The night was crept slowly. The clouds turned dark.
Ken looked up for a second and blinked. The wind blew, and dust and sand particles moved toward them. A small grain of sand entered his eye. He wiped it out and kept moving forward for a few seconds.
They didn’t have any torch, and none of them were capable of seeing in the darkness.
Kana turned toward him and said, "Let’s move faster."
They walked for a few hours. By then it was nighttime, and the place was already dark.
A breeze slowly moved toward them, shaking Kana’s hair in all directions, left and right, in a random way.
Ken was lost in thought.
How can I do this?
He held his chin and was thinking. "I can set fire to my clothes and use them as a lamp torch... But I will be almost naked."
At that moment, the cold intensified. The atmosphere turned damp, as if rain had fallen.
Kana was surprised by the sudden change in climate. Immediately, she stared at Ken.
He raised his shoulders.
It’s always like this here in the dry zones. It’s always strange... Intense sun in the morning. Intense cold at night. Yes, it’s like a desert. No, because it IS a desert.
He sat down on the ground.
Immediately, system notifications popped up near his face.
*[Do you want to gain points more rapidly?]*
[Yes][No]
Ken read the notification slowly, but he felt something strange, as if his brain was not following what his soul already knew.
Yeah. Ken was illiterate.
Then he had a sudden headache for a few seconds. He grabbed his head.
I need to gain Intelligence the faster way, and Charisma points too.
On the blue luminescent screen, he clicked Yes rapidly.
Suddenly.
*[10 points are required to unlock the skill]*
He looked at the screen and smirked. Even though it was night, his white teeth could still be seen.
He ripped a strip from his shirt and walked slowly to a dry branch he had spotted earlier. He picked it up, struck a spark, and set it on fire.
In seconds, the darkness was pushed back by flickering orange light.
Kana immediately snatched the torch from Ken’s hand. She stared at him.
"I can’t see anything," she said. "I need this."
Ken only nodded.
But in his mind, he was on fire.
This little pest.
They walked at nighttime with only one torch. Ken was walking as fast as he could while carrying the containers.
At a certain moment, he felt like needles were pricking his bones.
She doesn’t even want to help me.
Immediately, a heavy wind blew toward them woosh and put out the torch flame.
Then, he looked around. It was complete darkness, with intense cold.
His body was getting colder and colder.
Suddenly, he saw a light far from them.
They ran toward the light.
It was actually the scammer from last time. The man immediately turned off his lamps and ran away.
Ken and Kana sat on a rock nearby.
She also felt a little cold. So Ken grabbed her and held her.
Kana shouted, "What are you doing?"
The man was already asleep.
And Kana felt the heat of his body beside her. She smiled a little and closed her eyes.
Meanwhile, Ken was just faking it.
As she closed her eyes, a few minutes later, Ken opened his and gazed in front of him with a malicious smile.
*[+1 Charisma point earned]*
Yes... Yes. 3 points.
Then he pressed his body against hers even more. He was hot.
It’s true that ladies have more blood than men... It’s so hot.
Then he held her tightly, clutching her between his arms.
The next second, Kana slowly opened her eyes.
What is he...
But his body was firmly between hers. She felt hot, even though it felt weird. But she didn’t have a choice. She whispered,
"So he’s hot."
At that moment, he thought.
Is she awake?
She slowly moved toward him.
But immediately, he grabbed his trousers and pulled them up to avoid anything showing.
What is she dreaming of?
Should I do more to acquire the points? Her boobs must be hotter than this... It’s to save the villagers.
Her arms were trembling, and he was slowly moving toward her chest.
What are you doing, bro? Stop. Control yourself.
She froze and slowly moved backward.
I don’t want to be a pervert... Let me do all this at an appropriate time and place.
He breathed in deeply and exhaled slowly.
I should be awake. Prevention is better than a curse.
After a few hours, he felt sleepy, and then he slept.
The next day, he opened his eyes.
A blue screen appeared near him.
*[99 days left for main quest]*
He gazed at it.
99 days only? Do I have that much time?
Immediately, he noticed her sitting down alone. He looked around. Kana was drinking water.
He woke up slowly and stood up straight. The sun was creeping up.
Ken instinctively grabbed the containers and started walking with them.
Meanwhile, Kana walked empty-handed like a queen.
Ken gazed at the horizon. His face twisted and he sniffed slowly.
This is my first day walking like this.
The sun’s intensity increased in the dry zone, but still they walked. Step after step, one after the other.
After a few minutes, Ken stumbled. His body was covered in sweat, as if he had just come out of a bath. He walked like a zombie, tired and exhausted.
But his soul commanded his body to move, and his body followed the order without asking any questions.
Immediately, Ken stopped. He froze.
Kana turned and stared at him.
Meanwhile, his sweat was evaporating from his body.
He sat down on the ground and drank water. Droplets of the liquid poured over himself. As soon as it touched his skin, the water evaporated.
He then sat on the containers and joined his hands, thinking.
Was it this long in my memories?
He also crossed his legs.
Then Kana walked toward him, carrying a container to drink the water from it.
He glared at her for an instant, and his face returned to normal.
As he lifted his head and gazed in front of him, there were two people walking toward them.
The people were dirty, and they looked like bandits.
As they reached them, one bandit was about to speak. He gazed at Kana with lecherous eyes. All kinds of perverted thoughts flashed through his brain, and he smiled unconsciously like a pure pervert.
Meanwhile, as Ken saw that, he stood up straight even though he was exhausted.
They were both tired, but that wasn’t a reason to give up.
The two bandits moved toward her. The first bandit, with broken teeth, reached his arm toward Kana’s chest.
Immediately, she grabbed his arm and slammed him to the ground. He vomited blood.
At the same time, she glared at the other one with a darkened expression.
But he ignored her and tried to block the bandit with broken teeth.
She slowly raised her fist above his face.
The wind blew toward her and stopped.
She punched him until his face was deformed and he was pleading for forgiveness, apologizing in vain.
But Kana kept punching him until he fainted. Her hands were covered in blood.
She looked at them and whispered, "Was it me who did this in front of them?"
At that moment, she slowly looked at the other bandit. He opened his mouth wide in surprise and thought,
This girl is a monster.
He started running without any fixed direction.
After that, Kana stood up from the bandit whose face she had deformed.
As Ken saw the whole scene by himself, he thought,
This lady is even more dangerous than I thought... So it’s going to be even harder for me to win charisma points.
At that time, Ken’s sweat ran down his body to the ground.
As it hit the ground, the sound echoed in the place.