The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#186 - Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, we still go there

"Wake up, wake up!"

The next day, early in the morning, Aqua's deafening voice echoed throughout the mansion.

She was like an elementary school student about to go on a spring outing, overly excited about the hot spring trip.

Under normal circumstances, she should be listless, but considering Aqua is a goddess, her energy is almost on par with a husky, which makes it understandable.

On the contrary, Kazuma, who had gone to bed early, worriedly clutched his forehead.

"...Hey, Kazuma."

"What's wrong?"

"Let's change our route and go to the Temple of Eternal Summer."

"Hey! Didn't we agree to go to the hot springs? Why are you suddenly changing your mind again?

Now that we've come this far, there's no turning back."

Kazuma Sato almost couldn't hold it in anymore.

In fact, he also felt a faint unease in his heart.

Yunyun, who was usually so confident, was so resistant to the hot springs and the city of water, which suggested that it might really be dangerous there.

They arrived in the living room.

Aqua, seeing the sluggish pair, shouted, "How long are you two going to dawdle? Hurry up and get ready, we're leaving!"

The hot spring and water city, Alcanretia.

If you leave from Axel, it seems that it only takes one and a half days by carriage.

If you take the first carriage in the morning, you only need to spend one night in the wilderness.

Originally, they planned to use the teleportation array, but...

"Yunyun, do you have any concept of thrift? The teleportation fee for one person is 300,000 Eris, and for six people, it's nearly 2 million Eris.

That's enough to drink a lot of sparkling wine! Besides, we're adventurers, so enjoying the journey is also appropriate, right?"

"...Are you really Aqua? Hey, could it be that someone switched you out?

I'm saying, let me see who you're hiding under your clothes!"

"D-don't pull my ribbons! These are my symbols as a goddess! Let go, let go!"

Yunyun couldn't believe that Aqua would say something about saving money.

If it were Kazuma Sato, she could understand, but this idiot goddess...

"If we have so much money, we can stay in Alcanretia for a longer time, can't we?"

So that's how it is, I knew something was wrong.

She must think that the travel expenses are not worthwhile, and that it's better to enjoy a longer stay than to get there quickly.

Moreover, teleportation magic in this world is generally used only in emergencies, otherwise even nobles would not use it recklessly.

Yunyun has been learning teleportation magic.

But unfortunately, in order to use teleportation magic, you need to have personally visited the corresponding place, and then leave coordinates there, and you can only have three coordinates, in order to use it.

And although he had been there before, he didn't leave any coordinates, so he couldn't use teleportation magic.

However, he could use it on the way back.

"By the way, you two go wake up the others first, I have something to take care of."

Kazuma Sato left these words and walked out of the mansion with his travel luggage on his back.

Aqua and Yunyun exchanged glances.

"Yunyun, I..."

"The carriage for the trip, right? I'll go wake up the three of them, Aqua, you go reserve the carriage.

Also, please book two carriages, after all, there are six of us."

"Okay, I got it!"

She also rushed out in a flurry.

Yunyun helplessly shook her head.

This idiot goddess is always so energetic, which is also quite a headache.

Afterward, she came to the second floor of the mansion.

"Has Megumin woken up yet? We're leaving soon, how long are you planning to sleep for...?"

Before she could knock on the door, she heard a voice from inside.

"M-Megumin, be gentle, please be gentle.

This is my first time, I've always wanted to save such a precious thing for Yunyun, so, so..."

"Don't worry, Yuyu, I'll be very gentle, leave it all to me."

"B-but I'm scared..."

"Just leave it all to me!"

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Didn't I tell you to be gentle, you idiot Megumin!"

Although Yunyun always knew that she was an outsider, how could she let her fiancee be taken away by someone else, even if the other person was a girl and also her childhood friend whom she liked!

"You two, what exactly are you doing...?"

She pushed the door open forcefully.

What came into view was not a lascivious scene, but the two of them sitting in the room fully dressed, with a travel bag in the center.

Megumin was holding something that looked like a cloth doll in her hand, forcefully stuffing it into the bag.

"...What are you doing?"

"It's Yuyu, she insisted on bringing this doll.

I already told her not to take it, but she said it's her first time traveling with her companions, and she wants to give you a handmade doll.

I'm so mad!"

She pulled the doll's head with a disgruntled look.

"Let go, let go quickly!" Yuyu hurriedly snatched it back and shouted, "I told you to be gentle, Megumin!

Why did you have to use so much force, you broke it! Also, didn't I say to keep it a secret!"

Only then did Yunyun see clearly.

Whether the doll that the two were fighting over should be called novel or abstract, in short, although it had the shape of a doll, its appearance was completely indistinguishable.

"Yuyu?"

"B-because Yunyun's birthday is coming up soon, so, so I wanted to prepare a birthday gift for you, but we're going on a trip, and it's still a little unfinished, so, so I thought I'd take it to Alcanretia..."

Where was it a little unfinished?

It was only a little bit done, right?

But this was Yuyu's intention, so Yunyun wouldn't say anything excessive.

"Yuyu, I'm very grateful for your intention, but this time we're going out to play, and I hope you can also enjoy yourself to the fullest.

As for this doll, let's work hard together when we get back, okay?"

"Yes! I'd be happy to!"

Yuyu was overjoyed.

Megumin pouted unhappily.

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she might have blown it up with explosion magic.

And just then, the door to the next room suddenly opened, and hurried, flustered footsteps sounded.

Before they could react, Darkness appeared in front of them.

She was wearing thin, disheveled pajamas that outlined her plump and beautiful figure.

"Darkness?"

"Y-you three said you want to make a baby!?"

The newest novel is at six nine book bar first!

"...What?"

"I-I didn't expect you three to have such a chaotic relationship!

Are you planning to take advantage of the trip to do such chaotic things behind our backs while we're enjoying the hot springs, enjoying a sense of inexplicable depravity!?

Isn't that 3, 3...3...?"

"Okay! That's enough!"

Yunyun didn't let her say that letter.

This panting, seemingly horny female knight often selectively loses her hearing and always says things that make people dumbfounded in such situations.

Didn't she see that Megumin and Yuyu were both blushing and looking down shyly?

...Hmm?

Was there something wrong?

Yunyun looked at the flat-chested loli who was also blushing slightly and constantly sneaking glances at her.

Ah, is this...

"Okay, okay! Darkness, it's not early, let's set off quickly!"

"O-oh...! D-don't push me, Megumin! I'll walk on my own, are you going to help me change my clothes?

Although I'm a young lady, I won't...!"

Megumin quickly changed the subject, pushing Darkness away.

— — — —

When they were ready, the group came to the station, where Aqua was waving at them, and behind her was a decent carriage.

As adventurers, they could actually choose to be hired as guards by the caravan, but the work of a guard was very hard, and neither Yunyun nor Kazuma Sato was willing to do it.

In addition, this time they were going on a trip to play, so everyone unanimously decided to pay for the carriage like ordinary people and be ordinary passengers.

Yuyu looked at the carriage with some hesitation.

"Yunyun, is it really okay to go to Alcanretia? You know that it's the headquarters of the Axis Church, and plus, something like that happened before, I think it's better not to go."

"...Wait, Yuyu, your words seem to imply that it's my fault."

"It is Megumin's fault!"

"What did you say!?"

Megumin didn't admit her mistake.

Maybe she felt that the little bit of knowledge she taught couldn't change the status quo of the Axis Church, but this time she really miscalculated.

"What are you talking about? Is it about Alcanretia? Don't worry, that's a very good place, it will definitely amaze you!"

Hearing Aqua say this, Yunyun painfully covered her face.

He didn't want to go either.

But considering that there were Demon King Army executives there, plus the prophecy about trapping his sister, it wouldn't be right not to go and deal with it.

Darkness was lost in memories at this time.

"Leaving this town to travel... was it since my father took me to the royal capital when I was little to attend the birthday celebration of the kingdom's princess? At that time... Hmm? What's wrong, Kazuma? Why are you holding my hand oh oh oh oh — — — —?"

Kazuma Sato had returned at some point, along with Wiz on his back.

However, Wiz was charred all over like a piece of charcoal, and Kazuma Sato had absorbed Darkness's stamina through his skills in order to save her.

Wiz, who had regained consciousness, had a blank look in her eyes, and it seemed that she didn't know why she was here either.

But when everyone told her that they were going to the hot springs together, she happily said that they must bring her along.

Thanks to Yunyun for saying a word.

Aqua booked two carriages.

The Red Demon clan trio sat together, along with a small cage, and in the small cage was a lizard—with red eyes, about the size of a cat, its eyes flashing with a rather fierce light.

It was a red dragon's cub.

Megumin seemed very interested in the red dragon's cub, so she sat there.

Of course, Yunyun was the same.

After all, red dragons are quite rare materials, whether it's their horns, teeth, or tails, claws, hearts, etc., they can all be made into very popular high-level potions.

Yunyun's eyes, which were like measuring objects, seemed to stimulate the red dragon cub, which kept roaring at him, but when a cherry bomb—Yunyun's emergency food—slipped through the cracks in the cage and beat it up hard, it became obedient.

Just like that.

On a relatively peaceful morning, they set out on the road to the hot spring and water city of Alcanretia.