After calming down from the unwarranted panic, Dr. Clover finally came to his senses and realized the immense value of Mousse's unusual ability. His cloudy old eyes seemed ready to pop out of their sockets, making him look rather frightening.
Even the well-traveled Dr. Clover reacted like this, so Nico Robin, who could barely be called a young girl yet, was green with envy. "You actually have an ability like that? It's so convenient!"
After her envy faded, Robin realized that Mousse, who seemed ordinary aside from being handsome and having a certain air about him, might actually be a "monster" like herself. A strange feeling she had never experienced before suddenly welled up inside her.
But Mousse, completely unaware of this, dispelled that feeling during their break.
"Of course we're not monsters. We just ate Devil Fruits, which are some especially, especially disgusting fruits. Do you remember now? The people here are really ignorant. Don't Ohara's scholars ever teach the locals basic common sense?"
Because she did not know what had caused the changes in her body, she had been frightened and insecure. Once Nico Robin learned the reason, she swiftly regained the confidence she should have had all along.
And once she regained that confidence, even at her young age, she faintly seemed to radiate a dazzling light, leaving Mousse briefly dazed.
So this is the unique charm possessed by so-called extraordinary people? Mousse silently laughed at his momentary lapse, then stepped onto the scroll and took to the air again, continuing to "read."
Using the Book-Book Fruit's power to directly memorize the contents of books did not consume any stamina at all. And because it was so fast, he could theoretically "finish reading" several thousand books in an hour. The efficiency was astonishingly high.
But because this