After eating, I decided to test my crafting skills first.

Since my afternoon classes were canceled, I had some time left.

"What are you making?"

The now fortunately sane Raphne asked with a curious expression.

I organized the equipment for crafting and showed her the iron ingot I brought along.

"First, I'm going to try making a simple weapon."

I checked how the crafting skills worked.

When I was playing the game, if I left it to an NPC, it would be made automatically without even a minigame.

However, this was not a game but reality.

Even if I activated the skill, there would be a process.

The equipment prepared in Ken's room was proof of that.

"Whew, is this enough?"

"I'll help you too! Do you need anything?"

Raphne approached me with her eyes sparkling.

For her, who usually only plays with dolls in the tower, this crafting would be fun.

And her help was actually good.

No, I had come with that in mind from the beginning.

Even if I were to make a simple iron dagger, I would need to heat the iron and shape it.

Even though my room had the equipment, I didn't have the ability to produce that much firepower.

"Then light that mini-furnace. Compress the fire as much as possible."

"Understood!"

On the other hand, Raphne was a top student who maintained the highest ability level in the academy.

For her, a fire spell that melts iron is easy.

"Ignis."

Raphne reached out her hand to the mini-furnace that I had already set up.

Then, she closed her eyes and quietly recited the incantation.

The magic gathered in her hand, starting a fire.

"Ignis Magna."

As soon as she spoke the incantation of advanced fire magic, the fire changed from orange to blue.

The heat was transmitted to me, who was far away.

"Compresso."

As she spoke the final incantation, the magic began to compress and the size of the fire decreased.

But I could feel it.

It was an incredible amount of heat.

From Ken’s memories, the last spell was a magic compression incantation.

‘It's completely different from the game.’

In games, magic was mostly a technique used in battle with a single click of a button.

However, in reality, the words that were the names of magic became incantations, and magic was activated by reciting the spell.

It felt new to witness the magic being activated in real life.

I started to feel a little excited.

"I'm done! How is it?"

"Yeah, I think it'll be enough. Thank you."

"...Hehe."

Raphne smiled bashfully, proud of having shown her skills.

With this much heat, she could melt an iron ingot in no time.

Well, I've never melted iron before.

Then how about the skill activation.

Just like magic, skills were used with a single click of a button in the game.

But now, it’s reality...

“Raphne, this might be a strange question. How do you use skills?"

"Huh? Skills?"

"Yeah, like your neural acceleration."

"W-what do you mean, can't you just try to use it in your mind?"

Raphne seemed flustered, embarrassed by my strange question.

Of course, since it was something that people in this world would use naturally, it probably wouldn't make sense to ask.

Anyway, all I need is the intent to use it.

How convenient.

For now, I closed my eyes and focused on using the skill.

'Crafting.’

Then, numerous categories came to mind.

Potion making, weapon making, magic scroll making and more.

However, most of them were completely useless as they were empty.

A few weapons that existed were the only ones not empty.

I found the weapon category and selected from there.

'Crafting a dagger.'

Immediately, the only dagger making method began to play in my head.

'So this is how you make them.’

I have never made a weapon in my life, but when I used the skill, the method of using it was engraved in my head like a craftsman who had been making weapons for decades.

Soon, I opened my eyes and picked up the crafting hammer.

Bang!

Bang!

I put the iron ingot in the fire that Raphne had made, heated it, and shaped it with the hammer.

It only took a few hammer blows to change its shape.

This must also be an effect of the skill.

I put the short, hot lump of iron, in the shape of a blade, in oil and heat-treated it.

I would normally have to go through this process several times, but thanks to the skill, I only had to do it once.

After that, I sharpened the iron lump.

When I placed the dull blade on the rotating whetstone, sparks flew and the blade began to sharpen.

After that, I assembled the completed blade to the handle that had been prepared in advance.

This entire process took less than an hour.

"Wow, you did a great job! That's great, Ken!"

Raphne, who had been watching the entire process from the side, clapped her hands slightly in joy.

It seems that the process of making it was fun for her.

Anyway...

If it were real, this skill would be ridiculous.

If it were real, a task that would have taken several days was finished in just an hour.

There is a huge benefit in terms of time and effort.

If such a skill exists, no one would craft items without the skill.

I now know why crafting items is only possible for NPCs with this skill in the game.

[System: You have crafted a 'simple knife'.

Experience points will be given as a reward for your first crafting.]

As soon as I held the completed knife in my hand, a system message popped up.

The system then showed the status window for the item crafting skill.

[Unique Skill: Item Crafting.

Handicraft Proficiency LV 2

Weapon Crafting LV 2 - UP!

Potion Crafting LV 1

Magical Tool Crafting LV 1]

According to the status window, the previously level 1 weapon crafting skill had been raised to level 2.

Well, level 2 is easy to achieve!

I will be able to quickly reach level 3 with a little bit of grinding.

The problem is the progress after level 3.

Skill levels are not something you gain just by using it a few times.

For now getting to level 2 and 3 should be doable with this method but achievements/insights are needed to grow the skill further.

With the skill level upgrade new categories came to mind for weapon crafting.

Swords, shields, armor, bows, etc.

And one item caught my eye.

Accessories.

However, the contents of the accessories category was only a simple silver necklace at the moment.

How much should I level up to make the Goddess' Pendant?

In order to make the Goddess' Pendant, I need to not only find out the materials but also the crafting method.

Since the game had simple blueprints, I didn't know the crafting method itself.

Then, I need further skill proficiency, materials and to obtain the blueprint.

There's still a long way to go.

If I gradually gain experience and items, I'll soon reach my goal.

And I should get ‘that’ first.

I thought as I looked at the scattered materials and the knife in my hand.

The next day.

I left the academy right away to celebrate the weekend and headed to a forest.

It was past the city surrounding the academy.

The Forest of Droplets...

Since it was the closest monster spawning area to the academy, the level of the monsters that appeared was also low.

Then why did I visit this place where only low-level monsters were swarming?

"Hmm, isn't this the area? When I look at it in person…"

I was walking through the forest with my heavy body.

The general scenery was similar to when I played the game, so it felt both nostalgic and mysterious.

However, since I was entering the forest myself, I had a hard time getting a sense of direction and had difficulty distinguishing the terrain.

"Ah, I found it!"

Yet, as I diligently searched for the shape of the tree I wanted while comparing it to the image in my head, I eventually found my target.

It was an old tree that was slightly larger and a little darker than the surrounding trees.

It was a tree with a large, naturally formed hole in the center.

"Where…"

I immediately put my hand into the hole.

As I groped around inside the hole, which was deeper than I had expected, I soon touched something with my fingertips.

"This is…"

And when I pulled it out, I was holding the smooth, fist-sized rock I had been looking for.

The center of the rock had a rune-like pattern engraved on it.

'I found it!'

I happily placed the rock on the floor and took out the crafting hammer from the bag I had prepared in advance.

Bang!

Bang!

"Damn! It won't break!"

I hit it harder than I did the day before when I made the knife, but the rock didn't budge.

Even when playing the game, it was an item that couldn't be broken if your strength level was lacking.

It would be hard to believe that Ken's body had the required level of strength.

However, this was not a game, but reality.

Magic was activated not by clicking a button, but by incanting a spell.

If I keep hitting the rock, it will eventually break.

Bang!

Bang!

"Heuk… Heuk..."

I hit it like that dozens of times.

My arms were already sore and sweat was pouring down my body.

But I wouldn't stop.

Whether this rock breaks, my arm breaks, or the hammer breaks.

I won't stop until one side breaks.

And then.

Clang!

Crack.

"...Alright!"

The small crack that formed after much patience began to glow and split the rock in half.

Soon, the split rock disappeared along with the particles of light.

"Th-then around here!"

I stood up without a moment to rest and looked around.

Then, I saw a barely recognizable beam of light not far from my seat.

I ran straight there.

"Huk, huk."

When I arrived at the place, I was tired and there was a gravestone that hadn't been visible until a moment ago.

It was a gravestone that wasn't even engraved with a name.

It was just a thin rock that had been lying around.

I started digging right away.

Fortunately, the thing I was looking for wasn't buried deep.

It soon appeared in the hole I had just started digging.

"I found it..."

It really exists.

The item I found was [Unknown Traveler's Pouch].

This was an item that could be found by receiving a quest from an old NPC in the city area of the Academy during gameplay.

It was a 'Subspace Pouch.’

It was something that could store an infinite number of items.

I immediately put the crafting hammer into the pouch.

The pouch, which was the size of a fist, easily accepted the hammer that was larger than it and soon swallowed it all up.

"Wow, this really works."

I shook the pouch, but I didn't feel any shaking inside.

I immediately put my hand into the pouch.

‘Hammer.’

As I put my hand in and thought of the item I was looking for, it was immediately in my hand.

When I took it out, it was the crafting hammer from earlier.

"Great!"

For the first time, I used my knowledge of the game to obtain an item.

This item is not actually an item that the player uses.

It is an item only for side quests, and the main character, Emily, has a subspace pouch from the start.

Therefore, it is an item that Emily does not need at all, but I do.

Now, not only did I not have to struggle to move items like before, I could also collect materials and store them easily.

I can make the Goddess' Pendant a little faster too.

Being able to collect materials without limit means a lot.

For someone with the ability to craft items, that meant endless grinding was possible.

Of course, this assumed that I had enough materials.

"Whew, shall I go back?"

I put the things I had brought into my subspace pocket.

My body felt much lighter as the pressure that had been pressing down on my shoulders a moment ago was gone.

'While I'm here, let's look for some materials in the forest...'

I was about to head back with a light heart when.

"Gyaaaah!"

A woman’s scream echoed throughout the forest.

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