Staring at myself in the mirror and fixing my tie, I turned to glance at Waylan who was next to me.
He too was staring at himself in the mirror, putting on a suit.
Tying my hair back with an armband, I muttered in annoyance.
"Why do I have to wear a suit? It's not like dwarves also wear suits."
"Because we're about to attend a banquet with the dwarven leaders. It is costumery to dress well in such an important event." Waylan replied back, neatly fixing his hair.
Squinting, and staring at his figure from where I was standing, I couldn't hide my jealousy.
'Sigh, is this the difference in our genes? Just how high must his charm be to look like that at his age?'
Waylan was probably in his fifties, yet he looked no older than twenty. His perfect jawline which perfectly contrasted with his face and body, made me feel ashamed of myself.
'Hmm, well, not as much actually.'
Stroking my chin and staring my myself in the mirror, my previous thoughts halted.
As I looked at myself in the mirror, I had to say, I looked quite charming myself.
Having signed a contract with Angelica, who used to be the matriarch of the charm tribe, a subsidiary of the charm clan, my charm increased by quite a bit.
It was now in the rank range.
Pretty much my highest stat at the moment.
From the lowest to now the highest. Wasn't that quite an ironic situation?
That said, as I had been wearing a mask throughout the whole ordeal back at Inferno, I wasn't able to get a proper look at my face till this past week and a half when everything was over, and I really do have to say, my charm increase really made a difference.
I could almost rival Jin and Kevin in terms of appearance.
"Aren't you staring at yourself a bit too much?"
Snapping me out of my thoughts, I felt Waylan's large hand rest on my shoulder as he looked at me in the mirror opposite to me.
Scrutinizing my face carefully, he showed an impressed look.
"Gotta say, you really do look a lot better now than before. You're almost unrecognizable."
"You're over-exaggerating."
I replied, my eyes squinting to get a better look at myself in the mirror.
"Although I indeed look a little bit better, I still look like the old me."
Fundamentally, all that happened was that my skin became smoother and all the previous scars that I had on my face had completely disappeared.
While I was in thought, leaning forward, Waylan touched his chin before he shook his head.
"Nope, don't see any resemblance at all. You may as well have had plastic surgery."
"…"
My mouth opened and close multiple times as I had hard trouble stopping myself from throwing as many curses as possible.
"Hahaha."
Waylan suddenly burst out laughing, amused by my reaction.
Smack—!
me on the back, he
a little
I asked, raising
he really just trying to
since I was not nervous at all. But well, it was the thought that
like I had been deceived
has no qualms infiltrating the
"…You."
of his life laughing at me,
it. The
I said out loud.
wards piqued Waylan's interest as he
"Get what?"
her annoyingness from. It was you. You're just as
that?" Waylan asked, seemingly offended
didn't care. Raising my hand and pointing it
She's the product you created. You should know all too
glare in my direction. "Are you calling
about it?" I retorted
with the jokes.
as things were about to get heated, entering the changing room
knew that Waylan and I were merely joking around, but his
go in the next couple of minutes, lest we want to set a bad impression on the dwarves." Douglas said, checking onto his
'Damn…'
nice gray suit, which perfectly outlined his body, I was left surprised by how buff Douglas
But Douglas was damn fit as his suit perfectly displayed how defined his body was. Especially his shoulders which
was looking at his clothes,
the next couple of minutes.
eyes paused on my neck area. Or to be precise where my tie
hand and pointing at
you need help with
head and staring at my
"Yes, please."
worn a suit, and well, I still couldn't tie my
It was odd, out of all the things I could do, tying a tie was
should probably spend
learn, but it just had never been on my priority list of things I had to
of a friendly neighborhood uncle, Douglas beckoned for me to come
"Alright, come here."
"Thanks."
up to him who slowly grabbed my
an oddly familiar
my brows furrowed slightly as an old memory
I defeated Thibaut. Outside of the
I had fallen into a slight trance as I reminisced
"Done."
"Hmm?…Already?"
Douglas's
Douglas pointed at my reflection
set. What
"Hmm…"
outlined my body, I
head, I thanked
it,
me on the shoulder before turning
better now.
"…alright."
bit, I turned around and followed Douglas out
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