I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 20

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 020

[‘Mind Control’ skill is being activated.]

I looked at Jerome with a hopeful heart.

Soon after, system windows appeared one after another.

[Skill activation failed.]

[Effect does not activate due to insufficient level.]

What a shame!

It doesn’t work!

I was clicking my tongue in disappointment when Jerome asked.

“Is something wrong?”

“It’s nothing.”

“…?”

Jerome looked at me with puzzled eyes, then turned around and continued on his way.

Still, there was hope. If the effect doesn’t activate due to insufficient level, doesn’t that mean I can use the skill if I raise my level?

I should research how to increase the Mind Control level.

If I master this skill, the game’s difficulty would become much easier.

But Mind Control, that sounds quite dangerous.

Isn’t the ability to manipulate others according to my will a skill that only suits villains?

It’s fortunate that I’m not a bad person. If someone with a twisted personality gained this ability, the world would obviously become chaotic.

Following Jerome, I eventually arrived at his campsite.

First, I entered the healer’s tent to treat Theodore. The healer examined Theodore’s wounds and said.

“This doesn’t seem like a wound from an ordinary monster.”

“It’s an injury from a Wyvern’s claws. I had an antidote pill, so I gave it to him.”

“You were lucky. Without the antidote pill, the wound would have become necrotic. Did you do the hemostasis yourself, my lady?”

I nodded and answered.

“Yes, I did it.”

“You did well. His life could have been in danger otherwise.”

The healer unwrapped the bandage I had temporarily applied. Then Jerome’s handkerchief that had been covering Theodore’s wound appeared.

The healer asked with a surprised expression as if he hadn’t expected it.

“Isn’t this the Duke’s handkerchief?”

“….”

Jerome’s eyebrow rose crookedly upon discovering his handkerchief.

“Uh… well, you see….”

Feeling guilty for no reason at that sight, I made excuses while watching Jerome’s reaction.

“I was originally going to wash it and return it to you, but you left like that that day… I didn’t have any suitable cloth for treatment.”

“There’s no need to explain.”

Looking at Jerome’s expression, it had returned to his usual stoic face. I couldn’t guess what he was thinking beneath that dry expression.

What was certain was that he was still drawing a line with me.

“I’ll wash it clean and return it to you!”

“I had no intention of taking it back anyway. Do whatever you want with it, throw it away or keep it.”

He continued in a monotonous voice.

“As soon as Sir Blair recovers, I’ll help you rejoin your party. Please stay comfortably until then.”

“Still…!”

Though his words were polite, Jerome coldly turned around and left the tent just like that.

An awkward silence filled the tent.

“….”

“….”

No, isn’t this too much?

I did use his handkerchief without permission, but there were circumstances! You should listen to what someone has to say until the end!

While I was fuming inside, the healer carefully spoke up.

“The treatment has been completed successfully.”

“Ah, thank you.”

I bowed my head and then checked on Theodore. Seeing his much more comfortable complexion, it seemed the treatment had been successful.

“If you walk a little from here, there’s a hot spring. How about going there to relieve your travel fatigue?”

Oh, there’s a natural hot spring in a place like this?

At the news of a hot spring, my anger toward Jerome quickly subsided.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t properly washed my body since possessing this character. Having been covered in dirt and monster blood, I desperately wanted a bath in warm water.

Even aside from that, I wanted to wash off the stench clinging to my body as soon as possible. Looking like this, I’d obviously lose even Jerome’s remaining favorability.

After receiving towels and herbs from the healer and getting directions to the hot spring, I headed to where the hot spring was located.

After walking for a while, humid air and white steam began to form before my eyes. Through the steam, a natural hot spring gradually revealed itself.

“Wow, this is spectacular….”

I let out an exclamation as if muttering to myself.

The hot spring surrounded by white steam had rocks beautifully arranged, and in the center was hot spring water that warmed the heart just by looking at it.

In reality, you’d have to spend quite a bit of money to go to an outdoor bath like this, right?

A free outdoor bath, isn’t this a huge gain?

I confirmed no one was around and took off my clothes.

As I dipped my feet into the outdoor bath first, the soul of a 50-year-old Korean man inside me naturally leaked out.

“Ahhh…!”

I leaned my body against the rocks. The travel fatigue I hadn’t felt until now came rushing in, making my body feel languid as if it was melting.

My eyes naturally closed from the fatigue pouring down like a tide.

How much time had passed?

I, who had dozed off without realizing it, suddenly came to my senses.

‘How long was I sleeping?’

When I got up to return to the campsite, I heard splashing sounds.

Before I could grasp the situation, I saw a blurry human figure before my eyes. That figure gradually approached me and revealed itself.

Jerome appeared before my eyes.

And without a single thread of clothing on.

“…!”

“Kyaa!”

I quickly hid my body underwater.

Splash! The sound of water loudly broke the silence.

Jerome spoke in a rarely flustered voice.

“I’m, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were there….”

Perhaps due to the hot spring’s steam, Jerome’s ears, as he turned around, were bright red.

Then, something entered my field of vision.

A small tattoo combining a spiral and eye shape was carved from his neck down to his back.

While I was tilting my head at the tattoo’s design that I’d never seen even in the game, I heard splashing water sounds again.

“I’ll get out first.”

Jerome, who had already gotten out of the hot spring, gradually disappeared through the steam.

‘…That was amazing.’

Belatedly, Jerome’s appearance that I saw in the hot spring flickered before my eyes.

Lips flushed with blood from the warm steam, shoulders as wide as the Pacific Ocean, thick arms and solid chest muscles built through training. And even the magnificent abs carved on his stomach.

That guy… I thought he was just handsome, but he’s built.

His muscles are really solid….

Wait, if I saw Jerome’s body, doesn’t that mean Jerome saw my body too?

But what does it matter either way? It’s not like I actually showed my real body.

It’s just a game world anyway, right?

Thanks to that, I got a good view, so I should consider it a win. Free hot spring and eye candy – how great is that.

But on the other hand, I felt puzzled.

At his age, to see such aspects of the opposite sex and still not gain any affection points.

He’s not impotent, is he?

If not that, then I could only think he was truly a cold-hearted bastard.

Jerome arrived at the campsite with faster steps than usual.

Just then, a servant brought him clothes to change into.

“Your Grace, you’re back already…”

The servant hesitated after checking Jerome’s appearance.

Jerome’s face was flushed redder than usual. He knew Jerome had been to the hot spring, but that couldn’t make him this red.

“Why is your face so red? Are you perhaps feeling unwell somewhere…”

“Cold water, do we have any?”

“We happen to have stream water that was just fetched.”

The servant brought cold water that had been collected in a bucket. Jerome immediately lifted the bucket and poured the cold water over his head.

“Y-Your Grace…!”

“Phew…”

Jerome let out a deep breath.

A cold sensation rushed against his skin, making his head feel dizzy. Even after washing with cold water, the burning feeling dominating his mind showed no signs of cooling.

The image of Aisha glimpsed through the steam of the hot spring kept flickering in his mind.

Cheeks flushed red like peaches, lips glistening with moisture. Wet hair clinging to her slender neckline, water droplets flowing down the soft curves of her body.

Everything swirled in his mind like hazy mist.

Meanwhile, where had Lowell Chiffrion gone, and why was someone who was supposed to be a Knight Captain lying collapsed?

She had been left alone in the forest, covered in dirt and monster blood.

Thinking of how she had tried to protect herself with a meat tenderizer without proper weapons, he couldn’t help but frown.

Then, the servant hesitantly spoke up.

“If it’s not too presumptuous, may I say something?”

“What is it?”

“You’re wearing your tunic inside out.”

Jerome looked down at his clothes. The buttons that should have been on his chest were on his back.

“…”

He who never tolerated even the slightest dishevelment – who even pressed the wrinkles in his clothes to sharp angles – to make such a mistake.

Jerome stared down at his clothes in disbelief.

To think his mind would be disturbed by such a trivial matter.

Jerome silently steadied his breathing.

Such emotions were not befitting of him. So he had to eliminate any possibility before they could grow even a little.

Jerome properly fixed his inside-out tunic. Then he fastened his collar with his usual impeccable appearance.

Strength went into his fingertips as he fastened the last button.

As if tightening his loosened heart as well.

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