Ten minutes later, the real world.
"Had enough fun? Was it fun?"
Satou Kazuma crossed his arms, a dark line on his face as he looked at Aqua kneeling on the ground.
The latter had a huge bump on her head at this moment, the result of Satou Kazuma's handiwork.
"I, I did this to, to figure out this world and Subaru's situation!"
Aqua immediately defended herself, but her hands were fiddling with her fingers, her eyes always on the ground, and her voice seemed a little weak.
Satou Kazuma sighed helplessly. Can this person in front of him really be considered a goddess?
But he quickly reached out and gently rubbed his chin. What had happened earlier had indeed provided him with a lot of important information.
Satou Kazuma was now certain that the time rewind that had happened earlier was due to Natsuki Subaru's Return by Death ability.
Although they are both people who traveled to another world, Satou Kazuma and Natsuki Subaru's 'travel systems' seem to be different. So he doesn't have a goddess, but he has a cheat ability like Return by Death.
'This ability is just awesome, okay? No matter what danger you encounter, you can start over! It's basically a game save point! It feels much more useful than Aqua's revival ability!'
Satou Kazuma thought in his heart, even a little envious.
If he encounters an enemy he can't defeat, Natsuki Subaru can come back stronger.
And Satou Kazuma himself might just die there over and over again.
Revival, then being killed, revival... then being killed again.
Just thinking about the possibility of this happening in the future made Satou Kazuma feel a chill down his spine.
As for the other thing, it seems that Natsuki Subaru can't tell others about Return by Death -
Otherwise, he will get his heart crushed by something inexplicable, just like he did, and then die.
But, but!
Why isn't Aqua affected?
Is it just because she is a goddess? Is her physical structure a little different from ordinary people?
Unfair, this is unfair!
"It's getting late! I'm so hungry! Kazuma, what are we going to do next!"
Aqua looked up, looking at Satou Kazuma with a pleading expression.
Satou Kazuma sighed and then looked at Natsuki Subaru:
"Subaru, what are you planning to do next?"
"Me, me?"
Because what had happened earlier was too shocking, Natsuki Subaru hadn't recovered yet.
"I'm going back to Felt's place to return Satella's... no, that's not her name, to return the lost badge to her."
Natsuki Subaru also told Satou Kazuma and Aqua what had happened earlier. It was only from the latter's mouth that he learned that Satella was the name of the Witch of Envy.
"But, but why did she give me a fake name?"
Natsuki Subaru asked in confusion.
"Isn't it obvious! It's because she hates you! Generally, you only give a fake name to someone you don't like!"
"Ugh..."
Aqua's words pierced Natsuki Subaru's heart like a sharp blade. He collapsed to the ground as if he had suffered an unbearable blow.
Aqua took the opportunity to take the plastic bag from Natsuki Subaru's hand, opened the corn flakes that had traveled with Natsuki Subaru, and began to gobble them up. Then, she turned her head to look at Satou Kazuma,
"Kazuma, I told you my real name, how about that!"
"This is the first time I've seen someone take this as something to show off."
Satou Kazuma looked at Aqua with disdain, then walked to Natsuki Subaru's side, gently patted him on the shoulder, and said close to his ear,
"Don't listen to Aqua. This person has a mental problem, that girl used a fake name to hide her real identity, maybe she has some unspeakable story, she might have a very noble status."
In Satou Kazuma's eyes, Natsuki Subaru, as someone who also traveled to another world, gave him the feeling of being in the same boat.
"That's right, that beautiful girl gave me a very noble feeling, and that badge is not simple either!"
"That thing is worth a lot of money, right! We have to demand a large reward from her when the time comes!"
Satou Kazuma had a meaningful smile on his face.
"Reward? That's not necessary! Because that girl helped me before, so I want to return the badge to her!"
"Wait, wait, you don't want any benefits? You're just going to return the lost item to someone else?"
"That's right!"
Looking at Natsuki Subaru's extremely firm eyes, Satou Kazuma couldn't help but purse his lips.
This guy is a hopeless romantic!?
To go to this extent for a member of the opposite sex who he has only met once or twice?
This is too scary!
However, Satou Kazuma thought that the other party was a game-loving person like himself, and a little bit of sympathy arose in his heart. He slightly adjusted his emotions and then patted the other person on the shoulder:
"If we find the badge beforehand, should we just go return it to that girl?"
"No, we can't!"
Natsuki Subaru immediately shook his head,
"We still have to go to Felt! To warn them of the danger! Otherwise, if Elsa goes, it will be terrible!"
Although they had only met twice, Natsuki Subaru felt that he absolutely couldn't abandon Felt and Rom.
Even if he found the badge beforehand, Elsa would still wipe out Felt and Rom's hideout.
Because... in the first loop, Natsuki Subaru clearly saw Felt and Rom's hideout being washed in blood by Elsa.
"Hiss..."
Satou Kazuma didn't know what to say for a moment.
After all, he didn't really want to go into those dangerous waters again.
Even if Aqua could revive him continuously, the feeling of death was not pleasant - although seeing the goddess Eris could give his body and mind some comfort.
Elsa is not someone that they can deal with right now.
Unless he and Aqua can master more skills.
Satou Kazuma took out his Adventurer Card. After the previous two loops, he had successfully gained another skill point.
[Current skills to learn: Sense Enemy, Thief skill, can sense the number of enemies and distinguish whether they are humans or monsters.]
"Because I've been stealing things all along, the newly unlocked skills are still thief-related..."
Satou Kazuma muttered to himself helplessly, but he had no other choice now, so he could only choose to learn this Sense Enemy skill.
"Let's try it out."
Just as Satou Kazuma used the Sense Enemy skill, a strong sense of hostility instantly flooded his mind.
"You little punk, you actually stole from me!"