As if he'd trust Aqua without more answers!

"I am not fantasizing about anything! I felt something!" Darkness protested before biting her lip. "So what are we going to do about this? How do we free her? What are you planning to do about this Kazuma?!" Darkness asked, blushing brightly.

"Wait, don't free me!" Aqua yelped before she could even stop herself, before biting her lip, and looking away with a huff. "I mean... There are only two ways I'll be freed, Master..."

"And what ways are those?" Kazuma asked, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. While this whole genie thing had its temptations, it would be the moral thing to do in his mind to release her. He might be an asshole, and an unrepentant one at that, but he did have standards! Plus, who in their right mind would wanna trust Aqua of all people with reality altering powers. Not Kazuma.

"The first way is someone has to take my place," Aqua said raising her index finger.

"Someone take your place?" Darkness said. "In that revealing outfit? Denied even legs?"

"Don't you dare Darkness! I got it first! Master! Don't let her take it from me! Please!" She said as she floated towards Kazuma yet lowered herself below him to gaze up at him with puppy dog eyes. "I was the one that found the lamp!"

"...and the second way?" Kazuma asked.

"I simply fulfill my quota of feeding this lamp entity libidinous energy," Aqua gestured to the lamp in Kazuma's hands. "Which could take centuries, which is already such a painfully short amount of time," she added, almost unconsciously.

"...okay, so what to even do... I could just stick Darkness in there in your place, she seems like she'd enjoy it a lot," Kazuma mused, and Darkness lit up in delight but she turned her face as if trying to hide the obvious.

"Master! You are so mean! I haven't even been in here one day yet," Aqua whined.

"Kazuma! Why would you suggest I want to be... enslaved to something," she paused wiggling. "Like that! Having to serve all sorts of masters for centuries! The humiliation would be without end!"

"Because you're a masochistic pervert... Okay, let's go inside and figure this out," he said, rubbing his temples. "... actually, Aqua, can you be a little less... Noticable?" he then asked her.

"I can reform my legs and change my clothes back, Master," she nodded. "I need your permission though..."

"Okay, do both for now, and stop calling me Master in public!" Kazuma added, looking around, though thankfully, it didn't look like anyone had noticed them.

Aqua's appearance returned to mostly normal. With minor differences in her figure and her clothes being a bit more silky.

"You look different today Miss Aqua. Care to share your beauty secrets?" Luna the reception said as the three walked inside.

"She's the same old Aqua! Don't inflate her head. It can barely fit through doors as it is!"

"M....Kazuma! Don't be so mean! Luna is just finally recognizing how amazing I am!" Aqua said as she did a hair flip.

Kazuma just stared at her with a deadpan expression as Darkness followed behind silently and blushing. Clearly deep in thought.

They headed up to the room they could actually afford for the night. "...oi, Megumin, you awake?" Kazuma asked. Megumin didn't answer, completely passed out. Kazuma snapped his fingers next to her head, but got nothing. "... probably for the best, I'm still trying to figure out how to explain this to her..."

"Forget explaining, start using her powers already!" Darkness pleaded. "Imagine all the people we could help! Even if sacrifices must be made. As a paladin for justice I am prepared to bare this burden!" she crooned.

"...ugh, and women call men the perverted gender," Kazuma face palmed.

"I still remember when you went around stealing the other girls panties," Darkness said with a bit of a pout. "Don't try and pretend as if you are any better!"

Aqua giggled causing her breasts to jiggle a bit. "I'll admit I'm eager to fulfill a wish. Master! Do you think you can make a wish that can get us good wine!"

Kazuma ignored Aqua for the moment, in favor of defending himself to Darkness. "Do you even know how the Steal skill works?" he asked, gazing evenly at her. "It takes a random item from the target! So stealing women's underwear was completely involuntary on my part! And it's only happened with Chris and Megumin so far, don't go implying that I went around stealing everyone in the town's panties! Or that I did it on purpose!"

"True, but it happened twice, and you have a high Luck Stat. Doesn't that increase the likelihood of you getting what you want with Steal?" Darkness asked. "Which of course implies..." Darkness covered her face to hide her blushing. "Oh how could such a fair maiden paladin such as myself get attached to a party as devious as this!"

"...urk!" Kazuma grumbled, unable to truly counter that. "... it's still a way smaller degree than your own perverted side," he finally settled in huffing.

Darkness gasps. "Remember I am a paladin! I fight for the lives of everyone for the goddess Eris. It is not as if I... Seek those perverted things!" Darkness's smile was visible in spite of her best efforts.

Kazuma grimaced. "I'm a healthy young man! I'm supposed to be into some of this stuff! What's your excuse! God, Darkness. I wish you'd tell the truth about your perverted side! We'd waste so much less time on this crap!"