"Time?" I muttered, refusing to open my eyes.
"Nine…" Megumin mumbled beside me.
"Any plans?"
"Investigating Keele's dungeon…"
"Pass,"
"Investigating Alderp's plan on Darkness…"
"Hard pass,"
"Experimenting on japan's cuisine…"
"Later,"
With my schedule out of the way, I embraced my girlfriend into a cuddle and simply let myself relax. Last night was nothing but chaos. The amount of planning and preparation it took to make a live idol performance in three days was much harder than even the hardest mission.
Then there's the drinking… Aqua decided that, after her performance, she wanted celebrate it by drinking with her new fans. I decided that after all these stress I deserve a few glasses of beer.
So I drank, a lot. I was hoping Megumin wouldn't do that, but then Yunyun of all people decided to challenge her on a drinking match. It didn't take long for the two of them to pass out drunk and me with the highest tolerance had no other choice.
That is, taking three pass out girls back into their perspective room. I thanked Wiz again and again that day for teaching the teleportation spell, because without that, I am so dead. Like, seriously, just how do you expect me to bring them all back.
Oh and apparently Aqua leveled up. Somehow, the praises and admiration from her fans counts as them being her worshipper. This in turn tripled her worshipper number and doubles her power. She's now level forty something and got a heck ton more skill points.
She poured them all on bard skills and some archpriest skills. Why not party tricks you asked? Cuz they're already maxed! This mad goddess maxed out party tricks before she max out the archpriest skills.
A knocking sound interrupted me from my musings.
Megumin and I tried to ignore it. But then Aqua's voice came from behind the door.
"Kazuma! I saw a noble lady barging into the house, I was afraid they're one of my fanatic fans because she kept calling me by my name like she knows who I am!"
"Just kill her!" Megumin yelled.
"A-are you sure? It doesn't sound like what an idol like me should do…"
I sighed a little and decided to diffuse the situation before it escalates. "Right, right, I'll deal with her, where is she right now?"
"I asked Yunyun to distract her while I call for you,"
I looked at Megumin and saw her pouting a little. "Come on Megumin, get up, it's time for us to deal with her."
With that, Megumin and I walked downstairs to meet this mysterious noble lady.
True to her words there's a beautiful blonde lady sitting in front of a coffee table with Yunyun. They seems to be in a light conversation so I'm guessing that Aqua was mistaken. Then again, I shouldn't have accepted Aqua's words as a solid truth.
"Yunyun, Lalatina, good morning," I greeted them.
Yunyun smiled and waved at me while the blonde lady blushed in embarrassment. I sat beside them and looked at Lalatina. "So, what brought you here Lalatina?" I asked her in a teasing tone.
Lalatina bit her lip. "D-don't call me that Kazuma!" she exclaimed. "It's Darkness, just call me Darkness!"
Hearing this, Aqua rushed towards us. "Eh, Darkness?" she then embraced her into a hug. "Welcome back Darkness! You missed my show but I am a forgiving goddess, so I forgive you," she then took a closer look at Darkness. "By the way, are you alright? You look different."
Megumin walked towards us and sat beside Yunyun. "Welcome back Darkness, this is Yunyun, your replacement," she said flatly. "She's my relative and she knows many, many advanced spell, she's better than you can ever be."
Darkness stifled a moan. "Kh… To think I would be so easily forgotten and discarded…" she hugged herself while panting perversely.
"Yep, she's alright," Megumin said with a smile. "So, Darkness, did you have fun with Alderp?"
I looked at Darkness, waiting for her answer.
Darkness shook her head in a visible disappointment. "Lord Alexei didn't dare to touch me, opting instead to demand marriage with his son,"
She handed me a photo of a handsome young man. It's obvious that the person in the photo is a good person. I mean, why else would Darkness reject him? The girl's depravity cannot physically accept a person who would treat her like a decent human being.
I handed the photo to Aqua and Megumin for them to see. Then I turned back to Darkness.
"So, you want me to 'save' you from this marriage that will totally improve your life and turn you into a better person huh?"
"As expected of Kazuma to make this sound like I'm a horrible person."
"Keep dreaming Darkness, you're a seedbed, not a person, speaking of which, I am running low. Now strip and follow me."
The look of joy and excitement on Darkness's face and the hollow look everyone gave me tells me I am doing this right.