After the pope finished explaining the situation we're in, we were guided to rest in our room. Akari and the others have been separated from me. Now i am here looking at my stats.
I muttered the word "Status" and the window appeared in front of me. I decided to call it window because calling it "Board" sounds weird so I named it like that.
[Miyuki Yusuri]
Class: None
Level: 1
Magic: 1
Attack: 1
Defense: 1
Agility: 1
Intelligence: 70
Luck: 0
MP: 10
Skills: [Appraisal][Endurance] [Item Box] [Crafting]
Attributes: [Shadow]
It's hopeless. This thing can't be serious, all of my stats are really one, I thought it was only an error earlier.
Well, somehow I knew where that was coming from. Apart from that, what is this [Item Box]? And [Endurance], [Conceal] and [Crafting] was it added to my skill column for some reason?
[Item Box] :: You can manipulate a special region of space that allows you to store and retrieve things as much as you like. However, it's not possible to store living beings. There is no capacity or size limit for things you want to store.
[Endurance] skills to diminish the damage you received.
[Conceal] skills to hide your presence in your surroundings, status and skills.
[Crafting] skills to make an object you desire using materials.
"…Ooh." Now that if I think about it, why I don't have a class?
Earlier when I appraise their stats I saw everyone has class in their stats, How come I don't have a class? Is it because of my luck again?
First of all, I realized I was able to put any object in the [Item box], that was an advantage for me. [Item Box] also functioned like a game's inventory, as I understood it. Well, now that I'd confirmed this much, the only thing left to confirm was…
"That skills… that's right…"
"Conceal" I think of the skill [conceal] but I didn't feel anything have changed at all. I continued to use my other skill [crafting]. I managed to make something. Just like the skills description. I made a pair of clothes just by touching the fabric I found. I also I tried
to make a phone using the steel I found under the table but it doesn't look like a phone, it's just an object that resembles the outer surface of it, then I also tried to make a weapon, a knife. I imagined the looks of the knife and touched the steel I was holding and then, my hands have started to glow, it was emitting a bright colored green aura and then a knife was produced. The knife was made. It looks like the knife I imagined it would be but it exceed my expectations. I didn't think that it will have a design. The handle is color black with some kind of pattern and symbols in it and the knife is so sharp that it can cut the hard wood I picked.
For the time being I managed to know all of my skills and the [Crafting] is the most amazing skill I have. I can make anything I could think of as long as I have the materials and the knowledge how to make the object I want to produce .
I putted the knife into my [item box] and it sucked the knife right away.
I glanced at the window, only to find that the sun had set long ago, which just goes to show how much time we had spent in the king's room.
It's already night time. Looks like we were summoned here around dusk. I'm hungry, my stomach is growling. When are we going to eat? As I thought of those words.
*Knocked*knocked*
A knocked on my door got my attention.
Who's that? Is someone calling me? Is the food ready now?
I stand and walked towards the door. I opened it and saw a familiar face that I wasn't expecting to come. It was Akari. Her clothes is now different and it's not the uniform she was wearing before. she's wearing something like the clothes of a fine lady. It was color yellow with blue stripes, dress that extends to her knees with some embroidery of an unusual design. Compared to me, im just wearing a plain white t-shirt and pants that I crafted earlier using the fabric I found on the bed. My [Crafting] skill, of course was behind it.
"Akari? What's the matter?"
"I-i got you something from the kitchen. It's only a little but I hope this will be enough."
Akari is dazzling in the dark as she said those words. Did she heard my thoughts earlier? what a lifesaver I'm really hungry right now. But aren't we supposed to eat with everyone to celebrate our arrival?
"Eh.. aren't we going to eat with everyone?"
I asked her and her face have become gloomy and spiritless.
The knight who guided me here earlier told me that a celebration will be held for us, heroes and I will be called to attend it but it's already past the time, was it called off? or got delayed? What happened?
"Uhm... You see.. th-the celebration was already over and uhm.. They said you were already asleep, so they didn't bother you to come there-or so that's what they said."
Asleep? No one has ever come here besides her, and I'm not sleeping, im checking my status and skills here. Did they deliberately left me behind?
"Is that so, then why don't you come over for a bit, and thanks for getting me some food. I'm really hungry."
I decided to just answer her like that. I don't want to embroil her with me and be discriminated by the others too. Especially the other students who doesn't like
me. They seems like they're deliberately messing with me. Just like from before in the school, they're telling something I didn't do. I can't afford to involve her into my problems.
Akari walked in and sat on the chair, it was next to the table that was about to break and have dust on it. My room is dark and has no lights. Every thing here is full of dust and dirt. I don't
Know if This is the standard of their room in this world, but It's just inconceivable that this is their normal room because when I was guided here there are open rooms that were sparkling with its design and ornaments.
is this how they welcomes their guests? Is what I thought earlier.
I started eating the meat and soup Akari brought for me, it was an unusual dinner for me because I always eat with rice but the one I have tonight doesn't have, so I finished it in a brief moment.
...
After I finished the food I looked at Akari; she was sitting with her gloomy face, she's quiescent since she entered the room. Why does she have a glum face? Did something happened?
"Akari, i'm already done. You don't have to get it back to the kitchen, I'll go there myself, so you can go now."
I don't want to bother her too much to get the dishes for me . She already gave me the food and I'm thankful for it, to think someone's care for me. I don't know why she's so attached to me ever since the day I met her, but I appreciate her kindness to me so I'll try to pay her back when I get the chance.
"Uhm...Mi-miyuki-kun, can I sleep here?"
Wh-what? Sleep here? Hey, hey isn't this too fast we just met each other a few days ago and you're fine to sleep with me in the same roof? Did something really happened? Her hands are shaking too.
"Why? Did something happened in the gathering?"
"Uhm.. No, there's nothing, nothing really....It's just... u-uhm... Dont worry about it. So u-uhm...Can i sleep here? You see.... I'm afraid that someone might come into my room and I'm unfamiliar with this place. You're the only one I know here, that's why I came here."
i don't know why but her face is not telling that nothing happened in the gathering. Is she evading my question? Her face is pale and she's trembling too. I guess it's a sensitive matter so I won't pry anymore. The bed here is really uncomfortable, can she sleep on that?
"Are you fine with this bed? It's pretty dirty."
"I-it's fine. We can just clean it."
Clean it huh, I already tried that earlier but the stains is not fading. it looks like all the things in this room are pretty shabby and looks old. "Don't worry, I'll sleep on the floor so you can have the bed."
"Ehh.. n-no I can't bother you that much, w-we c-can sle-sleep together on the bed and it-itss-" Akari's face have become red. she must be embarrassed on what she said. She hid her face and she began fidgeting restlessly.
"It's fine, it's fine, don't worry about it and sleep on the bed. I'll sleep on the floor so you better sleep now, tomorrow will be the first day of our training, right?"
"..."
Akari wasn't able to said any more and so she lie on the bed with her flustered face.
I walked out to put back the plate and utensils i used, and for some reason everyone is just ignoring me like I wasn't there. It's just like I didn't even exist. While walking, i realized that I don't know where to put the dishes and so I walked around to find where i am supposed to put it and I found a large basin with full of different kinds of plates along with the other dishes. "Excuse me, uhm.. Ma-ma'am, where should I put this?" I asked the middle-aged woman who was sitting on the corner, she is wearing a chef attired and calmly drinking her tea.
"E-excuse me, ma'am?"
I waved my hand in front of her face but it seems like she can't see me.
I didn't bother her any more,
I putted the dishes I was holding on, in the Basin and go back immediately into my room. I'm not in the mood to explore, so i started preparing a bed for myself to sleep.
I putted the white blanket on the floor and lie there. It was uncomfortable because I have no pillow and the floor is pretty hard, the blanket have dust so it's really uncomfortable, thankfully I have the skill [Endurance] because of that I was able to withstand it. After a mere moments, I saw some objects laying on the floor beneath the bed and the [Crafting] skills came to my mind. I changed the objects that was laying on the floor to become my pillow. I tried to make a futon out of those objects
with the help of my [Crafting skill and thankfully I managed to made one. My bed now has become comfortable. I also changed the bed where Akari is sleeping into a fine bed to become fluffy so she can get some good sleep, though. She's already sleeping since I entered the room.
I finally lie on my self-made bed and thoughts flow into my head.
They didn't invite me in the celebration, though I don't really care about it. My room is shabby and full of dust. What's going on here? Don't tell me it's discrimination because of my stats? Akari also have a face like that, it's as if something happened in the celebration. She didn't say anything to me that's why I'm really curious. Sigh, thinking about it won't be able to provide me an answer. I have to find out what happened in the gathering and who was the one who told them that I was sleeping. Tomorrow will be fine, everything will work out somehow. I filled my head with those thoughts and Closed my eyes.
***
"Swing it properly! You should swing the sword with all your might! And what's that? You better improve yourself and Don't dawdle! Start moving!"
It's been two hours since we started practicing . The practice started in the early morning. After we finished our breakfast we were called by The guards and we were guided in this place. The place is just a plain ground with some dust, the air is refreshing and the temperature is so-so.
The one who was in charge of us is the head of the knights, Katsu Mak. He said that our training will be this, holding and swinging the sword and we need to properly master how to handle a sword. All of us was separated in different class, Akari was in the healer class and the others was assigned into their own class with different instructors. Here I am in the swordsmanship class. The instructors decided that I will be handled by Katsu Mak because I have no class and they said I should atleast know how to handle a sword.
The training has been intense since the beginning. We were already swinging the sword for almost two hours and we weren't allowed to rest until we properly master how to hold the sword, Except for Yamsuki and the other two students, they are already in the second part of the training. He mastered it in just thirty minutes and now they're sparring with the knights.
...
"Hey! You! It's already two and a half hours and you're still here? You should put more effort in handling the sword, the others are already in the second part and you're still here?"
Even if you said that, it's not like it's easy. The others have skills that can help them master the sword and compared to me their stats are all over one hundred.
"I-im sorry! Ha... haahh.. i-ill do my best!" Catching my breath and panting heavily,
I hold the sword firmly and swung it on the doll. The dolls were assigned to each of us and we're supposed to hit it and take it down with everything we got, but this training is not easy, the dolls are around hundred kilograms and has a hard body.
I've been striking it for two hours and it's still haven't budge an inch.
This is pretty hard, how can I turn down this one? please just give an answer whoever you are! I screamed in my mind out of desperation and just to release my anger, and then unexpectedly, the window appeared with the text written on it.
[Use Crafting skill to change the doll body compositions ]
Huh? Did it just answered my question, hmm.. [crafting]? Can it take this down? The doll is pretty hard and sturdy. I am pretty worn out now and I have no choice but to obey that words. I don't have time to think why it answered me but This one is pretty hard, everytime I strike it down my hands received a damaged, i was only able to get by here because of the [endurance] skill.
Okay then, Let's try it. I placed my hand on the doll and I screamed in my mind [Crafting] change it so I can take it down!
My hands have started to glow, it started emitting an aura, it was bright green just like from before(last night). I held the sword and thrust it with all my might and then the doll broke down in an instant as if it was just a brittle branch.
"Ohh.. didn't I tell you, just give it some effort and you'll be able to do it." The knight Katsu wink at me and smiled eagerly. Hehhh.. what a weird guy.
But to think that crafting can do this. This skill may become handy in the future.
"Okay then, now that everyone of you is already done, rest for the time being and later all of you will have to fight each other."
Katsu called out everyone and halt them from practicing.