Chapter 17
[Saturday is approaching…]
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To live in this world.
I had all of Gentia’s information before : Her stats, skills, and characteristics. More than that, the information I really desired to see was clearly marked: Her favorability and reliability. I wasn’t nervous, yet the mont that the status screen appeared before , it had felt like all of the energy had been sucked from my body due to pure joy.
‘Haha… Hahaha,’ a spirited laugh flowed from my lips. Gentia’s status screen lay before !
It was real! And it was fun. It now felt as if I had truly entered my ga. In this world, you beco an adult at 15. My body at present was that of the 11-year old Judah, which ant I still had four years left. I had to use that ti to learn more and more and train as much as I can so that I could prepare myself to recover Pernen’s fragnts from wherever they might be in this harsh world.
It’ll be impossible to do this alone.
I knew that if I had obtained one of Lord Pernen’s fragnts, -Russen Ardahan-, a golem, an autonomous construct, that I would be less desperate to gain the aid of companions like Gentia.
I looked at her status screen again.
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「Status Window」
[Na: Gentia]
[Title: Tracker]
[True Na: None]
[Level: 49]
[Occupation: rcenary (C)]
[Race: Suin _ Tiger]
[Strength: 63(B) / Potential B]
[Health: 69(B) / Potential B]
[Agility: 79(B) / Potential A]
[Magic: 50(C) / Potential B]
[Magic Resistance: 51(C) / Potential B]
[Knowledge: 49(C) / Potential C] ? Special
[Luck: 55(C) / Potential B] ? Special
[Favorability: 10 (normal)]
[Reliability: 30 (faith)]
「Talent 4/5」
[Primary Instinct]-Rank: B
[Dragon Tiger Squad]-Rank: B
[Hunter]-Rank: C
[Present form]-Rank: C
「Skill 5/5」
[Watermark]-Rank: B
[Spear]-Rank: C
[rcenary-style left-handed dagger]-Rank: C
[Concealnt]-Rank: B
[Surprise Attack]-Rank: C
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It was not difficult to distinguish between good and bad companions. I could check their characteristics and skills by looking at the status screen, but I could also see whether they possessed a true na or not.
True nas are unlike titles, which are a type of bonus trait gained whenever you obtain certain achievents or reach a set level of fa.
At the outset, the difference between those possessing true nas and those that lack them is not so great. It basically ans that the true-na holders have a greater potential for their stats, as well as a high probability that they would gain an A-rank or higher in any of their characteristics or skills as they progress.
The probability still remained sowhat low, and there was not such a great difference in their stats.
Unfortunately, Gentia did not possess a real na. Her skills and characteristics were pretty basic and not highly ranked. Almost all of their potentials have already been reached, and her level points were pretty evenly distributed between her stats. She had achieved most of her potentials as they were capped quite low.
In other words, she wasn’t that powerful a companion. Still, I couldn’t just grab anyone and tell them to go on an adventure with . This reality was not like a ga, where you waltzed into an inn and left your current companions by switching them out for others through two clicks of a mouse.
No… This was not a matter that should be decided through haste.
It was far better to have a trusted person by your side than accept a traitor as your companion. I decided that I would consider these matters and make my conclusions four years from now when I could finally go out on adventures.
I sighed as I dispelled the status screen that floated before my eyes. I went to sit on the living-room sofa and stared blankly at the ceiling. There wasn’t even a pattern to follow on it, so I was totally bored. If you lounge about like that, you just feel awkward rather than sleepy.
Why am I here?
What should I do if my desire to return to Earth becos less and less?
In fact, do I even have to go back? I’m sure that I can have enough fun and a joy-filled life here. And even if I go back and have a few precious monts of reuniting with my family and friends, I will still be facing employnt difficulties, working hard just to make ends et in that … place … wait, what?
At that mont, a great many thoughts had passed so swiftly through my mind. There was no need for to get an Earth job. I had received my initial paynt for selling the rights to my ga, and that paynt had been enormous. If you see the number on an ATM screen, there might not be enough space for it to show. It’s the kind of amount that can keep fed for 10 years straight while I play around, and I would still be entitled to receive royalties.
Still, I had to wipe my computer’s hard drive as part of the deal.
I have to go back.
I stood up, sohow motivated by the need to return to all my useless things. I didn’t stretch after standing, fearing that I’d pull a muscle. I was quite hungry. I checked the ti, and it was indeed ti for lunch.
The rcenary guild isn’t so far from my house, so Gentia, if she hadn’t gotten stuck sowhere, should soon return. I needed to prepare a al for the two of us. I headed into the kitchen and took out so at that I had stored in the fridge. The flat and dense cut of at was frozen. While I left it out to defrost, ingredients I needed. Once gathered, I started chopping and slicing and grinding and dicing.
All the foodstuffs in my cupboards and fridge, including the at, had been purchased by Kaseun. He visits the market every two weeks, purchasing it all and bringing it to . And every ti he cos, he prepares his favorite dish: His beef stew.
That had continued for near-on four years, so naturally, I had learned how to make stew. I was making one now because I figured that it would certainly be a treat for Gentia. And I must say, for a young boy of twelve, I could prepare my als quite skillfully.
It is an unusual sight, a young child wearing an apron and wielding a cleaver.
‘I’m here! Little boy?’
I heard Gentia call to as she opened the door. I checked that my stew was boiling well and then headed into the living room, still wearing my apron. Gentia had begun carrying her possessions into the house from outside. She seed to have many things, and I wanted to help her, but I had food on the stove.
‘What? What, are you cooking?’ Gentia asked as she looked at in my apron. Her face then pinched up, showing a little admiration as her mouth ford into a silent ‘Oh.’
Gentia covered her mouth with one hand and quietly muttered, ‘It’s cute.’
I gave a wry smile. She had figured that I wouldn’t be able to hear her, but I did. Whether it was cute or not, I was only 11 years old. So when she called cute, she only ant that I was cute.
‘Can I help?’ I asked Gentia.
‘Huh? Oh, no, no. Do what you have to do.’
I nodded. Even though I really did want to help, I had to finish cooking. My question had just been out of courtesy.
Gentia had brought along a man from the rcenary guild, and he helped her move all her luggage from the foyer to her room. All the while, I tended to my stew.
When the stew was done, I cut the baguette that had been bought into suitably sized slices and placed them in a bowl. While the stew had boiled, I had also cooked the rice in the stew’s steam. Now the vapor coming from the pot showed that the rice was done.
I already had bread on the table, so I wondered if there had actually been a need for rice. Still, I knew how delicious a beef stew was with a portion of rice, so I scooped it into a bowl.
When the table-setting had been done, I headed to Gentia’s room. Her unorganized possessions were either still packed or scattered about the room.
‘Let’s eat. You can fix this place later.’
‘Is that so? Then, where shall we be eating this dish, little one? Oh… the scent has driven to the point of starvation … Whoo.’
Gentia was clearly excited, for the sll had drifted through the house and into her room, so she promptly followed into the kitchen. Her eyes stretched as she took in the al awaiting her on the table.
‘Huh? This is a Yorin stew, the favorite al of the commander.’
‘I learned it from him because he often cos here and prepares it. Thanks to his example, and his shopping, I always have stew ingredients at the ready.’
‘Huh, it’s such a nostalgic al, then.’
As she sat down, she mumbled that she couldn’t wait to taste it. She raised her spoon and said that she would eat well. And after her first bite, my cooking wad was greatly admired.
‘What, is it delicious? Is it really delicious?’
The stew’s flavor was just salty enough, and it went well with the rice and the mixed grains of the bread. I knew that there would be bread left, which could later be eaten separately with jam – or soup if I ran out of rice.
Gentia savored her al, almost gulping it down, but I guessed that she was hungry. When I told her that she should tell if it wasn’t enough, she imdiately demanded another bowl-full.
Luckily, I had a lot of stew. Our al went fast. I had been used to eating food quickly on Earth, and that habit had not gone away when I entered this world.
In Gentia’s case, her life of being a rcenary for so many years ant that it was only natural for her to eat as fast as possible.
‘Wow, I ate really well. I haven’t eaten such delicious food for a long ti. Whoo,’ Gentia said with a chuckle.
‘I’m glad it was to your taste,’ ca my reply as I smiled.
As she watched smile, her face suddenly beca wracked by doubt.
‘Aren’t you scared of ?’
I was montarily embarrassed by such an absurd question, but the answer popped into my head swifter than expected.
‘Not yet.’
‘Okay…?’
‘Why do you ask?’
‘Just because. There’s no other reason, just that you’re the first kid I et that isn’t afraid of from the start.’
Gentia smiled, her eyes looking like upturned half-moons. I looked at her dumbly and blushed. She reached over the table and gave my cheek a pinch, as people tend to do when a child is cute.
‘Now, should I do the dishes? I’ll help you.’
Gentia gathered her dishes up, and then mine. Later, I tried to help her unpack her luggage after the dishes were done, but she refused. She told to rest while I can because once we started training, there would not be a single day for leisurely breaks. I hesitated as she said this, but when she insisted that it was okay, I headed to my room and took a break.
And that was how I, a human, ca to live with a mber of the Suin race.
Teacher and disciple, living together.
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Fortunately, there are still many people who say that this is fun.
In fact, beyond the initial mythology, I was worried whether people would be interested in my own worldview.
Everyone seems to have similar tastes to . Haha.
Oh, of course, thank you very much for the coupon. I am a snob. Hahaha!
By the way, what is the main character’s physical age? His current physical age is 11 years. Doesn’t the age appear in the status window, or did you forget to include it? I tried to put in the age, but I took it out because it beca annoying, as so temporal skips occurred at the beginning. Actually, it’s not that important.
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