A Shinobi's Take on this Wonderful World

Normal Days Return?

"Cheers!"

Mugs raised to the ceiling, adventurers filled the noisy eating hall in celebration of Axel's third great victory over a high target bounty.

Specifically, a second Demon King General had been defeated.

Now, nearly a week later, an award ceremony had just taken place.

Naruto and Kazuma had received a formal apology from Sena and the police for suspecting them of being underlings of the Demon King and-

"Twenty-million Eris!"

"A round for everyone! On us!"

Naruto and Kazuma shouted from their spot on top of a table, arms linked as they kicked their legs out in dance.

The cheering roared even louder.

They had received twenty-million Eris with the defeat of Vanir along with a hearty thank you from Luna and the rest of the guild staff.

Their debts cleared, a small fortune in their accounts; things were looking good for the Panty and Bra Thief Brothers.

As for their party members...

"Whyyy!? Why can't I have any more neroid?! I fought hard too!"

"I'm tired of juice! I would have taken out the Demon King General if you hadn't intervened, so I should be allowed to drink neroid too!"

"Ahhh! Why won't people stop calling me by that name! How did they even find out!? I can't take this kind of humiliation..."

The "problem children" were complaining during such an eventful moment. Couldn't they read the atmosphere?

Naruto and Kazuma looked down at the trio that didn't do much, if anything at all, their lips becoming thin lines.

"Kazuma, my friend. Shall I?"

"By all means, my friend."

After their little exchange, Naruto cleared his throat before confronting the girls.

"Aqua, we already gave you your share of the bounty. You paid off your tab and already drank a lot of neroid, so don't beg us for money after spending all of yours when you were basically deadweight until the last minute. Megumin, you refused to join us in the dungeon. While I appreciate you looking after our sack of potatoes, you almost used your unrefined Explosion magic with so many people close by which would have also destroyed the entrance to the dungeon and caused a lot of trouble for Luna-chan. Darkness, I told everyone your name right before we left for the dungeon. Hey, bartender! Another round for the lovely Lalatina!"

"!?" x3

While Aqua and Megumin averted their gazes, Darkness slammed her head on the table.

"This isn't the kind of humiliation I want!"

The noblewoman cried out while hiding her tomato red face behind her hands as she was bombarded by teases from the other adventurers.

Kazuma nodded his head, brimming with pride in his fellow adventurer. He trained his friend well on how to deal with his troublesome party members.

It was safe to say Naruto was now a full-fledged guardian of problem children.

Naruto chuckled to himself as he hopped down from the table. The party was great and all, but he had somewhere he needed to be. It had been nearly a week since he'd been to Wiz's shop. Demon King General or not, he felt guilty for killing someone that was probably her friend and had honestly been avoiding that conversation.

It was time to confront her.

"Want me to come with you?"

Kazuma asked, deducing what was on the shinobi's mind by the growing frown on his face.