[ On the second day, after leaving Megumin at home to hatch the egg, the trio arrived at Wiz's Magic Shop to collect the patent royalties belonging to Kazuma.
Just as Kazuma was hugging a large bag of gold coins with a satisfied, silly grin on his face, Aqua and Vanir were arguing incessantly, their personalities clashing as always.
While arguing, Vanir didn't forget to warn Aqua to be quiet, so as not to wake the shopkeeper resting in the back room due to pulling consecutive all-nighters.
Hearing "consecutive all-nighters," even Kazuma was surprised: "Is it really that profitable?"
"You could say I'm grinning from ear to ear!" Vanir replied with immense satisfaction.
"Furthermore, Moi~ discovered that as long as that fellow has free time, she does unnecessary things. Since she sells as much as she makes, I had her work 24 hours a day, so busy she didn't even have time to eat."
"The results were excellent. After two weeks of continuing, even though nothing was wrong, she would suddenly start crying or laughing. Her emotions became very unstable and unsuitable for public appearance, so I let her rest."
Following Vanir's explanation, Wiz, lying in the room, saw the phantom of the Beldia again: "Come! Come over to my side."
Hearing this inhumane exploitation, even Kazuma and the others were frightened: "Even if she's an undying Lich, you should still be a bit more considerate of her." ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Even though nothing was wrong… She's almost been broken, yet you say nothing was wrong! Capitalists would weep upon hearing this."
"HISS—!"
Even the audience outside the video sucked in a breath of cold air after seeing Wiz's miserable state. What kind of beast-of-burden life is this!
They had seen plenty of bosses exploiting employees, but this was the first time they had seen an employee exploiting the boss. It was simply turning the world upside down!
.....
〜Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid World〜
" 24 hours non-stop? FOR TWO WEEKS!!"
Kobayashi, having just returned home from work, heard this utterly inhumane statement, so shocked that her glasses nearly fell off.
"A devil, that is absolutely a devil!"
Tohru tilted her head in confusion:
"But Kobayashi-san, you aren't wrong in saying that, because he is originally a devil…"
"That's not what I meant."
Kobayashi silently picked up her glasses from the floor:
"Sells as much as she makes… is this the legendary death assembly line?"
As a programmer, overtime was the norm for Kobayashi, but she had never seen overtime like this—working 24 hours a day without rest, and for two weeks straight…
Tohru thought for a moment:
"Kobayashi-san, Wiz is an undead Lich. 'Death assembly line' is a very vivid description!"
Kobayashi sighed, mentally exhausted:
"That's not what I meant either…"
Even cows and horses know to rest when tired, but only beasts of burden work themselves to death! It turns out it's even scarier after death… there's endless overtime waiting for you.
〜KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World〜
"Two… two weeks? I'll die, I'll definitely die!"
Seeing her miserable state on screen, Wiz's voice began to tremble.
Kazuma and the others silently looked at Vanir beside them and started to persuade him:
"Vanir-san, you should really treat Wiz a little better."
Vanir signaled for them not to worry:
"That incompetent shopkeeper is a Lich, she'll be fine! The most important thing is that if left unsupervised, she will squander every bit of the money earned."
Hearing this, Kazuma and the others looked back at Wiz's wretched appearance on the screen:
"No, no, no, no matter how you look at it, that doesn't look like she's 'fine'."
The Dullahan, whose ashes had been cold for so long, came out to recruit people again. Wiz already had one foot in the Sanzu River, right?
"I AM THE SHOPKEEPER!!!"
Wiz protested, getting into an argument with Vanir on the spot.
"If you don't follow my methods, you will regret it…"
Kazuma looked at the situation before him and found it familiar. Holy crap… There are actually villagers here! If there were another "bam" sound of a door closing, it would be perfect.
.....
[ Just then, Vanir, who could see through people's hearts, turned back to face Darkness: "O Armor Girl, you show signs of ruin!
As a return gift for making business here boom, Vanir decided to give Darkness a detailed fortune-telling: "I am going to ask you a few questions now. Some may be difficult to answer, but you must answer honestly."
Darkness nodded upon hearing this and placed her hand on the crystal ball in front of her.
"Now then, even though you are a Crusader, you have recently been secretly reducing the weight of your armor. Why is that?"
Hearing Vanir's words, Darkness trembled violently as if her little secret had been exposed: "Because I want to make it as easy as possible to attack the enemy…"
This answer caused Kazuma and Aqua on the side to change their opinion of Darkness. They didn't expect that she was also trying her best to consider the team.
Vanir said in a deep voice: "Moi~ said to be honest."
Darkness's eyes instantly widened, cold sweat pouring down. Then, she lowered her head very shyly and answered in a barely audible voice: "Re… recently my abs have been getting more defined, so I wanted to try… making the armor lighter." ]
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〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Tsk… I thought she reduced the weight, hoping to feel heavier attacks. I actually guessed wrong!"
"Stop thinking about it, Darkness. Your attacks missing people have absolutely nothing to do with your armor weight; the main problem lies with you."
The audience in other worlds was somewhat annoyed. They thought guessing in the perverted direction would definitely be correct, but they never expected to be wrong!!
Just for such a mundane reason as almost developing abs, but… What does armor weight reduction have to do with signs of ruin?
.....
[ Immediately after, Vanir asked Darkness why she had swapped clothes with Megumin and held them up for comparison. Even though she said they didn't fit, she tilted her head and smiled at the mirror.
"Because… cute clothes don't suit me, and I feel embarrassed going to buy them! I suddenly saw it and unconsciously… wanted to hold it up and compare."
"I'm sorry… a crude muscle woman like me, having a moment of wicked thoughts to compare cute clothes against myself, I'm sorry…"
Feeling socially dead, Darkness buried her face in her hands, covering her crimson face, and apologized continuously with a trembling voice.
Aqua ran out from the side to comfort Darkness: "I think Darkness would look very nice in a cute dress, too. After all, you can even pull off a formal gown!"
After Aqua finished speaking, it was as if Darkness had been stabbed again. She lay motionless on the table, her face red to the tips of her ears. ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"No… Aqua, she already flashed away, yet you're still chasing her down for the kill. If you can't speak properly, then don't speak!"
"Goddess Eris's most loyal believer is actually confessing to a devil. It looks weird no matter how you see it."
Darkness was a masochist physically, but her mental endurance was now infinitely close to zero. In this aspect, she was far worse than Kazuma.
.....
〜Baka to Test: Summon the Beasts World〜
"Vanir, did you install surveillance cameras?? You can see through hearts, but you can also see what people do in their villas?"
Yuuji had wanted to say this for a long time. This Vanir was way too overpowered. Aside from the Goddess Aqua, you can see everything, right?
"Nani!! He can actually achieve the same effect as surveillance!"
Muttsurini knelt on the ground unwillingly upon hearing this. He wanted this ability so badly.
"A devil, an absolute devil!"
Hideyoshi looked at the public execution scene before him, and the previous scene with Kazuma's lie detector surged into his mind.
It was exactly the same. Vanir, who could see through hearts, was even more effective than a lie detector! All dark history was simply inescapable.
.....
[ "Now then, finally! Even though you know that man looks at you with lewd eyes, you still wear clothes that show your body lines because…"
Darkness slammed the table, interrupting Vanir's speech, her face red and on the verge of tears: "Do… do these really have anything to do with fortune-telling!"
"Hah?" Vanir tilted his head in confusion at this, then continued: "When did I say I had to ask questions to tell a fortune?"
"For fortune-telling, you just need to put your hand on the crystal ball. Asking questions was just to kill time…"
"I'm going to kill you!!" Darkness cried as she went to rip off Vanir's mask, wishing she could kill him on the spot.
After the scuffle, Vanir quickly discovered from the crystal ball that Darkness's family and father would soon encounter misfortune, yet she could do nothing about it!
"I advise you to abandon everything and flee. Go far away and start over from scratch with that cowardly man who thinks forced seduction might work but lacks the courage to cross that line!"
Kazuma flusteredly began to explain: "Hey, hey, wait! I feel like every time you open your mouth, my team members' trust in me goes into the negatives!"
Darkness, however, did not get angry. Instead, she stood up silently, intending to return home for the first time in a long while to see her father, and walked out of the shop. ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Don't worry, Kazuma. No matter how brutish you are, your teammates' trust in you won't change, because they're already used to it."
"I knew that pile of inexplicable questions had nothing to do with the prophecy. It was just killing time. You really are something."
Killing time… The corners of the mouths of the audience in other worlds twitched. You should have said so earlier! Darkness was about to die of embarrassment, and you were just using it to kill time?
.....
〜Gintama World〜
"This guy… is undoubtedly a devil."
Toushirou Hijikata's hand holding his cigarette was trembling. This level of sadism was on par with Sougo.
Asking a bunch of inexplicable questions and exposing a bunch of dark history, only for it to be just killing time before the fortune-telling, asking casually.
As expected of a devil who can see through hearts, this personality is just too wicked!
Kondo slapped the table and started freaking out for some inexplicable reason:
"Not allowed! Forced seduction or whatever is absolutely not allowed! That is a crime! Only I, the old man, will absolutely not allow it."
Sougo, as one of the people who understood Kondo best, was curious about his reaction:
"So, Kondo-san… what is the real reason?"
Kondo stated grandly:
"Sougo! Think about it, Kazuma is a hero. Forced seduction and the like will be a bad influence on a bunch of young RPG players. If the problem gets serious, the world might even be destroyed because of it."
Looking at Kondo's solemn expression, Sougo put on a look of sudden realization:
"Which means, you're still single at your age, so you're jealous."
Toushirou Hijikata nodded knowingly:
"A very accurate summary, Sougo!"
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( Translator-kun: Iirc Vanir is one of the dukes from hell )