Have you ever been a witch? Take this fireball!

Chapter 2: 1 attribute point per day!

"One attribute point per day!"

At this moment, Dorothy was fully awake, all drowsiness vanished, and her eyes were fixed ahead. Drowsiness and fatigue were completely replaced by surprise.

"No, you can't laugh yet."

After all, my overall attributes are still quite low, so I need to take it slow.

Dorothy pondered the new attribute points.

He looked at the only skill he possessed on the panel.

The sixth set of gymnastics exercises.

I've practiced this since I was a child. I practiced it when I was in school, and even after I started working, I would occasionally practice the movements to relax my stiff body.

Of course, proficiency can also be seen; in reality, the training time is not very long.

"This is the only skill I have. Let me see if I can learn it and how effective the skill upgrade will be."

If it works well, then as long as you can get the basics of the skills, wouldn't you be able to become a master very quickly!

Dorothy also wanted to know whether to directly upgrade the skill level or only increase proficiency.

With your mind focused on skills.

[Sixth Set of Gymnastics LV1 (3/10)+] has become

[Sixth Set of Gymnastics LV2 (1/20)+]

Dorothy felt her body and head become much lighter.

At the same time, the movements of this set of gymnastics became clearer and more familiar in my mind.

This obvious feeling finally brought a relaxed smile to Dorothy's face after she had traveled through time.

She thought that if she continued like this, she wouldn't survive the winter.

After all, they only get two pieces of hard, rock-hard black bread a day, and the weather is getting colder and colder. There are monsters roaming outside, so they can't leave the village.

Staying here, the heavy physical labor every day left her with no extra energy to think about anything else.

The only preparation for winter.

One of the two black breads you receive from the knight each day can be saved and used as a food reserve.

Those who went with her to work at the knight's house had some help at home, and they began preparations for winter right after the autumn harvest.

For example, chopping firewood, building a stove, and repairing damaged houses.

When winter came, while other people could warm themselves by the fire, she was cold and hungry, and could only wait to die!

"However, the attribute points haven't changed, probably because the skill level is still too low."

"Or is it that the skill upgrade isn't directly reflected in the attributes?"

Looking at her attributes, Dorothy knew that only her intelligence was within the normal range; her strength and agility were far below the level of an average person.

"After my skills improved, I clearly felt lighter and stronger."

However, the strength on the panel remains unchanged at 3 points.

Dorothy's eyes searched around her dilapidated cabin.

Then I saw a stone placed in front of a wooden table to be used as a stool. It was about the size of my head and weighed about three or four kilograms.

This is something I moved back from outside.

Although she was thin and weak after transmigrating, Dorothy felt very unsafe in her environment, so she went outside and found this stone to bring back.

It can be used as a stone bench to sit on, and it can also be used as a weapon when necessary.

When I moved here before, it took me almost half my strength to move it.

My arms ached for a while after carrying it back from outside.

Now...

Walking up to the stone, I supported the bottom with both hands and lifted it up without much effort.

"My strength has definitely increased a lot."

Next comes the endurance test.

She walked around in circles in her dilapidated wooden hut, still holding the stone.

Before long, Dorothy began to feel her body getting hot and her arms starting to ache.

But she still didn't stop.

He continued to spin around while holding the stone.

They only stopped when fine beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

"Phew~ My stamina has really improved! I can last longer now than when I carried this rock home, but I feel much less tired!"

Dorothy's eyes were filled with joy.

I wanted to keep trying, but my shift was about to start, so I had to give up.

However, she also realized that her skill level hadn't improved much.

After that, the attribute points obtained were used to prioritize increasing strength.

At least bring it up to the normal level first.

As for skills, proficiency is something that can be developed through practice.

Let's see how long it will take to upgrade our skills by one level before making any plans.

After deciding which attributes to improve at this stage.

Take out the black bread I left over from yesterday and place it on the wooden board I'm using as a table.

Then he picked up the wood saw he had made and cut the black bread in half.

After filling a bowl with cold water from the bucket, Dorothy looked at the black bread in her hand and felt her stomach begin to ache.

"Even if I can survive this winter, I won't live past thirty if I eat this kind of thing every day."

"There's no oil or meat."

Dorothy stuffed what could barely be called food into her mouth before pushing open the door and leaving.

squeak~

As the old door panels were moved aside, only a faint light appeared on the horizon, it was hard to tell whether it was the light from the stars or the rising sun.

Walking on the narrow dirt path, the others who also worked at the knight's house had just left.

Dorothy remained at the very back of the group, her companions all hunching their shoulders, clearly finding the weather unbearable even for them.

You can see the white frost on the muddy road under your feet.

"It got cold rather quickly this year," Jack, who was walking ahead, suddenly said, exhaling a puff of white mist and rubbing his shoulders repeatedly.

John, walking beside him, nodded and said:

"Yes, thankfully, Mr. Lauren killed the black-backed boars that invaded the village a while ago, otherwise who knows how many people would have died."

"Black-backed pigs, I heard they appear in herds, but Mr. Lauren only killed one. Is that alright?" Jack asked with some concern.

Before John could even speak, Mary, who was walking at the front, scolded him:

"Lord Lauren has already taken care of the black-backed pigs, so don't gossip about him behind his back."

Compared to yesterday, Mary was wearing an extra thick coat.

While others could only rub their arms and huddle together to keep warm in order to ward off the cold, she no longer had to worry about food and clothing.

Mary said with a hint of admiration on her face:

"Let alone a magical beast like a black-backed boar, which is stronger than a wild animal, even a more powerful magical beast like Lord Lauren could kill it."

Jack and John immediately began to flatter Mary.

Dorothy walked behind the group.

Unlike the other young people, the only one among them who was a bit older was Harry, who was almost thirty. He didn't participate in the conversation and just stared blankly at the sky that was beginning to brighten.

Mary became Mr. Laurent's mistress, and even if her life didn't get better afterward, it was still better than his.

Jack and John were among the few young men in the village who fed Lord Laurent's warhorses and helped maintain his armor and weapons; they were Lord Laurent's servants.

If I can get a letter of recommendation from the master in the future, I will be able to become an apprentice knight.

As long as you are ambitious, even if you don't become the next knight, you can still have a promising future as a mercenary or adventurer.

As for Dorothy, although she is still young, she has many choices in the future. Whether she follows the same path as Mary or finds someone to marry, her life will not be too difficult.

After helping Mr. Laurence with his work, Harry still had to go out and chop wood and find other jobs in the winter, as his son had just gotten married and needed to prepare for the birth of his grandson.

"Winter is almost here, and it'll probably be time for the merchants to come around soon. After all, monsters don't like to be active in the Giant Spider Forest during winter, so many adventurers will come to collect materials."

Dorothy walked at the very back.

I heard Harry muttering to himself.

This middle-aged man might be trying to join the adventurers in gathering materials in the Giant Spider Forest to earn money.

Dorothy also had some thoughts on this.