Unspeakable bubbles

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To everyone's surprise, the little girl frowned. She stared at the changed apple and said, "The color... it looks alive, like it's moving. It's green. Bubble thinks something's wrong."

Kuroro stood up abruptly, her mouth agape in astonishment.

"It's not green. I only said green to make it easier for you to accept the bubbles."

"That is the color of life!"

The little fairy is capricious; she can be unhappy one moment and happy the next.

Just a moment ago he was sighing and complaining, but suddenly he became excited again.

"Hurry up and try it. Kuroro has a small appetite, just a little bit is enough for him. This big apple is specially prepared for you, Bubble, today."

As she spoke, the little fairy reached out and scooped out a small piece of fruit, putting it in her mouth.

"Let me try it."

Bubble picked up the apple and took a bite, then immediately stopped moving.

It was a truly wonderful taste, with the sweet and sour flavor of apples, but what the little girl felt most on her tongue was... the vibrant energy of life.

It was as if they had just devoured a living being.

"How is it? Does it taste good?"

Kuroro smiled when she saw the little girl's expression, and said proudly, "This is only for sharing with my good friend Bubble..."

"Are they those lines?" Bubble's question brought Kuroro to an abrupt halt.

"...This is really interesting."

The little fairy quickly finished the fruit in her hand, and with a flap of her wings, countless fine threads danced in the air.

"Can you see it?"

"Yes, I can see it," the little girl nodded earnestly.

"So, would you like to be able to conjure up lots of these thin threads too? You can use them to make delicious food yourself in the future!"

"OK"

Section 139, Chapter 138: The Spider

If you were to ask Kuroro if she was confident she could teach her racial talent to Bubble, the little fairy would definitely answer, "I don't know!"

If someone continues to ask her, "If you're not even confident, what if you can't learn it?"

"Then you just won't be able to learn it."

Kuroro might then roll his eyes and say, "I do what I want, it's none of your business!"

To put it bluntly, the little fairy was just acting on a whim; she didn't have any real expectations. However...

"Kuroro, look, look!"

Bubble happily stretched out her right little finger, and an invisible, transparent thread was wrapped around it.

"..."

Kuroro sat at his desk, lost in thought.

Hmm? Could it be that my racial skills are actually some simple, easy-to-understand trick that I can learn in no time?

Or is Bubble actually a long-lost relative?

Uh, my body type doesn't match the size.

Or perhaps Bubble, who doesn't seem very clever, is actually a genius?

But so what if someone is a genius? Can you really explain it all away with just a simple statement that Bubble is a genius?

Seeing her friend standing silently, seemingly turning into a statue, Bubble said gratefully, "Kuroro, you taught me so well, Bubble learned it in no time."

That was a great lesson... Oh, I see!

The little fairy feigned sudden realization, "So that's it! It's because Kuroro taught so well!"

"I'm so amazing!"

"Hahahaha!"

She stood up abruptly, put her hands on her hips, and laughed heartily.

"Shh, keep your voice down, Masumi-neechan isn't asleep yet." Bubble knew that Kuroro didn't want others to know about her existence, so she immediately became nervous.

"It's okay, I let her fall asleep first."

The little fairy waved her hand and urged, "Why don't we try it now? There's a human sleeping right here."

"Um"

Following the little fairy's instructions, Bubble focused her mind on controlling the thin thread on her finger.

'Get longer, get longer'

Bubble silently prayed to himself, and sure enough, the transparent thread stretched out considerably.

"Let it through the door!" Kuroro encouraged from the side.

"Go through, go through the door!"

A soft 'snap' sound echoed in Bubble's mind, and then the thread on her little finger snapped.

"No, you need to concentrate and try again," the little fairy shouted from the side.

'patta'

"Hey, you were pretty successful at first, let's try again!"

'patta'

"Failed again."

'patta'

"No way."

'patta'

"Ah, again!"

'patta'

"Try again!"

"..."

"Ouch, let me rest for a bit."

The little fairy, parched, lay back on the table.

"Bubble is so stupid, I'm sorry, Kuroro."

The little girl's face turned red; she felt very embarrassed.

"Well, it must be because you haven't mastered the trick."

Kuroro recalled, "At first, I was just like you, completely lost and feeling at a loss."

"However, once, while I was wandering around a dilapidated old house, I accidentally saw a spider."

"spider?"

"Hmm, a spider that's eating."

Kuroro smiled slightly: "A butterfly was caught in a spider web. It struggled to escape, but all its efforts were in vain."

"The spider was very patient. It waited until the butterfly was too weak to move before slowly and deliberately eating its prey piece by piece."

"I suddenly had a flash of inspiration."

With a flap of its wings, the little fairy sent countless fine threads dancing nimbly, which quickly wove into a net.

"How similar! I am that spider, and my food is my prey."

“Since then, I have had no difficulty manipulating the ‘web’.”

“By the way,” Kuroro added, “Spiderweb is another name I gave to my racial skill, you can call it that too.”

The little fairy looked at the lone thin thread on Bubble's little finger, paused slightly, and said, "Hmm, you can only control so few threads right now, let's call it 'Spider Silk' for now."

After telling this story, Kuroro regained his spirits.

"Come on, give it a try."

Her eyes sparkled: "Bubble, imagine it."

"You're the spider, and you're very hungry now. The butterfly is sleeping in the next room; hurry and catch it!"

"Bubble, spider? Is Masumi-neechan a butterfly?"

The little girl imagined it for a moment, then frowned.

"No, that won't work."

"Why not?" Kuroro asked anxiously.

"Bubble doesn't want to hurt Masumi-neechan, and Bubble isn't a spider." The little girl looked very serious.

"Not a spider?"

Kuroro looked thoughtful. "Then what are you?"

"A bubble is just a bubble."