19 The Beginning of Events

At home, the routine is the same as always, first comes dinner, then comes the gacha rolls. Of course, this time Claire is joining us, so I will try my best at cooking today. It's not like I'm super confident in my skills in the kitchen but if I can provide her with a good place to sleep and good food to eat, then she should have no complaints right? Eventually, it might even become a reason for her to stay.

And as such, after I finished cooking, Claire and Licia started eating, and I couldn't keep the anticipation from showing on my face. Alas, that was for naught since Claire seems surprised by how tasteful the dinner is, which makes me very happy as the one who made it.

Seeing two beautiful girls eating my cooking gives me a new sensation, pride that normally would be indescribable, it somehow makes me want to learn more about cooking just so that I can make them happier. I could also take them to a restaurant sometime, if they like the food I cook so much, they'd probably love to eat the cooking of a chef.

After dinner, I decide to do the gacha rolls. Since Claire is our companion now, I feel no need for another roll in the [Companions Banner] for now. Since I also got a small sword from the Goblin Lord on the first floor there's really no need for a weapon right now. I mean, yeah I could get a super-powered weapon, but I don't feel it would do me much good when the equipment we have is already good enough for the floor we are in.

And so, the last option is the [Skills Banner], somehow, I always convince myself to roll in this banner. I guess that it's because it's the only way I can get new skills since even now I can't spend level-up points to obtain them. And since there's no harm in doing it, I went for it with all 4 daily tickets I could get today. For now, these were the results:

[Faster Tree Climbing]

As the user already has this skill, its level has been raised to 3, allowing for even faster tree climbing. Please note that this is a passive skill, and as such it's always active unless the user decides to deactivate it, which can be done at any time.

[Swordsmanship]

As the user already has this skill, its level has been raised to 2, which further improves the user's technique when holding a sword or a bladed weapon to a lesser effect. Please note that this is a passive skill and is always active.

[Mana Shield]

An aura of mana envelops the user, allowing for better defense. This aura may be expanded, forming a shield big enough to protect allies. This is an active skill, and as such, drains the user's mana, the amount of mana to be used varies in relation to the size of the aura, and the minimum area costs 1 mana point per 5 seconds.

[Greater Might]

A simple increase in the user's strength. Allows for physical feats that the user was unable to do before. This is a passive skill, as such, it's always active. However, the user may decide to deactivate it at any time he so desires.

The results this time were not so bad, aside from the faster tree climbing of course. I may share some of these skills with Licia, especially the [Greater Might], since it would complement her very well.

Licia: "So, what are you going to do now?"

Miwen: "Well, there's still the Kingdom points for me to claim... but there's something new in that menu that I should also check out."

When Claire registered herself as a [Citizen] I noticed that there was a new menu in the [Kingdom], it was called [Events] and so, first I claimed the 10 Kingdom Points I can get daily, 4 from my level and 6 from the girls. since I don't know if I might need these points for the [Events] I decided to save them before opening this new tab.

And so, inside the [kingdom] menu I focus on the [Events] tab, which shows me the following:

"Your kingdom has reached 3 [Ctitizens], thus, the [Events] function has been unlocked.

At the current Kingdom level, you will see two event options, so choose carefully which event you want to start.

Once an event has started the user may not choose a different event until the current one has ended.

Events may end due to time running out or when specific conditions are met.

To progress through events the user has to take specific actions and decisions, which may lead to different endings.

Note that events may impose restrictions on the user, so careful consideration is essential before choosing an event.

It's possible to fail at events, which will have many different negative effects on the user and the user's kingdom. Some events may have limited time to be completed, and some of these events may cause the user to fail if time runs out, while others may need the time to run out for the event completion.

If an event is successfully completed, appropriate rewards will be given to the user based on the path taken to completion. The results of events may also enable new buildings and features for the Kingdom.

The user may check the currently available selection of events through the [Available Events] menu.

The user may check the currently ongoing event through the [Current Event] menu."

It seems like a whole new system has been unlocked. There's not much information about what the events actually are, but since they can restrict me and are also possible to fail, it's quite a risky endeavor. Even then, the fact that they may give rewards and improve the Kingdom's functions and facilities is the perfect bait for me. So for now, I decided to check what events are available for selection:

"Disaster! A Star Falls From The Sky

A comet from another universe has fallen, bringing with it resources that never existed in this dimension. This anomaly from another reality brings with it the power to change the environment, creating a forest labyrinth filled with monsters for self-protection. As the king of a new realm, it's in your best interest to claim these resources for yourself.

Restrictions: All gacha banners are restricted except for [Weapons Banner] and [Armor Banner]. The use of Kingdom Points is blocked during the event, but points can still be claimed."

After the description of the restrictions, there's a bar with a slide that shows the difficulty of the event, this first one is on the red edge of said bar, which probably means that it's extremely difficult.

The other available event is the following:

"War! The Fall of the Snow White Wolves Tribe of the Maide Island

The kingdom of Hamperlon has been fighting against the residents of Maide Island for 10 years, their army is much bigger, but individually the beastmen of the Snow White Wolves species are much stronger, and so, their naval invasions have ended in failure every single time. As the kingdom of Hamperlon just finished another war, they can now commit all their resources against the Snow White Wolves Tribe and the final acts of this war are about to begin. As the king of a new realm, it's in your best interest to ally yourself with one of the forces fighting in this war, as an alliance can bring you protection in the future.

Time Limit: Two Years.

Restrictions: All gacha banners are restricted except for [Weapons Banner], [Spellbooks Banner], [Armor Banner], [Items Banner], and [Supplies Banner]."

Once again, a slider shows the difficulty of this event. This time, the slider is located in the center, meaning that this event is probably easier than the last one. From what I can see it's clear that both events have suggestions as to what to do to complete them, one of them suggesting the collection of resources from the comet while the other suggests an alliance between one of the two forces in that war, alas, there's nothing that precisely indicates what needs to be done, so I'll assume it means I'm free to do whatever as long as it doesn't result in failure. It's possible that even the act of "Not doing anything" results in an ending, albeit probably not a good one.

Alongside these two events, at the bottom of this menu, I can see another line of text:

"Time until the next selection of events: 5 days."

So I guess I need to choose one of these events before the new selection, otherwise I might not see them again if they are replaced by new events. Well, there's still a bit of time, and since both events restrict me, I'd like to get as strong as possible during the time I have before selecting one of them, and for that...

Miwen: "I'm gonna need your help."

Licia: "I was already planning on doing just that."

Claire: "It sounds interesting so why not?"

As such, I've decided to strengthen every citizen of my kingdom for the upcoming event, of course, me included. So I need to decide what to do with my kingdom points first. It seems like one of the events blocks their usage of them, so there's no reason not to start spending them since they also help my citizens through the function that allows me to share skills with them. For now though...

Miwen: "Claire, did you do what I asked you to?"

Claire: "Yes, so, can you please take a look?"

Claire shows me my phone, and a selection of clothes appears there, it might seem wasteful since I'm in somewhat of a hurry, but I also think that this is somewhat necessary, I can't let a cute girl like her only have one change of clothes after all. And so, I spend half of my Kingdom Points on clothes for Claire, for now, both of the girls will have to do with only two changes, but I promise I'll work on it later down the line.

This leaves me with 5 Kingdom Points, which I will obviously use for giving them skills.

For now Claire should get [Enhanced Drop Chance] as its effects are stackable and always useful, this alone would make her a valuable addition to any party, and I'm also hoping it helps in our income generation since if I could just buy them their clothes, that would alleviate the toll on the Kingdom Points. Sadly I don't have enough to do even this much for them right now since I just get what my parents send me.

I also decide to share swordsmanship level 2 with both Licia and Claire, this would make them stronger and also not have to worry about spending points to obtain/enhance them. Obviously, this is a skill that can be enhanced by training, but I guess this speeds things up even if only a little. Tomorrow I'll focus my Kingdom Points on getting skills for myself, especially Licia's [Ice Magic] and Claire's [Fire Sword Arts].

Before going to sleep I decide to roll in the [Weapons Banner] in the [Mana Banners] it's been some time since I last did this, but now that I have a bigger mana pool and can somewhat trust Claire not to attack me in my sleep, spending at least a single point so that I don't get mana depletion is absolutely worth it. At least, that's what I thought, but after the usual effects of rolling in a banner cloud my mind, I look to see the results and find that once again I just got a single ring. The odds in this banner seem very bad, I guess I spent all my luck getting the dagger that first time.

And with this last roll you could say that my day was over, and now, I only had one opponent to deal with during the night, that being my self-control.