"I need Mai to help me make a [Special Grade Cursed Tool]..."
Mai Zenin pointed at herself. Me?
Asking me to help make something was one thing, but a Special Grade Cursed Tool right off the bat!?
My cursed energy was so meager that even making a bullet was limited to one a day, and this genius just casually asked for a Special Grade Cursed Tool. Did I look like a Special Grade Cursed Tool to him?
If I became a Special Grade Cursed Tool, he'd be the first person I hacked to death!
Though that was what she thought, she remained perfectly polite out loud. After all, harmony brought prosperity. She definitely wasn't scared.
"Ahem, surely you're joking, Mr. Kamo..."
"I don't even have enough cursed energy for my everyday needs. How could I possibly have enough to create a Special Grade Cursed Tool out of thin air?"
That was her polite refusal. Making something of that caliber would kill her. Could he be trying to kill her in a respectable way through this very method?
"Come inside first. It wouldn't be right to keep guests standing outside."
With that, Kamo Xu turned and walked away first, heading into the kitchen before emerging with two cups of ice cream lavish enough to deserve the description. He set them on the dining table.
Perhaps only then remembering that his home had such things as electric lights, he reluctantly flipped the switch, instantly illuminating the entire living room.
He smiled and invited the two inside. Maki and Mai knew it would be rude not to enter now. Besides, Kamo Xu really didn't seem to harbor any of those strange intentions.
Or perhaps he simply knew nothing about that sort of thing. They stepped inside, and at the entryway, Maki flicked her