I wanted to read the book I’d bought right away, so I made a show of heading into a back alley and entered my closed space. That way no one would notice me.
Currently, I had my blanket, pelt, dried jerky, material to build my futon, and the catalog from the Goddess all strewn on the floor. There were no walls. Yesterday I’d wrapped myself up in a blanket and slept here, thinking about how badly I wanted that slave girl.
Hmm, it’s not a dark space, yet it’s an expanse of black. Might be a bit late to ask, but really, what is this space, anyway? Not that there’s any use thinking about it. There was an actual floor, and the gravity was also normal—or was that just because it was how I thought it was supposed to be? Considering the closed space reflected my own perception of what a storage space ought to be, I could probably make this space rainbow-colored if I wanted to. On second thought, that’d look pretty hideous, so let’s not.
It wasn’t exaggerating to say a closed space created with the Goddess’s spatial magic was like a separate world all on its own. An empty world, but a world nonetheless. The vastness of the space was starting to make me a little antsy, so for the time being I shrunk it down to the size of a normal room and left it at that.
“Now then, time to read—or wait, I should make my futon first so I have something to read on.”
I was the type that liked to read lying down in bed. So first, let’s build the futon. Because I’d let him fondle some boobs, the merchant had sold me more than enough cotton. First, I arranged the cotton into a futon shape and sandwiched it between two layers of cloth—the blanket on the bottom and the pelt on the top. Now connect them all with spatial magic, and done. Easy!
Hmm... It’s a little too soft. Let’s put more cotton in. I used spatial magic to transfer the ratio of cotton to cloth to make it firmer. Now it’s perfect. Mm... I ended up using a lot of cotton, though. Maybe I should’ve used some straw to balance it out after all.
Next, I made my bedclothes. These were supposed to be soft, so there was no need to add more cotton. Wow, I didn’t have any cotton left over. I’d used it all!
Now just put the pillow here, and—done! My bed’s all set up! To be frank, it was more or less already set up once I had all the materials I needed—thanks to the versatility of spatial magic!
I immediately lay down on the bed and assumed the reading position.
“Alchemy also has a certain romance to it, huh... Oh, come to think of it, I wonder if alchemy skills are also included in the Goddess’s catalog of SP rewards?”
I used spatial magic to bring the catalog over to me and flipped through the pages. Let’s see... Yep, there they are. And two types: “Alchemy (Medicine) - 50 SP” and “Alchemy (Magecraft) - 50 SP.” Magecraft... So that’s a thing in this world too, huh? I wonder if I should put some effort into getting SP so I can get these. Or should I go down the straight and narrow and spend them on these alchemy skills? For now, let’s shoot for the latter.
“Let’s see, it says here that to make a potion you need... Hm, looks like I don’t have enough ingredients.”
So to concoct a potion, you need a cauldron, herbs, and some kind of catalyst material like magic stones. The cauldron had been given to me as a freebie, but I still needed herbs and a catalyst.
“Hmm. Looks like the herb pictured here is medicinal.” I memorized what the herb looked like and decided I’d keep an eye out for it tomorrow during my logging quest. I’d enjoy my new, wonderfully comfortable futon by sleeping the rest of the day.