My Favorite Isekai Adventure (Konosuba)

Eris is a gentle, kind, generous, and extremely responsible beautiful goddess.

As a goddess, she is diligent and conscientious, handling the affairs of the heavens very seriously and working hard for the peace of the other world.

Furthermore, her interpersonal relationships are very good, and she has held the number one spot for "Goddess I Would Most Like to Have as a Boss" for several years in a row.

And a goddess like her has one tiny, little flaw. Just as tiny as her chest.

That's right.

—Eris pads her chest.

"Uuu... sob..."

Eris curled her small body up in the large chair, her arms wrapped around her shoulders, as if to squeeze or to hide, as if only this could bring her a trace of warmth.

Is she a wounded little girl?!

"I'm sorry, Goddess Eris."

He decisively apologized to her to gain her forgiveness. With her kind and gentle personality, as long as he apologized, she wouldn't hold it against him.

"That was harassment, you know, Mr. Kobayashi. But seeing as you've apologized so sincerely, I will magnanimously forgive you."

Eris scolded him in a low voice, but gave up on rebuking him further.

"Well, thank you very much."

Kobayashi laughed, but immediately lowered his head again, his expression grave, as if he had thought of something.

This made Eris feel a little strange. She asked softly, "What's wrong, Mr. Kobayashi?"

"It's nothing. I just thought of something. Something very important."

"What is it?"

"In that other world, I also said, 'Eris pads her chest.' By now, everyone in that world probably knows that your chest is very small, Goddess Eris."

"Can we please be done with this topic?!"

"It's fine! Small is cute, too."

"Ah, honestly~~!"

He gave her a thumbs up and a cheerful smile, as if to tell her not to worry about it at all. But it was this very expression that made Eris go even crazier.

What kind of punishment is this!

What's wrong with my chest being small? Why am I always being persecuted like this?

That world should just be destroyed.

Even Eris couldn't help but have such a dark thought.

"Sorry, sorry, I won't say any more."

His apology didn't seem all that sincere.

In truth, this was also revenge.

Back in Axel, he had learned thief skills from Eris's mortal form, Chris. Eris had happily agreed to teach him, but with her mischievous, little-demon-like personality, she had, just as in the original story with Kazuma, played the common "stealing game" with him.

It was just that his luck was low, and all he had stolen was a useless little pebble.

But what he had paid was a magic crystal worth 100,000 Eris. That was money he had saved up for a whole month by working hard and living frugally. It had been scammed away just like that. If he didn't tease her mercilessly about it, he just wouldn't feel right.

Now, he was finally satisfied.

"Mr. Kobayashi, what's with that refreshed look on your face? Don't tell me you were deliberately bullying me?"

"A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. How could I possibly bully you, Goddess Eris?"

"Is that so...?"

Eris looked at him suspiciously. She had a strong feeling that he had just been deliberately teasing her.

At this moment, a tear suddenly ripped open in the black space.

A water-blue light shone in from it. At the same time, Aqua's dopey call came through. "Kobayashi! It's morning! Time to get up!"

This woman...

What do you mean, 'time to get up'? It should be 'time to resurrect,' right? Or you could just tell me to open my eyes!

For a moment, he didn't know how to retort.

"It seems it's time."

Eris smiled gently, but he had a feeling she also looked relieved.

Don't tell me she finds it tiring to be with me? he couldn't help but think.

It seems so.

He stood up from the seat and stretched. He then saw Eris's smile become even more brilliant.

Heh~

Seeing her let her guard down like this, an insidious smile curled up on his lips. In the tone of a familiar old friend, he asked, "Chris, when are you coming back to Axel? Darkness is always telling me she misses you."

"Ah, I'm currently in a neighboring town. I should be back in about a month..."

Eris replied subconsciously.

"..."

"..."

"I knew something was off," Kobayashi's grin widened, and he said with the playful laugh of a successful schemer, "Whether it was your agitated tone and reaction just now, or that little habit of subconsciously scratching your cheek... my initial suspicion was right. You are Chris, aren't you?"

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

Eris looked extremely shocked.

Kobayashi leaned in close and whispered in her ear, "Goddess Eris, you also don't want... your secret to be exposed, do you?"

"N-no!"

Eris quickly grabbed his arm and pleaded in a low voice, "I'll do it! I'll do anything! Please, I'm begging you, just don't tell anyone!"

Wait, why do you all have the same response! Is this some kind of traditional art?!

"No, no, no, I don't have any strange ideas about you."

As he spoke, he glanced at her flat chest.

A-cup. I'll pass.

There's barely any curve. She's not even qualified to be a pillow. How could I have any ideas about her?

"H-how could you..."

Eris fell to her hands and knees, looking utterly dejected.

But he knew she wasn't dejected because he wasn't interested. She was just incredibly hurt that she, as a goddess, had absolutely no charm.

This was also to be expected. After all, when she was Chris, because she was so flat and had a boisterous, carefree personality, she was always treated as a boy by the other adventurers. This naturally reflected her true personality.

"Rest assured, I won't tell anyone," he said, squatting down and patting her shoulder to comfort her.

"...Really?"

"Really. Let's just keep it our little secret."

After he reassured her, she finally relaxed.

Before she could say anything, Aqua's voice came through again, shouting, "Hey—! Kobayashi! Hurry up and wake up! It's morning!"

"Is he still not waking up... Hey, Aqua, don't tell me he's died from you suffocating him so many times that your skill has stopped working?" Kazuma's voice cut in, condemning her as usual.

Aqua, however, retorted, annoyed, "How is that possible? I'm a goddess, you know! Have some faith in me, will you!"

With that, she began to shout unreasonably at Eris. "Hey! You idiot Eris! Hurry up and send him back!"

"Eh... Ehh—?! Senior Aqua?!"

"Hurry up! Eris!"

Hearing her senior's unreasonable demands, the aggrieved junior goddess looked pitifully at Kobayashi, as if she were tattling to him and hoping he would scold her a little.

Even he thought Aqua was being too much.

He silently nodded, indicating that he accepted her request, including as punishment for sending him here so many times.

Then, he stood in the magic circle.

Eris stepped forward, as if she had something she wanted to say.

But he simply put a finger to his lips and mouthed to her—

"It's a secret, right?"

Receiving his reply, Eris smiled, relaxed.

The morning sun was a bit dazzling. After he opened his eyes, he saw Aqua and Kazuma leaning over him, looking at him with concern.

"Are you okay, Kobayashi-senpai?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I just went to see a goddess."

"How can you call that 'fine'?!" Kazuma retorted softly.

Going to see a goddess means you died! Death isn't a small thing! Have more respect for death!

Aqua patted her chest and boasted, "It's fine! As long as I'm here, Kobayashi will definitely be resurrected!"

"Hehe, and I wonder who's the one causing it," Kazuma continued to mutter.

"Master Kobayashi, please wipe your face." RyuZU offered a warm, damp towel.

"Thank you, RyuZU."

He took it with thanks, and at the same time, looked at her and asked curiously, "RyuZU, why did Aqua end up in my room last night?"

"Wasn't that what you requested, Master Kobayashi?"

"...Hmm?"

"You bought this mansion and said you wanted me to have my own room. In reality, you wanted me to leave so that you could make a move on other women at night, right? I never thought you had such a goal. What a lewd and sordid master. You have completely lowered my dignity."

"...It's a misunderstanding!!!"

(End of Chapter)