"I see...
I think this will be a difficult path, so do work hard...
Ah, I can see the town...
Let's divide the rewards equally at the guild...
Yes, let's meet again if our paths cross once more..."
Megumin grabbed me harder after I finished...
"Humph… My only wish is to use explosion Magic, the bounty's just a complementary bonus...
How about this, I don't need an even share of the rewards...
If you're willing to foot the bill for food, bath and miscellaneous items, I can consider not taking any rewards...
That's right, my power as an Archwizard is available at the price of meals and other miscellaneous fees!!!
How could you miss this opportunity to form a long-term contract???"
Kazuma Immediately Despaired as he thought of taking this long term Leech with him...
"No, no, no, our weak team isn't worthy of such amazing power...
That's right, it's too much to ask Megumin to stay in our team with your amazing powers...
A team just starting out should make do with a normal mage...
Look at me, my job's even the weakest one, Adventurer..."
To chase away Megumin, who was grabbing on to me tightly when we reached the guild, I attempted to loosen her grip...
Nevertheless, Megumin refused to let go...
After all there aren't many fools to scam and Only Newbies like Kazuma who don't know her reputation can be taken with her...
"No, no, no, it doesn't matter if you're novices or weak...
I might have a top-tier job, but I'm still a beginner too...
My level's just six...
When my level grows, I won't collapse after using my spells...
So let's talk this over, and then you may pull my hand away, okay???"
Said Megumin as she was determined to scam this guy but then Mu Zhong interjected...
"Her Mana Capacity will Indeed Increase as her Level Increases... But..."
This made Megumin Smile as she looked at Kazuma with Confidence while Kazuma was going to think further But...
"But if she keeps upgrading Explosion Spell---"
I said as I didn't need to complete the Explanation and Kazuma with his Ultima Class Computing power understood what I will say...
This made Megumin scowl at me as she knew her own Habits and knew what would happen and so she glared at Mu Zhong...
"No, no, no, it's too hard to utilize a mage that can only cast one spell a day...
Ugh, she's a mage but her grip's strong…
Let go, the other teams probably didn't want you either...
Or rather, one can't use explosion spells in dungeons or indoors, which would render you useless...
Hey, release your grip!!!
I'll split the rewards equally with you, so please let go!!!"
Said Kazuma as he wanted to leave this plague God but as they say...
Once you are visited by Plague God then It's Difficult to Leave...
"Please don't ditch me!!!
No team's willing to take me!!!
I'm willing to carry the luggage or anything when exploring dungeons, so please don't throw me away!!!"
It was probably because Megumin on my back was yelling, 'Don't throw me away', that the passersby started whispering while looking at us...
Because we were in town and Aqua's appearance drew a lot of attention, it made us the center of focus...
"No way, that man wants to abandon that child…"
"He has a girl covered in slime with him..."
"To toy with such a small child and to abandon her after that, what trash...
Look, why is there goo covering the girls???
What weird sexual games did that pervert make them do?"
The passersby maligned me as Mu Zhong and Iris were standing a Bit Behind them as Mu Zhong had a Premonition that this would happen so he took Iris's Hand making her from Dumbfounded at the Situation to shy at me as I immediately took her to the Side and decreased others' Perception of me and Once again Prayed to Kato Megumi-Sama, the Goddess of Assassins , for her blessings to pass through this Ordeal...
Aqua smiled deviously upon hearing them, how hateful...
Megumin seemed to have heard their whispers too...
Kazuma looked at Megumin who was peeking over my shoulder, only to see a malicious smile showing on her face…..
Kazuma had another Bad premonition as he sweated...
"I'm fine with any sort of play!!!
Even using the frog's slime just like now is okay…"
"All right–I get it! Megumin, I'll be in your care!!!"
In order to save his Reputation which Probably doesn't exist Kazuma Gave up...
"All right, everything's in order...
I've confirmed that your team has finished the quest of defeating 5 giant frogs in 3 days...
Good work..."
After reporting in at the guild's counter, I received the promised reward...
I wanted to Give some to Mu Zhong and Iris but they declined saying that they didn't even move this time...
They are so good compared to my Nut job Party...
Since Aqua and Megumin were covered in slime, they'd be too smelly if they didn't wash up...
It might cause misunderstandings for me, so I shooed them off to the bath house...
I just hope my Reputation doesn't spread too much...
One of the frogs we defeated disintegrated because of the explosion magic, so I was afraid it might've affected the completion of the quest...
But the type and number of monsters defeated were recorded on the adventurer's card, so there were no problems...
I handed in my and Megumin's card to the counter lady, which she put in a strange box-like machine...
The confirmation was done just like that...
Things developed in this world used magic instead of science, so the technological level of this world was quite advanced...
I looked at my card again and saw that I was at level 4...
I heard that those frogs were great for novice adventurers to grind levels...
I defeated 4 frogs by myself, enough to raise my level to 4...
It was easier for low-leveled people to level up...
All the stats on the card increased slightly, but I didn't feel myself getting any stronger...
"But, I can really get stronger just by killing monsters…"
I mumbled to myself...