"What are you doing here? I gave you an order," Ryan exclaimed upon seeing Helen cross the bathroom door, with a white towel covering her pale skin.
Helen adjusted her towel and glared at Ryan. "Shut up. Why did you give me a repeated order? You know that's not valid."
"Repeated?" Ryan blinked, confused.
"Yes, you already gave me that order yesterday," the young woman grumbled.
Ryan didn't answer right away. He observed her in detail, then sighed.
"Dummy, why didn't you say anything...?"
"Because I forgot," Helen murmured, looking away. "Don't blame me... I can't leave..."
Her face was flushed and her body was covered by the towel. However, both her thighs and shoulders were left exposed, revealing remarkably pale and radiant skin.
Ryan watched with his back pressed against the stones of the pool as Helen approached; she walked with resistance.
'Is she really getting in with me? It works exactly as I designed it, but seeing it like this is so...' Ryan didn't finish processing his thought.
"Don't look at me!" she yelled, blushing even deeper, but looking at him with anger.
"Stop yelling, you were the one who came in here in the first place." Ryan turned around. He positioned himself with his back to her, trying to maintain more composure than he actually felt.
Knowing what Mirian had done in the dungeon, he didn't know what Helen would be capable of this time, driven by that debt system.
The sound of water echoed as Helen stepped in.
Ryan's entire body tensed when he felt the contact against his back.
Of course. The system didn't specify the details. He remained absolutely still, staring straight ahead.
"Don't you dare think about turning around!" Helen grumbled.
The sensation he felt against his back was pressing harder and harder against him.
"So soft..." Ryan murmured in a low voice.
"You're a pervert," Helen complained with a lump in her throat.
Ryan could hear her breathing, very close. Although he remained calm, he was fully aware of the effect of his ability.
By keeping the same position for so long, Ryan's body began to tremble. The movement of his body caused more pressure against Helen's breasts.
"Ah..." She let out a low moan.
'This situation turns me on more than I thought, but doing something in this place... I'm still not sure if this is the game or another world, and something could go wrong... maybe I should leave...'
Ryan tried to get out of the pool, but Helen pulled him back by the waist, forcing him back into the water.
"Where are you going? I just have to... wash your back, right?" Helen asked.
'Is that really all the system imposed on her?' he thought, and remained motionless; he still didn't dare to look back. Helen pulled her chest away from Ryan's back and began moving her hands, rubbing his shoulders.
"How did I end up trapped in this...?" Ryan murmured.
"Don't complain," Helen replied. "You're a pervert. It should be me complaining."
When she finished the sentence, she slapped Ryan's back, leaving a handprint behind. Ryan groaned and turned toward her.
"Hey, don't look at me!" She covered Ryan's eyes with both hands, but the careless movement caused her towel to slip off.
"Kyaaaaaaaa!" Helen screamed, blushing deeply. As she grabbed the edges of the towel, she left her bare chest exposed right in front of Ryan's face.
"Don't look!" Helen yelled.
He couldn't take his eyes off her breasts. They were large, incredibly white, and at the center, a bright pink color that drew all of Ryan's attention.
[Debt collection applied]
[Debt Bonus: +50 points]
[Debt Bonus: +45,000 EXP]
"Now I can move freely!" Helen shouted and ran out of the pool.
She disappeared from Ryan's view.
"Seeing that debt bug in person... It's insane..."
Ryan took a deep breath.
"I still haven't leveled up..." Ryan murmured.
"Status."
[CHARACTER STATUS]
› Name: [Ryan]
› Level: 60 — Rank: B
› Class: Support
› Title: Newbie.
› Strength: 200 | Magic: 258 | Agility: 210 | Psyche: 600 | Defense: 550 | Luck: 70 |
› Available Points: [50]
› EXP: 45,000 / 250,000
"I have 50 points... I wonder what I should spend them on. Although, originally, the debt skill shouldn't even exist, let alone grant me points. This character's job should only be to act as support."
Ryan reflected for a moment; he observed the stats in detail. Even though he was a video game programmer, he wasn't exactly an expert at playing an RPG, but playing a game and being inside one are two completely different things.
That made him doubt what would be the best way to distribute his points. Since for now he only acquired points through the debt system, spending them lightly would be a problem.
After thinking it over carefully, he decided not to use them for now. He got out of the pool with a calm mind and changed his clothes. He walked out to the living room where Helen and Mirian were. When Helen saw him come out, she looked away, blushing.
"Are you done?" Mirian asked.
"Yeah. You two can go in now if you want."
'But before that, there's something I want to test,' he thought and directed his gaze toward Helen.
"Inspect," he murmured.
[CHARACTER STATUS]
› Race: [Human]
› Level: 110 — Rank: S
› Class: Guardian
› Title: Brave Warrior.
› Strength: 5,500 | Magic: 1-320 | Agility: 2,500 | Psyche: 1.200 | Defense: 5,000 |
'Rank S, huh... her stats are insane. She could kill me in a single strike.'
"What? What's wrong, Ryan? Why are you staring at me so much?" Helen gruffly asked upon noticing his gaze. "Forget about what happened in the bathroom already!" she added.
"And what exactly happened in the bathroom?" Mirian asked, looking at Helen with suspicion.
"Ah, shut up! I'm going to take a bath," Helen said abruptly and headed to the bathroom.
Ryan watched Mirian ignore Helen's behavior, and uttered the phrase again to see her stats.
"Inspect."
[CHARACTER STATUS]
› Race: [Human]
› Level: 110 — Rank: S
› Class: Scout
› Title: Divine Bow.
› Strength: 1.100 | Magic: 1.410 | Agility: 5,800 | Psyche: 1.140 | Defense: 4,200 |
"Wow, so, really... Only I have the luck attribute," Ryan murmured.
Mirian blinked. "I didn't hear what you said."
"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going with Helen?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah," Mirian replied. "I'm going to take a bath now too."
When she finished saying that, she went straight to the bathroom. Ryan sat in the living room on a white stone chair, which turned out to be more comfortable than it looked.
'Now that I was able to confirm it, there's no doubt, I must use my points on luck. I'm not sure how it works, but...'
"Status."
[CHARACTER STATUS]
› Name: [Ryan]
› Level: 60 — Rank: B
› Class: Support
› Title: Newbie.
› Strength: 200 | Magic: 258 | Agility: 210 | Psyche: 600 | Defense: 550 | Luck: 70 |
› Available Points: [50]
› EXP: 45,000 / 250,000
"For now, I'll put all my points into luck. Nobody else has this, right?"
He placed his finger on the luck panel and pressed until 30 stat points were consumed. All of them had been applied to luck.
But he kept pressing and they wouldn't go up any further.
Luck: 70 → 100
"Can it only go up to 100?" he wondered, and almost immediately a system notification appeared.
[Ding!]
[The Luck attribute has reached its maximum value]
› Drop Rate: +35% → +50% You now have a higher chance of obtaining rare and epic items in dungeons.
› EXP Bonus Trigger Chance: 20% → +40% There is a chance to obtain additional EXP when acquiring experience.
'This will be really useful for leveling up in dungeons...'
[Reward received.]
[All stats +200]
[Points obtained +200]
[Bonus acquired: +300,000 EXP]
[You have leveled up]
Level: 60 → 61
[Level Bonus: +20 points]
[Attributes increased: +10 in all stats]