Back in Axel, Kazuma and Aqua spend their 300 million Eris reward freely, constantly dining out at the finest restaurants. But while they try to put on the air of rich hoity-toity patrons, their less moneyed backgrounds rear their heads in the form of making remarks about their food that fall completely flat—complete with 10-second-long silences that again made me think the picture had frozen.
It’s unlikely they’re convincing anyone that they’re fancy, but the bottom line is they’re back home and having fun, and that’s fine with me! They also walk in on Megumin seemingly in the middle of a sexy torture sesh with Darkness and get the wrong idea. In truth, Darkness is training for the next annual Endurance competition, for which she is the reigning champion (no surprise there, as she’s turned on by punishment).
Fools and their money are soon parted, and Aqua spends a chunk on what appears to be an ordinary chicken egg. She was sold on its seller’s claims it was actually a dragon egg, and both his complimenting her beauty and her desire to raise a sacred white dragon led her to making a dubious purchase. Still, there’s a chance that it could be a dragon’s egg, isn’t there? I for one hope it is. Why should Chomusuke get to hoard the mascot role?
The gang stops by Wiz’s shop to collect their share of the stores sales as per their previous arrangement. Vanir throws in a fortune telling session for Darkness gratis, because he senses a “shadow of darkness” enveloping her. He asks her a bunch of questions she must answer honestly, leading to the others learning she’s now shredded, held up Megumin’s dress in a mirror to see how she’d look, and wears form-fitting armor knowing Kazuma will be looking at her.
But with all that silly stuff out of the way, Vanir does warn Darkness that disaster is about to befall her father and family. That’s probably why she’s so eager to undertake a super-high difficulty quest: defeating a Kowloon Hydra and claim the massive bounty. When calling him a hero and bashfully promising him a kiss on the cheek doesn’t work, Darkness bows before Kazuma and simply gives him her most pained, about-to-cry face.
Whether it’s genuine or not, it works, and the gang is back in the field. Aqua is the only one ho has to be dragged kicking and screaming; she’d rather stay with her “dragon” egg, which was left in Wiz and Vanir’s care. Megumin is excited to earn the title of Dragon Slayer. And Kazuma? I’m sure he figures he could always use more money, even as Vanir warns him he should spend what he has on developing new sources of income to avoid his own bad fortune.
We all know Kazuma cares about Darkness, just as he does the other three, and so he agrees to go on the quest. The plan is for Aqua to float around the lake, purifying the water until the Hydra that dwells beneath is roused, then Megumin will Explosion it to hell. KonoSu-Bing, KonoSu-Bang.
This plan wrecked when Aqua falls asleep in the middle of the lake and ends up on top of one of the Hydra’s many heads when it rises out of the water. Megumin can’t Explosion with Aqua there, so the gang’s in a bit of a pinch. But they’d dealt with tougher foes before. They just need to focus and trust in their talents!
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