Subaru once again waited for Aqua and Kazuma to appear. After quite some time they finally appear and Aqua's wailing could be heard all the way from where he was standing. He walked over and started his now fourth enactment of his greeting.
"Jeez, of your so upset with being here just go back to your chamber or whatever."
"Don't you understand?! I can't get home!"
'Ah, that screaming is music to my ears.' "Hey do you need any help?"
"Hm? Woah, another tracksuit…Wait…Wasn't I meant to be some great hero or something?! Why is another guy from my world here?!"
"I was actually reincarnated just yesterday by Aqua."
"So what you're saying is that I'm not going to be some over powered isekai protagonist who gets a harem and horny as hell for the MC?"
"I can't tell your future so maybe you will." 'I mean we are the only guys in our party.' "But anyway, I'm Natsuki Subaru! Who are you?"
"Satou Kazuma. It's a bummer that I'm not really some godly hero or something but I'm still in a fantasy world so I guess my death wasn't completely horrible…Never ask about my death."
Aqua had finally stopped whining in the background and looked at Subaru questionably. She was obviously looking at the darkness surrounding him again.
"Geez, you have so much darkness surrounding you. I am a goddess so would you like me to purify you. Or rather I must purify you."
She lunged at Subaru with a glowing fist before Kazuma grabbed her from behind.
"What are you doing, you stupid goddess?!"
"Don't call me stupid! He must be purified."
Kazuma smashed his fist onto the top of Aqua's head making her grab it as she began to tear up from the pain.
"I can already tell I made a horrible decision. I should have just chose a weapon."
Kazuma shook his head and looked at the ground while waiting for Aqua to stop holding onto her head.
"How dare you hit a goddess?! I am a goddess!"
"I don't care, you stupid goddess."
The arguing continued and after a while Subaru was cleared by Kazuma and finally was able to bring them to the adventurer's guild to get registered.
After getting registered they sat at a table to discuss plans.
"I think we should put up a notice saying we're looking for new party members. It would be great if they were of higher class."
"Do you really think a high class adventurer would join our party?"
"I'm willing to bet there's at least one person in this world who would join a no name party." 'That person happens to also be the hungriest I've ever seen.'
They made a notice and put it on the board. They waited and after a while, the great arch-wizard who is obsessed with explosions finally appeared.
"Is the party looking for members of the advanced class?"
"Yes, it is."
Subaru taunted Kazuma a bit since he knew that she would come no matter what. Kazuma was on the side of believing that no advanced party member would appear.
"I am Megumin! l am of the occupation Arch-wizard
who wields the most powerful of all offensive magics, Explosion!"
"Great, we'll take you."
"Eh, that easily?"
"I trust your skills." 'I just want to make this go as fast as possible. I've done this three times before already so might as well speed things up.'
Megumin's stomach once again growled yearning for food and while she was eating Subaru got up to acquire a certain someone.
He ushered her to come over and they stood in front of the table.
"My name is Darkness. My calling is that of a crusader. Please let me…Please let me j-j-join your party!"
"Um."
Kazuma had a suspicious look on his face almost as if he could feel something was wrong.
"The truth is, this was a bit difficult for me to say. While I have confidence in my strength and stamina, I am clumsy…So, um…None of my attacks ever hit their mark."
Kazuma's suspicious look turned into an "ah, of course" type of look. Subaru was having a complete different thought process in his head as he wasn't expecting this to happen.
"As such, I'll charge to the front line, so please use me as a shield."
"No. I could never use a woman as a shield."
"It would be my pleasure."
This time Kazuma and Subaru's thought process aligned perfectly after she had said that.
'Ah, she's that type. It's not just her abilities, she's helpless to the core. An absolute masochist. That must be why she turned red when I walked into her.'
Kazuma sighed and looked over to Subaru.
"So, what are your plans with the big masochist in the room?"
"Well, we could always use more help."
"Fine. As a fellow otaku I'll trust you on this."
And with that for the first time out of any loop Subaru had finally formed his full party that would journey alongside him until he reaches the answers he yearns for. Where did he get return by death? Has he ever truly died? Why was he given this power? The questions he had regarding his ability he could only keep to himself and would have to solve on his own. With this he was finally moving forward in his story.