My Favorite Isekai Adventure (Konosuba)

"Everyone, cheers!"

"Cheers!" x4

To celebrate moving into their new home, the group held a small banquet.

As delicious food was continuously brought to the table, everyone's mouths watered. With a shout, they began to feast heartily.

While frantically stuffing food into her mouth, Megumin said, "Hey, Kazuma! Stop eating all the fried chicken! That's a precious side dish!"

"What's the big deal if I eat a few pieces? There's still plenty more!" he replied, likewise stuffing his face.

Darkness brought out even more delicious food from the kitchen and said gently, "Rest assured, I've prepared a lot of food tonight. There's definitely enough for everyone to eat and drink their fill."

"OOOH!!!" x5

Everyone cheered.

And Aqua raised her wine glass and shouted enthusiastically, "Everyone, everyone! We can drink as much as we want tonight, right? Come on, come on, let's chug that sparkling liquor!"

"No, you'd better drink a little less." x2

Kazuma and Megumin said in unison.

"Ehh—, why?!"

Aqua was very aggrieved, as if their words had ruined her celebratory mood.

However, the two of them were not about to indulge her.

"Because you're extremely troublesome every time you get drunk!"

"That's right. Every time you drink, Aqua, the room turns into a complete mess."

The two of them loudly condemned her, one after the other.

Although they said this, she would absolutely not change. If she could change that easily, she wouldn't be Aqua.

"How dare you say that about me... In that case, I just have to drink!" After a brief moment of pouting, Aqua began to pour the drink down her throat.

See? That's just how she is.

The party members looked at her helplessly. Kazuma quickly jumped up to try and stop her, but she had already downed a large mug of sparkling liquor.

Kobayashi didn't stop her. Today was a day worth commemorating. It was fine to let her cut loose just this once.

...And then a problem occurred.

Late at night.

Kobayashi, deep in sleep, felt that it was difficult to breathe, as a heavy, soft feeling enveloped him.

He opened his eyes.

Water-blue pajamas occupied the vast majority of his vision. It turned out that Aqua was hugging him like a sloth.

Wait, how did she get in?

He was clearly stunned.

But this feeling was really nostalgic; he had missed it a little.

But...

I can barely breathe!

Aqua always liked to hug something tightly when she slept, and as he exhaled warm breaths, her arms squeezed even tighter.

Let me state this again.

Aqua's stats are all top-tier!

At his current level and stats, he couldn't possibly break free from her embrace.

But I'm not the me I was before!

He forcibly wrenched his hands free. Then, they moved back and forth at a speed the eye couldn't see, a wicked smile curling on his lips.

Take this!

[Perfector: God's Imperial Hands · 100x Speed · Massage]!

This will send you to heaven in one second!

His hands roamed all over her body, stimulating her in an attempt to wake her up. But he hadn't expected that a drunk Aqua's senses would also drop to their lowest level. She had no intention of waking up at all, even when he rubbed her buttocks, it was completely useless.

This... texture...

So she really does wear pants. Although I can't see them, I can clearly feel them.

—They're cotton.

Pah, what am I thinking!

Just like that, while scolding himself for his stray thoughts, his consciousness also drifted into the distance, and he slowly closed his eyes.

The Heavens

Eris looked helplessly at Kobayashi, who was unconscious and leaning back in the chair. She had a massive headache.

That senior of hers was truly too much.

Not only did she leave behind a huge pile of messes, but she was always suffocating him for no reason, and then forcibly resurrecting him without any regard for her (Eris's) feelings, forcing her to write an enormous number of reports to cover up the incident.

But she knew that none of this was his fault.

She sighed helplessly and skillfully retrieved a blanket from under the divine throne to cover him.

After this had happened so many times, she had gotten used to it.

It was just that this time, her resentment was very high. Eris's movements were a little careless, which startled him awake.

"...Huh? Chris?"

He muttered this in a daze.

"Eek~!"

Eris's movements froze.

With a guilty conscience, she looked at him, who was still not fully awake. In the brief gap before he came to his senses, she quickly ran back to her throne.

After he was fully awake, Eris said gently, "Welcome back to the heavens. I am the new goddess in charge of reincarnation. My name is Eris."

"Eh?"

Kobayashi was stunned for a moment.

A familiar pure black space, a familiar throne, and a goddess who was familiar, yet slightly unfamiliar.

While he was getting his bearings, Eris said softly, "First of all, I must apologize. Because of my senior, Aqua, you have died."

"...Is that so."

He wasn't surprised. It was just another case of murder-by-chest. He was gradually getting used to this kind of thing. He just hadn't expected to wake up in the heavens. This had never happened before.

Looking at the goddess sitting primly on her throne, he suddenly had the urge to tease her.

"You said your name is Eris?"

Kobayashi pinched his chin, and with a thoughtful look, said hesitantly, "Eris... isn't that the goddess who is willful, arrogant, never uses her brain, likes to pull rank, is often careless, can't read the atmosphere, loves to cry, falls asleep when she's tired of crying, has held the number one spot for 'Goddess I Would Least Like to Have as a Boss' for several years in a row, uses her seniority to cause trouble and do whatever she wants, and is a complete, useless goddess despised by everyone in the heavens..."

"Who is spreading those rumors!"

Eris clenched her fists, puffed out her cheeks, and looked at him with watery, aggrieved eyes. She, who was usually so gentle and good-tempered, was on the verge of tears.

Just imagine.

All of those things were clearly describing another, shameless goddess, yet all this filth was being thrown on her. How could the kind goddess possibly endure it?

"I've never done any of those things! Who... who in the world is spreading those rumors?"

"Aqua told me."

"Senior Aqua?!"

Eris felt even more wronged. All of those things were clearly about Aqua! She never thought Aqua would turn around and pin all of it on her.

On top of that, she had been working herself to the bone cleaning up Aqua's messes recently. The two things combined made her feel even more wronged, and she couldn't take it anymore.

She decided to tell him the truth. That all of those things were about Aqua!

However, Kobayashi suddenly said something in a low voice.

"—Eris pads her chest."

"...Eh?"

Eris was instantly stunned, speechless.

She then saw the man in front of her reveal an exceptionally bright smile. "Seeing you so angry, those words must all be fake. So... the saying 'Eris pads her chest' must also be fake, right?"

"M-Mr. Kobayashi...?!!!"

She couldn't help but let out a sharp cry.

(End of Chapter)