I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 79

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 079

Calliton escorted me all the way to the tent where I was staying.

I bowed politely to Calliton in front of the tent.

“Thank you for escorting me.”

“No need to thank me for something like this.”

“About… my master’s situation.”

Calliton gazed at me quietly as I carefully brought up Lowell’s story.

“There must be some reason why the journal was found there.”

Still, we’ve built up a relationship all this time. It would feel strange to just slip away from this problem by myself.

Though he sometimes gave off a chilly atmosphere, Lowell wasn’t the kind of elf who would conduct such vile experiments as an Imperial citizen.

Remembering how Lowell collapsed helplessly at the end made me feel sorry for him too.

Calliton let out a soft chuckle.

“Lowell Chiffrion was my master before he became yours. I’ve also known him for a longer time.”

He continued in a low voice that felt trustworthy.

“So you don’t need to worry.”

“I understand.”

I nodded my head.

There was a strange power in Calliton’s words that made people believe him.

“Then sleep well.”

“Please rest well too, Your Highness.”

After finishing our farewells.

I entered the tent and lay down on my sleeping bag.

What Calliton had shown me was clearly a sign of affection.

If I could just find out who was behind his poisoning, the Calliton ending would be no problem.

But for some reason, I felt hollow, as if a corner of my heart had been pierced.

‘I feel like I’m missing something important…’

Then suddenly, I thought of Jerome.

‘Is his arm okay?’

He had injured his right arm. That would make daily activities like eating or changing clothes difficult.

They said they stopped the poison from spreading, but he should get treatment as soon as possible to be comfortable.

That’s when it happened.

Chirp chirp―.

‘Hm?’

Isn’t that a bird sound?

It’s not an owl or anything. What bird makes sounds in the middle of the night?

‘Ah, I must have heard wrong.’

Just as I was about to lie back down.

Chirp chirp, chirr―.

I heard the bird sound again.

This time I hadn’t heard wrong.

Even listening again, it was the high, clear cry characteristic of birds that sing during the day, not nocturnal ones.

I heard the bird sound again.

Chirr, chirr, chirp chirp!

The cry sounded urgent somehow, which bothered me, so I immediately went outside the tent.

The sound was coming from under a tree not far from the tent.

As I approached near the tree, I saw a small ball of fluff that had fallen to the ground.

I felt a familiar sense of déjà vu.

‘Oh, this is the one from back then…!’

A long-tailed tit with a round, white body and blue eyes.

‘It looks like the long-tailed tit I saw at the lake!’

White fur and blue eyes.

The fur and eye color matched well with the image of the North where white snow falls.

‘So they live here too.’

But this time it wasn’t just the long-tailed tit.

Not far away, I could see a snake crawling toward the long-tailed tit.

‘Isn’t that dangerous?’

I activated my Mind Control skill right there.

[‘Mind Control’ skill is activated.]

[Mind Control LV.13]

The moment the skill activated, the snake’s eyes rolled back white.

I waved my arm toward the snake.

“Shoo, shoo. Don’t bother the cute friend and go play somewhere else.”

As soon as my words finished, the snake turned direction and crawled into the thicket.

[‘Mind Control’ skill increased by 1.]

[Mind Control LV.14]

After confirming the snake had disappeared, I turned my head toward where the long-tailed tit was.

The long-tailed tit was standing there blankly as if its body had frozen.

“It must have stiffened from fear. Poor thing…”

I approached as carefully as possible, preparing for the situation where the long-tailed tit might fly away like last time.

“Let me see, are you hurt anywhere?”

Perhaps because it was too shocked and had stiffened. The long-tailed tit didn’t run away.

I carefully placed the long-tailed tit on my palm.

As I examined the bird closely, I discovered something strange.

‘Huh…’

The long-tailed tit’s right wing was drooping.

‘Did it hurt its wing?’

No wonder.

If it could fly, it would have been able to escape from the snake easily. It seems it couldn’t escape because it injured its wing.

In the wild, if you can’t use your wings, you’ll quickly be eaten by predators.

‘I have no choice. I’ll have to take care of it myself.’

My eyes sparkled.

I’m absolutely not doing this because of selfish desires to have a pet.

Rather than being caught and eaten by predators, wouldn’t it be better to be raised by me?

The long-tailed tit gets a shelter. I get a cute pet.

This was mutual benefit.

The long-tailed tit, more relaxed than before, looked at me with its adorable blue eyes.

I looked back at the long-tailed tit and smiled brightly.

“Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of you from now on.”

I took the long-tailed tit with me and entered the medical tent.

“Excuse me, Imperial Physician. Could you possibly take a look at a bird?”

“A bird?”

“I found a long-tailed tit nearby and it seems to have injured its wing.”

The Imperial Physician, who had been organizing medical tools, approached the long-tailed tit.

Then he made a tsk sound and adjusted his glasses.

“I’m not exactly a veterinarian, but… let me take a look.”

He folded and unfolded the stranger’s wing.

“Strangers are birds that commonly inhabit this area. But this is the first time I’ve seen one with blue eyes.”

“Is that so?”

It must be a rare specimen.

To see such a creature twice now. I must have been lucky.

Meanwhile, the imperial physician finished his examination.

“The bones and muscles seem fine, but there appears to be something wrong with the nerves.”

“The nerves?”

“Yes. Usually when you touch a wing, they flinch or try to avoid it, but this bird shows no tactile response.”

The imperial physician continued his explanation.

“Usually the nerves are damaged due to external trauma or poison.”

“Th-then is treatment possible?”

“We’ll have to wait and see.”

The imperial physician gathered some medicinal herbs, a towel, and a hand warmer for me.

“For now, I’ll give you some herbs that are good for recovery, so try feeding them. Rest is important, so feed it well and care for it in a warm place.”

“I will.”

After the imperial physician’s prescription was finished, I returned to the tent with the stranger.

I placed the hand warmer next to the rolled-up towel.

Then I sat the stranger in the middle of the towel.

“Here, rest here.”

The stranger looked around anxiously, staying alert.

Well, I brought a creature that lived in the wild, so human spaces must feel unfamiliar.

Whether with people or animals, there was no method more effective for lowering their guard than sharing food.

‘Do birds like grains?’

I crumbled some bread into small pieces and placed it in front of the stranger.

“Here, try eating this. It’ll be delicious.”

The stranger looked at the breadcrumbs once, then at me once.

It was like a silent protest asking if I really expected it to eat such a thing.

This little thing, acting so arrogant for just a stranger.

Its feisty attitude is quite cute though.

So breadcrumbs aren’t good enough for you.

While pondering what to give it, I pulled out some jerky on a whim.

The stranger’s eyes sparkled.

“Do you like jerky?”

As if answering my question, the stranger’s gaze fixed on the jerky.

When I cut the jerky into small pieces and placed it in front of the stranger, it began pecking at it with its beak.

This little one is a carnivore.

After the stranger quickly devoured the jerky.

This time I ground up the medicinal herbs finely and placed them in front of the stranger.

The stranger just stared blankly at the herbs. It was a completely different reaction from the jerky.

“You can’t be a picky eater.”

I gathered the herbs and placed them close in front of the stranger.

“You need to eat this for your wing to heal. Don’t you want to get better quickly?”

The stranger blinked its eyes.

Then it began pecking at the herbs.

‘So cute!’

It definitely understands what I’m saying!

To be both cute and smart, this little one was surely destined to become my companion animal.

I picked up the stranger and rubbed it against my cheek.

“Aww, you adorable thing! You listen so well, and you’re so pretty!”

“Peep! Peeep! Peep!”

The stranger flapped one wing and resisted roughly.

Though it was just a pitiful and cute struggle.

“I should give you a name. What would be good?”

The stranger’s chest, heated with anger, rose and fell roughly.

“Hmm, let me see…”

I stared intently at the stranger’s eyes.

Looking at those blue eyes, they seemed like sapphires fallen on snow.

Suddenly, I thought of someone else with the same blue eyes.

“How about Zeze?”

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