Ch 240: Really? Now? wait! That means…

Ch 240: Really? Now? wait! That means...

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With the evening light at my back, I slowly approach the entrance to Melisa's house.

'Surely the stupid old man must be eavesdropping right now... What must he have thought when he saw me coming with Alessia and Delia?'

Despite how slowly I move, I eventually reach the front door.

I can see thanks to my interface that all three are inside the house, but what I'll find when I get inside....

'Come on, Emir! Don't be a coward; how bad can it be? At worst, Melisa convinced Alessia and Delia to leave you.... Yes... I'd better not pursue that line of thinking.'

Just as slowly as I moved towards the house, I put my hand on the door handle.

'At least they're not yelling at each other.... That's a good sign, isn't it?.... It's got to be good... Please, God. I never ask you for anything... Well, almost never... Couldn't you give me a little help? The repairs to the Solitary Temple are going to cost a pretty penny, you know... No, you'd better forget I mentioned that.'

No matter how desperate I might be, trying to blackmail God will surely backfire.

'I'm helping Delia in her sacred duty to help those in need! I helped her even more than your stupid templ.... Shit!'

Definitely, praying to God for help is not one of my strong points.

'The smart clone? No, it's not going to do me much good in this situation. Whatever the choice, they've already made it. Now I just have to figure out which one it is.'

As I turn the doorknob, I see that the front door is ajar, as if inviting the unwary to enter.

People who don't know how terrible the fury of its sole inhabitant can be.

When I finally enter the hall of the house, I see that Alessia, Delia, and Melisa are sitting on the sofa in the living room.

All three are looking directly at me, and the atmosphere between them seems like the tense calm before a storm.

'Ugh, the atmosphere feels so tense..... I guess Alessia's intentions didn't pan out.... Well, at least Melisa didn't kick them out of the house. That's something'

'- Haa... Alessia is right; who am I kidding? At my age, I shouldn't be so fussy.... No one in this city wants to be in a romantic relationship with me; Emir is my only option... And what an attractive option Emir is! That beautiful face, that athletic and strong body.'

Melisa's gaze is by far the most intense of the three. RêAd lateSt chapters at novelhall.com Only

She must be really angry about the fact that I left Alessia and Delia at her doorstep.

' - With that combination, Emir could conquer any woman, but he chose me! Even if our initial circumstances were... quite rare, he could have ignored me after that first night. However, he didn't... Besides, it's true that I hadn't noticed it until Delia mentioned it, but.... how could I not love him when he showed me sides of me that I didn't even know I had? When I think about what we did in that shady alley.... Haa... No. I can't risk losing him over this.'

As soon as I finish entering the house, Melisa's outline begins to faintly glow with a pinkish light.

'Or so I believe for the moment.... Hmm, how strange'

As I speak, I see that Melisa's full status now appears on my interface, as if she were in a group with us.

[Melisa] [Farmer Lvl 23]

[(Exibitionist Lvl 1)]

HP= 11 || MP=3

Agility=6 || Strength=8

Intelligence=18 || Luck=2

[Resistance]

Physical=0 || Magic=0

Poison=1 || Curse=0

'That altered state must be my fault....

She probably got it the last time we had sex. But I can't think about that for now...

I have to act fast so that none of my three girls notice anything weird...

Delia and Alessia know almost everything about my abilities to modify the status of the people in my party, but Melisa knows nothing, and she already seems to have more than enough to assimilate for one day.'

As expected for someone with only one available class, which on top of that is a non-combat-oriented class, her overall stats are unimpressive.

But unexpectedly, her Intelligence stat does look impressive.

'I guess that high Intelligence is what helped her succeed in life despite having only two points in Luck... Poor Melisa; she's almost as bad in Luck as I was before I started using my UI. She must have suffered a lot when she was younger.'

Luck is a misleading statistic in more ways than one.

First, unlike the other stats, its effects are not at all clear.

It is understood that the luckier you are, the more likely good things will happen to you.

But that definition is very ambiguous and unspecific.

Secondly, unlike the other stats, there is no way to train Luck.

Beyond the stat adjustments produced by classes, a person can exercise to increase his Strength or Agility, and study to increase his Intelligence.

The same goes for the rest of the other stats, but....

How do you train luck?

The answer is that you can't.

At least as far as I know.

'Anyway, I should not alter her Luck for now. Later on... we'll see... On the other hand, having so many points in intelligence, I guess she won't notice two less points'

Removing two points in Intelligence, I quickly add Harem member to Melisa's active classes.