Nero, The Legendary Hunter

"Ahh, I almost made it to level 21, degozaru~," Jingu lay down on the dark charcoal stone floor and looked up at the ceiling that had some glowing crystals, which brightened the room.

The place was spacious compared to the other dungeon, and it was quite open and with little relief, which doesn't get in the way of the fight if you're careful.

"I arrived!" Choko made a V sign to Jingu.

"Me too!" Yui imitated Choko by making a V sign.

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[Charm] Level 7

[Disable for [1 hours] – [2 hours] – [3 hours] – [4 hours]?]

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It was the first time she clicked on top and tried to see more information, and she didn't think she would have the possibility of deactivating it, since it was a passive ability. However, it was the only passive ability that had that option. Nero clicked for 1 hour.

"Ahurhghsdnd!" Nero at the same instant she turned it off, screamed very strangely and started scratching, even though she didn't feel itchy. Everything she did today flashed through her mind like a movie, and she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole to hide.

"Nero, is everything alright?" Choko and Yui got scared and approached worried.

Jana and the rest looked at her with concern as well.

"It's nothing..." Nero composed himself and said with a long, deep sigh.

"Doesn't look like anything~" Honda saw that it didn't look like something serious, she joked moving closer she poked Nero's pink cheek.

"Ever remember an embarrassing scene that made you itch?" Nero asked while looking at the Honda.

"Me?" Honda stopped and thought. Then she laughed and said and felt some shivers of embarrassment: "Yes, not so long ago. I was in town and someone coming towards me said: How long? And I answered yes, how long ago? Confused, since I didn't remember her. Era laughed and walked right past me and hugged the man who was right behind me. I wanted to find a hole to bury myself in..."

"Mm, so what happened was that I remembered something shameful." Nero laughed lamely.

"Oh, and what did you remember?" Honda asked with interest.

"I'd rather not comment~" Nero smiled.

"That's not fair, I counted mine!" Honda pretended to be angry as she screamed, putting her hands down into tight fists.

"I didn't ask to tell. I just asked if you've passed~" Nero smiled and laughed a lot later.

Yui and Choko start laughing too. Not just them, Jana and the rest too.

The Honda blushed, but she was bold and puffed out her breasts and said, albeit blushing, "Tsk, no heart~ Let's go to the next floor."

"Let's rest some more, *degozaru...*" Jingu shuddered as he remembered that the next floor of the dungeon was spiders. Just thinking about it made her feel horrified.

"Are you that scared, Jingu?" Honda went to her and asked as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Yes, I'm terrified. Degozaru," Jingu was quite honest, which made it impossible for Honda to get excited to keep teasing her.

Nero looked at Jingu and said, "You don't have to fight, but it's good to get over trauma sooner or later. Stay away and watch. What you have is not fear, but dread. Fear comes from something you don't have the ability to hurt, like a ghost, but dread, seeing something that even though it can't hurt you, makes you want to run away."

"That's exactly it." Jingu said, "But even though I know that, I can't stand those furry things walking on several legs, with lots of eyes and making weird sounds that make my scalp shiver, degozaru."

"There's a spider there!" Honda suddenly yelled and pointed at Jingu.

"Where, where, degozaru?!?" Jingu turned and shook, she was about to take off her armor.

"It's a joke, calm down." Honda felt very guilty when seeing Jingu's reaction, it seems it was more serious than she imagined.

Breathing like he was in labor, Jingu snorted and turned to face Honda, in a rare moment, she got really angry.

"Well... Honda, you went too far." Nero sighed and shook his head.

Honda acknowledges that she shouldn't have done that, and felt even more guilty with the look everyone else had at her and the way they looked at her as if she'd stolen the last piece of strawberry cake.

"Jingu, forgive me, I promise not to do this anymore, okay, I'm sorry?" Honda starts to persuade her, but Jingu always turns away.

Of course, little by little everyone realized that Jingu wasn't angry, as she turned, she was smirking without Honda noticing.

'Is she getting revenge this way?' Yui put his finger to his lips as he thought. She felt like she learned something new now.

"Nero, you seem to be back to normal," Choko said, suddenly looking serious at her thoughtfully.

"About this." Nero smiled softly, which was charming, and at the same time cute, as pretty dimples appeared on her rosy cheeks: "I had my passive charm activated. When I turned it off, it somehow made my senses clearer. It seems that being 'in those days has made my immunity to my ability weak. I can usually control it well."

"Mm, you're still charming even without that ability. In fact, it was your boldest way of speaking, even as you said you were going to steal Jana from Breno…" She stopped there because Choko noticed Nero squirming again.

"Stop, stop, I don't want to remember this..." Nero covered her mouth then: "Let's forget about it, okay?"

"Are you sure you want to forget? That scared me a lot." Breno said with a neutral expression.

Nero looks at him and a thin smile forms: "Oh, you really want me to remember, you really want me to seriously try to flirt with Jana?" Nero walks towards him.

"No thanks, let's forget about it. I promise not to talk about it anymore, so don't flirt with my girlfriend, okay...?" Breno shivered and spoke much more than usual.

"Humph, it's good that you know~" Nero laughed, but was embarrassed again, but tried his best to hide it.

Jana was on cloud nine, she was looking at Breno with her heart-shaped eyes.

'She has no salvation anymore...' Jair thought and sighed.

"Okay, let's go to the next floor," Nero said, not wanting to continue on the same subject any longer.