15 The Scumbag

<|3rd Person's POV|>

There was just something to the KonoSuba women that pulled Jasmine's interest. She'll always be attracted to most type of women, to the meanest of bitches to the most pure of cinnamon rolls, but KonoSuba simply had something to it that made Jasmine more...active.

She may think herself as suave, a ladies' woman, which she actually is, but her personality was like a switch. One moment she was the most confident woman in the party, the next, she was a blushing schoolgirl, which had happened when she finally had her first chance of a proper sexual encounter, but she stood them up due to severe embarrassment and anxiety.

But now, she finally had her cherry popped by a gorgeous woman, and now she's aiming to bed more. In between that though were switches in her personality where she would doubt herself, but for now, she was on top of the world as she took her chances with the three female members of Kazuma's party.

<|Kazuma's POV|>

Waking up alone in the mansion, I was initially happy! I finally got the mansion alone! Pulling out one of the panties I accidentally stole, I had my me-time!

Eventually, it got boring staying in a quiet mansion. If it were a quiet apartment, I would have been fine, but when it's something as big as a mansion? The creep factor was multiplied by a thousand! Especially when it used to be haunted!

Traversing through Axel in search for my party members, my first location was the Adventurer's Guild. There was no place else any of them would be in. Even if we're fine now financially wise, Darkness and Megumin would be smart enough to know not to spend much money, except for Aqua, but her dept is hers and hers alone.

Entering the guild, I expected the usual hustle and bustle of the mornings of Axel would bring, that being not a lot, and I found nothing wrong when I entered. It didn't even take long for me to see my party members as well! However, the curious thing is that there were five people I haven't seen before.

'Newbies?' Was my first thought, since this °is° the Town of Beginning, but seeing their high-quality outfit and dangerous looking weapons, they definitely weren't.

However, my next observation lead me to their looks, which was- 'Holy fuck! They're beautiful!'

Every woman I met in this world so far have been attractive. Drakness, although her masochism was off-putting, was still definitely a 10/10! Luna was a 10.5/10! Chris was an 11/10. And Wiz was definitely a 20/10! But these women here? They were on a whole different level!

'Perfect harem, perfect harem, perfect harem, perfe-'

<|Jasmine's POV|>

Staring at the prone form of one Kazuma Satou(?), I gave Touka a raised eyebrow, inquiring why she suddenly threw a mug at him.

Seeing my look, she answered with a huff. "Didn't like the way he was looking at you." Her crisp response gained a snort from me, noticing how she just spoke about me and not all of us. I have grown used to stares of people long ago, long enough to know when a pervert was eyeing me up, so I knew that people were definitely checking °us° out, with one being moreso.

Still, despite Touka's sudden possessiveness, I didn't let that stop us from interacting normally, so I just smiled and thanked her, causing the shorter woman to blush.

"Oh? Kazuma! What are you doing here?" Megumin asked after downing a cup of juice, something we bought for her. Our quest yesterday was quite rewarding, so we had tons of money we wouldn't really need in different worlds. We °could° convert them to Coins, but the conversion rate was so stupid it wasn't worth it.

Despite the lump where he was hit being as big as a baseball, the gender-equality advocate answered as if a wooden mug hadn't just nearly cracked his skull.

"I came looking for you! It's boring in the mansion, so I decided we should go on a quest!" At the mention of quest, Darkness shot up from her seat beside 2B and Penny, who were poking and prodding her out of curiosity, and shooting straight towards the quest board.

"Kazuma! Kazuma!" Darkness called out to their party leader, looking rather winded.

"Yes, I'm Kazuma!" In normal Kazuma mannner, he replied with his iconic response.

"This!" From the quest board to where we were, the blonde zoomed, quest paper tightly gripped in her hand. Kazuma, already expecting something impossible for them, begrudgingly checked the quest paper, before suddenly slamming it to our table.

"[Kill 10 One-Shot Bears]!? Are you crazy, Darkness!!?" Kazuma began berating the poor blonde, but seeing how his shouts and glares were only arousing the masochist, he simply stopped and began cringing on the spot.

"WHY! WHY DO I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS!?" The man began to make a scene, but contrary to what I believed, he was being ignored by everyone in the guild, probably already used by this.

Taking the quest paper out of curiosity, Penny read it over, before slamming it to the table as well, only miles softer than Kazuma had done, gaining the attention of those close by, namely us and Kazuma's party.

"We could help you out if you want?" Penny suggested, innocent smile ever present paired with her adorable, puppy-like look.

However, Kazuma, The Scumbag, was resistant to such charm, and he simply got even more depressed. From where he was kneeling and shouting, he was suddenly under the table beside us, rolling on the floor like a baby. But unlike Kazuma, his party members' were simply built different.

"Truly!? You would help us!?" Darkness, the one who originally wanted to do this quest, was holding onto Penny's hands as she asked this. Our leader, for her part, simply smiled like an angel.

"Of course! Killing One-Shot Bears should be nothing for my party, so we'll just watch out for you, yeah?" Upon this suggestion leaving Penny's mouth, Kazuma suddenly un-babied himself and pushed Darkness away, causing said blonde to moan once again, while now holding Penny's hand.

"What's your rank?" In a surprising event of softness, Kazuma asked this with a tone of hope. Penny, however, looked at me for help, to which I answered with,

"Gold." With that answer, it was as if Kazuma looked...younger, if you will.

"You promise to just watch us!?" He asked again, a glimmer of tears in his eyes making itself known. Penny simply nodded along, both confused and surprised by the sudden escalation of her simple offer.

"All right! Team, let's go!" In his moment of joy, Kazuma forgot to iron out the details with us as he left the guild in his own world, only to come running back in embarrassment minutes later.

<|Luna's POV|>

As I watched Jasmine and her party interact with our most problematic one up to date, I can't help but chuckle in the sideline. When I first met Jasmine, I thought nothing much about them. They were just a party taking their vacation in our quaint little town, nothing surprising.

However, once she had shown an interest in me, I decided to give it a try. I was both into men and women, but men catch my attention more. Jasmine however? She was different. Different in a way that despite being as beautiful as the staff of the guild, she and her party had their...charm. After giving her my room number, I decided to see where it would go.

Then, when night came and she entered my room, gone was the flirty, confident, woman, and there stood an adorable, meek little girl. As the night progressed, I admit, Jasmine was simply gorgeous, both in body, and in her sudden changes in personality. She was, in a word, unexpected, and I like her like that.

So, knowing that they wouldn't stay long and a long-distance relationship simply wouldn't work between the two of us, I decided to get as much as I can out of this current relationship of ours.

Though it seems no secrets are kept within their party, as the tall redhead kept giving me funny looks, while the other redhead and the white-haired one always gives me curious looks. The shortest one of the party though? She was absolutely °jealous°.

Honestly, if there was something going on between her and Jasmine, I don't want to go between them, but when I noticed that this was a recent development, from Jasmine's reaction, I decided to...encourage her. Of course, said encouragement was through throwing more fuel to the fire, but I simply wouldn't let go of my own pleasure just like that. Was it a smart thing to do? Not really. Will it work? From what my friends told me in similar situations before, it will...most of the time.

Still, I quite enjoy Jasmine and her party's presence here.

<|Timeskip|Jasmine's POV|>

As one would expect, a Bronze party shouldn't have really chosen a Gold level quest. Why did the guild have it in the quest board when most who reach Silver rank would leave. Thankfully for Kazuma, since it was the females of his group that had the most plot-armor, we promised to watch over him.

Honestly, Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin and Darkness were doing well despite their major flaws against one One-Shot Bear. It was funny, even, watching how they stumbled to fight against the overpowered monster. Of course, only they can make something so dreadful look so amusing.

However, once more One-Shot Bears suddenly started showing up, my party and I decided it was finally time to intervene.

"Two for each?" I suggested, earning nods in return. Having already grown used to one another, that was all we needed. Our teamwork was great at this point, being able to train together without needing to worry about external factors like time.

Pulling my Scissor Blade from my pendant, I quickly dispatched of one of the One-Shot Bears by throwing my sword through its head. Deciding to put on a show for our friends, I equipped my bracers and proceeded to beat up my other target.

The One-Shot Bear was a thousand pounds of absolute muscle, making it earn its moniker of One-Shot among the rookies, but to us "Gold" ranked adventurers? It was a pretty easy enemy to fight against. Punch after punch, I was pushing the monster back. This was a clear difference to the Jasmine who just started out, afraid of pain and a weak link to my group.

Adaption, it was definitely a good investment. After only a month of training I was °this° strong. Adaption made me adapt to every situation. 50 kg weights? I'll be able to lift 80 kg weights in two days. Torn muscles? My regeneration picks up! Staying up late? I only need a minimum of 4 hours these days! Truly, Adaption was a good investment, and it was something I shared with my friends.

After the One-Shot Bear died from all the blunt trauma, I put my focus on my friends. Touka's bears' limbs' were ripped out of it and sporting red crystals of different shapes. 2B's were cleanly bisected. Kim's own monsters were killed more mercifully by sporting a bullet to the brains. And lastly, Penyn's bears were turned into a pin cushion!

Looking at Kazuma and his party, I reveled at their awed expressions, clearly having not seen such a display before.

"So...this is a Gold ranked adventurer?" Kazuma asked absent-mindedly. Taking this as a complement, I began my trek towards the cart we rented. 5 reinforced carts for two One-Shot Bears, it was a bit pricey, but lnce again, we didn't mind.

"Oy! Help us out with loading the corpses!" Calling out to them, Kazuma and his group quickly went to work.