"Cough! Cough!"
Right then, Nini suddenly coughed lightly, like she was about to wake up.
Ethan knew he couldn't wait any longer. Who knew if that skill copy scroll had some special requirement, so he had to copy the skill while Nini was still unconscious first.
"Master, Nini's about to wake up. Go outside for a bit first," Ethan hurriedly pushed Nostradamus toward the door. "I'll show you later!"
After saying that, Ethan snatched the wand from Nostradamus's hand and quickly stored it inside his tail ring.
Then he hurriedly pushed Nostradamus out of the room and shut the door with a "bang." Only then did he stride toward Nini's bedside like a big bad wolf.
At that moment, Nostradamus was standing outside holding a golden teapot. After being shoved out, he looked down at his empty stone palm and said with a confused look, "When did that brat take my Starry Sky Wand?"
"Do you think that brat's doing something immoral in there?", The Genie Sylas quietly stuck half his body into the room and said, "Want me to help supervise your good disciple?"
"No need for your meddling. I trust my disciple!"
After saying that, Nostradamus immediately dragged Sylas toward the end of the hallway.
Since Sylas couldn't leave the teapot's range, he could only be forcefully dragged away while shouting, "Hey! What are you doing? If you're not watching, I still want to watch!"
"You want to watch everything. Why don't you go watch your mom instead!"
"I'd like to…"
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[Inside the Attendant Room]
Ethan took out the skill copy scroll and slowly walked to Nini's side.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally tore open the skill copy scroll.
[System Notification: You obtained the skill · Farming!]
'Farming?'
'FARMING?'
Ethan almost started cursing on the spot, 'What kind of garbage skill is farming?'
Even though he knew it was a required skill for people, this wasn't what he wanted.
'What the hell, this isn't Mole Manor. Why would I want a damn farming skill? I freaking—'
"AHHHHHH!"
"This is so damn annoying!"
Ethan looked at the blue Starry Sky Stone wand in his hand, and his chest hurt just thinking about it.
The high-tier levels of Starry Sky Stones were ranked by rainbow colors, from low to high: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. And blue Starry Sky Stone was already close to the purple Starry Sky Stone that could create an entire world.
Ethan clearly understood what this level meant.
If he missed this chance, who knew when he'd ever encounter one again.
But, he failed to copy Nini's strongest skill, her strongest talent.
Instead, he copied some weird "farming" skill, 'Is this seriously not a joke?'
'Does a fair, clean little girl like Nini really know how to farm?'
'Could this really be a talent skill unique to her people?'
Ethan honestly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
[System Notification: Because the user did not specify a target earlier, the system automatically selected the higher-level target. However, the system detected that the skill extraction target has already died. Since the copier cannot imitate and learn from the original owner's experience, the scroll user will be given one more chance to copy a skill.]
[PS: It is recommended to place your hand on any part of the skill target's body. This can increase the success rate of copying.]
"There's something like this too?"
"Holy crap, this trash system nearly scared me to death!"
So the farming skill he copied was actually Nana's skill, not Nini's skill. No wonder it was such a weird farming skill.
[Do you want to copy again?]
'What kind of stupid question is that? Of course I'm copying again!'
Ethan was afraid this idiot scroll would mess up the target again, so right after shouting that, he immediately dove onto Nini.
Then, by accident, he pressed onto a soft, squishy pillow like dome.
"Uh…"
This time, he really didn't do it on purpose.
But because the scroll had already started copying, it wasn't good for him to move his hand away, so he could only leave it there for the moment.
About two seconds later, the system notification sounded again.
[System Notification: You obtained the skill · Space Magic]
"Hahaha!"
Ethan was overjoyed. He had finally become a space magician.
But because he was too excited, the hand pressing down accidentally used force. Nini was pressed like that and instantly woke up. She stared at Ethan in disbelief and said, "H-Hero, what are you doing?"
"Do… doing? Ah, nothing. I was just trying to wake you up. Don't misunderstand."
Ethan quickly pulled his hand back.
However, the moment he stood up, he noticed Nana at the side, who had already been reassembled.
Ethan quickly grabbed the bedsheet and covered Nana with it, afraid Nini wouldn't be able to handle seeing her.
"W-Where is this?"
Nini sat up with a pale face. She looked around and said, "Is this Hero… your stone house?"
"I… guess so."
Ethan originally wanted to say this wasn't a stone house, this was his villa.
But then he felt like saying that sounded a little too show-offy, so he didn't explain.
"Why am I here? And where are Sister Nana and Brother Berserker?"
Nini looked at Ethan with confusion. Then she turned to glance at the human-shaped outline under the bedsheet. She looked puzzled, but didn't ask anything. She even obediently pulled back her hand and didn't touch the sheet.
"You don't remember?"
Ethan frowned and looked at Nini with some confusion.
But when a trace of sorrow flashed through Nini's eyes, one she couldn't hide, Ethan immediately realized this girl hadn't lost her memory, nor had she forgotten what happened before.
She was just used to pretending, used to acting like a muddle-headed obedient child. So even if she knew the truth, she couldn't admit that she knew.
"I…"
Nini bit her lower lip, wanting to say "I don't remember," but she couldn't force the words out.
It hurt too much. Just thinking about it hurt.
Even without saying it, just thinking about it was enough to make tears fall.
"You don't need to pretend here. Your sister already entrusted you to me," Ethan let out a sigh and said, "From now on, treat this place as your home. As for your sister's body, I already brought her back for you. I'll prepare a funeral for her and bury her in the garden."
"Sister…"
Nini had only just spoken those two words when tears started pouring down uncontrollably.
Then she covered her mouth, her small hand shaking as she reached toward the person beneath the sheet, but Ethan grabbed her hand and said, "Don't look!"