The realistic Sergent Drop was terrifying. Extremely terrifying.
Driven by morbid curiosity, I tried applying the evolved 『Varnish Coating』 to the Sergent Drop, but…….. it was insanely scary.
It was so scary that I laughed. Just like with the second life-size Yggdrasil god statue, I ended up laughing again when faced with another realistic doll.
By the way, Yggdrasil-san was completely creeped out.
Not just by the realistic Sergent Drop…….. but I feel like she was also creeped out by me laughing at it.
Anyway, I wanted to test it more. I wanted to varnish many more things.
That is what I thought, but my body started to feel heavy and I became nauseous, so I gave up.
It seems that realistic 『Varnish Coating』 consumes a considerable amount of magic power.
In particular, making the second life-size Yggdrasil god statue ‘real’ consumed a lot of magic power. It was life-size, after all, so that is probably unavoidable.
I squeezed out the remaining magic power to make the Sergent Drop realistic, but it seems that was where I ran out of magic power.
So, while the weakness of high magic power consumption was revealed, 『Varnish Coating』 is still amazing.
Of course, what I can do is not limited to high-cost realistic varnish. I can still choose the conventional low-cost varnish as well. 『Varnish Coating』 is amazing.
With 『Varnish Coating』 having evolved this far, I wondered if perhaps there were some changes reflected in my status as well.
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Thinking that, I visited the church the next day and had myself appraised right away, but――
Name: Alexis
Race: Elf, Age: 15, Gender: Male
Occupation: Woodworker
Level: 23（↑1）
Strength: 17（↑1）
Magic Power: 13（↑1）
Vitality: 8
Dexterity: 30（↑1）
Agility: 5
Skills:
Sword Lv1(New), Hammer Lv1, Bow Lv1, Fire Magic Lv1, Woodworking Lv2, Dungeon Lv1
Skill Arts:
Power Attack(Hammer Lv1), Paralyze Arrow(Bow Lv1), Varnish Coating(Woodworking Lv1), Glowing Moss(Dungeon Lv1)
Composite Skill Arts:
Glowing Power Attack(Hammer)(New), Glowing Paralyze Arrow(Bow)
Titles:
Son of the Sword Saint and the Sage, Dungeon Master
「F-fuoooo……..」
Th-the 『Sword』 skill……..
The 『Sword』 skill I had dreamed of! I finally got the 『Sword』 skill I had been longing for!
……..Though, 『Varnish Coating』 did not change, huh. Even after changing that much, it is still just 『Varnish Coating』.
「Congratulations, Alec-san!」
「Yes! Thank you very much!」
I smiled back at Laudette-san, who congratulated me with a smile.
「Ahh, finally. It has been quite a long time since I told you, Laudette-san, that it would ‘probably be soon’, but I finally managed to get it.」
Has it been almost a year since then? I managed to acquire it within the bounds of 「probably soon」. Yeah, that is a relief.
「But still, that is amazingg. Alec-san is fifteen now, and you started sword training when you weree?」
「Around seven years old.」
「Then that makes eight yearss. Amazingg. That is amazingg. Alec-san, you are amazingg.」
「No, no. Not at all.」
It feels good. Laudette-san’s praise feels really good.
It really is impressive. Of course, inheriting the title of Sword Saint from Father and receiving his guidance must have played a role, but even so, it took eight years instead of twenty. That is quite something.
「Congratulationss.」
「No, no. Thank you, thank you.」
「Then――shall I explain?」
「Huh? Ah, yes.」
It seems Laudette-san has gone into explanation mode.
For now, I will gratefully listen.
「Your father is a Sword Saint, so I do not think there is much need for me to explain again, but I will talk a littlee.」
「Yes. Please.」
「The 『Sword』 skill. As the name suggests, it is a skill that makes you better at handling swordss. The size of the sword does not matter. You can handle large two-handed swords and small one-handed swords welll.」
「Mm-hm.」
「In fact, most bladed weapons are finee. The effect even applies to kitchen knives or razorss.」
「……..I see.」
Yeah. I had kind of felt that already.
Even when eating, I had thought things like, 「Somehow I am really good at using a knife」.
Skills are still, as always, kind of rough or vague.
It really feels like they depend a lot on interpretation.
「Well, I think that covers itt.」
「Thank you very much.」
Going through Laudette-san’s tutorial like this really makes it sink in that I have acquired the 『Sword』 skill.
Now then, now that I have successfully obtained the 『Sword』 skill, the skills I currently possess are――
『Sword』『Hammer』『Bow』『Fire Magic』『Woodworking』『Dungeon』.
….That is quite a varied set of skills.
At this point, it almost makes me want to branch out even more.
I would like to pick up maybe one more type of magic and a few more production skills, and aim to become an all-rounder.
….Though rather than an all-rounder, the term jack of all trades might be more accurate.
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After leaving the church, I started walking toward my home.
「Man, that really is a relief.」
As the 「son of the Sword Saint and the Sage」, being able to safely acquire the 『Sword』 skill is a huge weight off my shoulders.
Next, I definitely want to improve my magic skills as well.
Acquiring the 『Sword』 skill in just eight years confirms that titles really do have a positive effect on skill acquisition.
If that is the case, I want to work on magic too.
I am not only the son of a Sword Saint, but also the son of a Sage.
Since that is the case, I want to put in effort on that side as well.
「In that case, should I focus on 『Fire Magic』, or should I try learning a different system….」
I do practice 『Fire Magic』 here and there, but since I am an elf living in the forest, fire magic is hard to use.
In that case, maybe I should aim to acquire another elemental magic.
If so, then Mother is the obvious choice.
Should I ask Mother to teach me?
She said that you can learn magic in five to ten years.
If I studied under her, I might be able to acquire it even faster than the 『Sword』 skill.
Maybe I should do that.
For now, I will talk to Mother once I get home.
….Ah, but before that, Father. I need to report to Father.
I need to tell him that I successfully acquired the 『Sword』 skill.
「Yeah, yeah. I am sure Father will be happy――huh?」
When I got back home, I noticed someone in front of the entrance.
What is going on? She is crouched down.
Did she start feeling sick? If so, she should at least go inside the house….
Um, that is…. Jisrare-san, maybe? I can only see their crouched back, but it is probably Jisrare-san.
….Huh? Jisrare-san?
No, if it is the beautiful doctor Jisrare-san, she should be able to heal herself. So what in the world….?
「Um, are you okay?」
「…………….」
I approach her and speak, but there is no response.
Jisrare-san stays crouched, holding her face with both hands.
「Uh….? Jisrare-san?」
「…………….」
I can hear breathing sounds. Fhyuu, fhyuu.
Wait, what? What is wrong? Is she crying?
….Or is she laughing? ….Is she holding back laughter?
Somehow, this feels familiar….
「Ah, I see.」
She must have seen the mother doll at the entrance.
The one placed at the front door. The bombshell, new-type, life-size mother doll.
This morning, I repainted it with varnish――and made it realistic.
She saw the 『New-Type Life-Size Real Mother Doll』.
….Come to think of it, when Jisrare-san first saw the new-type mother doll, she reacted like this too.
And when she first saw the life-size new-type mother doll, she was like this as well….
Looks like even after making it realistic, she still ends up like this.
「Um, are you okay….?」
「…………….」
「That skill, 『Varnish Coating』, evolved, so I tried repainting it.」
「…………….」
Just like before, Jisrare-san has completely clammed up.
「Uh…. Mother was overjoyed the moment she saw it.」
「…………….!」
「Father ran away the moment he saw it.」
「…………….!!」
Jisrare-san twitches every time I speak.
It is a little funny, but laughing at her would probably be too cruel….
next chapter: Training Part
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