After the well earned nap, that lasted about fifteen hours - twelve in sleep and three trying to fall back asleep, but failing,. he rose up and went for a walk.
As he stepped out of the inn he looked up and saw that the stars haven't dimmed yet. - "What a beautiful view..." - He murmured to himself, admiring the vastness of heaven.
With that he headed out, with a single glance he determined where the sun would come. He sat on the grass and watched as fire flies flew around, flickering. His mind were smoother than before, it seems that this long rest had been something worth experiencing.
Sadly, he didn't had anything to do, not that he was looking, it just got boring, so he laid back and looked at the stars. He remembered how bearable looking at something beautiful in silence is. It brought him peace, not having to think, not having to do, just a little break. And besides, he has nothing to work on right now.
How restful. And how dangerous if it becomes all that is done.
The time passed and the light of the morning sun began to show from beneath the horizon, before inevitably showing the slightest glimpses of direct sun. He sat up and looked at it for a bit, enjoying the gentle graze of light, while the cold winds blew.
The sun soon became unbearable to look at, so he didn't even bother - he stood up and left.
Surprisingly he was alone at the guild except for the employees of the establishment.
And so he waited, Kazuma barged in, he wasn't in the bestest of mood, Aqua, of course, was with him. They sat down with Svetislav, and the first thing Kazuma said was "I need money!!!" after not even saying good morning, even though Svetislav greeted them.
He thought of returning them the money, but if he did that his part of the deal would be fulfilled and they will have to pay for their own meals. So he promised himself to give the sum of one hundred and fifty million eris later.
"Well, duh. Everyone here needs money - money makes life easier. If you had ambition things would be different. I mean, here i am, a goddess, and you have no problem letting me sleep in a staple." - Svetislav listened to Aqua's rant, he didn't think their situation is this bad, if he knew he would have agreed to pay for a inn in a room. - "That's both shameful and disrespectful. Straighten up and give me the life i deserve already. Spoil me with luxury, darn it."
"Nevermind, a person who thinks they deserve for existing is a fool." - Svetislav thought to himself.
Kazuma gave her a glare and said - "Look, lady. Do you have any idea what i need money for? To pay off all our debt! Thanks to all the damage you caused, yeah, you. All the cash we get gets wiped out. Why? To pay the bill for the damage you caused! You want to talk about sleeping in staples? When i woke up this morning on my pile of straw, my eye lashes were frozen. You want luxury, i want to get out of there so i don't freeze to death."
Aqua immediately tried to excuse herself: "What was i supposed to do? If I didn't use my super incredible power to get rid of Verdia, there wouldn't be a town to freeze to death in. I should be worshiped, not scolded. Everyone should be singing my praises and spoiling me."
"Alright, you attention whore. I'll admit, you saved the day, so here is what we are going to do: you can have all the praise, all the reward and all the debt. Have fun paying it all off by yourself." - Kazuma then stood up in demonstration, to which Aqua immediately got on her knees and begged him to not leave her.
In that moment, Megumin and Darkness came.
"It's too early in the morning for this." - Darkness said.
"Did you find us a good quest to go on?" - Megumin then asked
Kazuma then replied. "There didn't seem to be a rush to. Everyone he is just chilling out."
Megumin deducted that after the battle with Verdia, everyone had gotten a piece of the reward, therefore, they needn't go on quests. She then concluded that this means there will be good quests to pick from.
"Yo, Svetislav, you wanna come with us, or?"
"Sure, i have nothing to do anyways, but don't expect for me to fight, i just want to hang out with yall."
"Alright, just don't get in the way and it's chill."
And so Svetislav sat on the bench right across the quest board while his friends browsed. After Kazuma refused Megumin and Darkness' recommendation, and also a bit of realization on what the destroyer is. Kazuma stopped on the snow sprite quest. For some reason Darkness got excited.
After the team switched their clothing for the cold weather, they walked a while, until they reached the Snowfield Forest. Svetislav saw how the ground transitioned from green to white as they made their way in. - "Ey, Why's there snow here and not in Axel?"
Megumin looked his way and explained. - "Well, the snowfield forest is known for being in a constant winter."
"That's actually pretty cool." - Svetislav murmured to himself, already seeing possibilities for future business, like an ice farm.
After this they got to the location, an open field midst a few forests. In the air floated little snowball like creatures, with two black eyes, just like cabbages. - "These are snow sprites, and they give... one hundred thousand for each... You have got to be kidding."
"It is said that with every snow sprite killed, spring comes a day earlier."
"The seasons don't bother me at all, i will just sit this one out, these little dudes are too adorable to kill." - And so Svetislav went to the side and sat down in the snow, watching as the others swung in an attempt to kill the sprites.
Svetislav thought to himself, what if he made little code balls that follow his commands, something like artificial intelligence. In that moment a few floated down to him, brushing against him gently, he reached for one and grabbed it. As he opened his palm to see it up-close it looked back up at him, making some adorable noises.
Just then, Megumin cast her explosion, Svetislav was sent flying slightly back, the snow sprite he held flew with him, but then he converted the kinetic energy in his body, for a moment his heart skipped a beat, because he targeted his whole body.
"Never again am i targeting my whole body."
He let go of himself and finally fall back down.
Just as everyone was feeling comfortable, a mist began to roll down the hill, and from it came a shogun with a light blue color pallet. A giant compared to them, with two fiercely glowing blue eyes.
It looked at Svetislav, whom the snow sprites which were left alive surrounded, then it looked back at the others and dashed towards them. Svetislav looked at the Shogun with confusing clear on his expression, but hey, he didn't had to bother with him.
Darkness took her stance, but within seconds the Winter Shogun, as they called him, cut her blade in half with his katana. Aqua immediately bowed and explained for them to drop their weapons and also bow, which Kazuma didn't do, he just looked at her weirdly.
Instead of bowing, he rushed to Darkness and forced her head to the ground, without even dropping his weapon. Aqua told him to do that, he didn't do it. Svetislav had a feeling that something bad was about to happen, so he stood up, his cane in hand and threw it in hopes of relocating where the sword would him... It failed, Kazuma got his head cut of and Svetislav accidentally helped the process of making it fall because he hit him with the cane.
Svetislav closed his eyes, knowing he might have screwed up, so he just dashed behind a bush. The snow sprites followed him, revealing his location.
"No, no, go, shoo, shoo." He tried to wave them off, but they didn't. Nothing happened. The Shogun left.
After that happened he rushed to his friends, Aqua was already reattaching Kazuma's head, the view was more than unpleasant and her reaction was appropriate, given she is working with a decapitated head, while trying to not get her hands dirty.
Aqua then began talking to Kazuma, who was still not awake.
"Come on, Kazuma. Get back here! You have some nerve getting killed like that, no way are you dying yet. I know you can hear me in there Kazuma, i cast a resurrection spell on you, so hurry up already and come back here on this side."
She looked like a schizo.
"Huh, that has to be the stupidest thing i have ever heard. Whatever goddess told you that is an idiot. You let that dummy know i'm an elite goddess and in charge of Japan. I won't take any word from her."
"Definitely an angel if this girl knows about Japan."
"Eris? You mean the Eris, who thinks she is special just cuz she has a currency here and a couple of followers. Hey Kazuma, if she keeps giving you trouble tell her that i will let everyone know that she pads her bra."
Svetislav was just standing there, trying to hold his laughter.
Kazuma opened his eyes a moment later. Darkness and Megumin looked at him worried, before beginning to cry on his chest.
Aqua was begging for some praise from him, but instead of getting praise Kazuma yelled - "I want to swap you out for the other goddess!"
Aqua straight up had enough and prepared to throw hands, - "You like Eris so much? How about i send you back to her in pieces!" but then Darkness stopped her and calmed her down.
"Welcome back." - Svetislav said, reaching down to help Kazuma up. Kazuma took his hand and Svetislav lifted him up.
After this, they decided to leave, the sight of Kazuma's blood in the soil was both unpleasant and demoralizing.
The dinner that came after this not very pleasant experience was immense. Of course at Svetislav's expense, but hey - they were enjoying themselves, being happy together.