[Group Prompt: Mistress of the Butterfly Estate is in danger. Group rescue mission initiated. Participants: Limited to 2.]
[Reward: 100 points.]
[Do you wish to join the group rescue mission?]
"Accept the mission."
Looking at the prompt floating in front of him, Shirakawa didn't hesitate and accepted immediately. But he couldn't help reacting to the group chat's banter about Aqua.
When the Sword Maiden mentioned that Shinobu Kocho had gone on a mission with her sister, Shirakawa could clearly sense that the DemonSlayer plot was progressing.
In the original story, it was only shown briefly in a flashback.
Shinobu's older sister, Kanae, encountered a demon known as the Upper Moon Two during a mission. The next day, Shinobu found her corpse. But now, with the chat group's interference, the timeline had clearly shifted.
Shinobu Kocho, who was close to unlocking the Holy Sword class, had accepted a mission with her sister. That likely meant the danger they faced was the Upper Moon Two.
Given Shirakawa's understanding of the Demon Slayer world, he wasn't overly worried.
Even if Breathing Techniques were powerful in their world, overall strength-wise, that world was leagues below something like God of Highschool or Overlord. Fortunately, Shirakawa had prior knowledge of the Demon Slayer universe.
While others were still evaluating the feasibility of the mission, he decisively took it.
100 points.
The reward was decent—just enough to handle the issue easily. Not bad at all.
He still didn't know who his teammate would be in the Demon Slayer world. Just to be safe, Shirakawa decided to bring Megumin's magic staff.
After all, it's useful for large-scale area attacks.
He glanced over at Miura Yumiko, who had fallen asleep from exhaustion, and gently covered her flawless, fair-skinned body with a blanket. Then he changed into a fresh tracksuit.
"Time to head out."
In the dimensional chat group, right after Aqua complained that the Butterfly Estate Mistress hadn't signed in yet, a group rescue notification popped up.
Talk about timing—it was explosive for the show's effect.
This all but cemented Aqua as the unluckiest one in the chat group. Even her words came with a cursed aura, and wouldn't you know it, she triggered a group rescue mission.
Sakurajima Mai: ...Are you really a goddess?
Asuna: That blue ribbon girl wasn't lying. Lady Aqua has been getting just 1 point every day during sign-ins. I can't imagine being that unlucky.
Blue Ribbon: If possible, please take back your blessings for me.
Blue Ribbon: (smile.jpg) If what you say is true, I might never find a familia in my entire life.
Future Holy Sword Wielder: ...
Bronze-Rank Adventurer: It seems Lady Aqua's luck really doesn't match her strength...
Aqua: Th-this isn't totally my fault, okay? I'm a pure goddess! How could I possibly bring bad luck just by opening my mouth?
Aqua: Whatever. I'll be merciful and go save the Butterfly Estate Mistress!
In the world ofKonoSuba...
At the most comfortable inn, Aqua sat up, eyes wide with disbelief. She hadn't expected the situation of the Butterfly Estate Mistress to be exactly as she predicted.
She had chatted a lot with the Butterfly Estate owner in the dimensional chat group before. Who would've thought it would turn into a real crisis? As for the rescue mission shown in the group prompt...
"Time to show the others in the chat group what a goddess can do!"
"I wonder who my teammate is?"
Without any hesitation, Aqua accepted the rescue mission. She was already used to chatting in the group, so taking on missions felt easy.
Group Prompt: Normal High School Student and Aqua have accepted the group rescue mission. Teleporting to the target world in 1 minute.
Group livestream will begin shortly...
"It's Shirakawa! That means this mission is as good as cleared!"
Lying next to Aqua was Megumin. Hearing the noise, she merely rolled over and held her rumbling stomach, trying to find a more comfortable position.
Aqua, worried she might wake Megumin, quickly dismissed the concern and made sure to say something in the group chat:
Aqua: Shirakawa, let's save the Butterfly Estate Mistress together!
Blue Ribbon: The super lurking champion?
Asuna: Feels like the Normal High School Student rarely chats. He only shows up for missions. So this is what consistent effort gets you?
Sakurajima Mai: I want to take on a mission too, but I'm not strong enough...
Ice Queen: I wonder how powerful the enemies in the Butterfly Estate Mistress
world are. Aqua, didn't you say you were a goddess?
Aqua: That's right! I used to be the goddess in charge of reincarnation!
Normal High School Student: Let's hope you're actually useful.
Demon Slayer World.
In a forest clearing at night, two figures were locked in combat with a pale-haired, sinister-looking man. The surrounding trees had been destroyed in the battle.
Several members of the Demon Slayer Corps had already lost their lives.
As the current Flower Hashira, Kanae Kocho—with black hair and violet eyes, wearing green butterfly hair clips with pink edges—held her Nichirin Blade tightly.
She launched an attack toward the Upper Moon Two demon, Doma, whose silver hair and multicolored eyes made him unmistakable.
But her blade was easily blocked by his golden fan. With a light flick of his wrist, Doma released his Blood Demon Art, launching lotus-shaped ice crystals toward her.
"Watch out!"
Even as the Flower Hashira, Kanae found it hard to match an Upper Moon's strength. Especially with her little sister, Shinobu, nearby and in danger.
Despite giving her all, she couldn't gain the upper hand. Seeing the lotus-shaped ice crystals flying toward her sister, she warned desperately.
Human skin freezes upon contact with Doma's ice crystals. If inhaled into the lungs, the crystals can cause severe internal damage.
But relying on the combat techniques from the Holy Sword Awakening Manual, Shinobu pushed her body past its limits, darting through the trees and narrowly dodging the attack.
"You look just like her…"
Doma didn't seem concerned at all.
He eyed Shinobu with interest. She really did resemble Kanae. He wanted to devour Kanae before sunrise—but it wouldn't be easy.
Still, Doma seemed to find an opening: through Shinobu.
With a twisted smile, he said, "Looks like I should start by eating your little sister."
"You won't get the chance!"
The moment he mentioned her sister, Kanae's rage exploded. She immediately used [Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo], slicing upward in a flowing two-strike motion.
But as Doma raised his fan, an ice wall formed out of thin air and easily blocked the attack. She was a bit of a hassle, sure—but Doma was more interested in eating her than killing her.
As the rhythm of battle started slipping out of control, Doma suddenly turned all his attention toward Kanae, preparing to strike—
Only to feel a crushing blow slam into his abdomen.
He had no time to react.
His body flew like a broken kite, smashing through several trees before finally coming to a halt. Coughing up blood, Doma stared at the figure standing ahead.
His eyes were filled with caution. Not even his Blood Demon Art had detected the man's movement.
"Who are you?"
"..."
Shirakawa ignored the question. Honestly, he didn't even need to use his Arch-wizard staff.
Relying purely on physical strength, he had just delivered a national-football-level kick right to Doma's gut.
After confirming the target hadn't escaped, he turned to Aqua and asked, "This world doesn't limit your divine power, right?"
"Yes, it doesn't!"
Feeling divine power coursing through her again, Aqua closed her eyes to fully take it in. This was completely different from her suppressed state in her own world.
Unleashed divine power.
She now shone like a beacon in the night. This was how the goddess of water was meant to be—radiating pure, holy energy.
"What… what's happening to me?!"
Divine light lit up the dark sky. Doma, already badly injured, instinctively feared the holy radiance—but he couldn't escape it.
His body began to disintegrate…
He tried to resist with everything he had, but it was futile. In a haze of confusion, Doma completely turned to ash.
Dimensional Chat Group Livestream: Live
In a rundown church without her own familia yet, Hestia watched the group livestream intently, her legs bouncing as she focused.
Especially when Shirakawa appeared.
Her eyes lit up. No wonder she had taken a liking to this guy—his strength already surpassed most adventurers.
"I've got to find a way to recruit Shirakawa into my familia!"
"..."
But as Aqua's divine power continued to surge, Hestia's brows furrowed slightly. That overwhelmingly pure divine force...
It definitely proved her extraordinary status.
"Is she really the water goddess from another world? If that's true, recruiting Shirakawa…"
"Might be even harder now."
"Ugh…"
"If I'd known that other worlds didn't suppress divine power, I should've taken the mission instead!" Hestia regretted it instantly.
Esdeath, meanwhile, furrowed her brows slightly as she examined the livestream. Looking at the demon Doma, she thought…
He looked weak.
Shirakawa hadn't even shown much power during the fight, and that quickly killed her interest. What did matter to her, though—
It was Aqua.
The self-proclaimed goddess of water.
"I just wonder how strong gods from other worlds really are."
Esdeath's eyes burned with fighting spirit. Seeing the battle was completely over, she turned off the chat group's livestream, bored.
Sakurajima Mai: Wait, Lady Aqua is actually a god?
Asuna: How can a god have such bad luck…
Future Holy SwordWielder: Aqua, can your church really help someone become a Holy Sword user? If you don't step up, the group's overall strength is going to bottom out!
SakurajimaMai: ???
Blue Ribbon: Shirakawa, are you really not considering becoming part of my familia? In full divine mode, you wouldn't be any weaker than Aqua.
Bronze-ranked Adventurer: So this is the power of Lady Aqua?
"…"
Shirakawa didn't pay attention to the messages in the dimensional group. He'd expected things to go smoothly—after all, this was a complete overpowering from a strength perspective.
In the end, he didn't even manage to leech any experience.
The rapid battle left Kanae momentarily stunned. She only saw two figures appear out of nowhere in the area.
That strangely dressed boy had kicked Doma flying. Then the one glowing with divine light—Aqua—briefly lit up the night sky. As for Doma, the demon...
He was completely erased.
No resistance at all. Kanae suppressed the shock in her heart and offered her thanks. "Thank you both for your help. I'm Kanae Kocho from the Demon Slayer Corps. If not for you two showing up in time…"
"…It would've been…"
"She did most of the work," Shirakawa said, shaking his head. The divine light inflicted real damage on demons. In the world of Demon Slayer, that was practically a dimensional strike.
In less than five minutes, she racked up 100 points—no matter how you looked at it, that was a huge win.
Aqua, who had finally gotten full control of her divine power again, still didn't grasp that the fight was over. Even though she now had that goddess-like aura, her behavior remained the same.
She stood beside Shirakawa, glancing around for their supposed target. She wanted to redeem her divine image in the chat group.
"Hey?"
"Shirakawa, where's the enemy this time?"
She finally looked a bit like a goddess, but Aqua's expression made Shirakawa question that. He pointed to the ashes under a distant tree.
He smiled. "When you regained your goddess powers, it seems the target—some kind of demon—turned to ash…"
"So that means the mission's done?"
Aqua blinked, confused.
Seeing Shirakawa nod, her mood instantly collapsed. She had planned to complete the mission as a high priest, to use her regained power to refresh the others' view of her as a goddess.
And yet it ended before she even had a chance to show off.
"Can we revive it?"
"No."
"Why are the undead in this world so weak?!"
Aqua's total disregard for her image was part of her unique charm. Seeing Shirakawa ignore her complaints, she turned to Kanae, eyes full of curiosity.
"You're the head of the Butterfly Mansion, right?"
"…"
Butterfly Mansion—Kanae definitely knew what that was. She studied the blue-haired girl radiating divine purity in front of her. It was clear Aqua meant no harm.
In fact, she had helped her and Shinobu defeat Doma, a major threat.
But Aqua's tone made it sound like she knew her, even though Kanae had no memory of this goddess.
She nodded politely. "Yes, do you... know me?"
"Ah…"
Aqua froze completely—her brain had never been her strong point. They'd talked a lot in the group chat, yet now?
A shy voice called out from behind.
"Um…"
Having figured things out through the dimensional chat, Shinobu looked over at Shirakawa first—the familiar figure from the group livestream.
As for the one radiating divine energy with blue hair, that had to be Aqua, here for the rescue mission.
She approached with a slightly embarrassed look. "Lady Aqua, the one in the group… that was me."
"Just call me Shinobu."
"I'm Aqua, and this is Shirakawa. You should know us both."
Naturally outgoing, Aqua asked curiously, "Is there any other trouble to deal with?"
"N-no… there isn't…"
Clearly unprepared to deal with a chaotic, over-the-top goddess like Aqua, Shinobu fumbled. Her eyes scanned the area—no other demons in sight.
With Doma's death, the system quickly sent a notification:
[Current group member rescue mission complete. Calculating rewards... Congratulations to group members Normal High Schooler and Aqua for receiving 100 points.]
"Ahhhh!"
"Shirakawa, I don't wanna go back so soon!"
Aqua wailed. After realizing demons like Doma existed in this world, she finally thought of a way to prove herself. She instantly unleashed her divine power.
Holy light burst out from her, spreading in all directions at an incredible speed. It didn't stop until she left the Demon Slayer world.
"She's actually kind of strong…"
Aqua was, after all, the goddess of water and overseer of reincarnation. Her personality left a lot to be desired, but with her powers fully restored...
Her strength was very real.
Just before they were about to return to the real world, Shirakawa received a prompt as Aqua's divine light made her the center of attention again.
A new profession is available for learning…