I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 37

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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It was when I had literally crushed the golden knight in the sparring match, and Lizé and Claudia were sitting in the shade, openly mocking him as he sat dejected in a corner of the training grounds.

“Oh, Erica? Why are you back so soonㅡ Who’s that beside you? And why are her eyes covered?”

Erica had returned from the city patrol with Iris. Moreover, she had brought back an unfamiliar, shabby-looking girl with her.

Not only was it still a long time before they were supposed to return from the patrol, but Iris, who had left together with Erica, was nowhere to be seen, and Erica had suddenly brought back a girl we had never seen before, so we stared at Erica with puzzled eyes.

The girl was wrapped in rags that were no better than clothes. Her shins exposed beneath were covered in dirt, and even her face was wrapped in cloth, barely revealing a part of her lower face.

‘Wow, she’s pretty even like that.’

But as expected of a woman in a world smeared with mods, despite being covered in dirt from head to toe, wrapped in rags, and barely revealing her lower face, her beauty was evident just from her nose, mouth, and jawline.

The men of this world had their common sense altered, so they didn’t even pay attention to women wearing such eye-catching appearances and extremely revealing clothes.

“I didn’t cover it. This child considerately did it for us.”

Erica was carefully leading the girl step by step, holding her hand. The girl obediently followed Erica’s lead, placing her feet one by one.

“And there was a reason for bringing her to the knighthood. For now, since she said she hasn’t eaten anything for days, I’m going to feed her some bread and soup first.”

“There was a reason? She hasn’t eaten anything for days? What does that even mean?”

“I’ll explain later. For now, I’ll take this child to the dining hall first. Or you can ask Iris when she returns soon.”

The two of them soon disappeared inside the castle. Lizé, Claudia, and I looked at each other with confusion, wondering what on earth had happened outside.

Of course, looking at each other wouldn’t provide an answer.

“Has anyone ever brought someone to the knighthood like this before?”

“No. Never. Now that we’ve confirmed the magic cast on the castle is safe, it doesn’t matter, but in the past, we thought eating this for a long time might kill us. How could we feed others something we were anxious about ourselves?”

“We were busy covering ourselves, so we had no time to take care of others. Now that you, the newbie, killed that pig, we can finally breathe, but before that, it was really tough.”

Claudia clicked her tongue, as if just thinking about it annoyed her. Well, considering that bastard’s personality had become much worse than in the game, I could roughly imagine how much they had suffered under him.

“Thinking about how you killed that pig, I find our newbie admirable again. What do you think, newbie? Should I hug you again? Erica pulled me away too quickly last time, so we couldn’t do it for long. Hmm?”

Lizé smiled her signature smile and spread her arms. Between her arms, her huge breasts wrapped in a thin sleeveless top jiggled temptingly. I averted my eyes slightly. Seeing my reaction, Lizé laughed.

“Getting shy now. If you want a hug, you can tell me anytime, anywhere. Ah, and in case you forgot, let me remind you that my offer to grant you one wish is still valid. I really mean anything is possible. You can ask for anything.”

“Even after Erica nagged you so much to maintain some decorum, you still can’t let it go?”

“So, you don’t like it?”

“……”

I shut my mouth, and Lizé poked my cheek with her finger, smiling as usual. Claudia watched us with an inexplicably satisfied expression.

I couldn’t flatly refuse because it was true. Don’t like it? How could that be? Unless you were homosexual, what man in this world would dislike such physical contact?

Moreover, Lizé had realized that I didn’t flatly refuse and definitely reacted to her body, so she was approaching me more and more boldly.

I thought some incident would occur soon. Whether I initiated it or Lizé did.

‘…Now that the story has already started to get tangled, it might not matter.’

Ever since the knight commander of the Golden Dusk Knights came to monitor me, such thoughts kept popping up, further shaking my already wavering self-control.

The biggest reason I had been forcibly pushing away Lizé’s physical contact until now was because I didn’t want to twist the story, but now that one thing had already gone wrong, I thought it might be a meaningless action.

I’m not an idiot either. I had long noticed that Lizé had more than just feelings of a fellow knight towards me. Come to think of it, it had been like that since our first sparring match.

Now that I had dealt with the lord and done many things, I could roughly understand, but when I first saw her, I still wondered why she acted that way.

“Let’s stop teasing our newbie here. So, are we going to wait until Iris comes?”

“Of course not.”

Claudia and Lizé exchanged glances. Before I could say anything after seeing that, they each grabbed one of my arms and dragged me into the castle.

It was only after arriving at the dining hall that I realized where I was being dragged to.

I wish they had told me in advance.

Three days had passed since Erica brought the unknown girl to the castle.

The girl explained everything about herself. From the fact that her name was “Inerma” to how she lost her pupils.

‘I don’t think there was an NPC like that…’

No matter how much I traced my memories, nothing particularly came to mind.

No matter how much the appearance changed due to mods, the essence didn’t change. Just as Lizé still used ice and twin daggers as her main weapons, even though her personality was 180 degrees different from the original.

In other words, it meant that she was either not a particularly important NPC or a person who didn’t appear in the game at all.

“Good work on the sparring! Here, a towel to wipe your sweat!”

In the end, revealing Inerma’s identity was glossed over. Instead, at her strong request, she took charge of the castle’s chores. The reason was that she wanted to repay the favor she had received.

In fact, there weren’t many chores to do. Thanks to the restoration magic cast on the castle, there was no need to clean the castle at all, and it was just a matter of lightly organizing the storage room where things were kept.

At most, all Inerma did was bring water or a towel right after we finished sparring. Seeing her moving around on her own despite clearly being blind was quite amazing.

According to her, on the first day, with Iris’s help, she had memorized the entire internal structure of the castle. She had an extraordinary mind.

And there was one more piece of good news.

“It’s an order from Her Majesty. I shall return now.”

The golden knight who had been persistently following me said he had received an order from the emperor and returned after only five days. The exact reason was unknown, but anyway, there was nothing bad about him leaving early on his own.

Thanks to that, I was able to use the ability confirmation orb again after a long time.

[Stats]

[Level] 16

[Health] 1

[Mana] 1

[Faith] 1

[Stamina] 1

[Proficiency] 1

[Strength] 1

[Magic Power] 7

[Divine Power] 10

[Endurance] 1

I chose to invest all my stat points in Magic Power. It was because Magic Power, along with Divine Power, was a very important stat for utilizing buffs.

When you invest in Magic Power, not only does the damage of offensive magic increase, but also the increase value of all buffs goes up. Divine Power increases the duration of buffs, and Magic Power increases the increase value of buffs.

This was also something that had very good early investment efficiency, just like Divine Power, so raising it to 10 would show an increase of close to 1.2 times.

If the attack power buff of the Blood-Stained Sword was maximized at 49.5%, it would increase to almost 60%. Even a 10% difference was by no means a negligible value.

‘I need to reveal the fact that my stats have increased. I just can’t find the right timing.’

With that thought in mind, I took my hand off the ability confirmation orb. The blue light source faded, and darkness settled around.

I had already prepared all the excuses in advance. It wasn’t something I could hide forever. It was just that a suitable opportunity hadn’t presented itself, so I kept putting it off day after day.

I walked out carefully while examining my surroundings. I had deliberately chosen a late hour, but if someone asked me what I was doing here, I would have to give an answer close to an excuse.

“Mr. Newbie Knight?”

‘Oh my god.’

Startled by the voice calling me from behind, I turned around.

It was Inerma.

I was now used to the fact that the blind Inerma recognized me. She said that in place of her eyes not working, her other senses were very developed, so she could roughly identify who it was just by the sound of their footsteps.

Iris had been interested in that ability.

“You’re not sleeping at this hour?”

“That’s my line. What are you doing here without sleeping at this hour?”

“I couldn’t sleep either.”

“You couldn’t sleep? Why?”

“I was thinking about whether it’s okay for me to be so comfortable here. Now that my body is comfortable, other thoughts keep coming to mind. There’s not much to do here, but I get three meals a day without fail, and at night, I can sleep with my arms and legs stretched out…”

It wasn’t something I could console her about, so silence lingered between us for a while. What could I do about her feeling uncomfortable?

In the end, unable to bear the atmosphere, I forcibly said good night and was about to head to my room, but Inerma carefully called out to me.

“Um… Mr. Newbie Knight.”

“…?”

“If you don’t mind… Would you like to take a walk together at night?”

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