Bog Standard Isekai: Illusionist - A LitRPG Isekai Adventure by Miles English

Author:Miles English [English, Miles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2024-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-Seven

Despite how hard he racked his brain, he couldn’t come up with those missing three minutes. He’d gone in, seen her standing there in her clean white apron—That didn’t happen. That wasn’t real.

He knew the memories were fake, but he still couldn’t dredge up the real one.

Marksi was chittering at him in alarm from his shoulder.

“Did you go in there with me?” Brin asked.

Marksi twitched his tail in the affirmative.

“Did you see what I ate?”

Again, Marksi said yes.

“Did anything else weird happen?”

Marksi didn’t answer, giving him a flat look.

“Did she hurt you? Or me? Did she do any obvious magic?”

Marksi twitched his tail side to side for no.

Even without the memories, Brin could piece together a little bit of what had happened. He’d gone into the store. He’d done or seen something that Bianca didn’t want him to remember. At some point, she’d tricked him into violating her hospitality. How wasn’t important right now; he’d figure that out if he ever got the memory back. He’d left, and she’d used the hold of broken hospitality to cast a hex on him, forcing him to forget what had really happened in there.

He knew what he should do. He should run straight home, back to Hogg, and tell him everything. He risked one glance back at the store.

Bianca stood in the doorway, watching him. Her face was grimy and her “pristine” white apron was covered in blood, as were her hands.

He used [Inspect].

Name: Bianca Furda

Race: Human

Age: 43

Class: Witch

Level: 36

Description: Bianca is a sadist who thrives in her role as the town’s primary slaughterer of animals. She reached level 15 in Butcher before advancing to Witch. Expert in mutating animals and creating monsters. Her familiars are undead amalgamations of farm animals. Currently single.

Alert!

[Inspect] leveled up 21 -> 22

She winked at him.

[Know What’s Real] didn’t make a peep. The reason the Skill wasn’t warning him now, and why it probably hadn’t warned him in the store, was because she wasn’t using an illusion or messing with him yet. As soon as he turned away, she would screw with his memories.

He focused, activated [Directed Meditation], and then turned away. He felt the push, the foreign memories trying to implant into his mind. Removing the awful aftertaste of whatever she’d made him eat, making him forget ever seeing her in the doorway. He felt the changes come and resisted them. Jeffrey had been right; most of the battle with mental manipulation was understanding when you were being manipulated. It was easy to stop when you felt it coming.

Through your efforts you have increased the following attributes:

Will +1

She screamed. He turned and saw a white-faced Bianca retreat back into her store. Somehow, she knew he’d thrown off her hex.

“N-No! Just wait. Just let me explain. Don’t look at me!” Bianca screamed from inside her store.

Marksi hissed and tugged at Brin. He stumbled following the direction the lizard wanted him to go. It was probably a good idea to get out of here. He never should’ve turned around.

Suddenly, Marksi stopped.

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