indianbanksassociation #177 - Barnil, I'm here to negotiate terms.
#177 - Barnil, I'm here to negotiate terms.
“I'm just saying, would someone eliminate their own comrades without hesitation to get rid of the enemy?”
“…It's a necessary sacrifice.”
“I'm not dead yet!”
Kazuma Satou slammed the table and yelled.
This guy is still complaining about such a trivial matter.
A week after 'exterminating' Vanir, a leader of the Demon King's army, the group gathered at the adventurer's guild to chat.
At that time, Megumin was fed up with Kazuma Satou's monstrous and scummy behavior, so she didn't hold back and used a nuclear attack, even using cherry bombs.
The fragile Kazuma Satou was naturally sent to the heavens, where he met the long-awaited Eris.
Aqua drank her sparkling wine, and pouted, “What does it matter? You were resurrected anyway, Kazuma. Besides, if you had just obediently let me purify you, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.”
“Don't joke around! Who wants to be purified by you!”
“But it's because you did such terrible things, Kazuma. Sena was furious later, shouting that she would convict you.”
“Y-y-you… What are you talking about? That was Vanir's doing, it has nothing to do with me. Besides, I told Sena about it later, and she said she wouldn't pursue my responsibility anymore.”
Kazuma Satou's eyes darted around.
He can deceive others, but he can't deceive the members of the party.
According to Aqua, Kazuma Satou's rotten, scummy smell couldn't even be covered up by the stench of demons, which made him gnash his teeth in anger.
“You guys should be thanking me!”
“…What?”
“I was possessed by a demon to save Megumin, I argued with Vanir constantly so he couldn't escape, I defeated the Demon King's army leader at the cost of my life, it was all my sacrifice!”
“Kazuma, you bastard…”
After he said that as a matter of course, Megumin twitched her lips.
“It's okay to fool others, but don't fool yourself. Think carefully, is it really your credit?”
“I…I…”
Kazuma Satou couldn't say a word.
If there were a lie detector here, it would definitely be ringing non-stop.
“In, in short, Megumin caused me to die once, she has to compensate me!”
“Okay.”
“…Really?”
“Yes.”
Megumin opened her arms to him, although she was smiling, the cold light in her eyes was terrifying.
“Come, let me hug you.”
“Thanks, but no thanks.”
Kazuma Satou definitely didn't dare to mess around.
Being electrocuted is still acceptable, he can endure it, but being blown into pieces by an explosion comparable to explosion magic, he really doesn't want to experience it again.
According to Aqua later.
In order to revive him, she collected his body fragments bit by bit, and only after finally gathering all the parts was she able to successfully revive him.
“Adventurer, Megumin!”
At this time, Sena, the kingdom's prosecutor, came to their corner. Her full-bodied voice didn't sound like she was talking to Megumin and the others, but rather to attract the attention of other adventurers in the guild.
Actually, she didn't need to do this. The other adventurers in the guild had already focused their enthusiastic attention on them.
“On behalf of this town, I would like to present a certificate of appreciation as encouragement, and also for previously regarding Mr. Kazuma Satou as a suspect and scum… Forget it, I won't apologize.”
“Why aren't you apologizing!”
Sena bowed halfway, as if thinking about the stolen underwear incident, still having a prejudice against Kazuma Satou.
Even so.
Kazuma Satou still made a profit.
Under Megumin's intentional guidance, Sena mistakenly believed that Kazuma Satou was willing to be possessed by a demon to protect his companions. Although he later made a series of embarrassing, angry, and funny incidents, the fact that he died once to eliminate Vanir, a leader of the Demon King's army, is undeniable.
If he was related to the Demon King's army, it would be impossible to make such a big sacrifice to defeat a leader.
Based on this reason.
His suspicion of being a spy for the Demon King's army was also cleared.
“—Then, let's award the bounty!”
Sena spoke again.
The noisy guild returned to silence.
Vanir is a well-known leader of the Demon King's army in the kingdom, and because he is an enemy of mankind, there is a high reward for him.
Although Megumin's adventurer card showed [Vanir, Leader of the Demon King's Army (No. 1)], which was a bit confusing, the title of Leader of the Demon King's Army cannot be faked, so—
“After deducting Mr. Kazuma Satou's debts, as well as the repair costs of the lord's mansion, we hereby award the remaining bounty after clearing the debts, 40 million Eris, and commend everyone's achievements!”
Along with a certificate and a heavy bag, it was handed to everyone. But everyone crowded around the bounty, and the certificate issued by the kingdom was casually thrown on the ground.
“Y-you, you guys…!”
Sena seemed very angry, but she just clenched her fists and didn't blame them.
Everyone in the guild cheered excitedly at the sight, adventurers constantly congratulating and shouting at them, and the group generously offered to treat them to drinks, the atmosphere in the guild becoming as lively as a banquet.
Megumin left the scene to the banquet goddess Aqua and the others, and stood up with Kazuma Satou to walk out of the guild.
Clearing the debt made them very happy, but they still had more important things to do next.
They came to a small alley with few pedestrians, in front of a shop with the signboard of Wiz's Magic Item Shop.
Without stopping, they pushed the door open.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of a bell, and Wiz's gentle “Welcome”… No?
They opened the door.
What came into view was a tall figure wearing a pink apron, and the owner of the magic item shop, Wiz, were watching something in front of the counter.
“Hmm, hmm… I see, I see… That's what's going on.”
“Miss Wiz, Mr. Vanir, what are you doing?”
“Ah, it's Megumin and Mr. Kazuma, welcome!”
Wiz welcomed the two gently.
And through the space she turned around, Kazuma Satou saw a strange thing.
…A fish tank?
And it's not an ordinary fish tank, it also contains something like a helmet inside, which looks very familiar, as if he's seen it somewhere.
Where is it…
“Ah!”
Kazuma Satou opened his mouth wide, pointed at the fish tank and shouted: “Isn't that the Dullahan's head? Why is he here!?”
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“Oh? Ah, it's you guys.”
The tall figure wearing a pink apron turned around, it turned out to be Vanir. He was no different from when they first met, except that the mask on his forehead had a character Ⅱ added.
“Welcome! A Crimson Demon who has a problem with his brain and explodes without saying a word, a scumbag who wants to take advantage but was blown to death.”
“Don't use that title!”
“That's right, that's right!”
The two rolled their eyes unhappily.
“So, what are you here for today?”
“Delivering money, delivering money. The kingdom's bounty was issued today, as agreed, a 30-70 split, here you go.”
Megumin threw the heavy bag to Vanir.
The masked demon was very satisfied.
Kazuma Satou couldn't understand why he was still so greedy for money even though he was a duke of hell, but it was thanks to his greed that the negotiation was successful.
“By the way, what are you guys doing?”
“Ah… We are considering whether this fish tank can be considered a commodity, and how much it should be priced appropriately.”
Vanir seemed very troubled.
The Dullahan yelled, “Don't just treat people as commodities! This is not for sale, do you know that!”
“Hey…”
Kazuma Satou asked strangely: “Although it's just a head, he should be the Dullahan, right? Why is he here, and only a head?”
“…Hmph, you have to ask the little brat next to you about this.”
The Dullahan seemed unwilling to say more.
Megumin stepped forward, hugged the fish tank and said: “That's right, that's right, this is not for sale. Rather, this is my property. It is deposited in Wiz's magic item shop.”
“Oh? Ah, that's really rude, but I didn't expect Wiz to have such a business acumen, launching a deposit service.”
“T-that… it's free…”
Wiz said softly, glared at by the angry Vanir, the timid lich girl shuddered.
It seems that she has been taught a lot these days.
Kazuma Satou then took Megumin to the corner and asked softly: “As for why the Dullahan's head is here, I won't ask, I want to know what you want to do with it? The other party is a leader of the Demon King's army, Vanir came to this town to investigate the Dullahan's whereabouts, you know that, right?”
It may seem to him that the fault lies with Megumin. If she hadn't imprisoned the Dullahan, Vanir wouldn't have come, and the dungeon wouldn't have been flooded with monsters.
But he didn't think that if the Dullahan hadn't been imprisoned, it wouldn't just be Vanir who would have come, but a group of Demon King's army leaders.
Being spawn-camped by a max-level powerhouse.
…The last time someone had this treatment was that overly cautious hero.
“Didn't I say it?”
“What?”
“I want to be the Demon King.”
“…”
“Mr. Dullahan is a leader of the Demon King's army, you have seen his strength, even Aqua can't do anything about it. So I thought, since I want to become the Demon King, I must have powerful people as subordinates. So, I kept Mr. Dullahan. It's just that he stubbornly refuses to submit, so I put him in the fish tank.”
No, no, no, that's not the problem.
What's with wanting to be the Demon King?
What's with powerful subordinates?
Does it have anything to do with putting the Dullahan in a fish tank?
Kazuma Satou had a lot of things he wanted to complain about, but there were too many, and he didn't know where to start.
“Okay.”
Vanir conjured away the bulging money bag that Wiz was extremely envious of, and said to the two: “The transaction is complete, and you two guests have a lot of bounty now, right? Feel free to choose anything you want to buy, and if you don't have anything, please leave, you are hindering my work.”
“Hey…”
“Wait, Kazuma.”
Megumin stopped the somewhat angry Kazuma Satou and said to the Duke of Hell in front of her: “Vanir, I'm here to negotiate… cough, business.”
“What business?”
“Get rid of the evil lord Alderp.”
“…Oh ho, interesting, I'd like to hear the details.”
Vanir had a playful smile on his lips.