Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 29: Yuanshan's Wife
He had just decided to add all his current and future skill points to his personal attributes so that he could become a "one-sword superman" and defeat enemies with just ordinary slashing. However, just a few minutes later, the cold reality told Ogata that even if he increased his agility to 10,000 points, he would not be able to become a superman.
The system's characteristic of "the higher the personal attribute value, the lower the increase obtained after adding points" directly limits Ogata's upper limit, and he has no chance of becoming a superman who can "resist a hundred tripods" or "jump thirty feet high".
After scratching his hair and feeling briefly annoyed, Ogata began to reorganize his thoughts.
——Okay... Now let's sort out all the features of the system that we know about so far...
——Not spending points on sword skills, but using them all on personal attribute values... This method is no longer feasible...
——Once my personal attribute values become very high, the cost-effectiveness of adding points on top of them will become extremely low...
——But my current attribute values are still very low, and the cost-effectiveness of spending points on them is still very high.
——So it is still worthwhile to spend points on personal attribute values now.
——I have figured out some of the characteristics of this system...
——The level of each sword skill is still very important!
——Compared to the increasing cost-effectiveness of personal attribute values, the cost-effectiveness of increasing sword skill levels should always be very high!
——So after improving your personal attribute values, you need to focus on the level of each sword skill...
——When your personal attribute values are still low, it would be worthwhile to spend skill points on improving your personal attribute values.
——As your personal attribute values increase, the importance of your sword skills level will increase dramatically...
——So now that the values of each personal attribute are very low, my focus is on "personal attribute value".
——Then slowly shift the focus to "sword skill level"...
After reviewing all the currently known features of the system, Ogata reorganized a new "point addition plan".
But after putting together a new "add-point plan", a new doubt arose in Ogata's mind.
——As long as the level of my martial arts school increases by one level, I can gain 2 skill points...
——Then can I learn 100 martial arts styles at once?
——After learning all the sword-fighting styles such as Ito Ittoryu and Katori Shinto-ryu , won’t I be able to continuously gain skill points?
——It is very convenient to upgrade each school when the level is still low.
——As long as I can learn 100 martial arts schools, and after practicing each school to level 5, I can immediately switch to a new school to practice, wouldn’t it be easy to accumulate hundreds of skill points...?
——If I use these hundreds of skill points to cultivate certain skills, I can instantly become the strongest swordsman in the world...
——But... since this system can limit the growth of my body functions...
——The system is very likely to have extremely strict restrictions on the practice of "relying on learning various martial arts schools to brush up skill points"...
Ogata lowered his head and thought for a long time.
Finally, he sighed softly, as if he had given up thinking.
——Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore.
——I’m just daydreaming here, and I can’t figure out what kind of restrictions this system will impose on me.
——When I have the opportunity to learn a new sword style in the future, I will slowly experiment with what kind of restrictions the system will impose on me .
After deciding to temporarily put aside his thoughts on the various functions and limitations of the system, Ogata picked up the wooden sword and slowly walked into the center of the dojo, ready to start today's practice.
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When Ogata started today's practice -
Yuanshan strode towards his house with big strides.
Unlike Ogata, whose annual salary was only 50 koku, Toyama's annual salary was 250 koku.
This level of annual salary is enough for a whole family to live a decent life.
Because his annual salary is five times that of Ogata, Toyama's family is much more luxurious than Ogata's.
When he opened the entrance, Yuanshan saw a young girl kneeling respectfully in front of the door.
"Welcome home!" the young girl shouted.
"Yeah." Yuanshan nodded coldly and handed the two long and short swords at his waist to the young woman.
After taking the sword handed to her by Yuanshan, the young woman stood up and walked towards the sword rack inside the house in small steps.
This young girl is Asi, the wife whom Yuanshan married half a year ago.
Yuanshan didn't like his wife very much.
There are many reasons for not liking it.
The first reason: The marriage between Yuanshan and Asi was arranged by Yuanshan’s father.
Ashi is the daughter of an old friend of Yuanshan's father who is a traveling businessman.
When Yuanshan was very young, his father arranged for him to be engaged to Asi.
Since he was a child, Yuanshan had never had a good impression of his wife, who was betrothed to him since childhood.
The second reason is that Yuanshan doesn't really appreciate his wife's character.
Asi is really too timid.
He is the kind of person who is unwilling to take any risks and just wants to live a peaceful life.
It's okay that he's just timid, but Ash is also stupid.
Ashi's stupidity is not the kind of stupidity caused by lack of intelligence.
It's the kind of stupidity that makes you want to use money to solve any problem you encounter.
Asi's father is a wealthy businessman.
Perhaps influenced by his father, no matter what problems Ah Shi encountered, he always thought of solving them with money.
A Shi once did something ridiculous that left a deep impression on Yuanshan to this day.
Asi's father once participated in a private calligraphy meeting.
Everyone gets together to learn and compete in calligraphy - this is the purpose of this calligraphy meeting.
But who would have thought that in order to help his father win, Ah Shi actually went to bribe the organizer of the calligraphy meeting with money.
When her father found out about this, he scolded Ah Shi severely and told her not to do such ridiculous things again.
As for whether Ah Shi actually listened to her father's teachings, Yuanshan didn't know.
Apart from being a little stupid, Ah Shi doesn't have any other shortcomings. She is pretty and diligent in doing housework.
Taking off his straw sandals and cloth socks, Yuanshan strode into the house.
After sitting carelessly on the tatami, Yuanshan shouted:
"Bring some wine!"
As soon as Yuanshan finished speaking, Asi hurriedly brought a small pot of sake and a wine glass.
Having a few drinks after returning home has become Yuanshan's habit.
While Yuanshan was drinking in small sips, Asi knelt quietly beside him.
In the past, Asi would just watch Yuanshan drink quietly, and then take away the wine and the glass when Yuanshan had finished drinking.
But this is not the case with Ashin today.
Kneeling beside Yuanshan, Asi seemed to have something to say to Yuanshan, but was hesitant.
It was not until Yuanshan had almost finished drinking the wine in the bottle that Ash finally mustered up the courage to ask Yuanshan:
"Danna, I heard today that you had a duel with Ogata Issei from Sakakibara Kenkan a few days ago... Is this true?"
"Oh, about this matter." Yuanshan responded in a flat tone while continuing to pour wine into the glass in his hand.
Of course, Toyama knew about his confrontation with Ogata, which had been spreading like wildfire in recent days.
Although this matter is not something to be boasted about, it is not something shameful that should not be known to others.
So Yuanshan just let the matter spread wildly.
"Yes." Yuanshan said bluntly, "The rumor is absolutely correct. A few days ago, I fought two games with Ogata from Sakakibara Sword Hall. I won the first game, and as for the second game... although it was interrupted by Tongxin who suddenly arrived, we did end up in a draw."
"Is that Ogata so strong..." Ash murmured, "I remember that the strongest person among all the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Hall is Mikami..."
"Heh..." Yuanshan sneered, "That Mikami was just the strongest man in Sakakibara Sword Gym in the past."
"Just because he was once the strongest in Sakakibara Sword Gym, doesn't mean he will always be the strongest."
"Swordsmanship is a skill that can easily leave others far behind if you are not careful."
"I will probably have my third match with that Ogata soon."
"Huh? Why do you say that?"
"That Ogata is very strong. According to my guess, if nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to become the first in the upcoming Sakakibara Sword Hall Competition."
"I know the rules of Sakakibara Sword Hall."
"Once Ogata becomes the first in this museum competition, he will have to participate in the festival competition."
"I will be the one representing Ishikawa Sword Hall in the festival competition this year."
"So—I'll be able to fight that Ogata again soon!"
As he spoke of this, a captivating light began to flash from Yuanshan's pupils.
"Next time, I will definitely defeat Ogata Issei beautifully!"
"...But..." Ash said cautiously, "Danna...are you sure you can defeat that Ogata?"
