Chapter 154: Finally Free from This Damn Exploitation!

Yakumo Yukari was very curious about Kaguya-hime's means of accessing other worlds.

The idea that someone could connect to other realms intrigued her greatly.

After thinking about it for a while, she simply closed the gap she had opened and rose from her seat, heading directly toward Eientei.

It was time to have a proper talk with Eirin Yagokoro.

...

Meanwhile, Kaguya-hime had no idea about Yukari's actions.

At this moment, she had already cured Patchouli's asthma.

Then, she began transporting Patchouli's books.

Yes, transporting—she was moving them all.

She stuffed entire bookshelves directly into red packets and sent them to Takumi.

Patchouli, now back to her senses, watched the scene unfold in utter confusion.

"Uh... you're moving everything like that, Kaguya?"

Although she had been healed, her verbal quirks hadn't faded yet.

"It's just a temporary loan," Kaguya said with a sweet smile. "Don't worry, they'll be returned soon."

She sped up her pace a little.

Hearing her words, Patchouli twitched slightly at the corners of her mouth.

Well, it was already a done deal, so she couldn't really refuse.

She could only allow Kaguya to continue with the move.

Still, she was deeply curious about how Kaguya managed to send all these items out.

She approached Kaguya and asked her about it.

To Patchouli's curiosity, Kaguya didn't hide anything. She explained the group chat system.

It didn't matter even if others knew about it. Only she could use it anyway.

...

Takumi, unaware of what was going on with Kaguya, noticed the flood of red packets.

He had robots begin copying the contents.

Miori Shiba watched the scene, mouth twitching.

"Did she really just empty someone else's entire library?"

"So many magic books?"

Seriously, this was something else.

Even the bookshelves were included?

Some of them still had things like pajamas on them.

That thin fabric—it had to be Patchouli's nightwear!

"She moved everything over."

"We'll copy them first and then return them."

Takumi gave the signal, and robots began scanning and replicating the books.

Miori Shiba was speechless but started flipping through them anyway.

There were many kinds of magic books.

After skimming a bit, she picked one up and began reading seriously.

Lately, she'd been studying magic.

Perhaps due to her esper powers, she had a natural affinity for wind magic.

She progressed through it rapidly.

The book in her hands was a detailed explanation of wind magic.

Due to differences in world scripts, the languages differed, but being in the group meant the text was auto-translated for her.

That might be the best thing about joining the chat group.

She quickly became engrossed in the content.

It included in-depth uses of wind spells, as well as personal notes—likely written by Patchouli.

Patchouli had surely read all of these and mastered many of the spells.

That's why she had written so much insight into them.

Miori Shiba's eyes sparkled as she read.

This was practically the wisdom of a grand witch.

It was invaluable.

Takumi organized the books and uploaded them to the system.

He also had them translated into universally readable formats.

Wouldn't want people not understanding them later.

Once the books were all scanned, Miori had just finished reading hers.

"That was so enriching!"

"No wonder it's written by a grand witch."

She was thrilled. That one book had already boosted her understanding considerably.

If she continued, maybe she could become a great magician herself.

"All right," Takumi said. "Return the book now. I'll send it back. If you want to keep reading, use our library. Everything's been uploaded."

Miori nodded and handed the book back.

"I envy you. You can scan and absorb knowledge instantly."

"Unlike me, who has to read line by line."

She sounded genuinely jealous.

"If you want something, just ask me to upload it to the chat. You can buy it there."

"Not that different."

Nothing to be envious of.

If she needed something, just ask and it'd be there.

But Miori rolled her eyes.

"I'll pass."

"I'd rather read slowly."

"My points are precious."

She was saving up to strengthen herself.

Getting it from the system would cost points, after all.

And she didn't have many.

She intended to save them.

"What if I just implant the knowledge directly into your mind?"

Takumi blinked.

Another method—just shove the knowledge in.

"Ooh... that could work."

"Using the Herrscher of Knowledge's Authority, right?"

Her eyes lit up.

"Perfect!"

"Let's do that later. First, let's return the books."

Takumi started sending back all the shelves and their contents.

Takumi: [OK! All done.]

[Take your points too.]

He sent Kaguya her promised points.

Kaguya's response was instant.

Houraisan Kaguya: [Received!]

[Time for some serious strengthening!!]

With that, she stopped chatting and headed to the shop interface.

Time to buff herself up.

If Takumi hadn't constantly distracted her with games, she would've saved plenty of points by now.

Boros had saved up enough points and even fought Saitama!

Now, it was her turn!!

Kaguya began purchasing enhancement attempts without hesitation.

Meanwhile, with things wrapped up, Takumi began transferring wind magic knowledge into Miori.

He also handed her a pseudo Herrscher core.

"Here, take this."

"A pseudo core of the Herrscher of Wind."

This would let Miori become a pseudo Herrscher—no, a full-fledged one.

After absorbing the Cocoon of Finality from the Honkai world, Takumi's pseudo cores were basically the real deal.

He wasn't splitting his own Authority.

He simply made a copy and gave it to others.

And he still retained full control.

Miori's eyes widened at the sight of the core.

He was giving this... to her?