Levelmaker

"Hmm... good day, Alim"

"Oh, Micah."

Me and Mika woke up.

There's Kara next to me, but she's asleep with Susu and she's sleeping comfortably.

Or my arm hurts if Micah was holding me again. But I never mind.

Looking at the clock, it was only 6: 30 in the morning. Looks like we both got up too early by chance.

It's okay to wake Kara up at 8: 00 but... Shall we sleep another night?

"You're up too early, Micah. Why don't you go back to sleep?

"Hmm... I'm gonna wake up.... Arim, wake up."

"Huh? Well, good..."

I don't know what the intention was, but I decided to wake up just like Micah said.

For now, I made tea for two, woke up at the desk in front of the couch, and sat on the couch. Micah also sits on the couch. I like this relaxed atmosphere.

"Hey, Alim, turn around?

"Hmm?"

When I turn around Micah, Micah kisses me at the same time.

"Eh heh, it's been a long time since you've done this in the morning!

"Right! This is what you wanted?

"Yeah. More?

"But once, if I brush my teeth, should I take a shower?"

"Mmmm..."

So me and Mika brushed our teeth and sat back on the couch again.

"But, Micah. You know, when Kara's here, even when Rose's here, she was kissing normally, right?

"Is that different? Not in public like this. Not when you can relax."

"Well, sure"

I went back to my dreams and had a fling for the next hour. Micah seems quite satisfied, yes, quite...

When we... no, when I had enough, Kara woke up, maybe a little after 6: 30.

"Good morning! Alim, Micah!

"Mmm! Good morning, Kara."

"Oh, hey, Kara"

We had breakfast as it was and we talked about our plans for today.

Mainly, talk about cooking practice.

Yes, I have to ask Kara how much SKP she has. Me and Micah are good cooks because their skills work.

"Today, as I said yesterday, let's practice cooking, Kara!

"Ha!"

"By the way, Kara, how much SKP do you have right now?

"Uh... is it SKP? No... I've never played SKP or STP since I was born... so it stays the first 10."

Does that mean Kara is level 1...

Mephistophales will easily grab you in the street.

But why remain level one, right? 'Cause the king is a former SSS ranker, right?

I think I know how important the level is...

"Kara, levels matter!

"Really!? So, but experience is what you get when you kill demons... except for those fighting professions like adventurers, soldiers, etc., my brother told me that the basics are level 1. Levels don't rise that way..."

Uh, yeah, yeah, I see!

One mystery since I came to this world, and now I feel solved.

I mean, this world makes it easier to get levels, but we don't all think levels matter in the first place!

So, while you realize the importance of raising that level, or doing your job, the person who defeated a lot of demons is the SSS Ranker. Maybe the King is the latter.

Then… I might as well rely on the automatic improvement of my skills through workouts rather than forcing Kara to increase her level and gain SKP.

"Ma, okay. Cooking practice."

"Ha... ha!

"What do you make it from? Alim."

"Let's start with stir-fried vegetables."

Heading into the kitchen, I made some vegetables.

Let Kara wear an apron.

"Okay, wash this first, Kara"

"Yes! The... soap or something?

"... Kara can eat soap?

"Right! I can't eat it. I'll just wash it with water."

Kara washed the vegetables quite carefully. I kept washing it until Micah and I said it was good. If I hadn't stopped it, I'd been washing it.

I'm done cutting all the vegetables, so the next step is to cut them.

Micah teaches that.

"Fine, like this, peel it off, huh?

Micah slowly let Kahlua skin the mold of Pippi Village specialty.

"So once, cut it in half so it's easy to cut... Then when you hang up, you make your hand look like a cat demon!

Mika made Kara see what those hands looked like while imitating Nyan and the cat. Cute. So cute.

Let's have it done next time we're alone. I'm going to do it, too.

"Try it!

"Ha, ha!

Kara ran out of vegetables properly as Micah demonstrated. The hand holding the knife was trembling or occasionally forgetting Mr. Cat's hand, but I could cut all the vegetables repeatedly like that.

So the next step is to fry them.