This new ability is precisely what I need to communicate with Kumoko. But can she talk to me?
'I'm a bit nervous...'
Kumoko was staring at me, waiting for me to do something or write something for her to read. I moved closer and tried to talk to her using my new skill.
'Can you hear me?
I said it to her, hoping she would understand.
And then, I saw Kumoko's eyes light up. She started waving wildly at me, agreeing that she could hear me.
'Unfortunately, I can't hear you. You need a telepathy skill like mine. Can't you buy it in the store?'
After my question, Kumoko tilted her head in confusion. Then she concentrated on looking for the skill. And to my surprise, she spent her points. I didn't think she would do that.
I saw her Status earlier. I noticed that she had some points.
'Can you hear me?' Then I heard a voice in my head. It was a soft female voice without much feeling. I was shocked for a few seconds because her voice differed from what I had imagined.
It's not the same as in the anime. Kumoko doesn't have the voice of that voice actress. Her voice is much softer and more robotic, which differs from what I expected. However, her voice is stunning.
'Yes, I can hear you. How does my voice sound to you?'
'It's a male voice, but it's strange. It sounds like an old man's voice.'
'Hey, that offends me. I'm not an old man.'
'...'
'But I'm surprised you can talk to me so easily. Your telepathy skill is still at level one, isn't it?
'Yes, but I can talk to you normally. And now that I can talk to you, I want to ask you who you are. Were you in my classroom? Were you in the same school as me?'
I stared at Kumoko and decided to answer honestly.
'I wasn't in that classroom, even though I know what happened. I didn't even live in the same country as you. Didn't you see that I only wrote things in English?'
'Haaa, that was annoying, very annoying.' Kumoko started gesturing. 'Sometimes I couldn't understand. Besides, your writing is awful, you can't write.'
'That offends me, you know. But back to the point, I was in my room... And I think I had a heart attack.'
'You died of a heart attack? Well, you have the voice of an old man... I can understand.'
'I told you I'm not an old man!' I slammed my legs on the floor. 'I was young, I was 21 when I died. But I was a bit overweight, plus my family has a bad history when it comes to heart disease.'
'So you had heart disease.'
'I never had any exam, but...'
'I'm sorry.'
'There's no need to worry. I don't care anymore. When I came here, I wanted to return to my old world, but I started to enjoy living...here.' I looked around.
'...' Kumoko remained silent, and I sighed long. Then I walked to my house, and Kumoko climbed into her web. 'What are you going to do now? You killed our mother, didn't you?'
'I did, but it was tough.'
'Of course! She's powerful, she's scary. But it's even scarier that you managed to kill her. What kind of monster are you? Your Status is increasing with every second.'
'How can I put it... I think I'm someone special. I was also born from one of those eggs, do you remember?'
'Of course, I remember!" Kumoko shouted. Her voice finally sounded a bit like the voice actress. But it was still different.
'I was given a unique ability when I was in that egg. Do you mind if I tell you everything that happened?'
'I don't mind. There's no monster to bother us here, is there?'
'All right~~'
I then told Kumoko about what had happened and partially explained how my editing skills work. I don't mind her finding out about it.
D is probably watching and listening to everything I'm saying, but there's no way she doesn't know how my skill works.
'This is incredible! How can something be so OP? That's unfair.' That's what Kumoko said after hearing my story.
'True, it's like a hack. But the God who sent me to this place is an idiot. He keeps limiting me. Every time I release a new skill, there's always a new limitation.'
'Nai waaa. I think he's quite clever. If he didn't limit you, wouldn't you become the strongest being in the world too quickly?'
'But aren't I already one of the strongest monsters? I can raise my status even more now that I've evolved again.'
'That's right, show me, show me!' Kumoko jumped out of her house and landed in front of me. 'I want to see your Status change. I haven't seen that happen before. Let's see, your strength is now at 6,500... That's so high. Mine is at 1,000.'
'Don't worry, you'll be strong soon. But look at my status again now.'
Not knowing my limits, I set my strength to 100,000.
But it worked.
'How is that possible?' Kumoko's tone of voice changed. She was incredulous at the astronomical change in my status.
'Isn't that scary?'
'God did the right thing by limiting you, really.'
'...'
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I only have 9 extra chapters on patr eon at the moment. I'm not having the time and creativity to write several a day. I'll try to get back to posting a few extra chapters there every day.
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