I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 1

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 001

Grand and majestic music echoed through the cathedral ceiling. Sunlight pouring through the stained glass cast brilliant shadows on the floor.

Calliton gently wrapped his hand around mine. He looked at me with an affectionate gaze before turning his eyes to the Pope.

At Calliton’s ready expression, the gray-haired Pope opened his mouth.

“Is His Highness Crown Prince Calliton Grailhart prepared to take Miss Aisha Emmerbier as his bride?”

“I am prepared.”

The Pope then looked toward me.

“Is Miss Aisha Emmerbier prepared to take His Highness Crown Prince Calliton Grailhart as her groom?”

“Yes.”

I answered quickly without needing to wait. There was no need to say how long I had waited for this moment.

Soon after, the priests brought wine cups filled with wine.

“The bride and groom, please drink the wine.”

At the Pope’s words, Calliton and I emptied our cups in a love shot.

“I hereby officially declare that His Highness Calliton Grailhart and Miss Aisha Emmerbier have become the Crown Prince couple of the Belkadia Empire…”

“Cough!”

At that moment, Calliton coughed up blood.

“Ai… sha…”

The hand that had been holding mine fell limply into the air.

What… is this?

I stared blankly at Calliton crumbling like a sandcastle.

As he collapsed, people’s screams could be heard.

“Kyaaah!”

“Guards! Where are the guards!”

“His Highness the Crown Prince has collapsed!”

“Your Highness, are you alright?!”

“Your Highness Calliton!”

The surroundings became chaos. The guards began sealing the cathedral’s entrances and the panicked nobles screamed.

The Imperial Physician rushed to the collapsed Calliton. The physician placed his finger under Calliton’s nose.

“H-His Highness the Crown Prince has been poisoned!”

Along with the physician’s cry, a familiar system window appeared before my eyes.

[GAME OVER]

Staring blankly at the system window, I muttered a low curse.

“Damn it…”

After irritably pressing the game’s power button, I threw the console I was holding.

“What kind of game is this?”

This game, 【Chronicle of Starlight】, was a romance simulation game where the protagonist, an apprentice mage, conquers five male characters.

But whether it was due to my fate as someone who’d never dated, or the game’s extreme difficulty.

Every time I played, the male characters showed no interest in me, let alone any romantic advances.

‘Does it make sense that I couldn’t conquer a single one in a whole month?’

At this point, it was definitely an endurance test game rather than a romance simulation.

Fed up, I eventually created a cheat. I maxed out the charm stat among the protagonist’s abilities.

Then the male protagonists who wouldn’t fall for me no matter how hard I tried began falling for me one after another.

Though it was frustrating that I had suffered so much when it could have been this easy, I didn’t care.

Until I saw the endings.

When I seduced the holy knight, the cathedral burned him at the stake for violating the doctrine that forbade love with the opposite sex.

My fiancé from the Imperial Knights developed severe jealousy disorder, killed men who spoke to the protagonist, and was executed.

And that’s not all?

The court mage killed me and turned me into a taxidermy to keep me forever.

I was murdered after catching the eye of a villainess who had a crush on Northern Duke.

The game killed not only the male characters but also the player.

Among the five conquest characters, Crown Prince Calliton was the last hope for seeing an ending.

Though he just died.

“Argh! What the hell is this? It’s not like they’re trying to drive people crazy!”

I’ve spent a whole three months on this game!

Honestly, yes. I admit I used cheats.

But if I couldn’t conquer even one of the five protagonists despite that, isn’t it basically telling me not to play the game?

Fed up, I sent an email to the game company.

You call this thing a game? Even if I made one with my feet, it would be better than this.

(Rest omitted)

Though it wasn’t something I should do as someone in the same industry, if I didn’t do this, the months of effort and time I put into the game would feel meaningless.

Feeling much better, I lay down on my bed and tried to sleep.

Should I try conquering Northern Duke Jerome again tomorrow?

If I just avoid the villainess well, I won’t die and can see the ending…

I can see it…

My fading consciousness turned black.

When I opened my eyes, I was standing in an unfamiliar space.

“Where is this…?”

It wasn’t my room.

High ceiling and white walls. Luxurious interior decorated in purple and gold. Neatly arranged magical tools and books.

Looking at this fantasy set-like place gave me a familiar sense of déjà vu.

“I’ve seen this scene somewhere before. This looks just like…”

When I picked up the nameplate on the desk, I could see foreign characters engraved on it.

For some reason, I could read the unfamiliar characters.

“Lowell Chiffrion?”

Lowell Chiffrion was one of the conquest characters in 【Chronicle of Starlight】. This place was also identical to Lowell’s Study that I had seen in the game.

Was I kidnapped?

Could it be that the production company, upset by the email full of curses, created a set and imprisoned me out of spite?

But there was no way a company would do something so inefficient for just one hater.

Most importantly…

I could read the foreign characters.

All sorts of thoughts swirled in my head.

After thinking for a moment, I closed my eyes tight and shouted.

“Status window!”

Nothing happened.

“…”

Well, of course… No wait, then where exactly am I?

Half disappointed and half confused, I was about to frantically look around again.

Ding!

With a familiar notification sound, a status window appeared before my eyes.

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Basic Information

Name: Aisha

Gender: Female

Age: 22

Race: Human

Occupation: None

Stats

Strength: LV.1

Stamina: LV.1

Magic Power: LV.1

Charm: LV.999

Skills

Enchantment: LV.999

Affection

???: 0

???: 0

???: 0

???: 0

???: 0

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My jaw dropped open.

‘This… this is really a status window?’

Everything was too vivid to be just a dream.

Did I really get transported? Don’t tell me the developer cursed me or something?

More importantly, how do I get back to reality? Do I need to see an ending? That’s usually how it works in transmigration novels.

Wait.

‘I’ve never seen an ending before.’

When I played the game, all the love interests died or the protagonist died.

In other words, I don’t know how to reach an ending.

‘What happens if I fail to romance anyone while transmigrated?’

Don’t tell me I’ll die like this?

At that chilling thought, I shook my head vigorously.

No. I’ll be able to see a proper ending!

I tried to think as positively as possible while recalling each of the game’s love interests one by one.

I don’t want to be taxidermied, so the taxidermy-obsessed mage is a pass.

I don’t want to see people burned alive, so the holy knight is also a pass.

The fiancé who gets executed for murder due to his pathological jealousy is also a pass.

That left the crown prince who gets killed at his wedding, and the northern grand duke who has a vicious one-sided lover.

The former required dealing with political forces, while the latter meant dealing with an individual.

Facing unknown forces was too large-scale. It would be relatively more winnable to deal with just one villainess.

Right, let’s go for the northern grand duke.

Just as I made up my mind without much deliberation, the study door opened.

Soon, a slender, handsome elf entered.

‘Lowell Chiffrion.’

He was the first character the protagonist meets when starting the game, and would become her magic teacher.

Seeing his handsome face, mysterious purple eyes, and elegantly long eyelashes in person made me gasp in admiration.

I stared at him as if entranced… then mentally slapped myself.

Lowell Chiffrion was a black-hearted bastard who taxidermied people. So I couldn’t be fooled by his beautiful appearance.

Just then, Lowell, having finished reading the letter, spoke in a gentle voice.

“This is indeed my disciple Brion’s handwriting.”

His voice carried a hint of loneliness.

“Human lifespans are truly fleeting.”

Lowell looked up from the letter.

“The lady’s name is…”

The moment our eyes met, Lowell stopped speaking.

At the same time, a system window appeared.

[Lowell Chiffrion’s affection has increased by 15.]

[Lowell Chiffrion’s affection: 15]

Only Lowell started with affection points like this.

Love at first sight, is that the setting?

Whatever. I have absolutely no intention of romancing the taxidermy fetishist, so I’d prefer if he didn’t get his hopes up.

“The lady’s name is Aisha. According to the letter, Brion took in a lady who was a countryside orphan. Is that correct?”

“That’s right.”

“Brion asked me to take the lady as my disciple.”

Lowell set down the letter.

“Before taking you as a disciple, let’s do a test.”

Lowell brought over a flower pot. In the pot was a red flower bud dotted with several blue spots.

“This plant is a flower that blooms only when magic power is infused into it.”

When Lowell snapped his fingers, the blue spots on the bud began to flicker with a soft light.

“Please use your magic to make the flower bloom.”

He took out an hourglass and added an explanation.

“If you can’t make the flower bloom before all the sand falls, the flower will explode.”

Since all game progression started with becoming Lowell’s disciple, this hurdle was absolutely necessary.

I placed my palm over the flower bud. I tried to infuse magic power, but nothing happened.

Of course.

‘My magic power is only LV.1.’

I had put all my stats into charm and hadn’t thought about raising other skills.

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