Chapter 2
Episode 6: And Ten Days Later
Ten days have passed since the skill appraisal ceremony.
Every night before bed, I use 〘Daily Gacha〙, causing my magic power to deplete and making me fall asleep instantly, resulting in a deep sleep until morning.
The results of my 〘Daily Gacha〙 are:
Day 2: 〘Water Jug〙 Rank C
Day 3: 〘10 Copper Coins〙 Rank C
Day 4: 〘10 Copper Coins〙 Rank C
Day 5: 〘10 Copper Coins〙 Rank C
Day 6: 〘Life Magic〙 Rank B
Day 7: 〘Iron Pot〙 Rank C
Day 8: 〘4 Eggs〙 Rank C
Day 9: 〘Knife〙 Rank C
Day 10: 〘10 Silver Coins〙 Rank B
The highlight is the 〘Life Magic〙 from Day 6, which is incredibly convenient.
〘Water〙 produces 10 liters of water, 〘Fire〙 generates a match-sized flame, 〘Wind〙 creates a pleasant breeze, and 〘Soil〙 produces 10 kilograms of dirt, all for a magic cost of 2.
Additionally, getting copper and silver coins is quite nice.
Since I’m still very young, Mom does some home-based work introduced by our neighbors, but the income is minimal.
The coins from 〘Daily Gacha〙 help ease Mom’s burden a bit.
I also discovered that sleeping fully restores my magic power when it’s depleted, and recovering from depletion increases my maximum magic power by 1.
It’s amazing that my maximum magic power increases by 1 every day!
Additionally, it seems that even when I’m awake, my magic power recovers by 1 every four hours.
After learning 〘Life Magic〙, I adjust my magic power to 5 before bed, then use 〘Daily Gacha〙 to deplete my magic and fall asleep, aiming to increase my maximum magic power.
If I continue to increase my maximum magic power steadily, I might be able to sell water using 〘Life Magic〙 and support our livelihood (laugh).
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Episode 7: Let’s Appraise Various Things
Every night before bed, I continue to use 〘Daily Gacha〙, causing my magic power to deplete and making me fall asleep instantly.
Most of the time, the gacha results in 〘10 Copper Coins〙 (sweat).
Of course, I’m happy to get anything for free, but everyone has desires, and I prefer silver coins over copper ones.
There hasn’t been any magic-related items from the gacha, but here’s what I’ve gotten so far:
– 〘Child’s Red Dress〙 Rank C
– 〘Fluffy Blanket〙 Rank C
– 〘Pair of Mugs〙 Rank C
While these are somewhat useful, it seems that 〘Daily Gacha〙 is set to be quite stingy (sweat).
As for my current status, only my magic power has increased (sweat).
So, I decided to use 〘Appraisal Eye〙 to appraise my other stats.
Understanding each stat might help me figure out how to increase them!
「Appraise 【Lv】.」
【Lv】: Can only be increased by gaining experience points from defeating monsters. As the level rises, all stats will increase.
I found that leveling up is the most effective way to increase stats, but right now, I have no means to defeat monsters, so leveling up is a distant goal.
Here are the details for the other stats:
– 【Stamina】, 【Defense】, 【Agility】: Can be increased by leveling up and through effective training.
– 【Intelligence】: Can be increased by leveling up and by reading books or learning at school.
– 【Luck】: Rarely increases with leveling up. Might also increase slightly when engaging in activities related to luck.
Hmm… increasing 【Luck】 seems to depend on chance.
The others can be increased through training.
From now on, whenever I have free time, I’ll try running around the residential complex to boost my stats!
By doing so, I believe I can make life better for Mom and myself.
And when I get older, I’ll defeat monsters, level up, and become stronger!
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Episode 8: After Six Months
Six months have passed since I learned about 〘Daily Gacha〙.
In this world, a week consists of 7 days, a month has 4 weeks totaling 28 days, and a year has 12 months making it 336 days.
In my previous life, a year was 365 days, so I age 29 days faster here…
I might become an old lady before I know it (laugh).
My magic power has increased by 168 over these six months.
I thought it would be difficult to adjust my magic power to 5 before bed, but by decreasing my magic power by filling up the bathtub with water, using my skill instead of fetching water from the well, and when that’s not enough to decrease it completely, I used 〘Wind〙 to create a gentle breeze, so I’ve been able to adjust it properly.
So, when I go to bed, with my magic power being exactly 5, I used 〘Daily Gacha〙, making me fall asleep due to magic depletion (laugh).
Over these six months, I’ve spun the 〘Daily Gacha〙 many times, but nothing too new came out (sweat).
Most of the time, it was 10 copper coins—140 out of 158 times.
The money system is simple: 100 copper coins equal 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins equal 1 gold coin, and 100 gold coins equal 1 platinum coin.
Here’s what else I got:
– 〘10 Copper Coins〙 Rank C ×140
– 〘10 Silver Coins〙 Rank B
– 〘Fan Technique〙 Rank B
– 〘Sewing〙 Rank C
– 〘Cooking〙 Rank C
– 〘Child’s Blue Dress〙 Rank C
– 〘Child’s Blue Shoes〙 Rank C
– 〘White Bread〙 Rank C ×2
– 〘Frying Pan〙 Rank C
– 〘Large Pot〙 Rank C
Given the probabilities, I should have gotten some A Rank items, but am I actually unlucky?
There’s no point in worrying about what I don’t get, so I help Mom around the house and, in my free time, run around the residential complex to improve my stamina.
Here are my current stats:
【Name】 Selen, 5 years old
【Occupation】 Unemployed
【Lv】 1
【Stamina】 6
【Magic Power】 173
【Defense】 5
【Agility】 6
【Intelligence】 55
【Luck】 5
【Skills】 〘Daily Gacha〙 〘Fan Technique〙 〘Sewing〙 〘Cooking〙
My stats are totally biased towards magic (sweat).
I can only hope that starting school will help improve my other stats.
➖・New Skills・➖
〘Fan Technique〙: Allows for attack and defense using a fan. Considered an etiquette among upper-class women.
〘Sewing〙: Improves cutting and stitching skills.
〘Cooking〙: Allows cooking as imagined, but ingredients need to be prepared by oneself.
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Episode 9: The Water Angel
The new skill I obtained, 〘Fan Technique〙, seems to be a self-defense technique used by noblewomen, but for a commoner like me, having such a skill is a bit… well…
When I think about it, the skills 〘Sewing〙 and 〘Cooking〙 are useful in everyday life and might even be handy for job hunting in the future♪
Moreover, I started working to use up my increased magic power.
My job involves filling the bathtubs at an inn with water, and I earn 10 copper coins for each full tub.
It takes 40 uses of 〘Water〙 to fill a bathtub, consuming 80 magic power, and the inn asks me to do this every day, so it’s a steady income, which is really great♪
I use the remaining magic power to provide drinking water for my neighbors for free.
By providing clean drinking water, no one in the neighborhood falls ill anymore.
Because of this, the neighborhood ladies started calling me the “Water Angel” (blush).
The 〘Water〙 I create with 〘Life Magic〙 is completely pure and tastes very good, while the well water has a slightly earthy taste, making it unsuitable for drinking.
Ideally, the well water would only be used for washing and laundry, but clean water wasn’t easy to come by.
So because I provide such clean water for free, my neighbors are extremely grateful♪
「Selen, who is appreciated by everyone around, is Mom’s pride and joy. I love you dearly♪」
With just these words, I don’t need anything else!
「You are my proud mom! I love you dearly♪」
Saying this, I hug Mom tightly, absorb all her kindness, and turn it into energy♪
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Episode 10: Setting Goals
I don’t know much about this world…
So, I thought I need to learn the common sense of this world.
I have to make sure that I don’t embarrass Mom by doing or saying anything strange.
Also, I wonder if there are schools in this world?
Well, even if there are schools, if admission fees or tuition are required, I don’t need to attend.
If I show interest in school, Mom would probably stretch her finances to make it possible…
I don’t want to burden her like that.
I wonder if there’s compulsory education like in my previous life in Japan, where elementary and middle school education was free for nine years…
For now, let’s put the school issue aside and set the goals for what I should do from now on.
First, I need to acquire the common sense of this world and become a lady who won’t embarrass Mom.
Next, I’ll do my best to help with the household chores to make Mom’s life easier.
Since she has been struggling ever since I was born, I want to help her and make things easier for her.
The next goal is to focus on self-discipline.
I need to work hard to become capable of protecting Mom.
If I keep drawing the 〘Daily Gacha〙, I might learn combat skills or magic skills, so I want to increase my maximum magic power and work on building my physical strength.
And lastly, the school.
If it’s not free, I’ll look for ways to attend without burdening Mom with financial issues.
If there’s no way, I’ll give up on school.
So, these are my goals for the time being.
All these goals are necessary for living happily with my beloved Mom, so I’ll work hard!
I can endure any hardship for Mom.
Now, as for the first goal of learning the common sense of this world, I’ll ask the neighborhood ladies for advice.
In my previous life, I lived in the countryside and had poor communication skills, but now I’ve improved them by helping Mom and talking to various ladies.
I think I’ve got the hang of it, so it should be fine.
「Hey, ladies! I need to ask you something～♪」
I ran over to the circle of neighborhood ladies to ask them various questions.
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