I Became the Cute One in the Troubleshooter Squad

At some point in life, everyone has experienced something like this.

You manage to get your hands on a limited-time-only item that you absolutely had to have—something you could never obtain again if you missed the opportunity.

But once you actually have it, you realize it doesn’t quite fit your environment or needs, turning it into nothing more than a useless burden.

It’s a surprisingly frustrating situation.

If you’re unlucky, you don’t just waste money—you lose time and opportunity costs as well.

The best-case scenario? You sell it secondhand or as an unopened item and try to recover some of your losses.

In a similar vein—

Early morning, the day after returning from the trip, I entered Raven’s closet like I always did, arms crossed, lost in thought.

“...Did I bring this back for nothing?”

In the darkness, where the only source of light was the faint rays seeping through the cracks of the door, my gaze fell upon a crescent moon-shaped metal object.

It wasn’t particularly ornate, nor did it seem to be made of valuable material. It wasn’t even large.

At a glance, it looked like the kind of cheap souvenir you’d find in a tourist shop at some rundown attraction.