The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#279 - Kazuma's Bizarre Adventure (Somaru no Sato)

Kazuma Sato and the others also wanted to chase after them, but the Red Demons, led by Yunyun, were frighteningly frenzied. Unable to get involved, they decisively chose not to interfere and returned to Megumin's house to wait.

Aqua was performing talents for Yunyun and Darkness, Megumin and Yunyun were playing chess, and Kazuma Sato was tinkering with products from another world, hoping to sell them to Vanir to earn more money.

Honestly.

Not only the Red Demons, but they also completely lacked a sense of crisis about the village being invaded by a Demon King Army executive.

It couldn't be helped.

Who told that Demon King Army executive to be such a coward, being chased around by Yunyun and the others, without a hint of a strong presence. Probably in a while, good news would spread throughout the village, that they had successfully defeated the Demon King Army executive Sylvia, and they just had to wait patiently to divide the money.

Before dinner in the evening, Yunyun rushed back from outside, her expression not very good. Or rather, thoughtful would be more accurate.

Everyone greeted him when they saw him.

Kazuma Sato also asked curiously: "How was it? Did you successfully defeat Sylvia? ...Looks like you didn't."

That wasn't a happy expression. Judging from Yunyun's reaction, she probably didn't succeed.

As expected—

"Sorry, I accidentally let Sylvia escape."

"It's fine, it's fine. She's a Demon King Army executive, after all. How could she not have some means of self-preservation? Besides, isn't it always like this in stories? The villains are all unkillable cockroaches."

Kazuma Sato comforted her.

If a Demon King Army executive really wanted to escape, probably not many people could stop her—the reason they're executives is that they definitely have strength. Even that seemingly weak-willed lich girl is terrifyingly strong when she goes berserk.

"...But I even used 'Who's Got the Harder Life'."

"What did you say!?"

Kazuma Sato was dumbfounded.

In his opinion, this move should be a special move or a trump card, a killer move that the protagonist uses in times of crisis, not to be used unless absolutely necessary, because it's a double-edged sword that can backfire and kill you if used improperly.

Who would have thought that Yunyun would use it so recklessly, as if she didn't care about dying at all. No, she was confident that she had the harder life.

"Then the result—"

"As you thought, it failed."

"Huh?"

"But I didn't die either."

"Huh????"

Hearing Yunyun say this, everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered around him.

"What's going on? Normally, this is a kill-or-be-killed move, right? Since it failed, Yunyun should have died."

"Aqua, are you cursing Yunyun to die?"

"Kazuma, don't pick a fight. I'm just stating the facts! Besides, even if she died, I could bring her back!"

The idiot goddess was right.

It was precisely because Aqua was there that Yunyun dared to use the killer move recklessly, but she didn't expect it to be ineffective this time.

Darkness asked: "Could it be that the distance wasn't enough?"

"No, this move is a lock-on skill. No matter how far away, once locked on, you can't escape at all." Yunyun shook his head.

He understood his own abilities best. The skill derived from his inherent spirit armor was almost equivalent to a rule-based skill, so it was so strong.

"Could it be that Sylvia has defensive abilities?"

"That's right. Didn't Father's letter say that that Demon King Army executive has the ability to nullify magic?"

Megumin and Yunyun spoke up one after another.

The ability to nullify magic was real. Yunyun and the others used so much magic, but it didn't cause any damage to Sylvia—her magic immunity was almost like the White Whale's, exaggeratedly strong.

But Yunyun was sure that wasn't the reason. Because 'Who's Got the Harder Life' wasn't magic, but a rule-based ability that transcended magic, an ability that absolutely couldn't be defended against.

"Then that means..."

Kazuma Sato also looked thoughtful. The others subconsciously looked at him, and after a brief silence, he slowly opened his mouth.

"Maybe it's because Sylvia didn't have any hostility."

"No hostility?"

"That's right. Because Sylvia didn't intend to fight and kept running away, it didn't work, right?"

Huh?

For a moment, they suddenly understood.

Should it be said that Kazuma Sato's mind works fast? He was able to think of this, and Yunyun felt it was even more likely.

Since obtaining this ability and using it, all of his opponents, whether it was Ikki Kurogane, General Winter, the Poisonous Slime, Elsa... were hostile.

"Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?"

"What about you, Kazuma?"

Yunyun looked at Kazuma Sato. He hadn't forgotten that he had used Kazuma Sato as a target to demonstrate this move, and then he had died and gone to see Eris.

"Of course I was hostile!"

"Eh—————"

Hearing Kazuma Sato say this, everyone showed disgusted and contemptuous expressions, but this scumbag shouted: "Hey! Yunyun was clearly using me as an experiment at that time. How could I not be hostile!?"

It suddenly made sense.

"I see. Well, I forgive you."

"...Why are you making it sound like I'm wrong?"

Kazuma Sato rolled his eyes unhappily.

It wasn't his fault, but he was always placed on the side of the perpetrator. Just because he always does more devilish things, does he have to be suspected? Is there any justice in this world? Is there any law? I can't stand it.

He looked like he didn't want to say anything more and stood up, preparing to leave.

"Kazuma, where are you going? Dinner's almost ready."

"I'm not eating. I'm going to soak in the hot spring."

"Hot spring?"

Yunyun, Megumin, and Yunyun exchanged glances.

Do the Red Demons have hot springs? How come they didn't know?

And soon, they realized that this guy must want to go to a mixed-gender hot spring. They didn't expect Kazuma Sato to still be thinking about these things. It was quite speechless.

However, in order to watch a good show, Yunyun and Megumin covered Yunyun's mouth, not letting her tell Kazuma Sato this regrettable fact.

Dinner was very pleasant.

Kazuma Sato didn't come back until they were about to go to sleep.

Originally, there was no need to worry. Even if there was harassment from the Demon King Army, in front of a group of lunatics...no, powerful magicians from the Red Demons, it wouldn't be enough to see.

...That's how it was supposed to be.

[Demon King Army attack! Demon King Army attack! It seems that some of the Demon King Army has invaded the village! Repeat! Demon King Army attack! Demon King Army attack!]

This time, they couldn't help but worry.

— — — —

Let's rewind the time a few hours.

"Damn it, why do I have to be treated like that? I'm clearly the victim."

Kazuma Sato, who was sulking, was already tired of this place. He decided to leave tomorrow and no longer care about the Demon King Army executive.

But before that—

"I have to experience the hot springs here properly, after all, I'm a hot spring expert!"

Kazuma Sato came to the bathhouse, his mouth saying one thing but his body doing another.

Looking at the sign above [Mixed-Gender Hot Spring], he only felt that the small village was too simple, direct, and bold. Putting this kind of sign outside was simply indecent, so he had to go in and criticize the shopkeeper properly and make him change the name to something more elegant.

"Speaking of...this place is so small. Is there really a hot spring here?"

The hot spring hotel they stayed at in Alcanretia had a mountain behind it, and the area it occupied was very large, but the building in front of them...no, no, no, there must only be one hot spring, so they had to soak together, so it was called a mixed-gender hot spring.

That's right, it must be like this!

Kazuma Sato hopped in, and then when he was soaking in the pool—

"Isn't this just a public bathhouse!?"

Fraud!

It was blatant fraud!

Kazuma Sato clenched his fists in anger. Where was the mixed-gender hot spring? It was just an ordinary public bathhouse, and there wasn't even a mixed-gender one to serve as a substitute!

His innocent heart was already in tatters.

"Oh, are you a foreigner?...I've seen you. You're a companion who came back to the village with Yunyun and the others, right?"

At this time, an old man spoke to him.

Out of politeness to respect the old and love the young, Kazuma Sato chatted with the old man and learned the name of the public bathhouse here—Mixed-Gender Hot Spring—was actually a name given many years ago. This was just an ordinary public bathhouse.

"Damn it, I've been scammed!"

"Hahaha—many of you foreigners have been scammed," the old man laughed heartlessly.

Kazuma Sato said unhappily, "You should change this misleading name. Aren't you afraid that customers will cause trouble?"

"Who dares?"

"Huh?"

"Although some people complained and caused trouble at the beginning, no one did it soon."

The old man said casually.

Kazuma Sato then realized that for the Red Demons, a BUG-like race, not many people would dare to cause trouble here, after all, even the Demon King Army executives fled in terror. At the same time, he also understood why the tourism industry in this village couldn't develop—there were too many scams.

"Seriously, this village is too bizarre."

"Don't say that. Actually, there are still many interesting places in the village, such as the forbidden area, the forbidden area, and the forbidden area."

"Hey!"

Kazuma Sato had already learned today that the Red Demons were full of forbidden areas.

"Well...but there is one place you should like?"

"Where? Forget it, it's probably a cat-eared shrine, the hill of the love god, or a forbidden area..."

"Succubus Tavern."

"...What did you say!?"

Kazuma Sato became interested as soon as he heard the word succubus from the old man.

"There's a succubus tavern here too?"

"Oh, I knew you'd be interested. Other adventurers get excited like you when they hear about this place. Alas, I really don't know what's so good about it that they like it so much."

Seeing the skinny old Red Demon, Kazuma Sato said very seriously.

"...It's better for you to go less, old man."

"My son says the same. But indeed, I feel very tired every time I go, and it takes several days to recover...brat, what kind of expression is that?"

"No, should I say you're still full of vigor or still have evil intentions...?"

Going to a succubus shop at such an old age!?

Don't you want your life?

Hearing that there was a succubus tavern, Kazuma Sato couldn't suppress his restless heart any longer. After casually saying goodbye to the old man, he hurried out of the bathhouse.

The old man watched his flustered back with amusement and sighed.

"After all, he's an adventurer. When he hears there's a tavern, he can't wait to rush over. Alas, it's good to be young."