Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 30! It's a lunatic, get out of there!

With Aqua, the goddess of banquets, there's no need to worry about awkward silences, and her reward is merely a few glasses of sparkling wine.

The key is to be careful not to let this unreliable guy get carried away, otherwise the entire guild will be affected and fall into chaos.

The four of them also felt that they got along well with Charlotte.

The previous suspicions also vanished without a trace.

During the conversation, Darkness asked, "Charlotte, aren't you the High Priest? Then why were you fighting the monster alone on the plains before...?"

"I hadn't changed jobs yet at that time."

"I see."

"Even if I change jobs, I will still choose to do that."

"Um?"

Everyone was slightly surprised.

The High Priestess doesn't have much combat power, as can be seen from Aqua's case. Normally, she should have found someone to team up with, but Charlotte didn't do that, and the reason is intriguing.

"Don't you think it's cool?"

Charlotte said seriously, "A bunch of people looked down on you, belittled you, and mocked you, thinking that the High Priest was a profession that needed protection. But you succeeded, and you slapped everyone in the face, using facts to prove them wrong. It's like the saying 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river,' or 'Never underestimate a young man's potential.' You're incredibly cool!"

"...What on earth is this guy talking about?"

"That's my style: 'One man against the world!' What if the world rebels against me? Then I'll blast the world to pieces!"

"—Quack! It's a lunatic, back off!"

Kazuma Sato yelled as if he'd been burned on the butt, and jumped up from the stool, taking several steps back.

His sudden action surprised the others, who all looked at him.

"What's wrong, Kazuma? Why are you making such a fuss?"

"Didn't you hear what Charlotte said? Don't you think it's very extreme?"

"Extremist? No, I don't think so."

Huihui picked up the juice that Charlotte had ordered for her again, took a sip, and said leisurely:

"That's how I am. When I was studying in the Crimson Devil Village, everyone—whether it was my classmates, teachers, or friends—mocked the Explosion Magic as a joke. But I still resolutely studied it and firmly believed that I would only learn the Explosion Magic."

Perhaps among these people.

Only Huihui can truly resonate with this.

No one knows the price she paid to learn the Explosion Magic.

Being ridiculed and mocked is one thing.

Every day, you have to go hungry, and despite your friends' advice, you forcibly kill the cute Farfetch'd to gain skill points. In order to survive, you have to lie to the other party and bring yourself a lunchbox every day.

While learning and practicing Explosion Magic, one must endure the suspicion of one's fellow villagers, and even after arriving in Axel, one is constantly blamed by the garrison commander...

Wait a moment.

Isn't all of this her own doing?

"That's right, that's right!" Aqua quickly replied, "That's what I told the members of the Order too!"

"Shut up!"

Kazuma Sato didn't want to listen to her.

Although the doctrine of Axis may sound like a slacker's declaration of giving up, it only resonates when one is tempted to escape.

Before this, she had also said that she would work hard, but she focused more on how people would escape when they failed and shirk responsibility.

At this moment, Darkness realized that he seemed to be the only one who didn't fit in, so he awkwardly opened his mouth.

"Um... me too..."

"Shut up too."

"Hmm!"

It's best to avoid letting this perverted female knight say anything that could trigger a landmine, that's what Sato Kazuma's intuition told him.

"Does Kazuma also think it's impossible?"

"Well..."

"Listen carefully, insignificant people always say it's impossible. They boast casually, thinking it's easier to survive in the world that way, instead of exploring the power to make a difference."

"...If Muhammad Ali heard you use that phrase here, he would probably feel conflicted."

Kazuma Sato spoke with a complex expression.

oops.

I didn't expect him to know this famous quote.

Most people think that famous quotes are just casual remarks from successful people, but as the saying goes, everyone has their own motto, and setting a bottom line and sticking to it is the right thing to do.

Charlotte knew exactly what she was doing, and once she set her goal, she would move forward steadfastly, even if she killed everyone along the way.

"So you're that kind of aware..."

Kazuma Sato pondered for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly said, "Why don't you join our team?"

"...What!?" X2

Charlotte and Aqua exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

"Wait a minute, Kazuma, I can't pretend I didn't hear that!" Aqua slammed her hand on the table and stood up, angrily demanding, "What do you mean? Are you trying to kick me out of the team!?"

"That's right, what's wrong?"

"Waaaaah! Kazuma, you idiot! I'm going to curse you so that when you're in the toilet, there will be people waiting outside, but the toilet won't flush."

"Watch out, you old hag!"

Kazuma Sato also relentlessly lashed out.

Aqua, as expected of the goddess of water, burst into tears in an instant, throwing herself into Darkness's arms and wailing as if she had suffered some great injustice.

Furthermore, her curse, though seemingly comical, is surprisingly malicious. Those who worship such a goddess are truly blessed.

Darkness couldn't stand it anymore.

"Kazuma!"

"Yes, I am Kazuma."

"That's going too far. Although Aqua can be unreliable and likes to cause trouble sometimes, she's still our comrade!"

"How do you think these people are companions?"

A teammate is someone you can entrust your back to without any burden, but it's already good enough that these guys in the squad didn't backstab you.

Most importantly, there are too many problem children in the team, and normal people must be added to balance things out, otherwise he will suffocate.

"A normal person..."

"Compared to you, Charlotte is already a very normal person."

"Hmm!"

Darkness was sunk.

"Wait a minute, I won't agree either!" Megumin crossed her arms and said, "As a member of the team, I have the right to speak. Asking Aqua to leave the team is absolutely unacceptable! If Kazuma Sato insists on doing this, then I'll leave the team too!"

"It's a promise, double happiness!"

"What! You man...!"

"Shut up! I don't know who said it didn't matter if I carried bags, as long as I could join the team. But you keep casting explosion magic every single day, causing me to get complaints all the time! It's not my fault, why should I apologize!?"

"Hmm!"

Kazuma Sato showed her no respect whatsoever, demonstrating true gender equality to Charlotte, which also revealed that he had long been fed up with these problem children and was now on the verge of exploding.

therefore--

"I might as well leave the team."

"...What!?" X3

"I'll take this opportunity to separate from you all, form a team with Charlotte, find a few reliable companions to go on adventures together, and live a prosperous life... What? Isn't that a simple thing?"

He seemed to have found the way out.

Charlotte replied, "What's my opinion?"