Chapter 143

Why Would You Say Something Like That? (2)

“D-did you skim something off the top?”

“Tsk. Why would you say something like that.”

‘Well…It is true that I skimmed a bit.’

“We just decided to gratefully use the items you left behind. Something like that.”

“Isn’t that skimming off the top?”

“There’s such a thing as nuance in wording.”

“...”

She looked at me with a face that clearly said she couldn’t believe me.

‘Well, if you only hear it like this, it does sound like I did something bad.’

‘But, it’s not like I did it with malicious intent.’

“I told you, didn’t I? There were a few people who did ask for their stuff back. And of course, I returned all the materials to them.”

“That is… at least a relief, I guess...”

“The ones who asked for the byproducts back probably had production-type Awakeners in their group.”…