Chapter 45: New knowledge (1/2)
The Chef had a pair of short horns, which curving a little towards each other. But this wasn't the only weird thing about him.
His skin was red, and his eyes were one yellow and one blue, and both had a slit-like in the middle of them like the eyes of a cat.
He also had a very devil-like tail but had it around his waist like a belt, so it wouldn't normally draw attention.
His teeth and nails were a little sharper than of a human, but other than that, he had the characteristics of a human.
Shingi recognized him as a Half-Demon, a very rare race in the game, that most people considered them not even to exist.
Of course, they weren't always born the normal way as other half races, but most were the result of deals demon had with mortals or souls that were cursed and returned to the mortal world but not as undead.
But even if they had demonic blood in them, that didn't make them evil by default or have to follow other demons' orders. They had their own will as other races and were more resistant against demon's control but weren't immune to it.
Aneta, who was enjoying some tea, noticed Shingi, who was just standing at the kitchen entrance.
”Oh, you are finally back. Annoue mentioned that you were working on some special project and you would be late, so I decided to help around.” [Aneta]
'Help around? Isn't she just drinking tea, and that guy and Annoue are doing everything?' [Shingi]
Of course, Shingi wasn't planning to say it out loud as he didn't want to risk having a bad relationship with her. He joined Aneta at the table as he waved to say hello to Annoue as she was currently busy with her lessons.
”So this is the mysterious chef that made our dinner in the past?” [Shingi]
”Oh yes, that is him. I had considered asking him to teach Annoue for some time, but she seemed too scared of him in the past.” [Aneta]
”In the past? And why do you think it isn't the case now?” [Shingi]
It was clear that Annoue wasn't feeling completely fine being next to her teacher, but it was true she wasn't petrified.
”Well, she asked for the lessons. She said she had to make a special one, and she needed help, and she was willing to learn by Karemon.” [Aneta]
Shingi nodded as he understood what the situation was. He was happy about it as he was planning to ask the Mayor for her help to raise the COOKING Skill of Annoue in the future.
At that point, Aneta moved her chair closer to Shingi and lowered her head and body to get closer to him, and whispered so that he was the only one that could hear her.
”So how your 'project' went. Have that group of blessed ones proved to be useful?” [Shingi]
He wasn't surprised by her knowledge about him and his group as they passed from the gates who had guards of the town, so there was the chance of one who noticed them have reported to the Mayor especially since a child was the one leaving with a group of Blessed Ones.
”Well, there was some progress. But all I can say is you have to expect some surprises to come soon.” [Shingi]
Aneta looked at him in a look Shingi was quite familiar with as he had used that a few times.
She tried to read his body language to tell what he may hide. Still, something unexpected happened as some notifications appeared.
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AN ENCHANTMENT TRIES TO AFFECT YOUR MIND
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THE USER OF THE ENCHANTMENT HAS LOWER CHA THAN YOU, SO THE ENCHANTMENT FAILED
CAUSE OF HAVING LOWER INT THAN USER OF ENCHANTMENT NO SIDE EFFECT WILL BE DECIDED FOR THE USER OF THE ENCHANTMENT
CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE OF CHA A WIPE WAS TRIGGERED
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CHA WAS DECREASED BY 1
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Annoue went back to drink her tea, and she didn't seem to have noticed something strange. Shingi kept himself not to show the surprise of the System's notifications.
'She had used a silent spell storing Enchantment and even have more than 16 INT? I guess the Mayor wasn't as simple as I thought.' [Shingi]