A reincarnator reborn as Mash Kyrielight ends up at the other side of the multiverse after getting blasted by Morgan Le Fay's Time Spell: Water Mirror. Lost, with no way to return to her loved ones, she makes the best of her situation to the best of her ability. Plus, she always wanted to go on an adventure!
A Kyrielight Among the Cosmos
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Ch 1. Prologue
Time slowed to a crawl. Each second ticked for what felt like an eternity. Water droplets were frozen in the air, unmoving, like the scene before me. Lightning raked the sky, still, unchanging. Black clouds blocked the warmth of the sun, and a death-like chill choked the air.
Spells flew, blades clashed, blood splashed; Servants battled against the tyrannical queen of Camelot. Morgan Le Fay, the Tyrant Queen of The Fairy Kingdom, fought my friends Da Vinci, Ritsuka, and Artoria, but the battle was futile. She's too strong for us to handle at the moment. Not only that, but Morgan didn't fight us seriously. Her pride, or arrogance, prevented her from viewing us as a worthy opponent. It's thanks to this pride that she decided to test a spell she planned on using on Cernunnos, the Calamity of Norwich—a Divine Spirit whose shadow brought terror to the land of ancient Britain.
Water Mirror, a spell that utilized the Parallel Reflection Phenomenon of the Second True Magic: Kaleidoscope, to create a tunnel of space-time from one reflected point of time to another.
I knew the danger of the spell. Leonardo Da Vinci as well. The nature of Lostbelts being failed universes removed from the Greater History of Man meant that any form of temporal interaction could lead to horrific consequences. They are pocket universes floating in the vast void between realities still connected to the infinite, ever-evolving multiverse tree. There is no stability for Lostbelts (or Singularities, for that matter) when it comes to their native timelines. Thus, in my many adventures in the Singularities and Lostbelts, any form of time manipulation always resulted in something...wonky, happening. The decades (or centuries?) my fellow Servants and I spent experiencing Time Loops are one of the many weird instances we've witnessed of time's instability.
Not that we didn't enjoy them! Some of my most cherished memories came from the Time Loops. Those memories I'll forever hold close to my heart.
With Thought Acceleration active, I looked up, thinking of a way to save myself from my current predicament. 'Teleportation? Not enough time to activate the Runic Matrix within the ring Scathach, Merlin, Da Vinci, and I made. I can't rely on the Command Spell either to warp me away either. Pure Speed? I have less than a hundred-thousandth of a second before Water Mirror activates. I'm fast, but not that fast.'
'I'm not looking forward to the migraine Thought Acceleration will give me from over-exerting my mental capacity either,' I mentally sighed dejectedly. 'I can't activate any of my evasion skills nor my emergency temporal Mystic Codes fast enough as well. Honestly, out of all the harrowing situations I've encountered since reincarnating as Mash, this is the second unsalvagable situation I can't defend or run from. Ars Goetia's bullshit Noble Phantasms are still bullshit! Now I can add Morgan's Water Mirror to the list of "broken as fuck, please nerf" abilities I got subjected to.'
Mentally sighing again, my thoughts returned to my reincarnation once more. To this day, it's been a mystery I've struggled to find answers for. Ereshkigal, (after giving her permission to view my Soul Memory) couldn't figure it out. One moment, I went to sleep in my shit apartment and the next? I woke up in a sci-fi medical tube-bed with a bunch of doctors examining my naked body. As Mash Kyrielight: The Adorable Eggplant of Apocalyptic, Heart-destroying, Cinnamon Bun-ness.
I've gotten over the sex change years ago...and came to prefer masturbation and sex as a girl more than a male. At least my sexuality didn't change! My rather large harem of some of the sexiest female myths and legends can attest to that!
'Shit. I hope my girls won't be too upset at my sudden disappearance. Some of them are rather scary when emotionally distraught. I'll need to employ the Emiya's to calm them down with homemade sweets!'
'Your sacrifice will be remembered,' I solemnly double-nodded in my mind.
Still, living my life as Mash had its perks. I got to learn magic, meet female Ritsuka Fujimaru and became instant besties! I've learned various forms of combat from my fellow Servants, fell in love, and kicked Galahad to the curb when I died fighting Arse Go-Eatia. The meeting with Alaya within the Throne of Heroes still freaks me the fuck out, however. The gifts she gave me (like removing Galahad from my body and permanently giving me all his Skills and Noble Phantasms, which was possible due to my legend becoming superior to his) and other bonuses eased my worries.
I didn't have long to live due to the nature of Mash's initial creation. I managed to live as long as I did thanks to the temporal properties of the Time Loops reversing my biological age back to the point of entering them. But that only slowed the inevitable. Three days was the amount of time before my artificially created homunculus super-body failed when we entered the final Singularity to confront Ass Go-Getcha.
As for my new body, Alaya created for me when I returned to Chaldea? It was tailor-made to house the True Soul of a Heroic Spirit when they reincarnate into the world in flesh and blood. I became a Living Servant whose legend was still being made, with hundreds of other legendary heroes as my witnesses, backed up by dozens of civilizations across human history. I possessed the ability to grow, to evolve in ways no other Servant could—a fact I somewhat regret telling the others about. The nightmares from the training regimens to give me Skills still haunt my dreams.
'It's okay, Mash! The Archer Projectile Dodge Training is done and over with! No more having to evade arrows, or swords, or bullets, or Ea barrages like my life depended on it!' My soul shuddered in remembrance.
The less I think about "Defensive Endurance Training," the better. I don't have [Masochistic Constitution (D)], nope! Despite liking it rough in the bedroom, I'm not Darkness 2.0!
My vision refocused on my best friend. Ritsuka, or Tsuki, as I like to call her, possessed wide, horrified eyes. Our adventures throughout human history will forever remain among my most cherished memories. She was my sister, even though we weren't related. We laughed, we cried, we competed to see whose harem was superior. Naturally, I won the last one. She got all the crazies while I had most of the sane Servants! She was the Best Girl for my various weddings, and I hers.
The number of times I walked in on her tied up with Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter fucking the other members of her harem while degrading her, and her immensely enjoying it, really made me question her kinks. This is ironic coming from a power-bottom exhibitionist masochistic nudist.
The Time Loops messed with my sense of sexual morality, especially during one Loop where we spend an entire year per round, each year advancing by a century for seven years. It was a civilization creation Time Loop. Yeah...We all thought letting Kama, BB, and Ishtar be the visionaries for the Singularity was a good idea. They turned it into a free-use, clothing-optional, porn-logic society.
Best. Loop. Ever!
Still, as I watch Water Mirror do its thing, I prepare an emergency stasis spell to protect myself from temporal anomalies. I ensured my friends would be able to find me. It's not the first time we got lost in a random pocket universe, but something tells me I'll get flung far further than anticipated. 'My instincts are telling me that I won't be found for a very long, long time. I hope everyone will be okay. Goodbye, my loves. I'll be waiting for you.'
Disabling Thought Acceleration, a blinding light enveloped me in a blanket of a kaleidoscope of colors. Next came the feeling of strangeness, caused by space getting twisted harder than a lump of taffy, and finally the sudden blast of multidimensional energies bombarding my body with the rage of a drunk Hulk trying to smash the red dot of a laser pointer.
'Huh, I taste purple. Weird.'
I lost consciousness within seconds.
Spells flew, blades clashed, blood splashed; Servants battled against the tyrannical queen of Camelot. Morgan Le Fay, the Tyrant Queen of The Fairy Kingdom, fought my friends Da Vinci, Ritsuka, and Artoria, but the battle was futile. She's too strong for us to handle at the moment. Not only that, but Morgan didn't fight us seriously. Her pride, or arrogance, prevented her from viewing us as a worthy opponent. It's thanks to this pride that she decided to test a spell she planned on using on Cernunnos, the Calamity of Norwich—a Divine Spirit whose shadow brought terror to the land of ancient Britain.
Water Mirror, a spell that utilized the Parallel Reflection Phenomenon of the Second True Magic: Kaleidoscope, to create a tunnel of space-time from one reflected point of time to another.
I knew the danger of the spell. Leonardo Da Vinci as well. The nature of Lostbelts being failed universes removed from the Greater History of Man meant that any form of temporal interaction could lead to horrific consequences. They are pocket universes floating in the vast void between realities still connected to the infinite, ever-evolving multiverse tree. There is no stability for Lostbelts (or Singularities, for that matter) when it comes to their native timelines. Thus, in my many adventures in the Singularities and Lostbelts, any form of time manipulation always resulted in something...wonky, happening. The decades (or centuries?) my fellow Servants and I spent experiencing Time Loops are one of the many weird instances we've witnessed of time's instability.
Not that we didn't enjoy them! Some of my most cherished memories came from the Time Loops. Those memories I'll forever hold close to my heart.
With Thought Acceleration active, I looked up, thinking of a way to save myself from my current predicament. 'Teleportation? Not enough time to activate the Runic Matrix within the ring Scathach, Merlin, Da Vinci, and I made. I can't rely on the Command Spell either to warp me away either. Pure Speed? I have less than a hundred-thousandth of a second before Water Mirror activates. I'm fast, but not that fast.'
'I'm not looking forward to the migraine Thought Acceleration will give me from over-exerting my mental capacity either,' I mentally sighed dejectedly. 'I can't activate any of my evasion skills nor my emergency temporal Mystic Codes fast enough as well. Honestly, out of all the harrowing situations I've encountered since reincarnating as Mash, this is the second unsalvagable situation I can't defend or run from. Ars Goetia's bullshit Noble Phantasms are still bullshit! Now I can add Morgan's Water Mirror to the list of "broken as fuck, please nerf" abilities I got subjected to.'
Mentally sighing again, my thoughts returned to my reincarnation once more. To this day, it's been a mystery I've struggled to find answers for. Ereshkigal, (after giving her permission to view my Soul Memory) couldn't figure it out. One moment, I went to sleep in my shit apartment and the next? I woke up in a sci-fi medical tube-bed with a bunch of doctors examining my naked body. As Mash Kyrielight: The Adorable Eggplant of Apocalyptic, Heart-destroying, Cinnamon Bun-ness.
I've gotten over the sex change years ago...and came to prefer masturbation and sex as a girl more than a male. At least my sexuality didn't change! My rather large harem of some of the sexiest female myths and legends can attest to that!
'Shit. I hope my girls won't be too upset at my sudden disappearance. Some of them are rather scary when emotionally distraught. I'll need to employ the Emiya's to calm them down with homemade sweets!'
'Your sacrifice will be remembered,' I solemnly double-nodded in my mind.
Still, living my life as Mash had its perks. I got to learn magic, meet female Ritsuka Fujimaru and became instant besties! I've learned various forms of combat from my fellow Servants, fell in love, and kicked Galahad to the curb when I died fighting Arse Go-Eatia. The meeting with Alaya within the Throne of Heroes still freaks me the fuck out, however. The gifts she gave me (like removing Galahad from my body and permanently giving me all his Skills and Noble Phantasms, which was possible due to my legend becoming superior to his) and other bonuses eased my worries.
I didn't have long to live due to the nature of Mash's initial creation. I managed to live as long as I did thanks to the temporal properties of the Time Loops reversing my biological age back to the point of entering them. But that only slowed the inevitable. Three days was the amount of time before my artificially created homunculus super-body failed when we entered the final Singularity to confront Ass Go-Getcha.
As for my new body, Alaya created for me when I returned to Chaldea? It was tailor-made to house the True Soul of a Heroic Spirit when they reincarnate into the world in flesh and blood. I became a Living Servant whose legend was still being made, with hundreds of other legendary heroes as my witnesses, backed up by dozens of civilizations across human history. I possessed the ability to grow, to evolve in ways no other Servant could—a fact I somewhat regret telling the others about. The nightmares from the training regimens to give me Skills still haunt my dreams.
'It's okay, Mash! The Archer Projectile Dodge Training is done and over with! No more having to evade arrows, or swords, or bullets, or Ea barrages like my life depended on it!' My soul shuddered in remembrance.
The less I think about "Defensive Endurance Training," the better. I don't have [Masochistic Constitution (D)], nope! Despite liking it rough in the bedroom, I'm not Darkness 2.0!
My vision refocused on my best friend. Ritsuka, or Tsuki, as I like to call her, possessed wide, horrified eyes. Our adventures throughout human history will forever remain among my most cherished memories. She was my sister, even though we weren't related. We laughed, we cried, we competed to see whose harem was superior. Naturally, I won the last one. She got all the crazies while I had most of the sane Servants! She was the Best Girl for my various weddings, and I hers.
The number of times I walked in on her tied up with Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter fucking the other members of her harem while degrading her, and her immensely enjoying it, really made me question her kinks. This is ironic coming from a power-bottom exhibitionist masochistic nudist.
The Time Loops messed with my sense of sexual morality, especially during one Loop where we spend an entire year per round, each year advancing by a century for seven years. It was a civilization creation Time Loop. Yeah...We all thought letting Kama, BB, and Ishtar be the visionaries for the Singularity was a good idea. They turned it into a free-use, clothing-optional, porn-logic society.
Best. Loop. Ever!
Still, as I watch Water Mirror do its thing, I prepare an emergency stasis spell to protect myself from temporal anomalies. I ensured my friends would be able to find me. It's not the first time we got lost in a random pocket universe, but something tells me I'll get flung far further than anticipated. 'My instincts are telling me that I won't be found for a very long, long time. I hope everyone will be okay. Goodbye, my loves. I'll be waiting for you.'
Disabling Thought Acceleration, a blinding light enveloped me in a blanket of a kaleidoscope of colors. Next came the feeling of strangeness, caused by space getting twisted harder than a lump of taffy, and finally the sudden blast of multidimensional energies bombarding my body with the rage of a drunk Hulk trying to smash the red dot of a laser pointer.
'Huh, I taste purple. Weird.'
I lost consciousness within seconds.
Ch 2: Awakening in this Strange World!
When I woke up from my dreamless slumber, the gentle kiss of a warm spring breeze lovingly caressed my skin. The scent of freshly bloomed flowers wafted past my nose. Birds sang their songs in the distance, and the woodland critters skittered to and fro in the underbrush. Magic flowed in abundance in the air, which made my awakening all the more pleasant.
Only, there was one problem.
A small, fluffy creature made it its mission to lick my face clean. It only stopped when I opened my eyes, which caused it to jump away out of my field of vision. Its paws were still playing with my head, tugging at my hair. The magical signature coming off of the creature reminded me of a nature spirit, but slightly off. The creature didn't like being ignored.
It stopped with an audible "huff" before moving back a few feet. Its paws rustled the grass. I could hear its muscles bunch up, ready to pounce. Tension filled the air. I didn't know what to do! With an audible "FOU!" it charged and jumped into the air with its powerful legs. I couldn't move, my body still paralyzed from the Temporal Sleep. A flash of fluffy white fur was all I saw before it belly-flopped on my face, killing me instantly.
"B-Bleh!" was the final word I barely managed to cough out. The fluffy nature spirit so thoroughly murdered my face with its plushy tummy not even the total power of Akasha itself could resurrect me. I died in such an adorable way too! Truly an end worthy of remembrance for the rest of eternity. Fluffy darkness consumed my vision. I knew no more.
"Fou, Fou!" it squeaked in annoyance, but I was dead, so I didn't react. My tongue lolled out of my mouth was proof of my demise. The creature got off my face and—"Kyaa!" I cried—The creature bit my nose!
"F-Fwou-chan. Stwahp!" I whimpered as the little Eevee lookalike tugged on my snout! "I-It hwurts!" She let go of my nose after another harsh tug before plopping its fuzzy booty on my chest.
"Fou, Fou-Fou, Fou, FOU!" she barked back in irritation, waving her paws in the air as she did so. "Fou!"
"I'm sorry for worrying you, Fou," I replied gently. "But my body hasn't fully come out of the Emergency Temporal Body Bubble yet. I'm not quite able to feel or move everything for a few more minutes." Fou huffed in response. She hopped off my chest to do...something else.
'Time-based sleep is still as troublesome as the first time,' I mentally sighed, moving my head up a bit to take in the surroundings better. I was in the center of a meadow in the middle of a taiga forest. Beautiful flowers danced back and forth in the wind. Honeybees jumped between the flowers, exchanging pollen with each hop. In this distance, a mountain loomed over the forest like an overbearing grandfather. "Well, at least I'm in a relatively safe area," I mused. "'Better than waking up in the middle of a burning city." Fou snorted. She's so wise.
Of course, that's only the physical appearance of the world. My Pure Eyes saw beyond normal mortal perception. Magical, Spiritual, and Natural Energy flowed all around me: slithering between the foliage like rivers carving through mountainous valleys. Lesser Fey fluttered around, playing their games with joyous jubilation. A Dryad stared at me in awe and wonder but kept her distance. She must sense the Blessings the Fairies and Gaia placed on me during the Avalon Lostbelt. I gave her a weak wave with my hand, causing her to blush in embarrassment before shyly waving back.
'Ah, I forgot my Mystic Eye Killing Glasses back on the Nautilus. Shit,' I mentally groaned. 'Having constantly on Pure Eyes is so annoying. I'll need to make another pair later. What a drag.'
It took several minutes before I regained the ability to move. In that time, I watched Fou chase a butterfly around for offending the Fourth Beast of Humanity by landing on her nose, causing her to sneeze. Relief filled my heart, knowing that my adorable companion joined me despite the odds. The mascot of Chaldea, Fou, my oldest friend who kept my spirits up whenever I was sad, pulled a fast one on Morgan Le Fay. I hope the others won't worry about her disappearance.
'Alright, time to move. 'Gotta check the universe first before doing anything else,' I thought, now free from my temporary stasis. Standing up, I gave my body a couple of much-needed stretches before pulling out a Gothic visor similar in design to Artoria Alter's Saber mask. It got made to be worn with my Lord Camelot Armor. Putting it on, the Heads Up Display loaded up with Chaldea's logo at the forefront, followed by Da Vinci's emblem with a "Welcome back Sweetie!" text prompt. My heart ached a little, knowing that my disappearance would bring endless amounts of worry to my adoptive mother.
"Alright, where am I?"
"Huh, I'm on an off-baseline version of Konosuba? My EX-ranked luck really pulled through for me!" I smiled, looking up the VARIANT ID Definition Index. "Hmm, More Responsible Parents and Slightly Aged-up Characters, huh? Weird." Then again, in the base timeline, there are kids under the age of twelve fighting monsters to the death as adventurers. If the kid's parents or guardians are more responsible, then they would most likely start adventuring around the age of sixteen instead. "Megumin, Yunyun, Erika, Cielo, Mia, Arue, Dondoko, and Funifura probably got aged up. I wonder what they'll be like?"
"Fou?" my fluffy overlord questioned with a brutally murdered butterfly crushed under her paws. Rest in peace, butterfly. You dared to attack the great Empress of Cuteness, Fou. Your arrogance in thinking that you could defeat her resulted in your death. May all other butterflies look upon your loss and know that Fou is beyond thy insectoid comprehension!
"It's nothing," I giggled, putting the visor back in my pocket dimension. "Anyway! Let's get going. There is a town to the northwest. We can set up shop there while we wait for the others to come and find us..." I paused, feeling a lump form in my throat. Time flowed at different rates between universes, so I knew it could be days to years before our friends and family eventually find us, but I won't lose hope! I know they'll find us. The feelings in my heart told me so. A look of determination enveloped my face, "...however long it may be."
Traveling through the forest was a quiet affair. Her Majesty, Fou the Magnificent, ordered me to carry her to prevent barbs and other debris from tangling up in her fur. Indeed, this lowly servant was quite happy with the arrangement. She slumbered peacefully in my arms as I walked. All is well within the world.
Traveling through the forest gave me plenty of time to plan for the future. My main objectives are to acquire permanent residence where I can set up a magus workshop (hopefully above a ley line) and acquire funds. With a workshop, I can set up an interdimensional beacon to act as a lighthouse for my friends to follow in the infinite sea of void-space, also to have a roof over my head. Fou gets really grumpy sleeping in unfamiliar places. A grumpy Primate Murder is a scary beast to behold! Umu, a house is paramount to prevent all the nomming and paw swatting she'll do to anyone insane enough to disturb her.
The fastest way to earn funds will be by joining the Adventurers Guild while creating useful inventions on the side. Am I taking Kazuma's moneymaking scheme where he made billions of Eris in the light novel? Absolutely! Debt is a scary thing to experience! Plus, Ishtar will mock me about it, which if she does, she'll get to sleep on the couch for a month for being a bad wife. Yep. Everyone else will agree with my judgment.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder how my stats will translate to the Adventure Card? Or my Skills? All my Servant Stats have reached the EX Ranking but at different levels. After all, the EX for raw parameters is a baseline idea of the strength of a Servant. A Servant with A+++ in Agility can be faster than a Servant with EX in the same parameter. The A Rating only measures up to 50 times from the peak of human ability. The EX Rank starts at 60 times for reference, and A+++ is a massive 200 times multiplicative. Roughly, that is.
Furthermore, a Servant's parameters don't take into account their skills outside of the +/- modifiers. Those only indicate that a Servant can use a Skill or Noble Phantasm to temporarily increase said stat. Achilles is the most notable when it comes to the level of bullshit when it comes to stat growth. For example, the peek of human agility belongs to Usain Bolt at 43.99 Kph. Therefore, a Servant with E-Rank in Agility would be 439.9 Kph, and A-Rank Agility is 2199.5 Kph. Achilles only has a single + modifier thanks to his Noble Phantasm Dromeus Komētēs, which grants him Faster Than Light Agility so long as he fights on what is considered a battlefield, at the cost of exposing his primary weakness: His heel. 'Fastest Human Indeed.
Still, the Adventure Card will give me plenty of ideas on how to increase my strength. Increasing my base stats takes forever despite the suicide-inducing training my friends put me through. I love them all, but they can be a bit...much.
Getting Skills will be more ideal. If I remember the Light Novel correctly, Kazuma discovered that the Skill—Drain Touch—can decrease his level. This allowed him to earn Skill Points from levelling back up from zero to thirty, as well as keep all the skills and upgrades he purchased. He then reset his level back to zero before repeating the process. Megumin also benefited from this exploit. She was able to spam Explosion at the remnants of the Demon King Army in the castle without collapsing...for fun. Daily.
The difficulty rating for this world isn't all that high either. I know I can nuke the Demon King from my current location by equipping Arjuna's Class Card and enchanting his Noble Phantasm with Conceptual Barrier Penetration to ignore the barrier and keep the damage to the surrounding area within it. Scrying, while not my strong suit, is something I can manage so long as the required range doesn't surpass continental levels. One arrow is all that'll take to kill the guy, which I feel a little queasy about.
It was later revealed in the Light Novel and Web Novel that the Demon King that Kazuma fought is a reincarnator like himself. One of Aqua's "Champions," no less. I bet he thought, "If I become the Demon King, I could control the Demons Themselves and make the world a better place."Honestly? His plan worked. Life in the world of Konosuba stabilized; demons only attacked areas where he ordered them to, the population boomed, adventurers became abundant, and only a single country had to deal with his armies. Hell, he didn't fight seriously against Kazuma's party! He died knowing his plan worked, content in his sacrifice.
He became a villain to save the world. He's someone I can admire.
Although, that's not to say he was completely passive. His sending Sylvia to destroy the Crimson Demon Clan wasn't on a whim, nor for reasons most people believe. The Crimson Demon Clan had a tradition to launch all the spells at his barrier yearly for fun or something. I don't know. No, that's not the reason he decided to destroy them. He must have discovered the Observatory they created to peak into his daughter's bedroom—where the perverts could watch her undress—and got pissed. Umu! The true reason for the Demon King's wrath for the Crimson Demon Clan came from overprotective fatherly instincts!
It totally makes sense for the setting of the world. Yep. Yep.
'I'll leave him alone. Maybe bake him a cake?' I silently mused. 'I'm going to need to contact Wolbach, though. Having a Goddess of her caliber will help with some of my projects. 'Maybe confront her at Alcanretia? Note to self: Acquire an Axis Cult Pendant to keep the crazies away before going.'
My thoughts got broken by reaching the edge of the forest. The sight of a massive wall surrounding a town came into view. Guards lined the wall, merchants entered with their products and left with empty carriages. People in the standard fantasy armor archetype walking out solo or in groups. Some dragged toads the size of minivans towards an area near the wall for processing. I don't see anyone I'm familiar with, but I did see the town sign labeling it: Axel, followed by a group of people running from a fluffle of horned rabbits. They were screaming bloody murder. It was 'kinda depressing to look at, to be honest.
"Huh, weird," I blinked. Shaking my head, I frowned at my current outfit.
Lord Camelot, my base armor, appeared too conspicuous. Sure, it would make sense for a veteran adventurer to wear, but for a newbie just starting out? They'll think I'm some sort of Noble. I mean, they wouldn't be wrong, per se. The Artorias and the Knights of Round Table all formerly accepted me as an official knight of the order, followed by the Torias formerly granting me the title of Duke of Camelot. They did this for a variety of reasons, but the main one was to increase the strength of my Noble Phantasm, which it did, surprisingly.
It was also because they couldn't allow their Queen to be a no-name commoner in the event of ending up in another medieval Singularity or Lostbelt. But I don't think so. I bet they just wanted me to be closer to them without saying so. Their blushes when I lovingly call them "My King" supports this theory.
'A change of costumes is in order! I don't want to cause a misunderstanding. They can be bothersome,' I resolutely reasoned.
'Pulling out a Mystic Code in the shape of a smartphone. It was purple, possessed a camera, had a couple of flower stickers on the back, and a cute mini-Fou keychain attached to its upper-right corner. I turned it on, revealing a naughty wallpaper of Jeanne (Ruler), causing my cheeks to heat up. Fou, at this point, woke up and starred judgmentally at me. I coughed in embarrassment before opening up the "Fashion!" app.
Fou narrowed her eyes at me at the sight of a full-body BDSM outfit in my "Used Recently" tab. "Don't kink-shame me!" I sputtered, swiping to my Travel Clothes list. Fou snorted in disgust, then jumped off to stretch her body. I felt like crying.
I quickly picked the Proto Merlin Outfit, followed by de-astralized my Servant Gear, and followed up with a final push of a button (and flash of light). I wore a new set of clothes! Fou didn't like them if her fake puking was any indication. Sighing, I equipped my Yggdrasil Staff Mystic Code, picked Fou back up, and continued towards the town of Axel.
She puked on me.
She absolutely hated the outfit.
Only, there was one problem.
A small, fluffy creature made it its mission to lick my face clean. It only stopped when I opened my eyes, which caused it to jump away out of my field of vision. Its paws were still playing with my head, tugging at my hair. The magical signature coming off of the creature reminded me of a nature spirit, but slightly off. The creature didn't like being ignored.
It stopped with an audible "huff" before moving back a few feet. Its paws rustled the grass. I could hear its muscles bunch up, ready to pounce. Tension filled the air. I didn't know what to do! With an audible "FOU!" it charged and jumped into the air with its powerful legs. I couldn't move, my body still paralyzed from the Temporal Sleep. A flash of fluffy white fur was all I saw before it belly-flopped on my face, killing me instantly.
"B-Bleh!" was the final word I barely managed to cough out. The fluffy nature spirit so thoroughly murdered my face with its plushy tummy not even the total power of Akasha itself could resurrect me. I died in such an adorable way too! Truly an end worthy of remembrance for the rest of eternity. Fluffy darkness consumed my vision. I knew no more.
"Fou, Fou!" it squeaked in annoyance, but I was dead, so I didn't react. My tongue lolled out of my mouth was proof of my demise. The creature got off my face and—"Kyaa!" I cried—The creature bit my nose!
"F-Fwou-chan. Stwahp!" I whimpered as the little Eevee lookalike tugged on my snout! "I-It hwurts!" She let go of my nose after another harsh tug before plopping its fuzzy booty on my chest.
"Fou, Fou-Fou, Fou, FOU!" she barked back in irritation, waving her paws in the air as she did so. "Fou!"
"I'm sorry for worrying you, Fou," I replied gently. "But my body hasn't fully come out of the Emergency Temporal Body Bubble yet. I'm not quite able to feel or move everything for a few more minutes." Fou huffed in response. She hopped off my chest to do...something else.
'Time-based sleep is still as troublesome as the first time,' I mentally sighed, moving my head up a bit to take in the surroundings better. I was in the center of a meadow in the middle of a taiga forest. Beautiful flowers danced back and forth in the wind. Honeybees jumped between the flowers, exchanging pollen with each hop. In this distance, a mountain loomed over the forest like an overbearing grandfather. "Well, at least I'm in a relatively safe area," I mused. "'Better than waking up in the middle of a burning city." Fou snorted. She's so wise.
Of course, that's only the physical appearance of the world. My Pure Eyes saw beyond normal mortal perception. Magical, Spiritual, and Natural Energy flowed all around me: slithering between the foliage like rivers carving through mountainous valleys. Lesser Fey fluttered around, playing their games with joyous jubilation. A Dryad stared at me in awe and wonder but kept her distance. She must sense the Blessings the Fairies and Gaia placed on me during the Avalon Lostbelt. I gave her a weak wave with my hand, causing her to blush in embarrassment before shyly waving back.
'Ah, I forgot my Mystic Eye Killing Glasses back on the Nautilus. Shit,' I mentally groaned. 'Having constantly on Pure Eyes is so annoying. I'll need to make another pair later. What a drag.'
It took several minutes before I regained the ability to move. In that time, I watched Fou chase a butterfly around for offending the Fourth Beast of Humanity by landing on her nose, causing her to sneeze. Relief filled my heart, knowing that my adorable companion joined me despite the odds. The mascot of Chaldea, Fou, my oldest friend who kept my spirits up whenever I was sad, pulled a fast one on Morgan Le Fay. I hope the others won't worry about her disappearance.
'Alright, time to move. 'Gotta check the universe first before doing anything else,' I thought, now free from my temporary stasis. Standing up, I gave my body a couple of much-needed stretches before pulling out a Gothic visor similar in design to Artoria Alter's Saber mask. It got made to be worn with my Lord Camelot Armor. Putting it on, the Heads Up Display loaded up with Chaldea's logo at the forefront, followed by Da Vinci's emblem with a "Welcome back Sweetie!" text prompt. My heart ached a little, knowing that my disappearance would bring endless amounts of worry to my adoptive mother.
"Alright, where am I?"
[SCANNING...COMPLETE]
[UNIVERSE TYPE: YGGDRASIL PRIME]
[UNIVERSAL TIMELINE BASE: VAR.644.F3X]
[WORLD NAME: TERRIA]
[WORLD ERA: AGE OF GODS]
[WORLD "TYPE" PRESENCE: NUL]
[WORLD KALEIDOSCOPE ID: KONOSUBA]
[WORLD VARIANT ID: MRP-SAUC-85.FF.8.5.FF54V]
[HUMAN FOUNDATION VALUE: F-]
[UNIVERSE TYPE: YGGDRASIL PRIME]
[UNIVERSAL TIMELINE BASE: VAR.644.F3X]
[WORLD NAME: TERRIA]
[WORLD ERA: AGE OF GODS]
[WORLD "TYPE" PRESENCE: NUL]
[WORLD KALEIDOSCOPE ID: KONOSUBA]
[WORLD VARIANT ID: MRP-SAUC-85.FF.8.5.FF54V]
[HUMAN FOUNDATION VALUE: F-]
"Huh, I'm on an off-baseline version of Konosuba? My EX-ranked luck really pulled through for me!" I smiled, looking up the VARIANT ID Definition Index. "Hmm, More Responsible Parents and Slightly Aged-up Characters, huh? Weird." Then again, in the base timeline, there are kids under the age of twelve fighting monsters to the death as adventurers. If the kid's parents or guardians are more responsible, then they would most likely start adventuring around the age of sixteen instead. "Megumin, Yunyun, Erika, Cielo, Mia, Arue, Dondoko, and Funifura probably got aged up. I wonder what they'll be like?"
"Fou?" my fluffy overlord questioned with a brutally murdered butterfly crushed under her paws. Rest in peace, butterfly. You dared to attack the great Empress of Cuteness, Fou. Your arrogance in thinking that you could defeat her resulted in your death. May all other butterflies look upon your loss and know that Fou is beyond thy insectoid comprehension!
"It's nothing," I giggled, putting the visor back in my pocket dimension. "Anyway! Let's get going. There is a town to the northwest. We can set up shop there while we wait for the others to come and find us..." I paused, feeling a lump form in my throat. Time flowed at different rates between universes, so I knew it could be days to years before our friends and family eventually find us, but I won't lose hope! I know they'll find us. The feelings in my heart told me so. A look of determination enveloped my face, "...however long it may be."
< 0 ~ Fou ~ 0 >
Traveling through the forest was a quiet affair. Her Majesty, Fou the Magnificent, ordered me to carry her to prevent barbs and other debris from tangling up in her fur. Indeed, this lowly servant was quite happy with the arrangement. She slumbered peacefully in my arms as I walked. All is well within the world.
Traveling through the forest gave me plenty of time to plan for the future. My main objectives are to acquire permanent residence where I can set up a magus workshop (hopefully above a ley line) and acquire funds. With a workshop, I can set up an interdimensional beacon to act as a lighthouse for my friends to follow in the infinite sea of void-space, also to have a roof over my head. Fou gets really grumpy sleeping in unfamiliar places. A grumpy Primate Murder is a scary beast to behold! Umu, a house is paramount to prevent all the nomming and paw swatting she'll do to anyone insane enough to disturb her.
The fastest way to earn funds will be by joining the Adventurers Guild while creating useful inventions on the side. Am I taking Kazuma's moneymaking scheme where he made billions of Eris in the light novel? Absolutely! Debt is a scary thing to experience! Plus, Ishtar will mock me about it, which if she does, she'll get to sleep on the couch for a month for being a bad wife. Yep. Everyone else will agree with my judgment.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder how my stats will translate to the Adventure Card? Or my Skills? All my Servant Stats have reached the EX Ranking but at different levels. After all, the EX for raw parameters is a baseline idea of the strength of a Servant. A Servant with A+++ in Agility can be faster than a Servant with EX in the same parameter. The A Rating only measures up to 50 times from the peak of human ability. The EX Rank starts at 60 times for reference, and A+++ is a massive 200 times multiplicative. Roughly, that is.
Furthermore, a Servant's parameters don't take into account their skills outside of the +/- modifiers. Those only indicate that a Servant can use a Skill or Noble Phantasm to temporarily increase said stat. Achilles is the most notable when it comes to the level of bullshit when it comes to stat growth. For example, the peek of human agility belongs to Usain Bolt at 43.99 Kph. Therefore, a Servant with E-Rank in Agility would be 439.9 Kph, and A-Rank Agility is 2199.5 Kph. Achilles only has a single + modifier thanks to his Noble Phantasm Dromeus Komētēs, which grants him Faster Than Light Agility so long as he fights on what is considered a battlefield, at the cost of exposing his primary weakness: His heel. 'Fastest Human Indeed.
Still, the Adventure Card will give me plenty of ideas on how to increase my strength. Increasing my base stats takes forever despite the suicide-inducing training my friends put me through. I love them all, but they can be a bit...much.
Getting Skills will be more ideal. If I remember the Light Novel correctly, Kazuma discovered that the Skill—Drain Touch—can decrease his level. This allowed him to earn Skill Points from levelling back up from zero to thirty, as well as keep all the skills and upgrades he purchased. He then reset his level back to zero before repeating the process. Megumin also benefited from this exploit. She was able to spam Explosion at the remnants of the Demon King Army in the castle without collapsing...for fun. Daily.
The difficulty rating for this world isn't all that high either. I know I can nuke the Demon King from my current location by equipping Arjuna's Class Card and enchanting his Noble Phantasm with Conceptual Barrier Penetration to ignore the barrier and keep the damage to the surrounding area within it. Scrying, while not my strong suit, is something I can manage so long as the required range doesn't surpass continental levels. One arrow is all that'll take to kill the guy, which I feel a little queasy about.
It was later revealed in the Light Novel and Web Novel that the Demon King that Kazuma fought is a reincarnator like himself. One of Aqua's "Champions," no less. I bet he thought, "If I become the Demon King, I could control the Demons Themselves and make the world a better place."Honestly? His plan worked. Life in the world of Konosuba stabilized; demons only attacked areas where he ordered them to, the population boomed, adventurers became abundant, and only a single country had to deal with his armies. Hell, he didn't fight seriously against Kazuma's party! He died knowing his plan worked, content in his sacrifice.
He became a villain to save the world. He's someone I can admire.
Although, that's not to say he was completely passive. His sending Sylvia to destroy the Crimson Demon Clan wasn't on a whim, nor for reasons most people believe. The Crimson Demon Clan had a tradition to launch all the spells at his barrier yearly for fun or something. I don't know. No, that's not the reason he decided to destroy them. He must have discovered the Observatory they created to peak into his daughter's bedroom—where the perverts could watch her undress—and got pissed. Umu! The true reason for the Demon King's wrath for the Crimson Demon Clan came from overprotective fatherly instincts!
It totally makes sense for the setting of the world. Yep. Yep.
'I'll leave him alone. Maybe bake him a cake?' I silently mused. 'I'm going to need to contact Wolbach, though. Having a Goddess of her caliber will help with some of my projects. 'Maybe confront her at Alcanretia? Note to self: Acquire an Axis Cult Pendant to keep the crazies away before going.'
My thoughts got broken by reaching the edge of the forest. The sight of a massive wall surrounding a town came into view. Guards lined the wall, merchants entered with their products and left with empty carriages. People in the standard fantasy armor archetype walking out solo or in groups. Some dragged toads the size of minivans towards an area near the wall for processing. I don't see anyone I'm familiar with, but I did see the town sign labeling it: Axel, followed by a group of people running from a fluffle of horned rabbits. They were screaming bloody murder. It was 'kinda depressing to look at, to be honest.
"Huh, weird," I blinked. Shaking my head, I frowned at my current outfit.
Lord Camelot, my base armor, appeared too conspicuous. Sure, it would make sense for a veteran adventurer to wear, but for a newbie just starting out? They'll think I'm some sort of Noble. I mean, they wouldn't be wrong, per se. The Artorias and the Knights of Round Table all formerly accepted me as an official knight of the order, followed by the Torias formerly granting me the title of Duke of Camelot. They did this for a variety of reasons, but the main one was to increase the strength of my Noble Phantasm, which it did, surprisingly.
It was also because they couldn't allow their Queen to be a no-name commoner in the event of ending up in another medieval Singularity or Lostbelt. But I don't think so. I bet they just wanted me to be closer to them without saying so. Their blushes when I lovingly call them "My King" supports this theory.
'A change of costumes is in order! I don't want to cause a misunderstanding. They can be bothersome,' I resolutely reasoned.
'Pulling out a Mystic Code in the shape of a smartphone. It was purple, possessed a camera, had a couple of flower stickers on the back, and a cute mini-Fou keychain attached to its upper-right corner. I turned it on, revealing a naughty wallpaper of Jeanne (Ruler), causing my cheeks to heat up. Fou, at this point, woke up and starred judgmentally at me. I coughed in embarrassment before opening up the "Fashion!" app.
Fou narrowed her eyes at me at the sight of a full-body BDSM outfit in my "Used Recently" tab. "Don't kink-shame me!" I sputtered, swiping to my Travel Clothes list. Fou snorted in disgust, then jumped off to stretch her body. I felt like crying.
I quickly picked the Proto Merlin Outfit, followed by de-astralized my Servant Gear, and followed up with a final push of a button (and flash of light). I wore a new set of clothes! Fou didn't like them if her fake puking was any indication. Sighing, I equipped my Yggdrasil Staff Mystic Code, picked Fou back up, and continued towards the town of Axel.
She puked on me.
She absolutely hated the outfit.