1 Chapter 1: Darkness

Kazuma had come to understand a lot about his teammates over the past few misadventures he'd been forced into with them… Aqua was the picture-perfect image of a useless goddess who somehow managed to piss all over her ability to contribute just by being herself outside of missions. Megumin was an impulsive brat that he had to literally carry on his back more often than not due to her obsession with using all her power in one massive explosion every single mission. And then there was Darkness… Darkness could actually get a pass for being a useful meat-shield that didn't complain, but her overbearing horniness and tendency to monologue about all the atrocities she wanted to happen to her every single time a threat popped up had gotten on his last nerve.

And so, on this day in the manor they'd gotten thanks to one of Aqua's screw-ups, Kazuma finally decided something: He'd stop caring.

"Get naked," the adventurer ordered bluntly as he stood before Darkness, looking down on her calmy as she sat on their couch in her nightgown, a book in her lap.

The crusader just blinked, eyes flicking up to stare at him incredulously. "What?"

"Get naked," Kazuma repeated, his tone even and casual. "Take your clothes off."