Terdungeon, basement level.

　As I push my magic cart forward, Eri sticks close to me.
　The way she trots along with me is a cute little thing that doesn't look like a dungeon where all sorts of attacks are flying around and monsters are being born and killed.

　Out of the blue, he was taken by surprise!

　A slime spawned from in front of me and jumped at me.

“--!

　Eli freaked out and clung to my leg.

　There is total room for reaction time.
　I pull out my gun and shoot him with a growth bullet.

　The slime falls over and a lot of sprouts are dropped.

'Don't worry, I've got you.'
...... (smiling)

　Eri clung to my leg and smiled a heartfelt smile as she looked up at me.
　I patted Eri's head as I patted her.

''Since you dropped it, let's pick it up.

　With that, I approach the sprouts.
　Normally, if it's only a slime, I'll guide it onto the magic cart, and once it's down, I'll make sure the dropped sprouts go straight into the cart.

　I could do that while protecting Eli and still be 100% out of harm's way.
　But I didn't do it.
　Because the longer the attack goes on, the more frightened Eri will be.

　I took it down as fast as I could anyway, so as not to frighten him, which resulted in a drop, which was all but gone these days, spread out on the ground of the dungeon.

　As I tried to pick it up, Eli left my leg and went at the sprouts.
　I picked it up and trotted back to it, holding the sprouts, which were a little too much for a child's body.

......

　Wordlessly holding it out to me.

"Thank you.

　I thanked her and nodded my head again.
　Eli looked so happy.

　He looks like just a kid when he does this.

　I put the sprouts I received from Eli in my magic cart and start walking again.
　Downstairs, I come to where it leads upstairs and look at Eli.

'I'm going downstairs.'
......(country)

　With Eli nodding, we headed downstairs together.
　Terdungeon, second floor.

　We descended to the level where our carrot junkie was appearing like the Grim Reaper.
　Eli was safe; nothing had happened.

"You're straddling the hierarchy. No, we knew when we were here without Meeke.

　The abilities I copied from Meeke are working properly.
　It's still a copy, by the way.

　Meke made sure that the unique monster abilities were still in place before we got here, thanked us for our help, and returned them to Nifongnium.

　That's exactly the same ability that's on Eri.
　I copied the ability to protect myself.

"That's amazing.
......?

　Eri looks like he doesn't really know what he's talking about.
　He looked up at me with a big smile.

　I thought a lot of things in my head.
　Should I call it Eri's ability? The ability to change yourself to protect yourself.
　There are many different monsters in Lyota's village of unique monsters and many different abilities.

　I think about what Eri might be able to use.

　While thinking about it, he defeats the sleeping slime that flew in, puts the carrots in his cart, and presses the button with his quirk.
　The drop was transferred to Elsa and the others, to the 'Golden Tree'.

.......

　Eli was surprised to see it.

'Come to think of it, have you ever seen a transfer before?
...... (nationally)
It's a feature that allows me to get things back to Elsa and her friends in an instant.

　Then I showed him another try.

　This time I equip the pouch and shoot the sleeping slime in the distance with my gun.
　I put the carrots that the pouch retrieved into the magic cart and pressed the button again.

　The carrots in the cart disappeared and were transferred.

'Now it's off to Elsa and the others.
......

　Eli stared at it.
　What was wrong with her curious stare?　-- I thought.

　Eli's body flashed, and the magic cart glowed.

　Just like Meeke's.

　A copy of the ability.
　The light from the magic cart settled into Eli's body.

'You want to make the thing go away?
...... (pulp)

　Eli shook his head.
　He continued to move away from me in an ominous manner - and the next moment he was clinging to my leg.

　One moment she was back to me and clinging to my leg.

'Instantaneous movement ...... no.'

　I was about to say it, and I knew it wasn't.
　Eli is only--

Do you have the ability to get back to me in an instant?
...... (nationally)

　Eri nodded adorably as she clung to me.
　It doesn't blur, and in a way, I thought it was amazing.