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  Aqua watched Kazuma flee—then burst into ughter.

  "Hahahaha! That's hirious! Kazuma's running away! Hahahaha..."

  Roy—seeing her urained ughter, eechless.

  "Aqua, you not ugh so foolishly?" he asked, sighing.

  As expected of the goddess of uselessness, even her ughter was exaggerated.

  "Huh?!" Aqua stopped ughing and gred at him, her hands on her hips. "I'm a goddess! How dare you call me foolish?!"

  "Oh? What kind of goddess?" Roy asked, feigning ignorance.

  "Listen carefully! I'm Aqua, the Goddess worshipped by the Axis Cult! The goddess of water! So you should address me as Aqua-sama!" she decred, puffing out her chest and pointing a fi Roy.

  "But to avoid attention, you just call me Aqua," she added generously.

  "I see." Roy chuckled.

  She was indeed a goddess, although most people wouldn't believe it.

  "Eh? You believe me?" Aqua was surprised by his rea.

  Most people wouldn't believe her cims.

  "I have no reason not to believe you. But now's not the time for that. I should go save Kazuma," Roy said, then headed towards Kazuma.

  If he didn't hurry, Kazuma would be eaten by the giant frog.

  Kazuma, seeing Roy approag, sighed in relief and ran towards him, panting heavily.

  "Roy-san, be careful! Those giant frogs are tough," he warned.

  Although Kazuma was a bit of a wimp, he was still loyal to his friends. Roy didn't dislike him.

  "Don't worry, I ha," Roy reassured him with a smile and a fident wink, then walked towards the giant frog with his sword drawn.

  Boooooommm!

  The giant frog leaped towards Roy, its massive body crashing onto the ground.

  But Roy simply swung his sword.

  A deep gash appeared on the frog's belly, and it colpsed, dead.

  He had killed it with a sirike.

  Kazuma's eyes widened in shock.

  "Amazing..."

  "Hmph, Kazuma—you're so useless!" Aqua scoffed.

  Kazuma gred at her, annoyed. He wondered why he was so afraid of the frog while Roy could defeat it so easily.

  Feeling a surge of ce—he charged towards aniant frog.

  He was determio prove himself.

  But the giant frog's skin was thid tough. An ordinary human couldn't even scratch it.

  Roy could easily defeat it because he was incredibly powerful.

  Even a Low-css Devil could kill a giant frog with ease, let alone Roy.

  Kazuma, however—was just a regur guy.

  As expected, his attack was useless.

  His sword bounced harmlessly off the frog's skin, and he was swallowed whole.

  "Wahahaha! He was eaten by a frog! That's so funny!" Aqua ughed, clutg her stomach.

  But she celebrated too soon.

  She didn't notiiant frog approag her from behind.

  The frog leaped and swallowed her in one gulp.

  Roy shrugged. He didn't stop the frog. Resg Aqua after she was eaten would earn him even more favor with her.

  After both Kazuma and Aqua were swallowed, he leisurely rescued Aqua first.

  "Waaah..." Aqua cried, not g about her appearance.

  "Thank you, thank you, Roy!" she sobbed, ging to him.

  Although she was covered in smelly frog slime, Roy didn't push her away. He gently patted her bad forted her.

  ....

  "It's okay, it's okay. I've defeated the frog," Roy reassured her.

  "Waaah... how it be okay? I've been defiled!" Aqua wailed. "If the Axis Cultists see me like this, my reputation as the beautiful and charming Aqua-sama will be ruined!"

  Roy almost ughed. Was she praising herself?

  "It's fine. Look..."

  He snapped his fingers, and the frog slime on them vanished.

  "Eh?" Aqua looked at herself, surprised. She was again.

  "That's amazing!"

  "It's just a simple ing spell," Roy said with a shrug.

  He was amused by her rea. A normal girl would be embarrassed to be hugging someone while covered in slime.

  But Aqua didn't seem to care.

  ....

  "No, I 't let this stand! I'm a goddess! I'll show that frog what I'm made of!" Aqua suddenly decred, then charged towards aniant frog with a determined roar.

  Roy sighed. He didn't stop her. He would rescue Kazuma first.

  "Ahem... thank you, Roy-san..." Kazuma coughed, his face pale.

  "Don't mention it."

  "Roy-san, I think I'm not suited to be an adventurer. I'll just bee a mert," Kazuma said dejectedly.

  Fag death again had made him realize his limitations.

  He wasn't cut out to be an adventurer. pared to Roy, he was useless.

  This realization made him want to give up.

  Roy smirked inwardly. This was exactly what he wanted. He could have simply used a spell to remove Kazuma from the party, but he didn't want to resort to such forceful methods.

  "Being a mert isn't bad either. With your intelligence, you'll surely bee successful. I support your decision," Roy said, patting his shoulder encingly.

  "Really? That's great! It seems like being a mert is my true calling!" Kazuma excimed, his fideurning.

  "Since you've decided to bee a mert, I'll give you some money as start-up capital," Roy offered.

  Kazuma was touched.

  "Thank you, Roy-san!"

  "Haha, don't mention it. We're friends, after all," Roy said with a smile.

  Kazuma was overwhelmed with gratitude.

  Just then, Aqua, who had charged towards the giant frog, was once again swallowed whole.

  Her power was limited, and her healing magic was iive against the giant frog.

  Roy and Kazuma exged gnces.

  "Roy-san, I'll leave Aqua to you," Kazuma said, although he felt a bit relut to abandon the goddess he had brought to this world.

  But he knew he couldn't defeat the Demon King, let alone a giant frog. So, he made the difficult decision to give up on Aqua.

  "Don't worry, I'll take care of her," Roy assured him.

  He walked towards the giant frog and quickly rescued Aqua.

  ....

  "What?! Kazuma, you're really going to bee a mert? Then what am I supposed to do? If no os the Demon King, I 't go bae!" Aqua wailed, shaking Kazuma's colr.

  Kazuma sighed. He really wasn't suited to be an adventurer.

  "Don't worry, Aqua. I'll take care of the Demon King." Roy said.

  "That's right! With Roy-san here, defeating the Demon King will be a piece of cake! And once I bee a successful mert, I'll support your quest to defeat the Demon King," Kazuma added.

  Aqua was still unhappy, but she didn't say anything.

  She had also mocked Kazuma's stats. He was indeed not cut out to be an adventurer.

  She finally sighed and gave up on persuading him.

  They fell silent.

  "Alright, let's not worry about that now. Let's focus on pleting the quest," Roy said, breaking the silence.

  "You're right. It's getting te. We should finish the quest and find a pce to stay," Kazuma agreed.

  He also he reward moo start his business.

  ....

  Roy then put on a show.

  He casually walked towards a giant frog, his sword fshing, and killed it in an instant.

  It looked so easy that even Kazuma thought, 'I could do that too.'

  But he knew he couldn't.

  Roy quickly finished off the remaining giant frogs, pleting the quest.

  "Alright, the quest is done. Let's go back," Roy said, and they headed towards the town to report their success at the Adventurer's Guild.

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