Chapter 240: I Am Going to Kill You (7)
The effect of the artifact Orphe’s Mask was that it Charmed the other person and was volatilely activated when the mask came off. Its power grew stronger the longer it had been worn.
Keter wore the mask starting a week before attending the party, and as a result, he could directly face Princess Iris’s Charm for a brief moment. However, the Charm Orphe’s Mask released was instantly activated. It was strongest the moment the mask came off. From then on its power gradually decreased.
If things continued this way, Keter would be swallowed by Princess Iris’s Charm. Of course, he had already suffered enough from the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe’s Charm that he had some resistance, but he couldn’t guarantee he would be completely fine. Setting safety aside, Keter didn’t want to lose in any circumstance. Thus, he tore off his top.
Charm is ultimately attractiveness!
No matter how stylish he dressed, it couldn’t beat a bare body. Of course, attractiveness was relative, so there was a chance it might not work. However, doing at least something rather than blankly standing there matched Keter’s nature.
As a result, it worked. Iris turned her head away at Keter’s unexpected stripping. Though she wasn’t struck by his Charm. If she had been, she would have kept staring, unable to regain her senses. She simply felt embarrassed. It was the first time she ever saw a man’s bare torso.
Paradoxically, it was also the first time she ever saw a man openly take off his top like that, and with good reason. She was a princess, the only one in this country. It wasn’t that the men who had fallen for her Charm in the past never tried a stripping show. Their necks and bodies had simply separated before they could try.
However, now she stood entirely alone. Strictly speaking, Krona was watching as well, but she only stared at Keter’s stripping with a look that said he was insane. Thus, there was no winner in the Charm contest. Princess Iris could have Charmed Keter if she wished, yet she couldn’t look at his bare body, so it was useless. Besides, Keter had already used up Orphe’s Mask. It was an obvious draw.
However, Keter raised his clenched fist and said, “I won.”
At his shameless declaration of victory, even Princess Iris thought this was absurd.
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Iris lost her fighting spirit. Although Keter had used an artifact, he still faced her Charm head-on. A high noble and a knight who represented the south had stripped his top before a woman as he pleased. The whole thing felt embarrassing, absurd, and dejecting.