I Got Reincarnated as the Villain and Saved the World, but After the Ending I Was Betrayed and Exiled. I Just Wanted a Peaceful Life in the Frontier, but for Some Reason My Former Companions Started Chasing Me with Yandere Eyes… - 7

Chapter 7: The Power of Charm

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“Alright, it looks like your Charm level has gone up quite a bit.”

“Yes! It’s all thanks to you, Master!! At my current level, I could even charm the Demon Lord!”

Tia nodded with a beaming smile, perhaps feeling some kind of progress from dealing with goblins and working at the Adventurer’s Guild.

“Dammit, that Gustav… Look at him, getting all buddy-buddy with our idol Tia-chan!”

“That lolicon bastard… I won’t forgive him.”

It was nice that she was so attached to me, but she stood too close, and the stares from the people around us physically hurt. It seemed like she had completely charmed several adventurers. I really didn’t want to stand out too much, though…

“If you say something mean about Master again, I’ll get mad, you know! Normally I’m cute, but when I get angry, I’m scary!!”

“Yeees!!”

When Tia puffed out her cheeks and scolded the adventurers, their hostility vanished in an instant.

Aren’t these adventurers a little too easy? And seriously, I’m scared of her future!! She’s already mastered the Charm skill completely!!

“Alright then, during our exploration mission, I’ll teach you another way to use the Charm skill.”

“Yes, I’m looking forward to it, Master!!”

When Tia-chan hugged my arm tightly with an excited expression, the adventurers’ jealousy-filled glares zeroed in on me again, so we hurried toward the forest as if we were running away from them. Sure, it felt nice to be hugged by a girl, but it was also a little embarrassing.

Once we entered the forest and walked for a while to make sure there were no signs of people, I turned around. Tia-chan’s face looked slightly tense.

“Alright, I’m going to have you use the Charm skill now.”

“Eh… Do you mean… On Gustav-san?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“Well, I mean, I am cute, so I understand if you can’t hold back your desires…But for my first time to be in a place like this… And to deliberately have me use the skill first… That’s way too kinky!!”

Her speech suddenly sped up, her face turned bright red, and she looked up at me through her eyelashes…

She’s definitely misunderstanding this…

“Could you please listen to me!!? That makes it sound like I’m some coward who can’t make a move on a woman without being Charmed!!”

“…That’s not it? Aisha-san said you’re the kind of coward who invites her on dates as a joke, but runs away when she tries to accept.”

“So now my cowardice is A-rank class too, huh!? Give me a break.”

While grumbling at Aisha-san in my heart for saying unnecessary things when she wasn’t even here, I made excuses to myself. It wasn’t that I was cowardly. I simply kept a certain distance from people because getting too close made it painful when you had to part ways. It wasn’t that I was unpopular. I even had a fiancée once…

“Ah, Master. There’s a monster!! A goblin. Looks like it’s a different one from Gobusuke-kun.”

“Ah, yeah… Then try using your best magic.”

“Okay!!”

As I watched Tia-chan chant her spell without hesitation, I wondered what would happen if this goblin was a friend or family member of Gobusuke-kun…

But well, people in this world tend to be pretty detached about that sort of thing anyway. 

While I was thinking about that, a fireball formed in her palm.

“Alright, now Charm the spirit!! Then make the fire stronger!! Ask it to burn the goblin.”

“Charm the spirit…?”

Tia-chan let out a surprised voice, but immediately smiled and spoke to the spirit.

“Spirit-san~♡ Spirit-san~♡ Show me how amazing you are. I bet if you got serious, you could take down that goblin easily♪”

“——–♡”

Along with a strange sensation, the flame, which had been no bigger than a torch, suddenly surged like a flamethrower. The flame engulfed the goblin and reduced it to charcoal in an instant.

“Wait… It can get this strong?”

At the unbelievable buff effect from Tia-chan’s over-the-top cutesy speech filled with ♡’s like some cheeky brat, I felt a chill, wondering if I had just created a monster. She, however, was already praising the spirit even more. She was brimming with excitement.

“Spirit-san, you’re amazing!! I’ve never seen such an incredible flame!~♡”

“No, stop, if you praise it any more…”

“——–♡♡♡”

The further-strengthened flames began to spread into the forest…

“Crap! At this rate the forest will catch fire!! Where the hell did you learn to talk like some kind of Otaku Club Princess!? The virgin spirit just tried to show off and overdid it!!”

“Otaku Club…? Um, well, I noticed the adventurers got happy when I talked like that, so…”

“Dammit, so you’re a natural!? A born charmer?! I might have awakened a dangerous type of girl in another world…”

“More importantly, what should we do? This is bad, right?”

Indeed. At this rate, not only the monsters but also adventurers in the forest would die, and this was clearly a crime. Normally, the trees in this world were resistant to magic, so this wouldn’t happen…

Noticing Tia’s eyes starting to well up with tears, I decided to use my sealed power.

“Uooooooh!! Evil Eyes, devour the magic power and make it my sustenance!!”

I activated my Evil Eyes, devouring all the magically created flames in my sight. Feeling the tremendous magic pouring into my eyes, I confirmed the flames were gone and let out a sigh of relief.

This was the power of my Evil Eyes. I could see magic power, devour it and make it my own. In fact, I could even read my opponent’s magic power if I activated it.

“That’s amazing. To think you’d use the Evil Eyes you said was a secret… As expected of you, Master!!”

“Ahahaha! This is my Evil Eyes on a bargain sale!”

Soaked in cold sweat, I barely managed to consume the magic with my Evil Eyes, only for her to hug me tightly. She gazed up at me with sparkling eyes like she was deeply moved, making my heart skip a beat.

That was close… If I hadn’t been dumped by my fiancée, I might have mistaken this as her having feelings for me… It was at that very moment that I truly understood how terrifying the Charm ability could be.

“Someone, help!!”

A voice rang out. This forest was a hunting ground for rookie adventurers. We should go help.

“Tia-chan, let’s head toward that scream.”

“That voice just now…”

As we started running, I noticed the serious look on her face, and a bad premonition crossed my mind.

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