After obtaining the"Craftsmanship F"skill, my brain begun to flood with ideas whenever I see something that included tinkering which often urges me to build something as thought I'm on drugs. I thought of releasing it on certain small-time crafts like leaf horns but now I can craft something even better than that.
So without further delay, I used the knife I stole from the orphanage's kitchen to carve the wood. With Alvis and the"Craftsmanship F"skill, I was able to delicately carve and draw what I wanted on the wood and finished it without any mistakes. I made a small box with the wooden planks to make a "chessboard". I carved out some space between the two planks to make a box and accommodate the chess pieces.
「Now then, for the chest pieces.」
I picked up one of the wooden cubes and started carving it with the kitchen knife. After roughly 2 minutes, I was able to make a horse head even though it barely looks like one and looked more like a donkey. Probably because my"Craftsmanship F"skill was still low ranked.
「One down, 31 pieces to go.」
After an hour, I was able to finish a whole set. A chessboard, one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns.
Alright, we're done here Alvis. It's already 5am, the kids'll start waking up soon. Specially Heinly who wakes up too early in the morning to buy us breakfast.
After packing the chess pieces inside the chessboard and storing them in the"Dimensional Storage"skill, I ran back to the orphanage without being noticed. Using my true speed and inconspicuous skill, I was able to sneak back in without any problems or witnesses.
But a problem came across my mind as I was eating breakfast in the halls.
Will they be able to get a grasp of the rules of chess? If I sell this to a merchant, wouldn't they just replicate it because I'm too young that they don't expect me to realize that I got cheated? Alvis, we have to make a method so that only I can create a copy of this game. That way, they can't just steal my work.
『Master, chess was not invented by you.』
Well, it was now! Because I'm the first person to have ever invented chess in this world!
Alvis let out a sigh from my exclamation.
But for now, let's make an easier board game. Let's make checkers.
Checkers is a board game where two opposing sides must reduce the number of their opponent's pieces by taking only 1 diagonal movement per turn. Whoever has the last remaining piece is the winner.
The next day, I sneaked out of the orphanage again to make checkers. Instead of making the pieces have form like that in chess, I made them into simple circles the size of a copper coin.
「And done!」
With this, I may be able to make money by selling this game. It doesn't matter anymore if they do copyright shits, it's a crime anyway and they'll go to jail after the government finds out they tried to copy a child's work.
I came back to the orphanage after doing my job and storing my invention in the storage skill. To my surprise, everyone was already outside and frantically looking everywhere for something.
「Heinly-san!!」
「Sister! Where are you!」
Huh? What happened? I should go and ask them for the details right away. This might be an emergency just from the looks of it.
I jogged my way to Head Sister, Merielle immediately after spotting her near the church. A redhead lolita was clinging to her dress.
「Y-Yukio! Where have you been? More importantly, have you seen sister Heinley?」
「N-No, I didn't. What happened, Head Sister Merielle?」
So Heinley is missing? Well, I can only guess where she is from what I heard two days ago.
So it turns out I was right. The Head Sister, Merielle had the same thoughts as me. Heinley ran away from home to be an adventurer and support the orphanage and her little sister.
「Eh? Little sister?」
Looking more closely at the loli clinging on the head sister's dress right now, she looks kinda bit like Heinley. So this is her little sister, huh. "Our" little sister. But ofcourse Heinley is still more beautiful.
There might still be time. I'll catch up to her. She probably hasn't gone that far yet.
Alvis, re-activate the limit release function and re-execute the"Unattraction" skill.
『Understood. Skill,"Unattraction"has been successfully executed. 40 out of 8,880 will be deducted every 1 minute.』
And so, I disappeared once again and ran out of the city at break-neck speed. For them it's break neck but 7 minutes to me. I left, spraying some dirt everywhere with my speed that I didn't care about where they had flung but I can guess they hit the sister and the kids.
I'm out of the town again, but also spraying dirt on the guards who misinterpreted them as strong gusts of wind instead of me due to my"Unattraction"skill. After getting a good distance from the town, I cancelled it to not waste any more mp than what little I already had. This was the first time my mana points had reached almost half of it's capacity. I feel a bit tired. Is this because I used up so much mana?
『Answer, yes. The excessive use of mana can cause harmful effects to the body such as fatique and even worse death when the mana capacity reaches zero.』
I should be more careful with using my mana from now on then. From my speed, theres no doubt I will catch up to her in a matter of seconds- There she is!
Just from her silhouette in the distance, I can tell it's sister Heinley.
She's walking by foot. Carrying a huge luggage which might be her travelling supplies.
「Sister!」
She seems to have heard my voice and noticed me since she turned around to check. I immediately deactivated my limit release.
「Yukio! What are you doing here!?」
She hurriedly walked to my direction as fast as she could but it was still rather slow. The bag she was carrying must have weighted alot. I bit my lip and bolted to her direction. From the looks of it, she's already worn out from it's weight.
「Alvis, use"Dimensional Storage"on that bag after she takes it off.」
『Understood. Waiting for signal.』
After getting close enough to her, I took a long breath.
「Sister! What do you think you're doing going to another town by foot carrying that luggage you can barely lift!」
Honestly, what she's doing is so stupid. She may be trying to help but she's just going to dig herself her own grave. Going around by foot without any weapon or strength while carrying a burden in another world where monsters roam is purely suicide.
「I-I'm sorry, Yukio. But I have to. Noone else would help us so we should help ourselves.」
She looked away from me. So she's thinking it's best to make herself an adventurer after reaching the next city. How can she even be an adventurer if she obviously would die before even reaching her destination?
Stupid.
「Heinly, can I ask you a favor and take off the bag you're wearing? I'll help you carry it.」
Why do I sound like a robber?!
「No can do, you're still a child so you shouldn't be able to carry things as heavy as this. It's 450kg you know?」
What the fuck? If you ask me. How can a fricking lady lift something that heavy?!
Well... No surprise, it's another world afterall. Besides, I should just go ahead and explain to her about my storage skill to put her at ease.
「I have a unique skill for carrying things.」
「Is that so? W-Well... if it's a unique skill, I guess it will be easy for you.」
I'm sorry for lying. It isn't a unique skill. After she considered myself lending her a hand with my unique skill, she took off her bag and placed it in front of me, it gave a loud thud. It sure sounds heavy alright. Alvis, use"Dimensional Storage"now.
The usual black-hole-like-thing appeared below the 450 kilo bag and swallowed it whole.
「Eh?」
Heinley looked dumbfounded. Is she thinking I messed up and it disappeared to nothing?
「Th-The"Dimensional Storage"skill! You actually had a unique skill like that, Yukio?」
What's with this reaction? Is it that rare?
『Answer, the"Dimensional Storage"skill is treated as extremely rare. Only found in newborns from 1 out of 4,510,755,000. It is the highest type of storage skill in the skill hierarchy.』
Oh! So it was that rare. I didn't know so I thought it would be okay to show it. But since I said it was my unique skill, I wouldn't be suspected as the hero, right?
「Y-Yeah」
I just answered Heinley's question bluntly. I looked away since her sparkly stare was starting to make me blush.
「A-Anyway, you're heading to the nearest town, right?」
She's going to that town to become an adventurer. That must mean theres a guild there to register in.
Hold on...
I got an idea! What if I go with Heinly and make her sell the herbs I collected in the Rafflecia Forest? Knowing it's dangerous to travel alone and by foot for days in this world, it would be safer for her if I'm coming along. Just in case.
「Sister Heinly, I got a proposal.」
That's right, if I get it right I could sell the herbs for a tremendous amount of sigils. That would be more than enough to support our orphanage, isn't it? And if I sell the mandrakes... Imagine the value.
「What is it, Yukio?」
「I would like to come with you.」
「Eh? Why? It's too dangerous. You mustn't.」
That's true. For a normal 11 year old kid that is.
「Despite my age I can use offensive and healing magic, you know?」
Ofcourse. I'm the hero afterall. The destructive power of the"Atmos Blade"skill is superb and I can use healing like "High Heal"to heal others even in the brink of death. And theres even more.
Oof, I forgot I haven't made a skill yet for today. Right now I should focus on my self defence rather than utility. Looks like we won't need the board games for now since I have the rare herbs in my storage.
「Hmmm...」
It took a while but Heinly decided to let me follow her after I explained to her about the herbs in my bag. I only told her about all the herbs I happen to have gotten my hands on in the Rafflecia Forest but I didn't tell her about the mandrakes or else it may look a bit like lying.
After we've walked for the whole morning, we took a rest during lunch below a tree in the Rafflecia Forest on the way to our destination. Speaking of our destination, which town are we going to?
「Hey Heinly, what town are we heading to?」
I turned my head to ask the sister who was beside me– eh?
She's sound asleep. Both our backs were against the giant tree that shielded us from the hot rays of sunshine, it was a pleasant sight that basically screams isekai. I was a bit surprised from how she leaned her head to my shoulder but no harm done and I kinda liked it. She must be tired from walking all morning, I don't think she ate breakfast either.
「Alvis, search for the nearest edible mammal type monster. And create a new skill, make it fire related. I want to use it for cooking.」
I should get her something to eat after she wakes up.
『Understood. The navigation function has been successfully activated. Skill,"Skill Creation"has been successfully executed. Please wait for 5 to 10 minutes response.』
The radar shown me at best a few monsters that can be eaten. Such as 6 wolves, 1 rabbit, 12 orcs, 3 boars and a bear. All of them were atleast 300 meters away from me. I guess my presence scares them that much.
Yosh! Let's go!
I gently tried to get out of Heinly's grasps but before I noticed it, she was actually already hugging me so tightly. I who was just about to get up, ended up falling down with Heinly on top of me.
I'm glad she didn't fall on the hard ground but... What's with this situation?!
I must get myself out immediately. Her boobs are pressing against my chest and she smells too good, I might lose myself. Alvis, are there any skills I can use to escape her embrace?
『Answer, negative. All skills are ineffective and inapplicable in this situation.』
All my skills just betrayed me!
『Skill Acquisition Complete. Skill, "Inferno Edge"has been added to the skill list."Skill Creation"will now be unavailable for the next 14 hours and 55 minutes.』
Awesome! A new skill! But how is that gonna help me in this situation?!
I let out a sigh. I guess I'll just have to wake her up or use limit release to break free.
「H-Hey. Heinly, wake up.」
She didn't even flinch or move as a response. I have no other choice but to break free.
Using my true strength, I was able to break free from her lovely yet deadly embrace and so stood up with my own two feet.
「Alvis, open the storage skill.」
『Understood."Dimensional Storage"has been successfully executed. 90 out of 10,000 mana points has been used.』
I took out one of the long sticks from the storage and closed it right after. I'm going to use this as a pole or spear to hunt for food. Before leaving to hunt for monsters, I casted"Elemental Barrier"on Heinly who was still fast asleep under the forest tree just in case she might get attacked while I'm away.
『Understood."Elemental Barrier"has been successfully executed. 306 out of 9,910 mana points has been used. 9,604 mana points remain.』
I headed out for my first hunt ever since coming to this world. I wanted to avoid killing as much as possible but I need to do this to get myself meat and more money.