The remaining monsters charged from all directions, their massive bodies crashing through the underbrush, their roars shaking the forest. Aelius smiled, adjusting his coat at the neck with a calm, refined motion.
"Well… time is more valuable than gold. And I'm sure by now Father has already left the area, so we can hang out again~"
He raised one hand toward the air and snapped his fingers. A golden abacus materialized in his palm, its beads gleaming with a soft, ethereal light. He slipped on a pair of elegant glasses, nudging them up with a practiced motion before his fingers began moving across the abacus with blinding speed, counting and calculating with fluid precision.
His fingers moved faster and faster, the beads clicking in a rhythmic, musical pattern. Finally, he snapped the last calculation, a confident smirk spreading across his lips.
"Compound Interest~"
