Chapter 8

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The base is just a hammock and a collection point, but as I returned to it, I secured various grasses, nuts, and mushrooms along the way.

Whether or not I can eat it is secondary, it might be useful someday.

Anyway, there is an appraisal of the skill, so I should check them out once I get back.

I finally returned to base. For the time being, I decided to spread the things I’ve collected on the ground and prepare today’s dinner. The sun is already setting, so I should finish it before it’s completely dark.

However, when it comes to food, there are only sweets and coconuts in my bag.

Sure, I’ve secured nuts and mushrooms, but I wonder how long it will take to appraise them. Although I set up traps in the morning, I don’t think they would trap anything right away.

Especially the trap for rabbits … I don’t think there is much hope until my smell disappears from the trap. The most possible one would be the basket trap for fish submerged in water?

“Well, let’s check … maybe there are some fish in it that I can eat.”

That’s why I decided to go to the sea and pull up the ivy that connects to the basket.

Heave-ho. Using a lot of strength I tried to pull the basket up, but it seems that there is a lot of resistance underwater, but It might be something else other than fish.

Bassha

While dripping seawater the basket finally came out and fell on the beach.

“…There’s a starfish inside?”

Yeah, this can’t be eaten. I’ve heard that there are starfish that can be eaten, but as a result of the appraisal, it seems to be toxic through and through.

That’s why the starfish is back in the sea.

“Well, what else … is there anything in the back?”

There was a rattling noise in the basket. It felt like it was desperately clinging to the basket.

I shook the basket as hard as I could and something finally came out.

With a popping sound, it fell on the sandy beach and tried to flop back into the sea.

The moment I saw it, I pierced the bamboo spear into it.

After getting pierced by the spear, it was still moving somehow, but after giving it a bit of time, it stopped completely.

“Let’s see, It’s a fish!??”

It looks like a fish. However, it’s not a fish that I know. What the heck is it?.

It’s a square, looks kind of like a box … but it’s definitely not a Fugu or anything like that.

What is it? I tried to appraise the mysterious fish.

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Boxfish

It’s a box-like fish. It’s just a box, so maybe there’s something inside.

However, since the contents are random, there are good or bad things … Don’t get angry even if it’s a miss!

Oh, you can eat it afterwards too! However, depending on what’s inside … Skull emoji

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Hey, it’s a box just as it looks! Moreover, don’t write the skull emoji in letters! Put the emoji properly.

By the way, how does the item fit in the fish? Did the fish just go chomp and ate something and it was stuck inside? For the time being, it seems that it can be eaten depending on the contents. How do I handle the fish?

For the time being, I use a stone knife to cut open the fish.

It is a stone knife that is more or less sharpened. Although the blade does not slide through the fish smoothly, I still successfully handled the boxed fish.

“Wow … Is there a gimmick that makes its small mouth bigger? But it’s really a box…”

There was a box that stretched all the way from its mouth to the stomach.

That’s open the box for the time being

And … Yeah, it was empty.

When I used appraisal on it just in case, it said “It’s an empty box, it’s a miss!”, this thing is getting more and more irritating.

However, the situation is not too terrible.

The fact that there was nothing in it, means that there aren’t any bad things, thus this fish can be eaten.

That’s why I frantically cut the fish that is really difficult to handle, and the internal organs are … a little scary, so I buried them in the soil. If I do this, I may be able to use this soil as fertilizer later.

Then, I decided to remove the bones from the filleted boy, pierce it with bamboo skewers, and grilled them on a bonfire. Also, I have some salt, so if I grill it with salt, the taste will be okay.

“Now, let’s wait until it is charred … Should I check the status in the meantime?”

I tap the status app on my smartphone.

When I looked closely at the skill column of my status, I suddenly found something.

“Was there such an option?”

There is something under the skill you have, and if I look closely at it, I can see 10 of these “◇” symbols.

I checked the skill.

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Alchemy (Beginner)

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<Do you want to allocate skill points? ＞

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Yeah, I see? Skill points … Well, where are those points?

Because I’m level 1 now. Maybe I don’t have any points. With that in mind, when I checked my status, I saw the letters SP1.

SP: 1 …… SP …… Ah, maybe it’s an abbreviation for skill points! I decided to give one point to alchemy for the time being.

Then, a change appeared on the skill page.

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Alchemy (Beginner)

◆ ◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇

The Simple Alchemy Set has been unlocked.

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Nuo!?? It’s a simple alchemy set. What the hell is that? Then, a page called “Important Things” was added to my status column, and when I opened that page, listed there was “Simple Alchemy Set”.

So I tapped the simple alchemy set.

It suddenly appeared in front of me … a stand and a pot. Hmmm, is this a simple alchemy set? While thinking about that, I looked at it seriously.

I tried to appraise it, but the characters that appear were naturally, “Simple Alchemy Set”

So what can I do with this? Maybe I can make medicine? But it’s a pot … Well, it’s it might be possible to make simple things.

On the stand there seem to be a magic circle drawn on there, and there is a mortar. …… However, I think I wanted a flask so I could store and make medicine.

“Well, Should I try it? … THE FISH!?”

I made a small mistake because my head was full of alchemy.

Dang it, I thought I could enjoy eating it, but the fish got burnt.

I desperately secured a fish that was smoking, and scraped off the burnt part and wept…Sniffle.

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