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  "Mmm~~ this is so delicious!" Megumin moaned, sav the frog leg. It was the best meal she had ever had since being an adventurer.

  Due to her insisten only using Explosion magic, she had beeed by many parties and had never enjoyed such a luxurious meal before.

  And she had finally found people who aowledged her. She was so lucky!

  Megumin g Roy, then quickly lowered her head and tinued eating with a blush.

  Roy, notig her gaze, smirked.

  "Ahh~~ this is so good!" Aqua excimed, taking a sip of her drink.

  Roy had allowed her to have a drink sihey had just pleted a quest.

  Aqua was a notorious alcoholid had been quite insistent on having some booze.

  After their satisfying meal, Megumin and Aqua returo the inn to take a bath a.

  Roy, however, stayed at the Adventurer's Guild, sipping his tea and waiting. He had seen a vision of Darkness arriving and asking to join their party through his Prophecy magic.

  Darkness was also a 'problem child.' Her attaever hit, so no party wanted her.

  She would definitely be ied in joining their party after seeing Aqua's ridiculous recruitment notice.

  And Roy was quite ied in "training" this masochistic Crusader.

  He had many ideas in mind, such as "bullet py" and other kinky things...

  Soon—he saw a girl with blonde hair tied in a ponytail and shining armor approag the bulletin board.

  It was Darkness.

  She read the notice, sed the guild hall, then walked towards Roy.

  "I saw your recruitment notice. Are you still looking for members?" she asked with a serious expression.

  Roy, who had been her, couldn't help but be amused. She was a beautiful girl, and it was hard to believe that this noble dy was a masochist.

  "Yes, we are," he replied with a smile.

  "Really? That's great! I've been looking for a party like yours. My name is Darkness. I'm a Crusader, and I'd like to join your party," she said, her voice slightly breathless.

  Notig her flushed cheeks, Roy smirked. "Joining our party is fine, but there are some ditions."

  "Tell me! I'll agree to anything," Darkness said with a determined nod.

  "Oh? Even being tied up or forced to wear cat ears and a tail?"

  Darkness's eyes widened, and her blush deepened. "Yes, I agree! Please let me join your party!" she excimed, her voice filled with excitement.

  'What a kinky request! It seems I've found the right people,' she thought with a thrill.

  Roy chuckled inwardly.

  "Alright, then you're in."

  "Thank you!" Darkness bowed deeply.

  Roy suddenly had an idea. Darkness's family was a noble family, wasn't it? Perhaps he could ask them to send someoo teach Aqua some etiquette.

  But that wasn't a priority right now.

  "Darkness, I'm Roy—the leader of this party. Just call me Roy," he said.

  "Roy-san," Darkness repeated, then added with a blush, "Actually, there's something I'm not very good at—Although I'm fident in my strength and endurance, I 't hit anything!"

  "That's not a problem. We already have a useless Goddess and an Arch Wizard who colpses after casting one spell. Adding a useless Crusader won't ge much," Roy replied with a shrug and a grin.

  "Ugh—how you be so blunt about calling me useless?!" Darkness excimed, her face flushed with masochistic pleasure.

  "Roy-san, although I'm a useless Crusader, I'll still do my best to protect the party. Please use me as a shield as much as you like!" she decred, leaning closer to Roy until she ractically in his arms.

  "Of course. Now, Darkness, go bad prepare. Meet us here tomorrow," Roy said, gently pushing her away.

  "Yes, sir!" Darkness nodded a.

  Roy watched her leave with a smile. He remembered that Eris, the Goddess of Luck, was Darkness's friend.

  The Dustiness family had been worshipping Eris feions, and Darkness, due to her etric personality—had no friends.

  But Eris was a kind, gentle, and generous Goddess who occasionally enjoyed pying pranks. She was also very responsible.

  When Darkness had prayed to Eris for a friend, Eris had desded to the mortal world in the form of a thief named Chris and befriended Darkness.

  She had also beerieving the cheat abilities that Aqua had given to other humans, essentially ing up Aqua's mess.

  As the Goddess of Luck, she was uable in games of ce, such as drawing lots or rock-paper-scissors.

  And she oftehis to threaten Aqua.

  ....

  The day, Roy, Aqua, and Megumio the Adventurer's Guild.

  "Roy, you're saying that after we went back st night, you recruited another party member?" Aqua asked, surprised. She was curious about who he had recruited.

  "That's right. A Crusader with an advanced job," Roy firmed with a nod and a smile.

  "Really? That's great!" Aqua excimed.

  Having another advanced job holder in their party was definitely a good thing.

  "By the way, Roy, you've leveled up, right? Do you want to learn some new skills? Like Explosion?" Megumin suddenly chimed in.

  "I remember you're a Magian, Roy—That means you learn magiow." Aqua also expressed her i.

  "How about learning my water magic?"

  Roy's lips twitched. Even Aqua, the Goddess of water, couldn't pare to him when it came to water magic.

  Although his natural affinity was ice, he was still profit in water magic.

  As for Explosion magic, he had already lear.

  "I'll pass oer magic, Aqua. But I wouldn't mind learning Explosion," Roy replied.

  He had learned Explosion after witnessing Megumin cast it.

  He had to admit, Explosion owerful spell. If he used it, he could easily destroy the p.

  The power of Explosion was determined by the caster's magic power. The more magic power, the strohe explosion.

  And once learned, it was like a skill ingrained in one's DNA, easily cast at will.

  So, Megumin's long and dramatitation was just her being ibyou.

  "See, see? Explosion is the stro!" Megumin excimed, throwing her arms around Roy iement.

  "Calm down, little girl," Roy chuckled, gently pushing her away.

  Megumin froze, hearing his words.

  "L-Little girl? He called me a little girl?" she mumbled, her face pale.

  It seemed the term "little girl" was a serious blow to her pride.

  But she was indeed a little girl.

  Roy patted her head and said with a smile, "Yes, Megumin, you're an adorable little girl."

  "C-Cute... um..." Megumin blushed, flustered by the pliment.

  Just then, they heard footsteps approag.

  "A loli? This..." Darkness stared at Roy with wide eyes, her finger pointing at him acgly.

  "This is amazing! I knew I was right about you!" she excimed, her face flushed with excitement.

  Roy's eye twitched. Darkness's loud outburst had attracted the attention of everyone in the guild hall.

  "Scary!" Chris, who was standing behind Darkness, preteo be frightened, her arms ed around herself.

  Of course, she was just messing with them.

  "Who is this?" Roy asked, pretending not to know Chris.

  "Haha, I'm Chris, a thief—And a friend of Darkness," Chris replied with a pyful wink.

  "o meet you, Chris. Call me Roy."

  "By the way, I heard you leveled up. Would you be ied in learning some thief skills?" Chris offered.

  She was grateful to Roy for accepting Darkness into his party.

  "Thief skills, huh? Sure, I wouldn't mind learning a few," Roy replied with a shrug.

  He articurly ied ieal skill, which could randomly steal items from others.

  "Then follow me!" Chris said with a grin.

  She led them out of the guild hall and into an isoted alley.

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