<~> Chapter 54My jourhrough the city this m was iing. The effect of having a high Charisma retty noticeable to me. It was actually insidiously subtle. My posture slightly shifted, I was quicker to smile at the people I walked by, my gait was mraceful yet fident. This led to many people turning towards me in my wake, a few did double takes, others stared.

  You might think that this kind of attention would bother me when I'm not used to it but the effect of Charisma ran deeper than that. It kept me calm, collected, hyper aware of the people in my surroundings. Once Bel had told me that Merts and Nobles usually had some but after feeling the effects of it, they would probably be stupid not to have at least some points in Charisma.

  What was reassuring about it too was that it didn't make me more charismatic, it was more like I could better predict how people would see me. It was more like I had more trol over the situation rather than just maki like someone else. That isn't to say it doesn't have an automatic effey as. The knowledge of how much my walk affects people's perception of me is going to make me automatically adopt a more fident looking walk. It's not that it ges how I act, it's more like I now know how to act to achieve the result I want and I'll do that automatically unless I'm iionally thinking about it.

  The effect I was having on people around me wasn't lost on Bel either. She had been staring at me essentially nonstop since we left our room. I didn't pick up on it ihs but irospect it retty obvious. Her eyes had been glued on me just enough that she didn't crash into things.

  I looked over and on reflex I smiled at her, making her blush hard and look away. "L-Lilith, what are you doing? What did you do?"

  Ah. So she had detected it. I was rather curious if people who knew me would notice a dramatic ge. Magic was still rather mysterious to me and I didn't know if, I don't know, it would just make people not notice too.

  I decided to talk to her through [Soultouched e]

  -- "I got a new skill from our threesome st night that gave me a ton of free Charisma. I was w if people would be able to tell the difference or not." --

  -- "I tell alright," -- she replied without hesitation. -- "If I didn't know better, there would be no way you would be able to vince me you weren't a noble now. Is... are you going to stay this way?" --

  I looked over at her and she blushed again. -- "I don't knht now my goal is to get the twins back. I think that at the moment, using this ability is my best bet to do that. The ability does let me turn it off though. Do you think I should?" --

  She gulped in response and sharply looked away again. I think that question may have e off as much more seductive than I expected it to.

  We tinued walking and she didn't look back at me when she answered. -- "I don't know. You're very... intense like this... But it's not a bad thing. ...it does make my underwear a little tight though." --

  I ughed and her ears turned bright red. She turo stare at the ground as we walked. -- "I didn't mean for you to hear that..." --

  Without thinking I reached over and squeezed her shoulder gently before I realized it. It stuck out because it was a bit unlike me and immediately it registered as something that my high Charisma had thought I should do to build attra. I did it automatically because ultimately that was something I wanted but it kind of gave me whipsh. Even if the high Charisma didn't make me feel different i would still probably lead to others perceiving me differently than I feel inside.

  -- "Don't worry. I'll turn it off when I don't think I ." --

  Bel snuck a peek at me but looked at the ground again. -- "Good ...but maybe it would be okay sometimes... in private too..." --

  I smiled and interlocked my fingers with hers. Charisma told me to do this too but I didn't feel bad about it because it was something I'm pretty sure I would do anyway.

  Not long after we had set out we once again stood outside of the Svers Guild. The and tidy looking building stood out from all of the ones surrounding it, hiding away all of the dirt and grime of their business behind walls. Most of the people entering had pitifully low karma and because of that it wasn't hard to pick out which people were there to be sves rather than buy them. This pce made me sick.

  I took a deep breath, let go of Bel's hand and stepped through the doors. It was only moments before I spotted Jacob, the man who had helped us before, from across the room. His positive karma stood out from across the room pared to everyone around him and a quick touch to Bel through [Soultouched e] firmed that he stood out for her too. He had been chatting with someone else but the moment his eyes passed over me he immediately excused himself from that versation and came to met us.

  "Ah, perfect. I had heard you came back to town and you caught me before I sent someo to track you down." His eyes trailed over me, sent a quice to Bel aled bae. "Your presence is very different from the st time we met."

  "I am aware." I let myself rex just a little bit. Traditionally speaking this would normally not be ideal when trying to shi I khat rexing a bit would dispel some of his fusion. Naturally, it worked.

  "Mmm, yes well, you seem to be in much better shape since your return to the city. Let us go to a private room to discuss some business."

  I nodded and he began to lead the way. I gnced over at Bel, she seemed tent to stay behind me a me do the talking. Probably for the best in this situation. We were led into a different room from st time, this one was much higher css and seemed to be the kind of room you would take a high profile t. I wasn't sure what to make of that, was he trying to butter me up or had my gambit with the noble clothes and the high Charisma worked to ge his opinion of me?

  We sat down on a pair of fortable couches that faced each other. Rather than a coffee table which might have been more expected from this yout, there en space between us and tables to our side instead.

  "Mary, please make some tea for uests." Jacob said to a human woman wearing an outfit rather simir to a maid's outfit. Instead of the usual steel ost sves I've seen have, she instead was wearing a simple choker locked to her ne its pce.

  If he was trying to butter me up, showing off his sves weren't the way to my heart. My Charisma didn't let me break my illusion though. I took the offered tea and respectfully o her. It was meant as a bit of a jab but instead I could tell that Jacob had appreciated the gesture instead. I mentally chided myself, this guy wasn't all bad. He worked in a business I find morally repugnant but ultimately the society he was in didn't view it that way. And sidering I was here to reinforce this system by receiving payment for a sve I had sold and turning around and trying to buy two others, my stance made me a bit of a hypocrite. I didn't o like it though.

  I took a sip of my tea. It was bitter. I looked at the tray and added two small spoonfuls of sugar to my tea as I mentally prepared for this exge. I took another sip, that was better. When I looked up, Jacob was smiling and Bel was staring at me. I didn't really know what I had dohat was strange so I just brushed the moment off.

  "So, let's begin. How did the au go?"

  His smile was strained and one of his eyes slightly twitched. I could tell from a ghat there was going to be some sort of problem. He pulled a file out from a bag he had brought with him and ope. As his eyes slid down the sheet his mouth held a smile that his eyes didn't share.

  "Your share of Bitch's selling price is 200 gold s." Bel had a sharp intake of breath o me and my brow furrowed in fusion, or at least it would have had my high Charisma let it. That was a lot of money wasn't it? I didn't know what the problem was.

  His smiled faded as he tinued, "Normally this would be good news but there is a bit of a problem with that sum. It is such a high sum that this branch of the Svers Guild simply doesn't have the gold on hand to pay it."

  My expression was ral but I was smiling in my heart as I took a sip of the tea. "So what do you suggest?"

  Jacob turo the human maid. "Mary bring them in dear."

  She nodded before opening the door and allowing a muscur male sve to lead two naked catgirls in on a leash. Man and Torien deferentially stared at the floor as they were led in, not looking up once as they walked. Even my high Charisma couldn't stop a frown from toug my face at their treatment, though only for a moment.

  My eyes looked over their bodies, gd to see no marks of punishment marring their skin. Though perhaps something like that could have been healed before they were bought before a prospective buyer. They were both very attractive under all of their normal outerwear, milky white pristine skin and both of their breasts were much rger looking without their armor and robes c them up. Their limp bck tails gave away that they weren't very happy to be in this situation.

  "Rather than giving you the full amount that e could instead give you these two sves worth 200 gold for a mere 150 gold instead and give you the other 50 gold either in or further trade."

  Without even needing to look at my system I immediately ged my css to [Novice Mert]. I hadn't read the description of the css before but I knew what was happening here. This css, bined with my high Charisma, would give me every possible advantage I could get right now. I o get the girls out without getting fleeced at the same time.

  "I was told that their price was 80 gold." Torien and Man's heads shot up in shock as they heard my voice. Their eyes were wide and their mouths hung open in plete disbelief that I was the oting on the couch. Mary pulled out a e and was about to disciplihem for their reas but my harsh gre caught Jacob's attention immediately.

  "Mary, don't."

  "Yes Master." Without any questio the e back behind her back. Torien looked at Mary, then Jacob and then bae. She had the least amount of fidence I had ever seen on her. Man's eyes however hadn't left me for a sed. In her eyes I saw determination. For what I wasn't sure yet.

  Saine

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