Chapter 31 - Nature's Energy

Taking the form, Nathan saw that it was a form for the enrollment and also the fee's needed to be paid.

"So school is about to start, I forgot about it."

Since he's been in his own world these past few weeks, Nathan forgot to keep track of the date and unknowingly, the hot and dry season is about to end.

That just means the rainy season is about to come.

"Hais~ Luckily, you told me about it. Or I might have missed the enrollment schedule." Said Nathan,

Finding an opportunity, Natalie said, "That's because you've been sitting here all the time. You need to come out and get some sunlight, brother."

The concern was so obvious from her voice, that Nathan was embarrassed and scratched his head.

Nodding, Nathan said, "Oum, I'll listen to you."

Then they became silent.

Looking at the time, Nathan saw that it's already time for dinner.

"Well, just sit here and rest. I'll cook something to eat."

Getting up, he went to the kitchen unhurriedly.

"Okay~ I'm also hungry now~"

Natalie said, slumped on the sofa.

…

Inside the kitchen, there were a lot of ingredients that he bought from before.

Propping his hands on his chin, Nathan started thinking.

"Hmm… What should I cook? Ah! Shrimp Sinigang sounds good."

Smiling, Nathan started choosing his ingredients and arranging them all on the table.

While preparing the ingredients, Nathan suddenly remembered his soul talent.

"Hmm… there's a cook included in one of its effects right?"

He used appraisal and took a look at it and confirmed his memory.

[Cook - can cook anything, can make everything taste good!]

That was the line that he saw when he took a look by focusing on it.

"There really is a cook included!"

Having confirmed that, Nathan got another question on his mind.

"But, why does it feel like my cooking still hasn't improved one bit after getting it?" he frowns as he thinks of that.

Since he's not a professional, Nathan is willing to admit that his cooking skills are really not that good if you compare it to professionals.

But it can at least be eaten.

Now, since he got the talent, based on the description from it, his cooking skills should have improved even if just a little.

But from what he has seen, there was really no such improvement.

Having no one to ask, Nathan turns to the system for guidance.

"System, do you know the reason for this?"

Not making him wait, the system immediately answered,

[Yes, host.]

"Really? Then tell me."

[It is because the host doesn't have sufficient nature's energy to activate the effect.]

"Nature's Energy?" Nathan knitted his brows at the unfamiliar word.

"What is Nature's Energy?" He asked,

[Before I explain that, I will first tell the host about attributes.]

[Just like what I have told before, every being has a soul talent of their own. And every soul talent has its compatible attributes.]

[Mad Boomer that I have told before has a soul talent that is compatible with fire attributes since it is related to explosion.]

When he heard that, Nathan was enlightened and almost grasped the answer to his question.

But he did not stop the system from explaining more since information like this area is very important for him.

Next, the system continued it's explanation.

Basically, there are a lot of different kinds of attributes out there in the vast universe but there's something called 4 main attributes.

That is, fire, water, wind, earth.

It's not called main attributes because it was strong. It only became the so-called main attributes for the reason that they appear more frequently than the other elements.

[Attributes are what powers the soul talents. So having a fire attribute compatible with soul talent, you will need Fire energy.]

[For the host, you have the rare Nature's attribute. That is to say, you will need to have Nature's Energy to power your soul talent.]

After hearing all that, Nathan seems to fall into deep thought as he remains silent for several minutes.

Remembering that he was able to his dimensional space, Nathan asked the system about it.

[Host was able to activate the dimensional space effect of your soul by using the gathered Nature's Energy throughout your whole life.]

Nathan was surprised to hear that, "Then where did that Nature's Energy come from? Also, how can I get it?"

[Just like it's name, Nature's Energy came from nature. Being near nature will help the host to gather Nature's Energy. Another way to get more Energy is by using an energy stone.]

Hearing another unfamiliar word, Nathan started to feel impatient.

"Ah! Just tell me everything all at once!"

[Understood, host!]

[Energy stones are basically dense energy that has crystallized.]

After saying that, the system stopped.

Nathan waited for a minute, but still hearing nothing, he asked,

"Is that all of it?"

[Yes, host.]

Nathan paused, he felt like he'd have a headache if he try to digest all this information right now.

"Fine, I'll just continue later. For now, I should get started with cooking."

Nathan almost forgot that he was cooking because of all the information that he just received.

Pak!

Slapping himself, Nathan got up and proceeded with cooking.

He stopped thinking about everything and just focused on what he's doing.

Nathan doesn't need the soul talent for his food to become edible.

10 minutes later.

Nathan placed food on the table.

A hot sinigang was placed at the middle of the table. It's mouth watering aroma scattered all over the dinning room.

"Tal, it's time to eat!"

After he prepared the table, Nathan called Natalie.

Entering the dining room, Natalie took a seat and slumped on her chair.

From time to time, she lets out a yawn.

Seeing that, Nathan said, "It looks like you're really tired. Go and start eating then go back to your room and sleep."

Natalie obediently nodded her head.

They did a prayer before they started eating.