I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 80

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 080

Stranger, who had somewhat calmed his breathing, looked up at me.

“There’s someone who has the exact same eyes as you. I took the first letter of that person’s name. How is it?”

Stranger still stared at me silently.

I couldn’t tell if he liked it or not. I couldn’t read his expression.

I flopped down next to Stranger.

“Well, anyway, your name is Jeje.”

Suddenly my heart felt heavy. I sighed and turned my body toward Jeje.

“Jeje. I’m currently doing well with someone. He’s handsome and has a good body. He’s reliable, rich, and even kind.”

I knew it was pointless. But if I didn’t pour out my heart like this, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to sleep from the stuffiness.

“But I’m not happy about it. Why is that?”

As if listening intently to my words.

Jeje quietly stared into my eyes.

I let out a small laugh as I quietly met Jeje’s gaze.

“Really, me. Getting relationship advice from a bird.”

Having too many useless thoughts makes me do all sorts of things.

“Let’s just sleep!”

I took off my outer clothes to go to bed.

When I was in my underwear.

“Chirp!”

Jeje jumped up from that spot.

Then he scurried to the edge of the tent.

“Jeje, what’s wrong?”

When I approached Jeje, Jeje turned his back to me.

Since Stranger is a small and fragile animal.

I thought my movements might seem threatening.

“Jeje, will you come here?”

Jeje still didn’t budge with his back turned.

At this rate he’ll freeze to death in this cold. I can’t just leave him like that.

I had no choice but to catch Jeje with my hand.

“Chirp! Chirr! Chirp chirp!”

Jeje began his pitiful resistance again.

“I won’t hurt you! Good boy, Jeje!”

“Chirr, chirr!”

I cupped Jeje in my hands.

No matter how much you struggle, you’re just a Stranger.

After a while.

Jeje must have judged that escaping from my hands was impossible, as he quietly panted in my hands.

I pulled Jeje close to my chest.

I saw Jeje flinch for a moment, but I didn’t mind.

“I don’t move in my sleep. I sleep without moving at all, so I won’t crush you to death.”

“….”

I carefully stroked Jeje, who had become much more docile.

“Good night, Jeje. See you tomorrow morning.”

I pressed my lips to Jeje’s head.

The soft and warm sensation made my sunken mood feel a little more comfortable.

I felt like I could sleep peacefully tonight.

I spoke while stroking Jeje’s head.

“Jeje, now you’re going to become family with me.”

“Chirr, chirr!”

Jeje also flapped his wings as if agreeing with my words.

At some point, Jeje’s body grew as large as a human body.

“Jeje, since when did you get this big?”

“Chirp chirp!”

My eyes sparkled. Now that he’s bigger, he’s cute in proportion to his size?!

“You little rascal! Look how cute you are!”

I hugged Jeje tightly and rubbed his belly vigorously.

But for some reason. Under Jeje’s soft fur, I felt bumpy muscles.

“Huh? Jeje, when did you build muscles?”

As I was rubbing Jeje’s belly with a puzzled feeling.

My eyes snapped open.

I could see the tent ceiling.

Morning sunlight leaked through the tent fabric.

‘It was a dream.’

After yawning loudly, I lowered my gaze.

“I had such a strange dream. Jeje, did you sleep well….”

My body stiffened.

Jeje, who I had slept holding in my arms, was nowhere to be seen.

“Jeje, where are you Jeje?!”

I bolted upright and fumbled around the tent looking for Jeje.

‘Don’t tell me…!’

Did I unknowingly crush Jeje during the night?!

The color drained from my face.

“Jeje, Jeje…!”

I searched every corner of the tent, but not even a single feather of Jeje was visible.

‘…At least he’s not in this tent.’

Did he go outside the tent during the night?

That would be fortunate, but with those injured wings, it would be hard to survive in the wild.

With a sense of mission to find Jeje somehow, I rushed out of the tent.

“Jeje, where are you Jeje!”

I ran around the base camp, passing by expedition members preparing breakfast.

But Jeje was still nowhere to be seen.

‘Where on earth did he go…!’

Don’t tell me he was eaten by a snake?

My heart became urgent at the worst assumption. As I was about to look around the base camp again, I saw Jerome standing in front of the bushes holding something.

It was the corpse of a headless snake.

‘It looks similar to the snake I saw yesterday….’

The pattern and the size too.

It was similar to the snake that tried to eat Jeje yesterday.

I unconsciously stopped and examined the snake, then made eye contact with Jerome.

I greeted him awkwardly.

“Oh, hello. Duke.”

Jerome flinched, then avoided my gaze.

He cleared his throat and threw the snake corpse into the bushes.

Then he lightly bowed his head in response to my greeting.

“…Good morning, Vivian Angus.”

It seemed like Jerome’s nape had turned red, but maybe it was just my imagination.

That’s not what’s important right now.

I asked Jerome carefully with a face full of worry.

“Um… have you perhaps seen a bird? It’s a white stranger with blue eyes, and it can’t use one of its wings because it’s injured.”

“….”

He remained silent for a moment before opening his mouth.

“I saw it.”

“Really?!”

I looked at Jerome with sparkling eyes.

He still avoided my gaze and stretched out his hand to point toward one side of the forest.

“Early this morning, it came out of Vivian Angus’s tent and flew in that direction. Seeing how well it flew, its injured wing seems to have healed.”

“Ah….”

It left.

If I had known this would happen, I should have used a mind control skill to prevent it from leaving.

But since it already left, there’s nothing I can do about it.

I answered dejectedly.

“Thank you for letting me know….”

Jerome glanced at me.

I felt like I should explain the situation for him since he wouldn’t know what was going on.

“Ah, I found it injured yesterday and took care of it, but it disappeared while I was sleeping.”

“…Are you disappointed?”

“Well, it would be a lie to say I’m not.”

I clenched my fists and spoke in a cheerful voice.

“But it’s a good thing! Since its wing healed, it was worth feeding it jerky and herbs generously last night!”

Then, like someone with bipolar disorder, I muttered dejectedly.

“Still, being alone must be happier than staying by my side….”

“Rather than leaving because it’s happy to be alone….”

Jerome continued carefully.

“It probably left because being alone is what it’s used to.”

I looked at him at his meaningful words.

“…What do you mean by that?”

“Some beings have spent so much time alone that they easily become confused by the warmth of others.”

He shifted his gaze and stared at me.

“So it ran away. Because Vivian Angus is a warm person.”

It seemed like quite an extreme interpretation over just one stranger.

But somehow those words were comforting.

So my heart fluttered a little.

Feeling embarrassed by his praise for no reason, I lowered my head deeply.

“How is your arm?”

“There’s no difference from yesterday.”

“Since you can’t use one arm, it must be inconvenient….”

“It’s manageable enough.”

The awkward atmosphere between us seemed to have eased a little.

Then, remembering something I needed to say to Jerome, I raised my head.

“Um, thank you for saving me.”

Jerome looked at me.

“The Duke saved me when I was about to be bitten by the Brocksh. And because of that, you were bitten by the Brocksh instead of me.”

If it hadn’t been for Jerome, Jerome’s current state would have been mine.

I needed to say thank you, but there hadn’t been a chance to tell him.

And anyway, it seems like we’ll keep running into each other.

There was no need to remain distant with Jerome just because he wasn’t a conquest target.

“I’ll help with whatever I can until the Duke recovers.”

Jerome looked at me quietly before opening his mouth.

“It’s not something Vivian Angus needs to worry about, so I’ll gratefully accept just the sentiment. And….”

He paused for a moment before continuing.

“Anyone would have acted the same way I did in that situation.”

Does he think I’m mistaking Jerome’s kindness for romantic interest?

I hurried to clarify.

“Ah, I didn’t put much meaning into it either. You saved me like you would help anyone else. I understand, so you don’t need to feel burdened.”

“What I meant was….”

Just as Jerome was about to continue speaking.

The surroundings suddenly became noisy.

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