Chapter 36: Ain't No Grave

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Sat with droplets of water beading up, and then falling to the dry soil below, YN rested upon a nearby boulder with Yunyun by his side.

With what had occurred still fresh in each of their minds, YN was even more receptive than normal to Yunyun's words and feelings given the situation he had had to unfortunately endure. This wasn't lost on Yunyun though, and while she didn't blame YN in the least bit, the memory of seeing him that way with anyone else, no matter the circumstance, was a painful one.

I do appreciate him trying to put my mind at rest...

With nervous hands, but a smile that tried to show everything was okay, Yunyun draped her own dry cloak of black she had over YN in a bid to maybe help keep him warm as the rest of his clothes remained waterlogged.

Over across them though, not far, was the other then-drenched victim of the collision.

Still pouty and with small tears of frustration, the Arch-Priest now voiced her frustration, which thankfully, wasn't directed at YN.

"Kaaazumaaa! Give me your cloak! It's the gentlemanly thing to do!"

"Get real. It was your own dumb fault to spray around an overpowered party trick of all things!"

"I'm cold and wet! Do you want me catching an illness?!"

"Oh I'm sorry, I thought goddesses didn't get sick!"

With their bout of bickering continuing, eventually it led to Kazuma handing off the busted railgun to Aqua.

Holding the metal of its construction close to herself, Aqua clung to what little warmth it had left from the shot it had rang out in defeating Sylvia.

As the Arch Priest held tiny tears in her eyes as she tried comforting herself, both the likes of YN and Yunyun worried they had offended someone they knew was a goddess.

I-It's one thing if Aqua is mad at m-me for getting them apart from each other so presumptuously, but the prospect of her being upset with YN scares me...

Given Yunyun still feared YN, in some way, shape, or form, would be taken from her, she viewed Aqua as the most likely cause of that. Still, to this moment, the words that she had created YN's body to 'her tastes' echoed-about in the poor girl's mind.

If Aqua retained some level of influence or control over her own creation, and it had displeased her, Yunyun feared what the retribution for that transgression might be.

At the same time, YN too worried about this, but with his much simpler view of the relationship, and being ignorant of Yunyun's exact worries, voiced his thoughts with the twin-tailed girl who was also visually upset, recognizing they were united in this emotion.

"Hey, it's probably bad to upset a goddess like this right?"

Just inquiring if Yunyun thought the same thing, his whisper to her was overheard by none other than Megumin, whom YN hadn't realized was being carried by Yunyun on her back.

"It's nothing as complex as either of you seem to think of it. Aqua's a fragile thing that can't stand being cold and damp, even if it's her own fault.

Placing the blame solely on Aqua herself for the state the Arch-Priest found herself in, and not YN or Yunyun, Megumin's words were immediately followed up by Aqua sneezing, as if becoming ill, continuously shivering in addition to that.

"Well, maybe I should offer her my blue cloak? —Erm, Yunyun, actually, could you use some of your magic to dry it out? Maybe if we let her use it she won't be upset?"

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