"MY" fault?!

After Alex and Walther explained, they managed to make things clear and got over this mess, however, Alex and Aqua's identities were discovered by Walther, which wasn't really that important at the moment.

Darkness, who was the culprit of this mess, was still unconscious, Aqua healed her and the maids helped her change into a tight black skirt and shirt.

Then, Darkness' father spoke with his eyes on his daughter.

Father: My girl isn't good with people… Even with ones who are close with her. Alexander, you're the leader of her party, right? She refrains from talking about herself, right?

Alex: Hmm… Right…

Father: Even as a Crusader, my girl was always alone… She went to the church of Eris every day praying to Goddess Eris, wishing for comrades she could adventure with. One day, my girl came back from the church and told me she met her first comrade and made a friend. She was so happy as she told me about her female thief friend…

Alex smiled, knowing what Eris really did…

Father: As for our family, my wife passed away when Darkness was young… I didn't remarry after that, raising her as a single father. I was always doting on her and always bore her freedom in mind… I probably spoiled her that way….

Alex: Yeeeah…

Walther: I think Lalatina's a charming girl and at the same time is as capable as any man. If not for you, I would definitely want to take her as my wife.

...There was something wrong with that…

Alex: Come again?

Walther: You can make Lady Lalatina happier than I can. I can see how deep your trust for each other is. Your feeling for each other must be the real thing, right?

*Shiin*

Alex: I'll take your soul immediately!

Alex immediately summoned the Oblivion Blade of Nulgath but he was immediately held back from Aqua.

Aqua: Stop, Alex! Or do it somewhere I can't see! Or I'll get arrested too!

Father: Kekeke… Hahaha!

Now he started to laugh…

Father: Yes… I understand! Mr. Walther, if no one wants to marry my girl, will you please take good care of her then?

Facing the sudden question, Walther said with a troubled face.

Walther: Well… I'm fine with this, but…

Father: Also, Alex.

He immediately cut off Walther and spoke to Alex, who calmed down and looked at him in confusion.

Father: Please take good care of my girl. Please watch over her, and don't let her do anything foolish. I'm counting on you.

Alex: Well, it will be a bit hard since I planned to retire as an adventurer a week later… But I'll do what I can do.

Darkness: ...Hmm? Ugh…? Meeting room? ...Ahhh… Right…

She regained consciousness, and looked around as she tried to recall what happened before she blacked out.

Darkness: ...Ugh, is it over already? After losing consciousness, what filthy things have been done to me…?

Alex: Stop being horny, "Lalatina".

Hearing him, she turned towards him and smiled deviously, as if she had a plan for revenge… Alex raised an eyebrow, there aren't things that she could do against him, right?

Darkness: Dear father, Mr. Walther. Please pretend this meeting never happened. I've been keeping this from you… I'm already pregnant with Alex's child…

Alex: …

Walther: …

Father: …

Aqua: ...Oh crap…

*Shiin!*

Alex: WRYYYY-

*Please wait for some moments, we are doing our best to solve some problems…*

Fortunately, no one died, even if Walther was slightly traumatized, but everything was solved now and Alex, Darkness and Aqua turned home…

?: Boo…! *Sniff* That's too mean…! Megumin's a meanie…!

When they opened the doors, there was Yunyun sniveling near them, and Megumin was consoling her…

Alex: ...What the fuck…?

Megumin: Ah! Alex! Finally you arrived! There are bad news! The situation is bad, it's that prosecutor! That one called Sena is on her way here! She declared that she'll definitely arrest you for something!

Alex's brain turned off for a second, before his palm reached for his head and heaved a long sigh of exasperation.

?: Alexander Carter! Is Alexander Carter here!?

Alex: Now WHAT!?

Alex turned around and yelled at Sena, who charged in angrily.

Sena: It's the dungeon! What did you do to the dungeon? The Keele Dungeon near the town! I heard that many mysterious monsters have flooded out from there!

Alex: HOW IN THE NAME OF CHRIST ALMIGHTY AM I CONNECTED TO THIS BULLSHIT!?

Megumin: Ah… He lost it.

Sena: ...Uhh…

She didn't know how to deal with Alex now, so she waited for Alex's party to calm him down before he started to speak after deep breaths.

Alex: Sorry, I am going through a lot in these days… So, what is the problem? I will help.

Megumin/Aqua/Darkness: Ah?

They were surprised from his declaration, but no one knew what were his thoughts… Were the mysterious monsters the Grimskull's Dungeon's monsters? If so, then this is a big trouble… Or…

Alex: Ms. Prosecutor, I would like to stay a bit in private with my party, we will meet soon in front of the Keele Dungeon.

Sena: Nn, I will wait outside.

Then Sena left from the mansion, and Alex spoke to his party.

Alex: Do you girls know anything?

Megumin: For me, if this has nothing to do with explosion magic, I'm not interested.

Darkness: Same for me. I should say that unlike these two, I don't cause trouble.

Megumin: Ah…! It's true that Darkness doesn't cause any major trouble, but on the other hand you lack any stellar performance like in that battle with Destroyer!

Darkness: Wha…! Me-Megumin, you…

Leaving aside these two, Alex asked the most suspicious person, Aqua.

Alex: What about you? Any ideas?

Aqua: Of course not. Really, you suspect me too much.

Alex sighed in relief when he saw her frown.

Alex: Yeah, even you can't cause problems every day, it's just that I was under a lot of stress…

Aqua: Really, you should trust me a little. You should say that thanks to me, monsters won't be approaching that dungeon. Wasn't there a room where the lich was staying? I put some major effort into drawing that magic circle that purified the lich. And that magic circle's still there right now, keeping evil being out of that room!

Then Alex grabbed Aqua's hair and dragged her away from the room, attracting the other two's attention.

Megumin: What are you planning to do?

Alex: Playing pinata…

Aqua: A-Alex?! Why are you dragging me like that?! H-Hey! It hurts! Let my hair go!

[Later]

Aqua: *Sniff* ...This isn't my fault… It's definitely not…!

Sena, Alex and his party were walking on the snow-covered road, with a crying Aqua. 

Before going, Alex excused himself and bought an item that could dispel a magic circle without anyone knowing. Now they reached the dungeon, and saw the monsters.

They were masked dolls, not any monster from Adventure Quest World's verse or something like that, just simple dolls around the size of an adult hand.

Megumin: What is that? I've never seen or heard of something like this before.

Darkness: At a glance, they don't seem that strong in a fight.

Aqua: How should I put this? I feel a strong aversion to this doll… Why is that? Just seeing that thing makes me angry.

Sena: Nn, these are the mysterious monsters.

Then she took out a talisman and gave it to Alex.

Sena: This is a talisman imbued with a powerful sealing magic. By pasting this on, it'll disable the magic circle, no matter how powerful it may be. There are certain circles that will continue to summon monsters even after its caster has fallen, so please take this with you.

Alex took the talisman and put it on his pocket, before he looked at the entrance of the dungeon.

Alex: Hello again, motherfucker…

Suddenly, one of those dolls charged at Aqua, who was planning to throw rocks at it.

Aqua: Eh, wait! What…? What is this? ...Oh?

And then, the doll just hugged Aqua's knees tightly.

Aqua: What, does it want to cuddle? The mask makes me mad, but I think it looks cute when it cuddles like this… Hey, hey, Alex, I think this doll's getting warmer, I have an ominous feeling!

Alex: …[Soul Bind]

He isn't going to try anything so he bound Aqua away from him, and then…

*BOOM!*

The doll that was hugging Aqua exploded, leaving her face down on the ground with her clothes all torn up.

Sena: ...As you can see, this mysterious monster sticks to people who are moving and explodes. The adventurer's guild wasn't sure what to do about this too.

Alex: I'll tell you what to do, warn everyone about this BEFORE they explode on you, no?

Sena: I… Oh…

She remained silent…

Aqua: Why are you all so calm!? Can't you worry about me a little!? At least check to see how I'm doing!

Sena: This is troubling… This monster can only attack by exploding, and will detonate if we hurt it a little. Even if we don't harm it, it'll stick to us when we don't pay attention and will explode anyway. From the current situation, we can only stay far away and defeat them one at a time.

Alex sighed, this was going to be a big dilemma, he was too weak to take them on alone, and if he uses Shackle, it will consume too much mana from him… Meanwhile, Darkness suddenly approached a doll and punched it without a word.

Alex: Eh?

Shortly after, the doll exploded splendidly just like the one that stuck onto Aqua, but…

Darkness: ...Hmm, I can take it. No problem.

Darkness seemed full of life as she walked towards the dungeon.

Darkness: I'll clear a path, just follow behind me Alex.

Alex sighed again and followed behind her.

Alex: Prosecutor, Aqua, Megumin, you girls stay behind, I'll go check the dungeon with Darkness.

If Darkness acted as a human shield, then Alex can go deep in the dungeon, this was actually the first moment she was important for something...