This story is Fanfiction, and I don't own ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ!, if I did, Aqua would be even more useless. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ! Is owned by ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป and ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ถ.
-<[๐ผ๐, ๐พ๐ง๐๐ฅ!]>-
Kazuma was having a very bad day. A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
First, he decided to go on a walk. That was his first mistake. Thinking back on it, what possessed him to even consider it? He could've ordered online, in the safety of his home!
๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐-
And even then, the girl! Sure, he would've felt better with the fact he saved her, but it was a fucking tractor! The closest farm was ten miles from his house, so why was it there?!
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-!
Sure, his parents understood, but did it stop them from laughing?! No! Sure, he could agree, his death was pathetic. It doesn't mean he'll admit it. Though it got worse when-
๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐-!
That useless goddess decided to taunt him! of ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ he was going to get payback. He was petty as all hell! If she wasn't useless, he would've gotten his dime-a-dozen Isekai adventure like all those other generic slate protagonists!
๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐! ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐พ-!
But ๐ฏ๐ฐ~, he decided to grab the useless goddess with an alcohol addiction, one whose only specialty is healing, and wastes points on ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐! ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐-!
The only silver lining here is Jenny. Jenny, the saint that she is, kept us from sleeping in the stables on the first day. He may be petty, but he's still Japanese first and foremost, so he'll gladly pay her back. ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ.
๐๐๐'๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ ๐๐. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐-
Jenny confused him. Did she do it just because? Did she have ulterior motives? He didn't know, and it scared him. He could always read people, even if most of the things they had to say about him were negative, he could bear it.
๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ! ๐'๐๐-!
But Jenny, he couldn't get a read on her. In all honesty, it was probably because he couldn't see any pupil movement because ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐จ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด. Then, there was the newest party member, and objectively the weirdest. Fucking Chunibyos.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-!
Megumin, Megumin, where, to, start...
๐'๐ข ๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐-
Megumin was a glass cannon. That much was obvious. Her magic, while fuck-off powerful, was basically a single-use cantrip. Like casting a muffling spell, only to trip down a flight of stairs. It was as sad as it was hilarious.
๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐! ๐๐ค-!
Aqua said something about Megumin being a Crimson Demon? They were apparently a clan that churns out top-tier mages and artificers or something.
๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐-!
"Excuse me?"
"Hm?" He turned, spotting a Blond woman, who towered over him by at least one foot.
She squirmed under his gaze. What the hell?
"I happened to see your recruitment poster... are you still recruiting party members?" She asked.
Kazuma raised an eyebrow, "Uh, yeah we are? Why?"
She sighed in relief, "I see, thank goodness. I have anxiously awaited the arrival
of someone such as yourself."
What the hell is this lady talking about?
"My name is Darkness," Well, isn't that ominous. "My calling is that of a Crusader!"
She started... panting?! her eyes stared directly into his feeble soul, hers slightly glazed with an emotion unknown to Kazuma, "Please let... Please let me..."
Kazuma gulped
"j-j-join your party!"
๐พ๐๐ฃ ๐... ๐-๐-๐๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ช?
"...hah?"
๐๐ช๐ง๐, ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐