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Book 6: Chapter 17: Damn you, Aqua!
Book 6: Chapter 17: Damn you, Aqua!
Book 6: Chapter 17: Damn you, Aqua!
Efreet: You wouldn’t understand. This is a subtle and indirect method to soothe or appease a girl, the most lethal of all.
Solomon: Chen Heng, I entrust the reincarnators to you.
He Who Knows Fate: Don’t worry.
Kazuma the Brute: This is odd. Why can’t the Poké Ball sold by the Dimension Administrators Association capture Aqua? Big Brother Chen Heng, do you know why? I’ve hit Aqua on the head over ten times already, yet she won’t go into the Poké Ball.
Umaru-chan: I knew you’d do something like this, Kazuma the Brute. It’s just like you.
Kazuma the Brute: Thanks for the compliment. But speaking of brutality, I still can’t surpass Big Brother Chen Heng. After all, he’s the man who desires to be the father of a world consciousness!
He Who Knows Fate: …
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki: I feel offended!
Workaholic Gil: Speaking of Aqua, she’s a goddess, isn’t she?
Kazuma the Brute: Yeah, although I hate to admit it, this useless Aqua is indeed a goddess. Since a goddess isn’t human, a Poké Ball should be able to capture her, right?
God Sai: Have you ever considered her affection level toward you?
Kazuma the Brute: Aqua eats my food, drinks my drinks, and even makes me pay her debts. Surely, there must be some level of affection.
Lord of the White Night: No, no, no. If you think that way, you’re underestimating Aqua.
Faillen Angel Gabriel: From what I know of Aqua, her affection…is probably pitifully low.
Workaholic Gil: To put it bluntly, that’s how deities are. They feel entitled to adoration, and when people serve them, they take it for granted. However, when people no longer serve them, they will…
Kazuma the Brute: Fall to their knees and beg me for food or money to buy drinks.
Workaholic Gil: …
Lord of the White Night: Aqua is quite peculiar. Among all the goddesses I’ve seen, I’ve never encountered one who’s evolved into such a neurotic goddess.
Faillen Angel Gabriel: Neurotic women and Aqua are different species. Please don’t insult neurotic women and conflate them.
Workaholic Gil: Although the goddesses of my world act capriciously, they’re not foolish. Sorry, but I can’t offer you any constructive advice.
Kazuma the Brute: Alright, then. Big Brother Chen Heng, do you have any suggestions?
He Who Knows Fate: My advice is…do you truly plan to capture Aqua? You need to think about the benefits she can bring you.
Kazuma the Brute: Benefits?
He Who Knows Fate: Yes. If you truly wish to capture her, you have to think about the benefits she can bring you, like support in battle or assistance with intelligence. Next in priority would be providing logistical support. At worst, she might be useless, but she could at least gently encourage you.
Kazuma the Brute: None of those seem to apply. Aqua is just useless.
He Who Knows Fate: Then why capture her?
Kazuma the Brute: Right! Listening to one piece of advice from you is better than reading books for ten years! If I do convince her, won’t I have to support her for life? That sounds frightening.
He Who Knows Fate: If you truly want to convince her, I have a suggestion. Just tell her straightforwardly that if she goes into the ball, you’ll provide her with everything she wants: snacks, chips, cola, chocolate, and so on. Maybe then, she’ll want to be captured, even beg you to do it.
Kazuma the Brute: No way, absolutely not. I don’t have enough of those for myself; why would I give them to her? No! I’d rather capture a Slime or a Giant Toad as a pet than Aqua. Rather, I should say it is fortunate that I failed to capture her.
[TL Note: I’m sure most people reading this novel would know what a slime is, but every novel/game/anime has a different take on the basic slime monster (a living gelatinous blob). Giant Toads are one of the monsters in KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Here are the entries for Slimes and Giant Toads specific to KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!: /wiki/Slime and /wiki/Giant_Toad.]
Kazuma the Brute: Speaking of which, Wiz is a lich and not human. I can capture her in a Poké Ball.
[TL Note: Wiz is one of the characters in KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Here is more information about her: /wiki/Wiz.]
Kazuma the Brute: Thank you for the reminder, Big Brother Chen Heng. I’m going to find Wiz now.
He Who Knows Fate: Wait, I’m not taking the blame for this. I never said you should capture Wiz. She can be considered one of the two beings with a conscience in your transmigrated world.
Queen of Ice and Snow: Alright, just give it up. Satou Kazuma was just looking for an excuse.
He Who Knows Fate: …
Ever since gaining the Absolute Precognition, Chen Heng found delight in the group chat. The people in the group constantly surprised him with their unexpected thoughts.
After all, if nothing unexpected happened in reality, Chen Heng could see the future, so it would become predetermined, unchanging.
However, surprises were not always a good thing. Sometimes, strange things that Chen Heng never expected would happen, like this time. In this case, he ended up bearing the blame for no reason.
The more Chen Heng thought about it, the more furious he felt. However, he could not hit Satou Kazuma now, so he decided to vent his anger on the reincarnators.
If not for the reincarnators meddling in the Holy Grail War, resulting in the rules being changed, he wouldn’t be in this world. If he weren’t in this world, his statements might have changed, and he wouldn’t be blamed for something he didn’t do. It was all the reincarnators’ fault.
Right, there’s no mistaking it. It’s all the reincarnators’ fault!
Maybe this was the real meaning of an unwarranted disaster: bearing blame without knowing it, the most lethal of all.
As Chen Heng was about to jump out the window to grab the four reincarnators and give them a beating, Luo Li suddenly spoke. “Elder Brother, take me with you?”
“Luo Li, do you know what I’m about to do?” He was quite surprised that Luo Li knew what he was planning.
“…Elder Brother, do you know what kind of ability I have?”
“A time ability user.”
“That’s right. I’m a time ability user, one that can use all aspects, at that. Whether pausing, rewinding, or fast-forwarding time, or seeing the past or the future, they are all part of my time ability. At my peak, I could see the future, but now I can only do so a little with the Primal Chaos Bell.”
“…I’m sorry, Luo Li. It’s my fault you had to detonate your time crystal. Otherwise, you might have had a more exciting life. Also, thank you.” Chen Heng bowed his head and apologized to Luo Li, then thanked her.
According to his ancestor, he owed his life to Luo Li, who had reset the world’s time by detonating her time crystal. If Luo Li had not done that, he would not have re:lived and joined the Dimension Administrators Association.