4 The Best Soup

In the edge of death, Dan Ezith was saved by the phenomenon known as 'the last lament'. However, this resulted in the absolute disappearance of his personality and a drastic change in the appearance of his body.

"It's... somewhat extravagant..."

After wondering about his appearance, Udyat showed Arz a mental image of himself in response.

Blue eyes and clear as the sky, golden hair, white skin as snow and soft as porcelain, and an androgynous face and good looks that in the 'Other World' would undoubtedly have made him a popular model magazine. This was the result of 'Charisma of Freya'.

Dan Ezith had been devoured by that individual sealed within the unique skill 'Knowledge of Another World', and whose new name was Arz Horus.

"There are many things I would like to know, but, for now, I would like to be in a safe place..." -a distant howl resounded in the distance.

[I can access the memory of『Dan Ezith 』to trace a route back to the city]

The voice in his mind was Udyat, an assistant arising from the degradation of a secondary skill of the 'Eye of Horus' as extravagant as 'Omniscience'.

"I guess there's no alternative."

As a result of Dan Ezith's naivety, Arz was now in the middle of the forest.

Arz possessed Dan's memories, yet Udyat could access both these and his with a 100 percent detail and accuracy index.

Route plotted, please follow my instructions. In just ten minutes you will reach the city]

"Point the road then, Udyat"

The forest in which Arz was, are relatively close to the city, so the greatest danger was ironically humans.

Following Udyat's instructions, Arz walked through the wooded area for about ten minutes until he finally emerged to a road.

From that point, Arz was soon able to see high walls some 300 meters away.

[Kelnos, capital of the Kingdom of Reenan]

By focusing Arz's view on those walls, Udyat offered information about them.

"I know... I also have the memories of Dan Ezith..."

[Omitting obvious information. Suggestion accepted]

With no answer but a long sigh, Arz headed for Kelnos.

As the capital of the kingdom, the gates of Kelnos were open 24 hours a day, so beyond the curious glances of the guards, Arz was able to gain access without problem.

"That was easy, the hard part will be finding a way to deal with this..." -Arz placed his hands on his stomach that made a loud protest sound.

Now he was in a relatively safe place, but his situation was not much better. He had no money and couldn't just show up at Dan Ezith's old home.

"Any suggestions, Udyat?"

[I recommend you resorting to prostitution]

"What kind of suggestion is that for a 15-year-old boy?!"

[Based on the current situation and your appearance, this is...]

"Forget it..."

[It is also necessary to make a clarification, your current mental age is at least ten thousand years, so...]

"The age that matters in these cases is the age of the body!"

A bit irritated, Arz simply walked aimlessly thinking of some option and bearing in mind that, in this case, the healthiest thing was not to resort to Udyat.

The light of the stars and a large number of oil lamps illuminated the streets of the city poorly.

As Kelnos was the capital of the kingdom, although scarce, nightlife was present. Some wagons and carriages moved through the streets of the city, while some women of questionable profession were present under some of the oil lamps.

"You're pretty cute, I'll give you a big discount, what do you say?" -With a seductive voice and a seductive walk, one of those women approached Arz.

"I'm so sorry, but as you can see, my situation is quite unfavorable" -Arz pointed to the broken and bloody part of his clothes on his belly.

"Oh my God! What happened to you?!"

To Arz's surprise, far from serving as a deterrent, this caused the woman to approach him to examine him with real concern.

"I was attacked by some bandits, but fortunately a Priest found me and applied me healing magic" -feeling the woman's hands practically running through his belly, Arz was hardly able to give an excuse.

"You are quite lucky. Those filthy beasts that do not know how to earn their bread by their own efforts should..." -the woman's words were interrupted by the protest of Arz's stomach.

"I-I was robbed of everything, so..."

"Say no more, come with me" - without waiting for an answer, the woman took Arz by the arm.

Without a chance to comment, Arz was taken by the woman to a small and worn inn.

"Carol, who brings you here today" -behind the counter, a middle-aged, thin-haired man smiled kindly at the woman.

"Gus, give this boy a plate of your best hot soup and add it to my account. He was attacked by bandits and he has miraculously survived.

"Those filthy vermin, wait a minute."

"What did you say your name was?" -The woman named Carol completely abandoned her seductive attitude and now seemed more like a worried mother.

"Arz..."

"Well Arz, Gus' soup is the best in the capital, enjoy it quietly and wait for me to return, understand?"

"Yes..." -Arz was too overwhelmed by Carol's attitude towards him.

In response to Arz, Carol showed a big smile and then retired.

With no other option, Arz sat on one of the old wooden benches in front of the inn counter.

(Is this an effect of 'Charisma of Freya'?) -Arz inevitably questioned himself about it.

[Negative. In the first stage 『Charisma de Freya 』only significantly improves your appearance]

"Then why is she so kind?" -because of his confusion, Arz did not realize that he had let his thoughts escape.

"Carol is a kind woman, but she's probably helped you because you remind her son" -having returned at the right time, Gus answered Arz's question as he placed a large bowl of soup on the counter in front of him.

"Do I remind she her son?"

"Well, not in appearance, you're a very extravagant boy, are you a nobleman?"

"No, I'm just a... I used to be the squire of a Knight who lost his title" - for his clothes and appearance Arz did the best he could to did his best to justify himself.

"It sounds like there's a complicated story in between, yet your mother must be a very beautiful woman" - probably the kind of conclusion anyone would come to given Arz's appearance.

(Well, technically you could say my mother is the goddess Freya...) -Arz must have kept that joke to himself.

"As I was telling you, Carol's oldest son is your age and she hasn't known anything about him in over two months -Gus gave Arz a wooden spoon and a glass of water.

"Did something happen to her son?"

"Who knows, the boy joined the army following the footsteps of his father who died not long ago fighting with a group of bandits. For Carol's sake I hope that impetuous and foolish boy is well. She is a good woman and makes her best effort to support her family."

"Sounds complicated."

"As like you said, boy. If it wasn't because I'm barely able to sustain myself by keeping this place open 24 hours a day, I would have offered Carol a job as a waitress. Its really unfortunate, many good women have had to take that denigrating work. It is all the fault of the nobles and their wars, the situation throughout the kingdom is pressing. Eat before it gets cold" -with a bitter expression on his face, Gus turned away from Arz to attend to another client.

(Somehow... this simple soup tastes really good) -after bringing the first spoonful of soup into his mouth, Arz really felt like he was trying a gourmet dish.

[Theory; the background behind the soup dish, has caused your mind to give it a much better taste than it really is].

(I repeat, there are things that it is better not to theorize about!)

After protesting, Arz quietly tasted his bowl of soup as he thought about what he should do from now on.