I cannot come up with anything witty to say right now, which is exceedingly rare in my humble opinion. Being sarcastic all the time is one of my defining traits and therefore there should always be a witty comeback ready whenever wherever no matter what predacious condition I am in. Or rather the more desperate the situation is the more reason to have one, considering it is my coping mechanism.
[Welcome to the Tutorial!]
Then again perhaps I could be pardoned for this mishap of mine considering I have just recently passed away. It has gone for quite a few months since I seriously started considering suicide at the young age of nineteen. Finally took the courage to get it through my head, it being a bullet.
Honestly, my life was somewhat above average in my opinion. The only reason I killed myself was because even my parents started to despise me for being a no-good high school dropout shut-in. I knew they were merely worried for me and was trying to do their best to reform me but they were the ones who crossed the line when they started constantly beating me physically.
Maybe it was the stress, or maybe they truly thought it was for the best if I changed even through force. Either way, when they crossed that line I decided to cross a line myself and went out of my way to get a gun for the sake of self-homicide. I wonder how long it will take for someone to read the note I left behind.
[…It seems you did not hear a word of my previous statement. Would you like me to repeat them?]
So the system has a personality, it seems. Nevertheless I already knew where this is going so mind skipping this tutorial thing and let me play the game as the Gamer?
[…What gave it away?]
The fact there is a blue screen right in front of me is enough proof of this being some random Gamer story, most likely a Fanfiction, considering how popular those things are. I mean the top community within FanFiction is about Gamer stories for god's sake. They are an abomination which should have never been created, and something I absolutely love with all my heart.
Wonder where this story is posted, and what the title of this story is. Writer!Me please tell me you have named it something cool and not generic like slapping the word 'Gamer' beside the title of the series you are putting me in.
Oh, and yes I know the writer of this story must literally be another version of me. No one except a parallel me would deign to create a protagonist like me. Besides as I said before Gamer stories are right up my alleys therefore raising the likelihood of another me writing this thing. Hopefully, that version of me who is literally writing my every thought is a good writer.
No, actually please be a bad writer who makes his protagonist a Mary-sue.
Anyway oh kind system, mind skipping the tutorial?
[…Fine. First thing first please choose your race]
[Human]
[LOCKED]
[LOCKED]
[LOCKED]
…
And there were more lines saying locked below those. Jeez, they sure aren't giving me a lot to work with here. Obviously I picked human as it was the only choice. Are there ways to change my Race mid-playthrough or do I need to restart all the way to choose the other options after I unlock them?
[You may choose unlocked options during your next playthrough]
Unfortunate but it's nothing worth crying over. Guess I will have to make do with being human again for this second lifetime of mine. Nothing I haven't experienced but surely there will be something interesting to explore later within the new world I will be dropped at. Otherwise I would be sorely disappointed.
[Next is your name]
Call me Shirou Kotomine, in honor of the white-haired priest.
[Pick a Starting Perk as well]
[Noob Luck: +10000 LUC till Lv10, Req: First-time user only]
[LOCKED]
[LOCKED]
[LOCKED]
…
Yeah, this beggar will take whatever he can get his hands on. I am thankful I even got something to work with here. Guess I will have to make the best of my first run and take advantage of that +10000 Luck. There goes my plan of quickly restarting after unlocking more options.
[What age will you start in]
[Newborn]
[1 Year Old]
[2 Years Old]
[…]
[…]
[16 Years Old]
I picked 16 years old. Speed is key and growing up once more sounds like a bothersome journey anyway. Besides it seems I can enjoy multiple playthroughs within this game, so why not make the first a quick one?
[Please create your avatar]
Wait is the game letting me adjust how I look. Oh this is going to be fun.
...
After a while, I finished changing the height, weight, and proportions of the body, along with adjusting my face to make it more handsome. Also I changed my hair color to white and skin color to tanned brown. Might as well as stick to the theme and make myself look like Ruler. Done, what is next?
[Welcome to Highschool DxD]
Well, I suppose Writer!Me has chosen well considering how large the DxD fanfiction fandom is. If he wants to gain popularity then DxD is not a bad choice at all. Except for me this is quite the bad news as the power creeps within this series is busted, like the power levels in the story soars faster than a rocket does. No wonder there are retries as options.
Have to wonder how many times will there be a need to retries before I become strong enough to face the likes of Ouroboros or Great Red though. Most likely years if not decades, and even without any kind of time limit, I am still doubtful of my capability of defeating them.
Nevertheless…
Hello World
My surrounding is a Japanese town, most likely Kuoh where the story takes place within the first few volumes. The times where everything was fine and the power level still made some form of sense. Now the first thing I should do is power myself up. But before that is checking my status.
Name: Shirou Kotomine
Age: 16
Race: Human
Sacred Gear: None
Lv0
STR: 16
DEX: 16
CON: 16
INT: 16
WIS: 16
CHA: 16
LUC: 16 (+10000)
Unallocated: 0
Perks: Noob Luck
Skill: None
And that was all there is to my status. It seems I gain an automatic +1 to all stats for every year I lived. Another noticeable thing is the fact I do not seem to own any HP or MP bar, nor the usual Gamer Body and Gamer Mind perks. Not even the observe skill. Guess I will need to unlock those stuff later on.
As for how these stats functions…
[Strength]
[Controls your exertion of force]
[Dexterity]
[Controls your body coordination]
[Constitution]
[Controls your physical fitness and health]
[Intelligence]
[Controls your mental prowess and the power of your magic]
[Wisdom]
[Controls your perceptions and the reservoir of your magic]
[Charisma]
[Controls your attractiveness and persuasiveness]
[Luck]
[Controls your fate]
Those words appeared after I clicked each of the stats. Have to wonder what was up with the last one. Was there something special about the Luck stat or am I merely digging too deeply into this? And it seems Intelligence is the magical equivalent of Strength while Wisdom is basically my metaphorical MP bar like how Constitution is my metaphorical HP bar.
Alright, for now let us head towards the abandoned house for some training. My currents stats are abysmal by DxD standards and raising them should be within my best interest. I have to wonder whether I would need to eat food as well. Most likely yes considering I do not have the Gamer Body.
Crapsack that might pose some trouble.
Ah well, I'm sure my luck will help me through these troubled times. My Noob Luck is an enormous gift for starting players who cannot separate left from right yet. I will think up of a way to make use of it later on. For now I need to find a base where I can train and create my secret scheme to become the overlord of this world.
Therefore I walked away acting like any other person on the street. Scurry away, scurry away, let me see where my luck leads me astray~~
"Come on, lady. Why don't you spend some time with us, hmm?"
Oh, here we go. It is time to play the hero and defeat some thugs as my first baptism. This is the first event so I better clear it properly. Wonder if I will get a perk like Good Samaritan for doing this thing. Well, let's not raise our hopes too high from a random encounter with thugs.
"That's right lady. Why don't you spend some time with me, hmm?"
Wait what am I, one of these thugs? Jokes aside those words inadvertently came out of my mouth. Guess this mouth of mine simply cannot let go of a chance for some basic humor. It cannot be helped. Once someone lives on the internet long enough they will become a troll whether they want it or not.
"Huh? Who the hell are you?"
Thug #1 spoke to me. In anime and manga thugs are nothing but parsley-like existence, merely existing to show how brave or tough the protagonists or the heroines are. I somewhat pity their almost-meaningless existence whose only purpose is to become stepping stones for the likes of me.
Or at least those were my thoughts before a quick fist launched towards my face.
…
"Are you okay?"
The woman kneeled beside me. She was untouched by the thugs. Something I was deeply thankful for since that was the entire reason I went and got myself within this whole trouble. Who knew mere thugs would be that strong. Or maybe I am simply that weak compared to the average populace.
No, in the first place there is power in number. It is basically impossible to defeat multiple enemies no matter how strong you are, mainly because the human body is simply not meant for taking punishment. Our defense is laughably low compared to other animals out there. Even if you are much stronger than your enemies, all it takes is one full-power lucky shot to defeat you within a fight.
"Do I look okay to you missy?"
It seems that at the very least my sarcasm is still intact and unharmed through the beating. Oh what kind of peril it would have been if I lost that sarcastic wit of mine. That would doubtlessly be the most devastating loss of my life.
"Want me to call an ambulance?"
"Got no money for that, so no."
Do I really look that injured to her? As a crybaby, I would have taken that offer without a doubt in any other condition, but right now is not the right time. My identity is still in shambles and I have no shush-money either, so using public stuff is going to be a troublesome ordeal.
"Would you come over to a place where you could stay for the night then?"
"…Do you offer that to any random person you just met?"
Maybe this was the result of my 10016 luck points, but this was very much a good fortune for me. Considering my lack of everything having someone who could provide me a roof above my head is something of great improvement. However I am still wary of whether this is a trick or a joke.
"Well, you got injured because of me so that's the least I could do."
Her smile was so bright I couldn't help but smile back towards her. So she was the kind type who will show kindness towards even a pathetic stranger like me. Well, might as well as believe her for now. After all the worst that could happen is getting kicked out from her place. Not like I have anything that could be stolen.
"Then I will take up that offer with gratefulness."
Looking downwards she was carrying a few plastic bags with her. I offered to carry some of them for her but she denied, saying she wouldn't bother an injured person with anything burdensome. I am certainly still feeling the stinging pain from the previous beating. Tried to fool her saying the wounds have gotten better but she still insisted.
…
"So you own a café?"
I looked towards my surroundings, a nice small place with seats and tables. Though it was not big the atmosphere within the place was merely perfection itself. The interior designer of the place was quite creative with the space given, making it a cozy place for the weary tor rest within the town. Nice café if I ever saw one.
"Yup."
"And you're also hiring?"
There was a sign at the front saying they were hiring people. That simply means a golden chance for me to solve my current woes of having no income. There was no way I would miss this chance even for having a hot blonde bombshell as my girlfriend. Finally I can get out from being Jobless. Thinking about it I never had a proper job in my past life. Maybe some experiences with part-time jobs but nothing dedicated.
"Yup."
"…Sign me in."
Those were words spoken after some amount of contemplation. This job does not suit me in the least considering my introverted nature but it seems like I will have to make some efforts to properly live within this world, as I cannot rely on my parents to handle my monetary burden anymore.
I do not have anything like a resume or any previous experiences with such works. The most logical answer would be not to hire me from the perspective of the Owner. However I had a tingling feeling that such an answer won't occur, which was the very reason I bothered making that request.
"I have no problem with that."
She spoke with an amused smile. I am undeserving of having such a kind angel bless me with her smile. To be honest I was having mixed feelings about this whole scheme of things. On one hand things are going well, yet on another hand things are going far too well and my paranoia is getting very out of control very quickly.
"Can you brew?"
"I will learn."
"Can you bake?"
"I will learn."
"Can you serve?"
"…I will grudgingly learn."
"Ahaha! What's with those answers!?"
She laughed with both arms slithering across her waist. It paints quite a beautiful picture if I was being honest. Owner-san here is actually quite the beauty, which was most likely the reason the thugs from before decided to bother her. Guess there are drawbacks to good things as well.
Well, beauty being a good thing is merely seeing things from a cosmetic perspective in the first place. For those uncaring of looks and intends to reach something deeper in life, maybe it would be better to judge by personality or other such matters. Then again ignoring their looks when eyesight is our most used sense is nothing but foolishness. In the end, I suppose it is all about finding the balance.
"Anyway, if you really wanna work here then you're hired. First thing first we need to clean up."
"Roger that."
Without any more words we started cleaning through the café. She handed me the tools so there were no problems in that aspect. And even as much of a failure that I am there is no problem in my cleaning skills as I occasionally clean the house as well on request of my parents. Those were troublesome request but I am certainly thankful for them raising me so I followed their orders silently to a certain extent.
Thinking back I wondered how did our family turn out to be so twisted. Considering how I have been messed up even far before the rest of the family was it was not hard to blame myself for their change. Maybe my ineptitude was the reason why my parents started fighting. Such thoughts kept piling up and I grew to feel guilty about every little thing I did.
This line of thoughts reminds me of things back home. Wonder what my parents are doing right now. Well, that question could easily be answered with some simple knowledge and basic reasoning. They are most likely dealing with the political backlash of having one of their children dying through suicide. But enough of such sappy topics, there was at least some good news that occurred to me through the cleaning process.
[You have created the Cleaning skill]
[Cleaning Lv1]
[+9% cleaning speed]
[For Gaining 1 Skill +1 Boon point]
So skills existed and can easily be earned through repeated actions. As expected of the Gamer ability, creating a skill just about whenever wherever and for anything. By the time we finished cleaning everything the skill has leveled up four times, increasing my cleaning speed by 45%. I wonder whether skills carry over through retries.
However what was that boon point? Assumedly something used to gain new perks if my guess is correct, though there is no solid proof. I wonder how many ways there are to earn Boon points. Well, those thoughts were matters for later. For now it is time to go back to the matter at hand and finish up the cleaning.
"That was quicker than expected. Getting an additional hand was the right decision it seems."
"I will take that as a compliment."
It has only been a quarter of an hour since we started cleaning everything up and the deeds were done already. In the first place there were not that much to clean considering this place was rather small. I could see how a single woman managed to work alone within this place up till now.
"You just thought of something rude didn't you?"
"Mind reading!?"
"You are as easy to read as an open book like you have nothing to hide. It is actually quite hilarious."
She laughed again. At a guess she is the type to smile and laugh a lot. Then again she is a café owner so being welcoming towards the customer is merely part of the job I suppose. That was something I could not imagine. I would rather bake and brew at the back rather than serving customers, but I suppose it cannot be helped.
To integrate myself into society I will need to change myself and adapt towards this cruel unforgiving world. I did not do so in my past life because there were no motivations to do so, but this world is far more interesting than my previous one. Enough to the point I wish to at least try just the tiniest bit.
"Well, I certainly have nothing to hide."
"Oh? Then mind sharing why you were so lost?'
So she noticed. It must be part of the reason why she invited me into her café without any question. She most likely lives in another place which contributed to her willingness to let me stay here for the night, but it was still kindness far too much for the likes of me to receive. It has been some time since I interacted with someone so kind.
Therefore I suppose I might as well as share some truths with her. Not everything obviously, as I need to hide some things still such as how I killed myself, and it is doubtful that she would believe such an out-of-the-world explanation. Besides there are some pieces of information that I believe will not do her any good.
"Just lost everything I had except my body and the clothes on my back. Gained a few stuff as well though, so not an utter loss."
"I see. And was that through your own decision?"
"I was the one who incited it, though the result was certainly caused by the decision of others."
I was the one who had killed that life of my own volition. Getting the power of the Gamer and being transferred into the world of Highschool DxD certainly was something which came out of the left-field though. Not that I am ungrateful for it because I truly am. After all, this is a much more interesting world than my previous one.
Being put into the world of DxD is truly a fearsome thing to be honest. There will never be enough emphasis on this so I will repeat it once more; DxD power levels are utterly broken. The difficulty spike is simply far too enormous. This game is tipped against me already before we even began. That is why the option to retry exists in the first place.
"I see… Well, if you wish to work here you should at least know some brews."
"Roger that."
Following that she taught me how to brew some basic coffee espresso, and made me remember all the different beans as well. Have to admit she has quite the collections for a small café owner. Thinking back this is pretty much the first proper establishment of this nature that I set foot in. Sometimes I go to a café at the mall, but nothing independent like this one.
Coffee beans, hot water of almost-boiling point, and a cup along with the coffee machine. That was all the items needed to make a cup of espresso. Maybe some cream, milk or honey for certain brews. She made the coffee slowly; displaying each step of the process so I can remember them.
After a while, the coffee was successfully made and she wiped her figurative sweat before looking over towards me. At a guess it was my turn to display my coffee-making skills. She did show me each step while also explaining them clearly so I have no objection with replicating her feat.
"Now try to make one yourself."
She looked towards me expectantly while saying those words. Indeed she expects me to create a coffee after just one listen to her instructions. I am a no-good failure whose brain cells are inactive most of the times so I wonder how I will mess things up this time around. Nevertheless it would be rude to turn her down at this point.
Might as well as try. Even if the result is a failure then at least I have tried, no matter how small of a meaning that token has. As they say to fail is the mother of learning, though sometimes I fail to grasp anything as my efforts were half-hearted at best. There is simply not enough motivations in the world to make me push myself out of my comfort zone back in the past.
What is to fear when the worst thing that could happen is merely another failure to add to my already very long list of mistakes?
However now is different. There is someone expecting something of me. Someone I actually cared about, unlike my thrice-damned parents. Hopefully that was enough motivation for the likes of me to act properly and function as a normal human being.
[Quest: Make an Espresso]
[Objectives: Make a goddamn Espresso]
[Bonus Objectives: Impress Owner-san with your Espresso]
[Rewards: +Affection with Owner-san, +100EXP]
[Bonus Rewards: ++Affection with Owner-san, +500EXP, +5Lv in Brewing]
My first quest, not a tutorial but still a trivial quest where there is not much at stake expect whether the coffee beans and water will be wasted or not. I doubt this person would kick me out even if I can't make a coffee worth shit considering her kindness.
Nevertheless that does not mean I should do anything less than my utter best to finish this task properly. Half-assed works have been a signature of mine but it will not cut it to show my savior such lacking result. I will not take advantage of her kindness like so.
Alright, here we go. The first thing first is heating the water to an almost boiling point, then preparing the beans that will be used to make the coffee itself. Fill the machines with both and activate the thing. That was actually far simpler than I imagined, even with the few extra details she added during the whole thing.
So finishing things up I have followed her exact steps in making the cup of coffee and ended up with something far beyond my expectations. I usually low-ball my expectations in case things go wrong, but things seem to be going far too well lately. I blame it in my 10016 LUC stat. Well, 10017 LUC from now on I suppose.
[You Luck has activated, causing you to create an astonishing cup of coffee]
[Through having a lucky break +1 LUC]
[You have created the Brewing skill]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv2]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv3]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv4]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv5]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv6]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv7]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv8]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv9]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv10]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv11]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv12]
[Through constant usage Brewing Skill has grown to Lv13]
I blinked, looking towards the cup of coffee in my hands. Did I just create something amazing through sheer luck? Maybe that was why the skill level exploded so vigorously compared to the previous cleaning skill. It was a very rapid development no matter how ones you put it, to the point I wondered whether it was a bug from the game.
So luck has such an effect on skill growth. I suppose that makes this game a tiny bit more realistic than the average RPG, but then again I should have known that from the fact that there are no HP or MP bars. Far as my knowledge goes there was no decent RPG without an HP bar.
Maybe this game is a shitty one then.
Shaking my head I decided to give the cup of coffee to Owner-san for her to taste-test. She widened her eyes as she took a small sip from the cup. Was that a good reaction or was that a bad one? I am not familiar enough with her to know the nuances within her surprised expression. At the very least I did surprise her. Whether it was because my brew was amazing or horrendous is debatable though.
"That was… Did you put drugs in it?"
"I'll take that as a compliment."
It seems my first quest was a tremendous success. Have to admit I feared for the worst for a while there, considering the strange variable that is the system added into the mix. Well, I am fine long as it was a resounding success. Who cares about the details anyway, far as I am concerned I just made the best cup of coffee she most likely had in a while.
[Quest: Make an Espresso]
[Objectives: make a goddamn Espresso Complete]
[Bonus Objectives: impress Owner-san with your Espresso Complete]
[Hidden Objectives: Make the best coffee Owner-san has ever tasted Complete]
[Rewards: +affection with Owner-san +100EXP]
[Bonus Rewards: ++affection with Owner-san +500EXP +5 Levels in Brewing]
[Hidden Rewards: +++affection with Owner-san +1000EXP +10 Levels in Brewing]
Now that was a pleasant surprise. So that cup of coffee was the best she has ever tasted in her life? It makes me wonder how it tastes. I paid attention to the blue screens while Owner-san kept taking small sips from the coffee. Those quest rewards were quite kind for a newbie character. Hopefully this success will be followed by more success rather than any failure.
After some praying towards Writer!Me to make me a Mary-Sue I moved on to the rewards from the quest itself which was quite generous from my perspective. Firstly there were +15 levels to my brewing skill, directly raising it to Lv28.
[Brewing Lv28]
[+252% taste to breweries you makes]
That was quite the jump in levels. It seems I gain +9% on each level-ups the same as my cleaning skill. Assuming the max level for each skill is Lv100 then I can raise the effectiveness of anything I do through skills by +900% or multiplied tenfold. I wonder how the combat-related skills will look like.
Other than that there was my level. Going to Lv1 takes me 100EXP, Lv2 200EXP, Lv3 300EXP and so on. I just earned myself a total of 1600EXP so that should bring me straight to a bit over Lv5. It seems leveling up within this game is much easier compared to other Gamer systems. It makes sense when one considers the power levels.
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have grown to Lv5]
[You have gained +15 Unallocated Stat Points]
[For reaching Lv1 +1 Boon point]
So I gain unallocated stats points equal to my level every level up. That would be very useful in later levels. I decided to save them up for now and use them in a pinch. For now, it will be more efficient to raise my stats through training rather than using my unallocated stat points which are limited in nature, as leveling up will get harder and harder later on.
"So, is the coffee really that good or are you just that much of a coffee maniac?"
"How rude. Though as for the taste of this brew… Try it yourself."
She brought the cup in her hand towards me. After a skeptical look towards her I took it from her hands before taking a small sip from the coffee within the cup. It should be good since the game told me it was an amazing cup of coffee, but no matter how one put it what is inside the cup is nothing but a normal espresso. It should still be far off from satisfying the taste buds of a café owner.
Yet an explosion occurred within my mouth the moment the coffee flowed in. I am a fan of coffee who tried all kinds of high-end brands in the past, and yet I was certain this coffee beats anything I have ever tasted in my past life. The taste was… I could try to describe it with words but why bother doing something like that when I could instead drown within this feeling of warmth and bittersweet atmosphere.
[You have consumed a sip of Perfect Coffee Made from Utter Luck]
[+100% Luck for the following 10 minutes]
[Through things you should know unless you are very dense, +1 Charm]
What was up with that last announcement? Being dense means being ignorant and I have no problems with that. As wise men have said ignorance is bliss. However there was a feeling of interest within me that wishes to figure out the meaning behind the announcement. And I did not have to think hard at all really.
"Ah."
I just had to listen to those words of realization from Owner -san who was looking towards the coffee cup within my hand. It was then that I realized this cup was something Owner-san herself just drank out of, therefore making the act of me drinking from said cup an indirect kiss.
[Through you realization +1 Wis]
Thank you for going the extra mile with the reward game. Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have made the realization and be ignorant of this development instead considering I am the protagonist, considering harem protagonists are supposed to be dense. However it is too late to regret where my mind has led me. Or rather it is always already too late when you start regretting it. That is why it is called regret, because it comes after the failure which you cannot change.
Sure you can succeed next time but the fact you have once failed will never change. That is the cruelty of this world, and why it is so very beautiful as well. Right, it is far too beautiful for the likes of me.
A strange atmosphere enveloped the two of us. Jeez, what is this some random wish-fulfillment story made by a wishful teenager? Oh wait it totally is.
"Y-you still need to learn how to bake."
[Quest: Make a batch of cookies]
[Objectives: make some goddamn cookies]
[Bonus Objectives: impress Owner-san with your cookies]
[Rewards: +affection with Owner-san +200EXP]
[Bonus Rewards: ++affection with Owner-san +1000EXP +5 Levels in Baking]
With my doubled luck I have a feeling this will go just as well. This time around she did not display me how to do them, but rather merely guiding while I go through the process needed to bake them properly. Basically she instructed me through each step of baking the cookies, which turned out well in my opinion.
Too well in fact.
[You Luck has activated, causing you to create an astonishing batch of cookies]
[Through having a lucky break +1 LUC]
[You have created the Baking skill]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv2]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv3]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv4]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv5]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv6]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv7]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv8]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv9]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv10]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv11]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv12]
[Through constant usage Baking Skill has grown to Lv13]
"H-How could this be…."
[Quest: Make a batch of cookies]
[Objectives: make some goddamn cookies Complete]
[Bonus Objectives: impress Owner-san with your cookies Complete]
[Hidden Objectives: Make the best cookies Owner-san has ever tasted Complete]
[Rewards: +affection with Owner-san +200EXP]
[Bonus Rewards: ++affection with Owner-san +1000EXP +5 Levels in Brewing]
[Hidden Rewards: +++affection with Owner-san +2000EXP +10 levels in Cookies]
[Brewing Lv28]
[+252% taste to bakeries you make]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have grown to Lv 9]
[You have gained +30 Unallocated Stat Points]
Like so I got hired into a job at the back of the café. After baking the cookies it has grown late and considering we will have to wake up early tomorrow to work at the café it was about time we hit the bed. Apparently owner-san has a house separate from the small café. I had been wondering where exactly does she life within this small place.
I thought she lived on the second floor but that was apparently used as a storage room. That said we moved towards her house as she was kind enough to offer me a rooftop above my head. The house itself was nice, a rather large home meant for a single person though.
She offered me a room but…
"I'll sleep on the couch."
There was no way I will be sleeping at her so-called free room. There were many personal items within the place, all well-kept despite seemingly old. The room most likely belonged to someone who once lived with her in the past. Considering things are clean then she most likely still reminisce about whomever it is that owns the room in the past.
I am a failure, but even a failure knows how to be considerate.
Oh, and something happened during the next morning.
[Through things you should know unless you are very dense, +1 Charm]
[For lasting through 1 day +1 Boon point]
Edit: Changed the effect of Noob Luck from 100 LUC to 10000 LUC