“It must be very precious, that slave.”
“He’s not a slave.”
I followed the man and frowned at him. Turning to my blunt reply, he grinned.
“Ah, it was true.”
It was a refreshing smile enough to make the scorching heat of Sharma go away at once. A palm-tree shadow cast over his tanned face, but couldn’t cover his outstretched smile.
“What do you like so much?”
The man seemed very excited to hear that Rian wasn’t my slave. When I asked with his doubts, he scratched the back of his neck as if he was embarrassed.
“Master, I like being the only slave.”
“You are not my slave either-”
“No, I belong to the Master,” he cut my words firmly.
The smile on the man’s face instantly disappeared. He basically has a fierce look, and a face that doesn’t smile was chillingly sharp.
“If you say such irresponsible words one more time, I’ll hang myself in front of the Master and die.”
I gulped, facing the man’s narrowed pupils.
‘Urk, how bloody…’
“It’s a joke, Master. Don’t be afraid.”
The man who glanced at my timid stance smiled again, but I didn’t feel like what he said was a joke at all.
‘Let’s just change the topic of the conversation.’
I rolled my eyes as I wiped my forehead drenched with cold sweat due to the man’s fierce energy.
“But you really don’t have a name? Aren’t you supposed to have one?”
“Hmm. It’s the original name.”
The man hummed lightly and touched my chin slowly as he opened his lips.
“If you really want to call me by my original name, call me Lucas.”
My eyes widened to the man’s sullen answer.
“I heard it’s a name for all Tan slaves.”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
At my question, the man blurts out his backstory. Seeing that he didn’t want to explain further, I shrugged.
“Okay. I’ll call you Lucas if you don’t mind.”
We could still hang out together, but it was awkward to call him, man, a slave without a name.
“Yes. I have to decide my name later anyway.”
I tilted my head at the man’s remarks.
“Do I have to decide your name?”
“Yes. We must decide not only the name, but the appearance.”
He’s not even my avatar, how can I change his appearance? I demanded an explanation on his hanging words.
“We could decide on a name, but how do you decide on your appearance?”
“Tan can change the color of our eyes and hair to suit our Master’s taste.”
I covered my mouth in amazement at Lucas’s reply.
He’s not just changing his hairstyle, but adjusting his eyes and hair color… Weren’t they a species that had great passion for their companion?
‘What? I don’t thin there’s been a setting like this before.’
I frowned as I recalled playing <Experience: Life>. Even if it was said that the Tan people who appeared in the game were all ‘Lucas’ in the first place, there was too little information. I’ve never heard of the setting that Lucas was what all the Tan people call themselves.
‘Is it because I haven’t targeted Lucas?’
Lucas, who approached me as I agonized over the identity of the increasingly mysterious Tan people, affectionately pat my cheek.
“Think slowly, Master, for there is some time left until the next day. Until then, put on some weight.”
I raised my head at his lowly addition.
“Fat? Why?”
What does my weight have to do with determining Luca’s outward appearance? He smiled as if I’m cute with my eyes wide open, and then poked my cheek.
“Because the Master’s strength is too weak to have sex with me to last a day. You even said you were afraid you’d die.”
I blushed at Lucas’s words.
‘No, I… I don’t want to play with you anymore…’
It was sex that felt good enough I could die, but I also felt a sense of crisis that I could truly die.
However, I only let out a meaningless laugh, foreboding that if I would be honest with him, he’d turn scary as before.
‘Wait a minute. Does building physical strength lower the risk of getting sick?’
No wonder my whole body was throbbing, and I felt like I lost my stamina because we had sex. Taking a hint from what he said, I hurriedly checked the stat window.
<STATUS>
30/65 Stamina
30/300 Reputation
120/300 Charm
20/300 Elegance
0/500 Holy Power
30/300 Morality
10/100 Food
“Oh. I’ve really lost half my strength!’
Even if I ate and slept well, I was always recovering to my maximum physical strength. Having never thought of checking the stat window, I hurriedly called out the detailed explanation.
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