Chapter 202: A Bath and a Status Screen

Viktor looked rather dissatisfied with the arrangement, though.

The moment they separated and entered their respective rooms, Xiao Tao turned to Qiu Nuoya with a baffled expression.

"Mr. Viktor is incredibly handsome, but isn’t his personality ridiculously harsh!?"

Qiu Nuoya could only give a wry smile.

"Ah... Normally, Viktor isn’t really that harsh. Well, there are various circumstances involved. It’s more that Viktor unilaterally dislikes Warren, which makes him especially harsh toward him..."

"I’ll use Clean on the clothes you’re wearing now to get them nice and clean. I think you should be able to fit into some of my clothes, so I’ll prepare a change of clothes for you too."

"You’re taking such good care of me. Thank you so much! I think this is the first time I’ve felt like I might actually be able to live in this world!"

"Hahaha, you’re exaggerating."

But considering how difficult Xiao Tao’s life has been up until now, Qiu Nuoya couldn’t help feeling sorry for him.

By the way, Xiao Tao’s clothes from his original world were a school uniform. Qiu Nuoya felt a wave of nostalgia at the sight of it.

There were tears and rips in several places, a clear indication of how harsh Xiao Tao’s life had been.

Qiu Nuoya repaired each damaged section with magic, restoring the uniform until it looked almost brand new. The fact that there had been no truly catastrophic tears made him realize just how surprisingly sturdy school uniforms were.

"Come to think of it, there was something I wanted to teach you, Xiao Tao."

"Eh? What is it?"

"Try saying, ’Status Open.’"

Xiao Tao looked confused by Qiu Nuoya’s words, but hesitantly repeated them.

"Status Open."

A moment later, Xiao Tao let out a startled cry.

"Whoa!?"

Qiu Nuoya assumed that his own status window had appeared in front of him.

"Eh!? What is this!?"

"Yeah, that’s your status screen. Apparently, only you can see your own status. I didn’t know that until now."

Qiu Nuoya leaned over to look at Xiao Tao, who was flustered in the bathtub.

Xiao Tao looked confused, as though wondering whether this was simply a normal feature of the world.

"No, it doesn’t seem to be normal. I’ve lived in this world for years, but I’ve never seen anyone here open a status screen like this. As far as I can tell, people normally have their status checked by the Church or an appraiser. Being able to see your own status like this seems to be a special ability that only people like us have. That’s why I haven’t told anyone else about it."

"I-I see... That’s pretty amazing. Oh, my occupations are listed as ’Summoned Hero’ and ’Forgery Adventurer.’ Is that okay?"

"Are any of the letters reversed?"

"Um... Only the ’Summoned’ part of ’Summoned Hero’ and the ’Forgery’ part of ’Forgery Adventurer’ are reversed."

I see. So "Summoned Hero" is completely hidden, while "Forgery Adventurer" is partially concealed. The "Adventurer" portion remains visible, while the "Forgery" portion is hidden.

"Hmm... Well, I think it’ll probably be fine. It’s not as though there are many people who can secretly look at someone else’s personal information. And since you’ve already had a proper identification card issued, I don’t think there should be any problems. Even if someone does manage to see your status, it seems the reversed text can slip past the appraisal crystals used by the Church as well, so I doubt it’ll cause any trouble. More importantly, I want to know about your skills, Xiao Tao. What do you have?"

"Eh? My skills? Um..." Xiao Tao began listing several skills one by one.

As expected, he had all kinds of skills necessary for adventuring. His overall set of abilities was so well developed that he was every bit as deserving of being called a cheat character as Qiu Nuoya himself, and Qiu Nuoya could not help laughing.

"Um, why are you laughing?"

"You always talk about yourself like you’re useless, but with that many skills, you should have no trouble getting by in this world. A skill level of around three is generally enough to use a skill without any difficulty. But your Knife Technique is level eight, right? That’s already at the level of a master."

Indeed, Xiao Tao’s Knife Technique was level eight.

It was probably because he had been fighting with the knife form of Divine Sword Velikorya ever since arriving in this world, causing that skill to rise far higher than the others.

His magic related skills were also unusually high, mostly around levels five or six. They were considerably higher than Qiu Nuoya’s own skill levels when he had first arrived in this world.

"Why!? Warren is such a nice person!"

"I shouldn’t really talk about someone else’s personal circumstances without permission, so I won’t go into the details. But Viktor’s words and actions are almost like an expression of affection in reverse..."

"So you’re saying that Viktor is actually tsundere and likes Warren!?"

Xiao Tao looked genuinely surprised, and Qiu Nuoya was equally startled by that interpretation.

Well, I suppose the way I put it could be taken that way.

Since there was no way Qiu Nuoya would say, The two of them are actually so hopelessly in love with me that they’re fighting over me! So instead, he simply gave a vague response.

"Who knows...?"

"Come to think of it, Xiao Tao, don’t you want to take a bath?"

Qiu Nuoya decided it would be troublesome to let the conversation continue any further, so he changed the subject.

Since Xiao Tao was also come from the same place as him, Qiu Nuoya assumed he probably shared the same attitude toward bathing.

As soon as Qiu Nuoya brought it up, Xiao Tao immediately perked up.

"You mean this inn has a bath!?"

"Not exactly this inn. I have one with me. Here we go..."

Qiu Nuoya reached into his Magic Bag and pulled out his claw foot bathtub, setting it down in an empty part of the room.