Although it was difficult to understand, Lathel had no intention of asking her directly.
If she didn’t want to talk, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn’t be able to get any more information from her.
He sighed and patted Lilith’s back. Even though he didn’t know who she was or why she said such words… however, if she had unspeakable sadness in her heart, he could only comfort her.
Lathel didn’t want to think too much anymore; holding a beauty made it difficult for him to sleep. His heart beat very fast, so fast that it felt like it wanted to jump out of his chest.
In the end, he had to go inside the ‘Simulation Space’ to practice.
Lathel opened his eyes, and he was standing inside the ‘Simulation Space’. In front of him was a Shinobi with white hair – Kakashi.
After five days, he had improved a lot; even his ability to withstand increased gravity had reached 50%.
In this much increased gravity environment, he was still able to fight Kakashi without being defeated, which was his greatest improvement.
Now that Lathel has up to 72 hours of time in this space, he can also use it more freely without having to worry about the time being too limited.
“This time, I need to find a way to use the earth and wood energies inside my body.”
“Even though in this world, these two elements are considered the weakest and most useless; however, in the Shinobi series I have read, these are quite strong elements.”
“Especially the wood element. The person said to be a god used this element to make the entire Shinobi world tremble in fear.”
Lathel began to think about the possibility that he could use the wood element like that person, so he could live in this world with peace of mind without worrying about being killed by others.
“Not good; my wood element has the lowest Rank.” Lathel sighed: “Okay, I can practice using the earth element first.”
He then sat on the ground and thought. Kakashi, who was standing opposite him, was still intently looking at the yellow book, sometimes his nose bled due to this.
Lathel shook his head, frowned, and tried to search through his memories for anything related to this element.
‘The earth element is also extremely terrifying. If it reaches its limit, it can control gravity like the Tsuchikage, who even created a skill that made him famous throughout the Shinobi world: dust release.’
‘But… I don’t know where to start. I can use the fire and lightning elements, but when I start using the earth element, everything seems to come to a dead end.’
Lathel sighed, trying to think of how to use the Earth element in the simulated space.
…
The next morning, Lathel woke up feeling a bit disappointed. Three days inside the simulation space did not help him find any method to help him control the Earth element.
‘It seems… I need to find out how Earth magicians in this world use their element.’
He touched his side, Lilith had left without him knowing. Lathel shook his head, not feeling regretful at all, he just felt that it was for the best.
Even if she’s still here, he’ll still be in trouble.
‘But… I wanted to ask Lilith about controlling the earth element, but in the end she left.’
Lathel shook his head, sat up, and was startled: Σ (°ロ°)
His shirt buttons were completely undone, revealing his body. On his chest were three lipstick marks: one on his left chest, another on his right chest, and one more near his navel.
“Is it Lilith’s?” Lathel muttered; he didn’t think she would be so bold as to take off his shirt, then… leave a lipstick mark on his chest.
However… Lathel then immediately dismissed the idea that the three lipstick marks belonged to Lilith, because… each lipstick mark was a different colour.
Although the colour deviation was very low, with the eyes of a Sculpting master, he immediately realised that those three lipstick marks did not come from the same person.
Even the lip lines of all three lipstick marks are not the same, which means that… three people left lipstick marks on his chest.
“What the hell is going on? Why are there three lipstick marks on my chest?”
“Could it be… Lilith and… And who? In the end, who left the lipstick mark on my chest?
He felt extremely embarrassed, but the most important thing was… his pants were still intact, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
If a female protagonist had done that to him, he was afraid that he would have been punished by the system by now.
Lathel entered the bathroom, soaked in hot water, opened the system information panel, and began his daily work.
“Sign in!”
[Ding! Sign in today successfully, you will receive a new function – Isolation.]
…
Name: Isolation
Description: You can isolate a main character with the world will for a day. During that day, all the female protagonists related to the male protagonist that you isolated will be free.
However, after using this function, that protagonist will treat you as an antagonist.
*Cooldown: 10 days.
…
Lathel looked at the new function and felt confused: ‘Is the system encouraging me to destroy the male protagonist?’
‘No! The system can’t do that. After all, I’m just a supporting character, so how can I destroy the main male character?’
‘Maybe… this function will help me escape death if I’m forced to become the male protagonist’s enemy.’
‘Yes, the system is definitely helping me.’
Lathel stabilised his thoughts, then felt less worried. However, when he started to scrub his chest, he discovered that… these three lipstick marks could not be washed off.
“What the hell is this? Do I have to carry these three lipstick marks with me for the rest of my life?”
He felt extremely embarrassed, so he asked Cauldron: “Oy! You…”
“I don’t know, don’t ask me.”
Before Lathel could finish his sentence, Cauldron immediately stopped his intention.
“You…”
“Stop talking.” Cauldron shouted: “I can’t help you, none of those women are normal, they are all crazy women.”
Lathel: “…”
‘Oy! I’m just asking one question: Why is his reaction so strong?’
‘Did… did something really happen while I was sleeping?’
“Someone tell me what happened!” Lathel screamed.
After showering and desperately trying to scrub off the three lipstick stains, he went out to pick some flowers before going to Charlotte’s bedroom.
Looking at her still sleeping, Lathel felt a bit disappointed. Remembering yesterday, although she woke up, he didn’t have too much time to spend with her.
He took the flowers he had just picked, put them in a vase, and placed them next to the window. Out of habit, he wrote a few words on the wall to warn Charlotte.
Lathel approached her, bowed her head, gently kissed her forehead, and muttered: “Charlotte, I hope you wake up soon.”
Having finished speaking, he was about to go to the kitchen to cook breakfast when Akna appeared: “Master, someone wants to see you.”
“Hm?! Who is?”
Akna bowed his head and said: “There are two people; one calls himself Straghor, and the other is Captain Laura.”
“Straghor? Laura?” Lathel frowned. He didn’t know what these two people were here for; anyway, he didn’t have too much contact with them.
“Do you want to meet them?” Akna asked.
Lathel thought for a moment and decided to say: “Okay, they’re already here anyway. Not showing a little bit of goodwill would be very rude.”
Suddenly, he noticed Akna staring at his chest, making him frown: “Oy! Akna, you…”
“Hm?! Young master, are you going to say something?” Akna tilted her head and asked.
Lathel: “…” (-_-;)? ? ?
“You… are the one who left the mark on…”
“Lipstick mark?” Akna quickly interrupted Lathel’s words: “Young master, what are you talking about?” I don’t understand.”
Lathel silently stared at Akna, then sighed, shook his head, and said: “Nothing…”
Even though he didn’t say it out loud, he knew that there was a 50% chance that one of the three lipsticks hidden on his chest was Akna’s.
‘So… there’s only one left.’
…
Inside the living room, Straghor stood huddled in the corner of the room, his head bowed, and he did not dare to look straight at Laura.
Laura was different. She was slowly enjoying a cup of hot tea while carrying a bouquet of flowers in her hand, as if waiting for someone. 𝑖𝘦.𝒸𝘰𝘮
“You don’t have to be so afraid of me.”
Hearing Laura’s words, Straghor was startled, and he quickly explained: “Hahaha… I… I like to stand, I’m not afraid of you.”
“Oh! It seems… you know me very well.”
“No! I Don’t! I don’t know who you are… No! You are captain Laura, hahaha…” Straghor said with a forced smile.
Laura glanced at him, put the tea cup on the table, and said: “I don’t think you’re hiding it very deeply, Straghor. So… why do you want to meet my man?”
Straghor was startled when he heard that: “Your man? Maybe…”
“That’s right. My man, Lathel.” Laura said, her voice filled with confidence: “However… he is still not completely my man.”
Suddenly, her voice carried a bit of sadness and disappointment: “No matter how much I try to flirt with him, he won’t accept it, and he even avoids me…”
*Sigh* “Straghor, is it this difficult to flirt with a man? Or… is it because I’m not beautiful or gentle enough?”
When Straghor heard that, his face was pale and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
“Captain Laura, I… I think it’s because Mr. Lathel is a bit shy, so he can’t accept your feelings.”
“If you persevere a little, I guarantee he will open his arms, hug you, and use all his heart to love you.”
Laura nodded slightly: “You’re right, maybe I should be more persistent.”
Straghor continued: “Captain Laura, if you want, I can… advise Mr. Lathel a little and help him easily accept your feelings.”
“No need…” Laura smiled and said: “On the contrary, I can’t always be by his side; you should help him more.”
Straghor said while shaking: “Yes, I will do my best.”
“What are you guys talking about?”
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