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Chapter 250 - A Gift

Having decided on our plan for the party, we left the venue and followed Arc down to the first floor. He led us to a room that looked like a waiting area, where we were served a rather early lunch. The meal was quite extravagant. According to Arc, it was the same food from the buffet-style party, just arranged into a course menu. As expected of a royal party, it was magnificent.

"This is delicious. But what kind of meat is this?" Nanapon asked, tasting food from Frontier for the first time.

"I don’t know."

"I still don’t really know either, but as long as it’s edible, who cares what it is," Yoshino-san said.

Both Yoshino-san and I had eaten it many times, even getting seconds, but we had no idea what it was. I remember hearing it was some kind of meat with a funny name once, but just hearing the name didn’t tell me what kind of creature it came from, and I’d never seen it alive.

"You two are quite something. True unique skill holders, I suppose. What would you do if it were human flesh?"

The fact that you would even think of that, let alone say it out loud, makes me think you’re the real unique skill holder here.

"Nanaka… you’re incredibly scary…" Even Arc looked a little taken aback.

"I knew it. This girl probably kills cats and dogs every night."

"What kind of psycho are you painting me as? I don’t do anything like that. I love animals like dogs and cats. Can’t you see my little bunny?"

I mean, come on. The words "human flesh" don’t just pop into a normal person’s head.

"Arc, you once said unique skills have ranks, right? What about Clairvoyance?"

"There’s not much data on Clairvoyance, but I’ve heard the last person who had it was a pretty dangerous character."

"Really?"

"Apparently, they were a spy who used Clairvoyance to steal information from all over. They threw several countries into chaos and were eventually killed somewhere."

I’m not one to talk, but Clairvoyance sounds pretty awful too…

"You’d better not get caught by any shady countries. And stop doing weird things."

"I will. I can only imagine a horrible future." Nanapon’s face was pale. It was probably because she had already been captured once.

"What about my Perfect Memory?" Miss Unique seemed curious as well.

"Perfect Memory… There’s not much information on that one either. But there is one case of someone dying a miserable death."

"What, what? I want to know."

"What kind of future awaits our Dirty-no-san?" Nanapon and I were brimming with curiosity.

"You two…" Yoshino-san gave us an exasperated look.

"My future and Nanaka-san’s are suicide and murder, you know. You should be aware of yours too."

"That’s right. Tell us, Arc-chan."

"Well, Perfect Memory doesn’t just let you remember what you see. It lets you store memories somewhere and retrieve them. It’s a lot like the hard drive in a computer from your world. So they turned this person into a Human PC and their capacity overloaded, driving them insane… I heard they were forced to cram so much information into their head that they lost their sense of self."

Did their brain just burst, I wonder?

"Your world seems pretty messed up too."

"It’s the same everywhere, isn’t it? Your world abuses advanced science. Our world abuses skills. People think the same way no matter where they are."

Humans are scary.

"Eleanor-san’s unique skill is one thing, but it feels like you’d meet a terrible fate if any other unique skill was exposed, too."

"I think so. Well, from a management perspective, we need to keep track of them. You guys are well-off, so you probably won’t misuse them, but people with no peace of mind will quickly turn to crime."

People with no peace of mind… Crime…

"Habitual embezzler."

"Peeping Tom."

"The witch who needs no explanation."

I pointed at Yoshino-san, and Yoshino-san pointed at Nanapon. Then Nanapon pointed at me.

"My apologies. You all were criminals, weren’t you."

Am I really, though? All I did was make stuff and sell it.

"Arc, just so you know, you’re an illegal immigrant," Yoshino-san added.

"………I’m gonna go get Lydia."

Arc scurried out of the waiting room, so we continued our meal.

"You all should think about your exit strategy. Sooner or later, the existence of unique skills will become public knowledge."

I’ve already recovered both of my Status Cards.

"I have no problem. I’m on the management side. Part of my job at the Shinjuku Branch is to look at the Status Cards of new Adventurers."

"Oh, Guild Master-san also told me to check, so I had to show my Status Card too."

I see. These two were less like Adventurers and more like staff.

Just as I was thinking they were probably fine, a knock echoed through the room.

"Come in."

When I gave permission, the door opened and Lydia-chan entered, accompanied by Mia. Mia was in her usual maid uniform, but Lydia-chan wore a pure white dress and had on a touch of makeup. Her wavy hair was elegantly swept up and adorned with a silver hairpiece.

"Master, Yoshino-san, Nanapon-san, thank you for coming today."

Lydia-chan approached us and offered a gentle smile. She carried herself with such grace. Anyone could see she was the real princess here.

"Not at all. I’d do anything for you two. And you look beautiful."

"She really does. Lydia-chan, you look just like a princess. But please, don’t call me Nanapon-san."

Yoshino-san and Nanapon showered Lydia-chan with praise.

"Thank you." Lydia-chan seemed a little shy.

"Lydia-chan, where’s Arc?" I asked. Didn’t he go to get her?

"Arc is also getting ready. He is the main attraction today, after all."

Right, this party was to announce Arc as the next king and their marriage.

"I see. Well, whatever. Here, this is for you." I took a necklace out of my bag and handed it to Lydia-chan. She took it and began to examine it closely.

"What’s this?"

"You said you wanted it the other day, didn’t you? It’s a wedding gift from me and Kaede-chan."

Last week when we went out for parfaits, we also stopped by an accessory shop. It was the necklace Lydia-chan had admired, saying how beautiful it was. It was pretty… no, it was very expensive, but it was for my disciple’s celebration.

"Oh, thank you so much… Mia."

"Yes."

Lydia-chan handed the necklace to Mia, who moved behind her. Then, she slowly fastened it around Lydia-chan’s neck.

"It’s cute. It looks good on you."

"Thank you."

Yes, yes, she’s a cute disciple. I can deal with the not-so-cute one later.