The Reincarnated Extra - Ch. 246

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On a clear winter evening when the sun began to tilt.

On the roof of someone’s house, somewhere in the town of Serelirin.

A cursed child clad in something like a pitch-black rock was lying on her back.

With her【Presence Concealment】in full effect, she was just lying still.

Not moving.

Not moving at all, as if she were a real rock.

Near that cursed child, a pigeon was flying.

This pigeon is the gray bird we can encounter in parks and such.

It’s safe to assume it’s a bird that looks like what we generally consider a pigeon based on our common sense.

That pigeon was about to pass over the cursed child without caution… at that moment!

A part of the pitch-black, rock-like something covering the cursed child’s body came undone and stretched out with an agility reminiscent of a frog’s tongue, capturing the pigeon!

The pigeon, caught by the pitch-black something, was squeezed tightly by it and died instantly without even causing a fuss.

“…………”

The cursed child drew the pitch-black something… 【Black Arms】 close to herself and stared intently at the carcass of the captured pigeon.

Then, what do you know?

Just as a wisp of smoke seemed to rise from the pigeon’s carcass, it was engulfed in flames in the blink of an eye!

This is the cursed child’s abnormal ability, 【Ignition】.

This ability, which has been magicized by the God of Magic and is also affectionately known as “living magic” by people, would originally be able to create a small fire on easily flammable wood chips at best.

This cursed child has sublimated it into an ability to directly burn and cook targets by forcibly pouring in her abundant magical power.

And so, a little later, the pigeon gripped by the 【Black Arms】 became a crudely roasted whole bird.

The cursed child began to devour it, bones and all, while remaining expressionless.

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Hmm, hmm, hee-hmm!

Hee-hee-hmm, hmm, hmm!

Oh, Extra-sama, you can tell?

That’s right, I’m in an excellent mood!

That’s right!

I’m grateful for that encounter with that boy, which became the trigger…

The chubby boy I happened to meet in the back alley where I lost my footing and fell.

He gave me a bag full of dried fish in exchange for my churros.

From that experience, I had an inspiration!

The groundbreaking idea of obtaining food through bartering!

This operation has been successful, and I’ve been able to obtain various foods so far.

Not only foods I’ve heard of in my previous life, such as dried fish, but also snacks I’ve never seen before, which made me feel moved like, “Ah, it’s a different world culture.”

By the way, this barter operation targets children.

One reason is that for some reason, children in this town often walk around with snacks.

The second reason is that if I deal with adults, they might cause unnecessary commotion by calling the guards or something.

The third reason is that I think children generally like shiny things, and they seem to purely appreciate my churros as compensation.

It’s fine, it’s a hassle.

There’s a high probability that I’ll just be turned away at the door for being a cursed child and that’s it.

That perverted old geezer and office worker I met in the forest, they were surely exceptions.

And even if I get money, I probably won’t be allowed to shop at most stores anyway.

It’s pointless.

Then, it’s better to make the children happy, right?

I’m sure that big deer would have wanted that too.

I’m sure it’s looking down on us from the sky, laughing…