Chapter 39

The month flew by unnoticed.

Idan, thanks to Milica, was able to find an experienced monster butcher in the Adventurer's Guild.

Arabel, in turn, immersed herself in Milica's training. Milica gladly agreed to her request and began to teach Arabel not only the art of cooking, but also many other important things.

Every time one of the couples left Milica's estate, they were invariably accompanied by Nemo or Eulalia. This prevented other outsiders from taking any action against them. In this city, Nemo and Eulalia were known as Milica's direct disciples, and no one risked provoking them.

Idan and Arabel enthusiastically immersed themselves in learning and training. In addition to the main task of completing the task from the System, they decided to master magic and swordsmanship, evenly dividing their time.

In the evenings, they found time to read information about Limbo and the Forbidden Zones. From time to time, they took small walks to relax and unwind, while trying to get to know each other better.

Thanks to this, their relationship became stronger each time. Of course, not as fast as the couple would have liked, but they understood that there was no need to hurry in this matter.

The decision to act separately helped them realize that they had already become attached to each other over the past few days. When they couldn't see each other for a while, they began to experience a strange feeling of discomfort that they couldn't explain. But as soon as they met again, this feeling disappeared.

Nemo and Eulalia became ideal teachers and partners for them when it came to learning magic and swordsmanship for battles. Milica assigned the task of training to her disciples.

Nemo taught them swordsmanship and acted as a sparring partner. And Eulalia started teaching the couple the basics of magic.

Their "Status" had a "Mana" stat, but the couple didn't know how to use it. So, they asked Eulalia to teach them the basics of magic to see if they could benefit from it.

Nemo silently showed them the sword stances, and then made them repeat them over and over again until their bodies memorized these movements. At the end of the training, they held a small sparring session, in which the couple most often found themselves in the role of the defeated.

Eulalia started learning magic by infusing her mana into their bodies. They had to sense someone else's mana first and how it circulates inside their bodies. Gradually, Eulalia reduced the flow of her magic, and after a few days, the couple was finally able to sense their own mana, which was also circulating in their bodies.

The moment they first felt their mana and entered the path of magic, their System underwent significant changes. Previously, they only had the Status window available, but with the discovery of a way to use their mana, they opened a separate window called "The Path of Magic".

And after a while, they opened the "The Path of Sword" section.

The system reported that a window called "The Path of Magic" displayed their progress in learning magic. There will also be a list of spells that they will master. When the couple opened "The Path of Magic" window, they only saw the lines showing their current mana count and rank. Their rank was called "Magic Follower".

Similarly, the "The Path of Sword" window reflected their success in the art of swordsmanship. However, unlike the "Path of Magic" window, the "Path of the Sword" window only listed their rank — "Sword Follower".

At first, the couple could not understand what benefits this new feature brings them. As usual, the System did not go into details, simply and clearly informing them that as they learn and master new abilities related to magic and the sword, they will be displayed in these windows, not in the Status window.

At first, the couple assumed that these two windows reflected what they had learned on their own and showed their progress. At the same time, the Status reflected information about the System itself.

However, they soon realized their mistake. When the couple mastered their first spell "Fireball", a new name appeared in the "Path of Magic" window in the list of their abilities — "Fireball" — and its level, which turned out to be equal to one. Following that, they unexpectedly received a task from the System:

Cast the spell "Fireball" 20 times. Reward: upgrade the spell level to level 2

This discovery stunned them for a moment. The opportunity to level up the spell was a real surprise and a source of joy for them.

With their current amount of mana, they could only make a few successful attempts to reproduce the spell. After each such test, they needed some time to rest and restore their mana reserves.

The couple began to study magic and swordsmanship with great enthusiasm. They believed that if there was such a function in the study of magic, then there should definitely be one in swordsmanship.

They soon mastered their first sword technique, the Slash. The system immediately gave them a similar task related to this technique, the reward of which was to raise the level of this technique.

As for the System's task regarding butchering monster corpses and cooking, after four days of persistent attempts, the couple finally achieved some success.

Idan successfully butchered his first monster corpse, and the System rated his work as satisfactory. Arabel also prepared her first dish, which was also evaluated by the System.

They were so happy with their achievements that they couldn't stop smiling that day.

By the end of the first week, they had finally completed the System's task and received a reward of System Points and local currency. The couple sold all the unnecessary resources that were stored in their vault through the Trading functions to the Supreme Merchant System, which earned them extra points.

The number of accumulated points increased slightly, but they were still not enough to purchase goods from the System. However, the couple was not discouraged and decided to continue saving.

Immediately after completing the previous task, the System offered them a new one, which was similar, but a little more difficult. In this task, it was necessary to improve the existing abilities.

After completing the task, a second system ability appeared in their Status window in the list of abilities. Idan's was called "Cutting – level 1", and Arabel's was called "Cooking – level 1".

Having completed the task of the System and the tasks of teaching magic and the sword, the couple finally achieved what they wanted - they rose from the first level to the second. This discovery gave them confidence that they could achieve even more if they continued to work hard.