What Are Skills?
After breakfast, we moved to the living room for tea time.
People in this world really do love their tea time.
When I asked Sarah about it…
Early Morning Tea… a cup upon waking.
Morning Tea… after breakfast until around 10 o’clock.
(Only on weekends in the Lampail household)
Afternoon Tea… around 3 o’clock.
After Dinner Tea… after the evening meal.
Well, I love tea too, so I’m thrilled.
Gray’s tea is exceptionally delicious.
Plus, drinking it feels calming and somehow lightens my body. Is there some special technique to how he makes it?
If they have black tea, there might be green tea around too. After all, it’s just a difference in processing with the same tea leaves.
By the way, today is what they call the Null Day.
It’s basically like Sunday in my previous world.
So my brothers have a day off from the academy.
Usually, my brothers stay at the academy dormitory, only coming home on weekends.
Royal Academy.
All children aged 10 to 18 in the country, noble or commoner, are required to attend this boarding school. However, if a child already holds a job, they can commute as necessary. It’s somewhat like a correspondence school, where they primarily study from home.
In the academy, noble and commoner students are treated equally, so classes are divided based on academic assessments.
From ages 10 to 13, they receive a general education, learning subjects like arithmetic, history, geography, and magic.
From ages 14 to 18, they take specialized courses based on their interests.
- Magic Department… for those pursuing fields like magecraft or magic artifacts.
- Knight Department… for knights, adventurers, and other sword-related fields.
- Civil Department… for government officials, merchants, and other non-magic or non-combat careers.
So it’s like a full boarding school that combines elementary through high school, where they study general education and specialized fields. It’s wonderful that commoners are treated equally.
“By the way, Joan. Have you checked your skills?”
Father starts talking.
What’s this about skills?
“Skills…?”
Not that I know how to check them.
“Uh, how do I do that?”
“Oh, right. I haven’t explained it. If you say Status, it’ll display your information.”
“All right, then… Status.”
[Joan Lampail]
Status
Healthy
Attribute
Null
Skills
Search S
Storage S
Repair
First Aid
Aqua
Dry
Assist
“...…”
A lot of stuff came up!
“Well? Did it show your skills?”
“… Yes. Quite a lot of things came up.”
“Hm? A lot?”
“Yes. Seven.”
“”””””!!!!””””
Huh? Everyone’s frozen…
Even Gray?
“S-Seven? C-could I take a look?”
“Father, how do I show it?”
“Oh, just say Status Open, and we’ll be able to see it. Look—Status Open.”
Then, I was able to see Father’s status.
[Stanley Lampail]
Status
Lacking Sleep
Attribute
Fire
Skills
Search
Storage
Self-Heal
“Oh, I can see it. Huh? Wait a minute?”
He only has three skills.
“Joan, could you show us too?”
“Yes. Status Open.”
“It’s true, seven skills…”
“My goodness.”
“That’s incredible.”
“Skills really are fascinating, aren’t they?”
“!”
Is it really that shocking?
Though one of them is being rather rude.
But I am curious about what these skills do… As the second-oldest grandchild, I used to play games where I’d hunt monsters. Oh! I just remembered there’s a ranking event starting next week! I would’ve loved to join.
At 82, I was a grandma who loved cooking and food, became obsessed with a 16-member dance and vocal group, loved comedy, martial arts, was skilled with smartphones and AI, and loved anime, manga, and light novels—not to mention keeping up with popular games.
I wasn’t your typical elderly lady by any means, but I simply loved trying new things and following my interests.
“Better to regret doing something than regret not doing it,” and “Things will work out” were my catchphrases—quite the positive-minded grandma.
What do you think about this chapter?
