7 – 007 – Whose hand does the goddess of victory hold # 3
007 – Whose hand does the goddess of victory hold #3
In the game 「D&A」, the game contents were quite extensive.
From life content such as gathering, fishing, production, and cooking, to the character’s favorability system and club management system.
And by collecting more than a certain number of rare collectibles, you can unlock special items.
This horizontal content system is called ‘inner room’ and has become a criterion for distinguishing deceased persons. You have to exceed 70% of your total achievements to be recognized as a deceased person.
For reference, I, who had the highest percentage in the strategy cafe, achieved 87% of the achievement. No matter what I did, it didn’t go any further.
So people say, ‘In fact, all achievements that have already been implemented have been revealed, and the remaining 13% are only those that have not yet been implemented, aren’t they? I often joked that it will come out as a DLC later.
… Come to think of it, there was a real DLC coming out.
Anyway, my favorite thing in the vast amount of life content was cooking.
Have you invested about 5,000 hours?
Thanks to that, I had recipes for most of the cooking items in my head.
Did you know that more than half of the cooking guides on Treewiki were discovered by me?
bubbling bubbling.
“… … .”
However, actually making such a dish was a first-time experience for me.
Add the Tier 1 ingredient “Spice Grass” to bubbling boiling water and boil it further. If it was a game, the effect of removing impurities by pressing the button at the right time would have come out.
But in reality, there was no such thing.
I have to see and walk with my own eyes.
“Do you have a spoon or ladle in that bag?”
“Hey, there is. That grass, you boil it right? I feel like I’m just wasting water and grass. It already smells bitter… .”
Nike didn’t seem to understand why I was boiling this grass. Didn’t you know how to eat the grass you picked?
However, I couldn’t answer with certainty “It’s right to boil” to the eyes that looked at me suspiciously. I know I should try too.
Snug.
Skim off the foam with a spoon. The soup is already red and sharp, probably because the spices were added. It feels pretty thick.
The pungent smell came out, so Nike let out a coughing cough.
“Ugh, my eyes are sore… ! No matter how I look at it, this doesn’t seem like it… !”
“Wait.”
At this point, is it time to add beef jerky?
I put the jerky in the boiling water.
Then stir slowly with a spoon.
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Just stir
Keep stirring until done.
Swish swipe.
Was it like that for about 5 minutes? The pungent smell disappeared before I knew it, and the delicious smell that stimulated the tip of my nose rang in my stomach.
phut-.
Rainbow starlight jumping out of the pot.
“done! Cooking was successfully completed!」
「Spice Soup: Soup made with special spices. Through the correct cooking method, the bitter taste was removed and the umami and aroma were added. But maybe there’s a way to make it even better… ?”
Is it the completion of the spice soup?
It felt like a game when letters came to mind with the success effect.
Considering that this place Ludens is the playground of the gods, isn’t it wrong?
The unfortunate thing is that I did not acquire the 《Lesser Cooking》 skill, unlike the one I acquired at one time.
Did you learn it with a 5% chance when cooking is successful? Breaking through 5 percent is harder than I thought.
For now, will I be satisfied with just being able to succeed with the recipe in my head? As I was trying to understand that feeling, I saw Nike biting his thumb.
“Wow… smells delicious what is this? It’s my first time smelling this scent. It smells so delicious.”
Like a parrot, it gave off a delicious smell. Certainly the smell was amazing.
The question is, how does it taste?
Also, I wonder if the effect will have the same HP recovery effect as I remember.
“Then let’s eat. Do you have any bowls?”
“Bowl? Why is the bowl… ?”
“We will share.”
“really?”
Nike looked very surprised. Are there any surprises? In the first place, except for the pot and water, all the rest of the ingredients were given by Nike.
Receiving a bowl from Nike, who was dubious, I served the soup well. And my portion is just roughly what’s left of the pot.
First bite.
It feels good when something warm goes into your mouth.
The taste… .
Then Nike screamed.
“Oh, hot, hot!”
“It’s stupid. Cool slowly and eat.”
However, Nike did not stop spooning. Even though it says hot, keep putting the soup in your mouth without cooling it down.
“It’s been a while since I ate something this hot. it’s good. Very tasty. Try something so delicious for the first time To think that the spice plant could make such a delicious soup… .”
“I’m glad you like it.”
“It’s not just delicious! What is this, what is this? What was the spice grass I’ve been eating so far? what?”
“… … .”
How do I know if you ask me
Still, it felt really good to have someone enjoy the food I cooked. At the same time, I’m rather ashamed to think that I’m going to show such an excessive reaction.
Spice Soup is a Tier 2 food. A similar second-tier food would be commonly sold by ordinary restaurants and grocers.
It’s just a scented herb soup, so I wondered what kind of reaction it would be to a tier 1 food, “Luxury Spice Soup.”
Even if there was only one more ingredient.
Let’s postpone that until later. It is not a difficult material to obtain.
“Huh, it’s warm… . It feels like recovering from fatigue.”
Nike ate all the soup he had given him and stretched himself. His face was messily hidden by his hair, but he seemed in a very good mood.
It will feel like healing.
I did too.
Perhaps it was because of the hardships in this unfamiliar place, but the warm soup was quite delicious and pierced my body.
then Nike says
“Can you make more?”
It looks like you liked it.
“All you need is spice grass and dried beef jerky.”
“I know where I am growing! I can’t gather at night, but when the sun rises tomorrow at noon, I can dig another root!”
Oh, that would be great if it was real.
I suddenly became curious.
“It must be a grass that is not easy to find or gather. Do you have the «Pharmacy» skill?”
“of course! I’m a warlock! Increases the chance of successfully gathering herbs! It is the grace of the gods.”
“A soil mage?”
Was there a job called a soil mage in D&A? I don’t know, but it was a job that suited Nike, who was homeless like a dirt spoon.
Only Nike was angry.
“Black Mage! Can’t you feel it when you look at it?”
It was Nike who laughed.
It seemed like he was trying to put on a sinister grin, but his noisy nature didn’t make him feel like a warlock.
Still, it was good information that he had the «Pharmacology» skill. If you do well, it may be a rope that can get you out of the current situation.
You’d better grab it while you have the chance.
“Nike, would you like to join hands with me?”
“hand… ? suddenly… ?”
Nike twisted his body. Are you ashamed? Is there anything in the conversation that you should be ashamed of? she is an incomprehensible woman
“Yeah, that’s what you do after dating. Maybe you’re with me right now… .”
“I’m asking if you would like to work with me.”
“Work?”
“yes. Nike Mokey Mokey and I Victor. Your Pharmacy and I are definitely a plus. I could end my homeless life in this forest.”
“… … .”
Nike didn’t answer.
However, I noticed that the emerald eyes hidden by the hair were shining strangely.
It will not be an illusion illuminated by a bonfire.
As if to prove it, Nike reached out to me.
“If I work with you, can I just have another soup?”
“I’ll let you eat something even tastier than that.”
I also took that hand.
* * *
morning.
Nike said that he had been living in this “mysterious forest” for three months.
The club was closed at the end of last semester, so I lived through the vacation.
“This is my cabin. The spice pool is not far from here!”
“This isn’t a cabin, it’s a hut.”
“… That, that’s it.”
Nike lived in a strange tent made of woven straw. Should it be called a dugout that looks like it will collapse in an instant if it rains or snows?
Indeed, living such a life, my school uniform was tattered like a rag, and my hair was messy because I couldn’t tidy it up.
“… … .”
Wasn’t the rumor about ghosts coming out of the mysterious forest created because of him?
“This is a trap for catching rabbits. This is a bird trap. This… .”
Nike introduced me to the crude objects he had made. All of them were basic items that beginners in daily life content could easily make with tree branches.
“Well done. Are there any real effects?”
“Catch a bunch of rabbits! The meat is made from beef jerky, and the skins are sold. If you do that, you can earn about 300,000 Renae a week! Awesome isn’t it?”
300,000 a week?
Isn’t that part of the axis of earning well?
Aside from dormitories that require a lump sum of money in advance, you could enter any room in an ordinary inn. I wonder why I am living like this.
“Nike, do you have any debts?”
“yes.”
“How many?”
“About 200 million Renae… .”
Is it another 200 million debt?
Earning 300,000 won a week could take almost a lifetime to pay off a debt of 200 million.
“I can only pay the interest by selling the rabbit skin. Maybe that’s why he was sleeping in the forest to save money on housing.”
“… … .”
Nike was understandably downcast.
“I am not blaming you. I also have a lot of debt. However, if you have that much debt, I want to ask you how about trying to make a little bigger money than selling rabbit skins. Like going to a dungeon?”
“Dungeon… ?”
Nike’s shoulders trembled. When I was thinking about whether I hadn’t thought of that method, I started to burst out laughing.
“If you go to a dungeon, you might die! How dangerous!”
“… … .”
That’s right.
If it’s a sense of reality, not a game, that would be natural.
At the same time, it seemed like the puzzle of why there were so many homeless students in Ludens was being solved. Not everyone thinks of going to a dungeon or field.
Unlike games that can be reset, reality only has one life.
Of course, since I can’t do the reset try, I don’t know how to clear the dungeon.
Is that why the academy as a whole was more backward?
Then Nike said.
“I cannot die in a place like this. Anyway… .”
It seemed like he was about to say something, but he kept his mouth shut.
He didn’t tell me, but I could vaguely sense that Nike had a big goal.
It must be a solid pillar of the heart and help them endure this homeless life.
is it family?
or something else?
I was curious.
But I decided not to ask.
I couldn’t open my mouth because I suddenly remembered the old me who had nothing left but a rattlesnake.
Even if you ask, I don’t think you’ll tell me.
“done! Did you pull out the roots well?”
Before I knew it, Nike pulled out the “spice grass” and shouted. really well picked
“Well done.”
“Then let’s have lunch! Shall I bring you water? You can use the jerky dried in the cabin!”
Nike seemed to be in a good mood to eat the soup again. I’m so excited. Excited.
I just had to shake my head.
“I don’t eat this.”
“what? What are you talking about? It’s different from the promise! Different from the promise! You lied!?”
I think I’m more angry than when I was talking about the enemy who closed the club against Viktor. Is it because of my mood?
I feel like I’ve been completely tamed to eat.
Let’s start with clarification.
“It is no different from the promise. let me eat something tastier But before that, today I will go to the main street of the academy. I’ll take out a loan from there and make about 50 million Renées in my name and your name.”
“Large, loan… ? I’m already in debt, but I’m borrowing money again… ?”
Nike couldn’t come to his senses.
But I had already made plans for today last night.
“Just trust me.”
“That… I heard you shouldn’t trust people who say things like that… .”
“… … .”
On the contrary, I think it is very suspicious.
Even if it were me, I wouldn’t have believed it.
To make him borrow about 25 million René in his name.
But.
Nike nodded more readily than expected.
“great. I will believe you.”
really?
I was rather perplexed as I was contemplating how to convince him.
“… Is it because I am Victor? Do you think he won’t cheat you because he’s a member of the executive committee who doesn’t lie?”
“No, what is that? i just trust you I don’t think you’re one to lie. I won’t forgive you for shutting down my club. Apart from that, I think you are an honest person.”
“… … .”
After talking with Nike, I seemed to understand.
This guy was stupid and naive for a heroine.
The type that wouldn’t be strange if he fell into debt after being used to the fullest by others.
I knew all too well what the end of a person who trusted others like this was, so it felt like something was burning hotly in my heart.
“Nike, I swear by the name of the god of order.”
“vow… ?”
“You only trust me. I will make sure that your homeless life ends before the new semester begins.”
“… … !”
Nike was startled.
The guy immediately pulled the rag-like hood with his hand and covered his face, not knowing what to do.
Why?
He was also a strange kid.
I’m invested. Liking the story so far.
Yeah why??