NOVEL NEXT Chapter 5: This System's Name Is Inadequate.
' As I thought, her reaction was cute.'
Adam gave Rumi a minute or two for her to digest what she just heard. As the realization hit her the bunny jumped at Adam in a tight hug, her legs trapping him as they intertwined around his waist.
A beautiful smile adorned her face, a testament to the joy she was currently feeling.
Adam chuckled lightly as he patted her head. This only made the girl cling closer to him, enjoying the unexpected and warm display of affection.
Rumi's bountiful breasts pressed dangerously against Adam's chest. With only a thin layer of clothing separating them he could feel them perfectly, a detonator that triggered his impure desires.
'Calm down Adam, now is not the time.'
He took a deep breath, trying to enjoy the hug without any lewd thoughts when a sudden notification from the system was displayed in front of his eyes.
[An external stimulus has triggered a reaction from the host!]
'What the...'
[To counter the stimulus a new power is being created!]
'Fuck?!'
[Calm Mind (Rank-B) has been awakened!]
[(Description)]
[Y/N]
As soon as the notification ended, Adam naturally activated his new power, by simply thinking about it.
Before he knew it, any impure thought he had disappeared.
Is not as if he suddenly stopped feeling lust or affection toward Rumi. To be more precise, it felt as if his self-control and ability to stay calm had increased by a hundred folds.
'I'll check the description later, but so far it seems to be a pseudo-passive ability like Spatial Jump.'
Getting over his shock in a matter of seconds thanks to his new power, Adam pulled away from Rumi with a small smile that never left his lips. He couldn't help to be happy right now.
If his assumptions were right, then this system was only "random" in the name.
'Random my ass.'
The fact that it reacted to an external stimulus by creating a power to counter it opened Adam's mind to a sea of infinite possibilities.
Rumi let go of Adam as well and was about to ask him about any side effects his powers may have, but she halted after hearing Adam's next words.
" I would not mind holding you like this for a few hours, but we have to go, and you have to dress up. I'll be in the living room in the meantime, don't take long~."
With a charming wink, Adam disappeared right in front of her eyes.
'!'
To say that the bunny girl was amused would be an understatement.
It seemed that the awakening made Adam more confident than he ever was. A charming air of maturity surrounded him, and she could sniff it out all over the place when he was in the room.
The way he acted despite her being almost naked also added to this observation.
Back in their high school days, when her libido kicked in, she would "accidentally" show up in revealing outfits to get his attention. At that time, young Adam would get flustered and try to run away.
'I don't hate this change one bit.'
Rumi bit her lips just thinking about the look Adam gave her earlier.
In a way, Rumi has always been the aggressive one between the two. As time passed and they entered adulthood she started to decrease the teasing, but never did she stop going after him. Not when a certain green-haired Esper had her eyes on the young man and was so upfront about it.
Perhaps, having such a strong rival is what motivated her not to give up on making him hers. She liked challenges after all.
This also meant that she would never go around beating random women who pestered Adam like annoying flies. If she bothered about every random harlot there would be no end to her keeping them away. Only those with true potential she would take seriously, and so far, that Esper girl was her main adversary.
" Sorry Fubuki, I'm not losing this."
With that, Rumi started to dress up while smirking from ear to ear. This promised to be a good day.
...
*Typhon Family Residence.*
A young woman with a curvy figure, hugged tightly by a dark green, form-fitting V-neck dress, sat silently on a couch as she read a book.
Her chin-length, dark green hair swayed along the wind that entered through the window at the side of the room. An air of superiority and elegance surrounded her, which was further highlighted by her light green eyes, which seemed to look down on the entire world.
"Achoooo!"
Out of nowhere, an overly exaggerated sneeze broke her posture, almost throwing her off the couch.
Her previous display of elegance?
Nowhere to be seen anymore.
....
Adam sat on a big couch in the Usagiyama's living room, as he played around with his system.
" Open status."
[Status]
Name: Adam Zenith
Age: 21
Level: 1
Race: Human
Karma: 999 999 999 999- error!
[Stats]
[Powers]
[Shop](locked)
[Realm](locked)
He looked intently at every section before deciding to settle on his stats, which he hadn't been able to check yet.
'More like I forgot about it...'
*Cough*
Continuing...
Thinking about the command instead of casting it out loud, a similar window to the main status was displayed in front of his face.
[Stats]
HP: 100/100 (Health Points)
EP: 250/250 (Energy Points)
Strength: 15
Dexterity: 16
Stamina: 20
Intelligence: 15
Luck: Error!
"Again, with the errors..."
As long as these errors did not affect him, he could just ignore them, but having an error in one's luck is a bit frightening, to say the least.
In the case of his Karma, he could already tell what was happening, but the concept of Luck being affected did not ring a bell.
When he spoke to the void's being they never mentioned anything about his Luck being broken or altered.
"I'm just going to assume that this has something to do with my excessive Karma as well. I won't focus on this too much for now."
Looking at his other stats, he noticed how everything was under 20, except for his Health and Energy Points.
Health Points were a no-brainer. As for the Energy Points, he assumed it worked similarly to mana in those novels he read in his last life when he was bored.
Not knowing if these stats were good or bad, he just shrugged and closed the stats window.
He can level up, that was for sure, so even if he was somewhat weak now, he could always grow stronger later on. There was no need to rush.
'It would be nice to know how strong others are though. For safety reasons-'
Before he could finish this line of thought, a new notification was forcefully displayed.
[A sense of curiosity has awakened a new power within the host!]
"Nope, not surprised at all. Thank you, Calm Mind, I will use you a lot from now on."
[Eyes of Truth (Rank-S) has been awakened!]
[(Description)]
[Y/N]
Since he had to wait for Rumi to come down from her room anyways, he proceeded to check the newest two additions to his power's arsenal, which promised to keep on growing in the not-so-distant future.
' Show me the description for Eyes of Truth and Calm Mind.'
Simultaneously two system windows appeared floating next to each other.
[Calm Mind (Rank-B):]
[The host's mind is serene and undisturbed, without changing the latter's personality or behavior. Under no circumstances will the host break in the face of fear or mental attacks of any nature, as long as the source of said actions is below S-Rank. This ability is pseudo-passive.]
"Pretty good for a B- Ranked power. Next."
[Eyes of Truth (Rank-S):]
[ The host can see the truth of every being or object. This is an active ability. The Energy spent per use depends on the target's power. The higher the power difference between the target and the host the higher the energy consumption required. If the host lacks the Energy required, the ability won't activate to prevent Energy Sickness from occurring.]
"This is just what I needed. Whoever chose this System's name had a terrible naming sense."
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Before he could curse the system's creator any further, a sweet but domineering voice called out to him.
"Adam I'm ready."
Rumi stood in front of Adam who was still in a daze as he stared at his new power's description.
"Oh, I didn't hear you coming down the stairs."
Standing from the couch, Adam approached Rumi and came dangerously close to her face.
It would seem like he was about to kiss her, but he suddenly changed directions, allowing his lips to graze gently against her bunny ears as he whispered in a sensual voice that not even, he knew he could make.
"You look beautiful in that outfit."
"..."
Poor Rumi. If she could see her blush, she would question her own identity.
'She looks so hot in that.'
Yes, she did.
Her athletic yet curvaceous build was perfectly accentuated by her black sports bra and leggings set. A portion of her abdomen was exposed which only acted as a buffer to increase Adam's desire to ravage her.
'The fact that I acted so shy around her all these years while living under the same roof makes my blood boil.'
"Let's go."
Holding hands, Adam walked her toward the main door of the residence. Since he lived here for a decade, he had a few cars he could choose from.
Now you may ask: "Why driving when he could just teleport?"
Well, you could say that cars were some sort of hobby, and he enjoyed driving them. Being poor in his previous life and wishing to have nice things might've played a big role in this.
On the other side, oblivious to Adam's love for cars, our Bunny Hunter was having a completely different internal dilemma.
' W-wait! Am I not supposed to be the aggressive one?!'
And so, they left the house.
She was so distracted by Adam's new behavior that she completely forgot to ask where they were going.