“Sigh.”
I stopped breathing out of fear. His features came into view clearly as I was accustomed to the darkness. Thanks to that, I saw it. His expression, which had been indifferent, became ironically distorted.
“Phew.”
“…?”
“Kkkkkkkkkk! Sigh! Hahaha. Ah.”
He almost burst out laughing, but then looked around and suppressed his laughter. He immediately shook his head and gently lifted my skirt again.
“Bye, pervert!”
“Uh huh.”
When my hand stopped him, he threatened me again as if he was scolding me. I suddenly took my hand away from him.
“This friend is purely trying to heal your wounds. What kind of naughty thoughts were you thinking?”
“…yes?”
When he lifted my skirt, my toned legs were exposed. A piece of flesh had already fallen off his knee, and there were several torn wounds from tree branches. The man’s green eyes were fixed on my wound. Soon he brought his hand close to the wound.
“…!”
Soon, a clear and soft light like a firefly erupted. A mysterious light that looked at first glance like emerald or jade gently flowed from his palm.
“Ah…”
The sacred energy flowing down his hand felt warm and tickling every time it touched the wound. My body, which was bitterly cold, quickly regained its own body temperature. His hand moved thoughtfully over my leg. When I looked at the place where his hand had passed, the torn skin had recovered as if it had never happened before. The last place his hand came to rest was on the ankle he had sprained just moments ago.
“…!”
For a moment, I instinctively suppressed the urge to moan. He was so perceptive that he comforted me with a soft voice without even looking in my direction.
“Hold on. You should have been careful like that.”
Unlike the slightly open wounds, my sprained ankle throbbed as soon as his hand touched it. But even for a moment. By the time the bright light coming from the man’s palm faded, the pain had completely disappeared.
“Wow. Is it possible to do something like this?”
I expressed my sincere admiration. The man shrugged his shoulders smugly.
“It’s no big deal.”
Fantasy world… It’s really the best, isn’t it? Not only was my wound healed, but my legs were strong enough to walk back and forth around the backyard. I jumped up.
“It’s light! Oh my god!”
I jumped up and down in place. The feeling of having heavy weights on my feet just a moment ago had completely disappeared. Excited, I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck to keep my jacket from falling off.
“Ella? No way now-”
“Just a little bit!”
As soon as I said those words, I started running.
“Ella! Wait! You’re hurt!”
Lately, the man got up and shouted softly, but I was already far away from his hand.
A vast field, a clear sky where you can look up. I run through them without any trouble.
‘This is what running is like!’
Above all, it was on a different level from running before. The body was much lighter and agile. All I could do was keep my sickly body from stumbling around, but at least fallen tree branches and potholes in the ground didn’t bother me.
‘Why is it so light? Why so fast?’
When I stopped walking and saw the man walking a long way away, I remembered the golden key reward I had received a little while ago.
‘Agility +5…!’
No way!
“Roella.”
I did as the system told me to do and called my name into the air. Then, the screen that the system showed a moment ago appeared before my eyes.
[Roella Clemend
Strength: 5
Agility: 15 (+5)
Stamina: 10
Horsepower: 10
Charisma: 2]
This is it! This is why my body was light! I was excited. You don’t just get a healthy body, you get a body that can develop like this! Even thinking that I would receive this kind of reward every time I did a mission to find the male protagonist, I was so excited that I couldn’t control it.
‘Okay. What if there was a system to increase abilities? Just do it well and upload it! They say it’s all connected!’
System, you have a plan? A bucket list item that I thought might be nonsense passed by like a lightning bolt. I will heal wounds with magic, I will improve my physical abilities to unrealistic levels, and if this continues, not only will I be able to fly, but I will also be able to use a sword…! I was excited and ran towards the man who was standing there as if he was desperate. The man seemed anxious as I was running towards him and waved his hand to stop, but he didn’t stop. I quickly arrived at where he was, walking as easily as if I was running on clouds.
“Ella, please.”
Under the moonlight, I stood in front of a man with his arms crossed and glaring at me as if urging me on. I paid him no heed and looked up at him with bright eyes and smiled brightly.
“Thank you for treating me!”
“…!”
‘Ah. Do you hate saying thank you? I’m so thankful I can’t stop. Lol.’
I shyly averted my eyes as I saw his expression suddenly harden. Immediately, he reached out and grabbed my shoulder tightly. He was tall and looked down at me with a serious expression.
“It’s been an honorific since a while ago.”
“Yes?”
“I know you lost your memory, but… Still, I’m sad that you forgot me.”
Looking at his face, which clearly showed a look of disappointment, I groaned as if I was in trouble.
‘Damn system! Now, can you tell me your crush level? uh?’
It was then.
Tiring!
[Kai Twilley: Likeability 20%]
“What?!”
“You look surprised. What’s the matter?”
Wow, the favorability rating was a whopping 20%? 20%?! Plus Kai Twilley. He was the son of the Duke of Twilly, who was said to be close to Clement.
─I’m so glad you woke up. Kai was very worried about Lady Clement.
─You may not remember, but he is my younger brother. Because he cared for Lady Clemente so much…
He was Lady Isabella’s younger brother! He’s good at healing magic! It was only then that I realized what the mysterious color coming from Kai’s hand was.
“This-this. The game is over.”
“What?”
Likeability figures we have never seen before. The words of Isabella, who testified that she cared for me. He calls me Ella as a nickname and speaks as if he knows me well! There was nothing more to look at than this man who treated me kindly, treated me well, and even improved my agility (actually, this was a big deal).
“Kai. Kai Twilley.”
“You remember? Didn’t you forget?”
When I said his name correctly, he smiled. After seeing that reaction, I became more confident. From friends to lovers. This guy at the end of this obvious route is really my best male lead!
“That one.”
“…?”
I overexerted myself because of the success of my first mission of the day, the rewards I was very happy with, and my body becoming lighter thanks to the magical treatment… I was excited. My judgment was clouded, and I ended up asking a question I shouldn’t have asked.
“You like me, right?”
I raised my eyebrows confidently.
“…”
“…?”
There was an unexpected and awkward silence. After a while, arsenic appeared on Kai’s face. When I saw that face, I realized that something was definitely wrong.
Tiring!
[Special note: 10 years together]
…There is a reason for everyone’s likability. This damn system. It’s clear he’s picking on me.
* * *
The next day. As soon as I opened my eyes in the morning, I stood in front of the mirror with bleary eyes.
─You like me, right?
Why did I say that…? They said that confirmation of the male lead candidate is possible from 80%. The conceit that a 20% favorability rating, which is far behind, is so great…
─Do I like you?
─…uh?
─Since when? Since when did I like you? Huh? Say it.
─Yes? No, that’s right.
─No. Does Ella like me? Is it because I lost her memory that I suddenly look so cool? Huh?
Got it wrong. Even if I made a mistake, it took a long time. I was tearing out my messy hair as the memories came back to me vividly.
“Ugh. embarrassing!”
Another male lead candidate I just met! How strange did they look at me? Kai, who had teased me enough to hit her last name, then briefly explained himself. Kai and Roella are the only friends who have been open since childhood. No matter how vicious Roella was, she always kept good to Kai, so the two were able to become friends. However, if a duke’s son hangs around, he is likely to become the subject of social gossip, so Kai usually climbs over the fence late at night to meet Roella. He said he came to visit me. She said it is not yet officially known when Roella has awakened. I didn’t know why, but Chase said that the Twilley family was the only one who informed him of this.
‘Is that why I’m trapped in the mansion? Why does my father keep my awakening a secret?’
I thought as my eyes scanned the young, beautiful woman reflected in the mirror. Kai was very worried about me after I had been lying in her hospital bed for a long time. The night she heard that Isabella had woken up and met Roella, she jumped over the fence. If I hadn’t gone out to the backyard, I would have climbed up to the third floor balcony. In the process of listening to his explanation, I naturally spoke to Kai. Even though it was my first time meeting, there was no awkwardness throughout the conversation with Kai. I felt much more peaceful than when I was with my formal family, Evan and Louise.
─Well, is that still okay? Anyway, in a noble lady’s room?
─What’s new?
Of course, I was embarrassed by his mischievous jokes from time to time. I conveyed my intention to him as soon as I felt comfortable.
─Hmm. Still, I don’t think it’s a good idea to come into the room. I hope that doesn’t happen in the future.
─…
─Huh?
─Yeah, well. Unless the room owner wants it.
Kai was completely different from Isabella, who had a noble air. He was the type of player who would say everything he wanted to say while smiling slyly, and was especially good at teasing people. There was no resemblance other than shiny, turquoise hair.
─Instead.
─…?
─Meet me tomorrow at this time, under this tree. I’ll check again to see if the wound has healed well.
─Are you okay? There’s no need to see it again…
─Should I just go to my room?
─No! No! Okay.
There were a lot of things I wanted to ask Kai, but it was late, so I decided to wait until tomorrow. I planned to ask him more details about the medical arts of this world if I met him again tonight.
“But why isn’t there a favorable rating? He heard it, right?”
Kai definitely liked me when he first met me, but his likeability stayed at 20% from start to finish. Considering that Evan and Louise’s favorability rating increased by 1% from the first day, the performance was poor. Friends were friends, right?
‘I need to find a way to increase likeability.’
Let alone the fact that I was single from birth, I never watched a drama or romance novel with a love story in my previous life. I was not particularly illiterate when it came to relationships between men and women. I needed a solution!
“Miss. Did you cough?”
She answered the question from the maid, Jean Allen, outside the door, telling her to come in. Then she glanced at Alan who entered the room. Alan tilted his head under my heated gaze.
“Miss. Anything you want to say…”
“Alan! How did Jane meet her husband?”
“Yes? Well, if you suddenly ask me something like that…”
Jane blushed as if she was embarrassed by my sudden question.
“I was just curious about how to get married! How was your first meeting with her? When did you start liking her?”
She asked with a sparkle in her eyes, thinking that hearing other people’s love stories might help her likeability. Jane, who was embarrassed, soon smiled gently.
“You’re at an age where you’re starting to become interested in the opposite sex. But the story about my wife and I is a bit boring. It was just that my parents provided a space for me, and as we met so often, it was natural…”
My eyes widened as I listened to Jane.
“We met often?!”
“Yes? Yes.”
“Yes, that’s it! The most natural thing is to collide directly!”
If you run into each other often and meet them, you might get to know them! If you know what you like, wouldn’t you be able to aim to increase your likeability accordingly? Okay! There’s only one year left, so what are your thoughts? Let’s collide first!
“Jane! Where is Brother Louise?!”
Let’s start with Louise, who seems to be the easiest!
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