Getting out of bed I took a bath and took out some of the food I made from yesterday. It was still piping hot due to inventory.
I then turned on the tv and began watching some anime while eating.
I noticed I still had a couple hours before school, so I went searching for a needle and thread and behold I found some, hidden in the bathroom cupboard for some reason.
I'm going to fix my hoody, that one was one of my favorites. Anyway after being really careful with the needle I began my attempt at sewing.
[You've gained the skill - Sewing!]
It took a few minutes of grinding it before my hoody was repaired to a satisfactory level. Like every time I tried fixing holes it always came undone. Luckily there weren't any holes in the stars or I'd have a harder time.
Getting up I did my bed, brushed my teeth, and I looked in the mirror.
"Huh my face it's a bit more…attractive." Muttered Seth, his eyes were a bit brighter and his hair was a bit more silky, but he didn't mind it. He guessed the Charisma stat changed his face.
He then grabbed his bag and walked out, he then took off activating the Run skill. He ran at a slower pace though.
…
As he reached the gate some eyes wandered to Seth as he confidently strutted to the school gate. Due to raising the Charisma stat he did more than just make himself look more attractive.
It gave him an air of confidence, which made him easily able to stand out from the crowd.
Walking up to the school gate with his ever present smile he called out to Tsubaki and Sona who were standing in the gate making sure students weren't bringing in anything unsavory.
"Morning Shinra-senpai, Shitori-senpai." He waved.
"Morning Cooper-san." Replied Sona as Tsubaki nodded.
Walking in he headed to his class it seemed like Kiba wasn't there yet. So he took out some text books and began studying, raising the level of his Int and Wis while also trying to grind the knowledge skills.
A few minutes later Kiba entered the classroom. "Morning Yuuto-san."
"Morning Cooper-san." The two then began a discussion on baking and cooking, raising Kiba's reputation with Seth by a bit, until the bell rang.
…
Walking around the campus Sethanel found a tree to eat under. He then took out a bento box filled with all the best food he made. He took a bite of the best food he made the day before and threw out the rest.
He never wants to taste such insults to food ever again! He kind of gets why Gordon Ramsay always gets pissed off when he eats food that tastes like shit.
NEVER AGAIN!!!
Though he was really calm throughout it, it seemed Gamer's Mind doesn't suppress his emotions, it only makes him calm, so even if he felt an extreme amount of anger he'd still be in a calm state of mind.
Though he's still able to show emotion if he feels like it.
'It's too bad, but I'll have to do some grocery shopping after school.' Using his chopsticks he took up a piece of sausage cut into the shape of an octopus.
It didn't take until he felt he was being stared at, he turned around to see a small girl with white hair and golden eyes, she had a small amount of drool dripping down her lip as she seemed to stare at my lunch box.
"Hello, are you okay?" I asked her, that seemed to jolt her awake, she was about to turn away and leave, but she suddenly found a bento box in her face.
"Here, take it. I made a lot of food today." He said with a small smile. A mild amount of surprise appeared on her face, but she didn't deny the bento, taking it into her hand she sat a few inches away from Seth and began eating.
[+10 Rep with Koneko Toujou for giving her your lunch.]
Taking a pair of chopsticks given to her by Seth, she took a small bite. Which made her eyes widened, she then began to scarf down on the food, as if trying to get as much of it in her little body as possible.
It was a miracle she didn't choke.
[+13 Rep with Koneko Toujou for willingly giving up such delicious food.]
Seth chuckled at this and began eating, ignoring the constant pop ups, about her reputation going up with him.
Two minutes later, Seth felt a tug on his sleeve. He looked down towards the petite girl.
"Thank you for sharing your lunch with me. It was tasty." She bowed her head.
Seth smiled and replied. "No problem, I'm glad you liked it. I'm Sethanel Cooper, by the way it's nice to meet you." He introduced himself.
"I'm Koneko Toujou, your Japanese is good." She introduced herself.
"Thanks, I've been working on it for a while." This is the truth, but only in his past life.
"Since you like my food, how about I make your favourite tomorrow. Whaddya like?" Hearing this Koneko's eyes immediately brightened, she nodded and replied with "Sweets"
"So you have a sweet tooth. Alright then I'll try my best at baking some cookies for you." He says with a smile.
[+20 Rep with Koneko Toujou for promising to make her more delicious food.]
[You've surpassed 50 Rep with Koneko Toujou, you've gained the Perk - Lover of Petite girls - It's easier to gain affection with Petite or short girls.]
[Due to reaching 50 Rep with Koneko Toujou, your Hearts are now forming a connection.]
[+13 to Str, Dex, End, Int and Wis.]
'Whoa plus thirteen to most of my stats? And just for making friends?' He then felt something in his chest.
"Huh? This is new.' thought the keyblade wielder as he held his chest, a slight warmth could be felt there for some reason, it felt nice. Koneko placed her hand at her's and turned her head in confusion.
He could remember that he never really had friends before. He couldn't remember anything more, but what he felt was a deep sense of loneliness and…dread.
Sweat began to pile up on his face. Dread? Why did he feel dread? His face was turning pale.
He felt someone poking his shoulder, he turned to see Koneko with a blank look on her face.
"Are you okay?" He nodded with a small smile on his face.
The two then heard the bell ringing.
"Well classes are starting. See you later, Toujou-san!" Taking the empty bento Seth left the white haired devil.
"He's a weird guy."
….
I walked to my apartment, I just bought some groceries which should last me a bit more. I used most of what I had, cooking up a storm.
Sure the food in my inventory is gonna last me a while but it won't last. Since I threw most of it out.
Now I'm out of money. A 100 Munny equals fifty yen, so I had over 19,890 yen. The cook books took down over thirteen thousand yen and my groceries.
I don't even wanna look at it.
I wished I had a shop or some kind of way to trade items, since I have a lot of junk from the drops in the dungeon.
Maybe I should get a part time job.
But it won't leave me with much time to grind.
It's better to stick with grinding for cash.
As I entered my apartment gates I saw an old lady walking up the stairs, with two rather large bags in her.
"Excuse me Miss, do you need help?" I asked.
"Oh thank you dearly." She says as I took her bags.
[+20 Rep with Chizuru Obata for helping her.]
Helping her to her room she gave me a bag of cookies as a thanks.
Biting into one if the cookes my eyes widened.
"Umai!" I said in a reflex. I then went back to her door and pressed the buzzer. A minute later the door opened.
"Oh dear it's you again. Is something wrong?" She asked.
"Um! Excuse me, Miss the cookies you made are really delicious. I've been wondering if you could teach me?"
Hearing this she raised an eyebrow but smiled brightly.
"Fine dear my name is Chizuru Obata, but you can call me Granny Chizu." She introduced herself.
"My name is Sethanel Cooper, it's nice to meet you."
…
[+7 Rep with Chizuru Obata for being a talented baker.]
"These came out amazing. You're a natural at baking." Praised the old lady looking down at the animal shaped cookies.
"It's all thanks to your teachings! Thank you."
"I don't need any thank you child. Though I must ask what initially interested you in baking?" She asked.
"Well I originally got interested when I partnered up with a friend I made on the first day in Home Ec. He liked baking and I got sort of interested as I already loved cooking a lot.
It was when I made a new friend she was hungry and shared some of my lunch with her. She really liked it and I promised I'd make her some sweets."
Hearing his reply the elderly woman nodded. "I see, you really went for someone you just met, you need to be more careful child."
Now that he thought about it, doing something like this for someone he just met the same is weird, honestly he wondered if it was the meta knowledge that made him at ease with Koneko.
"I know, but I made a promise so, I'd like to keep my word."
[+5 Rep with Chizuru Obata for sticking to your promise.]
[+10 Rep for being such a kind person.]
"I see, you're a rather bright youngman aren't you and kind too." She says with a smile but a sad look came onto her face, it was subtle but Seth could see it.
"Is something wrong? Granny Chizu?" Asked Seth.
"It's nothing dear." She replied with a smile.
"Alright then." He didn't want to dig any deeper. "Listen I know we just met, but if you're ever feeling down, I'm here, okay. It's the best I can do after you helped me make these."
Hearing this she smiled. 'This child is way too kind for his own good.'
[+12 Rep for showing kindness to a stranger like her.]
You've surpassed 50 Rep with , you've gained the Perk - Grandma's Affection - It's easier to gain reputation and affection with elderly women.]
[Due to reaching 50 Rep with Chizuru Obata, your Hearts are now forming a connection.]
[+6 to Str, Dex, End, Int and Wis.]
'Huh? Again with this.'