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Chapter 7: Skill Growth

"If you leave here and walk to the right, there is a shop for equipment. For meals, there is an inn on the way. I recommend the dining room on the first floor."

　I thanked Hanna-san and left the adventurer's guild.

　I didn't know the market value per gold, so I decided to get some first. I'm not having trouble with the equipment at the moment, so I'll put it off till later.

　The inn was about a 30-meter walk from the Adventurers' Guild, and the first floor was used as a dining room, so it seemed that even non-guests could eat there.

　When I entered the dining room, there wasn’t a single customer other than me.

　Well, in such a small village, there might not be any guests in the first place.

"Welcome. Are you from another world by any chance?"

　A brown-haired lady about 15 years old spoke to me. I think she's the innkeeper's daughter.

"That's right. How did you know?"

“I’ve never seen your face around here, and there were rumors in the village that a person from another world had come.”

　It's such a small village. There is almost no news, so the arrival of someone from another world would probably be a big topic. But that’s alright.

　Since I'm from another world, I won't be treated as a suspicious person if I ask a lot of questions.

"First of all, I'd like to eat something. ..... "

　Apparently, there’s only one item on the menu each day. Basically bread, soup and salad, with the soup ingredients changing daily.

　Today there was something like meat and potatoes in the soup.

　It was lacking in salt a little, but it wasn't so bad, so I was a bit relieved.

　I was not going to be able to live in this world if they told me that insects were the staple food of the world or something.

　Four gold per meal. It was the equivalent of two slimes. When I asked about the market price in this world, it was about 100 Japanese yen per gold.

　There are 12 months in a year and 30 days in each month. In other words, there are 360 ​​days in a year.

　Time was 24 hours a day, it was all almost the same as on Earth.

　I was able to find out the minimum information necessary to live in this world.

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　After leaving the dining room, I went to the weapon shop.

　The shop Guild Master Hanna was more of a blacksmith shop than a weapon shop.

　In such a small village, there is probably more demand for repairing farm tools and daily necessities than for weapons.

　Looking at the weapons and equipment, the short sword was 100 gold, and the buckler, a small shield worn on the arm, was 50 gold.

　I think it's a fairly good price. 75 slimes or 30 goblins.

　I didn't buy anything because my purpose today was to know the market price.

　There was a tool shop across the road. I went in and found groceries, bags, shoes, and clothes. They also had potions and stuff.

　I bought some urgently needed clothes, underwear, and a water bag.

I need to get some tools and stuff for the trip and ...... another reminder that I need to earn more gold.

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I returned to the room where I was reincarnated.

　There are outdoor lights in the village, and they’re powered by the small magic stones from slimes and goblins.

　It seems that tools that work with magic stones like outdoor lights are called magic tools. Hannah taught me all of this.

　However, there are no lighting fixtures in this room.

　Fortunately, the windows are glass, so the light from the nearby outside lights comes in and lights up the room, just enough for you to lie down and change your clothes on the bed.

　Just as I was about to go to bed, I suddenly realized. What's going on with my experience points?

　I opened the status screen.

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Name: Arai Takumi

State: Normal

Level: 3

HP: 30/30

SP: 22/30

Elements of Skill: Contact, Letter, Change

Skills: analysis, tampering

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　I knew that my level had risen because I checked my SP during the hunt.

　The question is skills. Do Skills Grow?

　I  used 'analysis' and 'tampering' quite a lot today. I had to because the reinforced stones break quickly, and I have to make new ones.

　So I focused on the 'analysis' and 'falsification' skills.

　"Analysis": Acquire information by touching the target. The acquired information can be displayed. The longer you touch an object, the more detailed information you will get.

　"Tampering": You can change only one character written on the object you touch.

　There were no particular changes.

　But there was one more thing I was curious about.

I held a reinforced knife in my hand and used the ‘Analysis’ skill.

　--Two minutes passed

　The enhanced knife status screen is displayed.

　1 minute to spare.

　The status screen appeared earlier than before.

　……My skills were growing.

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