I cleaned the house and did my dishes and set out some of the furniture. Not all of it mind you.
This got me the skills [Dishwashing] and [House Cleaning].
Lying down onto my bed I take the gacha coin I got today and decided to go for a normal spin.
I mentally commanded the system to open and I went into the normal gacha tab. A slot machine then showed up
"How do I use this?"
[Simply insert the coin in the slot.] I did just that, the machine then began to spin, soon it slowed down as a capsule came out and popped open revealing the item.
[Congratulations you've gained - How to Cook, by Yukihara Souma - A cook book written by Yukihara Souma.]
[Would you like to learn skill book ->Yes/No]
'Of course!' With this I'm gonna kill it in the kitchen.
I then disappeared as a lot of new knowledge pertaining to cooking entered my head.
[ Cooking-(1/100)-[Active] - You can cook, but your nor very good at it. 1% chance for food to have special abilities.]
Since I have this skill now, I wonder if aunt Mikoto has eaten? She used to skip dinner and just work. I should make her something.
Getting up I take out the little groceries we had and made her her some late night dinner it was just some karage and rice my cooking skill leveled to 7. None of my other skills went up this fast.
Probably due to the knowledge that was in the cook book itself. I'm honestly just using that. Though I wonder how it tastes.
I then pick one up with a chop stick and rake a bite. "Hey that's pretty good." It isn't foodgasm level or at the level to make you moan. But it's a few notches above KFC or YFC in this world.
To think simply applying the knowledge I have can make something this good!
While cooking I heard the door open. "Tadaima!" Said the voice of my aunt as she got off her high heels. "God damn high heels I hate wearing them!" She complains as she smelt the delicious sent of karage.
"Kyoya are you cooking?" Asks Aunt Mikoto as she walked into the dining room. "Yeah I have. I saw a recipe I wanted to try it. Plus I thought you'd be hungry."
"You didn't have to cook ya know." she says as she took a seat as I began to set the table. "I know, but it seems like the guys at your workplace are gonna run you ragid, so just focus on work, I'll make you dinner whenever you come home."
"Thank you."
"It's the least I can do." I reply with a genuine smile. "Fine but it better taste good." She says, she then picked up her chop sticks and took one of karage and bit it she then chewed and swallowed, her eyes then widened. "It's good!" She says with a smile.
Wait, shouldn't she immediately taste it as it went into her mouth? Oh! This is an anime world, I don't know why anime does that but I guess that's a troupe.
The next day I woke up early and went to make breakfast just simple omurice with some ketchup.
Walking out in a tank top and her underwear was Aunt Mikoto who yawned. Her current appearance was boner inducing, but due to [Indomitable Will] I don't let it bother me. I can let it though, thank god for neutral skills.
Her tits almost peaked out of her tank top as she stretched her hands up. Too bad she's my aunt and I just got out of a relationship. I don't feel getting into another one yet....but maybe later.
"Morning Kyoya." She says as she took a seat at the dinner table.
I then join her for breakfast and a hour later and she's out of the house.
"I wonder what I should do, maybe train my skills today or experiment with magic? Yeah let's do magic." It's currently 9 pm, Aunt Mikoto won't be back until 5 or 6. So I'll just experiment for a hour or two then set up the rest of the furniture and grind until 4 then make dinner.
I then went inside of my room and went into a lotus position as I tried feeling for my new mana core. Soon I fell into some sort of daze and was brought out of until.
[Skill gained Meditation-(1/100)-[Active]-A skill that helps clears one mind. Help speeds regeneration of special energies.]
'System can you mute the notifications.'
[Yes sir. Also sir can you...give me a name. It's kind o-]
'Your name is Steven now shut up.'
[Yes sir.] Said the system in a dejected tone. I went back into meditation till I felt my mana core. It was a nice and warm feeling, but somehow more at the same time.
I then tried drawing some to my hand I didn't activate [Mana Ball] but a clear formless energy appeared in my hand, it wasn't spherical like the mana ball.
I then tried to change it's shape, I began to concentrate as I tried to make it into a star. This was new to me but after being patient and trying for over ten minutes. It changed into a triangle, not a 3D shape mind you a flat one.
I then tried to change it some more and thanks to my earlier experiences I got the hang of it. For the next few minutes I changed it to stars, triangles
I then noticed the notifications that were piling up at the side of vision.
[+1Mp for practicing with your Mana]
[+1Mp for practicing with your Mana]
[+1Mp for practicing with your Mana]
[+1Mp for practicing with your Mana]
[+1Mp for practicing...]
There were in total twenty seven notifications like this. That proves it mana cores are like a muscle they can be trained and improved upon.
Huh? And it seems Elemental-less Magic has went up to 4.
[Congratulations you've received the skill Mana Manipulation -[Active]- A skill that most genuine gamers don't have as they just simply rely on their systems to use magic. Allows for better manipulation of magic and altering of certain spells.]
[Mana Manipulation has levelled up by...]
It went up to ten. Huh and it seemed the skill gained a new ability.
[Due to being level 10 Mana Manipulation is now able to lower Mp cost by 1%. Will increase as the skill levels up.]
Neat.