Chapter 14: Storage Item

“Can I talk to you about something in my room after this?”

“Eh… Ah, yes…. C-Can I take a shower and change first?”

Mia suddenly became flustered.

“Oh, sure. I’ll do the same. When you’re ready, come to my room.”

“Alright, I understand.”

I returned to my room and wiped the sweat off my body with water from the tub.

I want to take a bath, but while I was thinking about that, Mia-san came to my room.

When I met Mia, she was super anxious and obviously exhausted, her face was pretty haggard.

Now, confidence had returned to her eyes, and she had become quite a beautiful girl with a face that looked like a mix of a Japanese and a foreigner. Her hair was a beautiful, glossy navy blue, and she had a sexy aura, but at the same time, her demeanor was cute.

Seriously… I didn’t realize how pretty she was.

As I stared at her, Mia’s cheeks turn red.

“Uh, um…”

“Ah, sorry. Please sit on the bed. It’s small, but it’s the only place to sit.”

“Eh, no, I mean…”

What is this awkward atmosphere…

“Actually, I wanted to talk to you about your skill. There’s a possibility that other people might overhear us if we talk in the cafeteria.”

“Oh, ah, that’s right. I wanted to thank you for taking care of me.”

Her face turned even redder, and she looked down.

What is this? She’s too cute!

No, it can’t be. Did I misunderstand something?

No matter what, I have to become strong first. Otherwise, It could become a weakness.

I tried my best not to be conscious of it. No, I endured it.

“Well, I was thinking that we need to do more research on how to use your skill and how it can be useful.”

“Yes. I wanted to discuss what I can do to be of help.”

I recalled Miya’s “Skill Elements” and “Skill.”

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・Material: Can turn an object into a material.

・Feature: Can enhance and emphasize the features of an object.

・Expression: Can express the essence of an object.

Skill:

・Deformation The characteristics of the material can be exaggerated, emphasized, simplified, or omitted.

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The skill element “Material” doesn’t target the material itself, but makes the target into a material.

That’s why Mia-san was able to make a tree branch into a material that could be freely shrunk an stretched.

However, this “Material” shows its true value when combined with the “Deformation” skill.

The “Deformation” skill only works on materials, and the  “Material” skill element can treat any target as a material.

In other words, Mia’s “Deformation” skill can give any object the features that she imagines.

However, since “it can be achieved by exaggerating, emphasizing, simplifying, or omitting”, it may not work on complex or abstract objects.

In that case, I’ll need to come up with some ideas.

Even though we estimate the capabilities of “materialization” and “deformation” to be very low, they actually have the power to change the world. It’s frightening to think about, but if we can imagine weapons on par with nuclear missiles, we might be able to create them. Or perhaps a drug that can resurrect people…

If I release the “tampering” on Mia-san’s “deformation,” her skills will return to their original state. However, the effects of anything that has already been materialized will remain.

That’s why I have to make sure that we make materials only when I have my eyes on them.

“Mia-san, your materialization can be used even if you’re not present.”

“Yes.”

“It is very dangerous for unreasonable people to possess weapons made from those materials.”

“That’s indeed very dangerous.”

“That’s why this skill needs to be used very carefully. We should only use it after we have both double-checked its purpose. Can you promise me that?”

“Yes. That would also help me. I would like to ask the same of you.”

Now comes the real thing.

What I want most right now is a common item in light novels: a storage item. It would be amazing if time could also be stopped in there.

It’s dangerous to use Mia-san’s “deformation” recklessly.

I understand that, but the potential return on investment far outweighs the risks.

“Mia-san, what do you imagine when you say storage magic, storage box, or storage bag?”

“It’s a common thing with light novels, I think of it as something that can store items in a different dimension. The capacity is unlimited, and because the time stops, the food doesn’t get cold and doesn’t spoil.”

“Wow. If you can imagine it that well, then the rest is history. Do you want one?”

“Eh? W-well, I think it would be quite useful, but… can I make one?”

The devilish smile she had on almost made me lose consciousness, but I managed to resist it.

I put away my evil thoughts and requested the “deformation” skill to make my backpack capable of storing things in a different dimension.

――After a while, the backpack was enveloped in a faint light.

“I managed to do it, but… I couldn’t come up with a reason or an image of how to take out the things I put in. I’m sorry if I made a mistake.”

As soon as I opened the backpack, there was something like a beautiful rainbow-colored film that looked like a soap bubble membrane. First of all, I put in one reinforced stone.

Suh

The reinforced stone has disappeared.

“”Ooooh!””

We both cried out in amazement and rejoiced at our success.

However, we couldn’t take out the strengthening stone we put in the rainbow film. We didn’t have the courage to put our hands in it.

“Hey, it’s not a good idea to get our hands in this…”

“Like I said, I didn’t imagine a way to take it out. More than that, I can only imagine our hands disappearing if we put them in…”

I had Mia-san cancel the skill and returned the backpack to its original state.

The reinforced stone didn’t come back. It was probably still floating in another dimension… it’s too scary.

“Is there a storage item that Mia-san can definitely imagine?”

“There are some, but… well, a blue cat-shaped robot’s pocket.”

“ahh……”

Certainly, that fourth-dimensional pocket has been engraved in my mind since I was a child, so it’s definitely likely to succeed.

I asked Mia to sketch a blue cat-shaped robot.

It would have been nice to have just the pocket,  but we decided to make the cat-shaped robot as well to avoid any mistakes.

Tomorrow, I decided to find someone who can make a stuffed animal based on this sketch.

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