" ": You talking

' ': You thinking

* *: Narrator/Voice-off

Your POV:

"D- Darkness ?! What the hell ?!"

Vanir: Heh... heh heh heh ! FWAHAHAHA ! Listen to me ! This girl's body is mine now !!

Kazuma: What ?!!

Vanir: Is she not your precious party member... ? FWAHAHAHAHA ! NOW THEN, BOYS ! SEE IF YOU CAN BRING YOURSELVES TO ATTACK YOUR-

Darkness: Do it, please ! Don't hold back !

Darkness: What are you waiting for ?!

Vanir: What ?! What are you doing ?! What is with this-

Darkness: Lovely !

Vanir: -Girl ?! Keep your mouth shut ! What a resolute spirit she has...

Darkness: It's like I'm the model crusader !

Vanir: H- How can she be so strong as to resist m- my control... ?

Darkness: Aw... Go on !

Vanir: Shut it !!

"... ... So, we clean up the magic circle, huh ?"

Kazuma: That's the plan. I'll go, just keep an eye out in case.

"... ... ..."

Vanir: I- It is unwise to resist me ! The more you fight, the more you shall suffer !

Darkness: What ?!

Vanir: Fwahaha ! Yes ! How much agony can you-

"You know, you just spoke the magic words that will make your life a living hell ?"

Vanir: Huh ?

Darkness: W- Will it really hurt that much ?!

Vanir: Hrm ? What's this ? Is that... Joy ? That's not what I want at all...

"That's Darkness."

Darkness: Hrgh ! Grrr ! I won't... Let this pain defeat me... !

Vanir: Wait a second. Are you enjoying this ?

"Darkness."

Kazuma: Okay, I've dealt with the magic circle, we're heading back up ! Darkness, catch up whenever you can !

Darkness: That's all right ! Just leave me, I've always wanted to be abandoned in a-

Vanir: WILL YOU SHUT UP ?! HRGG ! It seems this body was a failure. No time for this, I shall be living you !

Darkness: What ?! Hey ! How dare you call someone's body a failure !

Kazuma: Leaving... ? Hang on.

Darkness: Don't go ! Please stay !

Vanir: NO !!

"I think she's preventing him from making full use of his powers. But if he gets out of here, it'll be trouble... Hey, can you pass me this thing Sena gave you ?"

Vanir: H- Hey, what is this thing ? I can't touch it ! My fingers just bounce off !

Darkness: T- This is...

"The seal we got from Sena, yes. So we can bring him to the surface and have Aqua purify him.

Darkness/Vanir: HUH ?!

Kazuma: You sure about that ?

"We discovered the source of these monsters, and defeated a demon king's general. That would be enough to clear you of any suspicions from her, don't you think ?"

Vanir: Huff... Huff... GIRL ! DO NOT RESIST ME ! A TREMENDOUS PAIN IS ASSAULTING YOUR BODY AT THIS MOMENT ! YOU, BOY ! REMOVE THIS SEAL IF YOU VALUE THIS GIRL'S LIFE ! SHE SHALL SOON GO MAD !!

Darkness: Ahh~ Ahhhhhh~... ! Y- You're right ! It's awful ! Ahhh ! I've never felt anything so excruciating~ !

"... Looks just fine to me..."

Vanir: GRRR !! I see I should not have held back ! Very well !! MAX CONTROL !! THIS GIRL'S BODY IS NOW FULLY MINE !!

Darkness: Huh?!

Kazuma: WHA- ?!

Vanir: NOW, I'LL GET THAT PRIEST ! HAHAHA ! AND IN THIS BODY, SHE SHALL NEVER SUSPECT ME-

Aqua: Huh ?! Darkness ?!

Kazuma: Do you always greet your friends with a magic blast; Aqua , Good timing, though.

Aqua: I just felt an evil aura coming up the stairs, so I let loose ! And that spell doesn't affect humans anyway ! Speaking of which, what is that ?!

Vanir: Oh, uh...

Sena: Satou Kazuma ! What in the world is going on ?!

"We, huh... Found out who caused the ruckus with the dolls. That was the demon general Vanir, and he's kinda... Possessing Darkness at the moment."

Sena: WHA- ?! VANIR ?! THE DEVIL WHO HOLDS THE POWER OF FOREKNOWLEDGE AND PROPHECY ? BUT WHY WOULD HE...

Kazuma: Calm down, we stuck that thing you gave us on his face to trap him in Darkness' body.

Sena: T- trap him ?! You are the worst !

Vanir: FWAHAHA ! INDEED ! MY NAME IS VANIR !! A pleasure to meet you, O priest with the same name as the goddess of water ! How repugnant and vile you are ! I shall make you pay !

Aqua: What ?! You're just a parasite who feeds on negative emotions ! "Make me pay" ? Just try it ! Sacred high exorcism !

Vanir: FOOL !!

Aqua: What ?! He dodged it ?! No way ! Darkness can't move that fast !

Vanir: FWAHAHAHAHA ! I have brought out the full measure of this body's abilities ! Now I shall send you back where you came from !

Adventurers: WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK, MISS ! Demon king's General or not, it's just that sorry excuse for a crusader, right ?! We took down Beldia and the Destroyer, you think we're scared of you ?!

Vanir: DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY, LITTLE BOYS !!

Adventurers: he's too damn quick !! You're kidding, is that really Darkness ?!

Vanir: Fwahaha ! I am not even exercising my full power ! But what a fine body I've found !! NOW PREPARE YOURSELF, PRIEST !!

Aqua: NOOOOO !! STAY AWAAAAY !!

Sena: ... - Aren't you going to help ? They're both your paty members, aren't they ?

Kazuma: Oh, uh... I'm just an adventurer, so it wouldn't do any good.

Sena: You're awful !

Megumin: This is most problematic, though. Darkness' stats mean Aqua's purification magic won't be as effective.

"What we see here is a prime example of if Darkness was able to fight effectively. He's using the most out of her, in the end... So if we want to get rid of him, we've got to remove the seal and then rip off that mask."

Kazuma: Letting him lose after all that work to trap him ? How do we even get the seal off ?

"Hmmmm..."

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Maybe... Hr- hm. DARKNESS, WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT'S HOLY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING ?! LETTING HIM POSSESS YOU AS HE PLEASE AND HURTING INNOCENTS, YOU'RE A DISGRACE AS A CRUSADER !! WERE YOU ALWAYS THAT EASY OF A WOMAN, HUH ?!"

Vanir: ... ... ...

Darkness: Wh- WHO'S EASY ?! Who do you think I am ?! I- I've just been allowing him to control me ! What even is this thing ?!

Vanir: Wh- What are you doing ?!

Kazuma: She got it off ?! Darkness, now ! Rip that mask off too !

Vanir: Wh- What a host ! To resist my control even now ! BUT ! I WILL NOT LET YOUR BODY GO !

Sena: Oh no ! Is Vanir fighting back ?!

Kazuma: Even Aqua's magic won't be able to stop him like that !

"FREEZE !!"

Vanir: URG ! What...

"Now, while he can't move !! Hit them both with all you've got !"

Aqua: B- But ! Should I really hit them with my magic... ?!

Darkness: I don't care, do it. And if Aqua's magic isn't enough... Megumin ! Hit me and Vanir both with an Explosion !

Megumin: What ?!

Kazuma: You idiot ! What are you talking about ?!

Vanir: Yes ! What are you talking about ?!

Darkness: We have to try ! And I've always wanted you to blow me up once !

Vanir: Wait, slow down !! We can talk !!

Megumin: K- Kazuma... What should we do... ?

Kazuma: D- damn it all... Darkness... ... GAAAAAAHH !! DO IT, MEGUMIN ! I TRUST DARKNESS !!

Darkness: Well said ! That's Kazuma for you !

Vanir: HOW CAN THIS BE ?! WHAT ARE YOU FOOLS ?!

Darkness: Hey, Vanir... We didn't have long together, but I kind of enjoyed it. So, take your choice. Be purified apart from me, or blown up together.

Vanir: ... I am a devil. And no devil would allow himself to be purified.

Darkness: okay, then.

Megumin: A- All right ! I trust Darkness too !

Kazuma: Ahhh, dammit !! If anything goes wrong, I take full responsibility !!

Vanir: FWAHAHAHAHAHA ! MY WISH TO BE ANNIHILATED IS COMING TRUE IN A MOST UNEXPECTED WAY ! FAREWELL, CRUSADER ! IT WAS FUN POSSESSING YOU !!

Sena: Honorable adventurer Kazuma ! I hereby present you this award and a letter of the town's thanks. And I offer my sincere apologies for suspecting you in any ill capacity... Further, your actions were crucial in the defeat f the Destroyer, as well as of Vanir. Thus...

Sena: We grant you your reward, minus debts owed. Please accept this sum of forty million Eris and our congratulations !

"Wait... Does that mean that we..."

Kazuma: That's right !! Our debt is finally paid off !!

"Sniff... It's so beautiful I think i'm gonna cry... We erased Aqua's tab..."

Sena: To the noblewoman, Lalatina Ford Dustiness...

Darkness: Huh ? Me ?

Darkness: In recognition of your self-sacrifice and the honor you have done the Dustiness name... the royal family sends you a letter of thanks, and this new armor to replace what you lost.

Adventurers: Way to go, Lalatina !! That's our Lalatina !!

Darkness: Th- This isn't the kind of embarrassment I like...

Adventurers: I never knew you had such a cute name, Lalatina ! We love you, Lalatina ! Lalatina !

Sena: Satou Kazuma.. I... Misjudged you. Not that I trust you yet, but I hope you'll keep doing good for the town.

Kazuma: ... yeah, sure.

"Congrats, Kazuma. You got yourself a tsundere."

Kazuma: If only it was that simple...

Darkness: So you're really going ?

"Yeah... Vanir was talking about Wiz's shop, so he probably was the one she meant when she mentioned another general she got along with. So I kinda want to tell her what happened."

Darkness: Mm... I disagree with him about humans, but he didn't seem like a bad guy...

"... We're here-"

Vanir: Welcome, welcome, folks !

Vanir: Now, girl who had a distant look in her eyes as she was in front of the store spouting embarrassing nonsense... There's something I must inform you of. "He didn't seem like a bad guy", about that, you see, we demons have no gender, so that embarrassing declarations of your feelings is nothing I can- Oh, my !

Darkness: Uh... Uhhhhhhh...

Vanir: Now this is an intense swell of dark emotions ! Most savory ! What's the matter ? You've curled up and hidden your face in your knees. Did you actually think that I had perished ?! Fwahahahaha !!

Darkness: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhh...

"There, there... But apart the what and why, I'd still like to know... How ?"

Wiz: Ah, Y/n ! I heard the entire story ! No one thinks Kazuma is a spy since you guys defeated Vanir, right ? That's great !

"I know, I know, but going back to him..."

Vanir: Fwahaha ! Did you think I was destroyed ? Actually, even I can't stand up to Explosion magic. It cost me one life, I am Vanir the Second now !

Wiz: And that means he's not part of the demon king's army anymore ! he's completely harmless ! We hope to see you guys around !

"... ... ... Good. The thing is, I've been mapping out the dungeon recently, so here it is... I think some dart traps and spikes around these parts would be good, as well as a boulder on that slope."

Vanir: I see, I see...

"Of course, the first one is a spring trap right at the entrance so anyone trying to enter is catapulted backward."

Vanir: Nice !