"How do you know that I can also give skills to others?"

    Mr. Ghost didn''t answer but pointed at his back. Myne could only sigh, and look at the wall behind him. He saw two words written on it, which made him doubt his own intelligence. After all, no one feels good about being fooled by a ghost.

    "Don''t know!"

    "Damn it, nowadays you can''t even speak casually... Although I wanted to give June some powerful skills for protection, it''s not easy. Stealing someone else''s skill is fine for me, as the price I pay isn''t that high. But if I wanted to give it to someone else, I''d have to lose at least one year of my lifespan. And it depends on the skill level and how much lifespan I''d lose.

    This is why I''ve never given June any additional skills. After all, we humans barely live for 60 years at most. If I start losing my lifespan so easily, I might become a grandpa in no time."

    Myne shrugged. He had long ago mastered the technique of lying without blinking, and with his Liar skill, even his women—who had their instincts as a backup—couldn''t find any fault in his nonsense. Let''s not even talk about a straightforward guy... I mean, ghost like Mr. Ghost.

    Because this explanation seemed reasonable—paying such a heavy price to use unbelievably powerful cheat-like skills, like Fenrir—Mr. Ghost didn''t doubt Myne and fell into deep thought. Just when Myne was wondering how much longer he''d have to stand in the cold night with his bare chest, Mr. Ghost suddenly raised his index finger and vanished into black smoke.

    "That finger gesture means ''Wait for one minute''... right?" Myne muttered while pulling a chair and thick blanket from his inventory. He sat down at the entrance of the cemetery without fear. If it had been before, he would''ve run away with his tail between his legs, but now, since the boss of the cemetery was his own person, he felt completely fearless.

    He was even in the mood for some midnight snacks while waiting for Mr. Ghost.

    Ten minutes later, just as Myne was dozing off while holding a jar of mixed dry fruits, Mr. Ghost appeared in front of him, scaring the hell out of him.

    "F*ck! Can''t you stand some distance away from me? Why do you have to appear right in front of me?" Myne cursed angrily, clutching his chest as his heart pounded like a drum. Anyone would be scared to death if someone suddenly appeared in front of them when half asleep and saw someone standing there.

    Mr. Ghost, who seemed unable to speak, was too lazy to care about Myne''s emotions. After all, it''s not like Myne could beat him. Casually, Mr. Ghost raised his right hand, holding a small black cup, palm-sized, made of some unknown metal. It was adorned with ten dark crystals arranged in two circular lines.

    The cup was in terrible condition, worn out and dusty, with many dents as if someone had tried to destroy it with a metal rod but failed. The dust accumulated on it was thick, as though it had been dug out of the ground moments ago. Overall, no matter how you looked at it, this antique, junk-like cup didn''t seem like a treasure worth trading a few skills for Mr.@@@@

    Ghost''s daughter in exchange for someone''s lifespan.

    Although Myne wanted to tell Mr. Ghost he didn''t need this junk, seeing the ghost''s ever-cold expression, he could only bite the bullet and take the cup in his hand to examine it thoughtfully. Except for a few unknown words on the bottom, he didn''t find anything worth mentioning about it. Helplessly, he activated his appraisal skill, but he didn''t have much hope in his heart.

    "Alright, since you''ve solved my problem, I promise I will make June powerful enough that her enemies will tremble in fear just hearing her name—of course, only if they''re normal people. But it may take a lot of time, you know, finding good skills isn''t easy," Myne said with a surge of his shoulders. After waiting a moment and seeing that Mr.

    Ghost had nothing else to say, he said goodbye and returned home.

    June was still sleeping peacefully, unaware that the two most important people in her life had already made a deal that would make her life miserable in the future. Myne swiftly climbed into bed, took her in his arms, buried his face in her boobies, and closed his eyes.

    ...

    "So, you''re saying that the ghost who cursed you was actually her father, and after removing the curse, he gave you the task of training her to become a powerful warrior like us? And in exchange, he gave you this broken cup that can increase a person''s lifespan?"

    Aisha and Sylphy were sitting at the dining table, after hearing Myne''s (modified) story about how he rescued June from some evil cultists. Sylphy couldn''t help but ask doubtfully while observing the black cup, which looked like a piece of junk.

    "Yes, at first, I thought Mr. Ghost was fooling me, but this morning, before I came here, I killed a bastard who was trying to rape a poor girl in our town, and this cup really absorbed his soul. Haven''t you noticed one of the crystals on the cup has become slightly red from pitch black?" Myne while wiping sweat from his forehead, pointed at a certain crystal on the cup, now red.

    Having decided to take June as his woman, Myne spent hours talking to her in the morning about how he was going to explain her to his family. Later encouraged mysteriously by June, he finally decided to bring her home and introduce her to Aisha and Sylphy. Anyway, both of them knew about his special relationship with this childhood friend of his and long expected that he would make her his woman.

    So when he mentioned that June would occasionally join them in levelling up and could now be considered an unofficial wife, neither of them reacted as much as he had expected. Instead, they asked where she would sleep.

    It was only when Myne told them that she would continue living in her parents'' house and had no intention of moving in with them that they smiled, and their attitude toward June became indifferent to natural.

    "But I don''t see any fighting spirit in her. Has she even killed a wild chicken with her hands?" Aisha asked with a frown, glancing at June, who was playing with Ted and Waffle like a little girl. No matter how she looked, she couldn''t see any warrior-like qualities in her new sister.

    After verifying that the cup is indeed genuine, Aisha and Sylphy''s impression of June is raised to another level, after all, those who didn''t like a powerful backer who can help them in certain times of emergency and provide wonderful magical artefacts as if they are nothing.

    Also as everyone knows no woman wants to look old and die quickly, so a cup that can increase their lifespan, and make them young is must have a thing in their life

    "Well, everyone has a first time. She''s a professional chef, so she must''ve killed a lot of animals for meat, right? And even if she hasn''t, just throw some monsters in front of her and force her to kill them. I don''t believe she won''t improve," Myne replied after thinking for a while.

    The trio then made plans to improve June''s combat skills and decided to visit the Dungeon of Strength in Adol Town to train her properly.