~~Chapter 1~~

"Moving In"

Part 1

It was a nice Monday morning.

Right now, Agame, Sana and I were eating breakfast while waiting for Angellica to finish her registration as an adventurer. She was one before she got corrupted, but after she defected to Tartaros, the contract got broken, so she had to register again.

Agame looked at me with her one orange eye while munching on the piece of steak on her fork.

"Are you really sure it's okay to let that woman join our team, Kaito-san?"

"This again? Didn't I tell you that Angellica doesn't plan to hurt us at all anymore? Loosen up."

Besides, Angellica is the most powerful mage in Ischyos. Once she joins our team, we'll be an unstoppable force. Think about it-

Angellica; a mage who knows a hundred spells, Agame; a marksman with a Holy Bow that can strike down any target, Sana; a warrior with insane physical strength and resistance to magic, and of course, me, the strongest support in the whole world.

Who wouldn't cower in fear if they knew this party was full of monsters?

"Hmph. Fine then. How about you buy me some orange juice then, Kaito-san?"

"Huh? Why should I? You have a million nillos on you after defeating Angellica right?"

My eye bags deepened after hearing Agame order such a request.

"You're a support aren't you? You should make yourself useful and support me by buying me some drinks, then."

Hmph.

"Wah! K-Kaito-san! Give that back! G-give Apollo back! Kaito-san! Wahh~~!"

This little girl.. She acts so high and mighty, but if you take away her bow, her personality goes a full 180.

I was holding back Agame's head with my free hand to prevent her from reaching the bow that was in my grasp when Sana intercepted.

"You really shouldn't bully Agame-sama, Kaito-kun. Agame-sama, I'll buy you your orange juice so stop crying, okay?"

And the lolicon saves the day.

"R-really, Sana-san? Then can I have some giant turkey legs too?"

"How can I refuse such a cutie like you, Agame-sama? Waitress, over here please!"

This little girl is gonna plow through our funds..

"Hey, archer loli. How about you lessen the spending a bit? Even though we've received a hefty bounty, that doesn't mean you should casually spend all of the nillos you got on you."

I pointed accusingly at Agame.

"Eh? But a great and powerful marksman like me needs to eat and eat and eat everyday in order to maintain my skill level!"

"Oi, don't start that crap. Your skill level is only because of that stupidly overpowered Holy Bow you stole from the capital. Without it, you're a useless little girl who starts to bawl in the middle of battle. Tell, me where's the greatness in that?!"

Agame fell silent the moment I yelled at her aggressively.

"Hmph! Bawl, huh? I'll have you know that the moment I received Apollo, I've never let out one tear in my whole life!"

Yet yesterday she was left crying the moment she lost her arrow.

It was unhealthy to argue any further at this point so I continued to drink from my morning coffee, when suddenly-

"Kaito! Over here!"

We turned our attention to Angellica, who's waving around an adventurer's ID in her hand. Following her was a troubled looking Macy.

"A-Angellica-san! You bolted out the room before I was able to tell you something important! Please, listen to m-"

The cute pink-haired waitress lady was interrupted by Tabaki, the mage adventurer from before who picked a fight with me, who had ran towards Angellica.

"You're really the Angellica-sama! You really are her! Amazing! M-my name is Tabaki! I'm one of this guild's most powerful mages! I'm a big fan of yours! Please! Shake my hand!"

"Oh-ho? Why, it's only right for me to heed my fan's needs."

"I-I'm never washing my hand for the rest of my life!"

As Tabaki was walking my way after conversing with Angellica, I licked my hand and forced it onto his.

"Hey! No! Stop that!"

I smugly crossed my arms as Tabaki sulked down, drooping back to his seat, his hand full of saliva.

That was revenge for the last time.

Mm, it looks like Angellica has a lot of fans, doesn't she? As expected of a powerful mage like her. She's really pretty too. She's like the Ischyos equivalent of a famous idol.

"Tch. She's hogging all the attention in the guild to herself."

Agame viciously snapped on the carrot she was munching with an irritated look on her face. It looked like she was jealous of all the recognition Angellica was suddenly getting in the guild. All of the sudden, a bunch of adventurers crowded around her.

"Angellica-sama! Please, show us some magic!"

"Yes, please do! I want to witness your power with my own eyes!"

"Angellica-sama! Please demonstrate your greatness!"

Sana patted the back of the archer loli beside her, who was shaking with anger. Meanwhile, Angellica was proudly waving at her admirers.

"A-Angellica-san! Please! Listen to what I have to say! It's really important!"

"Can that wait, Macy-chan? First, I'll have to put on a show for all of my fans here! Tee-hee! You're all about to witness the might of the beautiful and powerful Angellica, the undefeatable number one mage in the land!"

She's really getting full of herself.. I might need to smack her to remind her that she got demolished by our team.

Amidst the expectant eyes of the adventurers, Angellica began to perform a spell. With a snap of a finger, a rainbow suddenly appeared out of nowhere amd started to fly around the guildhall, creating magical glitter-like particles in its wake.

Hey, that's actually pretty cool.

"Wow, that's beautiful, Angellica-sama!"

"You're amazing!"

"Tee-hee-hee! There's more where that came from! That was merely an appetizer! Feast your eyes on this! Blazing Inferno!"

Whoa!

She created swirling flames around her that moved with such grace. She then started to move it around her body while graciously dancing.

What a show! Blazing Inferno is an offensive spell too! To think that she could use it for mere entertainment.. That means two things!

One, she's extremely adept at handling magic that she can use high class magic spells for tricks like this.. And two, to have actually practiced doing something like this..

She's a complete attention whore!

"Spectacular!"

"Angellica-sama, please show us some more!"

Meanwhile, Agame was still being a grumpy loli opposite my seat at the table. Suddenly, she looked down in sadness.

"I-it's because of her boobs isn't it?"

"Huh?"

"If only.. If only.. I'd have fans too.."

I left the comforting of the depressed little girl to the blonde beside her so I could enjoy Angellica's little magic show from here.

"Mhm! Because it's been a long time since I've performed in an audience after being corrupted and all.. I'll prepare a special treat for everyone! Just for today, I'll give you all the blessing of witnessing my greatest magic trick of all!"

Oh? This got my attention. What could she mean by that? With her being an amazing magic user, I have high expectations.

"...Sparkling Fantasy~~!"

...

Huh?

Everyone in the guildhall looked confused, even Angellica herself, who started sweating. She stood there with a pose, but nothing happened.

"Ehem.. Sparkling Fantasy! S-Sparkling Fantasy! Hey, what gives? Sparkling Fantasy! Wahhh! What happened?! Hey! Don't leave! I'm not finished yet! Wait! You dare call yourselves fans?! Don't abandon me like this!"

The crowd slowly started to clear itself, leaving the flustered Angellica, who was reaching her hand out to her audience, all alone. The pink-haired waitress lady approached her from behind.

"Angellica-san, I was trying to tell you. Somehow, your mana stat had dropped to a low E class, which is the lowest tier for that stat. This had probably something to do with the corruption you experienced some time ago.."

Angellica's face froze upon hearing that.

"..I'm sorry, but that means you'll only be able to cast a few spells everyday until your mana depletes."

"..."

What a twist.. The once most powerful mage in Ischyos is now the most useless mage in Ischyos.

"Hehehe! That's not funny, Macy-chan! Please don't joke around like that! I-I'm Angellica! I'm the best mage in the land! My mana stat was an A class, if I remember correctly.. Yes! Yes! There's no doubt about it! Huh? Ehh?!"

She glanced at the adventurer ID she had in her hand, only to scream in shock.

"You see, Angellica-san? You didn't even look at your stats after you registered. It's right there on your adventurer's ID."

Macy borrowed the ID from Angellica's and took a glance at it.

"O-oh my! I'm mistaken! It's not E class!"

The waitress lady's words reignited the enthusiasm in Angellica's yellow eyes.

"S-see?! We were worried for nothing!"

The mage, regaining her calmness confidently crossed her arms.

"Angellica-san, your mana stat is F class. The lowest of the low."

And with that, the sound of a young woman's soul being crushed to nothing but shards echoed throughout the guildhall.

Wait a minute.. If she's a useless mage then that means..

Maybe I should just...

"Wahh! This is impossible! M-my beautiful mana stat! What happened to it?! This is a nightmare, it has to be! H-huh? Hey! Kaito, where the heck are you sneaking off to?!"

Crap, she spotted me slowly tip toe out of the guild..

"I-I think I left the microwave on.."

"What the heck is a microwave?! No, that's not important. You were trying to ditch me, weren't you?!"

The girl in the fur coat in front of me put her red face closer towards me. I turned my head to Sana and Agame for help, but they immediately averted their gaze after meeting my eyes.

Those two.. Remind me to cast Stun on them later.

"Ditch you?! What gave you such an idea?!"

"You think I'm a weakling now, don't you?! You think I'm just gonna be a burden if I join your team, don't you?! You think I'm useless, don't you?!"

Yes, that's exactly it.

"N-no no no no! It's just that after witnessing your great magic tricks, I thought to myself "Whoa, this girl is too good for us!", so please, find a different party that matches your strength!"

"No way! I'm joining your team and that's final! You're the only team I know who stands a chance against Tartaros! Also, you promised to me! You promised to me that you'd purify them all, didn't you?! Let me join your team, damn it!"

Crap, she's pulling on my leg!

"Nngh! Let go of me! I'm telling you, I will purify Tartaros, but I don't need your help to do that! My answer is no, and that's final!"

"Wah! You're so mean, Kaito! Even if my mana stat is terrible now, I still have powerful magic power! My spells would still heavily damage the enemy!"

"Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact that your mana is shit! Damn it, let go!"

"How dare you! How dare you insult my precious mana like that!"

As I was starting to drag the crying Angellica who was clinging onto my foot across the floor, Sana approached the two of us.

"Kaito-kun, please think about your decision more thoroughly."

"What? Sana-san, this lady right here is a mage who can only use like two spells a day. That's like the worst kind of mage. I'm not letting someone like that join our team."

The mage below me stiffened after I said that.

"H-hey! I'm right here, you know!"

I honestly didn't think Sana would understand anything about mages and spells and whatnot, so I continued making my way to the exit while slowly dragging the wailing mage with me.

"No, Kaito-kun. I'm serious when I say that you should rethink your decision. Remember, Angellica-san is.."

The Sana today was surprisingly serious about this. I wonder why?

"..the owner of a resort house here in Oranea!"

..!!

H-how could I have been so blind?

I ignored Angellica's most important perk. I feel like such a fool. If we don't let us in her team, I wouldn't be able to live in a resort house alongside these beautiful girls.. My harem would also suffer a big blow! That's not what I want at all. I can't let that happen!

With tears in my eyes, I apologetically looked at the confused Angellica before me and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry. Welcome to the team."

"Wh-wha-?! I'm very insulted! So you see me only as a sponsor, is that it?! I'm a powerful mage too, you know!"

"Alright! Sana! Agame! Let's head home and pack our bags! We're moving out!"

"Hey, don't ignore me! Agh, this is such a bad day!"

Part 2

"Whoaa! It's huge!"

Before us was a large white building surrounded by giant walls. In order to get it in, we'd have to enter through the giant blue gate in front of us. From here, I could smell the scent of chlorine from the swimming pools inside.

This is an amazing resort house!

"Mm.. It really is big. But, I'm still not comfortable with her around."

"Aah, don't be like that, Agame-chan! Why don't we just get along? Besides, this is my resort house. If you don't want to make a pool of yourself here, then I suggest you make friends with me. Mhm!"

Ignoring the fist clenched Agame beside her, Sana, who was carrying her luggage with her like everyone else, excitedly asked Angellica.

"A-Angellica-san? Are we waiting for someone to open the gate for us?"

We've been standing out here for a few minutes already, so that's what I also thought.

"Oh no. You see, this resort runs on a magic generator. Everything runs on a magic crystal that's hidden within the household. That's why I'm pretty confident that this place's squeaky clean even if it's been unoccupied for a few months. All you have to do to open the gate is do this, see?"

With a snap of her finger, the gate slowly opened by itself.

"Awesome! We really are in a fantasy world!"

After marvelling at this resort's amazing features, I followed the other girls into the resort house.

First we entered the resort house itself. We immediately started to gasp in amazement after witnessing such luxurious interior.

"It really is tidy! Not a single cobweb in sight! How is that possible, Angellica-san?"

Sana seemed to be the most excited of the bunch.

"Like I said, this place runs on a magic generator. Look over there."

We turned our attention to a broom that was sweeping the floor on its own. Everyone besides me and Angellica stepped back in surprise.

A magic generator is basically this world's replacement for electric generators. It's a magic crystal that had magic power poured into it by a magic user. Once that happens, it emits a magic pulse into the air that affects the things around it. The broom over there right now is under the influence of that magic pulse.

"I-I'm not sure I understand, but okay."

Sana's still completely clueless about this world though.

"To think that the generator is still running after all this time.. Your magic power back then must've been off the roof, Angellica!"

After hearing my praise, Angellica proudly crossed her arms and stuck her chin up.

"I must emphasize the "back then" though."

She stiffened after hearing that from me however.

"Wh-whatever! Everyone, go upstairs and find yourselves a room!"

And so we did.

Part 3

I gave out a long sigh of relief while I laid down on my white bed.

Ahh, feels good to have my very own room now. I'm gonna miss sharing a room with Sana, but I prefer this lifestyle. I wonder what the others are doing? Knowing them, they're probably gonna hit the pool at the backyard.

A knock came onto my door.

I wonder who that is?

Yawning, I got up from my bed and opened the white door. Angellica was waiting at the other side, looking quite troubled.

"Angellica..? What are you doing here?"

"I.. I need to talk to you about something."

She wants to talk?

"Yesterday. It's about yesterday. You for some reason knew about my dark secrets."

Hmm.. She must be talking about me knowing about her period, lingerie and whatever else I said yesterday. Mhm, that flustered look on her face confirms it.

"Kaito, this is my question. Who exactly are you? You and your team appeared out of nowhere with spectacular stats and now all of the sudden you're on a quest to take down Tartaros. Only a fool wouldn't notice how ridiculously odd this is."

I wonder.

Should I reveal to her all of my secrets? That me and Sana are from another parallel world? Agame doesn't know anything about this too, so should I tell her too?

Angellica is my teammate so I'm guessing she deserves to know.

Alright then.

"Angellica. Please listen to me closely. Also, this may also end up to be a shocker so please don't act rashly once this is over.."

I walked over to the glass window that had bright sunlight passing through. Slowly, I dramatically turned back to Angellica and said-

"I'm from another world."

There you go. There's my explanation.

This must be too much for Angellica to take in so I had the room in silence to make room for her thought process.

I would be speechless as well if I was in her shoes.

I closed my eyes amidst the silence and chuckled a bit.

"Oh, okay. That explains it."

Ha?

"Wait a minute. You seem surprisingly calm about this."

It was I who was shocked the most after witnessing her reaction to my big secret. All she did was shrug and walk to the door.

"You're from another world, I get it. Hanzo was from another world too so it's not unbelievable."

I turned into a statue hearing that.

It felt like I was slowly dissolving into salt.

After putting so much effort in making that scene as dramatic as possible..

"Oh? By any chance is Sana from another world too?"

Not being able to talk due to utter shock, I could only nod.

"Ah, that makes sense too. Alright, I'll be hitting the spa."

After she left, I fell to my knees, feeling like it was me who got played.

Why?

Why can't I experience these epic main protagonist moments?

Part 4

"W-Waaahhhh~!"

That loud shriek that came from the room next to mine triggered my trouble senses and so I quickly rushed to the scene so I could see what was going on.

"What's wrong?!"

My voice came out of my mouth loudly, and I gaped my jaw wide open at what was in front of me-

-something completely normal.

"K-Kaito-kun! What in the hell is that thing?!"

The blonde was leaning back against the wall of the bedroom to keep her distance from the six-foot tall cockroach that was scurrying around the floor.

"Scared of roaches, huh?"

"H-how can you be so calm about this?! There's a giant roach standing right in front of you!"

"Aren't you just overreacting?"

Sana widened her eyes at me like I've lost my mind, but I was dead serious. The average size of a cockroach in Ischyos is about five to seven feet in height.

"What do you mean I'm overreacting?! Can you not see that.. that.. thing?!"

"Stop being a little girl. This roach is nothing out of the ordinary."

"What kind of world is this?!"

I shrugged off Sana's complaints and walked towards the oblivious roach. I slowly took off one of my shoes to prepare to kill it quickly.

"D-do you seriously plan on squashing that monstrosity with your shoe?!"

"Well how do you kill roaches?"

The overreacting blonde in the room was being annoying, so I really wanted this to be over quickly.

However, as I crept closer-

"Gah!"

The roach must've finally noticed me and scurried out the door, pushing me aside as it did.

Ugh, killing roaches is always such a chore.

"Well, it got away.."

"Don't just stand there! I don't want that thing in my house! Run after it!"

Okay, Sana was being really irritating. Before I could argue with her-

"What was that shriek?!"

"Yeah, I heard some commotion here. Is everyone okay?"

Agame and Angellica both arrived at the room with concerned looks on their faces.

"Nothing, really. Sana just got spooked by a little cockroach."

"Stop dismissing the matter like it isn't a big deal!"

The blonde beside me was fuming, but I remained unfazed. She was really just overreacting.

I noticed how Angellica and Agame's faces wrinkled, as if they were absolutely disgusted.

"Roaches.. I hate those things with a passion! I do my best to keep this house super squeaky clean but those insects always mess with the furniture placements!"

"Exactly. Sometimes they even block the hallways with their bodies. I'll enjoy shooting them down with Apollo."

"Err, those aren't really the reasons why you should hate roaches, but that works too, I guess.."

Sana slouched down, scratching the nape of her head at the words coming from Angellica and Agame respectively.

"Are we seriously going to maks a big deal out of this dumb bug? I'm the one who's going to surpass Hanzo, and yet we're hunting down a roach."

"I do not stand for bugs in my household! They always bug me out! It's best to dispose of them before they cause too much damage! Hang on, I'll fetch for some extermination equipment!"

The white haired mage quickly bolted off on her own.

"I-I'll get Apollo real quick!"

The archer loli ran off right after.

I sighed.

Are we really doing this? This is so annoying.

Part 5

Right now, Sana and I were at the living room downstairs waiting for Agame and Angellica who said they were going to fetch for things that'd help in this stupid cockroach hunt we were having.

"I still can't believe that we're doing all of this for a single cockroach."

"Well it's for the greater good! You saw how huge that thing was! It's unsafe to have that thing running freely in the house!"

I was already in a bad mood so I wanted Sana to shut up quickly.

"Listen up, you annoying blonde! You're in another world now, and this world works differently than the last! Roaches of that size here are completely ordinary, so quit acting like something big's happened! You're in Ischyos, damn it! Expect for things like this to happen!"

I raised my voice a lot at Sana's face, and that made her tremble.

Good. Hopefully she shuts up now.

"Well, sorry for being dragged into this mess, you stupid NEET! You were the one who dragged me here in the first place, so who are you to lecture me?! Also, this world is stupid! First monster carrots and now six foot cockroaches?! What kind of sicko place is this?! If we don't kill this roach, I'm going to squash you, you got that?!"

"Y-yes, Ueno-san."

I-it's amazing how fast it took for her to turn the tables. Sana is scary when she's mad. She's scary. Really scary.

While I was holding my heart filled with hurt feelings, Angellica and Agame arrived in the living room with some tacky outfits that raised my mood a lot.

These two were wearing Ghostbuster-ish outfits, and it took a lot of effort for me to hold in my laughter.

"Are you ready for bugbusting, you two?!"

Angellica confidently announced with two spraying cans that looked like bug exterminating spray. Beside her was an equally smug Agame with her white bow that was almost twice her size.

"I'm sorry miss, but I'm afraid we don't have any ghosts here."

"What do you mean ghosts, Kaito? We're hunting a criminal cockroach!"

Angellica placed her hands on her hips as she gripped the two spraying cans. I was about to ask her what those things were for when Sana asked for me.

"Are those insect repellants, Angellica-san?"

"Eh? These are potions toxic to bugs I bought from the plaza earlier, but I like that name! "Insect repellant"! It really does have a nice ring to it! Isn't that right, Agame-chan?"

"Hmph! That's a pretty impractical way of killing bugs, Angellica-san. I shall make sure that Apollo would be the one to deliver the killing blow onto that cockroach!"

After Agame announced this taunt, she and the mage beside her started to clash heads with each other.

"Oh? Is that a challenge?"

"Surprised that you understood what I was implying."

"You're lucky I don't have mana to cast spells, Agame-chan. Otherwise, not only the cockroach would be in trouble, but you would too."

"With you around, I wouldn't even know who the roach is."

This was pointless.

Not only am I wasting time that I could spend on resting, but I'm having my patience suffer whenever these guys are bickering.

So, I decided to slowly make my escape up the stairs to lock myself in my room.

Well, that would've been the plan, but-

"Agh!"

My body was suddenly crushed by what I could assume was multiple legs.

I could only assume because I was left laying down on the floor with broken bones.

Sana was the only one to shriek.

"I-it looks even scarier when it's trampling over the NEET!"

Okay, don't be worried about me. Insult me instead, that's alright with me.

"Fwahaha! It's finally arrived! Now- Gwah!"

Angellica didn't get the opportunity to attack the cockroach since she was shoved aside by a confident Agame.

"This is my kill! With the lights of the heavens and the guidance of Apollo, may this impure creature be purified from this earth! Take this~!"

Hm?

"E-eh? T-take this!"

But nothing's happening.

"Wh-why won't my Apollo fire?!"

Agame was on the verge of tears when the white haired mage smugly let out a chuckle.

"Silly Agame-chan. Did you forget? This place runs on a magic generator. These generators emit pulses that block unregistered magic. Unless you get a pass from me, then you aren't firing Apollo anywhere near the house! Bow-hoo!"

"Th-that's low!"

Since Agame was out for the count, the white haired mage ran towards the unaware cockroach that was lazily scurrying around the living room floor.

"I am the Angellica and this is my resort house! Sorry, but roaches aren't allowed in here because you guys make me in-sick't-"

The white haired mage suddenly toppled over and fell to the ground. Agame had tackled her from behind and pinned her down.

"What gives?! Let me go, you brat!"

"Register my Apollo! Register my Apollo this instant!"

"D-do you seriously think I can do that when you're pinning me down the floor?!"

I finally managed to finish healing my broken bones with my magic and had stood up.

"Okay, what's happen-"

I didn't get to finish my sentence because this motherfucking cockroach trampled me with its six heavy legs again.

As I groaned in pain once more, the other two continued to wrestle while the blonde was watching the scene from a few feet back.

"If you don't register Apollo, then I'm going to rip these breasts right off of you!"

"A-Agame-chan! Please, stop that!"

Because of all the fuss Agame and Angellica were making, one of the insect repellants Angellica had in her hand flew out of her grip and landed on the cockroach, spraying the chemicals at it.

As per proper reaction, the poor bug started to blindly crawl around the room. It bumped into a lot of furniture, a lot of walls and a lot of me in the process until-

"E-eh?!"

It made its way towards Sana.

"S-stay away from me!"

A splattering noise echoed throughout the room and in the place of the cockroach before it could reach the blonde were green slime. Brown limbs and a few puddles of green liquid were scattered all around the living room.

Sana held her fist forward, breathing heavily. This very fist also had a lot of green slime on it.

Well, I guess that takes care of the cockroach problem.

The only problem left is how long it would take for these broken bones to heal.

Part 6

It was nighttime.

The girls spent their time today using the resort house's facilities like the hot springs and the pool, while I, on the other hand, just like in my previous life, spent my day in my room, taking the rare opportunity to rest my tired body.

There's really no rush to peek at them while they're changing. I can do that another time.

I couldn't sleep however.

Maybe it's the new room or if I'm just restless, but I really don't enjoy this feeling of not being able to hit the hay.

So, I decided to get up and head downstairs to the bathroom so I could wash my face.

As I approached the door to the said room, my brain came up with a quick realization.

I am basically a harem protagonist. If you omit the part where none of the girls have feelings for me, (which I think should happen soon as the plot progresses), I am definitely a harem protagonist!

Fufufu, and what usually happens at a time like this, where the main protagonist lives together with three girls? That's right, there's a big possibility that an amazing cliché would occur where I open up this door and one of the girls is inside, completely naked after a nice shower. Oh, my body is trembling just thinking about it!

I can already picture the scene, the moment I enter the room, I freeze in shock, then the girl inside turns completely red while covering her body! After that, she would begin to either violently throw stuff at me or hit me with a dropkick that would blast me across the house while saying "Kaito, you pervert!" or "Kaito, you idiot!".

Meanwhile, the main protagonist would be groaning in pain, but that pain would pale in comparison to the beautiful scene that had just unfolded before his very eyes!

That very protagonist is me! This suspense is killing me! Gods of clichés, I shall proudly be your next victim!

"Oh?"

"Ah?"

Both parties stiffened in reaction to seeing each other.

What kind of crap is this?

"W-wait! I can explain, Kaito!"

Before me was a panicked Tabaki kneeling on the floor while going through the laundry basket inside the bathroom, with white panties in his hand.

I was kind of mad that my expectations were cut short tonight, but I understood this man's situation.

Closing my eyes, I patted Tabaki's shoulder while giving a thumbs up.

"K-Kaito.."

"I fully understand your predicament, Tabaki. I've done plenty of panty raids myself, and I can sympathize with you. However, you must leave before Angellica and the others find you snooping around here."

"You're a kind soul, Kaito! I promise that I'll repay you one day!"

After that moment of what seemed to be a beginning of a friendship, I helped Tabaki sneak out the house without being seen.

"Thank you, Kaito. Here, take this as a token of my gratitude."

I felt a soft cloth being put into my hand by the red haired adventurer who I'd just acquainted with.

"This size.. It looks like it belongs to Agame."

"Yeah, I figured you'd be into those of her kind."

Hey, do you want me to get arrested? No, is your perspective of me someone who doesn't mind getting arrested? Jeez.

"Anyways, I'm off! Thanks for having my back, bro."

Sheesh, he was a douche, but he was also a complete mad lad, sneaking into this house full of dangerous adventurers just to steal panties.

"Mmm, what's with all of this noise in the middle of the night?"

Oh?

Coming down the stairs with a lantern were Agame, Sana and Angellica in their pajamas.

"Kaito-kun? What're you doing in this hour? We thought you were a burglar so we came to inves... ti.. gate.."

Eh? Why'd Sana's voice trail off all of the sudden?

...!!!

I realized the pink panties that Tabaki gave me were still visibly in my hand.

Oh no.

"No, wait! This is-!"

I began to flail around in panic when I noticed Agame beginning to cry.

Gah! She doesn't have her bow on her, so she's in her cry baby mode! No, I'm feeling really guilty now!

As I stood there with my legs shaking, I was slowly approached by the other two scary looking girls who're both clenching their fists together

"Sana, must we teach this pedo a lesson?"

"With pleasure."

Rot in hell, Tabaki. This is all your fault.

"S-Sana-san.. Angellica-san.. Have mercy on my soul.. This is a misunderstanding.."

That night, the living room became a complete mess.

This wasn't the cliché that I wanted to happen.

Part 7

Groan...

It was the next day.

The downtown plaza was as busy as ever. Demi-humans and humans crowded the streets either selling, buying, or just strolling about.

Right now, Angellica and I were accompanying Sana to her part time job at that cat human grooming shop. Agame was still mad at me for last night so she refused to come along.

"Oh! That's the super strong new warrior girl in the city guild!"

"You're right! I heard she has sky high stats capable of defeating that jerk Hanzo!"

"She's really pretty, too!"

My day was quickly ruined upon hearing those dumb words from the cityfolk as we were passing by.

We stopped at a building that had many cat humans inside.

"Oh? I don't remember this store being as popular as it is now the last time I visited."

Angellica looked surprised at the amount of customers the store was getting.

"I actually helped the owner of this store with a few things so it could reach what it is now."

"Really? That's impressive, Sana."

I'd also be impressed but must I remind Sana that she's an adventurer and not a full time clerk in a parlor for felines?

Before we could depart with Sana, we were greeted by a familiar cat girl running our way.

"You guys! Good morning!"

"Ah! Mimi-san!"

"Sana-san!"

I narrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

I didn't know Sana was close with Mimi. I mean, I spent a lot of time with this cat girl at the guild's training grounds, having her teach me support skills and all, and I don't recall her saying anything about Sana.

"Good morning to you too, Kaito-san! Ah! And could you be the Angellica-san?"

As if completely triggered by the "the" in "the Angellica-san", the white haired mage beside me immediately raised her chin and held her hand pretentiously on her chest.

"That's right! That's me, the greatest mage in Ischyos!"

And a giant sham.

"Anyways, Mimi-sensei, what are you doing here? How come you and Sana are so close with each other?"

Sana nudged herself closer to the short brown haired cat girl beside her.

"Mimi-san is the daughter of this store's owner. She helped me with the ropes of this business."

Ah, so that explains it.

"Anyways, I'll be off to work you guys! See you!"

"Good luck, Sana-san! Anyways, I must ask. Do you two have any plans for the day?!"

Angellica and I exchanged glances in confusion after hearing that from Mimi.

Part 8

Currently, we were following Mimi's lead to what seems to be the guild training grounds.

I glanced at Angellica disapprovingly as she seemed to have trouble walking on her high heels.

Why did she even wear those to begin with if she has problems using them? To look more attractive? Jeez, if she really wanted to attract attention then all she has to do is remove her top and reveal her real magic.

"We're here!"

Mimi stopped right at the middle of the grassy training grounds.

"Say, Mimi-sensei. What're we doing here in the training area? Also, why are you persistent on having Angellica here? Is it because you're "blinded" by her greatness? Well listen up, she is a total failure of a mage who can only cast magic twice a day."

What I said struck the number one mage in Ischyos's pride.

"Y-you! Stop calling me a failure of a mage!"

Mimi let out a short hearty laugh that took our attention.

"Actually, that's exactly the reason why I brought you two here. Macy already informed me of your condition, Angellica-san. I know of a way for you to cast more spells per day."

What Mimi said just now had the two of us wide eyed.

This was great news!

If Angellica is able to actually use spells, then I wouldn't be stuck with a mage who becomes useless after the second cast! This would actually be beneficial for me! Not only that, it'd ease the difficulty of our quest to defeat Hanzo too!

Angellica was also super enthusiastic and put her face closer to Mimi's.

"A-are you serious, Mimi-san? You're not kitten me, are you? You mean I can actually use my spells as much as I want again?!"

"Y-yeah. However, we need Kaito for this to happen."

Oh?

"Me?"

"Yep. You're actually perfect for this job. You have plenty of mana, don't you? And Angellica-san here lacks mana. It's like you complete her."

Err, no matter how much you sugar coat it, in the end, you're saying that I'm merely a reserve tank for Angellica's mana, is that it?

Yeah, that stings my pride a bit. Stupid support role.

"I'm going to teach you a new skill today, Kaito. It's called "Mana Transfer"."

"Hm? Judging from its name, it involves me transferring my mana to Angellica, is that right?"

"You catch on quick!"

Uh-huh, you're definitely saying that I'm just a mana reserve for Angellica.

I took a deep breath.

"It can't be helped. If I wanted to actually have a useful mage in my party, then I'd have to lower my pride a bit. Although it'd be so much easier to just kick her out and replace her with some other mage like Tabaki, the free place to live in she's offering is too good of a thing to have to throw her out that easily."

Angellica winced at my statement, obviously insulted. However, before she could say anything else with her fuming face, Mimi spoke first.

"Alright then. How should I do this?"

I walked closer towards Angellica and Mimi.

"Can you find Angellica-san's vital spot?"

"I can do that. Hold on."

I focused all my mana into my eyes like before so I could find the white mage's vital spot.

Ah, just my luck.

"Here it is. Should I touch it now?"

"That's the next step."

"With pleasure."

"Yah-!"

Hehehe, Angellica may be a useless mage, but this feeling of her breasts is just amazing! She's definitely at least a G cup or maybe even more! Ooh, so soft and bouncy! It definitely matches Annalea's! I must be dreaming!

"Hands off, you predator!"

"Gwah!"

I found myself blasted into the ground, completely charred. Looks like Angellica casted a fire spell on me it seems.

"I-I'm sorry, Mimi-san, but this technique is too much for me! I can't have that man touch me so lewdly like that!"

"What are you saying, you useless mage?! You'd be helpless in quests if we don't do something about that mana problem of yours!"

"Quit being a hot headed pervert or I'll cast another spell on you!"

I looked at Mimi to reason out with her, but she looked depressed for some reason.

"Why.. Why are mine so small..?"

..!!

No! Don't fall into the abyss of depression, sensei! Someone save her!

"Mimi-sensei! Don't leave us! They're great the way they are, sensei! Wah! Something's coming out of her mouth! Damn it, Angellica, this is all your fault!"

"My fault?! How is it my fault?!"

"Your presence is at fault!"

"That makes no sense!"

"M-maybe I should just give up.."

"Mimi-sensei, come back!"

The sun started to set on this stressful day.

End of I Want to Die, Lets Isekai Volume 2: Chapter 1