Volume 1, Chapter 27 – One Month Later

A certain forest.

In an unknown corner, a small girl in a pure white dress sat hugging her knees, carefully watching the faintly glowing grass in front of her. Despite its glow, its appearance wasn’t all that different from ordinary weeds.

After observing it closely for a few minutes, the girl’s cute little face showed a thoughtful expression.

“So this is… the Fluorescent Grass… the neutralizing agent used in potion making?”

Her voice was unexpectedly pleasant to the ears.

“It should be… alright then…”

After carefully studying it for a moment, the girl reached out her hand and pulled at the grass before her.

“Heave-ho…”

She let out a small grunt of effort as she pulled the plant free.

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As the girl plucked the Fluorescent Grass growing from the ground, a faint light screen appeared at the corner of her vision.

Only a few lines of text were displayed on it.

════════♡════════ ✿ Collection successful ❀ Obtained: 1 Fluorescent Grass ❀ Life Experience +10 ❀ Experience +1 ════════♡════════

Those were the only messages shown.

“Hmm… Life Experience +10, huh…”

The girl tilted her head slightly, her long silver-white hair gently brushing against her smooth, fair cheek.

“If I remember right, my Life Experience in Food-Making is just 10 points away from leveling up…”

Muttering to herself, another familiar light screen appeared in front of her eyes.

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════════♡════════ ✿ Life Skills: ❀ Gathering: B ❀ Food-Making: B ❀ Pharmacy: B ════════♡════════

Among them, Food-Making really was just 10 experience points short of reaching A rank.

Incidentally, Life Skills are different from other Combat and Passive Skills.

The biggest difference is that Life Skills don’t have subdivisions like A+, A-, and so on.

They’re simply divided into broader ranks like A, B, C, D, and E.

Because of that simpler rank structure, the girl’s Life Skills had already reached B rank.

To think that just one month ago, she had started learning Life Skills completely from scratch. Although the process had been grueling, the results were impressive.

And according to the system’s rules, gaining Life Experience also granted actual Experience Points.

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That is, the experience needed to level up.

Of course, the ratio was 1 to 10, meaning for every 10 Life Experience gained, she would receive 1 Experience Point. If she gained only 9 Life Experience, then she wouldn’t get any Experience at all.

Well, even though the conditions for earning Experience were quite strict, thanks to the girl’s hard work over the past month, she had still earned a considerable amount.

The clearest proof was that her level had risen from Level 10 to Level 23.

Moreover, as her level increased, her attribute values had improved significantly. Her HP and other stats had gone up by a large margin, and she no longer had to worry about losing most of her HP from something as simple as tripping and falling…

“Hmm…”

Following her plan, the girl quickly added the newly obtained 10 Life Experience into her Food-Making skill.

Soon, under her gaze, the “B” rank displayed beside Food-Making on the light screen instantly changed into an “A.”

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“Tianyin… Life Skill – Food-Making, Rank Up…”

At the same time, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang in Tianyin’s ears.

To be honest, when she first heard this voice, Tianyin had been startled, but after so many times, she had gotten completely used to it.

“Yosh… since it’s leveled up, I guess it’s time to head back…”

Satisfied with her progress, Tianyin stood up.

However, just as she was about to make her way back to her temporary residence, the Sanctuary, a pair of glowing green eyes suddenly appeared in the nearby bushes, brimming with killing intent, staring straight at her…