Lately, I felt like I had forgotten something and thought deeply.
"Strange... It feels like something is missing... Ah! Vanir!"
I teleported to Kiel's dungeon for a moment to check if Vanir had settled there. But the dungeon only had undead, and Vanir was nowhere to be seen.
"Why hasn't he come yet??"
I had no choice but to return to the town and this time went to Wiz's shop.
"Welcome~ Ah! Cassian, long time no see."
"Long time no see, Wiz."
"You must have been busy lately? It seemed like you haven't been in Axel Town for a while."
"Yes, I had business in the capital, so that's how it turned out."
This time, I also bought a lot of experience potions and skill point potions from Wiz. Wiz was very happy again.
"Thank you~ With this, I can hold on for a while."
Seeing her say this, it seems she spent all the money she earned last time on useless items again.
"Wiz... I don't know if it's rude, but it would be good to sell popular magical tools together."
"Yes... I know. But when I actually go to buy items, my merchant sense activates, and I see things that look like they will sell well."
I don't know what nonsense Wiz is talking about. I was about to say, 'You don't have any merchant sense,' but I held back and just handed Wiz a lunchbox, said goodbye, and left. Indeed, in this world of KonoSuba, it's harder to find normal people.
Anyway, Vanir wasn't at Wiz's shop either. Perhaps the future has changed due to my activities.
"It's a shame. Vanir was a character who played a key role like licorice in KonoSuba. I wonder what he's doing somewhere..."
Returning home like that, I drank the potions and rested while cooking. Kazuma was doing requests today with Aqua and Yunyun, who had returned. In the evening, when Kazuma and the others came back, their expressions weren't good, and it seemed they had a hard time as their clothes were torn here and there and covered in dust.
"Looks like the request was tough today."
At my words, Kazuma looked at Aqua, sighed, and told the story of what happened today.
"Haa... Today we went to exterminate a group of goblins near the village, but someone was lured into a cave, so to speak. We went to find them and fell into a trap, ending up like this. Fortunately, Darkness blocked for us, and in the meantime, Yunyun and I worked hard to deal with the goblins and exterminate them... But why did the difficulty suddenly increase like this..."
Kazuma kept glancing at Aqua as he spoke. Aqua felt that gaze and started making excuses.
"A goblin was alone carrying gold coins and treasures somewhere? Anyone would have followed if they saw that!"
"Is that what you call an excuse? If you saw something like that, you should have discussed it with us. Going alone without a word means you wanted to monopolize those treasures for yourself!"
"Well... If I had the treasure, I could have shared it..."
At Aqua's nonsensical talk, Kazuma seemed very angry, his face contorted, and he ended up saying something he shouldn't have.
"Ha... This won't do! Let's take a few days off and seriously think about our party composition..."
From Kazuma's perspective, it's understandable. After Yunyun joined temporarily and cleared requests easily, with Aqua, this misfortune bomb, joining, the suddenly increased difficulty must have been hard to adapt to.
Everyone went back to their rooms in silence like that. The atmosphere was quite bad. Yunyun came to me and worried a lot about Kazuma's party situation.
"Umm... Cassian, will Kazuma's party be okay?"
"Well..."
Kazuma's party will probably work out this time too, but I couldn't give a definite answer to Yunyun's question. It seems that Yunyun's activity in Kazuma's party has rather become a poison. Since this didn't happen in the original work, I don't know how it will turn out either.
Since everyone came out after bathing, I carefully prepared a delicious dinner to lighten the mood. But even while eating the delicious food, everyone ate quietly without a word and went back to their respective rooms.
Luna also returned after work, and since the atmosphere at home wasn't good, she asked, so I told her what happened.
"I see... But since Kazuma's party are cheerful people, won't it work out?"
"Perhaps."
The next day, Sena came from the palace with an official document and a reward.
"Captain, you've worked hard all this time. This is the reward and letter of appreciation from the prince."
"Sena, you've worked hard too."
At those words, Sena was embarrassed.
The total reward was 200 million Eris. I set aside 66 million Eris, one-third as promised, for Aqua's share, and gave 20 million Eris each to Sena and the three knights who suffered together.
"Captain, is it okay for us to receive this?"
"We suffered together traveling around the kingdom, so of course you should be rewarded. And Sena, you're at the age to get married, so it would be good to save some money."
Sena and the knights were touched by my words.
"Thank you, Captain. And the prince said he will prepare your wedding in a week at the Dustiness family main house."
"I see, understood."
It seemed that what was to come had finally arrived. I had no choice but to say understood and treated Sena and the knights to a delicious meal before sending them off.
When evening came like that, Kazuma's party returned, but the atmosphere between Kazuma and Aqua was unusual. So, when I asked Megumin, she said they were drinking separately at the guild, and the two fought again. So, Darkness and Megumin hurriedly stopped them and brought them back.
"Hmph!! I'm leaving this party!!!"
"Fine!! That's what I wanted!! If you're just going to cause trouble for the party, get out!!"
Then suddenly, Aqua looked at Megumin and Darkness and said.
"So, who are you going to follow?"
"Huh??"
At Aqua's sudden statement, Darkness and Megumin were taken aback. This was similar to a childish couple fight asking their children, 'Do you want to live with mom? Or with dad?'
"Come on! You guys decide quickly too!!"
Then Darkness said cautiously.
"Why don't we calm down a bit, take a few days off, and then get back together and try to do well..."
"Hmph!! That won't happen!! So, who are you going to follow!!"
"Ugh... That..."
As Megumin and Darkness didn't know what to do, I spoke up.
"If your party breaks up, I'll take Megumin and Darkness with me."
"What!!?? That's cheating!!?? Then take me too!!"
Aqua asked to be taken too, but I refused.
"No! You two are the main culprits who ruined the party. I can't take you. You might cause discord in our party too."
"..."
At those words, everyone fell silent.
"Anyway, think about it carefully."
The day passed like that. From the next day, Yunyun and I started going to the capital again to do requests. Since Yunyun's level is high now, even doing many requests didn't easily raise her level, and it was worse for me. I kept thinking that it would be good if the Demon King's army invaded once more.
As a week passed, my wedding approached. Until then, whether the fight wasn't resolved, Kazuma and Aqua lived without speaking to each other. If they even made eye contact, they would scowl, have a staring contest, and growl.
"Haa... With the Kazuma and Aqua issue being a headache, and now a wedding..."
Darkness also seemed to have a headache, holding her forehead with one hand and bowing her head.
"I'm sorry to Cassian, but originally, someone upright and perfect like Cassian isn't my type. Appearance doesn't matter, whether thin or fat is fine. Even though I'm stubborn, someone who cheats with other women or is a pervert in heat all year round is a must, and I want to live life comfortably as much as possible, so a worthless guy who looks down on life is good! It would be even better if he has debt. And not working, just drinking, complaining 'The world is bad because I'm worthless,' and throwing empty bottles at me while saying this! 'Hey, Darkness, use that ugly body of yours to earn money!' Kyaha~ Churup~!"
Darkness excitedly talked about her tremendous ideal type, and everyone listened to that story with shocked faces, silently looking at Darkness. I was the same.
'Is this marriage really okay?'
For marriage, Kazuma or, to put it harshly, Aldap might have been better.
"But this must be fate... I always thank Cassian for helping our family and will try my best to repay it."
"W-well, that's a relief."
For this wedding, I didn't have to prepare anything separately. The palace side prepared everything. The guests were all nobles, and the adventurers were only Kazuma's party, Yunyun, and my wife and guild employee, Luna.
The wedding proceeded according to noble procedures, but the wedding itself wasn't different from commoners and nobles. It just used high-quality items, so the cost was high, and the procedures like the wedding banquet were a bit different.
"With the blessing of Lady Eris, we pray for blessings in the future lives of the bride and groom... Groom, kiss the bride."
I kissed Darkness, who was wearing a wedding dress.
Smooch~!
"With this, we declare that the two have become husband and wife."
Wah~!!!
Clap clap clap~!
As the wedding ended like this, Ignis, like a doting father, started crying a lot, Yunyun kept watching the wedding with a dark expression, and Luna also didn't have a good expression, but it was better than Yunyun's.
Since Darkness is a noble, my name now became 'Dustiness Ford Cassian'. The funny thing is that Luna's name was forcibly changed to 'Dustiness Ford Luna' too, but since the noble surname comes first, it was an unavoidable part.
During the wedding banquet, Darkness and I went around greeting nobles, and since I had been the inspection captain, I knew almost all the faces, so greeting wasn't too uncomfortable, which was fortunate. Among them, there were nobles whose curses I had lifted, so some people sent various gifts while repaying the favor.
"Congratulations on the marriage. Take good care of Lalatina."
"I will, Your Highness."
"Take good care of Lalatina, Lord Cassian."
"I will, Princess."
After greeting the royal family like that, we went to where Kazuma's party was. Aqua and Megumin were busy eating high-class cuisine, and Luna, Yunyun, and Kazuma congratulated us.
"Congratulations, Cassian, Darkness. So, does that mean Darkness is retiring from being an adventurer? I really hope so."
"What are you talking about. I'll continue to be active as an adventurer!"
"Ahaha, I see... Damn... my plan..."
Kazuma mumbled something at the end and spoke as if disappointed. Kazuma must have had some plan.
"So, speaking of which, since everyone's party atmosphere isn't good, how about we all go to Arcanretia for a hot spring trip, as a honeymoon?"
Kazuma's party accepted it positively.
"That's a good idea. A hot spring trip... We've been having a hard time lately and earned a lot of money, so it's not bad to change the mood occasionally."
I had reasons for making this choice. One was to deal with the demon king's general, Hans, and another was to bring the priest I had in mind into the party. That guy's personality was a bit weird, but his skill was top-notch. Moreover, he didn't have bad luck like Aqua, so even if I brought him, there probably wouldn't be any problem.