NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31: CHAPTER 31 – NEW FUNCTION
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Jacob's body was extremely toned, muscular, well-defined abs and a body that he didn't know fat was. Just perfect, like one of those sculptures exhibited in museums.
"Girls, if you stare at me so intently... I'll be ashamed" – I said somewhat embarrassed.
No one could help but not blush in this situation where 7 girls are staring at your body with drool coming out of many of their mouths.
When they saw that they had stared at Jacob, they became quite nervous, for such behavior was unbecoming of them, a young ladies.
"Ehem, let's play because the day is short!" – said Olive.
"I'll accompany you. Today the water is sure to be incredible!" – Emma said.
The others also left quite embarrassed.
"I'll go in a while. First I'll sunbathe for a while!" – I said.
The girls nodded from afar and began to swim and play in the sea. In the meantime, I think the time had come to talk to the system for a while.
"System, I can't believe your update isn't over already, so... we have to talk" – I said.
[Of course I finished hours ago, but I saw you so comfortable with the girls that I didn't want to tell you anything]
"Thank you very much for that. But as you can see, I now have a few minutes to spare. Enough for you to tell me what the system update and which are your new features" – I said.
I guess a few minutes will be enough for me to explain myself about the new features and then I'll go play with the girls.
[Well... This update is my first one and therefore I haven't gotten many features, specifically just one]
"Which one?" – I asked curiously.
[My new update allows me to show people's status, but it won't be very detailed. In other words, it will be the same as yours]
"I see. Is there any change in mine?" – I asked curiously.
Maybe numerical values or something like that have been added.
[No change at all]
"A little disappointing... But how can I see the status of others? I'll try this new feature with the girls" - I said.
[Look carefully at the person you want to analyze and say in your mind: "Analyze" simple as that]
I nodded and stared at my first target, Olive. I looked at her carefully for a few seconds and then thought about the word the system told me. Right after, a screen like mine appeared in front of me so that only I could see it:
First Name: Olive Abroholos Elephanta
Race: Human.
Age: 96 years old.
Peculiarity: Buoyancy (Basic)
Affection for the host: 59.
Buoyancy (Basic): A peculiarity that allows you to float. But since it's in its most basic state, she can't control it and will float even if she doesn't want to.
"Mmm, it's not bad, you even tell me the description, but... What's that affection?" – I said looking at Olive's status.
[I forgot to mention it. It's an addition that basically shows you the affection that a girl has for you, limited to women and not men]
"Not bad. It's not that I like to quantify the effect they feel for me, but it's helpful. Although I suppose that after a certain amount will be when they starts to feel romantic feelings for me, so I would like to know" – I said.
Obviously the "55" means something, so I want to know if what Olive feels for me is love or not.
[Yes, I was about to explain it to you, look at it carefully.
Less than 0: Hate.
0: She doesn't know you.
1 – 20: Known.
21 – 40: Friends.
41 – 59: Close friends.
60 – 70: Romantic Love.
71 – 80: True Love.
81 – 100: Obsessive Love.
More than 100: Flee.
That's basically it]
"That means that right now Olive thinks we're close friends" – I said somewhat surprised.
It had only been two days, how is it possible that this girl treated me as if we were intimate?
[It's actually something different. Olive fell in love with you at first sight, but her feelings for Abe are still there and persistent. For this reason, the number has remained stagnant at 59. I'm afraid you'll have to put in the effort if you want Olive to accept her feelings for you without her thinking she's betraying her former lover]
"Yes, well... I was afraid of it. In fact, I see it as normal" – I said.
It's obvious, after all it's very hard to forget your feelings for another person you loved with all your heart. This was already in my plans, but the system has only confirmed my suspicions. Olive already has feelings for me, but her feelings for my grandfather are strong and still remain ingrained within her. Surely she is thinking that, if she falls in love with me, she would be betraying Abe and that is why her feelings fluctuated and she did not know what to do.
"I have plenty of time. There is no hurry. I will make her see that I am better than my grandfather. I just have to be patient" – I said shrugging my shoulders.
In my previous life, i had to have a lot of patience when doing business because some customers were not easy to convince and you had to try to convince them for days and even weeks. So I have plenty of patience.
"Anyway. I'll keep looking at the status of the others" - I said.
It's not worth thinking now about how to conquer Olive's heart completely. It had only been two days since I entered this world and I still had weeks to conquer her. I'm not in a hurry.
With that said, I looked at the next girl, Emma:
Name: Emma Bloom.
Race: Human.
Age: 96 years old.
Quirk: Fire Control (Intermediate)
Affection for host: 52.
Fire Control (Intermediate): She can control the fire, enlarge or make her fireballs smaller, and even increase their temperature.
"It's the same with Emma as with Olive" – I said when looking at her status.
[That's right. Exactly the same]
"Well, as I said, I have plenty of time, let's move on to the next one" – I said.
Then, I fixed my gaze on the next girl, Bronwyn:
Name: Bronwyn Bruntley.
Race: Human.
Age: 96 years old.
Peculiarity: Herculean Force (Intermediate)
Affection for the Host: 66.
Herculean Strength: Increases the possessor's strength by 175%.
"Well, with Bronwyn it's done. I just have to go on a date with her alone and that's all" – I said satisfied.
I have no idea why she's in love with me. I was shocked and almost screamed at that fact, as I couldn't understand how it was possible that she had developed those kinds of feelings for me in just two days.
[Love at First Sight]
"Love at first sight again? Since when is it so common?" – I asked surprised.
Anyway, I'm not complaining, that's better for me. Thanks to her current affection, making her my wife will be a piece of cake. I just need to have a date with her alone and that's all.
Excited, I moved on to the next girl, Fiona.
First Name: Fiona Frauenfeld.
Race: Human.
Age: 95 years old.
Peculiarity: Accelerated Plant Growth (Advanced)
Affection for the Host: 75.
Accelerated Plant Growth (Advanced): She can grow plants instantly and even manipulate them to make them take any shape she wants, if she could hear their "voices", her peculiarity would have been (Master).
"Ehem. Her peculiarity is awesome but... How is this affection possible?" – I said surprised.
If it weren't for the fact that I'm extremely serene and I don't lose my temper almost ever, I would have jumped and even screamed because of the surprise of seeing this girl's feelings towards me. 75 is a number where you feel like I'm your True Love and that only happened in two days. I'll be honest, I can't understand these women.
"Women in my previous world were extremely difficult to conquer. Is it possible that in this reality it is easier and you have not told me or it has been overlooked?" – I asked the system.
That in this reality women are inclined to fall in love. This is the only explanation I can find for these strong feelings that girls feel towards me.
[No, nothing like that. In this world girls are as difficult to conquer as your previous world. I have no doubt abot that]
"So how do you explain these exorbitant numbers? I mean, if I had been trying for months with all my might, I could understand it and I wouldn't be so surprised. But I've only been there for two days and this shouldn't be possible!" – I exclaimed.
They are very big numbers. I could understand if I had been trying to conquer Fiona for months, but we barely met yesterday and I never thought that she could develop such strong feelings towards me. Not only that, Fiona was extremely expressionless just like in the books, so I couldn't even notice a change in her facial expression, demeanor, or even any kind of hesitation in her voice, a sign of nervousness.
[Love at First Sight]
"That's the same thing you've told me the previous times and I'm starting to think you're telling me randomly" – I said squinting.
[It's not random, it's simply that it's the only possible explanation. Or do you think you can think of something better and more coherent?]
"… Let's continue. I'll reflect on it later" – I sighed.
The system was right, other than what he had said, there was no coherent explanation for Fiona's feelings.
Then, I fixed my gaze on Claire:
First Name: Claire Densmore.
Race: Human.
Age: 92 years old.
Peculiarity: Double Mouth (Intermediate)
Affection for the Host: 80.
Double Mouth (Intermediate): She has two mouths. Her second mouth, located at the back of her head, can bite with impressive force and incredible speed, if this peculiarity had been a little stronger, she could have created a Doppelganger.
"Let's move on to the twins" – I said.
I didn't want to say anything or rather, I couldn't, how the fuck can Claire have such a high figure?!
[It's a guess, but I think her love for you started to grow when you praised her peculiarity the day before]
*Note: the ages are the official ones (more or less). If you don't believe me, ask to chat gpt, XD.