What?!? I've Been Reincarnated as a Arachne! (On hold)

Part 2

Arachne (Second Part)

The brown-haired woman's name is Aize Foren.
She's the daughter of a wealthy merchant in the town of Rihak, located near this forest. According to her, she was on her way back from a business deal at the neighboring village when the bandits attacked.
I just randomly made up a story that goes something like 'I was living together with my mother in the forest, but she died of sickness, so I left and tried to go to the town', but thankfully, she believed and sympathized with me.
I also explained that my strength came from being trained by my ex-adventurer mother, and again the woman doesn't hold even an ounce of doubt.
...So that means this world has adventurers.
...Well, I did have my suspicions from seeing mother turning the table on all those people who often came to challenge her.
And so, when I said I want to work at the town, she said that new immigrants to the town requires a guarantor, and that she can guarantee for me if I want.
Indeed, one shouldn't hesitate to save people.
And then she continued to say "That's not nearly enough to show my thanks!"... Which led to me being dragged inside the Foren house immediately after we entered the town. Right now, I'm being assaulted with food by the Foren family at the dining table.
"Miss, we simply can't express our gratitude enough for saving Aize when she was in danger... Ah, this grilled Horned Wolf's innards is exquisite, you know?! And how about this Lesser Dragon's tail steak?"
"Indeed... Aize is our house's only child... The Foren family line just barely managed to survive today. Ah, I've heard that this Ogre Bear paw soup has some good medicinal qualities. Please, don't be shy."
"Really, no matter how much I give my thanks, it won't be enough! Ah, this hamburg steak made from wyvern and sea dragon meat is amazing too, please have some!"
Umm... How do I say this...
Everyone in the Foren family seems to have the hobby of eating some really strange food.
They spent some big money without hesitation to collect all these rare ingredients, and I'm grateful for this generous feast, but...
No, I mean, I'm still an Arachne, you know?
I don't have any problems with eating these food, even if it's a snake or a wolf or anything.
Just that, my [Predation] skill has been reacting non-stop ever since a while ago.
So it turns out that this skill even activates with prey I don't hunt myself...
When the dinner's over, even though my level was just 7 (it went up from defeating the bandits), my stats went insane.
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HP: 126 (Max 126 (Predation Bonus +960))
MP: 78 (Max 78 (Predation Bonus +490))
Basic Stats (Lv Bonus) (Predation Bonus)
STR 18 (33) (+399)
VIT 18 (33) (+460)
DEX 18 (33) (+405)
SPD 18 (33) (+335)
INT 13 (21) (+124)
MID 13 (21) (+226)
Learned Skills:
Dragon Scales, Intimidate, Breathe Underwater, Super Strength, Gale, Steel Threads, Fire Breath, Water Breath, Fire Resistance, Water Resistance, Wind Resistance, Earth Resistance... etc
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No no, I'm not exactly aiming to be a hero, you know?!
I'm fine with being a run-of-the-mill citizen! I'm going to be a dressmaker in this town!
Yeah, so this status isn't something I can show to people... If they see it, I'm absolutely going to get dragged into the mess that is 'defeating monsters' or 'becoming an officer for the country' or, in the worst case scenario, 'becoming a test subject'.
I didn't see my stats. Yup.
After the meal, while I'm still dizzy from seeing my extreme stats, Aize sidled up to me and started talking.
"...So, does Lady Shiori have any plans while living in this town? If not, then you can just stay here like this..."
...For some reason, that sent a chill running down my spine. This feeling is a lot like when my sisters were chasing after me.
Aize, why are your cheeks so red? Wait, actually, what's your hand doing on my thigh?
"N-No, I already got the reward from defeating the bandits, so I was thinking to use the money to start up a tailor..."
"...Oh, is that so... What a pity. But if that's your plan, then we will help with advertising!"
"Y-y-yes. Thank you very much..."
And so, I opened a tailor shop in the town of Rihak.
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Three months since then. My tailor shop is doing well.
After Aize introduced to me a cheap place, I rented it and hung up a wooden sign, and I got my own store just like that. While it's just a small store, right from the very first day I began business, a sea of adventurers poured inside and filled up every single standing space of the shop, thanks to Aize announcing to the whole adventurer's guild about how my dress stopped a bandit's blade (apparently, the escorts who got downed by the bandits were people hired from the guild). And that's why my shop is doing so well.
Well, I said that, but the only products I can make are Arachne silk clothes, so rear-line adventurers probably make up most of my customers.
These days, the shop finally calmed down compared to its hectic first days, but I still get plenty of profits.
While I'm the only sewer in this shop, and most of my orders are custom tailored clothes so I can't make a lot of them, but since I get my materials practically for free, I'm raking in cash.
"Oh? So this is the clothing store I've been hearing about quite a lot these days, is it?"
"That's right. Their clothes has more defense than even some lower tier hard leather armor, they go well with magic buffs, and best of all, they're cheap! This is the best place to buy clothes for people in the mid-rear position of the party, like me!"
The people who opened the door and came inside the shop was a man and a woman, both looking like adventurers.
The woman is a customer who recently bought a tailored robe from me.
So a repeat customer, is it. I'm grateful for your patronage.
"That so... But in the end, they're still cloth armor, right? This place doesn't have Hydra Leather Armor or Dragon Scale Armor, right?"
"Don't ask for the impossible. This place specializes in clothes and cloth armors, you know?"
"Tch, I knew it, gotta hunt for them myself... Useless store."
...Ah, he just ticked me off.
That was a challenge, right? A challenge, right?!
I smiled at the adventurer – most likely a warrior – bearing the face of a man who just barely stepped into adulthood, and opened my mouth.
"Customer, I sincerely apologize for our lacking store... If you can wait for a while, around a month, we'll have some new items in stock, and I hope you'll visit us again then."
"Uh... What?! You're... the owner?"
"Yes, I am Shiori Arachne, owner of this Arachne Tailor. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
The adventurer's face turned red like a tomato, his eyes kept staring at my face dumbfounded... Is he a lolicon?
Well, I'm someone with the appearance of a 13 years old, real age of 4 months counting from my birth, and mental age of 24 years old. That's the sort of messed-up existence I am, so I'll forgive his rudeness.
"Aaargh! Geez! Just ignore what this oaf says, Shiori! You're cute like always!"
The female adventurer, who's probably a magician, hugged me from behind and rub her cheeks against mine.
In these sorts of situations, the fact that she's of the same sex as me, and thus doesn't hold back at all, only makes it more difficult to tactfully deal with her...
"Mish... Miss cuffomer... Pwease calm down..." *Pomf*
As I'm getting knocked down and petted by the woman, I make a promise to myself to expand the shop and hire more employees as soon as possible...
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To the east of the town of Rihak is the sprawling Forest of Magical Beasts.
I had been diving into this place since three days ago.
I came here because I heard that this is where I can find not only Lesser Dragons and Hydras, but also Adamantite Turtles, Silver Fang Wolves, etc... These monsters are the source of super-first-rate armor materials, and this forest is their home.
While my level is just 7, my stats is practically equal to S-rank adventurers thanks to [Predation]. Which means, if I return to my real form – my Arachne form – and if I only stay in the shallow parts of this forest, nothing can hurt me.
Furthermore, the meat of the preys I hunted can't be used as materials, so they went on an express train to my stomach.
In the end, I grew even more powerful thanks to [Predation].
I'm already more powerful than mother now... probably.
The basis for my guess came from the fact that the forest where I was born doesn't have many strong monsters, so after my sisters ate each other, their growth rate would slow down quite a lot.
"Hmmm, as I thought, there's only Silver Fang Wolves and Fire Foxes in the forest's shallow areas... Maybe it's time to dive deeper. My level went up enough, anyway."
I activate Tactile ThreadSensor Web and check my status.
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Name: Shiori Arachne. Age: 24 Female
Total level: 38
Race: Arachne
Class: Dressmaker
HP: 684 (Max 684 (Predation Bonus +1130))
MP: 254 (Max 254 (Predation Bonus +595))
Basic Stats (Level Bonus) (Predation Bonus)
STR 25 (118) (+440)
VIT 25 (118) (+510)
DEX 18 (85) (+640)
SPD 18 (85) (+490)
INT 13 (61) (+320)
MID 13 (61) (+390)
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As my level rose, I also gained the skills [Will-o'-the-wisp] and [Bite].
Thankfully, seems like I can still use these two skills when in human form.
...Yeah, this is probably enough to hunt a standalone Lesser Dragon or Hydra in the deeper areas.
I'll hunt for around two days more and then return to the shop to start production.
Hahahah, just you wait!
When I'm done with this, not only can my shop supply for support-type adventurers, but I can also attract adventurers who fight on the front line.
Let's aim to become the number one tailor in town!
...I have a feeling my shop is slowly becoming an armor shop instead of a tailor, though...