Prologue

"Welcome to the afterlife, Sato Kazuma. Unfortunately, you died. Your life may have been short, but it has come to an end.

- - Konosuba means... well, they promised me an easy start and didn't seem to lie, - muttered the man whose name was now Kazuma.

It was a well-lit room, the boundaries of which were hidden behind impenetrable black smoke. He was sitting on a chair opposite a kind of throne, on which a pretty girl with medium-sized breasts was sitting with her legs crossed.

She had long blue hair that looks as smooth as silk. Her clothes consisted of a vest, two separate sleeves, a mini-skirt, under which there was a slightly longer transparent skirt, boots, slightly above the knees, and stockings under them. On her head, the girl wore a blue-yellow hairpin made in the shape of a water molecule.

The girl tilted her head.

- Hmm, it's strange, but I don't see the events that led to your death…

"To be honest, I don't remember the recent events very well either," Kazuma smiled innocently.

- Well, fuck it!

The girl immediately waved her hand, getting up from the throne and coming closer.

- My name is Aqua. I am the goddess who guides the young people who died in Japan and you have two options. You can start life in a new world with a clean slate. Or go to heaven and live like all the old-timers who inhabit it!

Of course Kazuma already knew the right option, but he couldn't help but clarify.

- And what's it like there, well, in heaven?

Aqua quickly darted her eyes around, as if fearing that she would be overheard, and leaned even closer, speaking almost in a whisper.

"The truth is, heaven isn't as good as people imagine. There will be no need for any things for you there, you won't even have a body! I'm sorry if I disappoint you, but there's nothing there! No TV, no manga, no games. You will only be able to warm up in the rays of the sun with your predecessors and chat. And so forever!

- What a horror! Kazuma was affectedly horrified. – Then I'll probably choose the option of rebirth, beautiful goddess!

- Great! – Aqua smiled, his treatment clearly pleased her. "You like games, don't you?"

"Yeah," Kazuma nodded, staring intently at the goddess's skirt and trying to solve the riddle of the millennium.

- Then listen carefully! – taking a theatrical pose, Aqua began to broadcast.

- Wait! What's happening? Aqua screamed, trying in vain to escape from the magic circle. - No, no, stop, this is too much! Is it fair to take a goddess with you?! It doesn't count, does it? Such a choice should not count! Stop!

Completely ignoring the Goddess's pleas, the angel girl smiled softly.

- Have a good trip, Mrs. Aqua! We will immediately send messengers after you to mark your return when the Demon King is defeated. I'll take over all your duties until you return, don't worry.

- Stop! Wait! I'm a goddess, of course, but I only have healing skills, not combat skills! It's just impossible for me to defeat the Demon King!

Ignoring Aqua's screams again, the girl with wings turned to Kazuma.

- Sato Kazuma. Now you will go to another world and become one of the heroes claiming to kill the Demon King. The moment you defeat the Demon King, you will receive a divine gift.

- A gift? Can I find out which one?

The girl smiled warmly.

- A gift worthy of the savior of the world... You will be granted the fulfillment of a wish that can be absolutely anything.

"Sounds good," Kazuma smiled, feeling the ground slipping away from under his feet.

"It's just a pity that I hardly need it," he managed to add to himself before the bright light filled the whole room.

Opening his eyes, he saw in front of him a covered wagon pulled by a pair of horses.

"Here it is, a new world!" grinned Kazuma.

For today, if it can be considered one day, he has already met someone who called himself God twice and both times he was offered an unusual option to continue his own life.

Unlike Aqua, the first God was much more impersonal and taciturn. His suggestion was as follows. Kazuma, although he was not called that then, had to alternately get into various anime worlds, each of which already had its own schoolboy, a hitman or a similar level of development. In each of the worlds, he had to fulfill one specific goal, which was provided to him by something called the "System of the Hidden"

This something was also supposed to help him adapt to the new world and be able to become stronger. However, since Konosuba's world already had its own system called "Profession" or "Class", there was almost no need for it.

The only thing that Kazuma saw in the system was his goal – to defeat the Demon King. He was not limited in time in any way, and on his way he could do whatever he wanted, so he was in a state of anticipation.

"Strength, power, money and your own harem, what more can you want?! Oh, yes, you can still..."

Without letting Kazuma finish his thought, Aqua attacked him with wild screams.

- I can't go back! What should I do?! Where to go?! She yelled, grabbing Kazuma by the collar, causing strange looks from passers-by and scaring children.

«Да уж, сильно легким этот путь не будет!» - усмехнулся Казума, вдыхая воздух нового мира полной грудью.