I'm nearly two years old now.

…

Yeah, nearly two years, and I never saw the Sun once.

Never, until now.

Because I made it! After many trials and errors! I made it!

I had to ask my parents' help for some part, essentially with drilling and sawing the wood, because it necessitated strength I lacked.

The trickiest part was to coat the linen-lookalike fabric with a mix of bee wax and linseed-oil.

It was quite hard to dose, and the coating part wasn't actually necessary for what I intend to use it, but I made it anyway. It will still be helpful, and it wouldn't be perfect without it.

Well, it still need a second coat.

So yeah. Today, 6.00am-ish. I finished my “invention”.

I made this world's first umbrella!

Well, I think it's the first at least…

The sliding part is a bit primitive, as it is just a ring of wood blocked by a removable pin, and there isn't any retractable handle, but still!

It is a very nice looking umbrella. I painted it black, and I've sewn a white lace-work on its hem.

Well, yes, it's a goth-looking umbrella.

But I made it like that because it just goes perfectly with one of my dress.

Yes, it's a black dress.

I love black.

I love white too, but, well, it doesn't exactly go well with how I look.

I mean, I'd look even more like a ghost than Ghost-san himself, you know?

Does the name Samara Morgan “ring” a bell?

Ara? Did you get it? Ufufu!

Ah, right, no, you can't. I'm not even sure you can hear me.

Ugh.

But, well, I know what you're gonna say. I'm supposed to be a man inside.

But, I WAS a man. I'm not one anymore now. And since I wore dresses for the past two years, I grew accustomed to it.

And well, goth-lolita are cute! And cute is Justice! So you can't say anything!

Ufufufu!

So, as I'm thinking that, I finish the last touch.

And then...

*Bing*

You acquired the Job: [Craftsman(Intermediate)]

*Bing*

You have unlocked a New Recipe: [Oilcloth]

*Bing*

You have created a New Recipe: [Umbrella(Basic)]

*Bing*

You acquired the Title: [Inventor]

*Bing*

Your Skill proficiency has reached the required level.

Your Skill [Crafting(Lv4)] has evolved.

Your Skill has evolved into [Crafting(Lv5)]

Oooh, nice, it seems that [Crafting] was already level four. Maybe because of my past life? I sure did love to craft things.

I won a Job too? I wonder what it does...

And, does the Status even store recipe? That's quite handy!

Maybe it's thanks to this [Craftsman(Intermediate)] Job then?

Well, for now, I can't use [Status]. So let's push that aside, and put this umbrella to good use.

Thus, I quickly sew together the bits of leftover linen to make a satchel.

*Bing*

You have unlocked a New Recipe: [Satchel (Primitive)]

Hun? Ya pickin' a fight? Ya sayin' I'm making Stone-Age like stuff?

Joke aside, I've got nearly everything I needed. I just have to pass by the kitchen to take something to eat.

So…

For the first time in nearly two year!

Let's go! Let's have a stroll under the sunlight!

Banzaï!

[…]

Aaaah, you can't even imagine how I feel right now!

The Sun! On my skin! Finally!

I thought that, me being an albinos, I would quickly get incommoded by the sunlight, thus the umbrella. But not really, I just feel warm. No burning, no heatstroke, just warmth, like usual.

I even put on a dress that covered a lot of skin, just in case.

Yeah, the one that goes with the umbrella.

It's a black dress with a white frilly top underneath and touches of crimson, same as my eyes, on the hem of some layers. There are also several tiny little bows of the same colour hanging at the sleeves.

It's really a good dress, and it's really beautiful.

I sure look like that goth-girl that was in my class.

Well, she was cute, and her dresses were cool and beautiful.

So I guess it's not a bad thing?

[...]

Now that I can see the countryside under the sunlight, I can see how beautiful it is.

Well, it's not like it's not beautiful under the moon. But it's another kind of beauty. One is a calm and fresh beauty, like a landscape frozen in time, and the other is warm, full of light and life.

[...]

While walking, I notice some poppy-like flower, but twice as big. I want to take them and make a bouquet for okā-san, but I decide to take them on my way back, since they may be as delicate as the ones on Earth. I notice different kinds of flowers too, like thorn-less purple roses, crimson palm-sized dandelions, and lots of beautiful and strange looking flower.

I finally arrived down the hill, and choose to sit on a nearby meadow.

I take out a blanket out of my satchel, and put it on the ground.

Pique-nique time!

I prepared some sandwich back home, made with cheese, salad and smoked ham. I also took some apple-looking fruits and some grapes. Well, some fruits and vegetables sure looks like the ones back on Earth, but there is some discrepancies.

For example, apples don't taste like lychees and pears aren't poisonous on Earth.

Here? Yes.

Ufufu, it's not my problem though! I hate pears! And I love lychees!

Itadakimasu!

[...]

Well, then, an hour passed. I finished eating a bit before, and decided to take a little nap here, but now I'm awake. I notice some rabbits a bit further away. They're happily hopping through the grass, but something seems off about them... What could it be?

Ah yes, they've got a horn... They're not rabbits, they're Horned Rabbits: they've got a rhinoceros-like horn on their forehead. Well, I said they're Horned Rabbits, but it's not really the name of the species. They're called “Laprel”, but I prefer to say Horned Rabbits, since they're rabbits with horn.

And, well, strangely, even if I say “Horned Rabbits”, others hear “Laprel”, and when they say “Laprel”, I hear “Horned Rabbits. I discovered that what I ear and what they say isn't always the same when otō-san taught me different species name. It has to be written down if I want to know their true name.

Is it the effect of a Skill? It sure is amazing!

Well, since it doesn't look like this horn is just for show, let's leave them alone.

I quickly fold back the blanket and put it back in the satchel.

While walking, I collect some stamp-sized pebbles and the different flowers I noticed earlier.

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And as I was looking at the thorn-less rose, I noticed a big tree without any leaf.

Well, it stood out, because it's the only tree like that.

As I was looking at it, I noticed a beautiful purple little flower near its roots. But as I was about to pull it off the ground…

…

Strange.

I fell… uneasy.

I don't know why, but I feel like I shouldn't do that. I've got a strange feeling in my stomach.

Well, this flower really is cute! It may be my imagination.

I should just take it.

But well, now I'm a girl, so maybe it's the notorious Feminine Intuition?

Well, let's trust it for today.

But can I at least take a flower?

It's really cute, after all.

…

I don't feel any danger if I just try to cut the flower.

Then, let's do it.

*Bing*

Your Skill proficiency has reached the required level.

Your Skill [6th Sens (Lv1)] has evolved.

Your Skill has evolved into [6th Sens (Lv2)]

*Bing*

Your Skill proficiency has reached the required level.

Your Skill [Feminine Intuition (Lv1)] has evolved.

Your Skill has evolved into [Feminine Intuition (Lv2)]

*Bing*

You have acquired the Skill: [Sense Danger (Lv1)]

*Bing*

You have acquired the Skill: [Sense Trap (Lv1)]

*Bing*

You have acquired the Skill: [Avoid Trap (Lv1)]

*Bing*

You have acquired the Skill: [Survival Instinct (Lv1)]

Whoa. I might have escaped imminent death. That was a close one.

Let's ask okā-san about it once I'm back home.

But, really? A Trap?

Thus, I finished my stroll and picked-up the strange poppy flowers, and headed straight to the castle. I thinks I was away for a bit less than two hours, so I hope okā-san won't be too worried...

I wasn't far away anyway. I could have been back to the castle in one or two minutes if I were to run at full speed.

Well, as I was entering the castle, I began to hear a woman sobbing. Well, I say sobbing, but it was more screaming while weeping.

Huh? That's okā-san voice, isn't it? What happened? Is someone dead?

I follow the weeping howls back to the kitchen. I knock on the door, but nobody respond.

Since I have to hear what's that all about, I decide to enter anyway.

The kitchen was in a sorry state. One of the chairs had been smashed to pieces, and someone seems to had a fist contest with a part of the wall.

And won.

What the…?

That aside, okā-san is weeping on a chair, her beautiful face hidden in her hands.

Behind her, Julie was trying to comfort her. Well, it seems she wasn't doing so well since she was weeping too.

“Julie, what happened? Why are you two crying? Did something bad happen?”(Abigaelle)

Okā-san doesn't seem like she heard, but Julie silently turns her face toward me.

She's in a sorry state. Her eyes, full of tears, seem hollow. But once she sees me, it looks like life begin to fill them back. She then tap okā-san on her shoulder.

Okā-san silently stared at Julie.

Just what on Earth happened for the both of them to look like that?

Now that okā-san is looking at Julie, the maid started to point her finger towards… Me?

Okā-san slowly turns her head, and then she stares at me.

She stands up. Her chair went crashing into the wall behind her.

She runs towards me. The table between us knows the same fate as the chair.

Huh?

Huuuuuuh?

Is she going to turn green or something?

Once she arrives in front of me, she abruptly stops. I was already seeing myself crashing into a wall okā-san!

You shouldn't act so recklessly!

You can buy back tables and chairs, but it's difficult with children!

As I was thinking that, her trembling hand starts to approach me. She touches my face, as if confirming that I'm really here, and then she starts to weep again, while stroking my hair.

“Y-you! *snif* Where were you! *snif* Leaving just like that! We thought you were kidnapped, or dead! Just where were you hiding? We searched everywhere!(okā-san)

Huh? Dead? Aren't you exaggerating just a bit? I was just a minute away from here...

“I just wanted to have a stroll outside the castle for a bit to try out my umbrella, so I went outside. But don't worry, I wasn't very far away.”(Abigaelle)

Oh, the both of them just went stiff suddenly.

Did I say something wrong?

And Julie's complexion just went paler than okā-san's. How is that even possible?

“You, d-did you really go outside?”(Julie)

“Well, yes, I had to try my umbrella.”(Abigaelle)

“Um-bwu-la? What is that? And why did you go outside at this time? How?”(Julie)

“It's umbrella, not um-bwu-la. Here, take a look, it's that thing. I made it with the things I asked okā-san to buy. It's made to repel the rain and can be used as a protection against the Sun too. I even gained a Title by making it, you know”(Abigaelle)

“A Title?!? Ah, but then again, how and why did you go outside?”(Julie)

“Well, I just wanted to see the Sun you know? I'm nearly two years old, and I've never been outside! So I just wanted to have a stroll. I picked some flowers for you okā-san too.”(Abigaelle)

While saying that, I give her the bouquet I still had in my hands and hand it to okā-san, who was still patting my head with a look telling me she thought she would never see me again...

When she understood that it was for her, she feverishly take them. She stares at them for a long minute, and then…

“So, y-you really went outside?”(okā-san)

“Yeah! The weather was really good, and I even found lots of beautiful flowers for you, okā-san.

I've seen some Horned Rabbits too.

Ah, I also found this on the way back, but it seems a bit strange, what is it?”(Abigaelle)

While saying that, I took out the strange flower that gave me all those Skills. Maybe they will be able to tell me why?

But as I was showing them the flower.

*Thud*

…

Oh.

Julie fainted.

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Aby wearing that gothic dress she finds so cute ;)

(Yeah, I admit, it's heavily inspired from Oreimo...

I don't care, Kuroneko is my favourite character ever !)