Edward, who had pnned from the beginning to have Helena py the role of Megumin, naturally had no iion of driving her away. He was merely designing her from the start. Of course, the fact that this guy owed a five-figure debt was something he didn't anticipate.

  However, as Helena herself mentioned, although the money she owed was enough to buy a vil in the most prosperous area of the capital, as long as she wasn't discovered by the people of the capital, there wouldn't be a problem. In the end, as long as she was still a member of the Mage Tower, the Knights wouldn't dare to touch her. This was sidered a certain privilege that magic users in this world possessed.

  " this really work? Clearly, I begged you to take me in, and you give me such good-looking clothes! And this eyepatch, I've always wanted a cool eyepatch like this!"

  Seemingly trary to the inal imagination, Helena, looking somewhat surprised after ging into a brand new mage robe and a cloak with a strong ibyou vibe, said somewhat uneasily, "I told you I'm a penniless girl! Even if you show kio me, I still 't repay it!"

  To this, Edward's eyebrows jumped, and he said helplessly, "Alright, alright, I know you, you know. Anyway, I take you in, but you must do well iasks I assign you, uand?"

  "Tasks? By the way, I still don't know what job you're talking about."

  Seeing that the other party finally realized the situation, Edward said helplessly, "Didn't I say it? Filming, filming! Once you put on this outfit, you're the newer in our crew. Later, you'll have to meet with others."

  "Filming?"

  Fag the girl's astonishment, Edward simply handed over the script and expined, "In simple terms, it's pying a role in a story, a bit like a py. Oh, I fot you probably never had the moo watch a py. Anyway, just know that this job pays five gold s a month and includes meals."

  Helena, who was inally fused, became excited after hearing Edward's st words, "Uood! Whether it's filming or role-pying, I'll take care of it all!"

  ...

  In the inn in Norsrik.

  "This is the new lead actress, Helena. She will py the role of Megumin. Have you all already met each other?"

  After using teleportation magic to arrive directly here with Helena, Edward gathered everyoogether for self-introdus. The current cast of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" seemed to have grown signifitly pared to before.

  In addition to Edward, Winry, and Zat, there was Lawrence, who was in charge of providing monsters. Helena, who had just arrived, ahey would recruit actors among adventurers, so the future cast of the crew would likely expand even more.

  "Alright, I think everyone has already read the script, and there shouldn't be any questions about the filming issues."

  After expining what a magical rec mae was to Helena earlier, she didn't seem to have any more fusion now. So, Edward directly said, "Now, let me talk about the filming. First, the se is about Kazuma and Aqua starting to recruit adventurers. tally, Megumin, who sees the recruitment flyer, es to seek to join. However, Kazuma and Aqua don't know that this seemingly powerful and promising mage is actually a weirdo who only use explosive magid only use it once a day..."

  "Question!"

  inally still listening to Edward talking about the script, Helena suddenly interjected, "Why only one spell be used in a day? If the magic power is insuffit, why not replenish it by using magic crystals taining pure magic?"

  "Alright, regarding this question, it's invalid due to different world settings! In 'KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World,' there's no such thing as magic crystals fes to directly draw magi."

  "Then why use all the magic power in one spell at o such times, you should simplify the formu and increase the magic utilization rate, right..."

  "Okay, regarding this question, it's invalid due to character reasons! Mages in 'KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World' don't o build magius or prehend the essence of elements to use magic. They naturally don't have the ability to ge magius."

  "So—"

  "Don't ask useless questions anymore, or I'll cel your lunch!"

  Obviously, even Edward was being tormented by the tinuous questions from Helena. However, he could uand the reason for her asking these questions. After all, the world setting of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World" leaned more towards a game, where being stronger was as simple as defeating monsters and leveling up. In trast, mages in this world were more like researchers, fog on uanding the essenagic before using it.

  Of course, in the end, he was filming a edy, aing too caught up iails of the setting would just be a waste of time.

  Meanwhile...

  "Don't mention it if you don't want to. What's the big deal about g lunch..."

  Helena, who promptly admitted defeat, closed her mouth, and Edward, who tio talk about shooting issues, quickly summarized, "Anyway, there shouldn't be any problems with the script, right? Let's start rehearsing with the new member!"

  After letting the three main actors start rehearsing, Edward went to the adventurers' guild in advao set up for the ses. After all, the uping plot would mostly revolve around the adventurers' guild, and many more actors o be recruited. The workload ahead would only increase.

  ...

  Nighttime, Adventurers' Guild.

  The lights illumihe somewhat lively hall. Unlike during the day, almost all adventurers gathered here at night. The reason was simple – the drinks at the adventurers' guild were much cheaper than those at inns and taverns. For most of the impoverished adventurers in the southern region, ing to the adventurers' guild to drink and chat with fellow adventurers referable to going to a tavern.

  At this moment, in a er of the guild, a magical rec device slowly started up, capturing the new se of Megumin joining the team clearly.

  "...No one's ing."

  Hearing Aqua's words, Kazuma, who uood why no one was ing, said helplessly, "Hey, let's lower the recruitment requirements a bit. Although oal is to defeat the Demon King, asking for at least an advanced css is a bit too strict..."

  Yes, at present, except for Kazuma and Aqua's team, all the other adveeams had already found recruits.

  Only Kazuma and Aqua's team, due to setting their entry requirements too high, still had no one joining them.

  "Ugh— But—"

  "Until now, no one has e, huh? In the end, although you have an advanced css, I am the weakest css. If everyone around is elite, then where do I fit in? Just a bit, lower the recruitment requirements a bit..."

  As Kazuma was saying this and about to stand up, someone spoke up, "I came because I heard you were recruiting advanced adventurers. Is this the pce?"

  The one who came over to talk etite girl whose one eye was hidden by ach. In the instant she saw the two, she lifted her cloak dramatically and fidently decred, "My name is Megumin! I am a practitioner of advanced magic, the wielder of the stro attack magic, Explosion Magic—!"