Chapter 8: Fem-Kazuma (1)

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There wasn't a cloud in the bright blue sky.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh! Help me! Aqua, help meee!"

"Pffft! Hee-hee-hee! This is great! Kazuma, your face is so red! The tears, the desperation—I love it!"

Right. I'll bury her in the ground on my way home.

Even as he plotted to leave Aqua in the dirt, he ran around screaming for her help as the Giant Toad, a massive frog-like monster, chased him.

They were in the vast field surrounding the town.

This was where grabbing a quest at the Guild had gotten them...

"Aqua! Aqua!! Don't just stand there laughing—help meee!"

"Maybe you could start by showing me a bit of respect."

"Lady Aquaaaaa!"

The boy screamed even louder as he ran for his life.

Satou Kazuma. A young man of average height 5'5" (165 cm) weighing 120 lb (54 kg) with slightly spiky chestnut-brown hair and green eyes.

He was reincarnated into the Fantasy World after dying in the most stupid way possible.

He was originally a student from Japan who always skipped out of school in favor of lazing around at home, playing video games. Eventually, he died in an accident and was sent flying to the fantasy world alongside the Goddess of Water Aqua in order to defeat the Devil King.

"Well, all right! I guess I have to help you out, then, you hikiNEET. In return, I expect you to worship me—starting tomorrow! When we get back to town, you have to join the Axis Church and pray to me three times a day! At meals, if I ask for something on your plate, you have to give it to me without complaint! And—Hrgh?!"

Aqua and all her self-aggrandizing suddenly vanished.

The Giant Toad that had been chasing Kazuma had stopped moving. From one corner of its mouth, something blue was sprouting.

It was...

"Aqua! H-hey, don't you dare get eaten!"

Aqua's leg hung out the side of the frog's mouth, shaking.

Kazuma drew his short sword—and leaped at the Giant Toad!

KONOSUBA!!!!

"Sniffle... Waaaaah! Sniff..."

Aqua squatted on the ground in front of Kazuma, hugging her knees. She was dripping with slime.

Next to her lay the Giant Toad, its head split open.

"Sniff...sniff... Th-thank you, Kazuma... Thank you...! Waaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!"

She hadn't stopped crying since he'd pulled her from the toad's mouth.

I guess even goddesses don't like being eaten.

"I-it's all right, Aqua. Take it easy... Hey, let's go home for today. The quest was to kill five toads in three days, but we're obviously in over our heads. Let's get some more gear first. I mean, I've got a short sword and a tracksuit... I'd at least like to look like an adventurer."

Kazuma had been able to kill the toad that swallowed Aqua mainly because Giant Toads stop moving when they swallow their prey.

He never would have had the guts to go up against a toad that was happily hopping toward him to attack. But Aqua, her whole body covered in gleaming toad mucus, rose to her feet.

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