Kopii was eagerly awaiting Miyaha, but time, as luck would have it, was dragging on too slowly. Kopii watched the visitors replace each other.
Ding.
Seeing the newcomer, Kopii's eyes lit up.
"Miyaha-sama, hello!" he exclaimed, running towards him hopefully.
"Oh, hello, Kopii," Miyaha patted him on the head. Looking at Kopii's happy face, he smiled, because he had tried his best today. "Don't worry, Kopii, I was able to get you a worthy nickname, so you don't have to worry."
"Yes, and what is it?"
"Raven."
…
…
"AHAHAHAHAHA!"
The smile slowly began to fade from Kopii's face. He couldn't believe his nickname. "Maybe it's a joke? Yes, it's definitely a joke!" thought Kopii, hoping that Miyaha was just teasing him.
"Is this a joke?"
"No."
"AHAHAHA, raven!"
Kane burst out laughing in Kopii's head. But he, okay, didn't pay attention to it, being completely in his thoughts. "Greet the strongest in the world: the sword princess, the king of mercenaries, and… raven." He felt sick at the presented picture.
"You deceived me, Miyaha-sama! You said that you were able to get a worthy nickname, but… raven is not about that at all! And in general, since when did I become a raven?"
"Ah, Kopii, understand, this is a pretty good nickname, as I think. This was the best nickname that was offered there. You yourself know that the gods are only interested in fun and interest. So this nickname was the best that was offered there," Miyaha patted him on the head and smiled with the brightest smile.
"I want to know. To know what nicknames were still there!"
And Miyaha began to list, the more he listened, the more he understood that raven wasn't such a bad name.
"Okay, that's it, Miyaha-sama, I understand, you can stop."
"That's great, Kopii, I'm very happy for you."
"Thank you for that… Oh, by the way, I need to update my stats."
"Ah, of course!"
After chatting with Naazai for a while, they headed to Miyaha's room.
"Remember… " But he didn't have time to finish speaking, as he saw that Kopii was already sitting on a chair with his top removed. Miyaha decided not to delay and immediately got down to business. "Here, it's ready. Of course, delay, but it's also good, here, hold it," handing out a piece of paper.
Strength: G 280
Endurance: F 331
Dexterity: G 234
Agility: G 265
Magic Power: I 0
"Magic"
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"Skills"
[Copying] "You can be whoever you want, but not yourself."
"Okay, I'll go," returning the sheet to Miyaha, but freezing. "I almost forgot the most important thing," Kopii thought, stopping and turning his head to Miyaha. "Do you know Raven?"
Kopii looked calm as he asked this question, but this was only on the surface, inside he had a storm of emotions. How he would make decisions further depended on this question.
"Raven? Is that your friend?"
"Yes."
Miyaha did not see confusion on Kopii's face. But he decided not to give up on this and decided to ask Naazai again.
"Who is this? Your friend?"
"Yes."
Leaving, Kopii finally realized that no one remembered Raven. And then the sword princess was right.
"Everything is as I said, you just need to relax, what's wrong with you that she comes almost every day?"
"It's…"
"Yes, you don't have to say, because I know you better than anyone else."
"…This is not such an important problem, now we have more important things to do."
"And what are they?"
"If you brag so much that you know me better than anyone else, then why do you ask such stupid questions?"
"It's silly, Kopii, do you understand that?"
"What?!"
"Look for yourself, why are you now focusing all your attention only on Raven, and even then, he's already dead. You better deal with more important issues."
"…And what questions could be more important than this?"
"About the skill. No matter how much you dismiss thinking about it, we both understand that you have changed."
"So what? I haven't changed that much."
"No, Kopii," he interrupted him. "It seems to you, but look, you never knew how to cook. But when you first made something for yourself, and you succeeded very well, especially for the first time. Even the sword princess liked your food. Do you think you are a genius that you were able to learn to cook so quickly?"
"…"
"No, you copied someone, that's all. And you know what the funniest thing is, Kopii?"
"And what is it?"
"That you perfectly understand this, but you don't want to admit it."
"…"
"What are you silent about? Do you think if you deny it, it won't be… The answer is no, Kopii, you understand this. You understand how stupid you have become, this is also thanks to your skill. You would have definitely noticed something strange in this before, but you just ignored it… Or have you already forgotten that you also copied thirst and what this led to."
But seeing that Kopii continued to remain silent, he also fell silent and Kopii walked the entire next way in silence, which was very rare for him. But he didn't pay attention to this. His whole mind was focused on Kane's words. And he finally realized that he had changed too much, and he did not notice this.
"Why are you here again? Do you have at least a personal life?"
"Are you going to cook again today?" She completely ignored him, but he only sighed at this.
"Yes, I will cook." Her eyes lit up slightly.
Quickly preparing something. He again prepared the perfect dish, who could he copy? He knew only one person who could cook well, and that was Raven. No one else among his acquaintances cooked as well as him.
"Delicious."
Watching the sword princess gobble up everything in a few seconds, he was happy about this, but at the same time saddened, because she likes not his food, but the food of the one whom his skill copied.
"Do you come here to eat and that's it?"
"N… no, I'm just waiting for you to tell me the truth."
But looking at how she devours with both cheeks, Kopii smirked - he didn't believe her at all.
Time after.
"You came again, I didn't even have time to wake up." He thought about his skill all night, but no matter how hard he tried to come up with solutions, they were all simple guesses that still needed to be tried.
"Hello… raven."
"AHAHAHAHAHA!"
"…"
"Don't call me that… please. Okay?"
"Okay." He didn't have time to open his mouth, as she was ahead of him. "Are you going to cook something?"
"Oh, I didn't even get out of bed. Aren't you fed in your family?"
"No, just…"
"Okay, I'll cook you something."
Seeing the difficulty of her words, he interrupted her. Getting out of bed and he had no choice but to go cook.
"I wanted to ask you a long time ago."
"I told everything, it's true, everything I know."
"No, not about that. I wanted to ask how you raised your level so quickly… in just three months."
"And how did you raise your level in a year?"
At his words, she narrowed her eyes, but Kopii didn't notice this and continued cooking further.
"By work."
"And I am by work."
Of course, he had an assumption why he raises stats so quickly - it was because of the skill. After all, this is the only thing that distinguishes him from others. And yesterday he thought a lot about it, and realized one thing about his skill:
That his skill is both a blessing and a curse at the same time. Because if he can control it, then he will become very strong, and if not… then he will lose himself. Kopii wanted to avoid this most of all.
"Oh, Kopii, you have another way to drag her into bed. Hehehe."
Kane's perverted laughter rang out, Kopii's eye twitched from this laughter. But he continued.
"Look, Kopii, just say "let's have sex, and then I'll tell you the secret of raising your level," well, the same thing that you thought about those words. But don't rush so much, because you can tell the truth that it's just because of the skill and that's it. So ACT!!!"
But Kopii just sighed.