CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 342 ⤞ A DATE AND ALONE TIME WITH DARKNESS

This inn appeared to have Japanese-style decorations, but the interior structure was actually more Western-style.

The room was spacious, more than enough for two people.

As men, Adam and Kazuma didn’t bring much luggage and finished setting everything up in about ten minutes. Afterward, they sat on the sofa waiting for Aqua and the others to return, chatting idly.

Before long, everyone gathered together again.

"So, we’re going sightseeing, huh."

This was the first time Kazuma and the others had left Axel, so they naturally wanted to go out and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Water City.

Everyone started dividing into groups based on their rooms. However, Aqua insisted on going off alone.

"I’m going to visit the church here! By the way, Darkness is a member of the Eris Church, so wouldn’t it be inappropriate for her to visit the Axis Church?... Wait, Darkness joined my Familia, right? So how can you still call yourself a member of the Eris Church?!"

The idiot Aqua finally noticed the blind spot.

But even if she said that, getting Darkness to change her faith would be impossible in the short term.

"Well then, I’ll be going ahead."

Before Adam could warn her not to cause trouble, Aqua vanished from everyone’s sight in a flash.

"That girl... she’s definitely going to the church to enjoy being praised by others." Kazuma said, understanding this idiot very well.

Just a little praise would make her tail rise sky-high, and she wouldn’t even think about the reason why.

If it weren’t for the fact that the Axis Church was a religious order that worshipped her, Kazuma would definitely ask Adam to destroy it!

Wait! Thinking carefully, isn’t it precisely because they worship the idiot Aqua that other people avoid them like the plague?

He seemed to have found the reason.

"Well then, let’s go sightseeing in the district."

"Sure."

Megumin and Yunyun set off together.

Wiz and Beatrice had just agreed to establish a coordinate point in this hot spring city so they could return to enjoy the hot springs anytime.

Beatrice used Spatial Transfer, while Wiz used Teleportation. Both were interested in each other’s magic, so they went off to research together.

Meanwhile, Kazuma said he wanted to enjoy the hot springs.

Actually, Adam knew he definitely had other things in mind — like the mixed bathing.

But since they had just arrived, and Kazuma wasn’t sure if there was one, Adam suspected he was going to scout it out and possibly enjoy the mixed bathing later that night.

As the representative of the new generation of perverts, he naturally wouldn’t miss this excellent opportunity to experience the very special mixed bathing pools.

He gave Adam a thumbs up and used eye signals, seemingly inviting him to join. But Adam declined.

"Darkness, what are you going to do next?"

"Get insulted!... No, I mean go sightseeing!"

"...As I thought, I can’t let you go off alone." Adam sighed, holding his forehead.

This perverted knight, after being bullied with that look from the old man who stopped them on the road, had flipped some indescribable switch in her mind. She was definitely fantasizing about inappropriate things.

"Eh, ehh—?! No, no need, I-I can manage on my own!"

"...Before you say that, how about wiping your drool first?"

"Wh-what?!" Hearing his words, Darkness’s face instantly turned bright red, and she unconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth.

Adam looked at Kazuma and said, "So that’s how it is. Sorry, Kazuma-kun, but you’ll have to go alone this time."

"No, it’s fine. With Darkness’s level of perversion, Adam-senpai is the one who has it hardest, isn’t he?" Kazuma wasn’t disappointed at all.

In fact, when he realized he could dump the trouble on Adam and enjoy himself alone, he secretly felt delighted.

"Well then, shall we go?"

After that, Adam took Darkness out.

Walking on the bustling street, the two enjoyed the local customs that were different from Axel.

"Darkness, you rarely leave the village, right?"

"Yes, because my father is a lord, I rarely went out before I came of age."

Her identity was that of a lord’s daughter. As a noble, she had been confined to a gilded cage since childhood and rarely had the chance to travel.

If she hadn’t run away from home, despite her father’s indulgence, she might still never have been exposed to the outside world.

"Then, allow me, an experienced traveler, to take Lady Lalatina on a tour of this beautiful Water City." He extended his hand to the blonde girl in casual clothes beside him, inviting her to join him.

"Don’t call me by that name!" Darkness reflexively objected, the reaction now practically instinctive.

However, she still elegantly placed her hand in Adam’s, then smoothly held onto his arm.

"Uh..."

"What is it?"

"No, how should I put it... it feels like we’re on a date."

"Wh-what... what are you saying?!" Darkness’s face instantly turned crimson, and she lowered her head shyly, but her hands holding his arm didn’t let go.

"Well then, let’s set off!"

"Mm... mm."

"By the way, Lady Lalatina, your outfit today really suits you."

"Wha—, Adam, you—!"

"Hahaha—, I’m telling the truth."

After some playful banter, both of them walked toward the town center with smiles on their faces.

This Water City was indeed a major tourist area. The people here, whether doing business, attracting customers, or tricking passersby into joining the Axis Church, were all quite astonishing in their methods.

To be precise, it was like a battlefield.

Just as Adam and Darkness were walking down the street, loud shouting erupted from a storefront. The two quickly approached and found two neighboring shops suddenly quarreling.

"No customer would buy things from a vulgar shop like yours! You use ordinary materials without a hint of elegance! Noble customers passing by should buy our Elven-made steamed buns with pure natural ingredients, not your wild boar meat buns!"

The speaker was an elf — or something like that. Let’s call him that for now. He was a handsome man with long ears, green hair, a tall figure, and fair skin.

On the other side stood a standard dwarf. Short and stout, with a thick beard that almost reached his navel, and a very rugged appearance.

He shouted back loudly, mocking without any courtesy.

"Who are you pretending to be so noble, you skinny stick! What matters is value for money, not price. Not all good things have to be expensive, you know! Customer, you should buy my Dwarven-made meat buns instead — thick filling, thin skin, juicy, and they won’t get stuck in your throat!"

Unlike the elegant Elven shopkeeper, the Dwarf shopkeeper had a mouth full of crude language.

"You disrespectful lout, with your filthy language, not a bit of nobility or elegance!"

"Look who’s talking! You fake, pretentious hypocrite!"

The two continued arguing.

But Darkness was like a child, pointing at the quarreling pair and saying to Adam, "An elf and a dwarf! They look exactly like what I heard about when I was little!"

"Yes, indeed." Adam didn’t feel anything special. He had seen too many in Danmachi.

But so as not to spoil the mood, he went along with her words.

However, Darkness’s sparkling eyes seemed to cause a misunderstanding for the two shopkeepers.

"See that? The customer clearly wanted to buy my goods, but now you’ve scared her!"

"Nonsense! The customer obviously wanted to buy my goods!"

The two started arguing again.

Darkness knew they were arguing because of her. As someone who had somehow become the center of the incident without knowing why, she decided to end their dispute.

"Um, please listen! If that’s the case, I’ll buy both of your products!"

"Thank you for your patronage—!" x2

The two shopkeepers instantly stopped arguing and thanked her for her business together.

"Ah, huh...?!" Darkness was completely confused.

She felt like she had been tricked.

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