Chapter 21. Pleasure Hub
Shin soaked himself in a hot bath for a while, the water soothing his bones as steam wafted through the air. After a considerable amount of relaxation, his stomach growled. He was hungry.
He stepped out of the bathroom, his bare feet touching the wooden floor as he made his way to his room. He dried his black hair and tied it back with a tiny string. Taking a moment, he glanced at his reflection in the mirror.
His body had changed. Slightly more muscular now—maybe because he upgraded his strength stats. But that wasn't the only thing that had grown. His eyes shifted down to his shaft. It looked bigger than usual.
Was this an effect of his bizarre skill?
He shrugged it off, pulled on his clothes, and suddenly realized he didn't have a change of clothes—or even any moisturizer. So, he decided to put on his old, blood soaked clothes. As he put them on, a picture fell from his trouser pocket.
He picked it up. It was their family photo, still stained with Suzune's blood. He gulped, jaw tightening, then folded it carefully and tucked it back into his pocket. He definitely needed new clothes. The ones he wore reeked of blood, stained with Suzune's when he carried her, Gerald's, and even Elena's.
The mere thought of it made the hair on the back of his neck stand.
"Well... time to go and look for women," he muttered to himself—but then something clicked.
Those rascals at the Bureau had mentioned something: you could bang NPC girls just by paying them!
He wondered—did the NPCs have any skills he could steal? There was only one way to find out.
But first? Clothes.