Absolute Speed ​​of a Certain Anime

"I reject."

"Great, thank you very much...eh?"

"I said I refused."

"No, it's understandable that Mr. Nango had feelings for his former subordinates, but he's dead now and has become a leader of the Demon King's army, a threat to the kingdom's safety."

Luna carefully studied Jiang Li's expression.

"Although the Kingdom has received the news, it will take at least two weeks before they can dispatch the Knights to suppress the enemy. That's too late. Mr. Nango is the only one who can help Axel out of this predicament, okay?"

"I understand you're in a tough situation, but it's no use asking a weak, level 1 magician like me for this kind of thing!"

"...but you've already killed two manticores?"

"Level 10 then."

Jiang Li patted his hard chest, making a "DuangDuang" sound.

"Look at my frail body, how can I fight against such a powerful enemy like the Headless Horseman?"

Honestly, I couldn’t help myself!

Luna swallowed her saliva. Her body muscles seemed very hard. She really wanted to touch them!

"And, look!"

Jiang Li pointed at Yasaka Airi who was standing next to him.

Luna followed his gaze and didn't find anything wrong. The monk attendant was wearing a hood as usual, so her face couldn't be seen clearly, but she could still tell that he was a very handsome man.

"Actually, her injury hasn't healed yet!"

Jiang Li secretly pointed his finger out.

Yasaka Airi looked at him innocently, her whole body went limp and she collapsed to the ground again.

How is this done?

Chapter 531: He is a truly caring person for his subordinates (33)

2023-06-01

Airi Yasaka fell down on the spot. Luna didn't know what to say, so she had to give up and distribute rewards to the adventurers. She watched Jiang Li pick up Airi Yasaka and leave.

Looking at his brisk steps, he doesn't look like a weak level 1 magician at all.

"How to do it?"

Luna was distressed.

As long as the Demon King's army cadres are not dealt with, Axel will never have peace.

But she had no idea how to convince Jiang Li to join the crusade against the Headless Knight Beldia.

"What a considerate person you are!"

The red-haired waitress next to him looked at the direction Jiang Li left and muttered to herself with an obsessed look.

"The reason he didn't accept the mission must be because he didn't want to come into conflict with his former subordinates!"

"Before, Beldia also got angry when he said something like the monk lady was rebelling!"

"Even if you die, you won't allow others to insult your loyalty?"

"Isn't he too loyal? It's so tearful!"

"This master and servant pair, I'm impressed!"

Luna let out a long sigh.

These little girls are totally useless. If you want to solve the problem of the Demon King’s army cadres, you have to look to me!

"By the way, who do you think is the top?"

She quietly came over and asked excitedly.

…………

“Aaaaaaaah!”

In a daze, Sato Kazuma heard screams.

However, because he had just died a few days ago, he felt very tired. He wanted to get up but felt like he was sleep-deprived and couldn't get up at all, so he simply fell asleep again.

When I woke up again, it was already daylight.

"Sorry, did I disturb you?"

Kazuma got up from the bed and immediately saw Megumin sitting at the table. She had just walked into the room.

"You got up so early?"

Kazuma yawned and sat up in bed.

"There are girls here, be careful!"

Despite being told that, Kazuma didn’t pay any attention and put on his tracksuit as if no one was around.

"Where's Aqua?"

"Aqua was called over by the store owner. Apparently, she scared away a lot of customers last night because she was dressed as a ghost, and the owner is asking her to pay compensation."

"Pretending to be a ghost? What's wrong with you in the middle of the night?"

Sato Kazuma rolled his eyes.

He remembered the screams he heard in his daze. It turned out that those were the voices of the guests who were frightened by Aqua.

"What are you looking at, Huihui?"

"Aqua's treasure."

Huihui handed the thing over without any sign of appreciation.

Sato Kazuma looked down.

"Tear!"

One of them couldn't help himself and tore the paper in half.

"Where did she get this portrait?"

Sato Kazuma's face turned dark.

"This portrait has become very famous recently. It's selling like hotcakes in Axel's underground market. Not only the portrait, but also the BL story between him and the Headless Horseman is very popular among women..."

Huihui was speechless. "I don't understand why it's so popular!"

"You must be kidding! Is Axel still selling notebooks?"

"Some people who have learned painting skills make a living from it. Really, why don't they paint some serious works?"

"What do you know, little brat? You can get far and fast by messing around with color. Anyone who doesn't want to mess around is a fool!"

"Don't call me a brat, I'll be thirteen in a few months!"

Sato Kazuma ignored Huihui's protest and got out of bed.

"I've decided. I'm going to the underground market today!"

"Eh? Didn't we agree to find a place to spend the winter?"

"You can always find a place to spend the winter, but you have to buy the book right away! Don't underestimate my otaku soul that dies because of going out to buy the new book!"

"You say things from time to time that I don't understand."

The so-called adventurer is essentially a jack of all trades.

Whether it's defeating monsters, teaching children, or working in the fields, as long as it's a mission, you can accept it.

But it would be a big mistake to think that adventurers are all spendthrifts.

On the contrary, novice adventurers don’t have much spare money. Without suitable simple tasks to do, they can only make a living by moving bricks. Without a fixed place to sleep, they can only sleep in the stable.

The early stages of an adventurer's life are the most difficult.

Sato Kazuma, Aqua, and Huihui are currently in this stage and can only sleep in the stable every night. For them, sleeping in an inn is a very luxurious way of resting. Fortunately, they harvested a lot of cabbage a few days ago, dealt with the griffins and the cadres of the Demon King's army, and the guild gave them a lot of rewards. In addition, the weather has been getting colder recently, so they chose to stay overnight in the inn.

Darkness didn't live with them; she seemed to have her own place.

“Wow wow wow wow! Mr. Kazuma, Mr. Kazuma! I got a good lecture!”

Just as I was ready to leave, Aqua pushed the door open and burst into tears.

"Please lend me some money, or the owner will make me work for free for a week as compensation... Wait, you scumbag! What did you do to my treasure?"

"You're changing your tune too quickly."

Kazuma threw the portrait onto the table and spread his hands out with an innocent look on his face.

"My hand slipped and I accidentally tore it off!"

It doesn't look like a slip of the hand at all.

Huihui can say this with certainty, but she won’t reveal her shortcomings at this time.

"What?! Do you know that this is a first edition limited edition portrait that I spent over two million on? Pay me back, pay me now!"

Aqua was horrified, jumped up, grabbed Kazuma's neck and screamed.

"Stop bluffing! Even if I sell this thing for ten thousand, it's still too expensive!"

"But I did spend two million!"

"You must have been cheated. After all, your brain is not very good... Wait, where did you get the two million?"

"Uh……"

Aqua suddenly looked away guiltily.

"I remember that you only earned 40,000 or 50,000 from those two paddling missions. Most of the money from the previous cabbage mission was used to pay off debts. Your savings should be around 500,000 at most... You can't do that?!"

Sato Kazuma's face changed drastically, and then he quickly took out his wallet.

"empty."

There wasn't even a coin left in it.

At this moment, it was as if a cold wind from Siberia invaded his whole body, making Sato Kazuma shiver all over and feel that the whole world was dark and boundless.

The 1.5 million in savings he had managed to save after several missions was squandered by Aqua in one go.

"It's fixed!"

Aqua happily held up the portrait, with grains of rice stuck to her fingers, repairing the cracks one by one.

“I’m going to get him into my Akusis Cult! And then have him support me, let me drink and eat barbecue every day, and praise me profusely. He’s not allowed to be mean to me like Kazuma, and he has to pamper me every day!”

The ultimate waste bug speaks.

"Tear!"

Sato Kazuma jumped off the bed and stretched out his hand to avoid the portrait from being torn to pieces with a rip.

"I hate metrosexual men the most!"

“Let’s do business!”

Aqua let out a blood-curdling cry like a cuckoo.

Chapter 532: Powerful Foreign Aid

2023-06-01

There is a very wide lake on the mountain in the eastern suburbs of Axel.

In this lake lives a monster called the "Many-Headed Water Snake". It has existed here for decades and is an extremely powerful monster that no one has been able to defeat in decades.

It is said that even the Kingdom Knights have come to suppress it more than once, but they are still unable to do anything about it.