I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 86

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 086

I removed the ingredients from the pot, then ladled out just the broth and meat onto a plate.

Then I handed Jerome the finished chicken dish with seasoning complete.

“Chicken soup?”

“Something like that. Please try it.”

Jerome lifted a spoonful of broth to his lips.

Indeed. I wondered if this chicken dish would suit Jerome’s taste as I watched.

Jerome paused after taking a sip of the broth.

“How does it taste?”

“….”

“Is it strange?”

Jerome slowly scooped up the broth again.

After taking another sip, he opened his mouth.

“It’s delicious. This is a flavor I’ve never tasted before.”

Phew, thank goodness.

I thought it didn’t suit his taste.

Jerome quickly emptied one bowl, as if the chicken dish really suited his palate.

I asked with sparkling eyes.

“Shall I give you another bowl?”

“Please.”

Jerome nodded and held out his bowl.

Wow, the chicken dish is a hit.

This feels surprisingly satisfying.

To think chicken dish would work even in another world – Korean food really is the best.

Intoxicated with national pride, I filled the empty bowl with food and handed it to Jerome.

This time too, Jerome quickly emptied the bowl.

After feeding him, color returned to Jerome’s face.

‘How satisfying. People really do live on the strength of rice.’

But he was only better than before. He still didn’t look like a completely healthy person.

After cleaning up the empty bowls, I said to Jerome.

“I have something to give you. Could you follow me for a moment?”

Perhaps because he had eaten a hearty meal, Jerome followed without complaint.

When I brought Jerome to the front of my room.

He just stood there blankly in front of the door.

“What are you doing instead of coming in?”

“…I cannot carelessly enter a lady’s room.”

I blinked my eyes.

Boys and girls should not sit together after age seven. Is it something like that?

Does Joseon’s Confucian ideology exist here too?

I waved my hand dismissively.

“Come on, I won’t eat you up, Duke!”

“That’s not the problem….”

If that’s not the problem.

Is he still feeling awkward about when I confessed before?

If that’s the case, there’s no need to worry.

I’ve switched to the Calliton route now.

I thought I should let Jerome know he doesn’t need to feel sorry or uncomfortable about that incident.

“Um, I sorted out my feelings for you long ago, Duke.”

“….”

Jerome stared at me silently.

As I expected, he was definitely concerned about that incident.

“So Duke, please don’t worry about me and come in.”

“….”

Still, Jerome just stood there quietly.

Since he showed no signs of entering, I had no choice but to grab Jerome’s arm and pull him into the room.

Fortunately, he came in without much resistance.

I seated him in an appropriate spot, then rummaged through my desk drawer.

‘Let me see, the recovery potion Calliton gave me should be somewhere here.’

Why can’t I find it?

I really had pure intentions of giving him a recovery potion, but this makes me look like someone who brought him to my room with other motives.

Feeling embarrassed, I muttered for no reason.

“It should definitely be here….”

“Haah….”

At the sudden sound of a sigh, I turned around to see Jerome with his head down, breathing heavily.

I put aside searching for the potion and sat next to Jerome.

“Duke.”

“….”

Jerome with his head down showed no reaction at all.

‘As I thought… this is a sickness of the heart.’

The person he had been searching for so long was as good as dead. How heartbroken he must be.

Looking at him with pitying eyes, I carefully parted my lips.

“…I understand your feelings, Duke. No, actually, how could I possibly fathom your heart?”

“….”

Yes, I know you’re having a hard time.

You can’t help but have a hard time.

“But I do know why you’re like this, Duke.”

I carefully placed my hand on the back of Jerome’s hand.

His usually cold hand was radiating heat.

“But you know, would that person want you to be struggling like this?”

I continued speaking while gently patting the back of his hand.

“The person you were searching for would also want you to be doing well, Duke. So….”

Just as I was about to say eat well and pull yourself together.

Jerome leaned his head against my shoulder as if collapsing.

“…!”

Flustered by Jerome’s sudden physical contact, my body stiffened.

Was Jerome always the type to rely on others?

He wasn’t. So this behavior was unlike him.

While I thought it was unexpected, I also wondered how difficult things must be for him to lean on someone like this.

‘Right. When things are too difficult, relying on other people is also a method.’

I carefully stroked the back of his head.

“So don’t overwork yourself too much.”

“….”

Meanwhile, Jerome’s breath kept touching my skin, making it strangely ticklish.

And Jerome’s forehead touching my shoulder was hotter than expected.

‘Why is his body temperature so high? Don’t tell me he caught a cold or something?’

With a worried heart, I called out to Jerome.

“Duke, wait a moment. I think we should check your temperature….”

Then, Jerome’s body tilted forward.

“…!”

I barely caught Jerome as he was about to collapse to the floor, and I realized something was wrong with his condition.

Jerome’s body was like a ball of fire.

His breathing was rough, and he was breaking out in cold sweat.

“Duke, are you alright?”

“….”

Jerome looked so bad that he didn’t even seem to have the energy to respond to my words.

“What should I do…!”

Since Lowell hadn’t arrived yet, there was no one at the Tower of the Moon to help.

The moment I grabbed his arm to support Jerome.

He flinched and pushed me away.

“Haa, wait… don’t touch me….”

His eyes, burning with heat, were half-unfocused and he looked like he might collapse at any moment.

I put Jerome’s arm around my shoulder.

“I’ll help you lie down on the bed. Just bear with it a little.”

I started moving him toward the bed.

But moving a weakened grown man by myself wasn’t an easy task.

Even though he had lost weight compared to before, Jerome still had a bigger build than ordinary men.

Even as I moved him step by step toward the bed, his breathing became rougher.

‘Phew, we’re almost there.’

When we reached our destination, as I tried to lay Jerome down on the bed, I was pulled by his weight and tumbled onto the bed with him.

“Ah…!”

To make matters worse, I ended up pinned beneath Jerome’s body.

“Hup!”

Jerome’s body was hotter and heavier than I had expected.

Being pressed down by his solid frame made me feel like I was running out of breath.

I tapped Jerome’s shoulder.

“Um, Duke. You’re too heavy, so could you move aside for a moment?”

“Haa….”

Jerome turned his head toward my nape as if tossing and turning.

Hot, low breaths wrapped around my ear. The raw sound of his breathing and the breath itself gave me a strange tickling sensation, making my body flinch.

But after taking a deep breath and exhaling, I called out to Jerome again.

“Duke?”

He hadn’t completely lost consciousness, as Jerome slowly raised his upper body.

When I found myself trapped between Jerome’s arms, our eyes met.

“…!”

The eyes I met weren’t the Jerome I usually knew.

His blue eyes, which were always like a coldly frozen lake, were now boiling with heat.

It was a heat that seemed to bubble up from deep within, as if yearning for something.

“Huu….”

He let out a deep breath.

His gaze slowly traced down my face.

Eyes, eyebrows, cheeks, bridge of the nose….

Wherever his gaze passed, it felt like hot heat was spreading.

When his gaze finally reached my lips, my face felt like it would burst with heat.

Just as I barely parted my lips to call out to him.

“Du….”

Jerome’s fingertips touched my lips.

Even just his fingertips spread burning heat, making it feel like all my senses were rushing to my lips.

As his fingertips brushed and touched my lips, the smoldering heat rising through my entire body made me want to cross my legs.

I didn’t have the luxury to think about why he was acting this way. As time passed, my mind gradually became blank white.

Jerome’s hot palm cupped my cheek.

He pressed my lips gently with his thumb, then caressed them persistently as if teasing.

As I was being touched wherever his hands reached, I stared at his lips.

Jerome’s lips, reddened with blood rushing through his entire body, were infinitely sensual.

The moment I raised my gaze a little higher.

I held my breath.

“Gasp…!”

Eyes filled with deep heat were looking at me as if they would devour me at any moment.

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