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Chapter 3: A Perverted Friendship
'Thinking'
"Talking"
"Talking"
- Kuoh Academy -
Walking through the school gates the next morning, I spot a flash of red in the corner of my eye. Looking over at the Occult Research Clubhouse, I'm not surprised to see a familiar face staring out at the crowd from a second-floor window. '[Observe].'
Rias Gremory - Level 57 - Princess of Destruction
Devil - High Class
Affection: 0 | Obedience: 0
It's interesting that she's 4 levels higher than Sona. But Sona never really was as powerful as Rias in the anime. From what I recall, Sona only really wanted to get stronger so that the 72 Pillars would take her dream of creating a Rating Games school seriously.
And while I applaud Sona's pragmatism, I refuse to consider joining her Peerage with how she deals out punishment. It's one thing to punish someone who follows you for doing something wrong, it's another thing entirely to physically harm them -even if it's spanking- to get them in line.
Obviously, others will have a different opinion that I do, but it's my life that's on the line. If I had to choose between her and Rias, I would pick Rias every time. Even if Rias is entirely too spoiled.
From this distance, I can already tell that Rias is a lot stronger than me by the power radiating off her. And if there's such a noticeable difference in strength between her level and mine, I'm almost afraid to learn what her brother Sirzechs' level is and just how powerful he'll feel like.
Trying not to stare, I continue walking towards the school building as I feel her eyes slide over me without interest. It was actually quite difficult to look away from her. Even that momentary glance was enough to confirm that, just like with Aika, the anime really undersold how beautiful girls in this Universe are.
Sitting down in my seat, I tune out the teacher's rambling as I let my mind wander.
Currently, I've left my Spirits and Summon back at the house to keep an eye on things while I'm away. It's not like I can just randomly show up to school with glowing animals and a man who looks like some type of yakuza bodyguard.
Going forward, I actually don't mind leaning in to the Japanese style that the Game has got me started on with my house and Servant. It would be pretty cool to create some kind of pseudo-Shogun empire of Summons at my beck and call. And if nothing else, it might give me some brownie points with the Yōkai Faction and Shino Pantheon if I ever get into contact with them…which I'm really tempted to do.
Yasaka was tied with Rossweisse and Grayfia as my biggest crush when I watched the anime. And if the anime failed to show just how beautiful Rias actually was, I can't even begin to image just how gorgeous the big-titted foxy Milf is.
But how would I even go about making contact with the Yōkai? It's not like there's a magical hotline that'll connect me directly to her.
As much as I don't want to get involved with the main storyline, I may have to if it provides me the opportunity to make contact with the Supernatural world. I still won't be allowing myself to fall into a peerage though, because that's just not happening; I refuse to be anyone's servant or slave, no matter how attractive my "King" might be. But that doesn't mean I can't have a working relationship with them.
Hearing the bell ring, I slowly pulled myself out of my seat, stretching my limbs as I try to shake off the last few hours before heading out into the hall. I had actually looked to see what it would take for me to unenroll from Kuoh Academy, and it turns out the Game won't allow me to do it until after the story starts.
Sorry, there's nothing I can do about it.
It's another one of the hard-coded thingy's.
'That's alright, it shouldn't be much longer before it all begins anyways.' Which, if I'm remembering things correctly, should be in about a week.
Not exactly a lot of time.
Which is worrying, because I'm still only at Level 2 after my first Dungeon run last night, and I haven't had the time to go back in it with school taking up most of the day.
Luckily, it's already lunchtime, and I just have to make it through another three hours before I can go back to grinding out levels. With any luck, I can get myself to Level 20 before the story starts. I still have the Quest to reach Level 10 sitting there, almost taunting me with the promise of its reward.
Quests:
[Finish the Tutorial]
Objective: Reach Level 10
Reward: [?]
Yeah, yeah. I see you there. Now stop it…go away.
Are you talking to me, or yourself?
'…myself.'
Oh, okay!
I do that all the time too!
'I…don't know how to respond to that.' Sometimes it's better to just forget something ever happened, and move on. Which actually works out really well, because a certain perverted girl is coming this way. As she approaches me in the hall, I stop to face her with a friendly smile.
"Hi there…you're Sora, right?" Aika asks, her eyes noticeably glancing down at my groin from behind her glasses, before a small blush colors her cheeks.
"I am." I nod politely. While I want to keep a low-profile and not draw any attention to myself, I'm not going to act like a dick to push people away. That's just not who I am. What I am…is a massive, unrepentant pervert who is very much picturing what Aika looks like naked right now. But hey, she's a pervert too. "And you are?"
"Wha-Oh!" She exclaims, her eyes finally looking away from my crotch to stare into my gold eyes, blinking for a moment in surprise.
Apparently, she figured that I would have already heard her name by now, and for good reason. Practically all anyone in this school cared to gossip about was the latest rumors she'd tell on the size of guys' junk, and whatever peeping scandal the Perverted Trio had gotten themselves caught doing.
"My name is Aika. Aika Kiryuu. I'm in the year below you." She bows, forcing me to do the same. I already miss giving handshakes, it kept me from getting my uniform wrinkled around the waist like bowing causes. But maybe I'm just doing it wrong? My [Language: Japanese] skill didn't exactly come with the required social mannerisms included. "I was wondering if you'd like to join me for lunch?"
Thinking it over for a second, I eventually settle for an agreeable shrug. It's not like I've got anything else to do while I'm stuck here. "Sure, I'd love to."
As she cheers, I have to admit that the girl-next-door look really works with her personality. The happy smile on her face almost hides the growing blush on her cheeks as she fiddles with one of her brunette pigtails.
+5 Affection with Aika Kiryuu … Affection: 10 | Obedience: 0
Nice. I don't know if I'll get anything for getting someone's Affection and Obedience up to 50 or 100, so I'm going to use Aika to figure it out. She seems like the easiest one to get Affection up high enough to find out, considering how few people I've met.
Quickly finding a table to sit down at in the cafeteria, it comes as no real shock to discover that no one actually eats on the building's rooftop like every anime likes to depict. Most of the time the doors are locked tight to prevent students from trying to kill themselves by jumping off it. Even in this Universe, Japan still has one of the highest rates of suicidal students in the entire world.
How do I know this? They talked about it on the first day, along with offering counselling services for anyone who's feeling stressed out.
Ignoring that dark topic for now, I open up the lunch that I brought with me while Aika does the same across from me. Hers looks to be the typical bento that you can buy for a good price at one of the markets, whereas I've taken to making my own lunches since I used to do it a lot before I died. I'm not sure if there's a Cooking skill or something, but I'd definitely get pretty good at it if there was.
My 'lunch' is really nothing more than some cut up chicken that I cooked an extra portion of this morning for breakfast, to go with a bowl of rice and a fried egg. But it's filling enough, and I can't complain about meals when I'm able to buy as many ingredients as I want with my [Gamers Credit Card].
As we eat, Aika and I make small talk to pass the time. I'm not sure if she's just looking for gossip, or it's because of my dick size, but she seems fairly interesting in every question I answer.
"So, you live all alone in your house?" She asks hesitantly; not wanting to pry, but curious all the same.
"Yep." I reply, taking another bite of chicken. "My parents passed away a year ago, so now it's just me." That's not even remotely true, it's just the backstory that the Gamer System created to explain why I was all alone in the house that it gave me.
The complete bullshit spiling from my mouth is surprisingly accepted by Aika as she offers a consoling smile.
"I'm sorry to hear about that. I'm kind of in the same boat as you are…my parents died when I was young, and I was sent to live with my grandmother." Her smile goes from sad to happy as she talks about her family. "She's actually why I got accepted into Kuoh Academy. She's a former alumnus, and was able to pull a few strings despite the lofty entrance requirements."
Aww, that's so sad!
You should cheer her up!
'Agreed.' Deciding to take the risk, I reach across the table to place my hand on top of hers. Giving it a comforting squeeze, I feel her squeeze back as she smiles thankfully.
Affection Check - Have: 10 / Required: 5
Passed!
+5 Affection with Aika Kiryuu … Affection: 15 | Obedience: 0
Like I said, I'm not a dick who pushes people away for no reason. And the fact that I both passed an Affection Check, and got some more Affection out of it is just an added bonus.
Choosing to stick with safer topics after that, what follows is a genuinely nice meal together. Most of it was spent with me asking questions about the school, the town, and some of the more popular students. Rumor had it the Perverted Trio were once pretty popular before they hit puberty. One of them -the bald one, I think- had been on track to becoming a professional soccer player before he and his two friends gave it all up to peep on girls.
Truly, the teenage boy's mind is a simple place.
Granted, not all of them are as bad as those three, but most of us do come close. At least we're smart enough to understand that it's best to keep those thoughts private, unlike the trio who openly make perverted comments that everyone can hear.
I take the opportunity to throw in some subtle flirting here and there, only for Aika to ramp it up further by bringing her foot over to brush against my leg under the table. Seeing the teasing little smirk, I return the favor by gently grabbing the heel as it comes up for another brush, bringing my other hand down underneath the table to gently caress her leg over the thigh-high black socks she's got on.
+5 Affection with Aika Kiryuu … Affection: 20 | Obedience: 0
Smirking as she blushes heavily, Aika grins lustfully as she wiggles her foot until it brushes against my groin, which was starting to grow a bulge from the intimate touches we're giving each other.
It's almost sad how easily I'm scoring Affection points with her. The girl obviously doesn't get very much attention from boys when there are girls like Rias and Akeno in the school. So for her to suddenly be on the receiving end must be a new experience. Thankfully, because she's a pervert like me there's less of a risk that she'll run away embarrassed, and more of a risk that she'll try to drag me into a closet or bathroom to one-up our little teasing game.
Which I am totally fine with. I died a virgin in my past life, and I have no desire to let that happen again.
Watching her eye's glaze over as she continues rubbing her foot against my hardening erection, I chuckle as she doesn't try to remove her leg from my grip, letting me caress her sock-covered leg and bare thigh for a few moments before the bell rings.
"Well, that was fun." I smirk, getting a dazed nod as we leave the cafeteria to head back to class, Aika's thoughts obviously thinking about what she felt as her eyes continually glance at my crotch. It's not until we're almost to her classroom that I slow down, causing her to do the same until we're the last ones standing in the hallway. "Thanks for sitting with me at lunch today, Aika. I had a great time."
"Me too." She smiles, having genuinely enjoyed our time together and the fact that I wasn't scared off by her perversion. "If you'd like, we could do this again tomorrow?"
"Sure, I'd love to." It wasn't like I had anyone else wanting to sit with me, and the time spent with her was nice.
Watching as she glances around the empty hallway to see if anyone was looking, Aika takes the risk to lean in and kiss me on the cheek, blushing furiously as her hand comes down for a quick squeeze of my crotch.
+5 Affection with Aika Kiryuu … Affection: 25 | Obedience: 0
Obviously liking what she feels, Aika grins lewdly at me before she dashes into the classroom.
Laughing loudly, I take a second to adjust my pants after her little fondling caused a slight reaction before moving on to my own classroom. If nothing else, spending time with a perverted girl would make things more fun.
- After School -
Even after the little bit of fun with Aika, school still seemed to drag on for the last few hours before we were mercifully allowed to leave. My backpack hadn't even been opened once the entire time.
Because I had no plans to stay at the school longer than I had to, especially not for the full year, I didn't care to write down the assignments or lessons. Why would I bother trying to get A's when I can work on getting levels?
After waving goodbye to Aika at the school's front gate, I made the annoying walk out of town and down the dirt road that led into the bamboo forest where my home resided. I have no clue where the idea to have the home placed so far away came from, but it's quickly becoming a hassle.
Either I figure out some Teleportation Magic, or I'm going to find a way to transport my home somewhere closer.
There's actually a lot of cool stuff you can do to your home.
Pausing in my step as I cross over into my home's courtyard, my Servant dutifully closes the elegant front gate behind me as I ask. 'What?'
Yeah! There's a bunch of upgrades and things that can be added.
Here, take a look!
Sure enough, a massive textbox filled with different upgrade options appears. Everything from changing the size of the building, to adding more rooms and addition features like pools scrolls across my vision as I try to take it all in. In order to use any of them though, I have to meet the requirements first.
Some of them require completing the Dungeon multiple times in a single day, to defeating a particular enemy inside the Dungeon hundreds of times. The only one I've unlocked so far is an upgrade that increases the size of my bed to fit two people. Apparently, getting Aika's Affection to 25 filled the pre-requisite.
House Upgrade Unlocked:
[Large Main Bed]
Reach 25 Affection with a single person.
Learning that my efforts to practice raising Affection had paid off, if in an unexpected way, made me feel pretty good about myself. I get that this is a Game, and that I'm partially looking at everyone less like people and more like characters, but it's still a nice sense of accomplishment to get some kind of reward for what was -admittedly- a small risk.
But I need to push that to the side and focus on what's really important right now...like getting back into the Dungeon and grinding out some levels. I doubt the story is just going to sit back and wait for me to try and get into Aika's panties. And if the difference in levels between myself and Rias are anything to go by, I'm going to be in a lot of trouble if I keep putting it off.
Motioning my Servant to follow, I leave my backpack inside the house and get a quick drink from the kitchen, before moving into the small living room and taking us back into the Dungeon. "[Dungeon: Open]!"
Instantly, the golden circle appeared beneath my and my Servant's feet, teleporting us back to the same room I had first entered last night. Quickly selecting Skeletons again, I use [Blade Blacksmith] to create a Holy Sword for myself while my Servant adjusts his grip on the iron sword in his hand.
I don't think he's even let go of it once since I gave it to him.
Shrugging that thought off, I march us down the dirt part between dead trees, coming to a halt as soon as I reach the first enemy…or should I say, enemies. '[Observe].'
Skeleton - Level 2 | Skeleton - Level 2 | Skeleton - Level 2
Great, three skeletons this time and there's only two of us. And my Servant is still only Level 1.
I really don't like the looks of these odds.
I told you the last one was a tutorial…
These baddies mean business now.
She did warn me. And look where we are. Time to face the music, I guess.
Commanding my Servant to take the one on the left, I go for the one on the right. There's not much I can do about the one in the middle, since I've never fought two opponents at once before, but the best idea I've got is to try and keep them close together so that they're within my line of sight.
Remembering not to rush in like a fool, I take it slow as I approach the two skeletons, both on whom come to life at the same time as they raise their rusted swords to attack. Bringing up my Holy Sword, I move just out of the way of the left one's strike while I block the other.
As its rusted sword comes down onto the slightly golden glow of my Holy Sword's blade, I watch as the rusted blade makes brief contact before promptly shattering.
Blinking, I smile widely at that as I use the opening to stab the now weaponless Skeleton in the chest. The Light properties of my Holy Sword work marvelously as it not only pierces the bone ribcage, it actually burns through the bone like a hot knife through butter. The blade causing the Skeleton's body to destabilize, breaking apart into individual pieces as it falls to the ground.
[Skeleton] defeated.
As I turn to the other one, I see that it's already in mid swing while I had been so focused on the other Skeleton's death. Its blade is already too close for me to defend myself, so I quickly squeeze my eyes shut and prepare for the pain of getting cut.
…instead, I hear the sound of a blade cutting through flesh but no pain.
Glancing through a cracked open eye, my eyes fly open as I stare at the sight of my Servant standing with his back to me, the Skeleton's rusted sword piercing straight through his flesh. Before I can even say anything, he dissolves into motes of golden energy, the iron sword in his hand clattering to the ground.
Realizing the opportunity he just gave me, I quickly bring my holy sword up and strike the Skeleton in the chest, the blade cutting straight through its body as it collapses to the ground in a second pile of bones.
[Skeleton] defeated.
Staring at the spot where my Servant died, I look to the left where the other Skeleton should have been. Instead, I see a third pile of bones resting on the ground. It looks like he had defeated his opponent before coming to my aid.
At least his sacrifice wasn't for nothing, as it gave me a single level for my Summoner class.
Leveled Up - Class:
[Class: Summoner] - Lvl. 2 (Novice)
Which means that I can now summon 2 Servants, and 10 Spirits. I can finally start sending out Spirits to spy on Kuoh and keep an eye out for when the Fallen make their move. If I can time it right, I might even be able to work it to my advantage.
Also, I'm glad to see that more than one skill got leveled up.
Leveled Up - Skills:
[Summon: Servant] (Active) - Lvl. 2 (Novice)
[Sacred Gear: Blade Blacksmith] (Common) - Lvl. 2 (Novice)
[Swordsmanship] (Passive) - Lvl. 8 (Novice)
My Servants are now Level 2, which is going to be useful for taking on the Skeletons if they're set to match whatever my current level is. And with Blade Blacksmith leveled up, I can now summon an additional Holy Sword for one of my Servants. It still leaves one of them without a Holy Sword and having to keep using the iron blade, but I'll make it work somehow.
Taking a quick look at my stats, I'm pleased that even with my Servant having killed one of the Skeletons, I still got the experience for it.
Sora Sakai - Level 2 [12%]
Human - Sacred Gear User
Instead of getting 5% experience for a Skeleton, I'm now getting 4%. But now that there's three of them instead of just one, I'll take the change in lower experience since it works out in my favor.
Alright, that's enough staring at my stats and skills. I need to clear this Dungeon out and keep grinding some levels. First things first, bringing back my Servants. "[Summon: Servant]."
At my call a golden magic circle appears, summoning two Servants this time. The one on the right is obviously a man, just like the one I had before, but it's the other one that has me surprised.
It's a woman, dressed in the same look of an all-black suit -in a woman's style- with the same featureless white mask that covers her entire face. The swell of her modest-sized chest beneath the suit, and the subtle curve of her backside beneath her pants makes me like her already as my hormones force my mind to think of all the possibilities that come with an utterly loyal woman who will serve my every command.
I'll need to give this some serious thought before I decide if I want to actually fuck one of my summons. But it's definitely an enticing idea, if for no other reason than to get rid of my virginity and get some practice in before I try my hand at someone like Yasaka. Or hell, even Aika for that matter. If I ever get that girl in bed, it'll be awkward as shit if we're both virgins fumbling around, even with our perverted natures.
Thoughts of sex aside, I quickly conjure another Holy Sword with Blade Blacksmith. Motioning the female Servant to take it, I have the male pick up the iron sword that their comrade had dropped after his sacrifice, since I can't give him one of his own.
Looking the two of them over, they're not exactly an army, but I like where this is going. I can only imagine what someone will think when they see an actual army of these Servants standing behind me with their featureless white masks and a Holy Sword in each of their hands. The threat of what their numbers and weapons could do should scare off any Low to Mid-Class Devils at least.
Turning back to the dirt path, I take the lead as we move on towards the next group of Skeletons, once again finding a group of three who are standing there lifelessly waiting for us. '[Observe]'
Skeleton - Level 2 | Skeleton - Level 2 | Skeleton - Level 2
Leveled Up - Skill:
[Observe] (Active) - Lvl. 16 (Novice)
That's nice, but not important right now as I send my two Servants to take on the left and middle Skeletons while I handle the right. The fight is almost too easy now that I don't have to focus on multiple opponents by myself, and with the Holy Swords cutting through the Skeletons like nothing, it all lasts barely a minute before it's over.
[Skeleton] (x3) defeated.
Nice! Another 12% experience, which now brings me up to 24% of the way to Level 3… and I'm only just getting started.
- Later -
Quickly cutting off the legs of the Skeleton in front of me, I stab my Holy Sword into its chest until the blade buries into the ground, killing it instantly as its body breaks apart into more bones that blend in with the others scattered around.
Leaving the sword buried in the ground for a second, I use it as a rest to lean on while I pant.
It really shouldn't have surprised me that the Dungeon wouldn't keep things at just sets of three Skeletons, but when I and my small growing army of Servants stumbled across a group of six, I admittedly froze before quickly ordering my summons into battle.
Turning to my summons, I'm pleased to see an additional five new masked faces staring back at me. Each one carrying a Holy Sword in their hands, with the lone one in the group still having to wield the iron sword. '[Observe].'
Servant - Level 8
That's right, my summons are finally starting to grow after all of the Skeletons we've faced. I quickly found out that even with the additional summons killing their own enemies, they all share the same experience. Which is lucky for me, because otherwise I'd have to worry about one Servant getting more experience than another, leading to a horribly unbalanced group of summons.
Leveled Up - Skills:
[Summon: Servant] (Active) - Lvl. 8 (Novice)
[Sacred Gear: Blade Blacksmith] (Common) - Lvl. 8 (Novice)
[Swordsmanship] (Passive) - Lvl. 11 (Novice)
Leveled Up - Class:
[Class: Summoner] - Lvl. 7 (Novice)
Sadly, the Summoner Class is slower to level up than the skills. But I figure with enough time and more summons, it'll be less of an issue down the line. I'm more worried about how long it'll take to level up all of my skills once they reach the 70's and 80's, since I can already see a slight decrease in progression with my Swordsmanship. I can't imagine the grinding I'll have to do to level it up at that point.
Sora Sakai - Level 8 [44%]
Human - Sacred Gear User
I'm still not Level 10 yet, but I'm getting close. The fact that I was able to get several more levels through a single Dungeon was nice, but the first few levels are always the easiest to get in video games.
Standing myself up, I grab the Holy Sword I buried in the ground and pull it out, sending a small bit of dirt flying as it comes up to rest on my shoulder.
Lugging around a sword gets tedious after a while, especially when there's no scabbard to put it in that'll keep me from accidentally cutting myself with the blade. But if my Servants aren't complaining, then I guess I won't either. It'd be awkward if I was the only one raising a fuss about something so miniscule.
Glancing back at my summons, I enjoy watching them line up like soldiers in two rows.
There are now three female and four male Servants standing there dutifully, each one identical to the next besides their gender, and all of them waiting to carry out my orders to the letter. But the odd number of four in front and three in the back makes me frown. I don't particularly like odd numbers, and that missing spot in the otherwise perfect rows stands out more than it should.
At least their numbers are growing. With this many Servants at hand, I can have them start taking care of the house and dealing with chores that I frankly can't be bothered to do.
I think you're just being laaazy~!
'Would you want to do chores, Gaia?'
Nope! :)
Exactly. No one ever really wants to do them, and if it gives me more time to do other things, then I have no problems using my Servants in that way.
My thoughts on chores are interrupted by the sudden arrival of a chest, signaling the end of this Dungeon.
Making my way over to the chest as the sound of several perfectly-synced footsteps march behind me, I peer inside the wooden interior to see what new reward I got. The first one had been an amazing reward, one which had saved me a lot of trouble in arming myself and my summons, so I had high hopes for this one.
…'it's empty.'
Not exactly!
Perk Unlocked:
[Bigger is Better] (Perk)
Increased Affection and Obedience with large-breasted women.
Oh, I can get perks from clearing Dungeons? That's nice; not exactly the same as getting a Sacred Gear, but I'm not going to complain. Especially since DxD is filled with big tits, and the women they belong to are typically gorgeous.
I very much approve.
I thought you would :)
Gaia is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite people, and the help she's providing me has been fantastic. Whoever created her for me gave the best gift I've ever received, and I wish I could thank them. Or maybe not, I don't think my mind could comprehend someone powerful enough to create her and the Gamer System.
"[Dungeon: Close]." I'm tired, and completely covered in dirt and sweat. I think I'll skip a second run through of the Dungeon and settle for a long, hot shower instead.
- END -
Author Notes:
And that's Chapter 3!
Obviously Aika is going to be somewhat of a love interest in this story. I hadn't actually planned on having her be very involved, but I think I've come up with an interesting relationship between her and Sora that might surprise you all.
Hope you all are still liking it so far! Thanks for checking out my story.