[Maris]
Female
Age: 32 years old
Status: Healthy, excited, happy.
Talent: Pastry chef C
Physical: 0.8
Corruption: 23/100
Again, high corruption.
What's wrong with this husband and wife couple?
Usher also noticed her talent and remembered that Bertram didn't have one.
As expected from that fat, ugly, and failed man.
The good thing was that he confirmed that Maris wasn't planning anything.
The question was why she was acting like this. His new body wasn't particularly attractive and he didn't have an excellent physique either.
Leaving that idea aside, Usher focused on working while occasionally brushing against Maris and using his ability.
When Usher used his ability for the fifth time, he began to feel dizzy and his vision started to blur.
'So I can only use the ability 5 times in a day before running out of energy.' Usher nodded to himself.
Another thing he took into account was that no matter how many times he used the analysis, it didn't seem to affect his endurance and energy.
Usher managed to bring Maris's corruption to the amount of 26/100. He hadn't noticed any significant changes in the woman's attitude towards him, she just seemed more comfortable with his presence.
The day was almost over when the baker was busy with the oven, Maris made one of her typical moves again.
She bent over exaggeratedly, showing her great ass to Usher.
But this time Usher was sure she wasn't planning anything bad, so he acted accordingly.
Maris turned her head and looked at him with the same mischievous smile as always and was surprised by what she saw.
Seeing such a delicious ass in front of him, Usher looked at it with a caress and reached the point of licking his lips while looking at her big ass.
Maris had a very surprised look on her face but said nothing nor scolded Usher, which gave Usher more courage. He quickly approached them and, before her surprised eyes, brought one of his hands to Maris's big, round buttocks.
Usher felt like he was in heaven feeling the round, soft, and cushioned buttocks. In a fit of courage, he massaged them lustfully and then squeezed one of them excitedly.
"Mmmm!!" Maris couldn't help but let out a small moan that was heard by the baker.
Usher pulled away immediately and the baker stared at Maris with curiosity.
"What's going on?" He asked, confused.
Usher's heart raced a thousand times an hour and his mind couldn't help but create scenarios where Maris exposed him.
But even though Maris's face was a little red, she simply shook her head and downplayed it.
"It's nothing, I just hit my finger with a board."
[+2 Corruption]
Usher was surprised not only by Maris's response, but also by the notification that appeared in his vision.
Could he corrupt someone without relying on his Corrupt Touch?
Thinking about it with cold deliberation, he remembered the moment he arrived in this world. At that moment, he had undressed and his stepmother had entered without warning.
That led to Usher gaining his first corruption point.
"All right." Bertram looked at Maris with narrowed eyes, clearly not convinced by her answer, but he didn't insist on the subject.
After about ten minutes, Bertram closed the bakery and practically kicked Usher out.
The man was very rough and rude, he didn't let Usher say a word before closing the door in his face.
Usher couldn't even ask him how much he would pay, how often, and what time he should arrive the next day.
With an ugly expression on his face, Usher was about to go home when he heard something.
"Pss!"
Usher looked up in surprise when he saw Maris greeting him from the second-floor window, where she and Bertram lived.
Maris smiled as she observed his surprised look and, making sure no one saw her, she took out a small package wrapped in cloth and threw it to Usher.
Naturally, Usher caught it even though he didn't know what it was.
When he opened the package and saw several pieces of baked bread, Usher looked up in disbelief.
Maris gave him a mischievous smile before closing the window and leaving.
Smiling from ear to ear, Usher walked down the road with the small package of bread under his arm.
Even if Bertram didn't pay him anything, Maris could make sure he didn't starve.
Besides, if the man didn't pay him anything... He could collect from his wife with interest.
Thinking about that, a maniacal smile appeared on his face and he deeply smelled the hand with which he had grabbed Maris's behind.
For the first time in his two lives, he was sincerely excited to have to go to work.
Upon arriving home, the first thing he did was hide the small package of bread. He didn't want his stepmother to know about its existence and take it away from him.
This was his emergency ration and his alone. His stepmother was, in his opinion, a suspect in his father's poisoning and aside from that, a complete stranger.
He wasn't going to work all day like a donkey to bring food to that woman and her two ungrateful daughters who simply looked at him as if he didn't exist.
Maybe the previous Usher had done it, but he's not the same Usher.
Another thing he remembered was that he had gained 7 corruption points and the option to level up his abilities appeared again.
But this time, the only ability he could level up was the Corrupt Touch.
Usher didn't hesitate and leveled up the ability.
[Corrupt Touch Level 2]
Usher excitedly looked at its description to see if anything had changed.
[Corrupt Touch: ...]