"But I heard them mention something about the Witch of Envy, Satella, saying she swallowed half the world. Could she be the Demon King you're talking about?"
After Satou Kazuma finished speaking, he picked up the drink on the table and took a big gulp, then let out a comfortable 'ah' sound.
"That sounds really possible! Let's hurry up and go find that Satella now! Let's quickly defeat her and go back—"
Aqua, whose eyes were a little dim before, immediately stood up and pulled Satou Kazuma to run outside.
But at this moment, the restaurant owner suddenly blocked their way, with a very enthusiastic smile on his face:
"Two guests, you haven't paid for the meal yet!"
"Money? I don't have any money! Satou Kazuma, you pay."
Aqua looked at Satou Kazuma with a carefree expression.
The latter's face showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, and at the same time, he walked to Aqua's side and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"Did you forget? We don't have a single coin!"
"You came to eat without any money!"
"I thought that since you walked into the restaurant so directly, you, being a goddess, could make money appear!"
"I forgot we didn't have money!"
Looking at the two whispering to each other, the owner's face maintained a smile, but his body seemed to emit a very strong murderous aura:
"Are you two planning to eat for free?"
"Haha, how could that be? No matter what, I'm a goddess. Commoner, haven't you heard of Aqua, the water goddess?"
While speaking, Aqua proudly puffed out her chest.
"What are you talking about? Do you think you can get away with acting dumb?"
The smile on the owner's face disappeared, and at some point, he had already taken out a kitchen knife,
"There are all kinds of people in the royal capital these days. During the day, people rob in public places, and at night, someone dares to eat and drink for free here—and that guy, do you think you can sneak away?!"
The owner's gaze immediately shifted and fell directly on Satou Kazuma, who was tiptoeing like a thief.
"Haha, how could that be? I just felt a little pain in my stomach and wanted to go to the toilet..."
Before Satou Kazuma could finish speaking, the kitchen knife in the owner's hand had already flown to his side and stuck into the wall next to his head, only about ten centimeters away.
Satou Kazuma could only swallow his saliva and took a few steps back with a trembling body.
In his desperation, Satou Kazuma suddenly realized that he might have a way!
Steal!
Satou Kazuma turned his body slightly, and the next moment, a money bag appeared in his hand.
"What are you saying? How could we eat for free! Keep the change!"
A smile bloomed on his face, and then he directly handed the money to the owner.
Thank goodness I didn't steal underwear this time!
"I knew you two wouldn't do something like eating for free!"
The murderous aura on the owner's body disappeared, and he returned to his previous extremely enthusiastic appearance.
"Hey, where did you get the money? You secretly hid money from me!"
Aqua, who didn't know how Satou Kazuma had done it, immediately questioned him.
At this moment, countless alpacas galloped through Satou Kazuma's heart, and he could only pull Aqua out of the restaurant quickly.
"Kazuma, where did you get the money? When did you hide it?"
"Useless goddess, I stole it from that guy using the Steal skill!"
"You actually steal things!"
"Isn't it because you, this useless goddess, are too useless, taking me into a fancy restaurant and ordering a bunch of food! If it weren't for me, we two would probably have been chopped to death there by the owner!"
"That, that, that... Well done! Kazuma! The matter has been resolved. Let's go defeat the Witch of Envy, Satella, now!"
"Hey, hey, hey, is there something wrong with your brain? I don't even know where the Witch of Envy is now. I'm afraid we'll starve to death before we even find her!"
"But I'm not hungry."
"You won't eat in the future?"
"That's true!"
Satou Kazuma sighed helplessly. He was basically certain in his heart that this goddess's brain development was not very sound.
"We need to find a way to support ourselves first. We need to make money!"
Satou Kazuma was very clear that they didn't have any money right now, and every step was like walking on thin ice.
With no other choice, Satou Kazuma could only take Aqua to find a temporary job in the royal capital first.
But this process was not smooth.
The two of them didn't have identification, and what's more, Aqua could emit an aura of 'not intelligent' just by standing there, which led to even fewer people being willing to hire them.
After a few hours of tossing and turning, the sky was already dim, and the exhausted Satou Kazuma could only find an open space to sit down.
"A penny can stump a hero, could it be that my adventurer's journey is going to end because of lack of money before it even begins? You, as a goddess, should have some special abilities, right?"
"I used to have them, but I don't know what happened. After coming to this world, my power gradually disappeared!"
"You're really useless. Could it be related to your followers?"
"That's really possible! The more followers there are, the stronger the goddess's power is, but in this world, my church seems to have disappeared!!!!!! Kazuma, what should I do!!!!!"
While Aqua was crying and wailing, she grabbed Satou Kazuma's shoulders and shook him hard—suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on her face instantly changed.
"Then go steal! Can't you steal! I'm relying on you, boy!"
Aqua cast a gaze of incomparable expectation at Satou Kazuma.
"Hey, hey, hey, shouldn't you be saying this as a goddess?"
Although Satou Kazuma couldn't do anything about Aqua, she was right.
Although stealing things wasn't right, there was no choice if they wanted to live.
The condemnation of conscience probably only stayed in Satou Kazuma's heart for a second, and then it vanished into thin air.
After all, I'm the hero who's going to save the world. If I starve to death, the world will be in danger!
For the sake of world peace, I'll just steal a little something!
"Let's steal from those nobles! Anyway, even if we steal a little, they won't notice!"
Satou Kazuma then set off again with Aqua, rushing towards the liveliest street.