Chapter 40 - Time For Awakening?

Nathan sent a message to the poster.

[Nathan: Hello, I would like to inquire about hiking with you. I'm new to this btw.]

He sent the message and waited. It did not take long for a reply to come.

Ding!

[Hiker's Club: Hey, glad that you inquired with us. Tell me about what you want to know.]

"Hmm, that was fast."

Typing, Nathan sent the things that he wanted to know.

They talked for several minutes before Nathan got all the answers that he needed. He said his thanks and ended the conversation.

Putting his phone down, Nathan looks outside.

The sun is still glowing with it's orange light, basking the world with its warmth.

"It's still not that late, maybe I still can go out and shop some things."

Nathan thought about it for a while.

"Sounds good! I'll take a shower first, I kinda stink. Don't wanna leave smelling like this."

Heading to the bathroom, Nathan washed himself carefully.

Exiting, he now smells like the scented soap with a hint of mint.

"Ah~ I feel much better."

Now more relaxed, Nathan took a decent pair of clothes and shoes, and he's ready to go!

As he was about to walk out of the door, Nathan suddenly stopped.

He frowns as he thinks of something.

"I can't just leave like this."

Nathan was thinking about Natalie safety.

After what happened this morning, Nathan just doesn't feel that he can leave Natalie by herself anymore.

What if something happened?

What if a burglar came?

Or worse, what if the gangsters find their house?

Thinking of these possibilities, Nathan started to worry.

He looks in the direction of Natalie's room. Then suddenly, his eyes became firm.

"I really did not want her to suffer from that pain but… it looks like it will be necessary to give her something for self defense or… awaken her talent."

A while back, when he was doing his grind, Nathan had actually used his appraisal on Natalie and was able to get a peek on her soul talent.

Her talent's name was, [World Writer]!

Nathan doesn't know what it is exactly since there was no explanation no matter how long he stared at it.

But from its name, it doesn't sound that bad.

"But that might not be enough. Her soul talent might not be able to provide her with anything for self defense. Mine also doesn't seem to have anything that can be used for offense."

Looking at the visible effects of his soul talent, Nathan felt a little complicated.

Having the independent space is a really big positive thing for Nathan so he was glad.

What he has mixed feelings about is the other effect.

[Effect 1: Master of all professions. A villager that can do anything. An omnipotent villager.]

For him, this effect is pretty good actually. It's just that, it sounds dubious for him.

It's like playing an rpg game and starting as a villager but it's a villager that can turn into every class!

Who the heck does that!?

Anyway, Nathan's mixed feelings about this is not because of that.

The real reason is, he doesn't know how this effect works.

Will he suddenly be able to do anything without knowing anything about it at first or will knowledge suddenly pour into his head.

He doesn't know.

Nathan already felt the pain from the activation of the soul talent before, so he is a little bit terrified with some unknown side effects from this soul talent again.

Shaking his head, Nathan got rid of those thoughts.

"Even if I don't want her to experience that pain, she needs to awaken for the better."

Deciding, Nathan closed his eyes and willed himself to enter the independent space.

In a blink of an eye, Nathan disappeared from where he was standing.

What he did not notice was that Natalie was actually there, looking at him from upstairs.

Right now, her eyes are wide open, looking at the place where Nathan was standing just a second ago.

"What… just happening?"

She stood there, dumbfounded at Nathan's sudden disappearance.

Natalie just woke up still feeling a little light headed as she walks out of her room. When she's about to go downstairs, she suddenly saw Nathan and was about to greet him.

But the next second, the scene she saw really woke her up was something she can't explain!

Although Nathan already exposed some things to her, overall, Natalie is still clueless about these things.

Hurriedly, she ran downstairs and looked at the place Nathan stood before with shocked eyes!

There was no trace of Nathan there!

"Where did he go!?"

…

Meanwhile, inside the independent space.

Nathan opened his eyes and saw that he was already in his space.

"Yes! It only took a second to enter now!" he exclaimed,

Nathan has actually been practicing entering and exiting the independent space from the date he got it.

From that, he learned that the key to independent space is actually visualization!

By having a better visualization of the space when you want to enter it, the easier it will be.

Because of that, Nathan has been strengthening his memory of the space by looking at every corner of it and burning it into his head.

Moreover, from that, Nathan also discovered a few things.

And examples would be the storage.

Nathan got to know that he can actually put anything, not just the seeds or plants harvested from space, but also whatever things that he wants to put in it!

Just like the awakener!

The awakener is something very precious that Nathan doesn't want to lose.

For that reason, he tried his best to think of a place to hide it in. And what would be a better place than his own independent dimensional space, right?

At first he just wanted to try it out to see if it would be possible to place it into the thatch house, and he was not disappointed!

Starting then, Nathan frequently used the storage sneakily to hide some things… which he really doesn't have.

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