Volume 1, Chapter 36 – Level Up

After rescuing Charlotte-san and the others, exorcising the evil spirit Joseph, and saving Angelica-san’s soul, we returned to Count Tasord and received a massive reward.

A whole 100 gold coins! I headed home with a beaming face, happy to finally have a job that put me deep in the black for the first time in a while.

Now, this might seem sudden, but I’ve finally leveled up.

From that whole incident where I sent the evil spirit Joseph on to the afterlife, I earned a massive 154 EXP.

So, before returning to Shishou’s place, I’m having Chris-san teach me about Status and increasing Skill Levels. My current Status looks like this:

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【Name】: Fiene Argentata

【Race】: Vampire (LOL)

【Gender】: Female

【Class】: Healer, Apothecary

【Level】: 1 → 2

【HP】: 33 → 56

【MP】: 25 → 45

【STR】: 29 → 53

【INT】: 24 → 43

【AGI】: 23 → 41

【DEX】: 26 → 47

【VIT】: 27 → 49

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【MND】: 25 → 45

【LUC】: 25 → 45

【Exp】: 119 → 273

【SP】: 10 New!

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My stats went up by quite a lot. And surprisingly, I received 10 Skill Points.

“Fiene-sama, as expected of you, to have your stats rise this much at once. Just as I thought, High El—no, I mean, Vampires are slow to level up, but their stat growth is tremendous! And getting 10 Skill Points at once is just like you!”

This muscle-brained kukkoro onee-san… she definitely almost said High Elf just now, didn’t she? Honestly. I’m a Vampire!

Now, regarding the allocation of these Skill Points, my top priorities, Alchemy and Herb Appraisal, are still stuck at Level 1.

Their respective EXP counts look like this:

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《Alchemy 》: 1 (EXP: 541)

《Herb Appraisal 》: 1 (EXP: 1,845)

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By the way, the reason Herb Appraisal has so much EXP is because I basically appraised every patch of grass I laid eyes on.

However, it seems you don’t get EXP for appraising the same grass twice, so the growth is starting to slow down.

“Chris-san, how much EXP is required to increase a Skill Level?”

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“To reach Skill Level 2, you need 10,000. To reach Level 3, 100,000. For Level 4, it takes 1,000,000.”

No, no, that’s way too brutal. It starts at 10,000, then jumps to ten times that for the next level? To get to Level 10, let’s see… one trillion? What kind of insane grind is that?!

Anyway, pulling myself together, let’s allocate the Skill Points.

“Chris-san, how do I go about allocating these Skill Points?”

“In that case, please open the Skill tab from your Status.”

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《Alchemy 》

【Level】: 1

【EXP】: 541 +

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“Ah, a plus mark appeared next to the EXP.”

“Yes, you can allocate Skill Points from there.”

“Thank you. I’ll give it a try.”

I immediately dumped all 10 points into Alchemy.

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《Alchemy》

【Level】: 2

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【EXP】: 10,541

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“Oh, Alchemy successfully reached Level 2.”

“Fiene-sama, congratulations!”

“Thank you, Chris-san.”

Still, another 90,000 to go, huh?

At Shishou’s place, I only earn about 200 to 250 EXP every ten days, so without Skill Points, it’d take roughly ten years.

Hmm, that’s rough. It looks like Skill Points are the key.

“Well then, let’s go report our safe return to Shishou.”

“Yes. Let’s do that.”

And so, we headed back to Shishou.

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“Shishou, Ma’am, we’re back.”

“…Yeah. You’re safe. Glad you’re back.”

Huh? Is he upset about something?

“Aaahhh, Fiene-chan! You’re back! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Did anything dangerous happen? Oh, I was so worried the whole time! Oh, thank goodness. Really, I was so worried!”

“Um, it was a bit of an ordeal this time, but as you can see, I’m fine. I didn’t actually take any damage in the end.”

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The others had it rough, getting turned into dolls and slammed into walls and all that.

Oh, wait, I was chased around by dolls too. Yeah, I might not want to see a French doll for a while.

“I see, I see, that’s good. Oh, and Chris-chan too. You didn’t get hurt either, did you? Goodness, you girls are still of marriageable age, so you have to be careful about injuries. And make sure to take proper care of your skin. And another thing…”

The wife’s machine-gun chatter showed no signs of stopping.

She kept talking on and on without giving Chris-san a single opening to reply.

A taciturn Shishou and a machine-gun-talker for a wife… they might actually be a perfect match.

“Wait, are you listening, Fiene-chan?”

“Ah, sorry. I was just think—”

“And then, you know! Every time my husband opened his mouth, it’d be, ‘Are Fiene-chan and Chris-chan safe?’ Really, there’s no end to his overprotectiveness. Right, Fiene-chan? You think so too, don’t you?”

“E-err. Well, yes.”

“And then there’s those guys who were lining up just to see Fiene-chan. When I told them I’d be taking the consultations while Fiene-chan was away, they all ran off in a huge panic! I’ll have you know I was called a beauty in my younger days, so that’s just rude! Right, Fiene-chan? You think so too, don’t you?”

“E-err. Well, yes.”

The wife’s machine-gun talk showed no signs of stopping.

I simply kept listening, repeating “E-err. Well, yes” more than ten times.

By the way, once the wife was finally satisfied with talking my ear off, I was able to report to Shishou that my Alchemy skill had reached Level 2.

Shishou was surprised and congratulated me, and starting the next day, he entrusted me with part of the actual alchemy work.