Comic Anthology Chapter 13

**Tab Tale** (ツケモノガタリ, *Tsuke Monogatari*) is the thirteenth chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Koyuki.

## Summary

When the party dines at the Guild, Aqua begs Kazuma to borrow her money for paying her debts again, much to his chagrin. He therefore yells at the useless goddess to not eat and drink through tabs, yet the unrepentant Aqua insists on her being in the right, since she is an existence who should be pampered instead of getting billed by those far beneath her, which further enrages Kazuma.

Upon Aqua telling Megumin of the tabs amounting to 50 thousand eris, Darkness offers to pay for them, and at Kazuma objecting to her spoiling Aqua who will only rack up more tabs, she cites her duty as a Crusader to help her party members. Aqua proceeds to take advantage of Darkness' proposal of seeking her help if the tab amount becomes too much to handle, only to be turned off just like Kazuma when Darkness excitedly fantasizes how this will force her into selling her body, all the while uttering all kinds of unspeakable situations, ones which force them to shout over her in order to drown out. Darkness then eagerly makes to head off while Kazuma yells at her to return, following which is a period for Darkness to cool down.

Darkness later proposes taking high-difficulty quests for making money, something which Megumin supports because it allows her to defeat any enemy with Explosion Magic. Kazuma though refuses to die for their sexual desires, and as Aqua orders more bubbly while Megumin protests the Explosive Path being equated with sexual desire, Darkness suggests accepting quests for hunting singular targets, so she can be rewarded by protecting the others from its attacks. Megumin on cue then emphasises Darkness' tactic of casting her spell against the encumbered enemy, followed by Darkness being turned on by the thought of getting pummeled by a monster and Explosion Magic from both sides, to Kazuma's speechlessness.

At Megumin pointing out how even a Crusader will die from her Explosion Magic's direct hit, Darkness cites her withstanding it during the time with the Cabbages, only to have Megumin claim to be feeling a cold as well as hungry that day, and declares with a killing intent which Kazuma gibes to be unnecessary her ability to instantly reduce Darkness to ashes the next time. Darkness though bashfully describes the instant reduction of her to ashes as being too quick for her liking, and asks if the Explosion can be restrained so it will let her slowly experience a teasing and daring sensation, an action which Kazuma tells her to stop, before he comments on them going way off-topic when Megumin informs a disappointed Darkness about the Explosive Path not having restraint.

He goes on to state his understanding of the Explosive Path as something where everything is let loose in one go, earning the approval of Megumin, until he compares her feelings towards a restrained Explosion to her discomfort when she couldn't leak all her pee out. The embarrassed Megumin promptly calls for Kazuma to go outside where she can teach him a thing or two about the Explosive Path, a request which Kazuma rejects while Darkness tries to calm her down.

As Megumin quarrels with the Kazuma taunting her, Aqua tries bringing the topic back to thinking of ways to have her tabs efficiently paid off, before ordering more food and drink on tabs, which earns her a chop on the head from an infuriated Kazuma.

## Characters

* Aqua
* Satou Kazuma
* Megumin
* Darkness
* Ruffian