18 Telling True Name

Rio stuck his right hand into the red ripple above Osas corpse.

"How do your hands feel in the ripples?" Asked Charlotte curiously.

"Mmm… The curtains have a special taste, I feel like touching some items, this is probably something that Osas has stored in the System Warehouse, maybe?" Rio described the situation.

"Bingo! Since Shin knows the System Warehouse, you are now confirmed to be a player too!" Charlotte puffed out her chest proudly.

The corner of Rio's eyes twitched slightly at being caught up in Charlotte's pun.

(Tch, you sneaky fox.) Rio renewed Charlotte's evaluation in his mind.

Ignoring Charlotte, Rio withdrew his hand, in his hand was a bright yellow card.

Bringing the yellow card closer to his face, Rio scanned the card back and forth and the sound of the system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations on getting a Rank D Skill Card containing the Stone Breathing Skill]

"What's that?"

Charlotte's face was closer to Rio's, a few centimeters away, their cheeks would touch. But both Rio and Charlotte didn't seem to care about the ambiguous situation between the two of them.

"It's called a Skill Card, it contains the Stone Breathing Skill that Osas has." Rio explained honestly to Charlotte.

"Oh, so if Osas manages to kill Shin, he will get a Skill Card containing your Breathing Style, right?"

"That's true, but there's also a chance of failing to get a Skill Card from a killed player."

"Why does Shin think so?" Charlotte turned and looked directly at Rio from a close distance.

Due to the distance between the two of them, Charlotte could see her reflection reflected in Rio's eyes. But she wasn't shy, she kept staring at Rio and waiting for his answer.

"The System Warehouse is used by the Player to store items, if the Player enters useless items such as stones, wood, food, clothes and others. It's getting harder for players to acquire skills from killed players." Rio said his analysis.

As Rio entered the red ripples, he felt the sensation of many objects, possibly items stored in the Osas System Warehouse.

"That means Shin is very lucky to get the Osas Skill Card!"

"Not necessarily, this is the world's first for us players to go on Quests. So normally there isn't much luggage in the System Warehouse, the chances of getting a Skill Card are still very high."

"But the more time passes, the more items players store in the System Warehouse. This lowers the percentage of getting Skill Cards."

"Shin has a point."

Hearing the results of Rio's analysis, Charlotte agreed, she also thought about it.

"Let's go, the smell of blood will only lure Demons."

Rio was about to stand up, but he stumbled down due to his weak vitality.

But Charlotte swiftly caught the fallen Rio.

"You almost fell, why is your body so weak, Shin?"

Putting Rio's hand on her shoulder, Charlotte walked to support Rio leaving the place.

Seeing Rio silent, Charlotte immediately said:

"Of course if it's a secret, you don't have to tell me."

Charlotte knows that to practice a Breathing Style, it takes a strong physical body to be able to use the Breathing Style to its full potential.

She herself had become stronger than 2 months ago after practicing Cherry Blossom Breathing, so Charlotte was wondering why Rio was tired so quickly.

Rio glanced at Charlotte who selflessly helped him walk, and he didn't ask his doubts.

"Why are you being nice to me? We've only known for less than a week, I've never treated you well, so why?"

"Hmm.... Why is that?"

Charlotte seemed to ponder Rio's question, after a while, she said with a smile:

"Because I'm attracted to you."

"Interested in me?" There was a big question mark in Rio's mind.

Rio admitted that his current self was much more handsome than he was before being struck by lightning, but his good looks weren't too much that women would fall in love with him at first sight.

"That's true, but don't get me wrong. I'm not interested in the meaning of like or love, I just want to know how calm you are."

Charlotte was quick to explain fearing Rio misunderstood, but an explanation was unnecessary since Rio didn't have a change of expression.

"Why?" Rio asked briefly.

"That's because you treat me so differently than any other man I've ever met." Charlotte gave an unexpected answer.

"Is it because I was cold to you?" Rio guessed.

"That's right, this is the first time I've met a man who wasn't captivated by my charm and beauty."

"You look quite proud to say that."

"Ah, you must think I'm a narcissist, right?"

"It's just how you feel."

"But you didn't deny it!"

Rio chose not to answer Charlotte.

Charlotte wasn't angry at all, she recounted the reason for her interest in Rio.

"I've seen a lot of boys, nine out of ten guys I meet will be blown away by me. They tried to seduce me and impress me with them, but their real intentions were very clear." Charlotte said in disgust.

"Since nine out of ten boys are attracted to you, then what about the remaining one?" Rio asked a little curiously.

"Oh, the rest are just pretending they don't care about me to pique my curiosity on them, but their intentions are no different from other boys." Charlotte snorted coldly, then she found Rio beside her.

"But… you're so different Shin, I can see your apathy and indifference is genuine. It is not a fake, you are not fascinated by my beauty, this is the reason I approached you."

"Did that satisfy your curiosity, S-h-i-n~..." Charlotte mocked Rio's fake name.

After being silent for a while, Rio nodded.

"Enough, at least the reason you approached me didn't have the bad intentions like Osas."

Recalling all the experiences that Rio had with Charlotte, even though it was very brief, Rio decided to trust Charlotte.

"This is for you." Rio put the Skill Card in Charlotte's hand.

"This..."

Seeing the Skill Card in her hand, Charlotte rejected it, she returned the Skill Card to Rio's hand.

"Take it, this is your booty, I already have my own Sakura Blossom Breathing Style, I don't need any other Breathing Style."

"Huh, creating your own Breathing Style?" Rio was astonished to know this.

Creating Breathing Styles is tens of times more difficult than learning existing Breathing Styles.

Now that Charlotte said she had created her own Breathing Style, how could Rio not be surprised?

"Hum~ Hum~ I'm a genius after all! Creating the Breathing Style isn't that difficult after researching the other Breathing Styles." Charlotte hummed proudly.

Rio was speechless at Charlotte's narcissism, but admittedly, apart from possessing beauty, Charlotte was also a genius to be able to create a Breathing Style in less than 3 months.

"I've been telling the truth so far, it's not fair if I'm the only one being honest here."

"At least tell me your real name, I promise I won't tell anyone else. Besides that, I also keep your identity as a player a secret, how about that?"

Charlotte didn't know why Rio was so eager to hide his Player's identity, but since it was the other party's wish, she didn't insist.

"Rio, that's my real name."

In the end Rio told Charlotte his real name.

"Rio… That name is too short." Charlotte complained.

"Blame my parents for giving me that name." Rio said nonchalantly.

As the two of them chatted, the sun slowly rose from the east illuminating Mount Fujikasane and the remaining Demons immediately hid.

"It's dawn huh, we've graduated." Rio said emotionlessly as usual.

Charlotte patted her chest and said narcissistically: "Of course we will pass, this is just a trivial test. With my beauty and genius, I will pass through the world of Kimetsu no Yaiba and see another world of anime!"

Rio didn't comment on Charlotte's sentence, he also felt the same feeling as Charlotte. Rio wants to experience various types of Anime world.