In the comfort of the void, where darkness stretched endlessly, my slumbering consciousness stirred awake.
My eyes fluttered open, witnessing a white ceiling and lamps. A familiar place… perhaps?
Once I regained consciousness, my head suddenly felt a dull throb, pounding so hard like being smashed by hardwood.
I furrowed my eyebrows, holding back a groan that almost escaped my mouth.
Fortunately, the pain didn't last long. I blinked, then a familiar panel popped out of nowhere, floating right before me.
[Your Soul power was weakened.]
If I remember correctly, soul power was written in my parameters, its status even exceeded my physique and charm.
Remembering what happened, I now understand most of the stats I had.
Physique, as the name implies, this parameter measures the physical strength in my body.
I felt it was weird because there is no Strength, Defense, Endurance, etc, like in the games or novels I used to read.
But, most likely, a physique parameter encompasses all the physical aspects which exist in a human body.
Soul relates to mental strength, and if in fantasy stories, it relates to magic.
Wait a minute, my own life is already filled with miracles, so yeah, Soul is the fuel for me to use magic abilities… like my own mental manipulation.
Then, for Charm, maybe that's what affects charisma, or my appearance in the eyes of others.
As far as I know, that parameter was now at the lowest number ‘zero,’ and I would try to increase it to see what happened later.
‘Where is this?’
I glanced to the side, feeling the softness of the pillow supporting my head. Looking down, a bed with a white mattress and my body covered by a very familiar thin blanket.
I chuckled, just one day of reincarnation, I ended up in a hospital bed again. Even though this bed looked a bit simpler than what I recalled.
‘Kanazawa sensei must have brought me here.’
After I regained my strength, I tensed my body to sit up. Around me, I was encased by curtains and it seemed like I was the only one in this place.
“Tch, this is so frustrating!”
It was not!
An annoyed voice came from the side, my gaze was drawn to the source. I saw a shadow sitting on the next bed, her hand holding a phone to her ear.
“If not for Kanazawa sensei. I wouldn’t be here. ...yeah, um, I'll be there this evening, what? For real?”
Hearing that voice, my relaxed body tensed up. Both my hands unconsciously gripped the blanket, covering half of my body.
Cold sweat began to pour down my back, as a chill crawled down my spine, making me shiver.
I recognized this voice, or more precisely, this was the voice that turned the life of this body's original owner into a living hell.
My body began to tremble, my fingertips froze. However, my heart was actually cold, a sharp glint flashed in my black eyes, showing a flat and dark expression.
‘So this is the bitch who traumatized you.’
I asked myself in my heart, not meaning to act weird, but somehow I felt pity for the girl.
As for me, I might have suffered a disease that made my body weaker every day. But, my parents put me in an advanced medical care room, then my life was taken care of by several sexy nurses.
But, that's not the point.
So, even though I suffered back then, there were still people who cared about me and gave me full support until the day I recovered. Yet, I was dying in the end.
It's different with this girl. She endured and struggled alone in her narrow apartment room.
I saw that so many tears had come out of these eyes, blood from her nose when pushed to the brink. And, the girl still stood up to live her life.
If that wasn’t courageous, what then?
This girl deserved a better life, but, as much as I wanted to scream that. The world was unjust, unfair to all beings.
I knew that first hand, ever since I was lying on that bed.
I squeezed the ice in my fingers. My cold heart beat fast, heated up, sending a molten lava throughout my body, melting all the fear in this body.
My swelled emotions, mixed with the girl's pent-up anger exploded like a volcano.
This time, I will avenge what they did to you.
‘Watch, and I hope you can sleep peacefully in the afterlife.’
When my resolve was firm, the system panel seemed to answer my wish and brought up the notification I had been waiting for.
[Your Soul has recovered.]
[You can use the skill.]
My lips widened, showing a cynical smile full of calculation.
I got off my bed, stepping my feet onto the cold floor of the infirmary. Not like the sterile and artificial smell in that hospital, but this room was filled with the smell of medicines.
“Huh? I will call you back, see ya.”
Perhaps realizing my movement, the girl behind the curtain ended the conversation. Her soft voice, clearly made to be cute to seek attention from the opposite sex irked me to no end.
But, at the same time, it made the hot blood in my chest flow to my crotch.
The curtain in front of me was pulled hard, revealing the figure of a girl with a stylish appearance. Her long wavy blonde hair fluttered gently.
Her face was beautiful with thin makeup. Her slender body was covered by a tight white camisole, covered by an oversized blue sweater. For her bottom, the girl wore loose beige trousers with white sandal heels.
I admit, this bully girl was beautiful, but not her personality.
It was clearly seen with her twisted facial expression, holding back anger.
“Oh, you're awake, you lazy bum.”
I remained silent, only staring straight into the girl's blue colored lens eyes. Perhaps seeing me not looking down, made her lips twitch in annoyance.
“How dare you snitch on the professor. I already told you right, if you dare to snitch...”
The girl raised her cellphone, her fingers full of long artificial nails swiped the electronic screen, then showed the displayed picture.
Seeing that picture, the memories in the girl's head resurfaced.
I remembered every detail; she was locked in a storage room full of goods, cold and dark, as the loneliness started to gripped her heart.
Then, the most pitiful thing of it all was, or you could say this was a natural response of the body. Unable to hold it in any longer, she finally lost to her body's instincts and wet herself.
Coincidentally this girl who did all of that knew everything, with perfect timing, she opened the door and snapped a picture of my pathetic appearance.
Looking deeper, I felt there was no problem with all of that, but not with this girl whose body I possessed.
From there, This gyaru threatened to spread the embarrassing photo on the school forum. And it worked, making myself a target of bullying.
‘Okay, what should I do now?’
Not wanting to hear the blonde girl's blabbering anymore, I stood up. This action of mine made the gyaru girl flinch, almost stepping back.
‘Hoo, acting like a tough bitch, even though she herself is a coward.’
I couldn't help but smirk, causing the girl in front of me to furrow her eyebrows.
“How dare you mock me! Fine, I’ll spread this photo right now, and I can’t wait for the comments of all the students in...”
Before the girl could do it, my hand moved fast, grabbing the girl's wrist.
[Physical contact established. Mental Manipulation can be used.]
The appearance of the panel in my vision, made me chuckle and unable to hold back.
“Do it.”
Something below my stomach roused, sending a spark of invisible power to my hand and sending it into the blonde girl's body.
I could see the light in her eyes disappear, her gaze looked empty like a doll staring straight into the air.
Unlike the bald man in the apartment this morning, the blonde didn't show the condition of convulsing in pleasure.
She stood still, frozen like a statue and staring at me as if waiting for a command.
First of all, I didn't do anything. Instead, I was counting how many seconds this power of mine works with my current strength.
After all, I got myself an experimental subject like this, it would be a shame if I didn't use it well.
I let go of my grip on the girl, my eyes glanced up and down, noting that this gyaru girl's assets were not bad either.
Blood started flowing to my crotch as I licked my lips.
‘Now, what should I do first?’
I grabbed the girl's blue sweater, peeking at her inner camisole while seeing a faint trace of pink color from the girl's underwear.
Seeing that, my penis started to twitch, but I held back for it was still not time.
I had to enjoy every last bit of this sweet revenge.
“Sit on this bed!”