KonoSuba Dust Spinoff! Volume 1

“Did I make you wait?”
“I think it’s about time that you stop doing such things.”
Today’s companion is Yunyun.
“That’ll never happen. Don’t you know that I will die if I don’t cast
an explosion every day?”
“I’ve never heard of such a thing! … Still, whenever I carry you
back recently, the residents of the town would welcome me with a
kind gaze. Someone even told me ‘thank you for your hard work’
the other day. It maked me feel a little happy…”
Yunyun might be reluctant, but, despite her frown, it seems like
she’s really happy to be relied upon by others.
“Instead of complaining, let’s hurry up and go.”
“Wha- Why are you ordering me? I’m the one who’s
accompanying you! Hey, did you hear me? W-Wait up!”
Despite her protests, Yunyun still ended up following Megumin
outside the town.
Rather than accompanying her, it’s more like she couldn’t refuse
any requests.
It always feels like if one were to kneel and beg her, she’d agree to
anything no matter what it is.
Following behind the two, we ended up arriving at a piece of
barren land.
… To be more accurate, this place only became barren because of
that explosion girl.
I think that this place used to be a small forest. Now, not only was
the soil exposed, but it even hosted more than a few craters.

“This place has become full of holes! You’ll need to properly fill
them up later, otherwise it’ll cause people a lot of trouble.”
“I’ll let you handle that. I’m a very busy person.”
Just as Yunyun busied herself with filling the craters with magic,
Megumin nonchalantly released her Explosion and carved
another crater into the landscape.
Yunyun lifted the collapsed Megumin onto her back in a practiced
manner and started complaining as she made their way back.
When they reached town, Megumin seemed to have regained
enough energy to walk by herself, and climbed down from
Yunyun’s back.
“I’ve fulfilled your request, so, as discussed, let us settle our duel
right here!”
“Even after losing so many times… You really don’t learn, do you?
So, what should we compete in today?”
“Ah, that… We should settle this with magic… but Megumin only
knows Explosion, and she already used it for today, so that won’t
do.”
“I already used my magic for today. I don’t mean to brag, but I
won’t be of any help for the rest of the day.”
“That’s not something you should be proudly boasting about!”
“Aah! What did you say? Say it again!”
“D-Don’t get angry.”
“You’ve always been unable to read the mood, Yunyun, but
doesn’t it seem like it has gotten worse lately? It must be because
of the bad influence of that friend you recently made.”

Yunyun clutched Megumin’s clothes and tearfully denied it. Just
who was that friend that they were referring to?
Megumin is a childhood friend of Yunyun, so I can rule her out.
Apart from her, the only people who have interacted with Yunyun
recently would be Sir Vanir and that beautiful store owner.
Did she end up making a new friend without me knowing? Seeing
how desperately she’s denying it, it must be a pretty nasty fellow.
The two of them eventually decided on an eating contest, and
Megumin ended up winning an overwhelming victory.
It’s hard to believe that she can eat that much with that petite
figure of hers. Still, it doesn’t seem like she has grown any.
Afterwards, she chatted about something with the Axis Cult Priest
and Chris, but it doesn’t seem like she troubled anyone today.
She even released her Explosion in a place where it wouldn’t cause
any trouble for the town. The only thing she troubled was a piece
of barren ground.
Yunyun said that doing so will cause troubles for others, but it
doesn’t seem like she means it, so that doesn’t count.
After a long day, Megumin finally went home.
Yunyun seemed really lonely as she watched Megumin enter the
mansion.
Bah, screw it, I suppose I can treat her to dinner.

Short Story 3: Observing Darkness ↲

When I was in the adventurer’s guild, checking if there are any
easy yet profitable quests like I usually do, I received a strange,
“off the record” request from Kazuma. It seems like the guild
regard him as the caretaker of his party, of sorts, so they’ve been
making him clean up after their messes.
And so, Kazuma wanted me to investigate exactly what his
comrades get up to when he’s not around.
It’s a request from a close friend whom I owe a lot to, and what’s
more, he even promised me an adequate reward, so I had no
reason to refuse.
In that case… Let’s investigate the Crusader Darkness.
I did follow her in the past, but I was with someone else back
then. Following her alone will make it easier for me to act.

When I was observing Kazuma’s mansion in the morning, I saw
Darkness angrily throw open the door and stomp out.
“This is a waste of my time! I don’t want to spend any more of it
on a lazy bum like Kazuma… Wait, this is…”
“Don’t bother. You shouldn’t concern yourself with that thing,
Darkness.”
“Don’t worry, Megumin. I’ll definitely drag him out to hunt
monsters tomorrow, so just wait.”
With that, Megumin and Darkness angrily left the house.
Looks like Kazuma refused to accompany them on a quest.

Now that he has a large mansion and a huge pile of money, who
would want to continue working such a dangerous job as an
adventurer? I understand Kazuma’s feelings extremely well.
Darkness bid farewell to Megumin on the way, and headed
towards the adventurer’s guild..
I followed behind her and entered the guild.
“Giant Frog subjugation huh… Getting swallowed whole and
covered in slime from head to toe… Isn’t this just the perfect
opponent? Why do Aqua and Megumin hate them so much? This
is so unfair. I’m the only one who has yet to experience it…”
Darkness mumbled something to herself as she stared at the Giant
Frog Subjugation quest.
After standing there for a while, it seems like she eventually
acknowledged that she can’t handle them by herself, and moved
over to the counter to chat with Luna.
“Excuse me, I’m alone for today. Are there any adventurers who’d
be able to team up with me?”
“Ah, teaming up with Darkness-san… Err, well, everyone seems to
be pretty busy…”
Luna averted her gaze.
She looked around at the seemingly free adventurers lazing
around the guild, and every one of them hurriedly turned around.
“Ah, I have a job lined up after this! Oh, no, it’s already this late.”
“Come to think of it, today’s my little brother’s birthday. I should
hurry home.”
“Oh dear, I seem to have drunk a few too many glasses. If only I
weren’t so drunk.”

Voices like that echoed throughout the guild.
I understand how these people feel. Once you’ve partied up with
Darkness once, you won’t ever want to go through that ever again.
Incapable of hitting any of her attacks, charging directly towards
an enemy on sight, and, above all, a genuine pervert who’d charge
into the path of even her allies’ spells.
Only when Kazuma is in the party can those tendencies be
somewhat controlled.
“Everyone seems pretty busy. Forget it then.”
Hearing Darkness’s words, everyone present let out a sigh of
relief.
She might be top class as far as vanguards go, but if that vanguard
were to charge directly into the midst of enemies without saying a
word, it’d be better not to party with her.
Afterwards, Darkness still wanted to accept the Giant Frog
subjugation quest by herself, but Luna eventually talked her out of
it. After reluctantly letting go of the matter, Darkness left the
guild.
“She’s standing there by herself. Just what is she doing?”
After coming to the village square, Darkness, for some unknown
reason, simply stood there and gazed at the fountain.
That kind of reminds me of someone.
Ah, don’t tell me, does this girl have no friends too?
Yunyun who had become like my old friend lately pretty much
spends all of her time on her own. Whenever she has nothing to
do, she would dumbly gaze upon the passersby. Just like that.

Apart from Kazuma’s party and Chris, Darkness doesn’t seem to
interact much with anyone else.
Kazuma’s a pretty swell guy, so everyone gets along well with him.
That self-proclaimed goddess is pretty popular too thanks to her
party skills.
Though no one is willing to party up with that explosion brat, she
somehow seems to have quite a few people hanging around with
her. She even followed me with a bunch of strange girls a while
back.
And Darkness… Well, she has her own duties apart from being an
adventurer, so she should be pretty busy. I suppose it’s fine.
At the very least, she isn’t as bad as Yunyun.
Afterwards, Darkness started wandering around the city. For
some strange reason, she seems to be purposely walking down
some shady backstreets.
Her eyes seem to be sparkling as she walked down the deserted
streets, and she’s excitedly panting with a flushed face… Nah, it’s
probably just my imagination.
After pacing several times around the street in front of the strange
shop, she headed back home with a dejected expression.
Even though she didn’t run into any incidents, today was still a
tiring day.

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Thank you reading,
Anon

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