"I can't take it anymore!! I'm going to go have it out with them!!"
Kazuma stomped off quickly toward the Axis Church headquarters. We hurriedly followed. The headquarters building was the largest and most beautiful in town, so it was easy to find.
As soon as he entered the headquarters building, Kazuma shouted,
"Person in charge, co out!! I'll give you a sermon!!"
Hearing that, a woman who appeared to be a priestess of the Axis Church ca over to Kazuma with a smile and said,
"Oh my, what brings you here? To join? For baptism?"
Then she brought her face close to Kazuma's and said,
"Or perhaps, are you interested in ? Hohoho~"
At that, Kazuma's anger seed to vanish as his face turned red, and he answered,
"...Interested... yes."
Hearing that, the priestess laughed and said,
"Hohoho~ I'm just joking~ Why so serious? Are you feeling alright? If it were that handso gentleman over there, it would be fine. Feel free to talk to anyti~"
The priestess teased Kazuma, then looked at and said that, so I replied,
"I'm already married, sorry."
"Oh my~! That's too bad. But it doesn't matter. The Axis Church accepts all kinds of love."
Kazuma, hearing the exchange between the priestess and , changed back to a very angry expression. It really seed like the Axis Church had no normal people.
"At any rate, the High Priest, Zesta, is away playing... I an, spreading the na of Lady Aqua through proselytizing. Sorry, please co back another ti~"
By now, Kazuma had realized there were no normal people in the Axis Church and tried to quickly find the others and leave.
"Haven't a mage and an Arch Priest co here?"
"Ah~ those two..."
The priestess pointed to the back of the chapel. There, gumin, with nurous Axis Church application forms stuck all over her clothes, was sitting in a corner shivering, and Yunyun was trying to comfort her. Unlike the original story, Yunyun also had several application forms stuck on her clothes. It seed that Yunyun's personality had improved a bit from being with . If she was even being proselytized by the Axis Church.
We approached gumin and Yunyun and asked where Aqua was.
"Where's Aqua?"
Then Yunyun answered,
"Aqua is over there in the confessional, counseling the faithful."
The confessional consisted of two small rooms. One room was where the faithful confessed their sins to the goddess or sought advice. The other room was where the priests listened and counseled them. Aqua seed to be in the counseling room, so Kazuma knocked and called out to her.
Knock, knock!
"Aqua! Hey, Aqua!"
When Aqua didn't answer, Kazuma entered the room where the faithful were confessing. He probably intended to bring Aqua out.
anwhile, I asked the priestess,
"Excuse , is a priestess nad Cecily here?"
"Ah~ Sister Cecily is currently enjoying a bath in so strange liquid, like sli. She should be out shortly. Shall I let her know you're here?"
"Yes, please."
Cecily was an Arch Priest with blonde hair and blue eyes, quite beautiful, but the problem was that she was a severe lolicon and shotacon, and that wasn't all—she would also go crazy over handso n.
She was a strange person, but perhaps due to her deep faith, she displayed top-tier abilities as an Arch Priest. Since coming to Konosuba, I had always had her in mind as a party mber.
Honestly, normal people are rare in Konosuba, so I thought, 'if that's the case, I might as well pick soone with good abilities.' So, since I was at the headquarters, I decided to recruit Cecily as a party mber.
I, along with gumin, Yunyun, and Darkness, waited for Aqua and Kazuma, but they didn't co out, so this ti I entered the faithful's room. From the front room, I could hear Aqua's voice.
"Welco, lost sheep~ Co now, confess your sins. The goddess will listen and forgive you."
Aqua seed to be seriously, as a goddess, listening to her followers' concerns. So I decided to play along.
"Well, there's a female priest nad Aqua in Kazuma's party. This priest loves alcohol so much that I've had to help her back to the inn several tis. Then, one morning when I woke up, her skirt was flipped up. As she apparently never wears underwear, it was very revealing."
When I told a story from the past, Aqua and Kazuma in the front room seed extrely surprised.
"What!? You saw that??"
"Ha! I've always wondered about that, Aqua!! So you've been going commando all this ti???"
I continued the story.
"Anyway, seeing that, rather than finding it erotic, I was seriously troubled. How could she not realize it, wearing such a short skirt all this ti? And does she not wear underwear because that place slls bad and needs ventilation..."
"Waaah!! Stop!!! Stop saying that!!!"
Aqua quickly cut off, hurriedly ca out of the confessional, grabbed , and pulled outside. Then she asked,
"Keep it a secret from everyone else."
"I will. But in exchange, tell . How can you wear such a short skirt and not be discovered going commando? And why do you go commando in the first place?"
Kazuma, also curious about my question, was listening nearby.
"Well... it's kind of a liberating feeling. Like I'm free..."
"Huh? So you go commando just because of that? You hussy!?"
Kazuma was utterly dumbfounded.
"Then how have you not been discovered until now?"
"There's a perception-altering magic that only won know. If I use that, no one notices I'm commando. I use it every morning, but that day, I had been drinking and slept late, so it seems the magic wore off."
Kazuma finally understood why a certain magic had worked differently on Aqua.
"So that's why, when I used Steal on you, I only stole your staff or feather robe, not your underwear!"
"Anyway, keep it a secret. I've beco unable to wear underwear now."
"What are you talking about, you hussy! Sigh... fine. I'll keep it a secret."
I also agreed to keep it a secret and learned the perception-altering magic from Aqua. With this, another mystery of Konosuba was solved.
(D) Oblivian – Impairs people's perception of you.
We had been whispering about sothing in front of the confessional for a long ti, so gumin and Yunyun approached us and asked,
"What are you guys talking about?"
Kazuma scratched his head and answered,
"Nothing. I was just saying we should hurry back and enjoy the hot spring."
"Yes, let's. I don't want to stay here any longer."
I needed to et Cecily, so I had to wait a bit. I told them,
"You guys go ahead to the inn. I'll co after I talk with a prospective new party mber."
"What? A prospective party mber?"
"Yeah, a priestess of the Axis Church nad Cecily."
Hearing that, gumin was greatly surprised and asked again,
"Wait???? Did you just say Cecily???"
"Yeah."
"Tae-jin, you might want to reconsider..."
gumin was trembling as she spoke, so Kazuma, curious, asked,
"Why? Do you know her?"
"She's a severe lolicon and shotacon!!!"
"Huh?? Isn't that a cri?"
"They say the Axis Church accepts all forms of love."
Just then, a beautiful woman's voice ca from beside us.
"What was that, Miss gumin?"
"Eep~!"
gumin seed extrely surprised. The woman speaking next to her was Cecily herself. As expected from the original story, she was a stunning blonde beauty.
"Long ti no see, gumin, Yunyun. I'm sad you don't visit often."
"Ahaha~ well, our party ca to Arcanletia to sightsee. We stopped by to say hello..."
"Oh~ Then like last ti, let's bathe and sleep together again."
"We already have lodgings!"
"Really? Tch! Too bad..."
Cecily looked very disappointed. If this was the level of beauty, even Kazuma's heart might have raced. But judging from the conversation, he seed to have grasped what kind of person Cecily was and looked disappointed.
"By the way, who is this incredibly handso gentleman next to you?"
"My na is Tae-jin. As an adventurer, I'm known as the Silver Flash. I'm looking for a priest."
"Oh~ So you ca looking for !"
"Yeah."
Cecily smiled and suddenly grabbed my hand.
"Tae-jin, let's go! Our love starts now~ Lady Aqua! You heard my prayers~ Thank you!"
"Hahaha, it's nice that you're energetic. But unfortunately, I'm already married. To two won, in fact."
"That's not a problem. The Axis Church accepts all forms of love. Married man or whatever, it doesn't matter!"
As expected, Cecily wasn't right in the head. But recruiting her was easy.
"Then wait a mont. I'll pack my things right away and be back."
Yunyun looked very flustered by this sudden rival. I had told her before coming that I was looking for a priest, so she didn't say anything, but she seed very flustered that it was Cecily.
"Um, Tae-jin, there are other priests. Do we have to go so far as to take the managing High Priest, Cecily? Why not just take the ti to find a normal Eris Church priest?"
"Axis Church priests are known to be weird, but they're also known for their high skill. Cecily has the highest skill among them. That's why I chose her.
The Axis Church is almost entirely composed of weirdos, so I figured I might as well choose based on ability. And from what I hear, you and gumin already know her."
"W-well, yes."
I managed to convince her. Yunyun didn't say anything more, but she seed very worried about the future trouble this might bring.
After waiting a bit inside the chapel, Cecily ca out with her luggage.
"I'm ready. Let's go."
"Yeah, let's go to the inn. I'll carry your luggage."
"Oh my, how kind."
We tried to leave for the inn. But outside, Darkness was being pelted with stones by local children. I quickly stopped them.
"You brats! Can't you stop!"
The children scattered and ran away. I helped Darkness up and dusted her off.
"Tae-jin, even the won and children in this town are high-level! I really want to live here!"
Seeing Darkness's flushed face, she seed to have enjoyed being hit by the stones.
"You seem to have enjoyed it, but we need to get to the inn."
"Yeah, let's go."
Just then, Cecily saw Darkness's necklace and asked ,
"Who is the Eris follower here?"
"She's one of my wives I ntioned earlier."
"Huh??? Don't tell you're also an Eris follower, Tae-jin?"
Cecily was worried that I might also be an Eris follower.
"No. I have no religion."
"Phew... that's a relief."
"And let be clear in advance: Darkness, my wife here, is not in my party. My party consists only of Yunyun and myself. So I've been looking for party mbers. We're traveling with Kazuma's party because we're close."
"Ah! I see. I understand."
We returned to the inn and reserved a room for Cecily. Then Cecily said,
"You didn't have to go to the trouble. I can share a room with gumin and Yunyun."
"I refuse!" "I refuse!"
gumin and Yunyun shouted simultaneously. Then Cecily, blushing, said to ,
"Well, then I suppose I have no choice but to share with Tae-jin..."
"Sorry, but Darkness and I are on our honeymoon. I ca here partly to look for a priest, but the main purpose is our honeymoon trip."
"Tch! I see. But whenever you think of , please co to my room anyti~"
Cecily looked very disappointed again. I had sowhat prepared myself for Cecily's crazy talk, but experiencing it firsthand made a bit worried about the future.
"Now, let's relax and enjoy the hot spring."
"Yeah, let's do that. I saw there's a mixed bath here."
Kazuma seed very excited about the mixed bath.
"I'll be heading in, then..."
Kazuma spoke loudly, as if wanting the won to hear, and tried to go to the hot spring. What exactly was he expecting? At any rate, after making that announcent, he waited for a long ti without going to the bath. Then the won said,
"Go on~"
"I...!!!"
"Just go already!" "Yeah, hurry up and go!" "What are you waiting for? Why aren't you going?"
And so, Kazuma headed off to the hot spring rather dejectedly. I went with him. Of course, instead of the n's bath, we entered the mixed bath.
"Tae-jin, do you think there will be won there?"
Kazuma was still hopeful.
"Maybe, but they could also be old grannies."
"Sigh... I suppose so..."
I had a reason for coming to the mixed bath too. It was because I might et so important people here. But due to the changes I'd caused in the original story, it was uncertain if I would et them.
We undressed and entered the mixed bath. Since it was a mixed bath, out of politeness, we used towels to cover our privates. Once inside, the entire bath was an open-air bath, allowing us to enjoy the surrounding scenery while bathing.
"Wow~ It's nice that it's an open-air bath."
"I agree."
We showered quickly and headed toward the bath. At the far end of the bath, three people were sitting and talking. One of them was an incredibly beautiful, well-proportioned redhead. Seeing her, Kazuma, excited, said to quietly,
"Tae-jin, look over there! There's an incredibly beautiful woman in the bath!"
"Yeah, there is."
We also got into the bath and began to enjoy it. Kazuma couldn't take his eyes off the woman. I also looked at the three people. One man was Hans, the woman was Wolbach, and the last man was Vanir.
Huh? Why is he here...
I was glad to et the important characters, but I was a bit flustered to see Vanir here.
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