Chapter 12

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.

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