I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince

Chapter 27

I jumped from level 2 to level 5 in one fell swoop, with all the extra stat boosts that came with it.

The explosion of growth, as if all the hard work I’d been doing was being rewarded, sent a shiver down my spine.

‘It’s almost tripled, well, a little more than that, but the rate of increase is similar to that in the game.’

Of course, Lilith was already level 15 when she first joined the team, so this was just a guess based on the main character’s rate of growth.

Of her many base stats, the most significant upgrade is probably in her mana cap.

Already at nearly 300 at level 2, her maximum mana had skyrocketed to a staggering 855.

At the same time, I felt a cathartic rush of emotion as the pain and suffering of the past overwhelmed me.

‘...My efforts were not in vain, after all.’

If the past few days were any indication of my suffering, those past three days of eating more garlic than usual hadn’t been in vain!

The sheer number of the 855 mana cap proved it.

If I were Lilith in the real game, I would have to be almost level 30 to get stats like that.

At the moment, however, I was only level 5, and I wasn’t even out of the single digits yet.

Granted, the other stats besides the mana cap were pretty mediocre, but this alone was enough to make Lilith a more formidable foe.

...Of course, this would only give her a slight advantage in combat compared to the average person, and her actual strength would still only be that of a rookie soldier.

Well, in reality, I’m still an 18-year-old, almost like a high school girl, and I’m not as strong as a rookie soldier.

At least in this lifetime, I didn’t have to bother trying to increase my mana cap. Even if I just get to level 30 normally, I’ll be as powerful as any mage.

I’m never eating those damned cloves of garlic again.

Of course, it wasn’t just my mana cap that grew.

My lowly 15 HP, which rendered me incapacitated after one hit, had also risen to a respectable 47.

The miserable Attack and Defense stats of 3 and 5 were also raised to a more respectable 12 and 17.

I still didn’t have enough damage to cut a slime in half, but I could take it down with a steady stream of two or three attacks without magic or skill.@@@@

For the record, I do remember catching slimes as Lilith before I regained my memory.

It’s not uncommon for slimes to spawn near rural farmhouses after rain.

That’s probably why I was level 2 instead of level 1 when I regained my memory.

I think I had to hit one about 10 times to kill it then, which means I’m almost three or four times as strong now.

Life happens.

...Of course, aside from the usual stats like Attack and Defense, there were a few stats that increased quite abnormally.

『Charm: 12 → 40

Luck: 0 → 1』

The rate of increase wasn’t so much that I thought it was weird, but... the disparity is definitely a bit on the extreme end compared to other things.

Lilith’s Charm, which was originally in the low 10s, became a horrible 40 as soon as it tripled, like other stats.

Luck, on the other hand, was a disaster, only going up by 1 despite gaining 3 levels.

This may not be so strange, considering the stats of Lilith at level 15.

I don’t know if this was the game devs’ intention, but Lilith’s Charm at level 15 is an insane number; it’s almost 200.

I then need to spend another 5 points to learn Mana Blast, the first Enhanced Skill in the Offensive Magic skill tree.

This means that I need a total of 11 points to learn Mana Blast.

...but how many skill points do I have now?

『Skill Points Remaining: 10』

“Haaaaa....”

I sighed in frustration at the number of Skill Points that didn’t change, no matter how many times I looked at it.

Yes, it was true that collecting 10 points at once was an incredible feat.

...but maybe it was just me being greedy and wishing I had one more point.

Note that the 2 Skill Points I spent on Clean were in the Support Magic skill tree, so wouldn’t help me learn Mana Blast, which is in the Offense Magic skill tree.

‘Of course, at the time, I couldn’t not learn it because there was no skill that was more efficient than Clean.’

I can’t unlearn Clean and learn Mana Blast now. After all, without it, I wouldn’t have been able to boost my mana cap.

In the end, I spent 6 of my 10 points to learn three sub-skills of offensive magic, leaving me with a sense of regret.

『Shockwave』

『Magic Arrow』

『+10 Mana Cap Increase』

To be honest, the last skill I didn’t really want to increase was my mana cap.

It was a stat that was necessary to learn Mana Blast, after all.

In the game, it was a must-have skill for Lilith, who is heavily mana-dependent early game. However, I now have almost the same mana cap as a level 25 monster, so it feels like a one-mana increase.

I didn’t spend the remaining 4 points right away. I had to save them for Mana Blast at the next tier of the Skill Tree.

Given the nature of Luminor Academy, where you get 3 points for every level up, I could have spent 2 points, but I figured I’d just get character durability and support magic anyway, so I didn’t bother.

I didn’t want to spend too much and end up running out of points later when I really needed them.

I’ve played as the protagonist dozens of times already, so I could recall a skill tree with my eyes closed, but starting as Lilith was a first for me in both my previous life and this one.

If I failed, I might not get another chance, so I had to think carefully and make a decision.

With that in mind, it’s always best to play it safe.

‘It’s not bad at all that I learned Shockwave and Magic Arrow, anyway.’

I can use them to hunt when I have time, and Clean is only useful when it comes to using up my overflowing magic.

For now, I’ll just have to settle for two decent offensive skills.

“...Let’s get back to work.”

Judging from the brightness outside the window, it seems like only a day or so has passed.

Time is of the essence, and Isabel and Catherine must have already gone back to the manor with the coachman, but it’s not like it’s a long walk from the fiefdom to the manor.

I’ll just have to walk slowly, pretending I’m still recovering from my incapacitated state.

“Oh dear.”

Grabbing the pouch of money and the letter from the top of the dresser, I walked back to Blackwood Manor before the day was over.

...It was about two hours later that I realized I had been lying there for three days straight.