Chapter 243: Charm

| Just a bit of spoiler...Grace's(or Perseus' ) third ability may or may not be talked about in the next chapter |

"Your body have a lot of scars" Lia commented as she touch and felt my back

"Well healing magic isn't possible in this world and with the hard training, it doesn't help. The machines here can heal the wounds but sometimes scars still remains"

"You can use healing magic now"

"Well, we're currently living in this world, so I'll just leave it be. Any of you need water? I'm going to get some"

"I do" Eliza replied

"I don't need any, I barely get dehydrated" Lia answered "I'm a water spirit, remember?"

"Well that's 2 glasses of water"

*****

My bonds are sleeping together in our one guestroom, I walked past it and head to the dining area. I can sense Benny up ahead and walk to see reheating leftover pizza and eating it in the middle of the night.

"Why are you still up?"

"Hmm" he then see me "Hey bro, how's your night?"

"A bit tiring" I answered as I filled up 2 glasses of water

"How can you be tired? Your room is silent all night" he asked "You got 2 beautiful girls sleeping in the same room and you didn't even do anything"

"Well...let's just say I did well resisting temptation"

"I got a question, Grace"

"Shoot"

"Why are you...different?" he asked

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know, it's hard to say" he shrugged "But at the end of the day, you're still my brother. We were all brought here as strangers and now we're closer than most blood siblings. I always thought that I'll be the first one to find someone"

"Well unfortunately for you, I found one first"

"It's almost time for us to leave this joint" he chuckled as he finished his pizza "Just a few more missions, we might even retire a bit early before we reach 16"

"Yeah, we serve them long enough. I want to become rich and live the life of a slacker"

"Yeah, that'll be nice" he nodded "Do you still miss her? Your auntie?"

Just for the record, everyone knows about my ridiculous dream of being there for someone like what my auntie was for me. They tend to laugh about it but I know that they genuinely supported me, so we tend to joke around about my stupid dream of being a slacker instead.

"...Kinda obvious, yeah. Let's just aim to become wealthy slackers and true peace. I would love to eliminate all the monsters for true peace, but at the end of the day, I'm too weak"

"Yeah, you did always say that you'll only do that if you reincarnate in a world of clichés, eliminate all the threats before finally retiring." he chuckled "I'd do the same, we can't have kids go through the same things as us"

"That's what we all promised, right? If we were to reincarnate into a world of fantasy clichés, we'll live our lives to the fullest before finally retiring."

"Well the chances of that happening is as real as flying pigs, so we'll just live happily in our world"

"Grace?" Eliza called as she stumbled in the dining area "What's taking you so long?"

"...Grace? Why is she wearing your clothes?" Benny asked "And why is her hair a mess?"

"Well it's been great talking to you bro" I said as I got up with the glasses of water "But it's getting late"

"You FUCKER!" he shouted

"I am, but Benny, some people are trying to sleep, quiet down"

*****

"We're here holding a trial for Grace Leven. The charges pressed against him is achieving happiness too early" Kenny declared as he it a gavel on our dining table

"Wait, I thought you guys are supposed to support my happiness, article 1 section 1 clause 4, a Leven must never get in the way of another Leven's happiness"

"The world is in chaos, plague by man eating monsters, screw the sibling agreement!" Kelly retorted

"Kenny, out of everyone is this room, you should know it. You don't screw the sibling agreement, the agreement screws you! Now let me out of this bind, it's kinda tight"

-I know you want to plan things today, but we're having fun watching your interaction- Diana giggled

-Yeah, we have 2 months and your task is relatively easy, so we can afford it- Siege added -And yes, it's kind of funny seeing them in person-

"Off with his head!" Kelly and Benny shouted

"What do you have to say for yourself?" Kenny asked

"Not guilty, because I didn't do anything. If I had, you guys would've heard it, we can't afford to soundproof our home"

"So you're saying that, with 2 hot women on the same bed, you did nothing? First witness, Cordelia Laguna!"

"That's not how a trial goes"

"Silence!" Kenny ordered "Say Miss. Laguna, last night after dinner, did Grace laid his hands on you inappropriately?"

"Well it was more than just his hands" Lia answered as she look happy to get me in trouble "I haven't seen him in 2 weeks, so it was fun to-

"Guilty!" Kelly and Benny shouted

"Yes, I agree." Kenny nodded "I don't need to hear from you any further, death penalty"

"Seriously, worst trial ever. Even by our standards!"

"What's the death penalty?" Lia asked

"Do not worry" Kenny reassured "He's our brother, we won't really kill him. But we'll give him a punishment that will make him wish he was dead"

"What's that?" Eliza asked

"He will have to flirt with a woman we pick out, we will record him as he do so and he can never tell her that he is forced to do so" Kenny answered "Seeing him get shut down by a woman who he has no shot with will be very funny. And he have to put in actual effort."

"The hot librarian" Benny suggested "She's single too

"Yeah, that's the one" Kelly agreed "We can't hit on married people, that's just low"

-Wouldn't an old lady be better?- Siege suggested and Damon spoke it out for him

"No" Kenny shook is head "If he hit on an old woman, when we spread the footage around, it's be too obvious that it was forced, so an attractive single woman is the best choice. We can also post it on the internet as 'youngster's horrible attempt with a woman'"

"We'll come up with a better title later, we have no time to waste" Kelly said as she got up "Tomorrow, we'll have to complete a mission"

*****

We gathered at the library and the 3 got their phones ready to record the scene.

"What makes you think that us as his girlfriends will go along with this?" Eliza asked

"Yeah, that"

"Eliza, it'll be entertaining to see how he would hit on a regular woman, let's just watch and see" Lia suggested

-They finally realized that their not regular- Siege scoffs

-Damn it-

-Oh this test is funny- Ace chuckled -Can't believe that this is how easy our test going to be, we get to watch him do random stuff and all of us can become one of the strongest being there is-

"And what happens if I successfully charm her?"

-Oh no- Diana realized -You're gonna cheat-

"In the impossible events that you do, you'll be relieved from chore duty for a month" Kenny replied "We'll also dismiss your charges"

"And you even get first pick for movie night" Kelly added

"Damn it, you guys know how much I hate talking to other people"

"Well your fault for getting 2 girlfriends and never telling us about it"

*****

"Miss, do you know where to find the book titled 'that hot librarian and I'?"

I then activated 'charm', but not too much, otherwise she might pounce on me right then and there, and may also spread to the rest of the library.

"Let me see" she replied as she typed in her computer "We do not have one by that name, but we do have...'Please get better at your attempt' and 'flirting for dummies' "

"Not your first time?"

"No, you think that you're the first guy who tried that trick?" she scoffs "Besides, I'm into older guys, you're like what, 14?"

"Well, I'm glad that I look a bit younger than my actual age which is 15. Besides, you never tried me before, how will you know that young men are not your type?"

"I know that your friends are probably somewhere around here forcing you to do this, so you can stop with the act. I had to do it too, we've all been there"

-You're going to need to increase your 'charm' if you don't want to do your chores- Ace advised

-I know- I then increased the power of 'charm'

I noticed the effect as I can see her face burning up a bit, maybe I upped it a bit much

"What if I write a book titled 'that hot librarian and I'? You can become famous once it becomes a bestseller"

She then took off her glasses and leaned over the counter.

-Your 'charm' is working too efficiently- Damon commented -It's progressing too fast-

-Yeah, you're stronger than before, so what little you use now has a better effect- Siege added

-Not just that, this world doesn't have magic. There's no resistance whatsoever- Ace pointed out

-Dabria is so going to kill you once she hears that you're flirting with a woman when this test have our lives on the line- Diana sighs

"Have you had any writing experience before?" she asked "Because romance novels are very hard to write"

"That's why you can help me get experience, in writing and every other thing you think I need"

"Please know that romance is a very...physically demanding job" she warned

"That's why I'm asking you to share your experience, I need a good teacher"

"Here's my number, I'm free the whole of next week" she said as she handed me a paper "Unless you want early lessons...the storage room has no cameras, and only I have the key"

"Why don't I call you next week instead? We can save up a lot of energy by then"

She then use a finger and lift my face.

"Are you perhaps experienced?" she asked "I like that"

"You sure? I'm 15"

"I like to experience forbidden love"

"Then let's hope I finish my mission by next week"

"I look forward to it, I hear that soldiers have a lot of...stamina" she winked before I left

I then walked past my siblings who are wide eyed with their jaws dropped in amazement.

"I got her number and an empty promise for a date with another older woman. Have fun doing my chores for the next month. Grace Leven out"

"Who are you and what have you done with our brother?!" the 3 exclaimed

"Shhh, we're in a library"

3rd person view

The test version of Elektra is also watching the scene and cannot believe her eyes.

"Those 6 don't really feel like they're from this world..." she pondered aloud "But what the hell happened to my Grace Leven?!"

"Since when was my son yours?" Hypnos responded as he appeared before her

"I spectate him after my break to see him flirting with a librarian, master" Elektra informed "Is that not strange?!"

"It is, but we've all been through that phase, Thanatos once forced me to do the same thing"