Chapter 39: There's no then

"I will share with you alright, don't look at us with that pitiful look again!"

"Oo, thanks little loli!"

"Hey, you bastard! Who is little loli!"

Being called little loli, Megumin immediately slapped the table and was just about to take back the meat back, but Sato Hikaru's movement was faster, just when Megumin slapped the table, Sato Hikaru grinned and took away the whole meat dish.

"Oh! So, this is the meat of a giant frog, it tasted a bit like chicken but also a bit like beef."

"You…"

"Megumin, calm down, it's meal time right now."

Seeing Megumin who was so angry that she was about to flip the table, Yunyun quickly pulled her back to her seat, and looked at Sato Hikaru: "You as well, Mr. Sato. Stop teasing Megumin."

"Not bad Yunyun, you can communicate normally now."

After swallowing the meat in his mouth, he gave Yunyun a thumbs up, and recalled that the bounty for griffon had not been distributed. Sato Hikaru took this period when his food had yet to arrive to put the 500,000 eris money bag on the table.

"Inside is the 500,000 eris from subjugating the griffon. According to the previous agreement, Aqua, you get 100,000 eris."

While speaking, Sato Hikaru counted out 100,000 eris, and gave it to Aqua, along with her job card.

"Ooohhh! Now I have money to buy some alcohol back to drink."

"Save some money, otherwise, you might find yourself with no money to pay for your room again."

"Yes yes, I know."

Seeing Aqua's perfunctory attitude, Sato Hikaru knew this person definitely was not really listening.

"Nevermind, you will cry one day."

Sato Hikaru, who felt that he had evolved into a mother, felt tired in his heart as he sighed, he then calculated another 100,000 eris and pushed them towards Yunyun: "Yunyun, this is your share."

"Eh eh? I also have a share?"

"Of course, we are teammates, right?"

"But I did not do anything."

Yunyun, who did not think that she would have a share, waved her hands in panic: "I can't accept this money."

"I know, that's why I took the biggest share."

Seeing Yunyun's cute panicking expression, Sato Hikaru laughed and explained: "If you want to calculate according to contributions, it is fine. You just need to take a smaller share."

"B, but…"

"There is no but."

Seeing that Yunyun still wanted to reject, Sato Hikaru immediately held Yunyun's hands, and placed the money in there.

"We are teammates who will entrust each other's lives in the future, if just because during a task, a person contributed less and did not receive a share, then wouldn't there be no difference with a transaction with mercenaries?"

"I I I, I understand."

It was unknown whether it was because she was touched by Sato Hikaru's words or because of her shyness, Yunyun blushed and no longer rejected, and stammered.

At the side, Megumin, who saw a scene of Sato Hikaru "teasing a girl", curled her lips but did not say anything, she just looked at Sato Hikaru with an eye full of expectation.

Then…

There is no then.

It was like Sato Hikaru did not notice Megumin, after giving Yunyun her share, he stored away the money bag.

"Hey! What do you mean by this!?"

"Ah? What?"

Seeing that Sato Hikaru was still playing dumb, Megumin was so angry that she hit her flat chest loudly: "Where is my share!?"

"Ha? What are you talking about?"

Sato Hikaru looked at Megumin, whose thing was slapped but showed no wave, with disgust and said matter-of-factly: "You are not my teammate."

"Wh, what!?"

"Did you forget?"

Seeing Megumin's astonished look, Sato Hikaru raised his eyebrows, and also said with some surprise: "The one who formed a team with me is only Yunyun, right? A guy who just wanted to find a reason to use explosion magic, was just an ordinary adventurer who just happened to go with us along the way, right?"

…

Being reminded by Sato Hikaru, Megumin also recalled.

In the beginning, she was indeed worried about Yunyun's choice of teammate, and found an excuse to follow them.

In fact, she was indeed not a member of Sato Hikaru's team.

Seeing the embarrassed Megumin, unable to get off the stage, in the end, Sato Hikaru was not a demon, he just laughed and extended his hand towards Megumin.

"Then, let's reintroduce ourselves, I am Sato Hikaru, my profession is adventurer, right now I am still recruiting a strong teammate. Would the foremost genius of the crimson demon clan, lord of destruction, a great explosion mage who mastered ultimate magic, Megumin, be willing to join the team of this little adventurer?"

"You…"

Megumin, who knew that Sato Hikaru deliberately tried to embarrass her, was very angry.

But after hearing the long series of introductions of herself, she was unable to remain angry.

She even felt inexplicably happy.

"Hmph!"

In the end, Megumin snorted disdainfully: "A mere adventurer, actually had the delusion of inviting an Archwizard with the most advanced profession like me."

Although her mouth said those words, Megumin still shook Sato Hikaru's hand: "But seeing your sincerity in inviting me, I will tentatively agree."

Facing Megumin who was suddenly arrogant, Sato Hikaru did not reveal her duplicity, just smiled and replied: "It would be my honor."

After confirming that Megumin had truly joined the team, and let go of their handshake, Sato Hikaru added more words: "But since you have just entered the team, you still do not have a share of the bounty for subjugating the griffon."

"You!!"

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