I averted my eyes and scolded myself as I reached for the blankets on her bed. Unfortunately, she was lying on top of them, so I was unable to simply put them over her. I clicked my tongue before reaching under her and picking her up in a princess carry. I did my best to try to ignore the feeling of her breasts pushing against me, but it wasn't an easy thing to do. The tent in my pants was at full mast as I reached to pull back the covers before setting her down gently on the bed. Despite the gentleness, the impact of hitting the bed caused Hera to shake slightly, which in turn jiggled her chest. The chest I had been trying my best not to pay attention to practically waved at me, screaming for my eyes to look at them.
I gave in, staring for a bit as I repositioned the blankets and prepared to cover her with them. Before I did so, my animalistic instincts took over, and I instead reached under her negligee and lightly grasped the very things I had been staring at. They were soft, too soft. They were both similar and different to Jezabel's.
I shook my head, quickly pulling my hands away from her sleeping figure and instead pulling the blankets over her. I wanted to slap myself, if she had woken up I would have lost my closest friend. And I probably would have lost Oephilia too, I wouldn't be able to handle losing both of them.
I sighed as I left the room, I was seriously no good. I pulled the door to my room open and laid on the bed. I wasn't tired yet, my prior actions had caused me to shake away any hint of exhaustion I had. Instead I decided to check my status board to see the changes.
[Ravenous Activated: 200 exp gained]
[Level Up]
[Ravenous Activated: 100 exp gained]
[Skill: Ravenous Level Up]
[Skill: Seducer's Shop Unlocked]
Name: Caesar
Class: Famished
Level: 18 (220/350 exp)
Strength: 31
Dexterity: 33
Constitution: 32
Intelligence: 24
Wisdom: 24
Charisma: 34
Skills:
Ravenous (Information Available)
Domination (Information Available)
Seducer's Shop(Information Available)
[Skill: Ravenous
Level: 3 (Max)
Type: Passive
Activation: Sexual Encounters
Effect: Upon activation, gain exp based on level of Sexual Encounter, Voyeur being the lowest, and Sex being the highest. Upon activating the highest level, gain the ability to copy a skill from the Activation target.
Extra Information: Ravenous at max level, as such Charisma will now increase with each sexual encounter.
Side Effect: Emotion 'Love' suppressed.
Charisma +4]
[Skill: Seducer's Shop
Type: Active
Activation: Speak skill name
Effect: Open a shop of things that can be bought with points. Points are earned through various sexual acts. Points will be distributed based on previous acts.
Points: 550]
I had leveled up once more, and Ravenous had reached its maximum level. The new skill I acquired seemed interesting, I haven't heard of a skill like this before. I had skimmed the contents quickly but something occurred to me, the points. The amount was the same as the amount of exp I had gotten from Ravenous. It seemed that the points and exp calculations were the same with this skill.
My Ravenous skill had also gained a new function, one that would continue to increase my Charisma far more rapidly than any of my other skills. I was a little sad to see that It was at max rank, I wanted more skills from it, but I suppose that would have been greedy of me. Instead I decided to try out my new skill.
"Seducer's Shop."
A translucent golden display appeared before my eyes. The title at the top, in flamboyant cursive, read 'Seducer's Shop'. Below it was a list of things in order of price from low to high. There were simple things, like outfits and food, all for low amounts of points, but those didn't matter to me. I suppose it was nice to have access to them at any point in time, but the things that caught my eye were later in the list.
The first thing to catch my eye was 'Aphrodite's Aphrodisiac'. An item that, according to its description, can make anyone give into their lust. It didn't matter what gender, personality, stature, or sexuality that person was, once they consumed this tonic, they would jump on the closest person to them. The downside was, it was expensive. It cost seven hundred points to acquire, more than I had on hand currently. I kept it in mind but I didn't desperately need it yet so I put it aside. What I wanted instead was something even better.
The shop didn't sell only items, it also sold skills. The skill that caught my eye was 'The Eyes of A Pervert'. It's description was as follows:
[Skill: The Eyes of A Pervert
Type: Active
Activation: Upon thinking
Effect: A pervert sees through everything a woman has hidden. Upon Activation, see the status board of the target as well as any sensitive locations on their body.
Constraint: Only effective against women.]
This skill would allow me to not only see how to give a woman pleasure, but it would also allow me to see which women would be worth going after. And it was the same cost as 'Aphrodite's Aphrodisiac', which meant that after one more session with Jezabel I would be able to afford it. I smiled, I had decided. This was going to be my first purchase from the 'Seducer's Shop'. I put my status board away and closed my eyes. I needed rest for tomorrow's events.
I awoke the next morning feeling refreshed and ready for the events of today. The first thing I needed to do was make sure that Hera wouldn't be in my dorm after class today. After all, my liaisons with Jezabel were a secret. I walked out of my room and saw Hera cooking in the small kitchenette. My thoughts flashed back to last night and my cheeks began to burn up. I quickly looked away from her and slapped my cheeks to calm myself down.
The sound of my slap caused Hera to turn around. "What was that noise?" she asked, tilting her head cutely. I smiled and shook my head.
"It was nothing. What's your plans for today?" I asked, in hope that she would be out for a while. She didn't let me down.
"Oh, I have dinner plans with James today. I should be leaving before your classes finish, but I think I'll be back by the time you're done farming exp." She smiled at me. It was a beautiful smile that once again reminded me how gorgeous this woman was. I inwardly pumped my fist, ecstatic that I didn't have to make some excuse to get her out of the dorm.
I began to walk towards the door to the bathroom, intending to wash up before leaving to go to class. "Have fun!" I said as a parting statement before going into the bath. When I got out she was done preparing breakfast for me, it was a simple sandwich that I could eat on the go. I thanked her and left for class. The way to my first period was uneventful, I met up with Jasmine and her friends as well as Thomas on the way there. This wasn't unusual, I often ended up walking with at least some of them.
However, once we entered the classroom, something unusual did happen. Hannah walked up to me. We hadn't spoken since being summoned, when she turned her back on me to fit in with Cameron's group. As such, I was on guard as she approached, expecting something bad to happen. She seemed slightly upset that I was on guard, but she quietly shook her head and stopped in front of me.
"Hey, Caesar, can we talk… alone?" She said hesitantly, side eyeing the people around me. I inspected her face closely, trying to determine what she was up to. I had known her pretty well back on Earth, so I felt pretty confident in my ability to tell what she was up to just based on her facial expressions. And this time, her face told me that she really did have something to say, but that it was something embarrassing so she didn't want to say it in front of others.
I sighed. "Fine, let's go." We still had some time before class started, it was my habit to get there decently early so that I had time to talk to Jasmine and the others. The reasoning was simply so that I could get closer to them. Having one source of exp from Ravenous was nice, but having more would be far better. Plus it would be easier to get points too. However, today it seemed like I wouldn't be able to do so.
I winked towards Jasmine, "Don't worry, I'll be back in a bit." I spoke with a wave before turning and starting to leave the room. Hannah's face darkened slightly at my attitude, whether it was my fluffy attitude towards Jasmine or my brisk attitude towards her that caused that darken, I didn't know. Nor did I really care.
I simply walked out of the classroom, trusting Hannah to follow behind me. We walked to a quiet place with no one else around before I turned around to speak to her. She had her back hunched and her shoulders squeezed inwards, making her as small as possible. She kept tapping her fingers against each other, and wouldn't meet my gaze. I simply stood there and waited.
I wasn't going to be the one to speak, she was the one who requested to talk, so I leaned against the wall next to me and waited. Finally she opened her mouth. "Umm, Caesar, h-how have you been?" I rolled my eyes.
"You asked to speak to me alone for this?" I said with a sharp tone. I was annoyed that she tried small talk instead of getting to the point. We weren't on friendly terms after all, there was no need for small talk.
"N-no, no!" She said rather forcefully. "U-um, the truth is…" She bit her lower lip before deflating even further. Suddenly she fell to her knees and pressed her forehead to the floor. "Please forgive me! I know I was rude and mean to you but I really regret it, so please! I've already broken away from that group, and I won't do any of that stuff again!"
I was taken aback. I wasn't expecting this kind of pleading. In fact, I wasn't even expecting an apology from her. I was expecting her to tell me to stay away from Jezabel. It was the most likely thing I could think of, so this confused me greatly. Still, just because I was confused didn't mean I would be forgiving.
"What brought this along?" I asked, genuinely curious as to why she apologized. I doubted that she suddenly woke up and felt sorry for her actions, she wasn't that type of person. I stared at her with doubt as she kept her head planted on the ground.
"Um, well, to be honest, Jezabel got fed up with how the group was acting and broke off with them, and as he best friend I followed her but neither of us are strong enough to compete with Cameron or Alex, who have the two highest levels of the group so I wanted protection…" She let her sentence trail off.
I wanted to laugh, her reasoning was so selfish that I wanted to laugh in her face. But I couldn't. I was too shocked at how shamelessly she admitted the truth. "I'll protect Jezabel, after all, she's proved her worth to me already." My sentence caused a stir in Hannah, but she still didn't raise her head. "But you? Why should I protect you?"
Hannah shuddered, feeling the malice in my voice. "U-um, because you're kind?" She spoke, more unsure of her answer than I thought possible. I rolled my eyes once more and let out another sigh.
"Kind?" I questioned. "Maybe, but were you kind to me? You all just watched as I got beat over and over again, especially you, who I thought was my friend. So even if I *was* kind, why would I still be kind now?"
"U-um, then, can I prove my worth like Jezabel did then?"