Volume 2 - CH 27

Once the sky had become entirely dark I retired to my room. As I sat thinking about tomorrow, Livia came over.

“May I have some of your time?” I nodded to Livia who had appeared out of nowhere.

“What’s up?”

“I heard from the goblins and werewolves. They made the fields in the village right?” As she entered my room, she closed the door behind her and came closer to me.

“That’s right.”

“They wanted to thank you for taking the time to teach them. They said they’ll work hard from now on to mass produce ‘bread’. What is this ‘bread’ they speak of?” …Oh right, I guess Livia’s never seen bread before.

“It’s this fluffy sort of food item made from wheat. It’s quite filling on its own and can be paired with fruits so you can enjoy various flavors.”

“Is that right? …I’d like to try it too sometime.”

“If we have wheat, you can eat it until you’re sick of it.”

“Wah, I can’t wait.”

“Aside from fruit, it’s also pretty good with things like cheese and eggs.” Putting some fried egg in it alone is tasty. And bread with cheese toasted on it is the best. Cheese can be ridiculously good if you can melt it just right.

I started to get hungry as I thought about it. But even things like cheese and eggs are possible to get as far as cooking technique is concerned. “In that case, what do you think about taming a fang cow and heavy clucker?”

“Right. It would be good if I could get some livestock, but we don’t have enough food to raise them yet. As soon as we’re ready for them I’d like to go tame some of them.”

There was even a goblin who acquired breeding technique. …They were a little sad though since they couldn’t see its effects. I’m sure they’ll be able to work soon enough.1

As we both sat there dreaming of the future, Livia’s eyes began to sparkle, and she peeked over at me.

“By the way, have you already rolled the gacha?”

“Not yet.”

“…In that case, is it fine if I watch?” It seems Livia had also been sucked in by the gacha’s charm. In that case I guess I’ll roll it now. This time I had twenty two gacha rolls.

Livia came right up beside me. Her shoulder was touching me a little. …The faint smell of her soap tickled my nose a bit. As I kept it out of my mind, I rolled the gacha.

The first eleven rolls were… 6 bronze, 3 silver, 1 gold, and 1 rainbow.

“Mumu… this isn’t a good one is it?”

“…You’re right, but we’re just getting started.” Since my stats have gotten pretty high recently, I was even happy with bronze. Back in April when my life was difficult, I thought of them as misses, but now I think they might just be the best pull.

First off were the bronze.

…Well it’s adequate.

“It becomes important from now on.” It seems Livia was also getting pretty familiar with my gacha. She was holding her hands together in prayer. I checked the silvers.

“…How was this one?” Livia tilted her head.

“…It’s leaning more towards being a miss. I can use recovery technique at least.”

“That one increases the speed you recover your magic and from injuries, right?”

“Yeah. It’s just to the level where any scratches I got without noticing will heal by the time I wake up. Perhaps as it levels up it’ll be able to heal major injuries, but I don’t really notice it’s effects much right now.”

Livia dropped her shoulders in disappointment. Next up were the magic skills from gold.

“Earth magic this time.”

“…Um, well, it’s not bad right?”

“Pretty much.”

“…Just wondering, but is my presence here… making it worse?”2

“I don’t think so? Well, it’s usually like this.” Livia was looking seriously down so I quickly reassured her. It’s usually like this. In the grand scheme of things it wasn’t that bad.

Partially in an effort to cheer Livia up, I checked the rainbow one.

“…An overlap.”

“Wh, what happens now?”

“…Right now I have no idea how to use it.”

“…Should I perhaps go outside?”

“No no, you’re fine. This was bound to happen eventually.” I quickly said that, but Livia didn’t seem too happy. …O, on to the next one! I hurriedly moved on to the next gacha. Then, I rolled the eleven roll gacha.

Bronze was strength enhancement, stamina enhancement, dexterity enhancement, and magic enhancement. Silver was hand to hand fighting technique, land working technique, and construction technique. Gold was fire magic, water magic, and bestowal magic. Finally, rainbow was monster training.

“H, hurray! Thanks to you Livia, I maxed out monster training!”

“I, is that right… thank goodness.” Livia let out a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart. …I felt the same. It would really bite to have another overlapping summoner again.

I might have begun thinking thinking I won’t get it if Livia’s here. I went ahead and leveled all my skill up, and then gave a light stretch.

“Did you have anything else you wanted to talk about Livia?” I asked since Livia was still in my room.

“…Umm, may I sleep next to you tonight as well?” She rocked her body back and forth bashfully and looked at me with upturned eyes.

“That’s fine… I don’t really mind.” Rather it was normally a situation I’d have to pay for. I’d like to ask that to you.

“Really? Then let’s go to bed.” Livia smiled happily.

“…Alright. You ready?”

“Yes.”

I turned off the light in my room before getting into bed. There was moonlight streaming in from the window, so it wasn’t total darkness.

I harboured a few ulterior motives, but Livia just wanted to platonically sleep together. I made sure to not show any wicked intentions.

Although we’d already slept together before, I’d still yet to have erased all my nervousness around it. To alleviate my embarrassment, I turned my back towards her, but then I felt her poke me.

“Jeez, please show me your face. I want to see your face lord Crest.”

“…Being able to see my face isn’t fun or anything right?”

“It’s not about being fun. It just makes me calm.” When she put it that way, it almost felt like I was being mean to her. I turned towards her, and she blushed happily. “…May I hug you as I fall asleep?”

“…Yeah, sure.” That’s exactly why I wanted to face away from her. As soon as I gave the okay, Livia happily clung to me. At first it was gently. However the next moment it increased in strength.

It didn’t hurt or anything. The force of it only confirmed the feeling of her body for he, making me flinch a bit. Livia’s legs suddenly wrapped around me. …Once she did this, Livia’s expression seemed a lot calmer.

On the flip side, my heart was pounding like crazy. She was much more firmly stuck to me than before. …Well crap. Can I even sleep like this? My body was tired though, so I could do nothing by rely on that.

1. There was no previous mention of this poor goblin, so you don’t need to go back to check. Also husbandry technique would definitely be a better name for this skill and I’m kicking myself for not listening to you guys back then.

2. My thoughts exactly.