In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 17: Insight

I slowly open my tired eyelids and woke up to an unfamiliar ceiling.

"W..where is this?"

I mutter in surprise, as I slowly start to get up from the semi-hard bed. My muscles were aching, and my head was splitting for a moment, but because of my resistances that I bought during the time I was jailed, <<Abnormal Status Resistance>>, and <<Pain Resistance>>, the pain quickly went away. Quite convenient indeed.

Anyhow, I had to find out where I was exactly.

I look around the room where I was sleeping in, and notice that there was a window right across the room. It wasn't made of glass, but were just two wooden boards stuck to each side to keep the night breeze from entering.

It was opened, so someone had come in earlier, before I woke up, and opened it.

The room itself wasn't that eye-catching. If I had to take one word to describe it, it would be simple. The bed I was sitting on was covered with a brown pelt-like fur blanket, and a pillow filled with hay. The frame supporting it was made out of wood of course, but the quality is miles away from the modern design.

Even though I was complaining like this, the room was after all, better than the prison cell I stayed in. Oh yes, way better, that was a jail you know?

Just like what you'd expect from a fantasy world. The civilization level was still undeveloped during medieval times. At least, that's what I gather from observing the room with only a chair, a shelf, a window, and a bed.

There wasn't even a mirror or a bathroom to check my appearance. Oh wait, what's that?

On the chair beside the bed, there was a wooden bucket. When I stood up to take a closer look, the bucket seemed to have been filled with water. I scoop up a handful of water from it with both palms, and splash it over my face.

So refreshing.

After doing this for a few more times, my eyes don't feel heavy anymore. So, I tried to look at my reflection in the water. It seemed that my hair color was back to normal.

But, there was a big problem.

My irises, they were red.

Like the color of blood, a bright shade of rose-red. How did this happen?

Last night..

Ah, so this was the effect of that new skill, <<Dragon Eyes>>? What is this, I wasn't informed about this at all. It's like I was wearing colored contacts.

Wait, since it was a skill, couldn't I control how I want my irises to look?

I hurriedly invoked <<Dragon Eyes>> and imagined my normal eye color. Hoping for the best, I closed my eyes for a good few seconds.

When I opened them to check, it seems that it was a success. My eyes had turned back to its old dark, nostalgic color. Although, I have to be careful. After all, I don't know whether it will randomly change colors every day from now on.

As I was being relieved about my sudden eye color problem, the door to my right suddenly flew open. The sound of creaking from the hinges startled me. Mainly because I didn't bother to use my mapping skill in advance, and my <<Intuition>> skill didn't warn me of any danger.

I've really started to depend too much on my skills for the past few days. I might become a useless person at this rate. But it couldn't be helped, I was originally an average guy.

When I looked towards the person at the door, I was surprised to see..

A little girl. She looked as if she was in grade school. Her features included brown forelocks, she had slightly tanned skin, and freckles on her cheeks.