20 - The Camp

Once on shore, dry your clothes, it's convenient to switch out your equipment and get back to normal. Let's check your endurance while we're at it.

"You, you, you, you!　You pushed me!"

"Oh, no, it's all in your head."

Peter blurts out with a smile.

"I envy you for being such a strong genie..."

"And the first thing I touched was the oatmeal, right?"

Neither Kikuhime nor Shin makes eye contact with Ochazuke.

"By the way, Peter, did you have a birthday in April?"

I ask Peter what he was wondering about to turn the tide.

"I did, or rather, I forgot to change it and it's April 1st by default.

"Wahaha, April Fool's Day!"

"I guess it's decided that your birthday determines your attribute affinity."

"Well, what's in August?"

"You!　Don't go off topic like that!"

They've noticed!

"Well, well, the spirit we got as a reward, the ability is a restorative effect, so I think it was only natural that Ochazuke should get the other one."

Peter tells him with a nice smile. I have a feeling that Leo has healing, too, but I keep my mouth shut.

"Oh, it's really a recovery, isn't it?"

"It's good to have more people who can heal and recover when the need arises."

The ochazuke is getting a little gnarly after getting Kikuhime and Shin's support, but they seem to have agreed with me. Congratulations! I offered him a cup of hot coffee to cheer him up.

"How is a genie different from a genie used by a genie-user?"

"I don't know?　The explanation says that if the occupation is a genie user, the genie can use all the abilities it can learn, so I think the genie will learn a lot of things from now on.　In the beginning, there are only a few abilities that can be used, so I don't think it will be that different.

Ochazuke answers Leo's question with a cup of coffee.

"Our spirits have only learned one thing, haven't they?"

"I got a spirit stone to add abilities, so I'm sure we can add more soon."

Yes, except for Ochazuke, each of them received two spirit stones that have the effect of increasing the abilities of the spirits. Since Leroux is a strong spirit, the extra stones are probably used to balance the two. I wonder if I should keep them until I meet a stronger spirit.

"Oh no, it's very useful!"

Ochazuke is in a good mood.

He is now in the middle of a battle, and there is a deer in front of him, engaging in a nasty fight with another deer. The male is < by Leroux and attacks the female, and the female is < and attacks the male. The anger is indiscriminate, but if they do not fight back, they will start fighting each other.

The trick of combat is to avoid gaining the female's hate. Well, in order to save time, Kikuhime is usually in charge of one of the females, but beside her, there is something like a hell picture of males and females.

The reason why I feel that way is because Leroux charmed the male with his s*xy charms when he was performing his technique, and then the female got the < status abnormality.

Why are you in a good mood, Ochazuke-san? ...... No, it's because the battle has become easier.

I'm level 21 now.

I got a sword as soon as I could, but since I had been fighting with a staff and magic to use Shadow, I was a little hesitant to give it to strength, so I gave it to dexterity and agility. He also cooks, and it's hard to keep up with Peter and Leo because of their slow movement speed, so it's okay.

We continued the battle, took a break, had a snack, collected some food, and continued the battle. The plan was to see the strength of the enemy and avoid battles, but we are beating every enemy we meet.

The gathering of medicinal herbs and loquat that can be gathered normally. I should negotiate with Kikuhime to make a loquat tart, or maybe I can do it since I have a compensation.　Is [baking] the right way to cook it?

At the beginning of the break, he gently spices up the cheese and brandy with [time accelerator]. The cooking itself is E! The cooking skill is M! The cooking skill consumes M! Then, the time is saved by [M! Automatic recovery] will bring you back to the maximum M! I guess our party takes much more time for rest than other parties because of fishing and gathering. E! In some cases, they are using E!

The enemy that appeared at night after dark was a bear, a fleur bear. ......I didn't see that Ochazuke was not happy.

If there is only one enemy, Leo also learned the [surprise attack], so the bear's attack will take Kikuhime's H! The bear's attack can take many H! But now that we have to shadow Peter and Leo alternately, we have no chance to use other magic or swordplay. Thanks to this, my dark magic has overtaken several magic levels that I had already learned.

The spoils are bearskin, bearskin, and bearskin. Don't tell you that I wondered what I would do if it had been a bear's paw.

Peter found iron sand in the sand of the river, so we took a break from collecting and digging, and we continued fighting until around 8:00 p.m., preparing for dinner.

Since we had meat during the day, we replaced the net of the barbecue set with a griddle, and the trout were grilled with herbs, roughly dusted with breadcrumbs, and watercress and lemon were placed on top of the breadcrumb-covered trout that had turned into a foxy color. Roasted onions and bell peppers are added as garnish. Bread, salad, and coffee are then served to everyone.

The bread has two compensations and a surprising rating of 9 since the ingredients level is not high. If I were to get a rating of 10 for the first time, it would be this one, right?

"I'd like a glass of white wine!"

Not to be outdone. At Kikuhime's words, white wine and beer are distributed.

By the way, once the grapes were peeled and the white wine was made, the white wine added to the recipe could be selected and the grapes would just be left in the luggage. And apparently, even if you cook without using [Cooking], unlike in the real world, you can make a dish with a couple of missing ingredients as long as you have the main ingredients. The amount of ingredients can also be adjusted to suit your taste. This is why the correction for the specialty <[baking>> is in effect.

"Eat now!"

It went up from a rating of 5!

"Oh!"

"Bon appétit."

"Wow!"

"Delicious."

"Gohan!"

White wine is so good!

Kikuhime, I'm not sure what it is.

It's all in your head.

"I'm not good at fish, but this is delicious, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

"The bread is amazing!"

"Swallow before you speak!"

Ochazuke tries to give Leo some educational guidance. Yeah, I think the bread, but the outdoor effect makes it taste 20% better. It may be a little too noisy, but the food tastes good with the others.

"Let's grill some more meat during the day, we still have some loin. Or okonomiyaki. I'll check out what to do with the bear meat while I'm logged out.

"You don't have to force yourself to eat the bear."

After that, I accept several second helpings, and worry a little about the vegetables and other ingredients for the rest of the day. I had thought I had bought more than enough, but at this rate I was going to run out of time. I think I'll have grilled trout around the campfire for one meal somewhere. Oh, I've been making cheese, but I'll check out how to make butter. I serve dessert, making a mental note.

"Nut pound cake."

"Yes."

"I'd like some ice cream to go with it."

I put whipped cream on it, but...

"They sell it at the restaurant, so give me the recipe."

I found a recipe with ice cream, sorbet and berry jam for sale, but it was expensive. Maybe this recipe will help me learn things like [freezing].

And since I tried to make rare cheese and failed, there must be a recipe somewhere to learn [refrigeration] or something. By the way, I was able to use [mix] for whipped cream.

I have checked other recipes from 6 to 8 at the stall, but it seems that from 6, there are three circles behind. 6 is [bake], 7 is [fry], and 8 is [fry], so I have not purchased them because I can already arrange them thanks to my specialties.

Recipes 9 to 11 are sold in restaurants, and I didn't know what recipe to learn because I don't remember them. Well, I could guess from the names of the dishes. I want recipe 9 because I want to drink corn soup. 9,000 shillings.

After a noisy dinner as usual, we sit around the fire. We all sit around the fire and talk while producing.

I am now wondering whether or not to make a concoction, I have bought the recipe and have all the ingredients.

But then again, there are some formulas I'm good at, aren't there?　I have a suspicion that M! I was suspicious that the shadow of M!? I have enough medicines for M!

Also, according to the information from Ochazuke, if you learn from a resident whose occupation or title is < or , the one you learn will be given priority. Now, if you try to make a formula, it will be the same as the first one you used. It is very likely that it will be the recovery medicine that you used first.

Now, what shall we do? Cooking is not a good idea since it consumes a lot of materials. It's dangerous to go out at night to gather materials alone, but...

I'm going out.

It's not safe.

If you die, they'll send you back to the Fast, okay?

You want to follow me?

No, I'll shadow you. The bears are active, but the fact that they can hide during battle suggests that they are effective against enemies in this area. It will cut off when you collect it, but it can sense your presence, so if you're not careful, you'll be fine."

"I see."

"There are some that can only be taken at night, like Leo's Yolmas, which sounds interesting, but I don't think I can follow it because it would be in a different place for collecting."

"Shall we go to Kikuhime?"

"Well, I'm going to have to process the skins. I want you to take me tomorrow night."

"Okay, I'll be there."

Take care.

I'll be logging out in two hours, so come back."

With everyone's voices in the background, we started walking, maps and night vision coming in handy. We headed east with the river at our backs.

I don't mind filling in the map even if I can't find a collection point. It is not often that I get a chance to walk alone in the forest at night like this. The moon is beautiful through the branches and the shadows of the trees cast by the moon are also beautiful.

The moon, which looked yellow on the night I first logged in, now looks golden. The small white moon in the distance and the big golden moon shining brightly, it is a fantastic other world.

In this world, the year begins in April, the month of Phal, and moves in sequence to the months of Phal and Tasha, the month of Tasha, and so on, with two moons in between, each protected by two pillars.

The color of the white moon changes once during the month of Mitsuki, without a fixed day. It is said that we can see the moons of different colors: gold from April to June, red from July to September, yellow from October to December, and orange from January to March. Some scholars are trying to explain that it is related to the magical elements, but in reality, the only thing that is known is that they are seen somewhere between the three months and that the protection of the month in which the different-colored moon appears (on the calendar) is activated, making it easier to meet the spirits that are its dependents.

I guessed April, May, etc., but in fact it was described as the month of Phal or the month of Val, a trap that I can only remember some of the beginnings of. ...... Yeah, it's a bit expensive when I get back to town, but I'll give up on the recipes and buy that book.

We see bears quite often, but they don't seem to notice us. I move downwind when I see a bear, but what's the point?　This causes them to shift their course northward and northward.

And I seem to have found it again before the collection point. No, I found the pickup point, too. Anyway, I'll send out a text message to all of you at once.

Homura: Sorry, I think I found another spirit. It's about 30 minutes from there. Can you make it?

Ochazuke sent: Where are you?

A short reply came from Ochazuke. It's hard to explain the location!

Homura Sent: About 20 degrees north from there with the river at your back?

Or should I go back once?　But I'm not sure I can find it again because this spirit is moving.

The spirit disappears and reappears about 10 meters away, dances gently in the moonlight for a while, and then moves again. After the genie dances, there grows <, which seems to be a collection point.

The dancing circle has created a collection point every other point, and this is the fourth one now, with glittering points mixed in. The every-other-others may be alternating with mining points.

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Ochazuke sends: It seems impossible, so go ahead...

Well, it's 30 minutes away and I'm not sure where they are. So we approach the genie.

It's a genie, right?　It's not a demon marker that detects presence. I was worried that a battle might suddenly break out, but the spirit had already noticed me, and at the same time, the party indicator disappeared.

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Young girls with no personality but beautiful. A beautiful woman with glowing white skin and jet-black hair floats in the center of the group. Her skin is white, which makes her stand out, but if you look closely, you can see that her hair and the whole body are glowing white.

I recognize this light.

My name is Homura.

You carry a piece of my power in your body, do you not?

Now, there should be no place in the land of the living where I live and breathe.

"Oh, I feel a piece of my other half, too."

"I like that you came alone, I don't like the noise."

"Okay, I give you my blessing."

With that, the goddess of darkness and her household disappeared.

Are you sure you want to call her the Goddess of Darkness ......?

I have obtained the title [Verna's Blessing].

[Dark magic] has changed to [Dark magic].

As soon as the announcement was made, I received a text message from Ochazuke and the others.

Ochazuke sent: Dead?　

Peter sent: It is shameful that you should die, O brave man!

Shin Sent: Temple?

Leo sent: wahahahahaha

Kikuhime Sent: He's dead, isn't he?　

I'll let Leo go through with it, but I'll reply that I was let out of the party at the event, but I'm safe and sound. I wonder what I got for the blessing.

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Increase...

Level +1

Title

[Verna's Blessing]

Dark magic] → [Dark magic

Skills

Sword]

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Homura Lv.21

Rank D

Occupation Mage Swordsman, Apothecary

H!?　　566

M!?　　732

STR 32

VIT 22

INT 42

MID 16

DEX 14

AGI 21

LUK 12

N!?C!?　[Galahad] [-].

Title

■General

[Interactionist] [Power to Turn] [Mystery Revealer] [Mystery Revealer]

Blessings of the Gods

[Val's Blessing] [Verna's Blessing

Skill (1s!?)

■Magic and Magic

Wood magic Lv.3] [Fire magic Lv.5] [Earth magic Lv.3

Gold Magic Lv.4] [Water Magic Lv.3] [☆ Wind Magic Lv.3

Light Magic Lv.2] [☆Dark Magic Lv.4

Swordsmanship

[Swordsmanship Lv.8] [Slash

Sword Lv.1

Summoning

White Lv.1

■Spiritual Art

Spirit of Water [Rufa Lv.1

Talent system

Physical Arts]

■Production

Mixing Lv.1] [Alchemy Mixing Lv.1] [Cooking Lv.4

Collecting

Collecting

■ Appraisal and concealment

Tool medicine appraisal Lv.3] [Plant food appraisal Lv.4

Animal and Demon Appraisal Lv.4] [Skill Appraisal Lv.2

Weapons and Armor Appraisal Lv.2

Attention Detection Lv.3] [Attention Dilution Lv.3

Enhancement

Arm Strength Lv.2] [Intellectual Strength Lv.4] [Mental Strength Lv.2

Improved dexterity Lv.2] [Improved agility Lv.2

Swordsmanship enhanced Lv.3】 【Magic enhanced Lv.2

Others

H!? Natural recovery] [M! Natural recovery], [Night vision], [Map], [Telepathy

Equipment change