Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Seizing the Blessings!

"If Tact-sama agrees to defeat the orcs, I will personally provide a reward to you as well."

It seems like Lila cleverly used me for her own benefit.

"Lila, wait a moment! Before that, let's have a little conversation, just the two of us."

I asked the villagers to wait for a while and talked with Lila in a different place.

"Why did you involve me with this?"

"It seems that the number of orcs has increased recently, and they have been relentlessly cutting down the forest. Especially since someone wiped out all the goblins, the enemies we can fight on equal terms have decreased, making the situation even more difficult."

She spoke casually, but it was clear that she was blaming me for it.

An act of repaying kindness with hostility, huh?

...I'll endure it for now.

"For now, I understand the situation. So, what is the reward?"

I'm curious about the details of the reward.

"I will teach you my unique blessings, the skills [Replication] and [Concealment]."

"Teach me your unique blessings? What does that mean?"

Lila told me, and I opened my status screen.

Then, I noticed that my unique blessings had increased.

These unique blessings were the same ones Al showed me earlier.

Furthermore, Lila's [Replication] and [Concealment] were also there.

Why am I acquiring Al and Lila's unique blessings?

...No, that's not it.

If I had acquired them by force, Al would have noticed, and Lila would have shown some reaction.

Is it because of my [Acquire All Skills] ability? If so, it would make sense.

I have grasped all the occupational skills.

When it comes to skills, I can learn them by allocating the required skill points.

Regarding monsters, I automatically recognize them when I encounter them, and by allocating skill points, I can learn their skills as well.

However, the concept of skill points doesn't exist for unique blessings.

If it's possible to acquire them just by encountering them, then I should have already acquired Lila's unique blessings since I've met her before.

Is the condition for acquiring them to understand the content of the unique blessings?

Including unique blessings in [Acquire All Skills] is something both I and Elinu never considered.

We had assumed that they couldn't be acquired in the first place.

Since coming to this world, it's the first time I've felt grateful to the clumsy goddess.

"Why didn't you realize this?"

When I contacted Lira, I touched a tree.

It seems that the tree spirit can read the information of those who touch plants.

Me from the other day, Al from this morning, and me now.

Just by confirming the situation, the answer immediately becomes clear.

"Well, since the prepayment has already been made, it cannot be canceled."

I intuitively understood the replication and concealment, so I acquired them.

...It's close to fraud.

"Understood, I'll take the job."

"Thank you very much."

For now, I receive an explanation of the unique skill benefits.

Replication allows me to duplicate up to two of any solid object with the same quality.

However, it doesn't work on living beings (including flowers and plants).

I can't create more than three even if I lower the quality.

Concealment allows me to hide anything from others.

Well, it's almost as I expected.

"...Can I also add Lira as a friend?"

"I'm sorry, but as a being close to a spirit, I don't have that function. Besides, I try to avoid contact with the outside world as much as possible..."

...I see, that's too bad.