“Well, this is training as well,” said Vandalieu.

In the kitchen, there were several Vandalieus floating in the air, busily making ramen.

Vandalieu’s spirit, which had left his body with Out-of-body Experience, had split into multiple. With Materialization used on both arms, as well as the use of the Parallel Thought Processing and Long-distance Control skills, he was doing multiple people’s worth of cooking.

“The preparations have all been done, so all that’s really left to do is cooking the noodles, isn’t there?”

“And then they just need to be served in bowls.”

“The sherbet for dessert is ready to be served as well.”

“… Umm, it would be helpful if you could use only one person to talk,” said Eleanora.

“Hmm? Eleanora, I’m just one person, you know?” said all three Vandalieus at once.

Vandalieu then realized that when he was working like this, to others, it appeared that there were many of him.

For him, it didn’t feel much different from increasing his number of heads, however. Each Vandalieu was Vandalieu, and their memories and consciousness was unified.

They didn’t possess independent wills and egos, nor did they have conversations among themselves.

“There are so many Van-samas… Since there are so many, it should alright for me to take one away, isn’t it?”

“No, there are limits on the distance they can be separated from me, so please don’t do that, Tarea.”

Currently, a few dozen meters was the limit at which Vandalieu’s clones could be maintained away from the main body containing his soul. This distance would probably increase if his Long-distance Control skill leveled up.

It would be perfect for creating alibis in murder cases… Though Vandalieu could only imagine a future where a fierce-looking detective would say, “Since you can do this, it would have been possible for you to commit the crime.” Perhaps he was just too pessimistic.