The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

Before Zun Zun could even greet her, Megumin casually closed the door and sat down on the bed.

He was so startled that he quickly scooted away towards the inner side of the bed.

Just when he thought Megumin was about to do something explosive, and Zun Zun was even a little expectant, she suddenly lowered her head and fell silent, looking like she had something to say, her face turning redder and redder…

“If you’re feeling shy, how about I get up first, or maybe you could adjust your mood and leave for a bit?”

“D-Don’t rush me! Can’t you let me build up my courage a little bit?!”

How strange.

Normally, Zun Zun would be the considerate one, acting like a perverted criminal on a night raid. But now the criminal had come to his room and was incredibly shy. Moreover, Megumin wasn't acting as assertive and bold as before. Was it because this was her first time taking the initiative?

Looks like she’s just a loudmouth.

But if things continued like this, the conversation would probably never start.

Seeing Megumin with her head lowered in silence, Zun Zun took the initiative to speak: “So, what’s the reason you want me to team up with Yunyun? You said in the evening that you wanted me to team up with you, didn’t you?”

“Well… I didn’t agree to you teaming up with Yunyun. But that girl is clumsy to begin with, and if no one’s watching her, she’ll definitely do something stupid… Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Nothing.”

Clumsy she may be, but it's more accurate to say that Yunyun still retained a sense of innocence because she was inexperienced and had been well-protected by Zun Zun and Megumin.

But was it really okay to describe her as a ‘child’?

Yunyun was older and had a better figure than Megumin. The word ‘child’ couldn’t even begin to describe her.

“The most important thing is that Yunyun calls herself my rival. If she doesn’t become the chief of the Crimson Demons, she won’t be on equal footing with me. In other words, she’s not worthy of being my rival… Zun Zun, you’ve had a strange expression on your face since just now.”

“It’s nothing, please continue.”

Yunyun did call herself her rival, and it had once bothered Megumin, but she had become aggressive after hearing about the engagement with Zun Zun. In other words, she had acknowledged this rival.

But if she was a rival, wouldn’t it be a happy thing to see her defeated?

“Don’t get me wrong! This time it’s just to repay a debt. She encouraged me back in the Crimson Demon village, helped me when I came out to adventure, gave me food when I was hungry, and is also good friends with Chomusuke… In short, I have to help her this time!”

She even came up with a whole bunch of excuses.

As if afraid that Zun Zun wouldn't agree, she even brought up how she used dirty tricks to win Yunyun's bento when they were little. It was really too cute.

“Hey, Megumin.”

“What?”

“Have you awakened a tsundere attribute recently?”

“—I’ll kill you!”

Her cheeks were as red as her eyes, and she pounced on him.

Thankfully, the team had a Japanese scum who was very knowledgeable about tsundere and other attributes, and had instilled a lot of messed-up knowledge into the girls in the team.

He didn't expect that she would use this method to cover up her shyness.

In fact, Megumin was well aware that Yunyun's goal since she was little was to become the chief of the Crimson Demons. She even stopped farming with them for a while to prepare for the chief's trial, and Zun Zun eventually resolved the matter.

This could be said to be Yunyun's obsession, so she couldn't steal her dream.

Her earlier forceful denial was simply because she was momentarily overwhelmed, thinking about Yunyun potentially marrying Zun Zun, and being criticized by Yunyun.

But she couldn't blame Yunyun either, after all, she had devoted most of her time and energy before the age of 15 to it. If she didn't become the chief, who knew what would happen to her.

“Hey Megumin, don’t you think this is unfair to me?”

“…Does Zun Zun intend to become the chief?”

“No, I don’t mean that.”

“I see, after all, you have a greater goal.”

She was probably talking about becoming the Demon King.

After that, a look of confusion appeared in her red eyes, as if asking where the unfairness lay. Zun Zun helplessly sighed.

“I feel like I’ve become a tool.”

“…What?”

“Look, whether I team up with you or Yunyun, it doesn’t seem like there’s any benefit for me, right?”

That was the key point.

Normally, Megumin and Yunyun should team up, letting them love and kill each other.

But with Megumin's meddling, it had turned into Zun Zun having to team up with one of them, and no matter who he teamed up with, there was no benefit for Zun Zun.

“Y-You’ve suddenly become like Kazuma? That’s no good, Zun Zun! Kazuma is a useless person who will never give anything unless there’s a benefit, even if the other person is a teammate!”

“…Kazuma’s reputation is really low with you.”

Rather, apart from Darkness, Kazuma’s reputation in the team had always been very low. He was cunning and had petty cleverness, but he was also a devilish scumbag, a being that people both loved and hated.

“Um… Miss Megumin, what are you doing?”

“Giving you a benefit.”

At this moment, Megumin slowly climbed onto the bed.

To be precise, she was straddling Zun Zun.

At this point, Megumin seemed to feel embarrassed by her own bold actions, and shyly squirmed.

But her squirming made Zun Zun even more awkward.

Because she was wearing pajamas, the material was very thin and soft. The gentle rubbing made him wonder if the pajama fabric was too good or if the girl's body was too soft.

“Speaking of that question from before, you still haven’t answered me… Zun Zun, how many children do you want?”

Megumin suddenly leaned down, her red eyes shining, bringing her face closer, her warm breath tickling his neck, causing a slight itch.

Who on earth taught her this move!?

“Too close, too close! Megumin, what exactly are you planning to do? This is a sneak attack! It’s a betrayal of comrades! Besides, don’t you and Yunyun have some kind of agreement? Is it really okay to break it like this?”

“Stop nagging! I’ve already created so many opportunities for Yunyun, but she’s still hesitating, it’s so annoying! This is compensation! The chieftain’s seat of the Crimson Demons can be given to Yunyun, but I want this!”

Megumin pressed down on Zun Zun’s shoulders.

With her strength, she couldn’t possibly hold Zun Zun down, but perhaps he was being guided by the atmosphere, or perhaps Zun Zun’s subconscious really wanted to break through, because he didn’t break free for a moment.

“Megumin, shouldn’t we take it one step at a time? Look, we should become lovers first, shouldn’t we establish the relationship?”

“I don’t want to! Yunyun is your fiancée, lovers are a lower rank than fiancées, right!”

“Are you still competing at a time like this!?”

What they called each other didn’t matter, and with their current relationship, Zun Zun wouldn’t let go no matter what.

But Zun Zun felt that this was inappropriate.

He wasn't impotent or chickening out, but it seemed that Megumin was acting impulsively because she was provoked by Yunyun and Kazuma, and she had rushed over to launch an offensive.

“Don’t worry about others, we have our own pace, okay, Megumin?”

“I don’t want to.”

“W-wait a minute, Megumin! We should become lovers first, and then take it one step at a time, slowly nurturing our relationship, until we don’t feel awkward even when flirting with our comrades, and everything falls into place—isn’t that what you said before!?”

“I changed my mind!”

Megumin slowly pressed down.

“My mother taught me that this kind of thing is like food, if you meet a good man, don’t let go, no matter if he’s good or bad, no matter what happens, cook the rice first, apologies and feelings can come later! Nowadays, the best way to tie down a good man is to get married with a child!”

Auntie Weiwei, what kind of knowledge did you teach her!

Although Zun Zun was still holding Megumin’s shoulders, his strength was getting weaker and weaker, and the distance between the two was gradually shortening… Maybe, they were going to have negative distance contact today!

“You still haven’t answered my question, Zun Zun, how many children do you want?”

The girl’s lips were next to his ear.

Her warm breath broke through Zun Zun’s psychological defenses, and he couldn’t understand why Megumin had become so charming in just one year.

“Besides, we’ve already nurtured our relationship enough, right?”

“…Yeah.”

Remembering the scene of their first meeting, the two looked at each other and smiled knowingly, it seemed that there was no need to become lovers to nurture their relationship at all. Rather, they had already passed that stage.

“I plan to have 11 children.”

“…Are you serious?”

He subconsciously looked at Megumin’s small body, the nonsense of planning to have 11 children was really unconvincing, and what was with wanting to have a soccer team?

“Do you think I can’t do it?”

“Why are you getting angry!?”

He couldn’t understand Megumin’s obsession, could it be because Yunyun said she wanted to have 10 children, so she also refused to admit defeat and wanted to have 11?

“Because Yunyun said she wanted to have 10 before.”

—I knew it!

He couldn’t understand why they had to compete even in this kind of thing?

“Sorry, I can’t.”

“…What, could it be that you actually don’t like children?”

“No, how should I put it…”

The two looked at Zun Zun’s crotch at the same time, and then, Megumin seemed to understand something, and held Zun Zun’s hands tightly.

“It’s okay, we can adopt one when the time comes, and if that doesn’t work, we can ask Onee-san to adopt a child for us.”

“That’s not——”

She definitely misunderstood!

“It’s not that I can’t, it’s because of the Campione physique.”

“Campione physique?”

Because he became a Campione, Zun Zun’s physique had completed a leap, so it was very difficult to have children—in fact, even if he didn’t become a Campione, it should be very difficult given his divine body’s growth stage.

In many novels or film and television works, powerful bosses have a useless child but are reluctant to scold them, nor do they create a small account.

In fact, it’s not that they don’t want to create one, but that it’s particularly difficult to create an account.

“…I understand.”

“Understand what?”

“It’s just difficult, it’s not impossible, so we just need to try more! I’m 15 years old now, so during the 20 years until I’m 35, let’s try it every day!”

“Are you serious!?”

Just as Megumin was riding on Zun Zun, about to take off his pants, the door of the room was opened again.

It was Yunyun.

And when she saw that his clothes were half off, and the two’s miraculous position, she said with teary eyes:

“Did you go in!?”

“—Didn’t go in!” X2

They answered in unison.