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Chapter 1.03
Erin discovered that her new [Innkeeper] class allowed her to unconsciously clean the entire inn. While foraging at the stream, she narrowly survived an ambush by a mutant fish that suffocated on land, but she severely injured her own hand while attempting to butcher it.
Erin awoke in The Wandering Inn to a startling realization: the heavy layer of dust and grime that had previously covered the abandoned building was completely gone. She soon deduced that her newly acquired [Innkeeper] class provided the [Basic Cleaning] skill, which she had unconsciously activated to clean the entire structure.
Faced with her ongoing survival situation, Erin likened her predicament to the video game Minecraft, realizing she needed to gather resources and food. Rather than relying solely on the Blue Fruit, she headed toward the stream. Traumatized by her previous encounters with a Goblin and a Rock Crab, she kept a paranoid watch for imaginary threats, half-expecting to be ambushed by a Grass Crab or an Underwater Goblin. To distract herself from her gnawing hunger and mounting anxiety, she recited the moves of the historically famous Immortal Game chess match entirely from memory.
Upon reaching the stream, danger struck when a massive Mutant Fish leaped from the water to ambush her. Fortunately for Erin, the creature missed its target and landed on the riverbank. Unable to return to the water, the fish slowly suffocated and died, leaving Erin with a large, unexpected source of meat.
Desperate for a meal, Erin decided to process the fish. However, lacking proper tools and experience, her attempt to butcher the creature with a knife went disastrously wrong. The blade slipped on the mutant fish's tough scales, and Erin severely sliced open her own left hand. The chapter ends with her suffering from agonizing pain and massive blood loss, turning a stroke of luck into a life-threatening crisis.
Erin realized that the thick layer of dust in The Wandering Inn was gone, confirming she had unconsciously used her new [Basic Cleaning] skill.
Treating her survival like Minecraft, Erin headed to the stream, nervously imagining threats like Grass Crabs while reciting the Immortal Game to stay calm.
Small inn where Erin is present; currently occupied by her. Noted by the Watch as having been abandoned years ago but Erin is using it; the Drake and Klbkch enter here to investigate.
aka the inn, Abandoned hilltop inn +27
A young woman from Earth who stumbles into a fantasy world and takes refuge in an abandoned inn.
aka Erin, the traveller +64
A large, aggressive, four-eyed fish found in the stream near The Wandering Inn.
aka mutant fish with teeth, the fish +4
A mutant fish leaped from the stream to attack Erin, but it missed, stranded itself on the shore, and eventually suffocated.
While attempting to butcher the dead fish, Erin's knife slipped and she severely cut her left hand, causing intense pain and massive blood loss.
“They were eating the blue fruits. So they live nearby. Wonderful. I’m going to run into them again. Which means I need a weapon. Great.”
“When you level in dreams, you level in real life?”
“Firewood. If I could cut the wood away, that is.”
“Sort of clean. You couldn’t eat your dinner off it, I guess. But that’s why we have plates.”
“…Huzzah. What a great skill! I mean, I might have to fight off giant crabs and Goblins, but at least I’ll be able to clean the floor while they eat me! I wouldn’t want to leave a mess.”
“And if I follow the stream long enough, do I get to an ocean? Or just a lake?”
“Monsters, monsters all around. And not one of them looks edible. But at least there’s blue fruit that smells like cleaning fluid. And at least there’s a dusty old inn. And at least I have four levels in innkeeping. Huzzah for me.”
“Unless they stab me in my sleep. Or there are lots of them. I’m probably safe if I make sure they can’t get in without me hearing it. I should block every way in but have, like, an escape window.”
“And hey, I need food. So it’s time to chop stuff up.”
“Barely. They’re not that dangerous. They’re like kids. And I can beat up tons of kids even with knives. If I’m careful.”
“Water. Water is water. Because water. Where’s the water?”
“Time to find some. Or I’ll die. Whichever comes first.”
“Fish. Fish with huge teeth. I hate this world so much.”
“I could drink a Gatorade. Or a Pepsi. I like Coke too, though. What about Pepsi and Coke and Gatorade? Gatorpepcoke? Pegatoroke?”
“Hm. So, [Basic Cleaning] was really a skill after all?”
“Then I’d be eaten by something else. Underwater Goblins, probably.”
“There is no way I’m eating that. Cooked or raw. Actually, there’s no way I’m eating any of this without a frying pan.”
“Alright. Can’t go around it. Gotta go under it. Goodbye head, look out belly, here comes the knifey.”
“I get it. It’s a bad day, right?”
“Just in case. I should also get a bow and arrow or something, right? Too bad I have no idea how to shoot anything. Or have any idea how to carve a bow. You carve bows, right?”
“I wasn’t even dusting for more than—an hour? Two? And it’s all clean.”
“B-being numb would be better than being really cold.”
“Maybe today won’t be so bad after all.”
“…Nope. But wait a second. What about fallen branches? Or—”
“Pawn to E5. Pawn to F4. Pawn captures F4—King’s Gambit Accepted. Bishop to C4, queen to H4. Check. Bishop’s Gambit. King to F1, pawn to B5. Bryan Counter-gambit. Bishop captures B5, knight moves to F6. Knight moves to F3…”
“Four minutes. Four minutes is a long time not to be breathing, right? Okay—”
“It was there. So if I’m here…there?”
“The floor is clean. I am not.”
“Okay, okay. Let’s just…get rid of the bones? And the—the squishy stuff.”
“Um. Is it three bars of iron and two sticks to make a pickaxe? Or can I make a wood sword by punching trees? Why couldn’t this be Minecraft instead?”
“Oh. Oh god. Why—why is that yellow? What is that?”
“Huh. I guess [Basic Cooking] doesn’t work on fish.”
“…With shark teeth. That’s messed up.”
“There’s the rock-crab-thing. Does it eat Goblins?”
“Discovery one: fish are heavy.”
“Is that thing made of rocks?”
“Ew. Mutant fish with teeth.”
“Discovery two: kitchens have knives.”
“[Basic Cooking]! Give me—baked fish!”
“Come on. Get out of there.”
“A really frickin’ cold bath.”
“Or not. Knock on wood.”
“But I won.”
“Right. I need a drink.”
“It—it hurts. It really hurts…”
“Dusty. This is stupid.”
“It’s really hot.”
“Dustrag. Let’s do this.”
“Uh. What happened to the dust?”
“Discovery three: fish stink.”
“Screaming is bad. Quiet.”
“Ew. Ew. Ew.”
“Pawn…pawn to E4.”
“Come on. Cut. Cut!”
“Where—where was it?”
“Was that me?”
“Hah! Take that!”
“Weird.”
“Goblins.”
“Seriously. Goblins.”
“Feel sick.”
“Pheh! Dusty.”
“…Bath time.”
“Bandage.”
“It hurts.”
“Still hurts.”
“Ahh. Ah.”
“Stupid Goblins.”
“…Ow.”
“Right. Knife cuts.”
“Oh. Of course.”
“The stream!”
“Cogapeptorade?”
“Water!”
“Aaaaaah!”
“…Huh?”
“…Sushi?”
“Gah! Cold!”
“W—wh—”
“Right, food.”
“Huh.”
“Right. Lunch.”