Cursed to level 1 with an Ego weapon

[If you do that again I will cut that tail!]

A message appears in the corner of my eyes... But it disappeared faster.

It did not appear again... Anyway!

I need to be more careful with my spells... that was literally a high damage bomb that could have disintegrated us if Kathrina did not react in time like she did.

We moved away from the position before we took a break. Now, we are sitting in the forest while we check on the unconscious man.

I am still in awe of how strong Kathrina is... she might have a simplistic way of thinking, but she is strong and seems to have an iron will.

And I confirmed something... I have my spells and build... this IS my save file, the one I have been playing for a few weeks. And I was transformed into Amber, my fourth character so far that I have managed to get through the mid-level content and am starting to get through the high ones.

I was planning to take her to the end game content... I was hoping this time I was able to complete the event that gave access to it. I failed on every other.

"Oh my god, please, Marcel, wake up!" I hear the woman cry at the unconscious man.

"He is breathing and clinging to life... He was still badly injured." Kathrina says while tending to the man's wounds.

She removed his shirt, and now is inspecting every injury on him. Seems they went rough on them.

She makes some bandages and ointments appear in her hand from her inventory.

Healing potions are rare in the game, and if you find one in a store, they will cost you an organ or two. This makes the player either learn to make them themselves with rare resources or use what nature provides.

And I see her own blood dripping from her arm and head. She has not taken care of them.

I sigh. Normally, I would not do this for NPCs in the game. But I feel compelled for some reason.

From my inventory, I pull out a small bottle with blue liquid and I approach her.

"Stand still." I ask.

She turns my head towards me as I pull her sleeve up. I see the large cut from one of her hits.

I uncork the bottle and let a couple of drops fall on her injury.

FSSSSHHHHH

"AH!" Kathrina screams and jerks her arm back. "Ow ow ow! It hurts!"

It... It does? Now I feel bad.

When I was playing, when I needed to heal someone, I would throw it at them. I never noticed it hurt them.

Now, the sound of broken glass always played when it hit the target.

"D-did it work?" I ask.

"Yes! But give me a warning first!" She asks, holding the spot where she had the injury.

She checks, and the injury is healing already.

"Mmmm... You don't have to..." She says, pouting.

"You overexaggerated a small scratch in my forehead, and you are here bleeding out! Take it!"

"I am fine!" She says. "Can you at least give them some? If they drink it, it will not hurt, but the effect will take longer to act." She then looks back at me. "I-I know they are expensive! B-but it would help them... Just a couple of drops would be enough..."

I nod and do as she asked without any complaints. I tipped the bottle over the mouth of the unconscious man and let him have some drops of the potion. Then I let the woman have it.

"Y-you sure, my lady?" She asks politely while holding the bottle. She seems distraught from my actions. "T-they are not something easy to afford and we cannot pay..."

I stop a moment when she calls me lady. I am one now, but I am not going to get used to that any time soon.

"Just drink a bit, don't sweat it," I answer.

She nods. "T-thank you!" She says and drinks a bit of the liquid. She hands me the bottle back, not looking at me.

Why so modest and uncomfortable for this?

Then I return towards Kathrina. She is looking at me like she is inspecting and judging every action I take.

I ignore it.

"Remove your breastplate," I say, pointing at her chest.

"H-huh?!" Her face turns pink. "What kind of request is that?!"

"I need to check your injuries." I shake my head. "I have a high medical skill. I will make sure you are okay."

That is a skill you end up training in any character, basically. Especially when you are alone and have to deal with some injuries. In my case, is level 39.

"Y-you say that... Okay, we are all women in here... Conscious, at least." She says.

I act like that did not just affect me. I will not get used to being treated as a woman.

She makes her breastplate disappear into her inventory.

She was wearing a brownish top under the armor. And it did hide her features a bit too well.

I swallowed saliva when I saw her without it. I was not expecting her to be so well... Rounded. Specially since the top has a nice cleavage.

And then she pulls her top up. Her face is red and embarrassed as she reveals her breasts. She has black underwear underneath.

"...please be gentle." She says, closing her eyes and avoiding eye contact.

"W-what do you think we are doing?!" I ask, completely tense.

I return to normal for a few seconds. To inspect. I touch where I should be touching and nowhere else to find if there is any injury under her skin or broken bones. Only a few bruises.

"Uuummm... Do I remove my bra?" She asks.

Yes!

"No need!" I still have self-control. It was failing, but the fact that the woman was looking at us was reminding me to behave.

I asked her to remove it just to take care of her and see if she needed attention... I was not thinking when I asked her that it would be this weird.

"Just a few bruises... You should drink some of the potion." I hand it to her.

She takes the bottle and drinks a bit. Then a couple of drops fall from her mouth into her ample chest and drips between them.

"Eeep! Is cold!" She jumps when it touches her.

"J-just cover yourself!" I ask, feeling my whole body screaming at me.

I wonder if the 15-20 minutes walk towards the river is worth the cold water.