Chapter 9
〈You've activated the optimal 【Forced Collection】 plan against the 'Sky-Cleaving Sword'!〉
〈You received 531 MP in the initial collection! It's been stored in your Magic Repository!〉
〈You'll collect the remaining 10,961 MP as the target's MP recovers!〉
〈You've met the requirements to acquire a Skill!＞
〈You acquired the Skill 【Mana Management】!〉
The voice from my status echoed through the small room—
I was bewildered by the sheer volume of information that suddenly flooded my mind.
MP leaped at me—
"Congratulations on your first collection, Master~."
Rather than hugging me, given MP's size, it would be more accurate to say MP was clinging to my face.
MP's fine silver hair tickled my cheek.
In any case, seeing how genuinely happy MP was for me naturally soothed my frayed nerves.
"So I really got my MP back from those guys?"
"Yes~. Check your status and see for yourself~."
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MP: 513 / 1,210
【Magic Repository】: 531 / ∞
Adventurer Rank: D
Party: ――
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"Whoa, it's really gone up!"
At the same time, a question occurred to me.
"But didn't you say you'd collect a little over ten thousand a day?"
"That's right~. But this is the limit of their current mana~. You can't collect what isn't there~. I'll collect the rest as their mana recovers~."
"Ah, I see."
It had only been two hours since we'd finished our adventure today.
Those guys had recovered only about twenty percent of their mana so far.
"By now, their mana should be completely empty~."
"Won't they notice?"
"They're all a bunch of idiots, so we're fine~."
"How can you tell? You've never met them, have you, MP?"
"As the support fairy for the Infinite Magic Repository, I can query debtors' credit information from the Central Information Organization, Yggdrasil~. After checking their credit information, I determined that they haven't noticed yet~."
"Oh, I see."
To be honest, I didn't really understand what MP was saying.
But MP was a Gift Fairy.
MP must be able to use strange powers I didn't know about.
Thinking that was enough to convince me.
"I have a suggestion for you, Master~."
"What is it?"
"You should leave this town soon and move to a distant one."
"Oh, I don't mind doing that, but why?"
I didn't want to run into my former party members either.
I'd been thinking of leaving town as soon as tomorrow.
"Even if they're idiots, they'll realize within a few days what happened to them."
"Yeah, I guess so."
If their MP hit zero every day, even the biggest idiot would eventually notice.
"Once they do, they'll come looking for you, Master."
"Ah, that's right..."
Knowing those guys, they'd make unreasonable demands and tell me to "stop collecting from them" or something...
But what I was doing was perfectly legitimate debt collection.
No matter what they said, I had no intention of stopping.
Even if they ended up seeing whatever kind of hell awaited them!
Still, dealing with them would be a pain.
I'd do as MP suggested.
"As you are now, Master, you can't win if they attack you."
"Yeah, they just overpowered me earlier..."
They'd forced me to prostrate myself and make a humiliating apology.
I'd never forget that disgrace for as long as I lived.
"But in three weeks, you'll be able to turn the tables and defeat them~. We should buy some time for now~."
"Really?"
Could I really get that much stronger in such a short time?
I wasn't entirely convinced.
"Yes! That's what the new Skill 【Mana Management】 is for!"
At MP's words, I remembered the announcement my status had made a moment ago.
〈You acquired the Skill 【Mana Management】!〉
I wonder what kind of Skill it is.