Chapter 1-14 : New Equipment And New Skill (part 1)

 

After leaving Lynette’s shop, the four of us decided to part ways.

Rin said she had something to do at home so she had to log out, while Leone and Kururu said they would group up with Shougo and the others and play for a while before logging out.

As for me, I remembered that I promised the barmaid working at the bar on the main street that I would share some monster meat. Now that I had gotten a lot of it, I thought of going there to see her.

「Welcome~」(barmaid)

「Hello there. Do you remember me?」(Alice)

「Ah, you’re the Outworlder girl from the other day!」(barmaid)

「As promised, I bring you some meat.」(Alice)

「Great! Let’s go to the kitchen!」(barmaid)

We went to the kitchen, and then I took out some monster meat from my【Storage】and put it on the table.

「Erst rabbit meat and erst wolf meat. Nice! It looks fresh!」(barmaid)

「I still have some in my【Storage】but I want to cook them myself.」(Alice)

I had lamb meat, bear meat, rabbit meat, and wolf meat, but I wanted to cook the lamb and bear meat myself, so I kept them and only sold the rabbit meat and wolf meat to her.

「I see. Alright, I got it. I’ll buy this rabbit and wolf meat then. Here’s the money.」(barmaid)

「Thank you.」(Alice)

「Have you eaten yet? Do you want some rabbit stew? I can make it for you for free!」(barmaid)

「Really!? I’ll have some then! Thank you!」(Alice)

I never thought I would get a free meal for coming here. What a wonderful day!

After finishing my free rabbit stew, I left the bar and looked around the busy main street. I opened my ‘skills’ window just to check it while wondering what to do next.

ーーSKILLSーー

Skill Point : 4

Equipped Skills
【Sword Mastery】Lv 18
【ATK Boost】Lv 13
【AGI Boost】Lv 15
【DEX Boost】Lv 12
【Perception】Lv 7
【Gathering】Lv 11
【Appraisal】Lv 9
【Storage】Lv 6
【Butcher】Lv 7
【Sever】Lv 5
【Compound】Lv 1

Special Skills
【Hunter】Lv ー

Inactive Skills
【Cooking】Lv 1
【Stealth】Lv 2

*/TL : Reminder,【Hunter】doesn’t have level. In order for skills to take effect, you have to equip them. You can equip ten skills. Special skills have their own slots.

After hunting some monsters in the forest with Shougo and the others and clearing the quests from the guild, some of my skills have leveled up quite a bit.

After I closed the window, I noticed there was a notification icon on my UI. I opened it and a notification window appeared in front of me.

〈Congratulations! You can learn【Nursery Rhyme】〉

「Hm? Nursery rhyme? Is this a skill?」(Alice)

Before I knew it, I was able to learn a new skill called Nursery Rhyme.

I read the description, but it didn’t say much. It only said that this skill allowed me to sing children’s songs.

What a weird skill… I wonder if there’s any effect from singing a children’s song… And, why am I able to learn this skill? What triggered it?

Is it because I sang “Queen of Hearts” while hunting monsters with Shougo and the others in the forest a while ago?

I still have some Skill Points, but… Should I spend one to learn this skill…?

Hmm… No. I think I’ll keep it on hold for now. Before I decide to spend any skill points, maybe I’ll ask Nansa obaa-chan if she knows any useful skills I can learn, especially the skills that can help me complete requests from the residents. I want to be useful to them after all.

I want to go see her, but the sun will sink soon. I don’t want to disturb her while she’s resting, so… I guess I’ll log out for now.

 

ーーーーー

 

After finishing my college assignments and doing some chores, I returned to my bed, put my VR headgear on, and logged into the game. It was past 6:30 pm but it should be the next day in the morning in Proelesfi, the world in the game.

As soon as I spawned in the town, I went to Nansa obaa-chan’s house in the residential area.

「Obaa-chan~ Nansa obaa-chan, it’s me, Alice. Are you there?」(Alice)

「Oh, it’s you. Get in.」(Nansa)

She let me in as soon as she opened the door and saw my face.

The way she treats me now is totally different from when we first met.

「So, why are you here today? Do you want me to make potions for you?」(Nansa)

「No, I want to ask you if you know any useful skills I can learn.」(Alice)

「Useful skills…?」(Nansa)

「Yes. Especially, the skills that can help the residents.」(Alice)

「Wait. So you want to learn skills so that you can help other people?」(Nansa)

「Yeah, something like that.」(Alice)

「Hahh… I know you’re a good girl, but an Outworlder like you should think about yourself more.」(Nansa)

「Of course, I think about myself sometimes. So? Do you know any good skills?」(Alice)

「Hmm… Let’s see…」(Nansa)

She folded her arms and closed her eyes, thinking.

After waiting for a while, she opened her eyes and asked me.

「Alice, you know that many Outworlders have been gathering the medical herbs at the entrance to the forest, right?」(Nansa)

「Of course. That’s the reason why medical herbs have become kind of rare now.」(Alice)

「Exactly. I heard that someone had begun cultivating medical herbs near the forest because of that reason. They grow medical herbs from seeds.」(Nansa)

「Someone’s growing medical herbs? But why are they doing it near the forest? There are monsters there. Isn’t it dangerous?」(Alice)

「I think they don’t have land or they want to keep the population of medical herbs in the forest. Either way, there’s nothing to worry about. They hired off-duty guards to guard the surrounding area. Besides, the medical herbs they cultivate grow much faster than normal medical herbs, so it doesn’t take much time.」(Nansa)

「Grow faster than normal…? Did they use some kind of skill on their herbs?」(Alice)

「You’re smart. Yes, the skill is called【Growth Acceleration】.」(Nansa)

「I see. Can it be used on any plants?」(Alice)

「Originally, it’s a skill for cultivation that accelerates the growth of crops simply by pouring MP into the seeds. However, not only plants, I heard that it could also be used on food ingredients. For example, you can shorten the time you need to make pickles. I heard you wanted to cook your own food someday, so you might want to learn this skill.」(Nansa)

「Ohh! What a nice skill!」(Alice)

As she said, it might be a pretty good skill for me to learn!

I’m glad I came to ask her first before spending any skill points.

 

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