I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 19

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 019

I stared at the system window with a bewildered expression.

Mental Domination?

There was a skill like this?

Just then, the Brockshil turned around. Then it began walking forward with heavy steps.

…No way?

I shouted with a hopeful heart.

“Brockshil, come here!”

The Brockshil that had been leading the way stopped abruptly. It turned its body back toward me and approached.

I looked up at the bear-sized Brockshil and gulped.

“Sit!”

At my command, the Brockshil brought its heavy rear down to the ground.

“Stand up!”

This time the Brockshil lifted its rear from the spot.

“Bark!”

“Chik, chik!”

What?

This actually works?

The Brockshil moved according to my commands like a puppet.

To think the skill works on monsters too.

I tried activating the Charm skill on the Brockshil just in case.

[‘Charm’ skill is being activated.]

[Skill activation failed.]

[Not a suitable target.]

Hmm.

It seems the Charm skill doesn’t work on monsters.

But it didn’t matter.

Getting a new skill. And having a skill to use on monsters in situations like this was an unexpected gain.

“Wait….”

Then, a brilliant idea occurred to me.

A way to reduce effort and escape from this place.

I immediately checked on Theodor’s condition.

“Theodor, are you okay?”

He showed no response.

My heart sank as I placed my finger under Theodor’s nose. Feeling breath on my finger, it seemed he had only fainted.

“Brockshil, come here.”

When I gestured to the Brockshil, it dragged its massive body toward me.

I secured Theodor’s armor to the spikes protruding from the Brockshil’s back. I tied the unstable parts firmly by weaving together fur and armor.

Good, it seems Theodor is safely secured.

I grabbed the Brockshil’s stiff fur and climbed onto its back. It reeked of rotten stench, but now wasn’t the time to be picky about transportation.

After firmly gripping the Brockshil’s back spikes, I commanded it.

“Take me safely to the surface.”

“Chijik.”

The Brockshil kicked off the ground with its hind legs and began running. I gripped its back spikes tightly while facing the rushing acrid wind head-on.

This is totally great?

It’s like a free personal vehicle!

Moreover, we didn’t encounter any threatening monsters while moving. It seemed to instinctively avoid dangerous elements with its beast instincts.

We occasionally encountered Brocksh, but they didn’t even seem to think of approaching the Brockshil.

A faint light began to appear before my eyes. The moment the Brockshil’s front paws stepped onto the rock ledge, I squeezed my eyes shut against the pouring light.

Fresh air and the scent of grass rushed into my nostrils.

The surface!

I took a deep breath and slowly opened my eyes. I could see fresh vegetation and blue sky, and heard chirping birds.

To think ordinary air and warm sunlight could be this moving, it brings tears to my eyes.

“Ah, I forgot about Theodor.”

Absorbed in nature, I had momentarily forgotten his existence. I approached the Brockshil and helped Theodor down.

“Fortunately he’s still breathing.”

I placed my hand on the Brockshil’s body and patted it.

“Good job, Galgal.”

Then, the Brockshil began trembling.

“Chijik….”

“Huh?”

This seems like a dangerous situation somehow.

Did the skill wear off?

They say bad premonitions are never wrong. Hostility began to return to the eyes of the Brockshil that had been obediently following my words just moments ago.

Was there a time limit on skill usage? They should have told me that from the start!

“Kadeuk, kadeuk….”

“Damn.”

I shouted the skill with a hopeful heart.

[‘Mental Domination’ skill is being activated.]

[Skill activation failed.]

It’s not working!

Like the Charm skill, it seemed to have a once-per-day restriction.

But there was something more important right now. I gulped and gripped the meat tenderizer.

“Grrrrr!”

“Ahhh!”

The moment I swung the meat tenderizer toward the Brockshil.

“Chiiiiiik-!”

With a sound of cutting through air, the Brockshil screamed. It trembled violently and foamed at the mouth.

What? What’s this situation?

Before I could even grasp the situation, the Brockshil’s body collapsed forward.

Thud.

From beyond the Brockshil, a familiar figure revealed himself.

I opened my mouth with a dazed expression.

“Your Grace…?

Why are you coming out from there?

Northern Duke Jerome seemed equally surprised by the unexpected encounter. He looked at me with slightly widened eyes and asked.

“Miss Amberear? What are you doing here?”

“I got lost in the mountains… But what brings Your Grace here?”

Shouldn’t you originally be in the North?

Jerome answered my puzzled question.

“I came down to the South temporarily for personal matters. But more than that….”

Jerome’s gaze turned to the fallen Theodor.

“This is Sir Blair, the Knight Captain of the Temple’s Holy Knights. Is he your companion?”

“Yes, he’s my companion.”

“He looks like he needs urgent treatment.”

Though his breathing hadn’t stopped, Theodor’s injuries were clearly serious to anyone who looked.

“He was badly hurt fighting monsters.”

“I have companions nearby. There’s a healer with them, so it would be best to join up.”

Jerome took out a small firework from his chest and shot it up. When white smoke bloomed in the sky above, he turned his head to look at me.

His clear sky-blue eyes carefully looked me over, then stopped at the meat tenderizer.

“…Why are you holding a meat tenderizer?”

That’s what I’d like to know.

Even to his eyes, it seemed like an unsuitable weapon for dealing with monsters.

“This was the only weapon I could use…”

Jerome slightly furrowed his brow.

It really was all I had, so what was I supposed to do.

I could die from the unfairness of it all.

“Where is Sir Cyprian?”

“We got separated when we were shipwrecked.”

“Are you injured anywhere?”

“No. I’m not hurt anywhere.”

Jerome let out a big sigh.

Was he actually sighing at me?

Maybe I should have said I was hurt and at least earned some sympathy. The way he seemed to find me pathetic made me feel uncomfortable somehow.

But before long, I learned the real reason Jerome had frowned.

“Duke Winston!”

I could see Jerome’s companions approaching from the distance. Among them were mercenaries and mages, and I could see a healer too.

One of his companions looked at the Brockshil’s corpse and said.

“Your Grace. Don’t Brockshil live in caves? There’s no way they’d come to the surface in broad daylight.”

“Strange phenomena among monsters have been frequent lately, so it wouldn’t be odd for a Brockshil to be found on the surface. More importantly, there’s an injured person.”

Jerome gestured toward Theodor with his chin. The healer who spotted Theodor examined his wounds.

“Isn’t this Knight Captain Blair of the Holy Knights? His condition is serious. We need to hurry and move him to the encampment.”

The group brought a stretcher and moved Theodor. Meanwhile, several companions turned their gaze to me.

“My lady, are you all right…”

Just then, Jerome’s companions who had been approaching me suddenly stopped. They looked at me with stiff expressions.

What? Why are they acting like that?

Under their blatantly strange stares, I belatedly realized what state I was in.

I had rolled around once in the forest and once more in the cave, getting covered in dirt, plus the blood of the Brocksh I’d beaten down with the meat tenderizer was splattered all over my body.

What was even worse was that because I’d climbed on top of the Brockshil’s body, its foul smell had permeated my clothes.

‘…Now I understand why Jerome frowned.’

A smelly woman in beggar’s rags swinging around a meat tenderizer.

I was lucky Jerome’s affection level hadn’t dropped.

“I’m fine…”

I answered glumly and followed the people heading to the encampment. Then I made eye contact with Jerome.

He looked at me for a moment, then averted his gaze.

Well, of course. This was the first time we’d run into each other since the 0-confession, 1st-rejection incident, so it was bound to be awkward.

But meeting Jerome here might be an opportunity the system had given me.

I should take this chance to try seducing Jerome again!

Suddenly, the Mind Control skill I’d gained in the cave came to mind.

Could it be…?

With a glimmer of hope, I called out to Jerome who was walking ahead.

“Your Grace.”

“?”

The moment he turned around, I activated the skill.

[Activating ‘Mind Control’ skill.]

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