CDWR Vol.01 Chapter 04

My consciousness gradually started to awaken.

How much time have passed?

I turned my eyes towards the window, and it was bright outside. Judging from the state of hunger in my stomach and the fact that it was bright outside earlier as well, could it be that I lost consciousness for a whole day? If that’s the case, it means I have been sleeping for quite a long time.

My awareness became even clearer, and I began to examine the situation around me. Then I heard someone talking inside the room. It appeared that an unfamiliar man and Sara were deeply engaged in conversation.

I decided to consciously use the <Appraisal> skill I had acquired before blacking out on myself. A semi-transparent plate-like object appeared before my eyes. I started to read what was written there from the top.

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Name: Rui

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Age: 0

Level: 1 

Title: None

HP (Health Points): 50/50 

MP (Magic Points): 650/650

Strength: 9

Endurance: 10 

Agility: 8 

Dexterity: 12 

Magic: 120 

Spirit: 130

Skills: Creation Lv1, Appraisal Lv1, Universal Language Comprehension

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Magic and Spirit are strangely high. I should check each of the items as well.

HP: Represents life force. If it reaches 0, death occurs.

MP: Necessary for using magic. If it reaches 0, fainting occurs. Also, when it’s low, extreme fatigue sets in.

Strength: Represents physical attack power.

Endurance: Represents physical defense. Affects max HP.

Agility: Represents the speed of physical movement.

Dexterity: Represents the ability to move the body skillfully.

Magic: Represents magical attack power.

Spirit: Represents magical defense. Influences MP recovery rate and max MP.

I should also look into the skills.

[Creation]

• • By strongly imagining it, one can create and acquire a new skill. 
  • Also, it’s possible to improve the already acquired skills.
  • The MP consumed becomes higher as the created skill becomes more powerful.
  • The consumption of MP decreases as the <Creation> skill level increases.
  • This skill can be used only once a day.
  • This skill itself cannot be created.

Upon reading this explanation, I realized something. I fainted because of the intense consumption of MP when creating the skill. Anyway, I’ve more or less understood my status and skills, so I decided to turn my consciousness towards the unfamiliar man and Sara and use <Appraisal> on them.

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Name: Dan

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Age: 23

Level: 45

Title: A-Rank Adventurer

HP: 2250/2250

MP: 1540/1540

Strength: 572

Endurance: 450

Agility: 572

Dexterity: 396

Magic: 308

Spirit: 308

Skills: Swordsmanship Lv7, Shield Skill Lv6, Axe Skill Lv5, Hand-to-Hand Combat Lv5, Physical Enhancement Lv6, Daily Magic

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Name: Sara

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Age: 22

Level: 42

Title: A-Rank Adventurer

HP: 1640/1640

MP: 3280/3280

Strength: 164

Endurance: 328

Agility: 165

Dexterity: 492

Magic: 652

Spirit: 656

Skills: Fire Magic Lv7, Water Magic Lv6, Earth Magic Lv5, Light Magic Lv7, Magic Absorption Lv5, Staff Skill Lv6, Physical Enhancement Lv3, Daily Magic

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[Magic Absorption]

Temporarily absorbs magic power and MP from targets such as monsters or people, and adds it to one’s own abilities. The amount that can be absorbed is skill level x 1000. The absorbed amount will revert after skill level X one hour. If an amount greater than what is tolerable is absorbed, the magic power will run wild within the body.

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Both of them seem quite strong, the only comparison is me, though…

Adventurers, huh? Is that the kind of job that was in the comics or light novels my friend lent me before?

Judging from the furniture and other things in the house, if they’re A-rank, they seem to be earning quite a bit.

As I thought about the appraisal results, a man named Dan started talking to me.

This man is slender but muscular, with a very toned body. His hair is short and red, and his face is the very definition of handsome, which makes me envious.

“Oh, looks like Rui’s awake. It’s Papa. You’ve been sleeping all this time, haven’t you? Sara told me. You’ve got a cute face like Mama, but I hope you inherit my strength too, okay?”

“Rui-chan, good morning. You finally woke up? I was so worried! But your breathing was steady, and your complexion didn’t look bad, so I thought it was okay and let you sleep. However husband, I wish he’d inherit my strength instead~”

Ah, it’s natural to worry if someone is unconscious and sleeping all day. All I can say in my heart is sorry.

But, I’ve figured out these two are my parents, but who is Airi? Her way of speaking doesn’t suggest she’s my sister, and she was wearing a maid’s uniform, so is she hired as a maid?

My parents talked to me a lot afterward, but the information I wanted didn’t come up.

After a while, Dan left the room.

Then, with another knock, Airi entered the room, so I appraised her.

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Name: Airi

Gender: Female Race: Human Age: 9

Level: 6 Title: Maid

HP: 255/255 MP: 275/275

Muscles: 53 Resistance: 51 Agility: 52 Dexterity: 68 Magic: 50 Spirit: 55

Skills

Service Lv5, Life Magic

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She has quite a high level of “Service.”

So that’s why she’s a maid? Or is it high because she is a maid?

I can’t figure that out, much like the “chicken or egg” question. 

Everyone has “Life Magic,” so I think “Service” is the skill she was born with.

Hmm, what skill should I create next with “Creation”?

Since it seems like creating a powerful skill requires a lot of MP, I need to build a foundation by extending the MP-related aspects first.

For MP, increasing maximum MP or boosting the recovery rate of used MP would be good.

After that, I’ll need something to enhance the acquired skills.

While I was thinking about this, my parents changed my diapers, fed me breast milk, and took care of me, so I left everything to them.

First and foremost, I need to create skills. I have to think about what kind of skills I should create.

Considering that my parents’ profession is adventurers, and this world has magic…

What can be inferred is that this world is not peaceful like Japan.

So I should create various skills early on to increase my combat ability or create skills to protect myself.

I wonder what skills would be good. I’m not very good at thinking about that…

Well, aside from that, there’s still a lot I don’t know about this world, and I’d like to learn more, but I can’t read books or talk to people, so I’m at a loss.

However, being in a baby’s body, I tire quickly when I think, and I feel sleepy soon.

As I thought about it, I was indeed, or perhaps inevitably, struck by intense sleepiness.

I decided to act quickly and create a skill before I lose consciousness, as I was sure to fall asleep.

All right! I’ll go with this skill for now.

【Do you want to acquire the skill 〈Maximum MP Increase〉?】

【You have acquired the skill 〈Maximum MP Increase〉】

【Maximum MP Increase】

  Maximum MP increases. The increase amount is Skill Level × 10%.

  And then, my consciousness blacked out again――