Mitsuki opened his eyes slowly and stared at the somewhat familiar ceiling.
"You're awake," he heard. He turned and saw Poki seated at a seat next to the bed.
"Poki.. Sorry for keeping you here, for how long was I out?" Mitsuki asked.
"Two days, this is the third day. Miyuki is outside meditating."
The door opened and in came Valeria with a tray of food. She froze, seeing Mitsuki up and well. She regained her composure and smiled, placing the food on the table.
"I am glad you are well, Mitsuki." She said.
Mitsuki looked at the two girls, worriedly. They both had bags under their eyes.
"Were they worried about me?" Mitsuki thought as his eyes glowed.
"As I thought.. They are exhausted. I.."
"Do not worry so much about them, brother," Miyuki said, entering into the room.
"These girls were pretty worried about you. Poki here-" Before she could finish what she was about to say, the two jumped at her, trying to shush her. Mitsuki felt a rush of warm emotions surge throughout his body. He smiled at the trio, making them to stop the small fight they were having.
"Thanks, all of you." He said. The girls were frozen by the immaculate charm his smile had, making Valeria and Poki to turn red.
"D-Don't worry about it, we shall now take a rest," Poki said.
"Please, do so. Valeria, no house chores, okay?"
"Y-Yes, we shall go now." Valeria said as the two dragged Miyuki out, despite her struggles.
"Well, Miyuki can't even defeat them in a contest of sheer power for now." Mitsuki thought.
"Ah, youth indeed." Aqua said, appearing right beside Mitsuki's bed.
"Next time, I will blow you up and say I never sensed you," Mitsuki said, readying a concentrated amount of energy on his hands.
"Woah, relax man... Is this about how I left you back then?"
The density of energy on Mitsuki's hand increased rapidly as he focused the storm of chaos on a single point.
"What else can this be about??" Mitsuki asked as he pointed the spell towards Aqua.
"Wait a damn second Mitsuki! You don't feel tired now right?? It helped you out in the end right?? Aqua said as he moved backwards.
"This attack, I won't be seriously harmed by it, but It will still injure me! I limited this kid's power!" Aqua thought as spell markings spiralled around Mitsuki's arm.
"Well, you are a member of the Celestior! An attack that has been limited by 75% cannot hurt you right?"
"You will destroy the mansion!"
"Hehe, that won't work. Have you forgotten about the edit skill?"
Aqua was now sweating as he looked for ways to counter the strike without hurting Mitsuki. Suddenly, the energy disappeared and Mitsuki started laughing.
"I seriously loved that reaction!" He said as he held his stomach, laughing.
"OH I SEE YOU ARE QUITE HEALTHY ALREADY, I THINK WE SHOULD BE TRAINING NOW, DON'T YOU THINK SO?" Aqua asked as he cracked his neck and finger joints.
"I was just joking around....sir..." Mitsuki mumbled as he was dragged out of the room and was given a serious beating in a one on one battle.
He was seated under a tall tree, taking a breather as his body healed.
"Damn, I thought we were close... He took that personally and broke all my bones.. At least he is not limiting my healing ability." Mitsuki thought as he looked at his hand with the ring.
"It is as he said, I no longer feel the draining and drowsiness, but my power is still being absorbed and limited."
"He is forcing your mana capacity to increase in size and he is also forcing you to be able to regain mana quickly for long and wide range fights," Valeria said as she approached Mitsuki with a towel, giving it to him.
"Thanks.. Does he use this method to train all of you, since I can see you are at level 56, a pretty high level," Mitsuki asked.
"Nope, that would kill us, only you can do this sort of training because you are.. Aurendor's chosen one." She said.
"Oh, so who trains you?"
"He does give us basic drills, but I cannot really progress further because of the energy in me.. He is not suited to teach me this sort of energy, so I have been stuck here for a while," She said.
"Oh I see.. Your energy seems like curse energy, so you can use both mana and cursed energy, amazing."
"W- wait, you can see it?" She asked suddenly, standing up.
"Y- yeah.."
Valeria wanted to say something, but she held back.
"Oh, I see." She said.
"I cannot use up his time, he needs to train after all." She thought.
Mitsuki looked up at the clear skies, wiping sweat with the towel.
"I can help you out, if that is okay." He said.
"But-"
"I can surprisingly control cursed energy, so this will also be training for me,"
Valeria's face flushed red.
"This guy.. Now how will I say the next words.. Ah, damn it all, I will just shout it!" She thought as she took a deep breath.
"Well, can you help Poki and I? She also has affinity for curse energy!"
"Oh, okay, I don't see why not."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah?"
Minutes later, as he thought back at these words, he now saw why she asked so. The three of them were in an enclosed room. Mitsuki's heartbeat was at an all time high. He was the antisocial type back in his world as the only girls he ever spoke to were Emilia, Virginia, Liz and his sister, now he was in a dark room with two girls. The two were not better off either, it was driving them crazy.
"It's good I did not choose a room with a bed," Valeria thought, "Who know the kind of thoughts I would be having right now-" she shook her head violently.
"Okay, first I shall explain what cursed energy is according to the system. Basically, it is a form of energy that mostly comes from the negative emotions of a person or from an encounter with a demon. It can also be acquired when you are chosen by Grim, the god of death. Contrary to the name, it can also originate from the true and honest feelings of a person. With that in mind, as I can see, you two have a light red aura of cursed energy, meaning you all have some intense feelings locked inside of you that are not really evil," He said, trying to focus.
"Try to meditate a bit and try to get the source of your power, I will help you out." He said as his eyes glowed. The two closed their eyes and started meditating. Mitsuki's breathing was now out of control. His eyes were not focusing on the energy circulating the girls only, they were also appreciating the womanly charm of the girls in front of him.
"Focus Mitsuki.. Focus, do something meaningful to distract you," He said to himself as he went behind the two girls, focusing on their energies.
"Poki, your energy isn't circulating well, Let me guide you," Mitsuki said as he touched her back. Poki was not expecting that, so she flinched slightly, but controlled herself.
"Follow the direction of my finger, okay?"
Poki nodded as her heart skipped a beat as she felt Mitsuki's hand do a circular motion on her back.
"Y- yeah, I think I got it,"
"Good," Mitsuki said as he went behind Valeria, doing the same thing.
"Nice, your cursed auras have actually increased! This is nice!" He said to them, noting that both of their cursed energies had suddenly spiked up.
The two now had the same thought, and they now both knew what was the cause.
"He is the source of our cursed energy??! Don't tell me, do we two have feelings for him, like love love?!" They both thought. Mitsuki frowned a bit as he stopped time using the system skill.
"Now, who the hell are you? He asked as he looked at the doorway. A male figure appeared, looking surprised.
"You can even sense me?" The figure asked.
[A god has appeared]
[Cupid Liustus, god of love.]
[Ranked at N.o 15 ]
"You.. are the god of love?"
It was what one would expect, standing at six feet tall, Cupid had a very light pink hair and had multicolored eyes.
"Yo, as you have said, I am the god of love, Cupid." Cupid said as he gave a slight bow.
"What in the actual hell brings you here."
"Oh, I am just curious about you and it clearly seems fun to be near you," Cupid said, looking at the girls."
"The hell do you mean by that?"
"You will find out soon, you dense bastard."
******
"Now! Immobilize it!" Mark shouted as he hit a Cerebus on the leg, making it to stumble. Emilia jumped up, charging a spell.
[Ability: Repulse is active]
One of the heads of the Cerebus burst suddenly. It gave out a huge roar of pain as the others who were taking instructions from Mark shot at it.
"I will end this! Move back!" Mark said as he flash stepped below it. He unsheathed his sword which started glowing.
"Take this!"
[Shatter skill active]
The area around Mark cracked as he swung his sword at intense speeds that no one could easily follow. As he sheathed the sword, it appeared as if air itself cracked several times and the Cerebus fell apart into dices.
"Woah.. that's cool!"
"He is truly powerful.'
Many of the summoned admired Mark due to his power and he had clearly shown it.
"Oh , I see he is not cocky just for nothing. His abilities are deadly and his leadership skills are perfect." Marcus thought.
"Well, well done on your first hunt and training session, we shall now return." He said.
"Yes sir!"
As they turned, Marcus turned to look at a distant mountain.
"Something's off, I can't sense the Blue Cerebus in the mountains. Is it too far for my skill to sense? I will need to check that up." Marcus thought.
*****
Back in the mansion, Mitsuki was talking with Cupid.
"Wait, what do you mean confession?" Mitsuki asked as he was sweating. He had used the system skill for long, and his energy was being drained fast.
"Yes, as they manifest he energy, their desires will just spill out of their mouth and they will confess everything."
"Okay.. And??" Mitsuki asked. Cupid gave him a smirk.
"Well, you're up for a show, that is all I am here for,"
"Hmm, Ok.. I shall unfreeze time."
As he unfroze time, the two girls suddenly held their chests and knelt on the floor as the curse energy sorrounded them.
"Are you okay?!!" Hey Cupid! Help!"
Cupid just looked relaxed.
"Now, just look at those faces of theirs." He said.
Their faces were beetroot red and they both had a somehow lustful look. Mitsuki backed away a bit as he looked away .
"What the hell are those faces..."
"Mitsuki," both of the girls said.
"Well, let the confessions begin," Cupid said.
"Mitsuki, I.."
After that, everything that the two girls said to him were too much for him that he fainted.
As the cursed energy now calmed down, the girls turned red, remembering what they said. Cupid burst into laughter as he looked at the now fainted Mitsuki.
"I, I cant.. Did you see yourselves? This is the best instance of confession I have ever seen!" Cupid said as he laughed. The two girls looked at him fiercely, not even knowing where he spawned from.
"Poki you were like.. 'I want to caress you-"
"Enough!!!!" She screamed as she tried to attacked Cupid, but he easily ducked .
Aqua appeared in the room, bashing Cupid down to the floor.
"What the hell brings you here Cupid?"
Cupid was still laughing.
"Aqua.. These girls.. Underwent a confession to gain their cursed energy," he said, wiping tears from his eyes. Aqua who had already experienced that before, held his laugh as he looked at the nose bleeding Mitsuki on the floor.
"Tell me, what did they say?" Aqua asked, suddenly interested.
"Well....."
The girls could not do anything but hide their faces in embarrassment as Cupid wholeheartedly mimicked them saying the atrocities they said and as Aqua laughed hard at them.