I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"I'm not that guy's partner, I'm his rival!"

Huihui suddenly interrupted, and her tone was particularly serious.

"Hmm! Do you really think so?"

"Of course! Besides being a fierce rival, what other relationship could there be between me and that guy?"

Nero smiled meaningfully at Megumin’s blunt words.

"Hui Hui and You You came to Axel together. When I met You You, Hui Hui was right next to me. When I invited You You, Hui Hui thought I was inviting her..."

“Ah ...

Huihui, who should have been exhausted, squeezed out a little strength from somewhere to stop Nero from exposing her dark history, but this little strength could not do anything to Nero.

Then, Nero introduced Alice to Huihui.

But this time, Nero introduced Alice by her pseudonym "Iris".

Nero remembered that Huihui would be the teammate of the male protagonist Kazuma in the future, and in the original work, the person who joined Kazuma's team after Huihui was Darkness.

Although she is a perverted masochist, Darkness is a noble. Others may not recognize Alice, but Darkness definitely can. If Huihui knew about Alice's existence and then told Darkness, it would be troublesome.

To be honest, Nero didn't have much trust in Huihui's ability to keep secrets.

However, since Megumin still casts explosion magic near the town and no one cares, it means that Megumin has not found her teammates yet, namely Kazuma and Aqua.

Although, with her little butterfly, Nero isn't 100% confident that Megumin will join Kazuma's team like in the original story... There shouldn't be any surprises, right? Besides Kazuma's team, is there really any team that wouldn't dislike Megumin?

Just as Nero was thinking about this question, he suddenly noticed some noise nearby...

"Come on, come on! Okay, this bunch of fresh bananas, fresh out of the water, is only three hundred eris! Three hundred eris! Take a look!"

Huh? Wait a minute? What did I hear?

Bananas? From the water?

"Just for reference! ...Wait a minute? Hey! What did you just say? Did you say this bunch of bananas was fished out of the water?"

A young man's voice sounded, and he seemed to have the same question as Nero.

Nero felt that the voice seemed somewhat familiar... It seemed that he had heard it not long ago, and more than once?

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a brown-haired boy selling things in a fruit and vegetable store, and next to him was a beautiful woman with waist-length aqua blue hair.

"...Why are you looking at me suddenly?"

"Nothing, just some emotion... Fate is such a wonderful thing that it makes you want to curse."

Nero turned his gaze away from Huihui's face and stared at the man and woman in the fruit and vegetable shop.

"Hey, Iris...are things like bananas fished out of the water?"

"Well... I don't know either, but that person doesn't seem to be lying... and the people around him don't seem to think anything is wrong."

Alice replied uncertainly.

At this moment, Huihui on Nero's back suddenly spoke.

"What are you talking about? Where else could the banana be if not in the water?"

"what?"

"What? Where in the remote countryside are you two from... No, if you were from the countryside, you should know better. Are you two some kind of boudoir-dwelling young ladies? How dare you not even know this kind of common sense?"

Nero really wanted to complain... Where on earth is this common sense that "bananas live in water"?

“I… I see, bananas can actually be fished out of the water? I’ve never heard of that before…” Alice looked at Megumin with a look of “I’ve learned something” and said, “Thank you, Megumin, for letting me know this…”

"No...it's not a big deal..."

Huihui's face turned a little red.

Alice's politeness actually made Huihui feel a little embarrassed.

While a few people were talking, more and more people gathered at the fruit and vegetable store.

Perhaps because more and more people gathered to watch, the girl with long aqua blue hair became excited. She shouted louder and louder, and kept slapping the table with a paper fan.

"Come, come, come! Come and take a look! Please don't be startled, because this bunch of bananas will disappear at my command."

"Hey! Can you pull this off? There are more and more people watching. What are you going to do if you fail?"

The brown-haired boy Kazuma cast a suspicious look at the aqua-haired girl Aqua.

"A mere NEET dares to question me? Fine, then I'll show you my strength. I'll demonstrate the power of a goddess! After you've seen it, worship me wholeheartedly and then reflect on your past offenses against this goddess!"

Chapter 263 Youyou playing cards alone in the corner

"Hey, Nero-sister, what's that blue-haired girl going to do? She seems very interesting..."

"Don't talk, Iris, just watch carefully."

Megumin interrupted Alice, staring intently at Aqua's hand.

"I'm not hiding anything in my hand, and there aren't any tricks! I'm going to put this cloth over the banana! And then I'm going to use my goddess powers! Disappear, disappear... Don't blink! One... two... three! Transform!"

Everyone: “Oh——!!!”

Nero didn't react, but Megumin on his back and Alice, who was holding her sleeve, exclaimed along with the people around them.

Because, after Aqua lifted the cloth——the bananas that were originally underneath disappeared, not a single one left.

“That’s amazing—!”

"What's up with that woman! This is the first time I've seen such a skilled street performer!"

"Hey! I want to buy a bunch of bananas!"

"Ah! I want one too! Three hundred eris, right?"

“I want to buy two!”

The onlookers instantly turned into customers and swarmed around Aqua.

"Wow! Hey, Nero! That beautiful sister is amazing!" Alice tugged at Nero's sleeve, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "How did they do that? Was it magic? Did they use magic that could teleport the banana away?"

"No, there's no trace of magic... How did they do that?" Megumin, lying on Nero's back, frowned, unable to understand how Aqua had made those bananas vanish right under everyone's noses. "Interesting! Even I, the Crimson Demon Clan's number one genius, can't figure it out?"

"Thank you for your patronage! Wow! I didn't expect you to actually succeed. If you keep this up, we'll reach our sales target soon. A useless goddess like you can be useful now and then... Alright, hurry up and sell those bananas you just vanished."

Just when Kazuma was feeling proud and happy, thinking that he had finally encountered something good since coming to this world...

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Since I made the banana disappear, it's gone. How can it possibly come back? Alright, hurry up and get me a new banana."

Aqua said this with an expression that said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"...No, what are you talking about? How could the banana disappear for no reason? Don't be ridiculous! Where did you hide the banana? Hurry and get it out!"

"Who are you kidding me! Didn't I tell you from the beginning that I didn't hide anything and there were no traps? If you, a hikikomori NEET, understand, then quickly bring over the bananas you want to sell and the bananas you want to make disappear!"

"What are you talking about in your sleep, you goddess who is always more trouble than good!"

Afterwards, when Kazuma was pulling Aqua's collar to vent his anger, the gloomy-faced owner of the fruit and vegetable shop appeared behind the two of them like a ghost and fired them.

Aqua burst into tears, and Kazuma was desperately trying to defend himself... or rather, trying desperately to put the blame on Aqua.

There is no need to continue reading...

Although Nero really wanted Huihui on his back to join Kazuma and his team, there was no rush and he could only let things take their course.

"Hmm! They're two very interesting people."

While carrying Huihui on his back on the way to the Adventurer's Guild, Nero suddenly spoke.

Alice nodded in agreement.

"I think so too. They both look so happy... I'm so envious."

“I don’t see anything to envy about them at all…” Huihui said weakly, lying on Nero’s back, “In my opinion, they are just two weirdos.”

Nero smiled but said nothing as he listened to Huihui's comments.

Finally, they arrived at the Adventurer's Guild.

The Adventurer's Guild is much more lively at night than during the day. After all, in addition to operating as a guild, it also functions as a tavern.

After entering the room, Nero originally wanted to submit the commission directly... but she immediately sensed a breath after entering the room, so she turned her head to look over, and Huihui, who was lying on her back, also looked in the same direction curiously.

"That figure in the corner..."

Huihui's brows twitched, and the helplessness in her heart finally turned into a long sigh.

"What's going on with that unsettling atmosphere...that child?"

What Huihui said was also Nero's idea.

Nero raised his foot and walked towards the corner with Huihui on his back. Alice naturally followed behind Nero.

In the corner, Youyou was concentrating on building a tower with a few playing cards.

Maybe it’s because she’s always playing deck of cards alone, Youyou’s skills in playing this game are particularly sophisticated.

However, seeing how focused she was on the game, it was embarrassing to even talk to her... Nero felt like he had discovered the reason why few people wanted to team up with Youyou after she came to Axel.

Nero and Alice might be afraid of disturbing Youyou who is playing the game seriously, but Huihui is not like that at all.

"You're still playing this boring game alone, aren't you afraid of loneliness, Youyou?"

“Wow! Megumi… Megumi!”

As expected, the tower that was built with great effort was knocked down, and Youyou's efforts for so long were wasted.

However, the scene before him made him extremely concerned.

“Meihui, and… Miss Nero? And Ai…”

"Iris."

The moment Nero realized that Youyou was about to let the cat out of the bag, he kindly reminded her, and only then did Youyou react.

"Oh yes, yes! It's Miss Iris."

“Youyou…” Huihui looked at Youyou with a complicated expression. “You’ve already teamed up with someone, but you can’t even remember their names? Could it be that it’s been so long since you’ve interacted with strangers properly that the part of your brain responsible for interacting with people has rusted?”

“What…! No way!” Yunyun glared at Huihui and said angrily, “Huihui, you’re the one. Judging by your appearance, you must have gone somewhere to cast explosion magic again and caused trouble for others.”

"Nonsense! I'm actually contributing to the people of Axel because... yeah! Because every day I cast explosion magic on the plains near the town to create craters. Civil engineering projects need more manpower, so I'm giving more people jobs!"

"Isn't that just causing trouble for others?!"

Youyou wasn't fooled by Huihui's sophistry, so it seems she wasn't that stupid.

When Youyou looked over, Nero explained, "Iris and I completed today's commission. On our way back, we ran into Huihui, whose magic power was exhausted, so we brought her back with us."

Chapter 264: Dining with Friends

"Hmm! I want to apologize to you, Youyou."

Nero suddenly said something that surprised Youyou.

"I didn't expect that my beautiful singing would make you so happy that you fell asleep and missed today's adventure... You must be looking forward to adventuring with us, right?"

"Eh? No... no, no, I'm really looking forward to it... No, actually, my real thought is..."

Youyou was in a state of helplessness.

Although Youyou felt a little regretful that they couldn't go on an adventure together today, at least there was still a chance for them to have a meal together.

Nero went to the counter to submit his order, while the others continued to order food.

"Hmm? No request from White Wolf?"

"Yes, because the White Wolf is a monster that lives deep in the forest and rarely appears near towns during this season, so there are no requests to subdue the White Wolf."

Because there were no commissions to subjugate white wolves, Nero and Alice were unable to collect the commission money even though they subjugated many white wolves today.

However, there is still money to recover the white wolf's body.

"But I didn't expect even the white wolves would show up... They should be staying deep in the forest at this time of year."

The receptionist stroked her cheek, a troubled expression on her face. "I'm sure the commissions for defeating the White Wolf will appear on the commission wall in the next few days... I hope Miss Nero and Miss Iris will put in some effort then. We'll prepare the commission money for you."

"Hmm! Just lean on me as much as you want."