Re: Let’s Orb Cooking! Part 5
A wizard.
A wizard.
A wizard was living two doors down from me.
My brain short‑circuited.
“...S‑sorry. I’m not.”
“Oh. Really? Then how did you make the leek huge?”
I wanted to tell him.
But I couldn’t.
I froze, fidgeting like an idiot.
“I thought you used magic. But… you didn’t?”
“…No. I didn’t.
Um—can you please not tell anyone about this?”
Mossan blinked, startled.
“Wait… is this something dangerous?”
“Probably. If you don’t want to hear it, we can stop here.”
He groaned loudly, thinking hard.
“Uuuuuuuuuugh… No, I want to hear it. I promise I won’t tell anyone.”
So I told him.
About my skill.
About the Skill Orb.
About the dissolved liquid.
Mossan listened quietly—until a certain point, when he suddenly started pacing around the room, muttering to himself.
“So the leek got that big… because of the liquid left after the Skill Orb dissolved?”
“Yeah… It didn’t change for about eight hours, but when I came home today, it was gigantic.”
“…This might… actually prove my hypothesis…”
He wandered around the room, mumbling, then suddenly stopped and sat right in front of me.
“Hey, can I tell you something?”
He didn’t wait for my answer.
“My real name is Daisuke Todoroki. I’m twenty‑six—two years older than you.”
The moment I heard the name, I knew.
The top wizard in the country.
The one who appeared on TV, magazines, government ads—
the official national ambassador.
And yet…
he was this white‑haired, bottle‑bottom‑glasses guy who pumped his bicycle tires every morning.
“I guess you already knew. Everyone does. I was all over the internet and magazines.
Anyway—forget that.
About the Skill Orb reset…
Can I help?”
“…Help?”
“Yeah. First, tell me exactly how you made it dissolve.”
I explained the steps.
“Hmmm. One tablespoon of salt in a cup… about 200 ml of water, so around 18 grams of salt…
Ah—then we’ll need a lot of Skill Orbs!
I know someone who can get them. I’ll arrange it.
Once we have the materials, let’s run experiments!”
He jumped up, shoved his feet into his shoes, and bolted out of the room.
“I’ll message you later! Okay, thanks!!”
Bam.
…Um.
I actually have one Skill Orb right now…
BAM!
The door burst open again.
It was Mossan.
“Oh—one more thing.
Don’t tell anyone I’m a wizard.”
BAM! BAM BAM BAM—
He sprinted away.
