v1c23 (1/2)

Volume 1 Chapter 23 – Not wearing panties.

Just as we leave the company, Sati falls flat on her face.

“A-Are you alright?”

“I’m always falling over. I’m okay.”

Because she’s falling over constantly, she has the Skill St.u.r.dy? After walking for a bit she falls again.

After using [Heal], there’s no helping it, I grab her hand and pull her towards me. Since when was the last time I held hands with a girl? I’m a bit happy and embarra.s.sed.

“Is Masaru-sama a healer?”

“That’s right. I can use healing magic, but I can also use others. I’m a wizard.”

“Wonderful. That’s because beastmen can’t use magic.”

With Magic Power stat of 3 that would be impossible.

En route to the house, we come close to a second hand clothes shop. I go buy suitable clothes for Sati. She b.u.mps into a rack and almost knocks it down, so I make her stand near the entrance. Underwear as well? Just now it was a glimpse, but it looked like she wasn’t wearing panties. I catch a female salesperson and timidly try to ask.

“Excuse me… I’d want some underwear for that girl.”

I say it while pointing at Sati at the entrance and she immediately brought them. They are pumpkin pants? I receive around 5 pairs, I pay them together with the clothes. [TL Note: If you don’t know what pumpkin pants underwear look like: i.imgur.com/Z18exhP.jpg ]

I lead Sati and enter the house.

“This is my home. From today this is your home too.”

“Yes.”

I have Sati sit on a chair. Now, I must examine the Menu. Looks like I can manage it. And it seems the Skills List is the same. Can’t Sati see it?　I try opening and closing the Menu, but there’s no reaction from her. I have to review the Skills List…

“Excuse me.”

“Yea?”

“Is there any work for me? I’ll do anything.”

“For the time being, there’s none. Stay sat there. Ah, I’m starting to get a bit hungry.”

I pull out 2 lunch boxes from Items and hand over one.

“Okay, here you go. You can eat it.”

“Thank you.”

While looking at the Skills List I eat the lunch box and noticed Sati wasn’t moving. She was holding the lunch box as is.

“What’s up? Aren’t you hungry?”

“No, because of the slave social standing, it’s unthinkable to be eating together with Masaru-sama. However you ordered me to sit here, I was thinking what to do.”

“It’s fine. Eat it here. In this house this is the only dining room. We’ll have the meals the two of us together. No, that’s not it. It’s alright to have your meals whenever and wherever you want to. Even in front of me or when I’m not present. However if I take out food for the two of us, we eat it together. On the same table. Go on, eat eat.”

“Yes. Understood.”

Sati starts to eat her lunch box. It’s delicious. While saying it’s tasty she greedily eating it.

“At the slave trader you didn’t get to eat much?”

“No. Two meals only, one in the morning and one in the evening. The food was bread and soup with no ingredients.

“That’s terrible!”

“No, when I was there I didn’t move much in that room, so it was enough. When I was in the village it was worse.”

What could be worse than two meals a day of only bread and soup with no ingredients? Could she have been chewing tree roots? Sati has already finished eating her lunch box. The little crumbs of food left in the lunch box, she was picking them with the spoon wanting to eat them too. I take out another lunch box and give it to her.

“Is it okay?”

“It’s alright, eat it. If it’s not enough then I’ll give you more.”

While I watch Sati start with her second lunch box, I review the Menu. As expected of a slave their loyalty can go either way. To start with, this system-like thing even if I ask Itos.h.i.+n he wouldn’t answer about it. To ascertain, it looks like I’ll have to buy another slave, but first I must do something about Sati’s eyes.

[Eyesight Degradation]

Negative Bonus to Agility and Skill

[St.u.r.dy]

Cuts down damage body receives. HP Recovery Up.

Due to Eyesight Degradation’s negative bonus, her Agility and Skill values are terrible. I wonder if Magic Eye couldn’t be used by her? Clairvoyance, to see the future? Nope, that’s not it. Agility UP and Skill UP would they also be meaningless? Mind’s eye.

[Mind’s Eye]

With the eye from the mind see all of the enemy’s attacks. Evasion Large Increase.

A bit different than I thought? Night Vision. Hawk Eyes.

[Hawk Eyes]

Positive Bonus to Eyesight.

This is it! This is exactly what I was seeking. And it cost 5 points, let’s try taking it.

Looks like she ate everything in the second lunch box. Because it appears it is still not enough, I give her two grilled rabbit meat skewers. She eats a lot. Won’t she get a tummy ache?

“Are you full?”

“Yes. But I could eat another lunch box.”

With all that, she’s not completely full? Even if you say the size of the takeout lunch boxes is small, she eats as much as an average adventurers. At this rate she’s gonna increase the Engel’s coefficient. I have to think about cooking for ourselves. [TL Note: Raising the coefficient in Engel’s Law means you’re poorer or using a higher percentage of your income in food. /wiki/Engel%27s_law]

“You better endure it for the time being. It’s not very good for your body to eat too much. In the evening I’ll let you eat again.”

“Yes. It was delicious.”

“Then, I’ll give medical treatment to your eyes now.”

“With healing magic again?”

“That’s right. However, it’s a different one from before. Close your eyes.”

I open the Menu and acquire [Hawk Eyes]. Now then, I wonder how it is?

“Now you can open your eyes.”

Sati opens her big and beautiful eyes. For several seconds there was nothing, but suddenly she opens them wide.

“A… A… Ahhh”

“Close your eyes!”

When medical treatment is given to people’s eyes then they are accustomed little by little in a dark room if I remember correctly. I close the window to darken the room. Because they’re wooden windows if I close them they won’t let the light in, however it’s daytime and the light seeping through the gaps can be seen.

“Slowly take deep breaths. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Did you calm down?

Sati nods in agreement.

“While keeping your eyes closed, face down. Like that. Slowly open your eyes. Can you see your own hands?”

“I can see. I can see clearly!”

“Alright, then next try to slowly lift your face.”

“I can see. I can see Masaru-sama’s face! My eyes, are they healed?”

“That’s right. They’re healed.”

Strictly speaking Hawk Eyes is offsetting it, however explaining will be impossible and so let’s leave it at that.

“I, I… I’ve never been able to see with my eyes… never, uhhh”

Sati is overflowing with tears.

“Calm down. See, it’s alright now.”

I don’t know how it’s going to be alright, but for the time being I should tell her everything will be okay. I don’t know how to handle a crying girl.