Kurt? More like… dirt.

Carrot man has now been demoted to dirt.

Henceforth I’ll be referring to Kurt as dirt, with contempt.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Dirt is furiously pointing at the spots where the bird dug up seeds in the garden and at Julia’s potion. 

“Rendann?! reiltas chevesic biasdo plakill sislaf waste Julia? alerassa replitz pruvia sislaf goocrux bronea potion?! pruvia sislaf steal noxu?!”

I couldn’t care less what dirt is saying right now, all I know is that I have to do something or Julia will definitely get hurt again.

 

I focus on the part of my status I care about.

I let my bottled up anger consume me and turn my focus to dirt who’s about to go pick up Julia’s potion.

“GO DIE!!!”

*Don~*

Dirt is looking at me with a mix of anger and surprise.
I glare back in my mind.

Wait, why is Julia looking at me with a hint of fear in her blank expression?
D- Does my mental ability not distinguish between friend or foe?!

Panic fades into dirt’s expression as he suddenly shouts something at Julia and runs towards the direction of the magic tower.

Looks like my days as a scarecrow are over. Maybe old pervert Alcazar will at least blow me up with some sort of cool magic.

Julia begins tending to the garden as per usual.

(?)

Julia’s hands bump into the potion occasionally whilst she’s working but she doesn’t seem to acknowledge that it's laying there.

(Oh!)
Of course! I subconsciously already realised this before, but-

(Julia! Julia!! Drink the potion! Drink it!!)
Seeing how enslavement is a status ailment, the potion should actually be able to cure it!

Julia doesn’t react and continues tending to the garden unperturbed.

(Why…)

I half-heartedly stare at Julia’s cleavage. I’m really not in the mood for this right now… but this usually works…
Julia doesn’t react again.
(…)

I disheartenedly stare at the unresponsive figure of Julia watering the garden.

(Oh- this is Julia’s water magic…)

Julia finishes her gardening and walks away.

She completely ignored the potion…
(Huh?)

(Wait, where is the potion?)

Ah, I panicked for a moment, but it seems the potion has gotten half-buried and covered in so much mud now that it’s begun to blend into the garden quite well.

(Oh-)

It suddenly became quite apparent that my field of view has been exponentially rising for a while now.

Am I falling over?!

(Wah!)

*Thump*

(I fell on my back… Was the ground unstable?)
I think all the rotating Julia’s been doing made the ground more malleable.

(The sky is so blue…)

Whilst I’m busy appreciating my new view, I begin to hear a new sound approaching.
It sounds like a horse-drawn carriage!

I hear the sound of an old wooden door opening and dirt talking to an old man… This must be what Alcazar sounds like.

Oh… it sounds like…?
It sounds like a lot of horses are arriving actually. What’s happening?

I hear the sound of a bunch of people covered in armour moving.

All I can see in my field of view right now is the sky and the pointy roof of Alcazar’s tower.

Oh- someone’s clearing their throat.

“Alcazar Prestos! Sislaf soostev suspected miresa treason! Sislaf plakill olielle placed eggmode arrest alerassa brought reiltas foxclore royal capital swoquix further investigation!”

Woah! I felt like I understood several words this time! This is the first time I’ve listened to this foreign language so closely with no other distractions.

It sounds like Alcazar is suspected of treason and they’re taking him to the royal capital?

Alcazar is about to say something!

“Fuffapster tupacase dead body sislaf ingrates! Die!!”

Well, that can’t be good-

I hear countless swords unsheath and the skies suddenly begin to darken at an unnatural pace!

Are these guys about to have an epic fantasy battle off-screen?

Are you kidding me?

(Gnuuu~)

I tried moving my body again, but nothing happened.

Screaming and shouting could be heard all around as several lightning bolts came crashing down to the ground nearby. An epic battle was clearly unfolding and all I could see was the blackened sky.

(GRRRR!)

I desperately try to move.

(*Sigh*)

(I hope Julia’s somewhere safe at least…)

◇◆◇

The fight seems to have finally calmed down, I lost track of how long they’ve been fighting because I found something else to occupy my time with…

I remembered being able to inspect the properties of my mental ability, so I decided to have a look at everything!

It turns out my body was created by a goddess.
I feel blessed.

Ew~ A name I didn’t want to see is attached to my status.

But it looks like dirt uselessly died off-screen. I’m a little bummed out that I won’t be able to enact my revenge, but there’s not much I can do about it now anyway, so I’m just going to forget this person ever existed.

(He’s taking a dirt nap~)

More importantly, this deceased text didn’t appear near Julia’s name!!

It also turns out my low-quality soul has room to grow! And I’m apparently able to learn soul and mind magic easily!!

 

No real surprises here, but it’s nice to solidify my understanding of how these work in this world.

 

Oh- it really did stand for durability.
It feels strange hearing my health referred to as structural integrity.

 

My now-signature ability. It’s been rather reliable so far.

It’s surprising how effective it is with just my 1 mana point.

 

I was starting to feel like a helpless scarecrow, but observation actually sounds like a pretty overpowered ability! It doesn’t use mana points like my mental ability and it seems to be pretty all-encompassing.

I wonder if it’ll level up again soon? I’ve been ceaselessly using this ability day and night whenever there’s nothing else to do.

 

M- my gaze is being transmitted?
This feels like a demerit… are titles supposed to give you negative effects?

 

Uwah… I wonder if Julia hates me…