I will...

[2 days later]

Alex: ...Oh, I forgot to tell her where we live…

Megumin: It's fine… Better like that.

The two of them and Aqua, who was playing with trinkets from a guy that got his business as street entertainer stolen from her, was sitting on the couch.

Megumin: Darkness is still not back… She should be coming back tonight, right?

Even if she passed a night with the landlord, she should have been here the day before yesterday, but in the end, she didn't come back yesterday too… Was the landlord detaining her? Or did Darkness got in the middle of an accident? If this goes on, Alex will be forced to take action.

But right now Alex's thoughts were concentrated on something else…

Alex: ...That son of a bitch, though…

Megumin: Who?

Alex: Nothing… 'I can't believe he really planned to take ALL my levels…'

He checked his adventurer's card once again, he had 0 experience, and his level was still to 1. He should have leveled up with the frog of yesterday, but nothing happened…

It would be bad asking for the contract to be broken because he was sure that Nulgath would ask something much bigger in return for getting back the possibility to level up… And he didn't had almost anything to use for the trade…

So, either he would find things that will be able to satisfy him, or he will go to hunt for Skill Points, but something was scaring the nearby monsters, so he gave up on quests. Besides, he didn't feel like it without knowing if Darkness was really safe…

Suddenly, a beautiful lady charged in and shattered the atmosphere around them.

?: Bad news, this is bad! Alex, bad news!

She looked like a noble wearing an expensive-looking dress, white high heels and her head had a long braided hair flowing down her chest from one shoulder…

Alex: Darkness? Is that you or am I seeing hallucinations?

Meanwhile, Megumin went to her side and said.

Megumin: Welcome back Darkness. You don't need to explain what happened. Here, go take a nice long bath to soothe your body and soul.

Darkness: Bath? What are you saying Megumin? Anyway, I want to talk about something important…

Then she went towards Alex and gave him a booklet to him… No, it was a photo of a young handsome man with mid-length brunette hair.

Alex: ...Uhhhhh…

It seems he needs to reconsider a bit the idea of Darkness getting toyed...

Darkness: That damn Alexei, using cheap tricks like this! I did promise to do anything, but my father would reject him if it was too offensive. I knew that, that's why I promised him back then, but…

Alex: Woman, explain everything.

Darkness: *Sigh* You're right, sorry, I was just a bit to stressed… That one is Alexei's son, Alexei wants me to marry him…

Alex: ...And?

Darkness: ...I want your help to convince my father to stop the marriage.

Then Darkness went out to explain the current situation, about what her father was thinking about herself and the matchmaking between her and Alexei's son.

Megumin: ...In short, Darkness' father wants her to give up the dangerous job of adventurer, so he sends her to matchmaking sessions whenever he has the chance. But Darkness doesn't plan on marrying yet and rejected all previous attempts.

Darkness: ...Yes, you're right. To be frank, I'm very satisfied with my current life. If I continue my career, an evil mage or a minion of the Demon King's army might target me. I'll resist until the very end, but still get captured by them in a miserable state. I'll be tied up in locks and chains, my clothes will be all tattered…! Ugh…! Stop… Stop…!

Alex: Give me back my own worries, fucking bitch…

His eyes twitched in anger while Megumin shook her staff and said doubtfully.

Megumin: I see, the previous matchmaking sessions were by the request of your father, where you can reject. But this matchmaking session was raised by the landlord, and you've already promised him to do him one favor. 

Your father is eager and the landlord's also eager, so you can't reject it under such circumstances. But the landlord wants you by hook or by crook, so why's he so obsessed with you? 

I don't get why he wants you as a daughter-in-law either. With his status as landlord, if he really wanted to, he could force you to be his concubine.

Then Darkness fidgeted a bit before she introduced herself embarrassedly. 

Darkness: ...My… My real name's Dustiness Ford Lalatina. I'm a daughter of a rather esteemed noble clan…

Aqua and Megumin were greatly surprised, while Alex, who already knew a bit, chuckled.

Alex: Lalatina…

Darkness: STOP!!!

Tears were coming out from her eyes and yelled to Alex.

Megumin: Dustiness…! That's not just rather esteemed, it's a super powerful nobility clan! The top adviser in this nation, that Dustiness? In this town?

Darkness: ...Yes.

Aqua: What?! So, if I become a child of the Dustiness family, I can slack around all day and live an extravagant life?

For Aqua who missed the important point, Darkness replied with a slightly troubled tone.

Darkness: Yes… But, our family's not looking to adopt…

Megumin: Well… This might be surprising, but Darkness is Darkness. For me, Darkness is a tough Crusader; an important comrade. That's all.

When Darkness heard Megumin, she said with a happy expression.

Darkness: ...Yes, please take care of me from now on too…

Seeing their interaction, Aqua pointed at herself cheerfully.

Aqua: ...Hey, hey, I have something shocking to tell you, okay? Well, I've said this before but you didn't believe me… Actually, I'm a goddess!

Then Megumin and Darkness said with a tone that obviously meant the opposite of what they were going to say.

Darkness/Megumin: Wow, that's great…

Aqua: Why don't you believe me!?

Meanwhile, Alex was thinking… Was it really that bad being married? If he could make her marry, then Darkness will be forced to leave the party.

It wasn't like he hated her or something like that, she was strong, it's just… What would really happen if they reached the Demon King's castle? She would get really killed this time, not captured or anything, but killed with a swift slash in the neck, and he doubted that she could survive.

He was worried about this, so if she could get out from his party, she would be much safer, even if she may not like it… No… Now that he thought about it… Can he even reach the Demon King's castle in his current condition?

He has enough strength to fight Beldia again without any boost, but that will be only if he himself will stay in a safe zone. His stats turned back to that of a normal human, more or less, since his passive skills are still active.

If a single normal arrow reaches for his head, it will be the end, even though he can regenerate, he could still be killed from someone at level 10 or 15…

There were two solutions on this problem…

Break Nulgath's contract, and become a real Void Highlord, a Void Being… He checked his adventurer's card when he found the skill he saw before.

[Undying Warlord]

>Level 0/1

>Cost: 60 Skill Points

>Become a true Void Highlord, cast off your humanity and live as the powerful Void Being that you are destined to be. All your stats will double permanently while your vitality will increase of 3 folds, you will also have access to Abyssal Magic.

But his current Skill Points were 27, besides, would his party accept him when he become a Void Being? He doubted so, he wasn't in a romantic anime or something like that…

And then, would Nulgath even want to break the contract? Even if he becomes like Dage and try to get the rest from him by killing him, how could he even reach him? Maybe if he makes another contract to get back the ability to level up…

But he couldn't do it here, the others will find out about Nulgath and his connection with him, and a long row of questions will begin…

Still… 

Alex: ...Girls…

The three girls behind him stopped chatting and turned towards Alex.

Megumin: Yes?

Alex: I think it's time to talk about our party…

Darkness: What do you mean? 

Alex showed them his adventurer's card and said.

Alex: I will give up as an adventurer.