"Why !!!???"
gumin was shaking Kazuma, her face flustered. When gumin was chosen, everyone else sighed in relief, though Darkness looked a little disappointed.
"Well, Aqua doesn't even look like a heroine, for starters..."
"What did you say, Kazuma!! Why don't I look like a heroine!!"
Hearing Kazuma's words, Aqua, with an angry expression, started shaking him along with gumin.
"Wait, calm down and let him explain."
When I intervened, Kazuma continued his explanation.
"So, Yunyun likes Tae-jin, so she's out. Darkness's looks are exactly my type, but... her personality is a bit... Wiz is also good, but she's a lich... So the only one left is gumin."
At that, all the won except Yunyun started shaking Kazuma together.
gumin: "So you're saying I was just chosen by process of elimination!"
Aqua: "Are you saying I'm not even a woman?"
Wiz: "Is this racial discrimination!"
Darkness: "Ah~ bullying him like this is also kind of nice. Maybe I'm discovering a new side of myself! Drool~"
It seed the won, having not been chosen by Kazuma, had their pride wounded. Truly, a woman's heart is hard to understand. They were acting like they didn't want to be chosen, avoiding eye contact.
"Alright, alright, calm down. Anyway, since gumin has been chosen, let's start with a date."
We dressed gumin in a pretty dress and gave her light makeup to prepare her. Kazuma also dressed up handsoly in a suit.
"So I said this place is good. You can see the whole village, so it's a nice evening date course."
"No, there's a large butcher shop nearby, so when the wind blows, the sll of at cos up here. It's not ideal."
The won were far too passionate about planning the course, even though it wasn't even their own date.
"Let's just go with this for now and send them off. If we take too much ti, they might not be able to enjoy the date."
"Got it."
We roughly put together a date course and sent gumin and Kazuma off.
"Ugh... do we really have to do this?"
"We have no choice. If Kazuma dies, our party is finished."
gumin looked extrely reluctant, but Aqua and Darkness comforted her.
Finally, Kazuma and gumin started their date. We had tid the course well, so it seed like there wouldn't be any problems.
"Now! Let's start our date, honey~"
At Kazuma's cheesy 'honey', gumin's face turned pale, but she managed a smile and said,
"O-okay. Let's go, honey..."
We followed behind, hiding and cheering them on.
"Good job, gumin."
Judging by their expressions, they were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
First, they went to a quiet but atmospheric cafe in Axel Village. They ordered sliced cake and tea at an outdoor table and enjoyed the atmosphere.
"Honey, ah~"
Kazuma cut a small piece of cake with his fork and held it out to gumin.
"Ugh... ah~"
gumin, managing her expression as best she could, ate the cake Kazuma offered.
"Co on, you have to give so too, honey, ah~"
"O-okay..."
gumin also cut a piece of cake and put it in Kazuma's mouth.
"Wow~ The mood is good, isn't it? At this rate, they might really start dating."
Aqua said excitedly. She seed to be enjoying this the most. Kazuma and gumin also watched a play together, browsed the market, and snacked. We followed behind, eating the croquettes we had bought earlier to tide us over.
"Hey~ Kazuma! Oh, gumin, are you on a da—"
Just as Keith and Dust showed up and tried to greet Kazuma, I quickly grabbed them, covered their mouths, and pulled them into a nearby alley. Kazuma looked back for a mont when he heard his na, but I acted faster, so luckily we weren't caught.
"Be quiet. Can't you see you should be disturbing them right now?"
"Ah~ so that's what it is? Hohoho~ Got it. You should never interrupt sothing like that."
Keith and Dust said they understood and went elsewhere. Seeing that, Aqua sighed in relief and said,
"That was close. We need to keep watching closely. Who knows what other interruptions might appear."
As evening approached, we saw Kazuma and gumin enter a restaurant for dinner. We followed and got a table in the back, ordering simple als to eat while watching them. Since Kazuma had no experience with this sort of thing, he was being a bit too forward, and gumin seed to be struggling.
Finally, Kazuma and gumin went to a hill overlooking all of Axel Village, where they set the mood and enjoyed the night view.
"I had fun today. Actually, this is my first ti experiencing sothing like this. Love is a wonderful thing."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it."
Kazuma, setting the mood, slowly took gumin's hand, closed his eyes, and slowly tried to kiss her. gumin, extrely flustered, her face red, quickly covered Kazuma's mouth and said,
"This is my first ti doing sothing like this... I'm not ntally prepared yet..."
"Ah, I see! I wasn't considerate of your first kiss. I understand. We still have three days left."
At Kazuma's declaration of 'three days', gumin's face turned pale again. And so the date ended. The two returned ho holding hands. Kazuma looked quite satisfied, but gumin looked the opposite.
While Kazuma went to his room, we secretly took gumin outside and held another strategy eting. First, Aqua said,
"Sothing's missing. We need a bigger impact."
Darkness added,
"Right! At this rate, the necklace might not co off."
Hearing that, gumin got angry.
"Are you saying that because it's not your problem? I almost kissed Kazuma today!"
Wiz and Yunyun at least tried to comfort gumin, but Darkness and Aqua, ignoring them, started seriously brainstorming ideas.
"Right! Let's go camping and play in the lake! If lovers want to get closer, swimming in swimsuits is the best! And if we add delicious food, wouldn't that be unbeatable?"
As expected, Aqua's head worked well at tis like this. Everyone was amazed by Aqua's idea.
"Oh~ That's a great idea! Amazing!"
Hearing that, gumin despaired, but everyone else was excited about swimming. The funny thing was that even Wiz and Yunyun, who had been comforting gumin, stopped doing so and started making camping plans. Weren't these guys getting a bit too excited, with the person in question right in front of them? Looking at gumin, she seed to have given up on everything, sitting silently in a corner with a soul-emptied expression, saying nothing.
The next day, I woke up early and prepared the tents, portable stoves, and food for the camping trip. The weather was a bit cloudy, but I used [Weather Manipulation] to make it clear and slightly warm.
We all moved to the lake near Axel Village. Kazuma was thrilled at the prospect of playing in the water with his 'lover'. Since we were all going today, Luna and Chris, who was ho for the first ti in a while, ca along too. Chris looked at the weather curiously.
"That's strange... This is supposed to still be a chilly season, but it's so warm."
"Ahaha, well, that happens sotis."
"Anyway, did you get the breast enlargent pills?"
"Not yet. I haven't found them."
"Hurry up and find them. I'm busy too, you know."
"Yeah, I know. But why are you so busy?"
"Th-that's..."
Chris flustered, couldn't answer.
"You're not just running around doing bad things, are you?"
"It's not!!"
I knew. Chris's true identity was the goddess Eris. So she was busy covering for Aqua, and also busy collecting sacred treasures that could pose a threat to the world, so she had little free ti.
"Anyway, I'm looking for them whenever I can, so don't worry."
"Alright."
And so we arrived at the lake, set up the tents, took out the stoves and various water play equipnt, and started inflating them. The won went into the tents to change into their swimsuits. In the anti, I went around the lake and cleared out any monsters that might spoil the mood.
After checking the surroundings with [Observation Color], it seed almost clear, so I returned to where the kids were and started preparing the food. Since Kazuma was the star of the show today, I decided to just act as an assistant.
The interesting thing was Kazuma's physique. Unlike the original story, he had trained hard in swordsmanship, so he had built a good amount of muscle and even had a prince's line on his abs. He was decent to look at. The won were sowhat surprised by it.
"Oh~ Kazuma! So you really did train hard."
When Darkness said that to Kazuma, he answered proudly,
"Right? I've worked hard too!"
Kazuma showed off his muscles by striking various poses. The won applauded him. Just then, Luna ca to and asked,
"Tae-jin, why haven't you changed into a swimsuit? Your body is even more amazing."
"Well, today is all about Kazuma, so I decided to stay like this."
"Ah~ because of the necklace. I see."
Luna had been briefed yesterday, so she understood quickly. Kazuma was having a great ti playing in the water with the won. In the anti, I grilled skewers and prepared the food. Since Luna was pregnant and shouldn't overdo it, she played in the water a little, then rested beside and helped a bit with the food preparation. It was certainly pleasing to the eye to see the voluptuous figures of Luna, Darkness, Wiz, and Yunyun accentuated by their swimsuits.
"Everyone, ti to eat!"
When I called out that food was ready, everyone ca over, grabbed a few skewers, and started eating deliciously.
"As expected, Tae-jin's cooking is the best!"
"I agree, it's so delicious."
Seeing everyone complinting and enjoying my grilled skewers made happy. After the al, we played a waterlon splitting ga for dessert. Then, to give gumin and Kazuma so alone ti, we all worked together to prepare dinner.
"Hohoho, honey~ co and catch ~"
"Hahaha, it's hard to catch you when you run like that~"
Hahaha~ Hohoho~
Watching Kazuma and gumin running around on the sand playing tag, I felt my eyes rotting, so I just focused on preparing the food. For dinner, I prepared a whole roasted pig barbecue. Since it would take ti, I had partially cooked it in advance, so we were able to enjoy dinner without any problems.
At night, we finished with fireworks and returned ho. Kazuma looked satisfied again today, but gumin, exhausted from being tornted by him, seed to have gone straight to her room and fallen asleep.
"That's strange. He seed satisfied, so why hasn't the necklace co off?"
"Indeed..."
The won gathered for a eting, but they were all puzzled as to why Kazuma's necklace hadn't co off. So I offered an opinion.
"Maybe it only cos off when he gets married?"
Hearing that, Aqua said,
"Then it can't be helped. Let's start preparing the wedding tomorrow."
And so, without gumin present, we decided among ourselves to go ahead with a wedding ceremony and began preparations.
The next day, the sounds of hamring could be heard coming from outside the house. When Kazuma and gumin ca out, they saw the wedding preparations. Kazuma was so moved he cried.
"Everyone, thank you. I'll definitely live happily."
But gumin, unable to speak with Kazuma in front of her, had an extrely dark expression. Kazuma offered to help decorate the wedding venue. While he was doing that, gumin ca to us and complained angrily.
"Hey! We never agreed to have a wedding ceremony!"
Aqua tried to convince gumin.
"The necklace still hasn't co off. And it's just an act, so don't worry too much."
The preparations were completed by the next day, and the wedding ceremony began. The funny thing was, sohow word had spread. Many people from the Guild ca to celebrate. It turned out Keith and Dust had spread the rumor. What we had intended to be a small, intimate pretend ceremony had beco enormous.
"What are we going to do about this!!!"
gumin, now in a wedding dress, complained to us vehently.
"It can't be helped. It's to save Kazuma. Hehe~!"
As expected, Aqua's way with words was amazing. She had a 'whatever will be, will be' attitude. Then Darkness chid in.
"We still have ti. Maybe the necklace will co off during the ceremony."
Yunyun also spoke as if cheering gumin on.
"Yeah, there's still ti."
Hearing that, gumin complained, dumbfounded, but the won sohow managed to soothe her, and the wedding ceremony proceeded. Since I had prepared plenty of food in advance, there was no shortage.
This ti as well, a priest of the Eris Sect officiated.
"May the blessing of Lady Eris be upon the groom and bride for their future lives together... Groom, you may kiss the bride."
Kazuma slowly approached gumin to kiss her. Flustered, gumin tried to back away, but Kazuma approached more quickly, held her so she couldn't escape, and kissed her.
"Waaah~ mmmph!"
Smack~!
Clunk!
"With this, the two are now husband and—"
Just then, gumin, with an extrely angry face, covered the priest's mouth and shouted,
"This wedding is invalid!!!!"
gumin pointed to the necklace that had fallen from Kazuma's neck. It seed that, satisfied with the kiss, the necklace had co off.
After shouting that, gumin suddenly began chanting the incantation for Explosion magic. It seed she had been holding a lot in.
"Waaah!!! Run!!!"
Seeing that, people started fleeing like mad, and Aqua quickly tried to convince gumin.
"Hey, wait a minute, gumin. It's not that I don't understand how you feel, but there are a lot of people here!!! Besides, Kazuma is alive because the necklace ca off, so..."
At that, gumin glared at Aqua fiercely and said,
"You're the worst!!!"
"Eeep!"
Aqua's attempt to convince her only seed to make gumin angrier; it didn't help at all. Just then, Kazuma stepped forward and, as if trying to soothe gumin, said,
"Honey! You can't do that~! We're married now, so you have to listen to your husband~ Co on, stop the magic, dear!"
Kazuma seed to be having too much fun with the act we had set up. Those words were the final blow. gumin's face turned frightening, veins bulging on her forehead, and she poured all the accumulated frustration into the very spot where Kazuma was standing, unleashing her Explosion magic.
"Explosion!!!!"
KABOOOM~!!!!
"Gyaaah!!"
Kazuma, hit directly by the Explosion magic, turned to ash and disappeared. As a result, a massive crater was created in the yard of Kazuma's mansion, and the building was half destroyed.
Fortunately, Kazuma's mansion was located in a quiet, remote area on the outskirts of the village, and aside from a cetery, there was nothing else nearby.
Also, all the wedding guests were adventurers, so they had quickly fled. The only casualty was Kazuma. And even he was imdiately resurrected by Aqua from his remaining ashes. As expected, Aqua's divine magic was truly broken.
"Ahaha, Tae-jin... I'm going to be in your care for a while..."
In the end, everyone decided to stay at our house while the mansion was being repaired. It seems Kazuma and the others had to spend all the money they had saved so far on the repairs. And because of that rampage, gumin gained the alias 'The Mad Widow'.
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