairy Spirit, so Zunzun told them about the contract.

"Hmm, there are quite a few restrictions."

"But what cannot be denied is that they are really strong, my best and most trustworthy partners."

Zunzun summoned the spirits back.

Satou Kazuma looked at the colorful auras surrounding Zunzun and then looked at Aqua, who was bare all around, understanding one thing.

—Whether or not you're a goddess, special effects are the most important thing.