Hands Off! The Little Animals She Carves Really Can't Bestow Blessings

Ximan was born into a new life in an interstellar empire where mental-power totems awaken bonded beasts and plants. But as Broccoli, the second daughter of the Earl of Watermelon, she's the good-for-nothing laggard among her cousins, with an F-rank mental power, a grade even newborns can have. At eighteen, she finally awakens, only to produce something utterly unprecedented and absurdly useless: a carving knife! The very next day, her scumbag earl grandfather throws her and her father, who has also awakened a useless orchid, out of the house. Who could have guessed that one day, a little tiger she carved would cure the Empire's God of War of the mental-power surges that had plagued him for years? The little wooden chicken she carves, which is actually a phoenix, can restore a scholar with depleted mental power to their peak. And the little koi fish she carves makes a family on the brink of bankruptcy rich overnight. The news sends the entire galaxy into a frenzy! The head of the Academy of Sciences camps outside her door all night: "Little master, carve me a bonded beast in the shape of a mech! I'll get you the highest research grant!" The imperial crown prince arrives with a noble title in hand: "Countess Broccoli, the Empire grants you this noble title. Please carve us a divine dragon to safeguard our Empire's fortune." Even the interstellar pirates surround her with starship cannons: "Quick, carve me a lucky cat! After that, you'll have the run of every interstellar route..." Broccoli clutches her wood and trembles: "Stop fighting over me! The little animals I carve really can't bestow blessings! They're just ordinary little knickknacks!!!" Everyone: "Yeah, right! The little turtle you carved for the duke made mineral veins reappear on his depleted energy planet."