The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

"— It was the Exploding Killer Magic Mushroom, Ningning."

Huihui, stared at by many Crimson Demons, said this with a serious face, not seeming to lie at all.

The morning after the Crimson Demon village was blasted by Explosion magic, Yunyun, like the other Crimson Demons, ran to Huihui's house to question her, only to receive such an answer.

"Don't lie! You definitely couldn't resist the loneliness last night and went to the back mountain to use Explosion magic, right?!"

Satou Kazuma couldn't help but retort.

He understood his companions' personalities too well; he could guess it was Huihui's doing even with his feet.

"It's true, you have to believe me!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

"Listen carefully! The Exploding Killer Magic Mushroom, Ningning, was originally sleeping in a building called the 'Facility of Mystery' in the Crimson Demon village, a mysterious monster skilled in Explosion magic.

It's said that it can speak human language intermittently, but no one can understand what it means.

It also has the habit of attacking anyone other than Crimson Demons, and it pointlessly releases Explosion magic at night."

"Are you sure you're not just making excuses for yourself? Why not just honestly admit it was you?"

The Crimson Demon people couldn't help but roll their eyes.

The fact that Huihui only knows Explosion magic had already been exposed when she returned to the Crimson Demon village before, so naturally, they knew that the mysterious collapse of the back mountain and the appearance of the deep pit were her doing.

So, after returning this time, they seriously told her not to use Explosion magic casually.

But if Huihui listened to advice, she wouldn't be Huihui, and it wouldn't fit the Crimson Demon's personality.

It's probably because she couldn't restrain herself last night and secretly ran out to release Explosion magic, so the accomplice can only be…

"Is it you, Aqua?"

"W-well… you see, I'm staying at Huihui's house after all, I can't just eat for free, right?

S-so, if I can help out a little, I should contribute."

Aqua was sweating on her forehead, desperately explaining.

Yunyun didn't believe her sweet talk and rolled her eyes, asking, "So, what's the real reason?"

"Huihui said there are fresh matsutake mushrooms in the back mountain, which are great as snacks with alcohol, and she could take me there.

The condition was that she would let me carry her back when she was done releasing Explosion magic."

See, I knew it.

Speaking of which, Huihui has been terrifyingly strong lately; she has even the most uncontrollable idiot goddess in the party completely under her thumb.

Is it really the high intelligence of the Crimson Demons at work?

Satou Kazuma also looked speechless; he retorted, "Are you going to die if you don't act stupid with Huihui?

Forget it, just tell them about this and obediently admit your mistake."

"Wait a minute, Kazuma."

Yunyun pressed down on his hand, which he had raised to admit his mistake, signaling him not to be so tactless and to quietly watch the development.

"— This is a challenge to me!"

"A challenge?"

"That's right! That guy must have seen that I came back, so he was demonstrating against me last night! With Explosion magic!"

Huihui looked serious.

Explosion magic is the lower-ranked alternative to Explosion magic; naturally, Explosion magic is stronger.

However, Explosion magic is not to be outdone; it can be used multiple times while maintaining considerable power, making it an advanced magic with extreme difficulty.

"Heh heh heh… That guy is my destined rival, so leave it to me to solve!"

"A destined rival? I can't help it, then, leave it to you.

You must win, Huihui! Fight for the glory of the Crimson Demons!"

"Hmph, who do you think I am? The Crimson Demon's leading Explosion magic user, how could I possibly lose to a mere Exploding Killer Magic Mushroom?!"

…Eh?

Satou Kazuma watched the inexplicable development.

Yunyun said, as if accustomed to it, "This is the Crimson Demon tribe.

As long as you say your own setting, whether you were an evil god, a goddess, a demon king in your previous life, or you have a lover waiting for you to save them deep in the labyrinth, the Crimson Demons will cooperate with you."

"…I-is that so."

Satou Kazuma twitched the corner of his mouth; in other words, this is the biggest chuunibyou gathering place in Konosuba, right?

Chuunibyou isn't scary; what's scary is that chuunibyou can use magic.

"But if that's the case, there's a problem," Broccoli said with some difficulty.

"If we're obsessed with the Exploding Killer Magic Mushroom, I'm afraid there won't be any time to do the clan chief trials, right?

If people from outside are attacked by Ningning, no one will come to our village to play in the future…"

"Let's discuss it with the clan chief and then the Crimson Demons can go and defeat Ningning together."

The others also said.

With the premise of the Crimson Demon Village's major tourism industry, the so-called destined rival is not worth mentioning.

Huihui looked flustered upon hearing this.

"W-wait a minute, there shouldn't be any need to suspend the clan chief trials, right?

And didn't I say that I would deal with the Exploding Killer Magic Mushroom, Ningning!"

"It's not urgent to choose the next clan chief, but defeating Ningning is an urgent matter, isn't it?

Moreover, to become the Crimson Demon clan chief, you need to accept the trials step by step, or you and your partner can take down a big target together, so there's no problem with the person who defeats Ningning becoming the clan chief."

The plot is starting to get weird.

If that's the case, the selection of the next clan chief will become a speed contest for everyone, and the only individuality of the girl, who has no other strengths, will be easily taken away.

Just then.

"I'm sorry!"

"Huihui? Why are you suddenly apologizing?"

Everyone's eyes focused on Huihui, who suddenly lowered her head and apologized.

"…I was the culprit of last night's explosion disturbance.

I went out for a walk last night and saw a very large matsutake mushroom, and I was so startled that I shot it."

"Heh, I knew it."

Broccoli smiled triumphantly.

"There's no way Huihui could restrain her loneliness and not use Explosion magic; she would definitely sneak out to release it, and she's even using such a shallow reason as an excuse.

Quickly apologize for calling me an incurable shut-in NEET!"

"I don't want to! You shut-in NEET!"

Huihui grabbed his neck and wouldn't let go, making Broccoli unable to breathe, while Satou Kazuma, who wanted to say 'What's wrong with shut-in NEETs!', touched his own neck and kept silent.

— Huihui is a tsundere.

Everyone could also see that even if she pushed these things onto the fictitious Exploding Killer Magic Mushroom, the Crimson Demon people wouldn't pursue anything, but under Broccoli's encouragement, Huihui admitted her mistake so that the clan chief selection could proceed smoothly.

Just as everyone was bustling and making noise, Yoyo walked in, looking puzzled at the inexplicable commotion.

“…What happened?”

“It’s nothing. It’s time for the trials, right? Let’s go, let’s go challenge them.”

Zunzun stood up to greet her.

Amidst the cheers of their companions and a group of Crimson Demons, the two arrived at the place of the trials.

To become the chief of the Crimson Demons, one needed to participate in extremely harsh trials, and there were three trials like this: the first trial was a riddle, the second trial was a test of luck, and the third trial was a battle.

For Zunzun, it wasn't a difficult thing, but this time Yoyo expressed that she wanted to pass the first two trials through her own efforts, except for the third one.

Seeing her so determined, how could he not agree?

So Zunzun said that unless absolutely necessary, he would not help with the first two trials.

They arrived at the location of the trials.

This was a forbidden area in the back mountains of the Crimson Demon Village, a secret facility within. Despite being called a secret facility, there were dozens of such facilities in the Crimson Demon Village, and this one seemed to be specifically for selecting the clan chief.

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They entered the facility.

It was extremely spacious here, the floor was clean and the walls were smooth. Apart from the glass box above resembling a viewing platform and the three people sitting inside, only the large box on the platform in front was eye-catching.

It was no different from the training grounds in his memory.

“Ah, ah… Can you hear me? Can you hear me?”

“Isn’t it Youkui?”

The most well-developed of the Crimson Demons, Zunzun’s classmate, Youkui, who said she wouldn’t mind being a mistress, actually came to be the host of this clan chief selection.

“That’s right, it’s me. Because I had nothing to do today, I came to be the one making things difficult for the clan chief selection… cough, I mean the host. The examiners on site will be the clan chief, Miss Tielao, and Uncle Tululu.”

The current clan chief, the leader of the younger generation of the Crimson Demons, and the leader of the previous generation, it seemed that the Crimson Demons were quite serious about the clan chief selection.

“Because only those three are relatively free today.”

— Scratch that!

“In short, you should already know before you came that the first trial of the Crimson Demons is a riddle. So, please, you two, find the snail that is a different color among the many colorful snails.”

After speaking, the box in front was opened, and many snails appeared inside.

Each snail was about the size of a palm, which could be considered a monster in terms of size, but it actually had no attack power, it was just disgusting. The reason it was called a colorful snail was because the colors on its shell were different.

It wasn't just a single color, but many colors mixed together.

The snails were moving around randomly, not only were they erratic, but they were also walking on the walls on all four sides, making one's eyes blur.

Looking for the snail with a different color among them was quite an energy-consuming task. If Huihui, who had no patience, were here, she would have blown all the snails into ashes without saying a word.

He looked at Yoyo beside him, who was hesitating.

“Can you do it?”

“I, I will try my best!”

Slimey and wet things were the natural enemy of girls, but Yoyo still insisted on trying, and she lived up to expectations. After an hour of repeated checking and confirmation, she finally found the different snail and passed the trial.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought she would pass the trial, but she didn't expect Youkui on the stage to suddenly say: “Not exciting enough!”

“…What?”

“I want to ask the three examiners, every time the clan chief selection is the same old thing, it’s really boring. Why don’t we change it a little this year!”

No one knew what Youkui wanted to do.

But the Crimson Demons just liked it that way.

The clan chief thought for a moment and asked, “Then Youkui… as the leading writer of the Crimson Demons, what are your thoughts?”

“What the Crimson Demons need is taste. Why not let them show their posture and report their names!”

As expected of Youkui!

She accurately hit Yoyo's pain point of not being used to the Crimson Demon-style self-introduction.

“No, that’s too ordinary.” Sister Tielao said, “The Crimson Demons’ self-introduction is certainly very important, but it’s not difficult for the two of them. But since they are a combination, why not change it a little?”

“What does Miss Tielao mean?”

“A marriage proposal pose.”

— What are you talking about, Sister Tielao!

However, Sister Tielao couldn't hear Zunzun's inner cry at all. She seemed to be looking forward to this day, resting her hand on her cheek and saying with a smile, “Zunzun makes a marriage proposal pose to Yoyo, I really want to see it…”

“Eh — — — — — —”

Yoyo screamed, her face flushed red and at a loss, she lowered her head and secretly looked at Zunzun.

Even Youkui was stunned for a moment, and said with some embarrassment, “Well… what do the other two examiners think?”

“This old man loves to watch this!”

Tululu looked like he liked to join in the fun.

The clan chief coughed pretentiously and said, “Ahem, how can the clan chief selection be a child's play? As the clan chief who is about to step down, I certainly cannot agree, but I also said that I am about to step down and am now just an examiner. Since Miss Tielao and Tululu want to see it, with a 2:1 vote, I can't refuse.”

This guy clearly wanted to see it too, but he stubbornly tried to save face and made a lot of excuses, showing that he had no choice but to agree, but his eyes revealed that he really wanted to see it.

“Wait a minute, isn’t this a bit…”

“Zunzun, as your sister, I must tell you: the examiner has absolute control over the test, which means that whether you can pass is up to us.”

Sister Tielao revealed a strange smile.

“— Zunzun, you don’t want Yoyo’s clan chief selection test to fail, do you?”

Huh? ? ?

These are all my lines!

Despite being ashamed in front of the clan chief, sister, elders, and classmates, Zunzun decisively knelt down on one knee and kept proposing to Yoyo, who was smoking from the top of her head and about to faint, until the three Crimson Demon examiners were satisfied.