After answering all of Satou Kazuma's questions, Izumi smiled and said casually,
"If being an adventurer doesn't suit you, why not open a shop instead?"
"Adventuring is dangerous, after all."
"And with your luck stat, if you ran a store, you'd probably become a surprisingly successful merchant."
Kazuma fell silent, seriously considering the idea.
After a long moment, he let out a bitter smile.
"I'd love to…"
"But I don't have any money."
That was the cruel reality.
If he had capital, he wouldn't be hauling bricks at a construction site.
Izumi laughed lightly.
"Well, look at it this way."
"A lot of people from our world will be coming here every year from now on."
"This world will keep receiving new arrivals for training."
"You came here early, so you already have information, connections, and experience."
"So why not become a middleman?"
"Introduce people to skill trainers, gods, or adventurers."
"That's easy money."
Kazuma froze.
Then his eyes slowly began to shine.
…He was right.
He might be terrible at fighting monsters, but he knew a lot of adventurers.
Everyone had some skills.
If he couldn't fight, he could sell information and connections.
Realizing that, Kazuma bowed deeply.
"Thank you, boss!"
"I'll work hard!"
Then he turned toward Aqua, straightened his posture, and said seriously,
"Aqua, I'm done hauling bricks with you."
"Goodbye."
And with that—
He ran off without looking back.
Aqua stood there in stunned silence.
Then—
"YOU BASTARD!!!"
"You're the one who dragged me into this world, and now you're abandoning me?!"
"Unforgivable! Absolutely unforgivable!"
She was furious.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
Tears nearly spilled from her eyes.
Izumi watched with a grin.
"Aqua."
"Go to the Adventurers' Guild."
"There's a little angel there."
"You can team up with her and sell buffs together."
"We're heading out."
With that, Izumi turned and led the group away.
He had no intention of babysitting a useless goddess.
Better to toss her to Gabriel White Tenma.
Those two were cut from the same cloth—surely they'd get along.
Aqua hesitated for a moment.
Then, instead of going to the guild, she chased after Kazuma.
"I'LL BEAT YOU TO DEATH TODAY, YOU BASTARD—!!"
The others watched the entire scene.
Eriri couldn't help but mutter,
"That goddess feels incredibly unreliable."
"Are you sure it's okay to send her to Gabriel?"
"Isn't that just坑人—uh, setting her up?"
Izumi shrugged.
"I'm not tricking her."
"I'm pointing her toward a proper career path."
"Gabriel wants to sell buffs, right?"
"Add a real goddess, and profits will skyrocket."
"And Aqua's buffs are genuinely strong."
As he spoke, Izumi casually activated a spell.
[Blessing: Attribute Boost]
A golden light washed over everyone.
In an instant, their physical and magical parameters surged dramatically.
Le Fay Pendragon and Kanase Kanon felt it most clearly—
Their overall combat power jumped by nearly thirty percent.
"…That's insane."
Everyone stared at their hands in shock.
What they didn't realize was—
Only someone with Izumi's absurd base power could amplify Aqua's blessings to this extent.
"Aqua's skills look useless at first glance," Izumi said calmly,
"But they're actually very solid."
"Still, that business won't last forever."
"Once everyone learns those skills, demand will dry up."
Sooner or later, people would learn self-healing and buffs.
With enough skill points, it was inevitable.
Even with class restrictions, healers were everywhere.
Especially certain round, cheerful priestesses.
With this many support skills, not learning them would be idiotic.
After hearing Izumi's reasoning, no one argued further.
No one was worried about Aqua starving.
Worst case, Kazuma would take responsibility.
And if Aqua really teamed up with Gabriel, surely Vignette Tsukinose April—a genuine angel—wouldn't let her die.
And if all else failed—
Aqua could always make money by resurrecting people.
Her resurrection skill was hilariously broken in this world.
She frequently abused divine authority anyway.
Even the gods here couldn't do much about it.
After all, the gods of this world weren't exactly serious.
Izumi had briefly considered bringing Aqua with them.
But since she was still a functioning deity in this world, he decided against it—for now.
Compared to Aqua—
He was far more interested in bringing along a certain flat-chested, luck-maxed goddess someday.
Afterward, Izumi led everyone to a reasonably nice house and rented it on the spot.
This would be their base for the time being.
Once everything was settled, Izumi didn't rest.
Instead, he took Le Fay with him and headed straight for the plains outside the city.
Their goal—
Giant frogs.
The frogs of this world were delicious.
Perfect for feeding the girls in Izumi's personal world.
Izumi could create plants—
But animals were another matter.
Until now, the girls inside mostly lived on vegetables.
Sure, Izumi occasionally bought meat and threw it in.
And he'd raised livestock like cows and sheep.
But reproduction was slow.
Now that they'd encountered these massive, tasty frogs—
Of course he wouldn't let them go.
Izumi and Le Fay worked together.
In a single night, they completely cleared the grasslands.
Staring at the now-empty plains, Izumi chuckled.
"People coming here to grind levels tomorrow are going to be stunned."
"Not a single monster left."
After that, Izumi didn't stop.
He continued sweeping through the world.
Flying cabbages.
Whatever he could catch, he caught.
Once his sub-world's food supply was well stocked, he finally returned to the house.
Le Fay, who had followed him the entire time, was utterly exhausted—mentally.
"Izumi-sama… if you do this…"
"How are other people supposed to level up?"
"You've emptied multiple hunting zones."
Everywhere Izumi passed—
Nothing remained.
She honestly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
These were training grounds for other adventurers.
And he'd wiped them clean.
Izumi waved it off.
"It's fine."
"They still have forests."
"It's not like these are the only monsters."
"Come on—let's rest."
"Tomorrow, we'll buy supplies, learn more skills, find another goddess…"
"And then we'll head to the second world."
This world—
Izumi had no intention of staying long.