With black hair and azure blue eyes, Helen's slim figure and loose clothing brought a hint of an erotic type of charm, which made her stand out even within their crowd. Alex at first was bewildered with Helen's relationship with Mandy.
However, after choosing to have dinner with them, Mandy disclosed his relationship with Helen, and Alex discovered that the two of them were currently dating.
However, he could tell by looking at Mandy that he was being pushy with the other two girls, which bothered him a little, and he came to understand why Helen was having that kind of sex with that other guy.
'Will she be okay with me.' As all of them ordered some wine and drank some, Alex started to think about those things, and his gaze became a bit intense toward Helen's side.
'Wait! That quest tab might be a bit helpful.' Seeing them all drinking. Alex took out his smartphone and opened the application interface to find a blinking star appearing on the side of the screen, which was not there before.
Pleasure Time (Active)
Description: Allows the host to mark up to two targets, gradually amplifying their attraction and arousal toward the host for a limited duration.
Effect:
Marking Targets: The host can select two individuals to be marked within a 10-meter radius.
Attraction Amplification: Over the next 10 minutes, the targets' attraction and arousal levels steadily increase.
Mental Influence: Targets may experience heightened thoughts of desire and fascination with the host.
Cooldown: 1 hour (can decrease with skill upgrades).
'This is a...' Because his finger trembled at the sight and description of the first skill, Alex was somewhat stunned by the sudden prompt of the skill and forgot all about the second passive-based skill he had learned.
'Inspect...' When Alex's eyes met Helena's figure this time, a number of blue screens surrounding her came to life with a wealth of information and data that was racing through his head.
These included Helen's past, her present mental and emotional health, her current state of mind, and her emotional attraction to him.
'Now this is inspect. Just like the description. I can know about everything with a single glance at the object and human alike, which can be rather useful.' 'All I need is intent to know about it.' Alex's lips twitched, looking at the overpowered skill of his.
Nevertheless, he will be able to see through everything in this world, with the single drawback that he cannot use these abilities to look into special entities like him.
'Maybe. I can level this thing up in the future.' He thought.
"Hahhhaaa." With a loud laugh, Alex was brought to his senses. When he noticed that Helen had been staring at him for a long time, Mandy and the other two girls got up from their seats to get drinks and food, leaving them alone.
Along with that, what ensued was awkward silence, after which the quiet voice of Helen echoed at the table.
"Did you see that!" Her quiet voice was quite clear to Alex. With an awkward expression, he glanced at Helen's silent look.
"You were there when we did! I asked the landlady about it."
"After leaving at the moment, you stared at the bushes with quite a weird expression. I was in my room, staring at you at the moment."
"And just now! You recognized me with a single glance at the restaurant and even stared at me and Mandy for quite some while."
"You must be thinking! What is my relation with him..."
With said all that. Alex did not have any intention of hiding it.
"Yeah! I happened to see it."
"Plus, Mandy being like that."
"I can't make a full assumption, but I can guess a bit about your reason for doing all that..." A small smile appeared on Helen's face.
With a red blush that she hid quite well with her palm, she looked at Alex.
"So... What do you want?"
"Will snitch on me, or something..."
With a red face, she inquired.
The question also left Alex stunned because, initially, he had no intention of working with them; after all, it was their problem, and no one like him had anything to say about it.
"Nothing! It is your problem and Mandy's problem. Though I also don't have a clue of 'what I saw' and have no intention of blackmailing you."
"Hmm..." "Is that so?" Helen spoke.
"So… Alex, right? How are you liking the sharehouse so far?" Helen started to shift the topic; that was getting more and more awkward.
"It's not bad. A bit lively, but I suppose that's part of the charm." After Helen raised the subject, Alex began using his talent and made Helen the first person he targeted, even though he was not sure if it would work because it was only an application.
However, after seeing Helen's image and learning how he actually met her here, he began to suspect that this application might be the real deal for someone like him who reincarnated into this world.
"Yeah, it can be… lively. Guess you've noticed that already." She forces a small laugh, still fidgeting.
"This morning's introductions were enough to make that clear. Everyone seems... interesting." Alex smirks faintly, his gaze steady but not accusing, as he looks at the girl again and sees a trickle of sweat appearing on her face.
'Is it working... This is real shit!' He thought.
"Thanks! Can you walk me back?" Helen asked.
Leaving Alex stunned, as he looked around and saw how Mandy was missing, and with that quiet smile on her face, Alex could tell that at the moment Helen was feeling rather down with a single look.
"That boy was Sia's boyfriend. The girl with brown hair and quiet-type beauty."
"She is Mandy's next target, I guess." Helen spoke quietly and took a sip of her beer.
"Why not leave him..." he asked.
"I can't. I am addicted to him." She muttered.
"Then find a new addiction." He continued.
"No one better than him in bed, I guess." She laughed at it.
"Is having sex that addictive?" he asked, feeling weird.
After all, back in his world, something like sex was not that addictive or anything... but being in a completely new world, he could not just apply the common sense from his old world here.
After all, he initially thought that everyone was too into having sex, even at his college, but he did not find it particularly special or anything until this moment.
"You never had sex before..." She grinned at Alex's thought, making Alex quite upset, looking at the playful smile and wondering how useless he was to not even have a single sex with so many months of dating with his previous ex.
"Yeah! You are right? I am quite useless at that." Alex's silent tone stopped Helen's teasing as she looked at him and asked.
"Did you have a similar experience..."
"Yep! That's why I came here to steam off. My first crush, I guess."
"Sorry for asking! Such an insensitive thing."
"It's nothing. I guess we really are on the same boat." Alex laughed at it.
"Well, I guess so." "Then just get drunk tonight!" She cheered up. Having gone through this feeling more than once. She was already used to it, unlike Alex, so they cheered it up with another drink as they waited for Mandy to come back.
As the night had yet to fall. And two of them had quite a bit in common...
"Haaaah!"
"Wait! We are not in a rush..."
"Hmmm..."
But will it really end up with a simple drink?