CH 183

『Individual Name: Yurina went from Level 4 to Level 7. 

HP: 4→8

MP:4→10

Vitality:5→9

Strength: 7→10

Intelligence: 7→11

Dexterity: 35→42

Speed: 6→10

Acquired Throwing Level 2.』

While I was disassembling the phantom bird, Yurina-san happily showed me a piece of paper that showed the transcription of her level up screen. I wondered what kind of comment I should give at times like this. I believed that was one of the most important things in a romantic relationship. 

For some reason, I had 90 intelligence points however, since the beginning I already had high status points in general. Her intelligence point was lower than mine and because she was a woman, her HP point was also lower than mine. 

Men tend to become prideful and act condescending when it comes to women but most probably, that wasn’t the right way to approach things in a romantic relationship. I shouldn’t say things like “you have less intelligence points than me”. In these kinds of situations, you should find the positive points of things and praise them for it. Whenever you were in a situation that required you to comment on something, you needed to be sure to praise the woman so they would be happy. 

I looked for good points about her status. 

“Hmm…”

Yurina-san was very good with her hands and great at sewing. Her dexterity points were unusually high so I decided to praise her for it. 

“Thank you, Yurina-san. You’re very good at sewing and your dexterity point is high too. You’re so amazing.”

I praised her by making sewing gestures and handed back the paper that was written with her status on it. 

Maybe she was satisfied with the praise, she looked so happy after hearing my words. 

See? I told you so. Now, now. Time to continue disassembling the phantom bird. 

The feathers seemed to be in a good quality and would be good to use as a material for quilt, down pillow or cushion. Yurina-san was good at sewing so let’s gather as much as we could put in the wagon. 

Next, the meat. Just like sea urchin, the meat was said to be ‘amazingly good’. Wondering what the meat would taste like, I couldn’t wait for dinner time to come. The other inedible parts like intestines or offal should be thrown away but appraisal said that these were ‘very resilient materials’ so just in case, I washed them with water and brought them with me. 

And then, the most important thing was the explosive materials underneath the wings that appraisal described as ‘monster bird’s explosive’. This thing was the secret behind the feather attack mechanism. 

『Monster Bird’s Explosive: Explosive used to shoot feathers during feather attack. By putting magic power into it, this explosive can be detonated at any time as long as it can be seen from the user’s distance. 』

I guess this must be similar to a spider’s explosive so we might be able to use this to make a hand grenade for Yurina-san. However, unlike spider’s explosive, this monster bird’s explosive had additional information,’By putting magic power into it, this explosive can be detonated at any time as long as it can be seen from the user’s distance.’. Though, there was no guarantee that this explosive wouldn’t explode upon impact. 

To mitigate the risk of this explosive material exploding upon impact, I gathered all of the monster bird’s explosive in a cushion bag and covered the bag with layers of cloth and phantom bird’s feather. 

When Yurina-san knew about the existence of the monster bird’s explosive, she was quick to take the initiative to help me with collecting the explosive materials even though she wasn’t very good at disassembling work.

We also would need to verify how this monster bird’s explosive worked. 

After we were finished with the disassembling work, we decided to leave the forest. In a worse case scenario, we could camp in the forest but other monsters might come popping out. If we could, it’d be better to camp in a place with a good vantage point. 

After driving with the wagon for a few hours, finally the setting sun could be seen from the crevice between the trees. Upon coming out of the forest, we found a good place without any obstruction but the river. The glimmering reflection of the crimson red setting sun on the river was very beautiful. 

“Okay. We’re out. Yurina-san, let’s camp here today.”

“Yes. Got it.”

I called out to Yurina-san, who was squinting her eyes, probably because her eyes were dazzled from being basked in the setting sun. And then….

“Woof!”

“Hey, Ash! Stay down!”

“Ash! It’s dangerous!”

Ash was squirming, ready to jump out to the snow field, which was dyed in crimson red by the setting sun’s light. Yurina-san was holding Ash in her arms, trying to calm him down because I was in the middle of holding the reins. 

Even though this was a pretty dangerous place and literally speaking, our lives were in danger just a moment ago, I was still feeling this extremely heartwarming sense of happiness.

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T/N: I think this works for other scenarios too. When your friend is asking for your opinion and you know they can’t take criticism at that time, it’s better to find something positive to praise about. Brutal honesty is not always the right answer.