"From now on, this will be our base in Axel."

With this villa, Rin could bring Shuna and Shion along next time he came.

"Poniii!!!"

Ogerpon didn't quite understand, but if Rin was happy, she was happy.

Darkness, however, was indifferent.

She came from a noble family, her family's estate was countless times larger than this.

Still, Darkness was somewhat curious about Rin's identity.

Such a large villa would cost at least tens of millions of eris.

Yet Rin bought it without hesitation.

His attitude of not caring about money at all made Darkness guess that he, like her, was a child from a prominent family experiencing life outside.

"Darkness, feel free to pick a room."

"Ah?"

Darkness had intended to say she had a place to stay at the inn.

But wasn't the current situation precisely the play she most desired?

"Are you, are you already impatient to humiliate my body?"

Darkness thought of Rin's command.

She carefully observed, only they were around, no one else.

So...

"Alright, I understand."

Darkness's breathing quickened. "Anyway, even if I refuse, you will definitely force me to stay here."

"..."

Rin and Ogerpon exchanged a glance.

Fortunately, both of them were already accustomed to Darkness's strange hobbies.

"So now..."

Rin slowly raised his hand, then brought it down sharply.

The next moment, a crisp smack echoed through the villa's courtyard, accompanied by a girl's low moan, a mix of pain and a hint of excitement.

"Your room is right next to mine."

"I, I understand."

Darkness nodded obediently, not daring to resist Rin's arrangement in the slightest.

According to the rules, from now on, Darkness was Rin's "possession," and the latter could do whatever he pleased with her.

Rin naturally wouldn't truly do anything excessive.

At most, he would strictly discipline Darkness, allowing her to experience the novel sensation of being humiliated.

"Ponooo..."

Ogerpon didn't know how to react.

To be honest, Darkness's appearance had indeed opened Ogerpon's eyes.

In this world, there were actually people who enjoyed being abused.

Ogerpon truly couldn't understand.

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Meanwhile, at a construction site in Axel, the exhausted Kazuma and Aqua finally finished their day's bricklaying.

"Alright! Everyone worked hard!"

"That's it for today!"

The foreman handed out salaries to everyone. "Here, this is today's daily wage."

"Thank you."

"Foreman, you worked hard too!"

"Good work!"

As the foreman announced the end of work, Kazuma Satou and Aqua received their wages and bowed in greeting.

"Well, everyone, we're off!"

"Oh, good work! We'll count on you tomorrow too."

Kazuma greeted his senior workers, and Aqua followed suit.

Listening to their seniors' voices, the two left the construction site.

"Ah, ah, I worked all day again today."

Kazuma couldn't imagine that he, who worked so diligently, was a shut-in NEET just recently.

Clutching their day's wages, the two headed to the public bathhouse in town.

The public bathhouse was almost identical to a Japanese sento.

Converted at an average salary, the bathing fee here was more expensive than in Japan, but after work, one simply had to take a bath, and even if it was a bit pricey, they couldn't give it up.

"Ah~ I'm alive again~"

Kazuma submerged himself in the hot bath up to his shoulders, leisurely relieving the fatigue of work.

Since this place looked like a medieval setting, Kazuma had initially thought bathing in another world would be a luxury, but it seemed that was just his unilateral preconception.

"Thank you, thank you."

Muttering gratefully, Kazuma left the bath and walked out, just in time to see Aqua waiting for him at the bathhouse entrance.

"What do we eat today?"

Aqua had no self-awareness as a goddess whatsoever and was already enjoying her current life. "I want smoked lizard hamburger steak, and ice-cold Crimson Neroid!"

"I want meat too."

Kazuma said, "Then, let's go to the Guild and order two sets of smoked lizard hamburger steak meals."

"Agreed!"

Aqua raised both hands in agreement. "And sparkling wine! A hamburger steak without sparkling wine has no soul!"

For the past week, the two had been working on the expansion of the town's outer wall.

In other words, they were civil engineering laborers.

This was far from the adventurer's work Kazuma wanted to pursue in this world.

'No, why has Aqua adapted to this life without even the slightest question?'

'You're a goddess, aren't you?'

As if Aqua heard his inner thoughts, she said matter-of-factly, "Why, if you don't work, you don't eat, right?"

"You don't like working, do you? Honestly, shut-in NEETs are always so picky."

"In principle, there's also sales work in the shopping district you can do!"

"No! That's not it!"

Kazuma was speechless at Aqua, who said these things so earnestly. "How should I put it, what I'm looking for is that kind of thrilling combat against monsters! That kind of life!"

"Besides, where in this world is it being invaded by a Demon King or in crisis?"

"It's so peaceful, I haven't even seen the word 'Demon' from 'Demon King,' hey!"

This was what Kazuma wanted to complain about the most, Axel was as peaceful as a fairy tale's fantasy land.

The two chatted as they arrived at the Adventurers Guild.

As soon as they entered, they heard loud cheers coming from inside.

"Long live Rin!!"

"Long live sparkling wine!!"

"Rin! Rin! Rin!!"

"..."

Soon, Aqua learned about the current situation from others.

"A rich patron booked the place?"

"Sparkling wine is free-flowing, and everyone gets to order one set meal?"

"Ah!!!"

"Hooray!"

"Long live Rin!!"

With such exciting news, Aqua couldn't hold back. She immediately pulled out her fan and cast her banquet magic.

"Oh, oh, oh!"

This made the scene even livelier.

As for why Rin was throwing money around again...

It was, of course, because he was happy!

Recruiting Darkness and buying a new house, how could he not celebrate?

Anyway, Rin had plenty of money in the Konosuba World.

Let alone booking the place once, if Rin wanted to, he could easily buy the entire Axel.

(To be continued.)

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