Chapter 418: Chapter 404: Aqua turned into a ring? How would I know where she disappeared to?

〜KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World〜

Watching the group of people stuffing their faces over there, even Darkness, the pervert, felt an inexplicable sense of shame:

"Stop it, all of you..."

She felt like someone who had brought friends from out of town back home, only for them to run wild in an acquaintance’s house and make a fool of themselves everywhere! Even she couldn’t hold it back anymore! 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

However, for a person with no moral integrity like Kazuma, this level of embarrassment was something he had long since grown accustomed to. After all, ever since the video appeared, he had long lost any face he had left...

Moving bricks and mixing cement, adventuring with a few teammates who constantly pitted him—it was finally coming to an end! Kazuma was momentarily moved to tears.

This is the good life I dreamed of! Clothes were handed to me, food was fed to me, and even maids to serve me. It’s simply wonderful!

The key point is that I can also torture that perverted Lord in passing. Double the joy. However...

"Why is your shame point always so weird, you perverted crusader? Under normal circumstances, shouldn’t you be feeling excited?"

Darkness grabbed Kazuma by the collar, her face flushed as she said,

"Kisama! What nonsense are you spouting? No matter what you say, I am still a noble. This kind of thing only makes me feel ashamed; I certainly won’t feel excited!"

.....

[ At night. Because he slept too much during the day, Kazuma, who couldn’t sleep at night, planned to go to the kitchen to find something to eat. However, he discovered that someone had beaten him to it.

"Is it Aqua..." Just as Kazuma wanted to go up and say hello, he heard muttering coming from ahead.

"Not even a guard? Was I overthinking it?"

Kazuma instantly got excited. He immediately used his Lurk skill to quickly approach the other party, and then pounced. Yes, this pursuit turned into a session of groping all over.

"No, stop... Eh?" The Chivalrous Thief let out a shameful yelp, then sensed a familiar aura. "Could it be you, Kazuma? By the way, what weird place are you grabbing right now?!"

Although Kazuma felt the voice was somewhat familiar, he still held on tight and didn’t let go: "No, right now I am capturing an intruder."

It wasn’t until Chris pulled down her mask that Kazuma reluctantly let go.

Chris knelt on the ground, tears filling her eyes, her voice sounding like she was about to cry: "I can’t get married anymore..."

Just as Chris was about to explain, Kazuma directly plugged his ears: "I don’t want to hear it. If this goes on, it’ll be just like before, getting dragged into some troublesome matter again!"

Immediately after, he urged Chris to leave quickly. Before leaving, Kazuma even made Chris tie him up. After all, it would make it easier to explain himself. ]

[ .....]

〜Projection of All Worlds〜

"Why is Aqua the first person you suspect in the kitchen?"

The corners of the mouths of the crowd outside the video twitched slightly. Seriously, just what kind of image does this Goddess of Water have in your eyes?

.....

〜Sword Art Online World〜

Watching Kazuma, who closed his ears and refused to listen to reasons, Asuna shook her head helplessly:

"Your Hero refused the quest invitation... and attempted to escape the dungeon instance."

Clear-headed, skipping side quests—he was acting exactly like a veteran player who didn’t want to trigger the plot!

But... thinking of this, Asuna’s face darkened. Couldn’t you just listen to what Chris had to say? It’s not like you have a main quest anyway! You’re just idling around.

And based on your level of scumbaggery, I can unhesitatingly suspect that you actually knew the other party’s identity long ago and were just pretending.

"However, Kazuma didn’t capture Chris, so he still values friendship quite a bit... right?"

Kirito’s voice grew smaller and smaller, until finally, even he wasn’t so sure.

Looking at Chris’s blushing face, even Kirito, who wanted to salvage a bit of dignity for his fellow male compatriot, couldn’t continue. No matter how you looked at it, that was pure scum behavior!

.....

[ By the time Darkness and the others heard the commotion and rushed over with a lamp, what they saw was Kazuma, already tied up and lying on the ground.

Kazuma, whose body was bound, spoke as if he were very unwilling: "It’s regrettable. In the end, I still let her escape. To think I would make such a mistake, I was truly too careless!"

Darkness felt somewhat regretful upon hearing this: "Escaped, huh? Are you unhurt? Did you see what the thief looked like?"

"Th... That..." Kazuma’s voice became somewhat stammering. "It was a man wearing a suspicious mask. He might even be stronger than a Demon King General."

Aqua looked at Kazuma and was silent for a moment. "You can’t move at all right now, right?"

Then, she decisively took this opportunity to confess to Kazuma. She stated that while Kazuma was kidnapped... not only did she break the dolls in his room, but she also stuffed a lot of trash from things she ate inside them.

Although Kazuma wanted to hit someone after hearing this, he still suppressed his anger and forced a stiff smile: "It... It’s fine. Our relationship is as solid as iron. Compared to that, untie me first..."

Seeing this scene, Darkness and Megumin smiled wickedly with twisted expressions: "This is quite a delightful situation!"

"What happened?!" The Lord also heard the commotion and ran over with a large group of people, only to be shocked by the scene before him.

He saw Darkness straddling Kazuma, stuffing pudding into his mouth with a look of pure delight: "Quickly, say it! Say ’I was too arrogant recently, I am truly very sorry!’"

"Apologize properly for causing me trouble during this time! Say ’I am so shameless, I am truly very sorry!’" ]

[ .....]

〜OVERLORD World〜

Watching Kazuma lie without even needing a draft, Ainz couldn’t bear to look straight at it:

"These lies that just roll off the tongue... You added too much personal bias,Kazuma-san!"

I know you want to save face for yourself, but you can’t just make things up wildly when adapting the story. There are so many rhetorical devices, yet you chose hyperbole. It sounds full of holes.

If the opponent really had the strength of a Demon King General, given your current level, you wouldn’t just be tied up there calling for help...

Also, you said they were wearing a mask, yet you could still tell if it was a man or a woman?!

Shalltear was also speechless:

"Stronger than a General, a suspicious man wearing a mask... You might as well just name Vanir directly-Arinsu!"

A certain devil working part-time in Wiz’s shop inexplicably took the blame.

〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜

Seeing this, Tohsaka Rin laughed and said,

"Hahaha, I felt something was wrong when I saw Aqua... turns out it’s ’All Villains’."

What a sincere apology! Confessing while Kazuma couldn’t move—you’ve really got some nerve, Aqua. This move of looting a burning house is truly too trashy.

Emiya Shirou couldn’t hold it back either:

"’Our relationship is as solid as iron’... doesn’t your conscience hurt saying that?"

He could guarantee that as soon as Aqua untied the rope, Kazuma, who just claimed their relationship was iron-clad, would unhesitatingly use Drain Touch on Aqua in the face.

The most critical point was that Darkness seemed to have accumulated a lot of stress over the past few days. She looked like she was about to be driven mad! The M has switched to S...

.....

[ It wasn’t until the next day that everyone reported the matter of the Chivalrous Thief to Iris. Although they didn’t catch the Chivalrous Thief, they at least stopped the theft.

Because of this, the bodyguard Claire also believed Kazuma had no reason to stay in the castle anymore and urged everyone to leave.

Just as Aqua and Kazuma were on the street preparing to buy some souvenirs to take back, the Hero, Mitsurugi Kyouya, approached them: "What a coincidence to meet you here, Aqua-sama!"

Aqua pondered for a moment, tilted her head, and said with some confusion: "Who are you?"

Mitsurugi actually laughed: "Still the same as always, loving to joke around! Aqua-sama."

Aqua hurriedly leaned close to Kazuma and whispered, "Hey, why is this person acting so familiar?"

Subsequently, the three of them sat face-to-face in a street cafe. Under Kazuma’s explanation, Aqua finally remembered that the other party was the Magic Sword wielder.

Then, Mitsurugi took out an exquisite gift box and presented a ring to Aqua: "Please accept this as a gift of gratitude for our meeting today."

However, Kazuma watched from the side, fuming... Handsome. Truly a handsome guy template, but it just pissed him off.

Aqua tried it on her finger briefly and then gave up: "It’s too small, I can’t wear it..."

Just as Mitsurugi wanted to say something, Aqua covered the ring with a napkin, then quickly pulled the napkin away: "Ta-da—"

Accompanying Aqua’s voice, the ring that was originally there vanished instantly without a trace.

Kazuma was stunned: "Amazing! Although it’s amazing, where did the ring go?"

Aqua looked at Kazuma with confusion instead: "It has already disappeared. If you ask me where it vanished to, I don’t know either?"

"Eh..." Mitsurugi let out a dumbfounded sound. Even Kazuma felt a little bit of sympathy for him. ]

[ .....]

〜Projection of All Worlds〜

"Hahaha, ’Who are you’... to think you could ask that. As expected of you, Aqua! Not even recognizing the reincarnator you sent yourself."

The crowd outside the video looked at Mitsurugi with faces full of pity. We advise you to run quickly. Caught between these two pieces of trash, a normal person like you will be persecuted.

Look at this short instant, how many times has he been persecuted? That ring looked very expensive, and Aqua made it disappear just like that...

And then? There is no ’then’, because she herself doesn’t know where it went.

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〜Baka to Test: Summon the Beasts World〜

Even Yuuji couldn’t bear to look:

"Clearly, Mitsurugi is the typical royal road light novel protagonist design, but why does he give off such a miserable feeling..."

Is Aqua really not just pretending not to know him? Clearly, back in the Crimson Demon Village, when Kazuma said his name, she was a bit surprised.

Mitsurugi Kyouya. He is indeed handsome, has a good personality, and decent character.

He’s even a bit of a goofball. He’s simply like someone printed from an RPG hero template, yet he is constantly being frantically persecuted.

Akihisa, biting a handkerchief he pulled from who-knows-where, had tears in his eyes:

"I knew it, I knew it! You brat, you have a crush on Aqua."

Only Hideyoshi on the side could be called the sober one in the room:

"Giving a ring to an idiot? Just how desperate do you have to be?"

You’d be better off giving her a bottle of wine; that would be more practical! In the end, the ring you gave was used to perform a talent show on the spot.

The key is that this idiot goddess only cares about making it disappear... and doesn’t know where it disappeared to!

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(Author-san: In the Light Novel, the ring actually disappears, though the anime skipped that detail for some reason.)