Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 31 discusses the phenomenon of programs having bugs yet still running normally.

"Listen up, people like you, all you think about is your dissertation defense. It was my mistake to be paired with you!"

Kazuma Sato rebuked Aqua and the others mercilessly, displaying a kind of absolute, powerful, and decisive style.

If I didn't know the inside story, I would really think he was an extremely despicable person. It's not impossible that his words were taken out of context and posted on LittleRedBook to get him attacked.

But Charlotte really wanted to say something.

You're all cut from the same cloth; to others, you're no different.

The three people reacted differently.

"If you want to cause trouble, I'm ready!"

"How dare they humiliate me like that, calling me a hopeless sow and stuff... Ha... Ah... Ha!"

"I am the goddess of water, my mind wouldn't be filled with that kind of thing! Even if it were, I've purified it all! I'm not dirty!"

They were trying their best to defend themselves.

It just sounds weak and powerless.

Kazuma Sato seems determined to leave the team. If he succeeds, wouldn't he be on the verge of taking off like in the IF storyline?

No, absolutely not!

"Wait a minute, Kazuma, to be honest, I like soloing!"

"Playing solo?"

A hardcore NEET who is particularly good at games naturally knows what that sentence means.

Whether in games or in real life, many top players don't like teaming up with others. Some are not good at communicating with others, some feel that teammates are just dragging them down, and some think it's cool to hide their identity and be an unknown cheater... and so on, the reasons are varied.

"Don't you like teaming up...?"

"That's right, that's right. It was precisely because I didn't team up with anyone that I was unable to escape when I was almost torn into five pieces by the giant toad on the plains."

Charlotte was not lying.

He only concealed part of the truth.

Just when everyone thought that Kazuma Sato would give up, he seemed to have thought of something and said, "Is that so? Then I'll be a lone wolf too."

"Are you sure?"

"What's wrong?"

"You're just a beginner."

Charlotte has already experienced just how weak beginners are. Even though Kazuma Sato is a bit clever, it's still very difficult for him to be a lone wolf... No, considering that Aqua and the others are dragging their feet, it's not that much of a difference.

He quickly shook his head.

Get that idea out of your head.

"Listen to me, Kazuma," Charlotte said earnestly, trying to persuade him, "Why would you abandon your companions? Aren't they wonderful?"

"What's so good about it? May I ask?" Kazuma Sato rolled his eyes.

Charlotte pointed at Aqua and the others.

"They're a standard three-person squad, and they're stunning beauties, right?"

"right."

"They are healing priestesses, damage-dealing mages, and defensive knights, right?"

"right."

"And they're all rare, high-level professions that are hard to come by, right?"

"right."

"Then what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"But they can't even beat a giant toad."

Oh open!

"When you write a messy program, it just happens to complete the task"—for some reason, I hallucinated a pigeon flying with its neck as a propeller!

He really wanted to tell Kazuma Sato that since the program could run, he should never arbitrarily modify the code.

However, the boy in front of them was neither a programmer nor someone who had always played the role of cleaning up their messes in the team, so he certainly wouldn't accept that.

Furthermore, while they can't defeat regular monsters, they are no match for the Demon King's military officers. However, they currently lack substantial achievements, and even if they were to mention it, it wouldn't be accepted.

"And what about you, Charlotte?"

"What?"

"Being a lone wolf is tough, I don't deny that, but Charlotte also chooses to be a lone wolf, so what are you going to do? You can't expect someone to happen to pass by and save your life every time something unexpected happens, can you?"

It has to be said that Kazuma Sato is quick-witted. He quickly used this question to counter himself, and even implied that Charlotte alone could not even solve the giant toad problem.

If you rush to defend yourself, you will fall into his linguistic trap.

"My words..."

Charlotte hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "High Priests are a profession with strong healing abilities. With logistical support, they can use external forces without any burden."

"You mean powerful weapons and equipment?"

As expected, he got along better with Kazuma Sato. With just a few pointers, Sato was able to follow his train of thought and immediately understood Charlotte's plan.

After all.

Judging a person's combat strength is not solely based on their inherent abilities; for example, a well-funded warrior can be transformed into an S-class hero through modifications.

Besides, people like them who have no capital have no right to be picky. If they are desperate, they might as well try the power of the Nine Dragons pulling the coffin.

"By the way, what equipment have you prepared for yourself?"

The final state of Sato Kazuma's pilgrimage.

Talking about this woke Charlotte up, and he gave a thumbs up, saying, "I don't know either. But Wiz said it's an amazing magical item, and I'm really looking forward to it!"

"Wiz!?"

"You know her too? Of course, lucky bags are super popular lately, it's normal that you know about them. What, did you buy one too? Let me make it clear beforehand, if you blame me for not getting anything good, I won't hold back."

"No, the lucky bags are too expensive, I can't afford them. That's not what I meant..."

Sato Kazuma hesitated, unsure how to begin, but Charlotte, sensing something, whispered, "Lich," before he confidently revealed the information.

It turns out that Wiz had been so focused on the lucky bags that he had forgotten to help the spirits wandering in the cemetery attain enlightenment.

This was a job she volunteered for.

After discovering that the spirits were wandering in the cemetery, Aqua, out of a goddess's duty, came to help.

But unexpectedly, it backfired.

This brainless, foolish goddess carved magic circles in the graveyard to prevent the dead from entering, thinking that this would solve all the problems.

As a result, the wandering spirits, having nowhere to go, caused quite a commotion.

It wasn't until the rampant undead disturbed Wiz that she suddenly realized she had inadvertently forgotten about her job.

When they rushed to the cemetery, they found Sato Kazuma pressing down on the head of a sobbing Aqua. There were rags, mops and buckets around them, and it seemed they were wiping away a magic circle.

A clash between a goddess and a lich is inevitable.

Or rather, it's one-sided bullying.

Aqua was yelling that she was going to purify Wiz, but Wiz pleaded that he couldn't die yet. Sato and Makoto couldn't stand it anymore and stopped their crazed goddess companions.

They met by chance.

"Then there's no problem." Charlotte stood up and invited, "Wiz asked me to go to the magic item shop today, how about coming with me?"

"May I?"

"Of course. Wouldn't it be a shame if no one witnessed something like this?"

"Yes! This might be the starting point for a hero's rise to power; it would be such a pity if no one witnessed it! Okay, I'll go too!"

Kazuma Sato grasped the outstretched right hand.

Besides creating an atmosphere, he also wanted to see what kind of magical item it was, since a weak adventurer like him desperately needed something to save his life.

Don't misunderstand!

The ability to resurrect indefinitely and the ability to survive are two different things. No one wants to die all the time, no one!

"By the way, Aqua, don't bully Wiz when you go to the magic item shop, you hear me?... Hey, answer me, Aqua!"

"She's drunk and asleep."

...This girl is truly a useless goddess!