They darted through streets and alleys, with Satou Kazuma using his "Steal" ability on anyone who looked like a rich noble.
However, the value of the stolen goods varied. There were expensive gold and silver accessories, but also plenty of useless socks and panties.
All in all, the ability provided Satou Kazuma and Aqua with some income.
They found a place to exchange the goods for cash, then found a small restaurant, preparing to have a big dinner.
The afternoon of running around had left them both starving.
"We'll have this, this... and this!"
"Right away, customers!"
After the owner left, Aqua stared eagerly toward the kitchen, bouncing her legs and humming a tune.
"We get to eat delicious food again! Food earned through hard work definitely tastes sweeter!"
"Hey, hey, what 'hard work' did you do? You did absolutely nothing all afternoon!"
Satou Kazuma glared at Aqua.
For the entire afternoon, Aqua had done basically nothing, except perhaps helping Kazuma pick out targets to steal from.
"Well, just standing there is hard work too, you know!" Aqua immediately defended herself, deliberately putting on a tired expression, though her eyes guiltily darted elsewhere.
"Speaking of which, you should have learned a new skill too, right? What did you learn?" Kazuma asked curiously.
"That's right! I learned a really amazing skill! I chose it without hesitation from several options! I just didn't have the right chance to show it off! This is the skill that best suits my status as a goddess!"
As soon as this topic came up, Aqua perked up as if she'd been injected with chicken blood. All traces of fatigue vanished, and her blue eyes seemed to sparkle.
"Oh!? Is the useless goddess finally going to prove herself?"
Although the fact that she got to choose from several skills made Kazuma a bit jealous, it also raised his expectations.
She was a goddess, and her base stats weren't low. Maybe she really did get an amazing skill.
If so, in a critical situation—
"It's 'Light Spell'! I can turn anything I touch into a light source! And I can freely change the color!"
As she spoke, Aqua placed her hand on a piece of cutlery on the table.
The ordinary fork began to glow. Under Aqua's control, it even cycled through the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
"See? Amazing, right?"
After her demonstration, Aqua puffed out her chest proudly.
"What's... the use of that?"
"Think about it! When a party starts, wouldn't these colorful lights create a great atmosphere!?"
Aqua beamed, already waiting for Kazuma's praise.
"..."
Countless words formed in Satou Kazuma's mouth, but he was rendered utterly speechless.
This goddess... her brain development was even worse than he had anticipated.
Given the chance to pick a skill, this useless goddess chose a party trick.
And it seemed her original goddess powers were useless in this world too.
For some reason, Satou Kazuma's once-anticipated isekai journey was now covered by a dark shadow.
Just then, the waiter brought their food. The rising steam carried the aroma of food to Aqua's nose.
"Time to eat!"
She eagerly prepared to dig in, but the scene in front of her suddenly changed.
The two of them, who had just been in the restaurant, were suddenly standing back on the street.
This was the exact place they had first appeared when they arrived in this world.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! My chicken leg! My chicken leg is gone!!!"
Aqua clutched her head, kneeling on the ground and wailing in agony.
Satou Kazuma, however, just stared blankly. He felt that this scene was very familiar.
What happened?
Weren't we just about to eat?
Why are we suddenly back here?
It was night just a moment ago, and now it's day.
Am I dreaming?
"Useless goddess."
"What!?"
The moment Aqua turned her head, Satou Kazuma slapped her hard across the face, twice, making the goddess's cheeks swell up like a hamster's.
"Ahhhhhh! What are you doing!?"
"Does it hurt?"
"Duh! It hurts like hell!"
"Looks like this isn't a dream."
"KAZUMA!!!!!!"
Satou Kazuma completely ignored Aqua, who was now trying to get him in a chokehold, and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"We're back at the moment we first arrived. Could this be... a time loop?"
Kazuma was confused. He pulled out his Adventurer Card. His skill point wasn't reset; he still had the 'Steal' skill.
As Kazuma puzzled over this, a thought suddenly struck him. He immediately grabbed Aqua, who was still clinging to him, and headed in a certain direction, arriving at a familiar alley.
"Hey! Hand over all your money!"
It was the same trio of thugs. Seeing Kazuma and Aqua, they immediately stepped up to block their path.
"Hey, it's you guys again!"
Aqua frowned and, with lightning speed, dove behind Satou Kazuma. She, too, remembered the beating they had received from this trio.
"Again? What are you talking about? We've never seen you before."
The three thugs looked at each other.
Their reaction confirmed Satou Kazuma's suspicion. Their time had been rewound, but he and Aqua had retained their memories.
"Don't think you can get away with spouting nonsense. I'll say it one last time: hand over everything valuable!"
The thin one, who seemed to be the leader, said viciously, pulling a dagger from behind his back and twirling it in his hand.
"That's my hard-earned money. How could I just hand it over?"
This time, however, Satou Kazuma's face showed no panic. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed it at the leader.
"Steal!"
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