Welcome to The World of Cheats!
"Well, there are only 20 days left until the exam day! Harbel,
if you've come this far, you should be able to reach the
exam venue."
"Yes, thank you, master."
He took Leafia's hand and bowed politely.
Harbel... be careful...
Leafia closed her eyes with a slightly worried look.
"Master, are you okay?"
"Ah, I'm sorry..."
"Well, if it's the three of you, passing the MD is not a dream, do your best!"
"Yes!"
"Above all, don't overdo it, it won't do any good if you die!"
"Yes! Master"
"According to the old woman's memo, the next checkpoint
seems to be a farm in the Ushima district, and the distance
is not that far."
Harbel was hesitant to tell them about the skills.
"Harbel, it's nice to be able to relax in the back, can someone
change the driver..."
"I'm sorry, I'm making Clarissa drive all the time..."
"Nell is okay... Nell is..."
Nell's driving is dangerous...
When she grabs the steering wheel, she becomes a different
person and goes on a rampage, so it's dangerous...
"No, I'm sorry, I just wanted to say it, so don't worry about it...
Nell."
"Is that so?"
"Oh, Harbel, don't tell anyone about Reverse/Surface or Dual!
The master will tell you when the time comes."
"I know."
"It seems to be here."
They parked the car in front of the farm and went inside.
Clarissa rang the bell.
Cheerily cheerily
"Yes, please wait a moment~"
After waiting for a while, a cute girl came running.
"Yes, what can I do for you?"
"Are your father or mother here?"
"Dad, you have a customer!"
"Oh, thank you."
A big man appeared and gently stroked the girl's head.
"Oh, are you examinees?"
"Yes, please."
"Then, come with me!"
Following the big man,
"Well, sit down!"
Harbel and the others sat down cautiously.
"Well, you don't have to be so wary, the checkpoint this time
is about the basics of magic 2 "Skills"."
"Skills..."
"Well, first of all, tell me your attributes and currently usable
"skills" in order!"
"I'm Clarissa, my attributes are darkness, fire, and water, and
my "skills" are only "Disassemble," "Refine," and "Destroy.""
"My name is Nell, my attributes are light, earth, and wind, and
my "skills" are "Analyze," "Synthesize," and "Construct.""
"I'm Harbel, no attribute "Setting.""
"Okay, you've passed for now!"
"What, already?"
"No, if you answer anything other than the basic skills here,
you will fail!"
"Ah, and the "Setting" skill of no attribute is special, so there
is no way to judge it, so you have passed at this point! Please
observe the two's exam!"
"What, that's cheating, Harbel!"
"I'm lucky."
"Okay, show me how to use your skills in order, starting with
Clarissa! You can use anything there!"
"Understood."
Clarissa put her hand on a bottle of muddy water and concentrated and chanted "Refine."
The muddy water smoothly changed to a clean transparency.
She chanted "Destroy" as it was and shattered the bottle. Furthermore, she transformed the glass fragments into silky
silica sand with "Disassemble."
"Excellent! Next!"
"Yes!"
Nell used the silica sand from earlier and created a glass
lump with "Synthesize." Furthermore, she created a glass
bottle with "Construct." Then, she created a recovery potion
with "Analyze."
"Wonderful!"
"Thank you."
"Both of you are amazing!"
"You have perfectly mastered the characteristics and
applications of skills, both of you have passed!"
"We did it!"
"Thank you very much."
"Here is the map for the next checkpoint. Good luck!"
The big man shook hands with the three and sent them off.
"Let's go to the next one at this pace!"
"Yeah!"
"The next one is an aquarium in the Ganiya district, it's near
the sea, so it will take some time."
"Let's rest here today, they said we can use the ranch land."
"Okay!"
"I'll prepare the meal, so Harbel, take a rest."
"Thank you."
Harbel sat on the bed and checked his smartphone.
As expected, all the basic skills from the observation earlier
are saved in the skill list.
"Somehow, it feels like I'm taking other people's abilities...
but seeing what I saw earlier, it's definitely going to be very
convenient if I can use it..."
Harbel thought for a while, but
"Okay, I decided, I'll absorb more and more skills, it's not like
I'm taking them away, let's think of it as borrowing them and
be convinced."
Immediately, he took a selfie and memorized all the skills.
But, I'll tell only the two of them, even if it becomes disadvantageous to me later, I will have no regrets.
"Harbel, the preparation is done!"
"Okay"
While eating, I was thinking about when to talk.
"Harbel, you don't look well."
"Actually, there's something I want to talk to you two about..."
"What's wrong? Why are you so formal all of a sudden?"
"That's right?"
"It's about skills..."
"Oh, is it about the exam just now? I'm glad it went well."
"No, it's about my setting skill..."
"Harbel, as the old man said earlier, you shouldn't reveal anything about skills, even to your friends."
"Yeah, I know that, but I want to tell you this much!"
"Then?"
"Clarissa!"
"It's okay, he says he wants to talk about it himself."
"Um..."
"I've tried various things with my setting skill, but my ability
is too much of a cheat and I'm wondering what to do."
"For example, what is a cheat?"
"Actually, I found a way to acquire other skills."
"Other skills?"
"No way, that's impossible!"
"Look at this juice bottle."
Harbel created a recovery potion with "Refine," "Destroy," "Disassemble," "Synthesize," "Construct," and "Analyze."
"No way, no way!"
"You've done it..."
"Well, I understand... but this is enough, you don't need to
reveal anything more."
"That's right."
"But..."
"No, it's no good! You can't say the details!"
"That's right, I know you're a good guy, Harbel!"
"Yeah."
"Still, that's amazing, to do it perfectly just by looking at it
once..."
"Honestly, I'm glad you're a friend."
"Really that's it!"
"Thank you."
"Why are you thanking me there?"
"Somehow..."
"That's what I mean, hahaha."
"Fufufu"
The three of them had a fun meal after that.
