Chapitre 9: Chapter 9 - A New Skill?

I didn't need any type of description to know what a Skillbook was. Immediately, I pull up my Inventory. The max it could hold was 15 items, and items didn't stack. Staring me in the face were three red books. They weren't especially well-maintained, but the contents were exciting.

[* Note: Learning Analyze may have certain side effects for the tutorial. Does the user still wish to learn?*]

Something about how the tutorial's message seemed oddly normal for once tugs at the back of my brain, but I nod. "The tutorial is a tutorial, which means it's going to end at some point. I'll potentially be able to use this Skill for the rest of my life."

[* … Good answer. *]

Brushing off the weird answers, I grab at the screen with the worst looking book. If I can find a town or something with people in it, I can potentially sell the other ones. As it stands now, I had simply woken up with the clothes on my back and a dagger that had broken in a single hit — in the middle of a forest, no less.

I glance at the fourth item, the original reward for killing the goblin. It was just a poorly made dagger, yet I feel a slight connection to it. The horrible luck of that goblin reminded me of how I had been not even two days ago.

Someone who would slip and fall on his ass on a banana peel.

I vow silently to never sell the dagger, as a reminder to how far I had already come after just arriving in this new world.

Shaking my head clear of such depressing thoughts, I inspect the book in my hands.

[* Is the user sure they want to learn Analyze?*]

"Yes."

I go to open the book, but it flies open by itself. The pages begin to glow, flipping rapidly end over end. With each page, I feel a piece of the Skill being ingrained into my soul, until it reaches the end, and as the last page turns the whole book flashes a bright red, causing me to cover my eyes. As I lower my hand, I see the book is gone, and I know instinctively I can use the Skill.

Still, I want to test it, so I pull out the new dagger I had gotten and stare at it. 'Analyze.'

[Crude Dagger]
[Rank: Common]
[Description: A goblin's shortsword that was roughly made from steel ore.]

Atk: +6
Def: +2
Spe: +9
Dur: 16/16

[Attention. The user's Skill Analyze has been confirmed. Tutorial will now end.]

So this was the side effect it meant.

[* Congratulations! The user has completed the tutorial. :D Earn, Learn, and Create the user's growth as the user makes their way through this new world.
P.S. You haven't seen the last of Me! *]

"…"

I was silent for a minute as I look at the message. After a few long seconds, a single tear falls from one of my eyes.

[* It would seem the user will miss the tutorial! The tutorial assures the user,— *]

I couldn't hold it in anymore, and my lips part grandly, as if prepared to cite a poem.