Chapter 19: Walking On The
"For less stress and a better way." Kentaro sighed slowly, his mind made up… he pressed the button and the system suddenly shut down.
Everything in the bathroom remained silent, while Rias straightened her clothes and put the towel away in a nearby cupboard... Kentaro slid his finger over his forearm to try to call up the system.
A red glow with three blue layers of the same intensity ended up moving across his tattoo as if it were a kind of television playing in the middle of the tattoo... moving in an infinitely straight line.
[Hello, Kentaro Hyoudou, your twilight system has been successfully upgraded...]
Two new skills ended up replacing a single skill in favor of better development according to your level of experience in relationships.
However, this was a forced upgrade, since he hadn't developed a deep relationship with anyone during his journey... so he was forced to adapt and look for other ways to relate without getting hurt.
Current skills: [Deep Voice] [Twilight Bond] [Growing Hands] [Waning Inspiration] [???]
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[Growing Hands]
Description: By kissing or squeezing your partner's thighs, you can opt for a significant increase in combat intelligence or lust in your intimate moments. (In Twilight, the increase in combat intelligence can apply a large eye reaction time bonus).
Effects: Your body ends up feeling an internal heat if you choose Lust, but your mind can become calm and cool if you choose Combat Intelligence.
Rating: Unique
Requirement: None
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[Waning Roar]
Description: His voice of determination and fear can easily intimidate the emotions of many enemies, depending on their level of strength, as this skill requires evolution to inflict more powerful opponents.
Effects: The opponent successfully hit will suffer a fear effect that will prevent them from using all their energy to inflict real damage.
Rating: Unique
Requirement: None
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• Skills removed: Dominator Squeeze
[What do you think of the new skills?]
"They're great, and just calm down, dear system..." Kentaro began to adjust the sleeves of his clothes and his hair so that he looked normal to the others. "You can trust that I'll be able to adapt to the new version, thank you very much." He gave a small smile to his system and felt extremely comfortable.
With this upgrade, he would suddenly have nothing tattooed on his arm and could keep his power a secret.
Leaving the bathroom, Kentaro held up a small, half-wet towel to smooth his skin and remove the anxious sweat he had acquired from being tattooed by the system.
Rias, Koneko, Kiba and Akeno saw him leave the bathroom, and he quickly stopped walking and looked into each of their eyes, waiting for them to say something.
"Are you all right, Ken? You took too long in the bathroom." Akeno kept scratching his head with his index finger as he worried about his tardiness.
"I ended up having a colossal flush in my body, now I've let it all out and I feel light." Kentaro implies that he's flushed a lot of shit down the toilet and cleaned up the mess.
Akeno turns his head to look at Kiba, and he just raises his shoulders and hands, implying that he had nothing to say and that everything is fine.
"Are you ready to start our final test?" Rias began to prepare a demonic mark that glowed on the ground so that he could proceed with the last stage.
"How could I not be? Let's get started." With a determined tone, Kentaro throws his towel on the sofa and walks over to the mark Rias has made on the floor.
He steps on the mark and stands in front of the three of them, who watch his body reflected in the glow.
In Rias' sea eyes, she observes in detail his desire to carry out this test and begins to use her magic to transform the mark that was under Kentaro.
Her feet walk over to him, and she approaches Kentaro's body so that she can reveal something important.
"Open your right hand, Kentaro Hyoudou." Rias tells him, pointing to the boy's right hand with her index finger.
He quickly opens his hand and on the top of his skin... a unique mark appears that only the Gremory family possesses.
"You, as my faithful partner... with the mark of my family, this is an image that your body will carry until the end of time." Rias ran his index finger over Kentaro's hand, making the mark clearly visible to his eyes.
Kentaro's expression was one of surprise and determination because from now on he is part of the family of a girl who has loved him since childhood.
He nods and Rias moves away from his body so that she can proceed with the teleportation procedure to her next destination.
"I'll see you all later." Kentaro opens his arms and lets the demonic aura cover his entire body, so that he can feel the magic around him.
When he least expects it, his whole body begins to glow intensely, he can no longer see his face or any features of his clothes... just his glowing crimson silhouette that leaves everyone impressed.
"He really managed to teleport successfully... impossible." Kiba was a little impressed by what Kentaro had managed to do, making Koneko, who was standing next to him, curious.
"Really... this kid can be a bit confusing to understand." Koneko reflected, watching Kentaro's empty, shiny face begin to fade in his gaze.
"But he's a good person, what a relief." A small smile appeared on the girl's face, liking the feeling that he was a good person.
Akeno notices that Koneko is giving a small smile as she looks at the bright boy right in front of everyone, and it warms his heart… knowing that everyone will have a good bond with the new member.
• The descriptions of the relationship levels have been changed in line with the current version of the system.