CH 13

Chapter Title: The training begins

When I returned from gathering herbs, Serena was just preparing lunch

I gave her some bluemary and she said 「This much in that short amount of time……?」, while being very surprised.

For the next moments, I watched Serena from behind without doing anything as she was cooking.

Her body was well-proportioned and slender, because she was an elf living in the forest. However, when you look at Serena as a whole, you can see the soft silhouette of a woman, and you realize that she is an attractive being.

I wonder if this is due to her [Charm] status.

I was thinking about this when….

「Eh, Elt?」

Serena turned and spoke to me.

「What’s wrong?」

I’m not sure why Serena’s ears are red. You can clearly see the color of her ears as they are pointy as a characteristic of her race.

「I’m embarrassed if you look at me that closely.」

She looks down and says that in an awkward manner.

「I’m sorry. I was just curious.」

I apologized, and briefly told her why I was watching her.

「H, hmmm, I see……」

She averted her gaze. But she didn’t seem to mind.

The more I observed, the more I could see what she was capable of. I looked at Serena to find out.

If I stare at her too much, she will to be bothered by it, so I decide to use my analytical eye.

「……Nn?」

The moment I used it, Serena tilted her head. However, she immediately went back to cooking.

It seemed that just like me, she has the ability to feel uncomfortable the moment it’s set up.

(Now, what’s Serena’s charm?)

I quickly took a peek at the results and…

First name: Serena

Title: Elf, Spirit Master

Level: 250

Constitution: 260

Magic: 401

Strength: 255

Agility: 450

Defense: 300

Charm: 1000

Skill: Cooking Lv5, Spirit Use (5/5)

I see. If my status will be 1,000 I’ll meet the conditions to see spirits. I’ll adust the status later when I think about it.

「But……」

What caught my attention was her overall status. It was much lower than the eyeball monster I had just defeated. Would she be able to escape if she encountered it?

「Serena」

「What’s wrong Elt?　You have such a serious look on your face.」

「From now on, when you want to go out, you’ll go with me.」

「Eh, if that’s what Elt wants, I’m fine with it…..」

He said this out of concern for her safety, but for some reason she blushed.

After that, I was in a good mood and watched Serena cooking, but Yomi and Phil arrived at the table, so I had a conversation with them.

「Ha! Ha!」

He swung down his divine sword, Bormunku, with great enthusiasm.

「Good. You’ve mastered the kata I taught you.」

A few days had passed since then, and I had eaten the rainbow fruit and adjusted my charm status to 1000.

「When handling a sword, always be aware of your swing speed and range. Knowing these two things will prevent you from overreacting to your enemy.」

I keep looking at him, intently listening to Phil’s words.

「Alright. I’ll try to be aware of it.」

As I said this, I kept my eyes on Phil. The reason is that the spirit vision is opened by seeing many spirits.

Phil’s charm status is as high as 1500. Yomi’s was 2000.

The higher the spirit user, the more spirits will gather, so observing Phil and Yomi should save time.

At the moment, Phil is teaching me how to use a sword while I’m trying to open my eyes to spirit vision.

I’d like to get out of this lost forest as soon as possible, but I need to make some preparations.

「But then again, I didn’t expect to see the Blood Eye be so close… If it hadn’t been for Elt, someone would have been hurt.」

I told Yomi and Phil about my encounter with the monster the other day.

From the fact that they were both surprised, it seems that the encounter with the monster was an unusual situation.

It would be dangerous for Serena to go out alone, so I told them that I would be her escort, and they asked me to do it. The important thing was that Serena looked unhappy for some reason, but…….

Maybe she thought I was unreliable. So I will have to train more.

「In the first place, the Bloody Ogre’s habitat is originally further north in the forest. Lately, the monsters in the Lost Forest seem to be moving strangely.」

The North Forest is the area where the Evil God’s castle was located. Could it be the after-effect because I’ve defeated the Evil God?

I think about it, but I don’t feel like I can explain why, so I decide to keep quiet.

「We’ll have to tighten up security in the village and see what happens. If it’s all right with you, I’ll lend a hand, so don’t hesitate to ask.」

The elves in the village were friendly to me. I was willing to do whatever I could to protect them.

「You’re really too good to be a human being, aren’t you?」

Phil smiles at me…

「But that’s not what this is about. My sister won’t do it, okay?」

He glared at me, saying something I didn’t quite understand why.