I Have a Goal!

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Mission complete.

Reward: Ability- 'Summon water(lesser)'

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"Uoooaah"

'That sounds quite useful, how do I use it?'

<You ungrateful... Just hold your hands out and think of water appearing in front of you.>

Camellia, being overjoyed despite her face still being covered in tears, put out her hands and slightly squinted her eyes with a somewhat cute looking constipated face trying to follow the instructions. Not even a second later, a small ball of water the size of a thumb formed in front of her with a steady, yet weak stream falling from it.

'It's... useless?'

<Who knows, I didn't modify you personally this time. It's weak purely because you suck>

T- thanks...

Actually, come to think of it, she didn't modify me this time huh? I had felt slightly uncomfortable, maybe a bit of a headache, but it didn't even last long enough for me to notice it. Maybe she just taught something to me?

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New skill; ~Summon water(lesser)~

has been processed and added to the list of usable abilities.

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Hmm, maybe it didn't hurt because she just used the system to teach me it instead? That was nice of her? No... she wouldn't have done it for my sake, so it's probably either less efficient this way, or she's just lazy.

Moving on...

I now have the food I was looking for, but there's too much for me to carry with this body. Meaning It's time to test the idea I've had for a little while now.

'Miss Mona? Can I store this fruit in that dimension thing then take it out when I get back to the barn?'

<What makes you think you could do that I wonder~>

'When I first got here you told me to get you some things, I figured I couldn't give it to you unless it was stored in there so.'

<Jeez~ My daughter is really too smart~ Of course you can, but it takes a little bit of time for the items to go in and out, so don't go treating it like your personal storage space ok~?>

INVENTORY ACHIEVED! (***She immediately referred to it as a personal storage space…)

'Great! So to put it in there I just...?'

<Same thing as the water, just touch what you want to send in and think of it appearing somewhere in the Soul Space>

Understanding Mona's simple instructions, she rolled the fruit in the burlap the rabbit had brought, touched the bag and sent it into her 'Inventory' after a few seconds of thinking, then quickly left the barn after thanking the dead rabbit-dolphin.(Rip)

'Good, now that I don't have to lug the food around I can get more done today. First things first I should look for some wood and maybe listen around town to see if they're still talking about what happened at the smithy. I might be a wanted criminal now after all.'

Making up her mind, she ran along the shadows of the farm trying not to be seen, picking up scraps of wood along the way and putting them in her inventory.

***Don't make it sound like you're some assassin! No one was around and you even fell a few times!

'ONLY TWICE!'

<You ok dear~?>

'Sure am!'

***Liar

Finally reaching the end of the farm, she was met with a few bushes that were slightly shorter than her. These bushes were scattered about the town and seemed unkempt with thick leaves covering their hollow insides.

'It's like they were made for me to hide in!'

<No way are you going to go in there!>

'Think of it as me being a humble cute girl who does volunteer work, I'm just cleaning the bushes is all~'

Calling herself a girl almost made her puke so she had covered her mouth.

After swaying Mona, she quickly hustled into the bush and crawled through the green tunnel, staying hidden the whole time. As the streets began to bustle with people, she figured she had been getting closer to the edge of the town.

'This town is weird... The further into it you go, the more rural it gets. Usually in towns with a gate and wall like this, you would have the most important people in the middle, like royals or government officials, then have the poor people on the outside to act as fodder in case of an attack.'

<That's quite gruesome dear~>

'It's gruesome, but it's the truth. I wonder why it's so rural in the middle, then populated on the outside like this, it's so weird. There doesn't seem to be a castle anywhere here either, so I doubt there are royals or hierarchy, which is honestly a good thing for me.'

"Did you hear about the tournament this year?"

"Sure did! Sounds like it'll be quite interestin' this time, Guess ther' really tryin to get that old man outta here heh? Haha"

"You're an old man too though haha."

Camellia suddenly stopped as she heard a woman and man's voice. What they said shocked her to her soul.

'TOURNAMENT ARC!'

To think, even after having such a shitty isekai experience so far, I would still be able to have my own tournament arc! And so soon!

"Aaaahh~ Oh joy~"

"Hm? Did you hear something?"

"Nah, Probably hearin' stuff, guess I'm not the only one that's old! hehe"

"Shut it! I'm as young as can be! Humph!"

<Speaking out loud like that was quite dangerous>

'N- No, I knew they wouldn't check, so... No problem!'

***Don't lie, that was total luck.

{What a high luck stat}

~Processing 'luck' stat~

[Luck]

Whatever!

After hearing the good news of a tournament, she decided to creep around town a little while longer in hopes of getting more information on it. To her luck it seemed to be a very popular event!

"The tournament this year has practically no notice! Two months is basically nothing!"

"Did you hear about the entrance fee this year? Sounds pretty steep to me, not sure if I could participate this year."

"Heard they're basically lettin' anyone enter this year round, They're even gonna have a blacksmith's competition in it. Doubt that old bastard Zeph would participate, but it's still interestin'"

Sounds so cool~ The people here love it, so of course I'm gonna enter!

***That sounds pretty damn negative...

'I gotta hurry home and practice so I can get that mask done already. I'm gonna need it before I can do anything else, but at least now I have a small goal in mind and a list to go with it.'{

1. Finish mask

2. Get more information on the tournament

-Date, Entrance fee, Requirements to enter and learn more about the other competitions within it. (Maybe I can enter more than one)

3. Get some money for the tournament

4. Enter the blacksmith competition and win

5. LEAVE THIS TOWN!}

'They said 'Get that old man outta here' right? So if you win they will probably bring you with them to a town outside of this hell-forest.'

**Choo Choo, all aboard the 'Get the fuck out of here' All aboard~!!

After sneaking back through the bushes and getting lost along the way a few times, Camellia finally made it back to the farm, but there was one problem... The sun had already set yet the farm was full of people and lit lanterns.

'It looks like a damn festival! How the hell am I supposed to sneak past them into my barn?!'

<There's no one to your right, please look around first before asking question next time, Kay~?>

'Y-... yes ma'am'

Following the bushes, she ended up sneaking behind the barn to her right without being seen. It was dark and hard to see where exactly she was going, but that was good for her in this situation. Stumbling about, she couldn't help but be curious about this 'festival.' At first it seemed like it was some kind of celebration, but she quickly noticed that it seemed more like a funeral than the lively fun filled day that a festival would have brought.

'There's no way it's for...'

<It's a possibility...>

'Sys.. Libbo-chan... This wouldn't happen to be a funeral for that rabbit-dolphin would it?'

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Processing question...

Answer; Possibility of 'This is our fault' = ~75%

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'Ha.... haha... I really need to win that tournament...'

<It's starting to seem that way, yes~>