*KHABOOOOOOOOOM!!!
"""KAZUMA!!!!"""
Kazuma, the leader of the party caught up in the explosion.
"Well, I can resurect him later."
"Like the usual huh."
"Can anyone help me, please~"
They didn't know, their leader who usually caught up on something and dead, and usually get resurrected by the Archpriest in their party, is gone from the world.
"...."
"What's wrong Aqua?
"I- I can't find his body."
"Don't joke like that please, that's not funny."
"I'm serious! The golem's body is here, but where is Kazuma's body? He should be around here too!"
When Aqua whining frantically, Megumin sensing some unknown magic has been used around there.
"Aqua, I can sense some unknown magic trail around here.
"Are you sure, Megumin? If that so, there is probability Kazuma has been abducted."
"*nod* And also, that golem is artificial made. I just found out earlier."
"What!? Don't tell me-"
"What are you two talking about? We need to find Kazuma."
"Aqua, this quest is staged, someone- or something is set us up to this location."
"What the-! Let's go back! I want to complain to the guild!"
"Let's do that then."
A few hours later, the party is come back and went inside the adventurer guild.
"Where is Luna! Let me meet her!"
"Calm down Aqua, look, she is confused" said Darkness while calming down her comrade.
"I am sorry, but Luna-senpai is not here, if you want I can call the guild master."
"What happenned here? Why so loud?" the stern faced man is come out from the staff room.
"Ah, Guild Master, they want to complain about the failed ques-"
"Don't say some false information please!" Megumin shout out but still in Darkness' back.
"Eh? Usually if adventurer shout out loud like that because they failed a quest right?"
"You are still green, rookie receptionist. These party is a respectable party in this town, you should check what are they complaining about before just blatantly judge one sidedly. What's happenned here, miss La- Darkness The Crusader?"
"*Ahem* We recieved this emergency quest this morning, Luna-san is the one who gave us this quest that she said the only adventurer party available for this quest was us." The GM look at the quest paper with a baffled looks.
"There is no way Luna gave you this quest, I guarantee it."
"Huh? What do you mean by that? We meet her here this morning." Aqua still complained.
"That is because- she isn't in this town since 4 days ago, she is at the capital to report the completed quest to the guild HQ."
""".....what?""" the three of them confused by what the GM said.
"Then who is the one who gave us this quest?"
"I am not sure but, hey rookie, stay here, I will use the private meeting room, "Okay sir." - good, Let's go"
They didn't know there was a private meeting room inside the adventurer guild.
"Okay, I will tell you without sugar coat anything."
*gulp* the sound of swallowing their salive can be heard vividly.
"This quest paper is forged perfectly, I don't know how but the forged paper going to be ash on the spot."
"Then how about Luna-san"
"I don't k-"
"Mud doll creation and marionette skill." said Megumin.
"Marionette skill is a rare skill that can manipulate the targetted object, but I don't know how the Mud doll can talk like a genuine human."
"Temporary soul enchantment." said Aqua with a serious face.
"What is that?"
"I can't say anything about that skill, that is a forbidden skill."
A silence fill the air in the room.
*knock *knock
"Who is there?"
"Umm, Guild Master, there is someone who wants to meet Kazuma's party."
"Okay, we will going there for a minute."
They decided to meet the person who calling them.
"The priest of Eris Curch-" Aqua saw the priest with a disdain expression.
"I am sorry to call all of you suddenly like this, but this is an emergency, especially to Aqua-sama. The headpriest want to meet all of you in the Eris-Curch."
"I really want to refuse your offer but, I think I know what is your headpriest want."
"You knew it Aqua?"
"Yeah, probably you will find it out later, Guild Master, let's talk about it later."
"O-okay,"
Megumin and Darkness quite agape by Aqua's behaviour not like the usual.
"Thank you, please follow me."
The four of them going straight to the Eris Curch.
"Welcome to the our humble sacred place dear guest." The headpriest welcomed the party and tried to be humble.
"To the point, you get an [Oracle] right?"
"How did you- Archpriest huh, or something more than that, please come to the private room."
They didn't want to waste their time with useless chit-chat, and want everything to be clear.
"Alright then, [Blessing], [Oracle]" the priest cast that spell then suddenly.
[Spirit possession]
"So you are here, Eris." Aqua said still with her unusual serious expression.
"What? Eris-sama the Goddess of this world?!" Darkness surprised by what her companion said.
"This magic pressure, is not possible with human power even for demon king." Megumin said with a pale face.
"Eris, where is Kazuma! Just tell me or I will blabber your dark history to your believer!"
"Eh? Eris-sama have a dark history? And why are you call Eris-sama so casual like that?"
"Please don't senpai!" the good thing is, her appearance is the real one rather than the old man headpriest.
""Senpai?!"" of course these two surprised by what the goddess Eris just announced.
"So? Where is he?"
"Ugh, I don't know either, but I can feel the trace of 'the upper beings' magic waste in the mine area."
"These guys *griting teeth* we can't do much if they are involved in this."
"What do you mean by that Aqua? Isn't Eris-sama the goddess of this world?"
"Dear my follower, what she meant is, the higher rank gods far above mine is involved in Kazuma's dissapearance, it's quite hard to track where he is, but I will do my best to find him."
"These guys are always do whatever what they want, even killing some gods like Eris or me is a childplay for them."
"Wait a second, you said you are also a goddess, Aqua?"
"I've already told you guys so many times you know?"
"Uhh, well, I though that was kind of joke or something."
"Uhmmm, guys. I think I need someone else to receive my [oracle]. This priest is too old."
"Eris-sama, you can use my body then *pant *pant" Darkness said with a turned o- excited face- probably.
"""......."""
"Okay, [Blessing]. I will try my best to search your friend. And one more thing. You can't tell anyone else about this, even the priest memmories going to be altered so they didn't remember what we are doing right now."
"Understood. "
After a while the duration of [Soul Posession] gone off.
The three of them decided to go home and take a rest.
***
In the living room
"Hey Aqua, if Eris-sama is the goddess of this world, then what are you?"
"Did you forget about my cute believers the Axis cult?"
"Uwaah, I forget about that. So you are also the goddess of this world?"
"More or less, my role is to guide the young souls who drifted because some unfortunante accident to this world, Eris role is to guide the souls who left this world."
"Eeeh, is that so..."
"You two still didn't believe me huh."
""No we are not.""
"..."