Overpowered Reincarnation Perks! - Chapter 17.4
“Hmm……”
Dienes’ green eyes moved from my trembling eyes to my tightly closed mouth, then further down.
I could feel his gaze lingering on my chest. Due to the damp front, the contours of my chest were clearly visible.
Suddenly, I felt terrified.
Hadn’t the investigator sent from the castle and the soldier I met in the central palace all recited lines like third-rate villains while trying to grope my chest?
If the subordinates were just decent-looking perverts, there’s no guarantee that the commander isn’t a pervert too.
“I, I don’t like it.”
“What don’t you like?”
“Don’t stare so blatantly. My, my body……”
I forcibly raised my stiffened fingertips, which were barely moving, to cover my chest.
The reason I felt like seducing Callion was not only because of his beautiful appearance but fundamentally because he was a harmless man to me.
The reason I asked Arvan for a hug was because I judged that he was kind, friendly, and sensible enough to provide comfort.
No matter how beautiful, I wouldn’t want to get close to a dangerous man who might do something to me.
In fact, Dienes wasn’t even touching me, but the pressure this situation was putting on me was beyond imagination. My chin trembled.
“I, I really am not the culprit. I didn’t harm the lord. I don’t have any great or dangerous abilities either. Just, ugh……”
“Ju-in.”
Just as tears were about to come out, Dienes called my name.
I saw red lips at close range. An unfamiliar breath touched my skin along with a faint scent of wine. A sweet fruit scent and a bitter alcohol smell. And one more.
It was an inexplicably seductive fragrance.
Recognizing this, my mouth went dry, and my fingertips trembled.
“It can only be you.”
“Wh-what is?”
“The lord.”
The person who killed the lord? I’m telling you it wasn’t me!
“The master of the castle.”
The voice penetrating my ears made my whole body tingle. Even though he hadn’t touched me and just whispered closely, I felt my liver and gall chilling and the hair on my skin rising.
“You said you would protect the castle. Now that the lord is dead, you can become the new master of this castle.”
“I have no intention of becoming that. You’ve got the wrong person…!”
“My intuition is telling me.”
Dienes tilted his head as if looking into my eyes and slowly smiled. There was a snake there, seducing people and sucking in souls.
“It’s indeed you.”
My body started shaking violently. The sensation of my heart being torn made my breathing rapid. Even though he still hadn’t laid a finger on me, my face flushed and my heart pounded as if I was being strangled.
“And you must know too.”
“Kn-know what?”
“The reason you came here.”
The reason I came here isn’t it to meet Dienes and persuade him? To ensure the safety of my colleagues and stop the dangerous, suicidal act of the monster attraction operation.
“There’s always a clear reason why the body moves. It just takes time for the head to grasp it.”
The reason I came here.
The reason the body moves.
The reason I fell into this world.
The reason I was resurrected here.
I thought I didn’t know why the system sent me to this world. I had never encountered any movies, games, or novels similar to this world.
If it wasn’t just a coincidence that I was sent to this place that seemed to have no connection to me, there’s only one clue I can grasp.
My name. Seong Ju-in.
‘Master of the castle.’
Dienes’ intuition skill always captures the truth. If I, who doesn’t know the face or name of the lord, am connected to his death, there’s only one answer.
Someone related to me killed the lord.
If neither Callion nor Arvan is the culprit, there’s only one entity I can think of.
‘Could it be, the system…?’
This system has always pushed me in ways I never thought of.
If the reason the system sent me to this world was to make me protect the people here, there’s no more effective way than making me the master of this castle.
‘But can the system kill people?’
No one but me could see the system window. It did collapse the cave, but basically, the system didn’t harm others.
Isn’t it a system to save people? It doesn’t seem like it could directly harm someone.
But if not the system, then who?
“Ju-in.”
A cool baritone touched my ear. He hissed like a snake.
“Become the lord.”
“N-no. I can’t be the lord. My ability isn’t that strong. The safe zone I can create is narrow in range, and I don’t have anything like holy relics…”
“I can make you.”
“What?”
Dienes’ green eyes shone sharply. That’s when the system window appeared.
[Dienes] wants to use [Skill: Intensive Training] on you.
This skill can dramatically improve your abilities.
Do you agree to use this skill?
※ As it only takes effect in a party state, accepting will dissolve your existing party.
Dramatic improvement of abilities. And party dissolution. The system told me that I could check the hidden quest if I left the current party.
[Insight Result]
If you don’t accept [Dienes]’s offer, you won’t be able to complete the hidden quest.
If Dienes has an intuition skill, I have an insight skill. And this insight always produces the result I want.
In one way or another.
“I’ll educate you.”
An incredibly sweet sigh touched my nape.
“Ugh……”
Dienes still wasn’t touching me, but because of that, the breath on my skin felt even more vivid.
A slow, out-of-place breathing sound spread through the quiet underground garden. As his head slowly lowered, his long blonde hair flowed down over my shirt, soaked with red wine. It felt as if a poisonous fang had been driven into my heart, making me dizzy and about to scream.
I squeezed my eyes shut and shook my head.
“N-no…!”
“Did you say no?”
The man’s breath touched the end of my damp chest. Afraid that even the slightest movement would make our bodies touch, I stammered, barely able to breathe properly.
“My companions are waiting. I need to talk to them. I can’t decide alone here.”
“I didn’t think you were foolish enough not to make your own decisions.”
I know. If Arvan and Callion learn about the situation, they’ll obviously object. Saying I’ll go back and discuss it was tantamount to rejecting Dienes’ offer. Knowing this, I had no choice but to answer that way.
I’m too scared of this man.
“You said you’d let me go when the conversation was over. Please… release me.”
I know I should act confidently to attract his interest. I know that if I show such a fearful appearance, he might not listen to my request.
But the body is honest. I’m not skilled enough in acting to put on a brave face even when cornered.
“Dienes……”
As I called his name, whimpering, pleadingly, and surprisingly, Dienes’ face, which had been pressing me, moved away.
