I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 91

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 091

“The captain is not here.”

Theodor isn’t here? What does that mean?

Does it mean he was transferred to another region?

Or maybe…

Suddenly, the color drained from my face.

‘Don’t tell me he quit being a knight?’

Theodor’s affection level was 60 points, which wasn’t a small score.

It was ambiguous to say I had rejected him, but I wondered if he had fallen into despair and quit being a knight.

I asked the knight in an urgent voice.

“D-did Lord Blair perhaps quit his position as a knight?”

“Huh?”

He looked at me with an expression that said ‘what are you talking about?’

“Captain Blair went on vacation. Knights can’t quit unless they’re excommunicated.”

Ah.

He was away because of vacation.

He should have said that from the beginning instead of confusing people!

Thinking he quit his knighthood because of me was just my overactive self-consciousness.

Still, I was relieved that nothing seemed to have happened to Theodor.

I patted my chest in relief and asked.

“When will Lord Blair return?”

“I don’t know the details. I know he took quite a long vacation. What business do you have with the captain?”

“I have something to return to Lord Blair.”

“If it’s something important, wouldn’t it be better to return it directly?”

He seemed to know where Theodor was.

“Do you know where Lord Blair went for his vacation?”

“If it’s where the captain is, it’s obvious. You can go to the orphanage.”

“The orphanage…”

“Redeemer Orphanage. There’s only one orphanage in the Imperial City.”

I was already thinking of investigating the Empire’s orphanage to find out Aisha’s identity.

Aisha said she was an orphan, and the setting was that Brion brought Aisha. So Aisha must have been born at an orphanage.

But Theodor is at the orphanage.

It might be good that I can solve two things at once.

“The captain spends time at Redeemer Orphanage every vacation. If you go to the orphanage, you’ll be able to meet the captain.”

“Thank you for letting me know.”

After greeting the knight, I went to find Redeemer Orphanage.

The orphanage was located not far from the temple.

I could see a modest yard with beige-toned walls and low roofs connected together.

Children were playing with wooden toys in the yard, and laundry was hanging here and there.

Then, I heard the sound of chopping wood from somewhere.

When I turned my head toward the sound, I saw Theodor in one corner of the orphanage, chopping wood with an axe while shirtless.

His muscular body, sweating from chopping wood, had countless scars.

‘What’s this? Are these scars from combat?’

Knights often participate in battles, so it made sense that such wounds would remain.

Then, my eyes met with Theodor’s.

He paused while chopping wood.

“Aisha…?”

Theodor stared at me blankly, then put down the axe in his hand.

After roughly wiping the sweat from his body with a towel, he put on the shirt he had taken off and approached awkwardly.

“…What brings you here?”

His appearance after a long time looked as healthy as before.

However, rather than his previous cheerful atmosphere, there was a somewhat stiff and awkward atmosphere.

“I have business at the orphanage, and I also have something to return to Lord Blair.”

I also became awkward, but I pretended to be nonchalant as much as possible and took out 【Sword Demon Chronicles】.

“This. I read it well.”

“Ah…”

He received 【Sword Demon Chronicles】 and continued in a distant voice.

“…How was it? Did you enjoy reading it?”

“Honestly, I thought it was a common romance novel.”

At my review, Theodor gulped with a tense expression.

“At first, the female lead seemed frustrating because she was just swept along by her surroundings.”

“Mm-hmm.”

“But as it went on, I could see why she had no choice but to be that way.”

Theodor seemed to hold his breath as he focused on my review.

“I liked how the female lead changed as she faced her own wounds. I liked how she tried to solve problems with her own strength, and I liked how she started opening her heart to the male lead.”

“Right? This work’s core is the female lead’s growth narrative and trust with the male lead.”

Theodor’s eyes sparkled as he continued.

“Only when you can accept yourself can you truly accept others as they are. I think this work expressed that well.”

His face became quite serious as he gave his review.

“But there are people who don’t understand this. They just think the male lead changed the female lead, you know?”

“Huh? There are people who interpret it that way?”

Theodor sighed.

“Yeah, there are.”

“The female lead didn’t change because she relied on the male lead, but because she decided to change herself.”

“Of course!”

“Isn’t viewing this simply as ‘the male lead changed her’ too one-dimensional an interpretation?”

“That’s exactly what I’m saying!”

Theodor put the back of his hand to his forehead with an expression like ten years of frustration had been relieved.

“To finally meet someone who understands this! I think I could die without regrets now.”

At that sight, I chuckled.

“What if you die over something like that? You should at least live until you see the side stories.”

“Right. I have to see the side stories! I don’t know what the author is doing without releasing the side stories.”

“Go find them and tell them to stop resting and write.”

“Seriously. If I knew their address, I would have visited ten times.”

We looked at each other and giggled.

It felt like I was experiencing Theodor’s familiar comfort for the first time in a while.

This made me feel like we had returned to our previous relationship.

The laughter we shared while looking at each other gradually died down.

Once again, an awkward silence fell between us.

“…”

“…”

Theodor fixed his emerald eyes on me with a faint smile on his lips.

Then he spoke in a soft, gentle voice.

“I missed you.”

I couldn’t give any answer.

I just pressed my lips together tightly under the guilt and regret that weighed heavily on my heart.

Theodor chuckled lightly and changed the subject.

“What business brought you to the orphanage?”

“…I wanted to look up some resident records.”

“Orphanage records?”

“I have something I need to look into personally.”

Theodor seemed to contemplate for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Follow me. I’ll help you find the records.”

Theodor led me toward the orphanage records room.

As I followed him, two children came running from the opposite direction.

“Theodor!”

The two little ones clung to both of Theodor’s arms.

“Theodor, play ball with me!”

“No, Theodor is going to play house with me!”

A squabble broke out over Theodor.

“Theodor is going to play with me.”

“No he’s not! He’s going to play with me!”

“Elvin, Sophia. Didn’t I tell you it’s dangerous when I run?”

Theodor seemed accustomed to this situation as he patted the children’s heads.

“A guest has come right now, so I’ll play with you later. Until then, you two need to play nicely without fighting, okay?”

“Okay!”

“Yes!”

After answering energetically, the two children ran back down the corridor.

“I told you not to run!”

Theodor watched the children’s retreating figures and chuckled as if he couldn’t help them.

Glancing at him, I struck up a conversation.

“You must come to the orphanage often.”

“Yeah. I usually come once a week.”

He comes once a week normally. And he’s even spending his vacation here.

“Seeing how often you come, you must really like children.”

“I do like them. They’re cute.”

Theodor continued speaking as he walked down the corridor.

“I also have precious memories here.”

“What kind of memories?”

Theodor answered my question playfully.

“Memories with my first love, I suppose.”

Maybe their eyes met while volunteering together.

When men and women work in the same place, they could end up falling for each other.

I thought it was a perfectly understandable story.

‘But didn’t Theodor say his first love died?’

When we were shopping at the clothing store, Theodor had definitely said that.

‘Maybe he’s volunteering while longing for his dead past love.’

Suddenly Theodor seems pitiful.

I even feel sorry for teasing him about his first love before.

I walked following Theodor while inwardly atoning for my past misdeeds.

As I slowly toured the orphanage while walking, I carefully spoke to Theodor.

“…You have a lot of scars on your body.”

“Huh? Oh, those…”

Theodor looked embarrassed as he adjusted his shirt collar.

“I guess they’re wounds from combat.”

“They’re not from back then. They’re scars from when I was young.”

When he was young?

Did he have an accident or something?

But they didn’t look like burn marks, and there were many small scars.

While I was puzzled, we arrived at the records room.

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