"Are you sure about your choice? You can always take a class common for nobility like 'lord'."
Sanguinius shook his head to refute this option.
"No, I'm sure of myself," he said calmly.
The receptionist and her colleague looked at him like he was crazy.
However, Sanguinius doesn't really blame them.
It's virtually impossible for a human in this world to use the adventurer class without becoming trash.
'This class is literally made for the strong, but it's useless for the weak.'
If you have weak stats but select the adventurer class like Kazuma, then you're screwed without creativity.
You won't be able to fully use your skills to their full capacity, and you'll be dependent on your skill points to improve your mastery of them.
It's really not cost-effective, despite the advantage of skills leveling up quickly.
You'll literally be forced to invest in useful (essential) skills without being able to acquire many skills, because you're forced to compensate for your weakness.
Thus, the versatility of this class becomes useless.
Kazuma understood this; he had found the trick behind this shitty class.
Unfortunately, he naturally wasn't suited to exploit it properly.
He could inject more mana than usual when using a skill and improve its effects, but then what?
If he sucks at magic, increasing the output yield of magical energy won't help much to increase the power of the spell or skill.
This explains his situation with the basic magic of the Konosuba universe.
Where Sanguinius could impale monsters effortlessly with basic spells, Kazuma was forced to throw sand in monsters' eyes to escape.
He had the idea and understood how his class worked, but he just lacked the qualification.
Kazuma is and will remain a simple Japanese statistically speaking... he just increased the control or level of specific skills to make his adventure as easy as possible.
A truly intelligent man.
"If I were in his place, I wouldn't have hesitated to mess with ethically questionable skills... like the succubus dream skill, charm, not to mention hypnosis."
Sanguinius unconsciously shook his head in disapproval of Kazuma.
He simply didn't have a big enough vision.
If he could control his dreams or those of his allies, then he could study or learn even while sleeping.
Hypnosis could help him avoid losing his cool, and charm could help tame specific creatures for their survival-related faculties or for their synergy with his skills.
He would just need to negotiate with the peaceful succubi of Axel city.
Unfortunately, despite his genius... he remains a person with above-average intelligence, nothing more.
Sanguinius is sure of it: many people from Earth would use succubus skills only to become an H protagonist.
Yet, their true potential goes far beyond that.
However, he doesn't judge their inclination... nothing says he won't also be corrupted by such power.
"Are you sure about this?"
Luna completed the final formalities, despite her colleague's reluctant look.
A gesture that satisfied Sanguinius.
"Thank you for understanding the potential of this class for a person like 'me'."
He added nothing more, except paying the 1000 Eris not mentioned by Luna, due to the many mental shocks from Sanguinius's particular situation.
"A class for a person like 'me'..." Luna was troubled for a moment by Sanguinius's words.
She left the reception to enjoy her break, but Sanguinius's last sentence seemed to contain a subtle message for them.
At first, she dismissed it as the ramblings of a fanatic, but she was grateful to him for his honesty regarding the money.
1000 Eris isn't a large sum, but honesty is a rare value these days.
A character trait, associated with his intellect, that she had appreciated.
It was only after returning to the reception that she truly understood Sanguinius's words.
'I was right!!! He really is a monster...'
She had been biased by common logic, which had prevented her from properly guiding this novice, who had been able to perceive the right path for his future growth by himself.
Unconsciously, she began to nurture expectations for their future "walk."
After all, Luna is a woman who has passed the usual marriage age according to the culture of the Konosuba world.
Her former colleagues are now retired due to marriage, and Luna was even able to obtain the position of head receptionist thanks to her "extensive experience" in the field.
Thus, she also aspires to find happiness outside of work.
Of course, it's not because of rumors about her lack of luck with men, nor the invisible social pressure exerted on her by her married friends...
At least, that's what Luna tells herself to save her dignity.
"Yes, I'm just a career woman... and now, it might be time to think about something else."
Behind Sanguinius's back, the Konosuba effect was working in the heart of a poor receptionist in her twenties, victim of the strange blood of her native world.
"*Achoo*... I feel like someone's talking about me."
After getting his guild card, Sanguinius didn't take on a quest.
He had thought about dealing with the winter spirit named "Winter Shogun," but he postponed this plan for later.
The reward of 200,000 Eris wasn't going to fly away, and this guy remained active throughout the winter season.
"For now, I'll just walk around town a bit, and if possible learn an interesting skill."
As an individual with monstrous potential due to his origin, Sanguinius also had initial skill points, like Aqua.
He didn't know exactly how much that represented, but he remembered that Aqua had been able to learn all the skills and magic related to her class, as well as party tricks.
"Existentially, I am less powerful than a goddess like Aqua... for now. But I estimate I have a good amount of starting points."
A scandalous figure of 94 was displayed, but Sanguinius already felt that it would become obsolete.
Unlike Aqua, who was limited by her archpriest class,
Sanguinius had no clear restrictions on the skills he could learn.
Thus, this quantity of points wasn't really sufficient for his future project.
"Excuse me!!"
While he was thinking about seeking out the succubi, for purely intellectual needs,
he was interrupted by a girl in casual attire.
(Image)
'Not bad... but inferior to Aqua. No, this isn't her true form'.
Behind Sanguinius was Eris... or Chris?
Sanguinius hadn't read Konosuba all the way through, but spoilers were common online.
Thus, he had recognized this woman's identity.
He thought about trying to pierce her disguise, but quickly abandoned this dangerous idea.
Even if the goddesses of this world were incompetent,
they all had strange and practical powers.
"Yes?"
Sanguinius decided to play ignorant... for now.
After all, this goddess hadn't been sincere with him at the beginning of their relationship... why should he be the same?
Of course, he will use his fallen angel identity if she introduces herself as a goddess.
This will simplify things for everyone: she no longer wants the Demon Lord in her world, and Sanguinius desires a "cheat" or a "wish" like the Japanese.
'It will require negotiation, but it will also depend on her sincerity.'