A Hard Worker?

I had set water to boil for cup ramen and was rolling the cube around in my hand.

At that moment, Chloe came into the workshop as usual, but stopped when she saw the cube in my hand.

“Th-that….”

“Oh, Senior, you’re here?”

“Isn’t that the Magic-Sealing Cube!? You got one too, Junior!”

“You know about it?”

“How could I not!? It’s one of Professor Bern’s masterpieces!”

Her eyes glittered between her bangs.

Chloe forgot to pick up the tool she had dropped and peered at the cube.

“Is it really that amazing?”...