Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 13: Competition in the Hall and Competition for Sacrificial Offerings to Gods (Part 1)
In this peaceful era, although Ogata is not sure what he will do or where to go, he knows that it is definitely right to make himself stronger.
This system in his mind was the basis of his survival in the Edo period.
It is definitely not a wrong thing to rely on this system to make yourself stronger.
If you don't quickly rely on this system in your mind to become stronger, it would be a waste of resources and a waste of this system in your mind.
After 10 days of hard training, Ogata's personal level and Sakakibara Ittoryu's level are about to be upgraded.
The personal level can be upgraded to level 9 by only 150 experience points.
Sakakibara Ittoryu's level is only 200 experience points away from reaching the 5th stage.
By then, you will be able to gain skill points again.
On the first day of arriving in the Edo period, Ogata defeated his senior brother Mikami and upgraded the level of Sakakibara Ittoryu, gaining 2 skill points.
Ogata still retains these two skill points and has not used them to improve his personal attributes or upgrade his sword skills.
The reason why he didn't add any more was because Ogata wanted to be cautious.
Skill points are extremely valuable and should not be used carelessly - this was the conclusion Ogata came to after his first investigation of the system.
Good steel must be used on the blade.
When you encounter a strong enemy in the future, you can spend all these skill points in one go and in a targeted manner.
On the first day of arriving in the Edo period, when competing with his senior brother Mikami, Ogata used his only skill point at the time to improve his agility.
After feeling that there was nothing good to see in his personal interface, Xu Fang closed the system interface in his mind and focused his attention back to reality.
Just as Ogata was about to return his attention to reality, a soft female voice suddenly sounded beside him:
"Ogata-sama."
Ogata looked in the direction of the voice.
The person who spoke was the only waitress in Liuya - Afu.
Ah Fu was now looking at Ogata with a smile on his face, holding a plate in his hand with a small pot of sake and a few strings of glutinous rice balls on it.
Looking at the pot of sake and the strings of glutinous rice balls, Ogata smiled helplessly.
"Ms. Ah Fu, I feel embarrassed when you always treat me to food like this..."
"Master Ogata , please don't be polite. Please accept this as our thank you gift. Without your help, we would not be able to do business properly now."
After saying that, Afu placed the plate of sake and glutinous rice balls next to Ogata, then turned back to the kitchen to continue helping Asaki prepare the food.
Ogata looked at Ahfu's back which had disappeared from his sight, and then looked at the pot of sake and the strings of glutinous rice balls beside him.
After sighing helplessly, Ogata picked up the pot of sake and drank it.
Since becoming the "security guard" of Ryūya, Asaki would invite Ogata to drink and eat every few days.
This made Ogata feel a little embarrassed.
Because Ogata always felt that his workload was not too heavy, and he felt a little ashamed to always eat and drink other people's food.
Ogata had told Asaki and Afu more than once, either explicitly or implicitly, that they no longer needed to treat him to food and drinks, but the two never took Ogata's words to heart and continued to entertain him warmly.
Thanks to Asaki and the others' hospitality, Ogata also tasted the flavor of Edo-era sake for the first time.
When he was on Earth, Ogata didn't think sake was that delicious.
But maybe it was because after entering the Edo period, there was a lack of delicious food and drinks, which made his taste too bland, but when Ogata drank the sake brought by Afu for the first time, he actually found it quite delicious.
From then on, Ofang fell in love with drinking sake.
Ogata drank the sake in the pot in small sips while munching on a few strings of glutinous rice balls.
Ogata's salary is paid on a daily basis, so Ogata can receive his salary from Asaki every day.
Thanks to this part-time job, Ogata's quality of life has finally improved a little, and he can now eat porridge with more rice for every meal.
At the same time, every night I can occasionally eat some snacks prepared by A-saki and A-fu to add some salty and sweet taste to my mouth.
The current quality of life is not a world of difference compared to the previous quality of life, but it is definitely different.
Through these 10 days of getting along, Ogata gradually learned some of Asaki and Fuku's past.
Asaki is a widow.
Two years ago, her husband who ran an izakaya died of illness.
Losing her husband at such a young age was, I have to say, quite unfortunate.
But Asaki is quite strong.
Relying on the izakaya management experience she learned from her late husband, she opened a new izakaya that belonged to her alone - this Ryuya.
Ah Fu is an orphan who was almost sold to a brothel.
At that time, Ah Fu didn't even have a name.
By chance, Asaki met Fuku.
Asaki felt sorry for Afu's life experience, so he bought her, named her "Afu", and let her work as a maid in Ruya.
Therefore, Asaki can be considered as Afu's adoptive mother.
Thinking of this, Obara admired Asaki even more.
As a widow, Asaki runs an izakaya with her adopted daughter without any help from any man - she is really strong.
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The next day——
Early morning -
The time of day that Ogata hates the most is the daytime.
Because every day during the day, Ogata has to deal with the boring work of a warehouse officer.
Filled with an extremely unhappy mood, Ogata stepped into his office.
Most of Ogata's colleagues have already sat down at their desks and started their work.
——Well, let’s get to work…
Ogata sat in front of his desk with the mentality of going to the execution ground.
However, just as Ogata's buttocks touched his heels, an old voice suddenly came from the side of the room:
"Um...everyone! Stop what you are doing! I have something important to explain to you."
As soon as the old voice fell, Xu Fang and the other colleagues in the room stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the voice.
The person who spoke was Ogata's boss, the "leader" of this group of warehouse officials.
After everyone in the room focused their attention on the boss, he cleared his throat and continued:
"Everyone needs to cheer up from now on."
"Five days later, on May 20th, the Lord will come to check the inventory of various materials in our Hirose Domain Treasury."
