"That's a lot you know?"
"Where did you get all those credits?!"
"Wow…"
The three looked shocked.
Just then did I realize the absurdity of what I had just said.
I told them that it was an allowance given to me by someone.
With that, they calmed down. Although only a little bit.
We proceeded to go to a cafe near the school.
Classes were suspended due to the incident earlier.
They were already done with my questioning earlier so I was free to go.
While walking, I looked at my right hand.
[Curse of Nullification] huh.
I remembered that I could control it earlier.
So it's a passive that can be controlled. That's good to know.
I wouldn't want to accidentally destroy a companion's skill with this.
"Oh, right. What's with your fingers?"
"Oh yeah, I didn't get to see it well since I was holding it. Ehehe."
"It's a new skill I got."
"Heeh, a new one?"
"..."
"..."
The other two stopped walking when they heard me say that. I better tell Nana to tell it to them now.
"Nana."
"Got it."
And so, Nana explained everything to them.
While listening to them talk, we continued on walking.
I didn't have anything to do so I checked my skills. Then I realized something.
I got the [Mind Control] skill but not the [Fireball] skill.
This is also the same case with Mr. Julius' [Bind] skill.
Maybe it's because it's a unique skill? I should ask Shiina about it.
"Nana, are you done?"
"Yeah."
"Okay good. Shiina, is the skill [Fireball] a unique skill of your bloodline?"
"No, that's just a normal skill. The real unique skill is [Fireball: Purgatorial Flames]."
Oh that's right. The skill that I touched wasn't the normal one, it was the unique one.
So it seems like I can't acquire unique skills huh. That sucks.
Well, it'll be weird if I did have other people's unique skills huh?
"To think that Nana is an Outlander."
"Yeah, Ayato being her Perfect Match as well."
Looks like they took it all in fairly quickly.
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We arrived at the cafe just a few minutes after the talk.
It was a fairly average cafe, but the girls seemed excited.
We went inside and started ordering our drinks and some sweets.
I was sitting beside Shiina since Hina wanted to hear more about me from Nana.
I just hope she doesn't say personal stuff to her.
"So, you were actually weak back then huh?"
"Yeah…"
"Hey, don't be down. Now you can match up with me and Hina at least."
"I'm not so sure about that."
Sure I'm strong, but I'm not really sure if I can beat them. Still though, Shiina thinks highly of me huh.
If I want to I could just train my skills.
Although, I would rather level up.
As I was drinking my Latte, a woman came running in the cafe in a panic.
"There's a portal outside!"
The woman screamed before fainting.
Well then, I think this is my fault.
"Nana, can you watch over the cafe?"
"Sure."
As soon as she said that, I used [Flash] to go outside.
>Skill[Flash]has reached Level 2.
Oh yeah, I used it a lot during the battle with Luke.
I didn't really feel that much pain that time.
Maybe it was because I only used it for a second every time...
Wait, no. I always feel pain if it was only for a second.
Could it be that my body got used to the pain?
Scary. My body's adaptability is scary.
Well, at least I can now use both [Flash] and [Multiply] at their weakest.
The portal was right in the middle of the street.
Based on its size, it's D-Rank.
I could use this to level up.
I wonder how strong I will be once I level up.
As I was thinking that, a 3 meter wolf-like monster appeared.
It was drooling a lot and its eyes were glowing bright red.
All I can say about it is that it's like a normal wolf.
I used [Appraisal] on it.
Frenzy Wolf
Level: 1
Hp: 200/200
It looked around and once it noticed me, it dashed right in.
Slow. It was really slow.
I dodged to the side and dashed beside it.
I was already wearing my Over Gear. Once I was close enough, I punched it with all I've got using [Multiply].
The punch I did drilled a hole at the side of the wolf, killing it.
Gross. I could see its innards.
>You have defeated Frenzy Wolf
>Gained 100 exp
>You have leveled up
Nice, I'm now Level 2.
I opened my Status to see how strong I've gotten.
Level: 2
Hp: 150/150
Exp: 0/200
Mp: 200/200
Str: 20
Def: 20
Int: 20
Sta: 20
Agi: 20
If my stats really are ten times more than a normal person, then that means all of my stats, except hp, is in the two hundreds.
I'm already catching up to Hina and Shiina. This feels like cheating.
I walked back in the cafe and sat back in my seat after making sure that the portal was already closed.
I looked around me and saw that they all were looking at me.
Even Nana was looking at me with a shocked expression.
"What is it?"
"...You just killed that monster without breaking a sweat…"
"Was it that shocking?"
The three nodded.
I guess I should be careful next time.
While we were happily eating, I got a text.
I checked my phone to see who it was from. It was from Mr. Aide.
/Did you just kill a monster?!/
//Yeah, why?//
/Mind telling me the details about it?/
And so I told Mr. Aide what the monster was.
While doing so, the three girls scolded me for ignoring my food.
This feels like I'm having a date with three girls instead of one.
I could feel the gazes around me intensifying as more people come in.
We decided to head back since I was getting more and more infuriated with the gazes landing on me.
As we were heading back to school to drop Shiina off, we saw a black car that was heavily guarded.
A woman that has jet black hair came out of the car.
"Mom!"
Hina ran to the woman as she yelled that.
Heeh, that's her mom?
She looks a lot like her.
"Is this the boy you were talking about?"
"Yes, Ayato can you come here?"
"Oh, sure."
I walked over to them and activated [Sense] on instinct.
Actually, I don't think I need [Sense] anymore when the one I'm sensing is right in front of me.
She's strong. Ten times stronger than Hina, I guess, but I may be wrong. I'll just check her stats later, for now I just need to introduce myself.
"Nice to meet you madam, my name is Ayato Kusarage."
"My, you can even introduce yourself that way. I'm Mito Ayano."
I introduced myself while bowing. Miss Mito introduced herself doing a courtesy.
I feel like this is out of place in this world. This would fit normally if this were a world like Nana's.
I raised my head and smiled at Miss Mito.
"Such a gentle smile…"
I don't think I'm gentle though…
I mean, I did just almost kill someone.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Hina jumped in.
"Did you bring my clothes Mom?"
"Ah, yes. Even though our house is heavily guarded, you still chose to stay over at his. Ehehe, do your best!"
"Wha- Mom!"
Seeing these two, I somehow feel empty inside.
I didn't get to spend time with them like this.
[You have me now don't you?]
Nana butted in by speaking to me telepathically.
I looked behind me and smiled at her.
'Yeah.'
No use getting sad about the past now.