“Do your worlds also have Unique Skills?”
“Oh yes, they do! As for their types, I think they’re treated the same way as in this world, wouldn’t you say? Like, ‘a special ability just for me!’ kind of thing. By the way, Maria has a Unique Skill too. It’s called ‘Blood of the Sage,’ and it’s a truly incredible power—”
“—Stop! Don’t go spilling your family’s abilities like that!”
“Ah, Kelvin-kun, you’re the type who enjoys the fight itself more than the win rate, aren’t you? How careless of me, how careless.”
*Phew, that was a close one…! Gosh, I can’t let my guard down even after the battle ends.*
“So, shall I just stick to explaining ‘Paramita’ for now? This power, you see, is specialized for conquering other worlds.”
“Hoh, specialized for conquering other worlds, huh? …Teacher, your explanation isn’t much of an explanation.”
“Eh? You can’t grasp it through nuance?”
*There’s no way you’re serious,* I thought, making a cross shape with my arms.
“Well, put simply, it’s a Unique Skill that can only be used once you stand in a different dimension, not in the world you originally came from. This place I am now is Kelvin-kun’s world, right? That’s why I can use it now.”
“That’s a strangely complicated activation condition for a skill. And the conditions seem oddly strict— Wait, wait. If what you’re saying is true, wouldn’t that ability be completely useless in the worlds Kuon and Maria originally came from?”
“Yep, it’s a complete dead weight! Hahaha!”
“That’s not funny at all…”
Unlike my reincarnation or Touya’s et al. teleportation, which happen quite often, going to a different dimension should originally be an extremely rare occurrence. I mean, even Adams found the existence of Maria and Kuon to be unusual. It’s less rare and more like almost impossible. Why on earth did Kuon manage to acquire a Unique Skill that can only be activated in such a rare case of a rare case? Well, if the method of acquiring Unique Skills is the same as ours, then Kuon probably didn’t want it deliberately but learned it unconsciously during a level-up.
“Oh my, maybe it was a mistake to go on an ‘Otherworld Travel’ with Maria right before the real level-up?”
“…Wait a minute. Do you go on this ‘Otherworld Travel’ quite frequently?”
“Yeah? Yeah, I’d say about once every few months. One of Maria’s friends is good at connecting points with Gates, you know. This time was a rare case where Maria was summoned, but usually, we rely on those Gates. Ah, the thing I used to follow Maria here was one of those Gates.”
“What kind of convenient ability is that!?”
Honestly, I want that power too. Can I go shake hands with them sometime? I’d love to carve it into my Gauntlet of Gluttony.
“Hmm… but it doesn’t seem as convenient as I thought? Apparently, the original way to use that Gate is only to connect to worlds within the same spacetime, and once a Gate is opened, there’s a cooldown period or something like that, they said.”
Hmm, hmm…? In that case, is it similar to the Otherworld Travel performed by Delamis’s Shrine Maiden? No, creating Gates means it’s a super long-distance transfer gate that connects stars to stars. Even with a cooldown, that’s still an incredible power. However, they certainly wouldn’t connect to different dimensions.
“Then, how do you get to different dimensions?”
“Well, by setting the destination Gate creation position to random, it seems that very rarely it can connect to a different dimension. I don’t know the details myself, but they say that Maria’s assistance in creating the Gate significantly increases the chance of a connection. However, even so, it’s completely random where the destination Gate will appear, and if you’re unlucky, it might connect to outer space, which is very dangerous~”
I hate to interrupt your cheerful demeanor, but that’s beyond dangerous.
“What’s more, until you actually go through the Gate, even the creators don’t know where it connects to. Suffocating to death after passing through the Gate, what a funny comedy, isn’t it~”
“Why is that a point of laughter…? Wait, are you traveling like that, risking your life every time?”
“No, no matter how much you train, an old woman is still just a human. The first step into the unknown is always done by Maria, who checks for safety.”
“Ah…”
Certainly, with Maria’s immense Life Force, she wouldn’t seem likely to die even if thrown into outer space. She might just swim through space and reach a nearby star.
“And then, if Maria, the scout, decides it’s okay here, she contacts me on her Smartphone. Maria’s smartphone has a function to transmit her location information, so from now on, the Gate crafting artisan can also create a path pinpointed to that location.”
“R-right?”
*Does a smartphone’s GPS really provide information across dimensions…?*
“Well, well, I understand why Kuon was able to go to other worlds frequently. So, returning to the subject, if a Unique Skill only activates under such strict conditions, its power must be considerable, right?”
“Well, yes. Kelvin-kun’s deduction earlier that you were nullifying magic… You were close. Including the fact that you were taking damage.”
Kuon showed me her injured hands. Although relatively uninjured, they were bleeding profusely; she shouldn’t be presenting such wounds with a smile.
“My ‘Paramita’ eliminates all harm except pure damage, as long as I am in another world.”
“All of it?”
“Yep, all of it! In the Sparring just now, for example, it targeted Kelvin-kun’s gravity manipulation, restraints, status effects, and the blinding light. Thanks to that, I could narrow down the magic I had to deal with, and that’s why I only sustained this much damage. Hmph!”
“…I see. I had a hunch.”
She puffed out her chest— No, sorry, that was out of line. In any case, Kuon told me with great confidence. ‘Paramita,’ a powerful Unique Skill that matches the difficulty of its activation conditions. With this Unique Skill alone, any cheap tricks against Kuon would become meaningless. Considering it extends beyond just magic, it might be more troublesome than Silvia’s ‘Double Magic Armor.’
“Compared to Silvia’s Unique Skill, perhaps it’s similar to the Demon King’s ‘Tenma Hajun’? That one nullified all damage, and it had a condition limiting it to those living on this world, or rather, this planet. Other similarities are, mutters…”
“Hey, hey, don’t go off into your own world, leaving me behind!”
“Hm? Ah, right, sorry, sorry. It’s just that it’s such a unique and powerful ability, my deductions just get going. It’s been a while since I encountered an ability that leaves me stumped on how to counter it even after knowing it.”
“Well, it’s a power that can’t be used locally, so if it were easily countered, I’d be in trouble. People from other dimensions often possess strange powers that defy common sense, so it’s quite useful, you know~ I think it’s essential for Otherworld Travel!”
“Essential…? Are all beings from other dimensions that dangerous? And aren’t you going more for combat than travel?”
I ask out of curiosity. Yes, purely out of curiosity.
“Even if we don’t intend to, the destination isn’t always an orderly world. Frankly, it’s more common for them to be openly hostile from the start. You see, Maria and I look quite lovely when we’re quiet, don’t we? Maria, especially, is wearing a dress that’s clearly expensive. So, in places with poor public order…”
“I see, so they ring the bell for us.”
*She’s quite thoughtful. It’s informative.*
“You’re thinking weird things again. Well, I don’t dislike it either. Uh, what was it? Ah, right, about public order. Most of the guys who bother us are riff-raff, and frankly, they’re no match for us. But, every world has its anomalies, and if you’re talking about someone of that Class’s strength, they often possess bizarre abilities. Uh, recently, there was someone who could instantly kill anyone just by looking at them. ‘Paramita’ is an ability to nullify such irrationality and bring it down to a pure slugfest.”
“Hoh, instant death just by looking at them… Hey, even if you’re okay, wouldn’t Maria die from that? It’s instant death, right?”
“Maria? Hahaha, no way! No matter how many absurd instant death abilities she’s hit with, tens, hundreds, thousands, they can’t erase Maria. She revives the moment she dies. I’m saying this as I saw it with my own eyes, so it’s probably right!”
“Probably.”
“Though she’s a mom friend and drinking buddy, even I don’t understand everything about Maria. But well, even if her entire body were to be annihilated, if even a single strand of hair remained somewhere, I bet she’d instantly resurrect from it. This is just my guess, but I feel that way.”
“…If that’s true, I’m speechless.”
“To smile while being speechless, Kelvin-kun is quite adept~”
No, because, isn’t it questionable whether the concept of death even applies to her? I feel like she’s even more uncontrollable than Kuon, and my heart is racing!
…By the way, can I accompany you on an Otherworld Travel next time? Eh, no? It’s our honeymoon, so I have to push— Ah, I see…
