svetikya #280 - Kazuma Princess Pinkie
#280 - Kazuma Princess Pinkie
“Hey, wake up.”
“Who is it? Let me sleep a little longer…!? ”
Kazuma Satou only felt someone shaking him constantly, and when he opened his hazy eyes and saw the person in front of him, he was instantly startled awake.
“Sylvia, Sylvia!? ”
“It’s me. By the way, how did you end up passed out on the side of the road? Drinking so much isn’t good for your body.”
“Being cared for by a Demon King Army executive, my feelings are complicated.”
This older sister is really too considerate. Honestly, Kazuma Satou felt a little guilty. Now, not only did he not want to defeat her, he even wanted to defect.
“Why did you drink so much? What happened? ”
“Well… various reasons, I guess.”
Kazuma Satou scratched his cheek awkwardly.
He couldn't possibly say that he excitedly ran over after hearing about a succubus shop, only to find that there were no succubi there at all, just a normal little bar. His expectations were shattered, so he drank out of spite, and then got drunk and passed out on the side of the road with no one to care for him, right?
That would be too embarrassing.
“More importantly… where is this place? ”
Kazuma Satou looked around.
He realized that this was the place he had come to during the day.
“This is the entrance to the Crimson Demon Village's underground hangar, the place where the Crimson Demons sealed away weapons capable of destroying the world.”
Sylvia explained while taking out some strange device.
It looked familiar.
“…Is that a barrier breaker? ”
“You know quite a bit, don’t you? That’s right, this is the tool that can destroy barriers. Originally, it was unique to the Demon King's army, but recently I heard that it has become popular in Axel. By the way, you came from Axel, right? Do you know anything about it? ”
“I don’t know.”
Kazuma Satou lied decisively.
He couldn't possibly say that the barrier breaker was his party member, and also a Crimson Demon, who was selling them, right?
“Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't know. You can leave now.”
“Huh? ”
“Why are you so surprised? I don’t have any grudges against you, and you didn’t chase after me during the day.”
“I thought you would take me hostage and threaten my companions… Th-that… your eyes look a little strange. Could you pretend I didn’t say anything? I would be very grateful if you did…”
Kazuma Satou said as he backed away.
But Sylvia grabbed him with her tentacles, her brown eyes flashing with a frightening light.
“You’re a smart one, aren’t you! ”
It looked like he wasn't going to get away.
— — — —
On the other side.
Yunyun and the others began searching for the Demon King Army executive. Given that those guys were always interested in the forbidden area of the Crimson Demon Village, they directly searched the forbidden area. Soon, they discovered Kazuma Satou in the underground hangar.
“Hey! Princess Peach! ”
“We’ve come to save you, Peach! ”
Hearing them call out, Kazuma Satou turned around in annoyance and shouted angrily at Yunyun and the others.
“Who’s Peach!? ”
At the same time, he felt a little strange.
The opening command for the underground hangar was the small finger command, and he had just been called Princess Peach… What does this mean? Is this from some FC game? Is it an antique?
“Since you always get captured, it’s not a problem to call you Peach, right? ”
“Hey! ”
“More importantly, what’s going on there? ”
Before he could get angry, Yunyun gestured with her chin for him to explain the banging gate of the underground hangar behind him, from which Sylvia's shouts could be faintly heard.
“How should I put it…”
Then Kazuma Satou recounted how he had drunk too much at the bar and Sylvia had picked him up, then brought him here and tricked her into falling down.
“That's how it is. Sylvia is locked in here by my brilliant wit. It seems like this door can't be opened from the inside. If we just leave it like this for a month, she should quiet down, right? ”
As if to confirm his words, faint insults came from the underground hangar, but Darkness and the others were concerned about something else.
“He? Could it be…”
“Ah, Sylvia is male.”
Kazuma Satou's expression was unsightly.
At the same time, his right hand unconsciously covered his chrysanthemum.
No wonder this guy could be so ruthless in pushing Sylvia into the underground hangar. He must have known that the other party was a transvestite, and didn't hold back in anger.
He waved his hand and said, “Don't worry, Yunyun said that there are no weapons that can destroy the world in here, so there's nothing to be afraid of, right? ”
“Well… that's true. No matter how powerful he is, he shouldn't be able to activate the weapons inside. Because no one knows the activation method. But I didn't expect Sylvia to be able to undo the seal.” Megumin said with an unexpected expression.
The others nodded in agreement.
Kazuma Satou closed his mouth, deciding not to reveal that he was the one who opened the seal.
Darkness looked at the door being hammered from the inside, feeling pity: “A Demon King Army executive being locked inside and turning into a dried corpse… No matter what, it seems too pitiful to just defeat him like this…”
“What pointless sympathy. You have to know that the other party is a Demon King Army executive, terribly powerful. Most importantly, we can get 300 million Eris this time! How much delicious bubble wine can we drink! ”
Aqua began to imagine a bright future.
“Oh my, this goddess, defeating the Demon King Army executive all depends on me.”
“Of course I know, all thanks to the wise and courageous Kazuma-sama. But aren't we party members? You can share a little of the reward, right?”
“That depends on your performance.”
The two of them were as cunning as villains, laughing lewdly and triumphantly, echoing the angry shouts in the underground hangar.
The other Crimson Demons also praised Kazuma Satou.
And Kazuma Satou, who was floating on air and had already figured out how to spend the 300 million reward, saw Yunyun's expression slightly distorted and had a bad feeling.
“Yunyun, you're not worried, are you? ”
“Because there are very dangerous weapons stored in here.”
“Wait, didn't you say it couldn't destroy the world? Are you kidding me!? ”
“I wasn't kidding, it's just…”
Yunyun wanted to say something else.
But the other Crimson Demons all looked nonchalant. They said:
“Nothing will happen—even we can't decipher how to use that thing, Sylvia is even less likely to be able to do it.”
“That's right, that's right. Although I don't know how that guy opened the underground hangar, wanting to use that thing is just wishful thinking.”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible! ”
“If that Sylvia can use that thing, I'll strip naked and run around the Crimson Demon Village! ”
They were planting more and more flags.
Kazuma Satou wasn't too worried at first, but now he couldn't help but worry. Could that Sylvia really use some world-destroying weapon?
“I say, are these people saying this on purpose? Does the Crimson Demon race have a habit of actively inviting trouble? Do you guys like planting flags so much? ”
“I must state—yes! A Crimson Demon would rather die than be uncool! ”
“What's so proud about that!? ”
Kazuma Satou felt a headache looking at Yunyun's smug expression.
And Megumin also persuaded: “The Crimson Demons really like to invite trouble, but it should be fine, right? There's no sound inside anymore, maybe he's already passed out from lack of oxygen.”
Hearing her say this, everyone listened carefully and found that the shouting had disappeared unnoticed.
But the feeling of unease became even stronger.
How should I describe it?
It was the calm before the storm.
“Hmm? ”
Darkness seemed a little strange. She stomped on the ground and said: “Everyone, the ground seems to be shaking.”
“Hey, something doesn't seem right. I have a bad feeling. I think we should run first.”
Kazuma Satou said this.
Aqua foolishly said: “Wait a minute, what's wrong, Kazuma-sama? We finally defeated a Demon King Army executive, we haven't discussed how to use the reward yet. Let's discuss splitting it evenly.”
“You're always like this, why do you have to plant flags! Yunyun, we need to retreat, I'm counting on you for teleportation magic…! ”
“It's no use, it's too late.”
“Gah—? ”
Yunyun shook her head helplessly, and Kazuma Satou swallowed back half of what he was saying. At this time, rumbling sounds continued, the ground suddenly bulged, and dust flew everywhere. In the smoky dust, under the moonlight—
“AHAHAHAHA!!! ”
A triumphant, rampant laughter came wantonly.
“You're really something, little brother! But did you think I just wanted to take out the weapon? My name is Sylvia, and as you can see, whether it's a weapon or anything else, my ability can fuse it into my body and become one with myself! ”
The dust dissipated.
What came into view was Sylvia, whose lower body had turned into a metallic snake-shaped body, laughing loudly with satisfaction.
“I am one of the Demon King Army executives, the growth-type composite beast Sylvia! ”
The belated self-introduction made everyone panic at once, and the Crimson Demons screamed even louder.
“It's the Magician Killer! ”
“The Magician Killer has been taken over! ”
“Damn it, it's actually the Magician Killer, who is resistant to magic! ”
It sounded ominous just from the name.
Kazuma Satou thought he didn't need to be afraid, after all, they still had the BUG race Crimson Demons here, what was a mere Magician Killer—
“It's no use, let's abandon this village.”
“Goodbye, my hometown.”
“Bye-bye, Crimson Demon Village.”
He saw the Crimson Demons, who had been confident at first, quickly use teleportation magic to leave, leaving only Kazuma Satou and a few others.
He was dumbfounded.
Then he quickly turned around and shouted at Yunyun: “Wait, didn't you say that there were no weapons hidden here that could destroy the world!? ”
“This weapon can't destroy the world, but the one that fused with Sylvia is called the Magician Killer, and it has the characteristic of nullifying magic. It is the bane of all magic professions like the Crimson Demons.”
“Hey…”
“I said it can't destroy the world, but I didn't say it can't destroy the Crimson Demon Village.”
— — — — What are you kidding me about!!! ”
After a brief silence, an even louder roar erupted in the forbidden area in front of the underground hangar.