After making an agreement with the Flash Running Lizard to meet here again at the same time tomorrow, everyone headed back home.
But instead of going back to the mansion, I went to the public bathhouse. After all, I was treated well by the giant toad.
After washing up, Xiaolin and the other three walked out refreshed. Three bottles of milk were specially prepared as a finishing touch.
“Tons, tons, tons~~~poof!” X3
He drank up the milk without wanting to finish it, even the liquid remaining on the bottle cap.
Then the three of them lay on the sofa and rested comfortably, enjoying the relaxation after hard work.
"I'm sorry, Bell, for bringing you to such a shabby place."
Xiao Lin said apologetically.
In any case, Axel is just a novice village. It has basic facilities but will never be as luxurious and comfortable as a mansion. In addition, there were too many people, so I had to force them to come here.
"That's not the case! That's enough!"
Bell waved his hand quickly.
You must know that when he first ventured into the dungeon, he only went to the free bathhouse built by the guild. Even the bathhouse that was renovated in the family camp was requested by the emperor. He didn't care about this.
At this time, Sato Kazuma patted Kobayashi on the shoulder.
"What's wrong, Sato-kun?"
"Senior Xiaolin, do you want to play with the gashapon machine?"
"Gacha machine?"
"That's the one."
Following the direction of his finger, Xiao Lin and Bell looked over.
In the corner of the bath, there is a strange-looking machine. The appearance is exactly the same as the gashapon machines placed on the streets or in front of major stores in modern society, except that it is not as gorgeous and the whole machine is made of wood.
"It's really a gashapon machine! But why is it here?"
"I did it."
"……Um?"
"I did it. Senior Xiaolin, have you forgotten the contract that Barnier and I signed?"
Oh, I remembered it.
Some time ago, Kazuma Sato produced many convenient products for modern society. Barnier saw these business opportunities and signed a contract with him. The gashapon machine must be one of them.
But the probability of the gashapon machine...
All I can say is that I understand everything.
I don’t know how many people play gashapon machines. Although they won’t go bankrupt, they will clear their balances. In the end, all they get in exchange is the lowest thank you prize and the words “thank you for supporting”.
"By the way, one twist costs 1,000 Eris."
"You are such a devil."
"And the grand prize is a one-year free coupon to the Succubus store."
"You are the Great Sage!"
Xiao Lin was not ashamed at all for changing his story. After all, the grand prize was so generous.
Not just gashapon machines, but the existence of any lottery form, once the value of the grand prize far exceeds the value of the gashapon, its nature will completely change.
Don't worry about not getting the grand prize. The empire's laws are the same as those of the island country. Deception and fraud are not allowed. Once proven, you will be convicted.
And Kazuma Sato doesn’t need to lie.
Don’t forget who Barnier is.
As the Archduke of Hell who rules over demons and is also the idol worshiped by succubi, he does not need to pay a big price in this regard.
"Not only the succubus coupons, but also some other small prizes. How about it, do you want to try it?"
"Um……"
Xiao Lin is actually not very interested in these.
Maybe it was a relationship that was hurt when he was a child. Even if he was told that there was a big prize in it, he would not be moved at all. Instead, he would treat it as a trap and hide away.
On the contrary, Bell looked very interested, but without Su Qing's currency, he could only watch helplessly.
"Bell, how about you go try it."
"Eh? C-can it be?!"
"Of course. Just think of it as a game, don't be burdened to try it."
After saying that, Xiao Lin gave him a handful of coins, and then Bell started his gashapon journey.
...It’s really strange.
With Bell's character, even if Xiaolin repeatedly asked, he would politely refuse. He didn't expect that the novel gashapon machine would be so attractive to him.
Could it be said that it is due to personality?
However, at this time, the man next to him said as if he had planned it: "Okay, I finally got rid of him."
"Sato-kun?"
"Senior Xiaolin, what is your relationship with Miss Aisi? I'd like to state in advance that you don't want to lie to me. I discovered that you had problems before. There is definitely something wrong with the way that blonde swordswoman looks at you."
"That's why you went out of your way to help retain her?"
I really don’t know whether to call him smart or like to do unnecessary things.
Although Sato Kazuma is unsatisfactory in some places, he is top-notch in terms of emotional intelligence or how to deal with people, as long as you don't let him think that you are a hopeless problem child.
"But there's nothing special about Miss Ais and me."
"Hey, stop joking!"
"it is true."
Under his disbelieving gaze, Xiao Lin organized some words and said: "Actually, Miss Ais and I don't have much interaction. We just went to the depths of dangerous dungeons together, and solved the monsters that ravaged the town together. They investigated the truth hidden in the darkness, and they were at odds over certain things until they finally understood each other’s true thoughts.”
"Wait, this isn't a lot of interaction?"
Sato Kazuma has already described in his mind a love story with ups and downs of fighting, confrontation, and understanding, from mutual competition to finally tolerant love.
"Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any affection between us."
This sentence is very confusing.
Sato Kazuma's face was full of disbelief after his delusion was interrupted, but Kobayashi's repeated insistence made it difficult for him to continue questioning.
but!
"That look in Miss Ais's look is undoubtedly reluctance."
"Reluctant to give up?"
"That's right. Although I don't understand it very well, I think Miss Ais still has certain expectations, and Xiaolin-senpai should respond well."
"Are you looking forward to it...I know, I will respond well."
Seeing Xiaolin nodding seriously, Sato Kazuma relaxed completely. The senior he believed in was not a yordle who was a giant in words but a yordle in action, and would definitely respond well to Ais.
"Speaking of which, Aqua and the others are too slow!"
Sato Kazuma was a little impatient waiting.
Although there were many of them, it was not such a delay. The three of them had been waiting here for nearly three hours, and it was already dark!
"If you don't come out, I will rush in!"
"You just wanted to take a peek, dirty Kazuma."
"Without a doubt, Kazuma the devil!"
"You're right Megumin, he is a loser Kazuma!"
When he made a loud statement that was enough to be taken to the interrogation room, Aqua and others finally finished washing and sent extremely sincere 'praise' to Sato Kazuma, even though Sato Kazuma didn't need this kind of praise.
“Tons, tons, tons~~~poof!” X2
Aqua and Hestia both held bottles of milk in their hands, and their movements when drinking were bold and surprisingly consistent.
They are indeed two goddesses with similar interests.
"Speaking of which, I'd welcome Bell to take a peek." Hestia also said something exciting, while her two pony tails swung her head back and forth and said, "Hey, where did Bell go?"
"There... wow!"
Kazuma Sato pointed to the gashapon machine.
But what was there was not a boy with white hair and red eyes, but a mountain of wooden balls.
How many times did he twist it?
Under everyone's surprised gaze, Bell climbed out of the gashapon mountain with difficulty.
"B-Bell? What are you doing?"
"Lord God? This gashapon machine... is really interesting! Look, look! There are so many weird things!"
Bell's eyes were extremely bright.
Kobayashi and Sato must be familiar with the truth. Those are the eyes that are addicted to gashapon and can't extricate themselves.
Hestia scratched her head and asked in confusion: "Gacha... what is it?"
"Huh? There's actually a gashapon machine here?!"
Aqua, who understands modern toy facilities, exclaimed, then joined in enthusiastically.
"But why is there a gashapon machine here?"
"Ah, that's me..."
"It doesn't matter. Hestia, do you want to show off!"
"Hey, listen to what someone is saying!"
The idiot goddess selectively ignored Sato Kazuma's words and challenged Hestia at the same time.
"I don't know what it is, but...well, I accept this challenge!"
Hestia, transformed into the twin-tailed war god, chose to challenge.
"Wait, it's getting late, let's go to the guild first..."
"Don't stop us, Kazuma! This is a battle between gods, and we are not allowed to back down!"
"That's right, it's a war between goddesses. It's a more intense competition than the war between the dependents!"
Aqua and Hestia couldn't listen at all. If there is such a war between gods, then the gods should destroy it quickly. Sato Kazuma didn't want to say anything more.
"Xiao Lin, give me the money."
"Why are you asking me for money?"
Seeing the stupid goddess confidently reaching out to him, Xiaolin wanted to give her a slap in the face, but he resisted.
Forget it, just think of it as entertainment.
Allow her to indulge for a while.
Xiao Lin once again took out a lot of coins from his arms.
After that, the two goddesses who were in high spirits had their wallets emptied just like Bell. In the end, they didn't get anything useful, which was a far cry from Bell.
"It looks like it's a tie."
"Well, let's consider it a tie."
"Sure enough, this gashapon machine is a devil's machine." X2
The two said in unison.
In the end, the quarreling goddesses inexplicably reached a consensus.
Seeing that they gradually calmed down, Sato Kazuma sighed helplessly: "How about you two look for the reasons from yourselves?"
"What are you talking about? There is definitely something wrong with this machine! I bet in the name of the goddess that there will be no big prize immediately!" Aqua said with confidence.
"Yes, yes, I agree with this statement! Because even Bell didn't win the grand prize!"
Hestia also echoed.
This is true.
Even though Bell played it many times, he only got the second prize at most, and the golden ball representing the grand prize did not appear. In addition, Aqua, Hestia and the others had twisted so many hairs and only had the lowest prizes, so anyone would think something was wrong.
"It shouldn't be. If the big prize appears, the gashapon machine should be reset."
Sato Kazuma was also puzzled, and took out a coin with a face value of 100 and put it into the gashapon machine to start the lottery, and then a golden ball fell out.
"Huh? Isn't there a grand prize?"
Even Sato Kazuma was stunned.
He just twisted it on a whim and subconsciously, but he didn't expect that the big prize would appear like this.
"Cheating! This is cheating! Kazuma, you must have used some method to twist out this little ball! Yes, it must be like this!"
Aqua was unhappy at first.
She pointed at Sato Kazuma and shouted cheating, not believing that the other party was so lucky. In other words, she didn't believe she was that unlucky.
Hestia, on the other hand, sighed and accepted the fact that she was unlucky.
"You're not cheating, idiot!"
Sato Kazuma spat back, glanced disdainfully and said, "My luck is ten thousand times better than yours!"
Ten thousand times is an exaggeration, but in fact his luck value is indeed very high. Even Bell, who had [lucky] development, only got the second prize. It seems that Sato Kazuma's luck is even more ridiculous than imagined.
"Okay, it's time to go to the guild."
Kazuma Sato urged
Since it is a banquet, it must be lively and lively, so the guild is the best place.
"But do we have money?"
Aqua suddenly asked a question from her soul.
It is precisely because they have no money that they take on the task of escorting the Flash Runner Lizard. And why should we hold a banquet when we have no money... No, we can't do it.
Sato Kazuma said arrogantly: "Don't worry, I'll treat you tonight!"
"Hey, Kazuma, how do you have money?"
"Have you forgotten that I can get money from Barnier every month?"
"Ah, it's that contract!"
The idiot goddess finally thought faster, but soon she realized something was wrong and shouted:
"Wait a minute! Kazuma, if you have money, why do you still want us to do the task? If we didn't do the task, I wouldn't have released the Flash Running Lizard, and the next thing wouldn't have happened! So, it was all your fault!"
As expected of Aqua, she is good at deflecting blame.
It was obviously her fault but she took it out by force, and conveniently put the blame on Sato Kazuma.
"You guy..."
The man who had somehow taken the blame clenched his fists.
In fact, he has been restraining himself in the past two days. After all, the stupid goddess always said that his treatment was not as good as Hestia's. In order to take care of her mood a little, he didn't expect that he would be so pushy.
I really want to give her a flying kick to make her understand what a true feminist is!
"Okay Aqua, don't say that."
Darkness stood up and said, "Thanks to the Flash Running Lizard, we can meet, right?"
Huihui nodded and said, "Yes, it seems like it's not all bad things."
Youyou echoed: "I, I think so too."
Not only them, Bell, Hestia, Lily and Ais also had the same idea.
"Lily is very touched."
"And I."
"Me too."
"Me too."
It was precisely because of this incident that they learned about the existence of another world, learned about Xiao Lin's origin, and had such a magical encounter.
"Yes, something good like this happens!"
Aqua said with great interest: "Okay! In that case, let's hold a grand banquet!"
"Oh oh oh!!!" xN
Then, led by the idiot goddess, the group set off in a mighty manner.
Sato Kazuma, who stayed behind, looked unhappy.
It was clearly the other party who caused the trouble but he attributed it to himself. Moreover, when he was treating her later, he acted like she was the one treating him. She easily stole the limelight from him and was helpless.
"What's going on? I suddenly want to get angry."
"Please bear with me on this point."
Xiao Lin could only comfort him like this.
(End of chapter)
