Chapter 8

The next morning, I found myself in a state of sleep paralysis.

No, I was tightly hugged by my little sister and couldn't move.

She must have seen me preparing to go out yesterday and sneaked into my futon at night to capture me.

I tried to wake her up and ask her to let go, but she refused, shaking her head.

The other children, seeing that we weren't waking up, were also at a loss.

We finally managed to get her to let go by calling the director, but then she started crying.

After that, I petted her head, rubbed her cheeks, and held her, and it took nearly an hour for her to stop crying.

Although we were quite late, I set out for Dragon Forest. I had the director's permission, but since I looked like an obvious protection target to others, I moved out of sight, just like last time.

While walking, I checked my status. Sharu had taught me how to read it, saying,

"If you can gather this many fruits, you might have a gathering skill."

The status listed my name, age, gender, race, and skills.

There were no HP or MP like in games. Indeed, no matter how much HP you have, you'd die instantly with a stab to the heart or a beheading. Strength also couldn't be represented by numbers.

Sure enough, I had a gathering skill. In fact, I had quite a few more skills. Maybe kids learn quickly?

I needed to hide my skills so that they wouldn't look suspicious to others.

First, the skills given by the god:

- Otherworldly Language

- Item Box

- Appraisal

- Magic Manipulation

- Concealment

These were obviously hidden.

Next, the magic-related skills:

- Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Light, and Dark, as well as life magic.

Since I didn't know how widespread magic was in this world, I hid these too.

Body Enhancement was also a magic skill, but without it, a three-year-old couldn't go to Dragon Forest, so I left it visible.

Other skills I had learned were:

- Gathering

- Magic Detection

- Magic Concealment

- Aura Detection

- Aura Concealment

- Recovery Boost

I decided to display all except Magic Detection and Concealment.

Now I was a stealthy gatherer.

Since I had no physical attack skills, I wanted to learn knife or throwing skills as soon as possible.

== Status ==

Name: Shu

Gender: Male

Age: 3

Race: Human

Level: 1

Occupation: Orphan

Skills: Body Enhancement, Aura Detection, Aura Concealment, Gathering, Recovery Boost

That's about it.

By the way, I'm still level 1...

While fiddling with my status, I could see Dragon Forest. Since I left late today, I hardly encountered any carriages.

I moved to a place out of sight and took a break.

After about 30 minutes, I would go look for the fruit collection point from last time. I wanted to find new fruits this time.

I collected herbs and dead branches while gathering fruits, just like last time. Although only a week had passed, the fruits had grown well, probably due to the high magic content, and I was able to collect about the same amount as before. After getting the apple-like and orange-like fruits, I went to look for new foods.

On the way, I practiced throwing by creating stones with earth magic to learn the throwing skill.

After that, I found two types of fruits and also discovered yams and potatoes. I also found some mushrooms, which were identified as edible, but some could be used as medicine, so I would have the director or Sharu check them.

Since there were many types this time, I stored fewer of each type in the item box. I wanted to gradually increase the contents of the item box.

Thinking about such things, I returned to the orphanage early.

Thanks to everyone's support, my work "Orphanage Tamer" has won the "HJ Net Novel Award 2018."

As a result, it will be published in book form in 2019.

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Friday, May 24, 2019

"Orphanage Tamer"

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