What Really Matters Isn't Money (4)

“I... I think it’s amazing that you can flick your finger and send a booger flying hard enough to kill a Slime, Master. I’m sure you could find other uses for that Skill, too... You don’t have to hate it so much.”

Rex tried to reassure him, and Kagami scratched his head vigorously and sighed.

“It’s not that it’s completely useless. It’s just not as good as a normal Skill. Why should only my fingers have to get stronger?”

“At least you have something useful. I haven’t learned a single Skill yet.”

“No, no, that’s more exciting. I can’t even learn any more Skills, you know? I hope the Skills Rex learns aren’t ones that need a lot of ingenuity to be useful. If there’s no way to make one work... well, I’ll treat you to whatever food you like.”

At those words, Rex and Kururu both thought of Exotic Full Burst Act 5 at almost the same time and wore pitying expressions. Meanwhile, Alice seemed to pick up on something when she heard the word “ingenuity.” She tugged at Kagami’s sleeve and started to ask him a question, but—

“There you are, Kagami-chan! Goodness... This dungeon is so big, I’ve been looking everywhere for you!”

A huge figure named Takako suddenly came hurrying out from deeper in the dungeon, so massive she could easily have been mistaken for a monster. Alice reconsidered the question that had been on the tip of her tongue—“Maybe it’s not worth asking”—and ran over to Takako.

“That startled me. I thought you were some new monster, but it was Takako-chan.”

“Honestly, Kagami-chan... I might have to punish you, you know?”...