Chapter 8 : Kazuma’s Monologue  

My name is Satou Kazuma, and right now, I'm in another world. This is my second experience coming to other world. Furthermore, I'm not alone; I'm with the party members from my previous world. Although they can be foolish and useless, they are always dependable when the time is right.

My party consists of four members. The first is me, an ordinary human from Japan. The second is a useless goddess. The third is a loli wizard who can only cast spells once a day. And the last is a crusader who can only take hits but can't attack at all.

Goddess Aqua, when I first met her, I could immediately tell she was a goddess. Her beauty surpassed that of any human, with long blue hair and perfect body proportions. However, despite being a goddess, her words and actions made everyone doubt her divinity. 

When I first encountered Aqua, she mocked me for dying in such a foolish way. Unable to contain my anger, I ended up bringing Aqua with me to another world to defeat the Devil King, when I could have chosen a cheat instead. 

I thought that since she was a goddess, she would be useful to me, but instead, she became a source of trouble. However, I don't regret choosing Aqua. In my previous world, I had died multiple times, and if it weren't for Aqua, I wouldn't be alive today.

Megumin is a loli wizard from the Crimson Demon Clan. My first impression of Megumin was that she was a weird person, and even now, she remains weird. Her parents are weird, and all the members of her clan are weird as well. 

The members of the Crimson Demon Clan are born with high magic and intellect, but they have one significant flaw: all of them are chuunibyou. They have strange names and always try to speak in a cool style. 

Why? 

It's because one of the many irresponsible Japanese people who went to another world conducted human experiments, and this clan is the result of those experiments. Although Megumin is a strange girl with a childish demeanor, she is very caring. 

Our relationship is more than friends but less than lovers.

Darkness is a strong woman. If I ignore her masochistic tendencies, I would dare to say that she is the perfect woman. Her sexy body and large breasts— I have no issues with her appearance at all. 

Moreover, she has good manners and speaks politely. When I was in Axel, I often made many mistakes, offended nobles, destroyed the city, and accumulated a lot of debt. But Darkness tried to solve all my problems on her own without letting me know. 

Even though in the end, I was the one who resolved everything, I am very grateful to Darkness. I have never met anyone who is willing to sacrifice so much for me, not even my parents would do that. 

She has also confessed her feelings to me, albeit in a rather rough manner. She threw me onto the bed, pinned me down, and declared her feelings for me. Yeah, I didn't hate that. But at that moment, I couldn't accept Darkness's feelings.

Alright, enough reflecting on these useless friends of mine. It's because of them that I was thrown into this world. If it weren't for them, I would be back in Japan, lazing around in bed while binge-watching anime and playing games all day long.

But this world is incredibly fascinating. Even more interesting than the previous world. Although it's not that different from the world before, the fact that there are gods and goddesses here reignites my enthusiasm for adventure.

Yet, even before I had the chance to embark on an adventure, I died first. How sad.

Based on the information I've received from Hestia-sama, I can say that this world is very similar to an RPG game. Adventurers with falna can gain Excelia by defeating monsters or powerful opponents. This Excelia is ultimately used to enhance their base status. When one of the base statuses reaches D rank, that adventurer can level up, provided they obtain high-rank Excelia. The way to achieve high-rank Excelia is by accomplishing an achievement that can even impress the gods and goddesses.

Then, let's think about my status. All the skills and magic I learned in my previous world also came along to this one, but almost all of my skills and magic are locked. I tried to think about it calmly until I realized a peculiarity. The skills and magic that I can use are only the ones I've learned using skill points that I've earned through normal means. All the skills and magic I learned through cheating are locked.

Now, about Excelia: Goddess Hestia said that only adventurers with falna can gain Excelia. When I died earlier, I clearly lost my falna, but after I defeated Aqua and regained my falna, my status increased. Doesn't that mean I can gain Excelia even if I don't have falna? If that's true, then for me falna only functions like the adventurer card in Axel. 

Now, I cannot help but remember what Eris-sama said.

This world is beyond her reach; she... I mean, the heaven that Eris-sama mentioned cannot interfere with this world, and so this world cannot interfere with our existence that comes from another world.

With that alone, I can conclude that the heaven mentioned of by Eris-sama is different from the heaven in this world.

Does that mean there are multiple heavens, each with its own realm of authority?

If that's true, then I'm even more excited to explore this unknown world, but I can't help but worry about the dungeon adventure tomorrow. Just looking at my party's composition makes me anxious. 

First, there's the crusader who only has strong defense but never hits the enemy. 

Second, there's the maniac loli wizard who can only use her explosion magic once a day. Just hearing the word "dungeon," I can guess that dungeons are narrow places, and I definitely can't let her use her explosion magic inside the dungeon unless I want to commit suicide.

Then there's Aqua—well, her support magic is actually very useful; it's just that she always causes problems at critical moments, and she wastes her potential by learning useless party tricks. 

Lastly, there's Bell. Well, there's nothing strange about him; he seems like a normal kid, but he's really weak. Can I survive in the dungeon with a party like this??

Haaah, why am I worrying too much? I remember a saying from a wise person.

It's better to think about tomorrow's problems tomorrow.

Now, it's time to sleep. 

(To Be Continued)