Piery reached out, her eyes tightly shut. She seemed desperate to fix the situation.
"Come back, please come back...!"
Tick-tock, tick-tock, clang!
The hour and minute hands tried to appear but shattered powerlessly. At that, Piery trembled and shook her head.
Her mouth opened, but no words came out. She was in a panic.
Can't be helped. I'll have to deal with it.
I slid forward and delivered a roundhouse kick towards the slime.
The slime was instantly pulverized. I checked on Piery. She was panting.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's nothing, you just made a mistake, didn't you? It's because it's your first time."
"I was so scared. If this wasn't a dungeon but the Lord's estate...."
"For your first time, your senses are still good. It's okay to make mistakes; if you learn from them, that's what matters."
I patted her shoulder, trying to calm her down somehow.
Looking at it this way, I was really lucky. I didn't have any particularly difficult abilities to handle.
