This story is Fanfiction, and I don't own ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ!, If I did, Aqua would be even more useless. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ! is owned by ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป and ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ถ
-<[๐ผ๐, ๐พ๐ง๐๐ฅ!]>-
I have a philosophy That I have always followed. My father Dixon Lilith, a Hylotl, was a great man, and an even better father.
But he would always come and sit me down during times of turmoil in my childhood, but the thing that stuck out the most from those talks was this one sentence.
'๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ, ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.'
'๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ.'
I know this doesn't have much meaning to this useless child I have to babysit.
But right now, this Useless Puddle is grinding at my ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
"OI! What the fuck, you useless goddess?!" My newest companion and his familiar, (I refuse to refer to Puddle by her name.) Kazuma was the first person I saw when I found myself in the anime equivalent of Saturday morning cartoons back on Nye Crest, My home planet.
Though, Thinking back on it...
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"...๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ข๐?!" I growled in frustration, my azure blue leaves rustling in anger.
The Blue Haired Puddle just looked back with a pout, "I would've needed to get on my knees for that, and I don't want to dirty my Divine body!"
Both me and Kazuma make eye contact, and we completely understood what the other was thinking.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
"-So you should be on your knees, worshipping me!" She finished her rant, which I was ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ listening to. (totally not sarcasm.)
Turns out, mission debriefs made it very easy to train my Tune-out skills.
But my plant brain decided to run its obscene mouth, "Sounds kinky. Nic-*cough* sorry what?"
When that sentence left my mouth, Kazuma tripped, and Aqua sported an... Atomic Red Blush?!
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ?
"*๐๐๐๐๐* *๐๐๐๐* *๐๐๐๐*, What the hell Plant Lady!?" ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฌ!?!
"First, that is a racial slur, and second, sometimes my plant brain decides to be horny. Like you, you damn ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต."
"I'm not a NEET! And sorry about that, I have literally no idea what you are... seriously, sentient plant?" Kazuma apologized but muttered something at the end I couldn't quite catch.
"*sigh*, alright, exposition time. I am a Floran, a race of carnivorous Sentient Plants.-" Kazuma visibly paled when I said that. "-that was a part of the Terrene Protectorate."
""was?"" Both asked.
"Well, you can't be a part of something that doesn't exist anymore." Kazuma looked interested in my story, probably because it sounds sci-fi.
"Well, Earth ("Earth?!") was its headquarters for a long while, 'till ๐๐ง.๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐, or '๐ป๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐' decided he should go and trash earth 'cause it was cranky. I'm here because I killed him. The bastard pulled a suicide move."
Kazuma paled even further when he heard about Earth's destruction. "W-What year was it when you died?"
"Uh... 3072? Why?" Both Kazuma and Aqua did a spit-take.
"3072?! It was 2016 when I died!" Kazuma yelled in surprise.
Aqua, however, had a more comical reaction, "3-3072?! Earth's time is somewhat relative to Isseoroth!" She practically yells, "The only person with the ability to do that would... be... ๐ฐ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ." She pales.
"Are you talking about Selena?" Aqua goes even paler.
"๐๐ป๐ธ'๐ ๐ต๐ด๐ถ๐พ!?" She screams in fear, "๐พ๐ด๐๐๐๐ด! ๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ ๐๐ธ ๐ต๐ด๐ถ๐พ ๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ด๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ท ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ธ ๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐ธ!"
"Cut the crap! Gracious, my ass! Suffer like the rest of us!" Kazuma, who was enjoying her freakout, stated with frustration.
Aqua tears up at Kazuma's outburst
๐๐ถ๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค.
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๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป!
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The hell was that?
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"Hey Kazuma, you're the token anime fan of the group, you know what's next?"
Kazuma held a thinking pose, his hands holding his chin, "Well, from the things I've watched, and its many Cliches and tropes, I would say we need to head over to an Adventurers Guild in town."
He turns his head to Aqua, "Was that a right guess, Useless?"
"T-that was actually very accurate- ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?!" She yelled when she heard her nickname.
I walked in between them, my hands pushing them apart, "Okay you two, how about we head over to that village over there, and ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐๐๐?"
That made both of them shiver.
Am I really that scary?
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Apparently, the village is called Axel. I'd like to think my mysterious counterpart would have given this knowledge to me, but apparently, I only got broad strokes of info.
Like the names of important characters, and useless stuff, like how Megumin and Darkness are apparently lesbian?
I mean, It's good to know, I just don't think It was necessary Information.
"Hey, I can see the guild guys!" Both of them perk up and spot the guild.
We walk through the Guilds Doors', and everyone goes silent when one big burly dude walks up to us.
He glares, "Hey! Haven't seen you around before. And what's with the weird clothes?"
Kazuma answers him, "Oh, we've actually come a long way, and we just got into town. I want to become an adventurer to fight the Devil King's army, too."
The man looks him in the eye, "Is that right, you reckless punk?" Kazuma starts sweating, "Then Welcome to the gates of Hell! The Receptionist desk is back there." He points behind him to the Woman -with arguably large... 'Personalities'- at the desk labeled 'Reception'
He walks away to a table of people -probably his party- and Aqua turns to Kazuma to ask him a question, "Hey, how could you make up a story on the spot like that?"
"He's a NEET ("Hey!") Puddle ("My name is Aqua! The Goddess!"), they lie as easily as they breathe. We should probably go and get registered now."
""Fine."" They both grumble as they follow me to the front desk.
I spot her nametag on the rather loose-fitting clothing she wears, her name is Luna Aevery.
"Hey... Luna? Yeah, I and my friends are here to become Adventurers, Is there any specifics to it...?"
Luna stares at me for some- wait she's staring at my tits? They aren't that big.
I think.
"*๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ*" I cleared my throat, and she finally snaps out of her funk. Kazuma quietly questions if she was blushing behind me, "A-Ah, sorry about that ma'am, my name is Luna, how may I help you today?"
"Yeah, me and my friends here-" I gesture to the two bickering Idiots behind me,"-want to register as Adventurers."
Luna's demeanor changes to one of a professional. "Is that so? Alright, the Fee for the registry is 1200 Eris each, do you have that ma'am?"
I reach into my Inventory- Did I always have this? -and grab a bag of 3600 Eris to give her.
"Here ya' go Luna." I hand her the bag.
"Alright then, Please present your hand to the Crystal Ball."
I reach over put my palm over the ball, and Luna reads my stats, surprised.
"W-wow! These starts are way above average! You could become any class with thi-"
"Swordsman."
A beat passes
"H-Huh?" She looks bewildered by my interruption. "Swordsman."
"A-Alright then, Miss Jenny."
The crowd looks rather disappointed by my choice of class.
"Now then, Miss Aqua, please put your hand on the Crystal ball"
She does as she asks.
"Aside from your intelligence being below average, and your luck being the lowest possible level, all of your stats are drastically above average!"
Aqua looks absolutely gleeful, "Does that mean I'm really amazing?"
"Well, A-Amazing is an understatement! You could choose any class!"
"Well, as the beautiful (""You mean Useless?"") goddess I am, I choose to become an Archpriest!"
""""WUOOOOOOOOOHH!!!!"""" the entire guild goes wild with cheer.
"Join our party!"
"No, Join ours!"
"She's a girl, so she should be in our party!"
Fuckin' Poachers.
"Now, Mister Kazuma, please put your hand on the Crystal ball.
He does so as well.
"Average across the board. With the exception of decently high intelligence... Oh? Your luck is extraordinarily high." She points out, "Of course, luck isn't a very essential stat for an adventurer... With this much luck, I'd recommend becoming a merchant or something similar..."
Kazuma had a look on his face that said 'Hey, she's disapproving of my adventurer's lifestyle right off the bat!'
"The only Class you could take would be an Adventurer, and they can learn any skill from any class, only at more expensive prices."
"I-I'll take that then."
๐โ ๐๐๐ฆ.