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No Otaku with Harem System (English Version)

A young man with a troubled life runs into more trouble after meeting an annoying fairy. "Hey Listen! It's time to start the adventure!" "A fucking giant fly! I have to kill him!" "Wait wait! I'm here to guide you!" Watch the adventures of Luis and the fly Navi on their way to becoming a King of the Harem. "King of the Harem sounds troublesome" "Hey Listen! You can get a lot of money and power!" "What are you waiting for ?! Let's go for that harem !!" ---------- ---------- I don't speak English and I am using Google Translate with Grammarly to translate my novel. I accept corrections in the comments paragraph Warning: The first 45 chapters are a lot of internal monologues since it was my beginnings writing a novel, I'm sorry if it's annoying for some readers but I hope you can give my work a chance after that point. I hope you enjoy my work ---------- ---------- www. patreon.com / Bukaro For advanced chapters. ----------------- https: // ko-fi.com / bukaro If you like my work, support me with a small donation

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Chapter 139: System

[Harem System

User: Luis Santos

Entity Type: Superior Combat-type Entity (100%). (Note: Entity based on combats, assassinations, and wars)

Titles:

- Guardian (100%) (Active). Ensures the goodwill of the Wills of the World. Increases strength by protecting a World. Increases the user's strength by protecting what the user sees as his own territory. Increases the wearer's strength when protecting loved ones.

- Harem King (100%) (Passive). Increases the favorability and affective emotions of female entities towards the user. Increases mistrust towards the user of male entities in the categories 'Pervert' and 'Womanizer'.

- King of Lunatics (100%) (Passive). Increases the chance of corrupting people around the user. Increases the attraction of entities with mental problems towards the user. Prevents mind control abilities from affecting the user's minions. Increases distrust towards the user of masculine entities in the categories 'Order' and 'Stability'.

- Apex Predator (100%) (Active). The more flesh and blood of an enemy is consumed by the user, the more of their weaknesses, secrets, and emotions can be seen.

- Lolimancer (100%) (Passive). Increases the attraction and confidence of female entities in the 'Loli' category towards the user. It increases mistrust towards the user of entities with daughters and/or works focused on the categories 'Order' and 'Justice'.

- The one who opens the door (100%) (Passive). It facilitates the opening of anything within the 'Door' concept.

- Milfhunter (100%) (Passive). Increases the attraction and confidence towards the user of female entities in the categories 'Milf', 'Mother' and 'Woman'. Increases distrust towards the user of male entities with a wife.

- False Antagonist (100%) (Passive)(Active). The user's fate will be related to the entities in the 'Protagonist' category. As long as the user is not seen as an enemy by a 'Protagonist', the user will be immune to 'Plot Armor'. When the user is recognized as an enemy, one of the two effects of the title will be activated:

1) The title will change to 'Antagonist' which will double the damage the user takes. If the user defeats a 'Protagonist' during this time, the user will steal the 'Plot Armor' without causing hostility from the Will of the World.

2) The title will not change and the protagonist's 'Plot Armor' will not affect the user. In case the user defeats a 'Protagonist' during this time, the user will not be able to steal the 'Plot Armor', but the hostility of the Will of the World will not be generated either.

- Harem Protagonist (100%) (Passive). The user gets a 'Plot Armor' related to falling in love with women. Women who catch the user's interest will have their destinations altered to facilitate beneficial events for the user. Increases mistrust towards the user of male entities. Increases the instinctive hostility towards the user of entities in the 'Harem Protagonist' category.

- King of Monsters (100%) (Passive). If the user defeats an entity in the 'Monster' category, the entity will become loyal. Increases the sexual attraction of female entities in the 'Monster Girl' category towards the user. Entities in the 'Monster' category that have a minimum of 1,000 followers will attempt to kill the user to steal this title.

- Enemy of Humanity (60%) (Active). When the title is activated, the user's attacks will cause fear, despair, necrosis, pain, madness, weakness, and fatigue to humanoid entities. Upon title activation, humanoid entities with titles related to 'Hero', 'Protagonist', 'Heroine', 'Messiah', and 'Chosen One' will deal double damage against the user. The use of this title will cause hostility from the Will of the World on worlds where humanity has a significant role.

- Sugar Daddy (100%) (Passive). When the user performs actions that generate feelings of trust, security, and affection around female entities in the categories 'Loli', 'Schoolgirl', 'Teen' and 'Daughter', the feelings of affection and sexual desire of said entities towards the user will increase. The effect increases on female entities that recognize the user as a father.

- Alchemist of Life (100%) (Passive). Increases the efficiency of actions related to the concept 'Life' (Agriculture, medicine, sexual acts, etc.). Increases the favorable feelings towards the user of the female entities related to the concept 'Life'. Increases mistrust of female entities with the concept of 'Death'. Generates instinctive hostility towards the user of male entities with the concept 'Death'.

- Stingy Jack (100%) (Passive). Increases luck when making fraudulent deals. It facilitates the manipulation of any action based on 'Contracts', 'Oaths', 'Deals' and 'Agreements'. Detect scams and loopholes in contracts.

- Waifus Killer (100%) (Passive). The user increases his Destiny Energy by killing female entities in the 'Waifu' and 'Heroine' categories. Female entities in the 'Waifu' category will feel instinctive fear when the user is hostile towards them. Excessive use of this ability will cause addiction.

- Netori Protagonist (100%) (Passive). The user gets a 'Plot Armor' related to stealing women. When a female entity in the 'Wiafu' category feels hatred and sexual desire towards the user, the entity will enter a state of 'guilty lust'. This status will increase if the woman has a relationship in the categories 'Marriage, 'Dating', 'Childhood Friends' or 'Platonic Love'. If the user humiliates or kills the woman's love interest, the 'guilty lust' will increase. In case the user does not satisfy the woman's lust, it is possible for the woman to be corrupted into a state of 'nymphomania' depending on her 'Willpower' stat. Increases distrust towards the user of male entities with a wife, girlfriend, lover, or a romantic interest.

- Guardian of Luistopia (100%) (Active). The user can impose restrictive laws on invading entities that come to the 'Luistopia' world.

- Owner of Luistopia (100%) (Passive): The user owns the World 'Luistopia'.

- Guardian of Martial World (100%) (Active). The user can impose restrictive laws on invading entities that come to the world 'Martial World'.

- Owner of 'Martial World' (100%) (Passive). The user owns the World 'Martial World'.

- Hero Isekai (100%) (Passive). The user will be recognized as a hero by the World Wills of other Worlds. The user can be called upon to save Worlds in Peril. The user's attacks do critical damage against entities that have been listed as 'Enemy of Humanity', 'Enemy of the World', or 'World Catastrophe'.

Age: The user does not have the concept 'Age'.

Race:

- Human (70%). One of the most common races in the multiverse. A race with no special innate abilities, but possesses one of the best adaptability and survival capabilities. This race receives a Positive Karma bonus.

- Chaotic Beast (20%). More than a race, it is a concept. A catastrophic entity that brings destruction and chaos to worlds. Natural enemies of a world. Innate abilities are unknown, but it is believed that they can devour worlds. This race receives a Negative Karma bonus.

- Without lineage (10%). Free space for a new lineage.

Condition:

- Healthy body.

- Mind: Impossible to evaluate.

- Soul: Under a control curse. The curse has been temporarily contained.

Intelligence:

- Theoretical Intellect: Scholar.

- Practical Intellect: Scholar.

- Emotional Intellect: Scholar.

- Rationality: Questionable.

Power:

- Physical Strength: Cusp of mortal martial arts (100%). (Note: Comparable to an earthquake measuring 8 degrees on the Richter scale).

- Power Reserve: Middle World (100%). Energy reserve linked to the entity 'Ortro'. (Note: Enough energy to supply three lower-level worlds without magical energy.)

- Spiritual force: Superior Entity of combat type (5%-35%). Rookie Spiritualist. Spiritual force linked to the entities 'Ortro' and 'Nakatsukasa Tsubaki'. (Note: Unstable stat due to the user being unable to harness spiritual power on their own.)

- Mental strength: Mind of the abyss (100%). Mental force linked to the entity 'Ortro'. (Note: The user's mind is an abyss that consumes whoever tries to invade it).

Obsession: Unstoppable (100%). The user will never stop moving forward. Mind control abilities are ineffective. It is possible to resist some soul control abilities. Attacks that cause fear, despair, sadness, and boredom are ineffective against the user.

Soul: HigherEntity (100%). An entity that will not die through conventional means. Time cannot affect the user.

Instincts: (Note: Most instincts are suppressed by the user's will. If the user loses concentration, the instincts will take control of their actions)

- Human (10%). The user has destructive tendencies. The user has the need to improve and evolve. The user yearns for freedom. The user is attracted to humanoid female entities with certain specific beauty standards. The user is selfish.

- Chaotic Beast (50%). The user has great destructive tendencies. The user has high reproductive needs. The user has a big appetite.

Energies:

- Rasen no Chikara (35%). Energy that makes the impossible possible. Pure energy based on the desire for evolution and freedom. It has a strong affinity with the human bloodline and the Chaotic Beast bloodline. The potential of this energy is unknown.

- Ki (100%). Lower form of cultivation energy. Powers the physical body to mortal limits.

- Hamon (100%). Lower form of life energy. It improves the physical body and helps give peace of mind. It has the potential to evolve into a personal skill.

- Reader's Madness (100%). ■■■ Unknown energy ■■■ Effects unknown■■■

- Anti-Rasen (40%). Energy that prevents miracles. Pure energy based on the desire for order and control. The potential of this energy is unknown.

-Nakama Power (100%). Energy that increases the power of allies at the cost of the user spending their own energy. This energy increases luck and innate potential. This energy has a great affinity with the concept of 'Plot Armor'.

- Destiny Energy (100%): The energy that makes up all of existence and reality. Its uses are endless, but being the purest form of energy it is almost impossible to control. (Note: It is the main food of the Higher Entities and Worlds) (Note: The user's current energy reserve is comparable to an Intermediate World).

Skills:

- Will of Steel (100%) (Passive). The user can resist most 'control' type abilities. The presence of other entities cannot intimidate the user.

- Improved Learning (100%) (Active). The user can understand things more easily. Excessive use causes a state of mental suffering.

- Lucky Pervert (40%) (Passive). Erotic and convenient events will happen around the user. Luck can affect the laws of physics.

- Immunity to mind control (100%) (Passive). The user's mind cannot be controlled by other entities. (Note: The soul and body can still be influenced by other entities)

- Body of Beast V (10%) (Passive). A body at the top of biological evolution reaching the beginnings of a conceptual body. The special effects of this skill are unknown.

- Self-knowledge (10%) (Active). The user can understand himself and everything that involves his own existence. The specific effects of this ability are unknown.

- Mythomania (100%) (Active). The user can lie to himself, lie to the world and lie to life. The specific effects of this ability are unknown.

- Monster Girl Tamer (100%) (Passive). Female entities in the 'Monster Girl' category will feel sexual attraction towards the user. The effects increase during the full moon and during the mating season.

- Blue Blood (100%) (Passive). The user can have offspring with women with the same blood ties without risk of genetic damage or spiritual damage. Increases charm towards female entities that share blood ties with the wearer. All descendants of the user will be female.

- Contract (30%) (Active). The user can make Basic, Low, and Medium level contracts. (Note: A Basic level contract is clear and no lies. A Low contract has a few tricks. A Medium contract has many traps. A High contract is itself a trap.)

- Schizophrenia (50%) (Active). The user can modify the laws of reality based on their own perception of reality. The ability depends on the amount of energy used and how solid the laws of a world are.

- Human Transmutation (100%) (Active). The user can create life, modify living beings, and resurrect the dead. Using this ability on worlds with laws that negate life cycle modification will provoke hostility from the Will of the World.

- Reader's Perspective (10%) (Active). The user can see the world and entities as a story. The specific effects of this ability are unknown.

- Paranoia (10%) (Passive) (Active). The user can sense harmful events for himself. Excessive use of this ability will generate fear and mistrust of the uncertain future.

- Internal Universe (100%) (Passive). By gaining full authority over a World, the user can store the World in their Core of Existence which will prevent other Higher Entities from entering or stealing the World. (Note: Favorite skill of the higher entities of type 'Conqueror')

Talents:

- Sciences (100%) (Learned). The user can learn any subject in the 'science' category with greater ease.

- Language (100%) (Learned). The user can understand any language more easily.

- Cooking (100%) (Innate). User-prepared food defies logic by creating unique flavors with common ingredients.

- Construction (100%) (Learned). The user can build artifacts and structures more easily.

- Cleaning (100%) (Learned). The user can clean dirt, impurities, and pests more easily.

- Repair (100%) (Learned). The user can repair damaged objects more easily.

- Sexual Abilities (100%) (Innate). The user can identify the erogenous areas and fetishes of women more easily.

- Womanizer (100%) (Innate). The user can understand the female heart more easily.

- Crafts (100%) (Learned). The user can do miscellaneous jobs more easily.

- Rasen Arts (100%) (Learned). The user can understand the combat techniques of other entities to find their weaknesses and/or imitate them. (Note: A 'Skill' that unnaturally evolved into a 'Talent')

- Assassination (100%) (Innate). The user can more easily track, analyze and attack vital points of their enemies.

Entities linked to the user:

- Navi (Traveller) (Fellow traveler).

- Ortro (Devourer) (Chaotic Beast).

- Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (Mortal) (Demon Weapon).

- System Goddess (Traveller) (Cultivator).

Territories:

- Name: Luistopia

World Type: 'Named' based on the 'Apocalypse' concept.

Bonus: Increased birth rate of humanoid entities. Increased appearance of the concept 'Mutation. Increased technological development.

Level: Lower. (Note: A world without outstanding supernatural energy)

Intelligent Population: Humans (3 billion). Diclonius (1). Human hybrids (7000). Mutant animals (15 billion). Zombies (3 million). (Note: The population only records entities with a minimum intelligence comparable to a common 5-year-old human.)

Special Resources: Technology. Genetic improvements. Human souls.

Guardians:

- Harem King (Luis Santos) (Traveller).

- Biscuit Eater (Ortro) (Devourer).

- Supreme Lord of Genius and if you don't Like my Title Then Fuck you (Navi) (Traveller).

- System Goddess (Traveller).

Destiny Energy Condition: Stable.

- Name: Martial World (Former name: Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple)

World Type: 'Named' based on the 'Martial Arts' concept.

Bonus: Increased innate martial arts talent of entities born in this world. Increased development of unarmed combat techniques. Increased development of weapons combat techniques.

Level: Lower. (Note: A world with lower supernatural energy)

Intelligent Population: Humans (7 billion). Intelligent animals (10 thousand) (Note: The population only records entities with a minimum intelligence comparable to a common 5-year-old human).

Special Resources: Martial Arts. Ki. Human souls.

Guardians:

- Harem King (Luis Santos) (Traveller).

- Biscuit Eater (Ortro) (Devourer).

- Supreme Lord of Genius and if you don't Like my Title Then Fuck you (Navi) (Traveller).

- System Goddess (Traveler).

Destiny Energy Condition: Stable.

Other System functions:

- Missions.

- Inventory.

- Messages.

- Dimensional Travel]

"This is much better" - I smiled after finishing looking at my system.

"Hey Listen! The system I made looked way better than this shit!" – Navi shouted with joy.

I slammed Navi into the ground and then started stepping on him. – "Shut up idiot! Do you have any fucking idea how much trouble I went through because of how unclear the system was?!"

"Hey Listen! It is not my fault that you are too stupid to understand my great genius!" – Navi was still happy while I stomped him on the ground.

"Whatever" - I sighed, this masochistic idiot gives me a headache.

I looked at System Goddess who was casually relaxing on a sofa while she ate dumplings.

Even though she looks like a lazy and incompetent woman, she's very efficient when work is related to maintaining her lazy way of life so I don't care if she decides to be a useless person when there's no work, I'm used to taking care of a lazy woman who doesn't leave her room.

"It was exhausting to repair your system" – System Goddess sighed dramatically. – "That's why you should make it up to me, maybe with a leg massage~"

Maybe she is being too carefree.

"Ortro, give her a massage" – I smiled at the pretty girl next to me.

Ortro nodded and headed toward System Goddess.

"Just kidding! There's no need! Definitely not necessary!" – System Goddess paled and tried to get away from Ortro.

Ortro tilted her head to the side cutely. – "No massage?"

"No, no massage, I'm fine" - System Goddess tried to act calm but the fear in her expression was obvious.

I smirked and reached over to pat Ortro's head. - "What's the matter? This girl is too cute so it doesn't make sense for you to be so afraid of her."

Ortro started to purr when I stroked her head.

Aren't you supposed to be a dog?

What the hell are you purring for?

Whatever.

System Goddess had a forced smile. – "You cannot blame me for being afraid, we cultivators are the most afraid of death and if there is something even more terrifying than dying, it is the idea of dying without the possibility of reincarnating…"

I smiled wryly as I recalled a small incident a couple of days ago.

System Goddess needed a huge amount of Destiny Energy to repair my system so she asked me if I could give her some of the souls that I have been collecting since apparently she knew a method to extract a minuscule amount of energy from the souls of human.

This method would not harm the soul since altering the Reincarnation Cycle is a grave offense towards Heaven and Earth or stupidity like that.

The point is that when Ortro spit out one of the souls that she had been in her stomach, System Goddess screamed in horror when she saw the soul.

At first, I didn't notice anything special except that the soul was a bit smaller than normal, but System Goddess explained that Ortro had been digesting the soul.

It seems that the reason why Ortro has a gigantic reserve of energy is that she has been digesting the souls in her stomach, which is only possible for a high-ranked Chaotic Beast.

System Goddess explained to me that a newly born Chaotic Beast should not possess the ability to digest souls since it is an ability exclusive to the most powerful Chaotic Beasts that have devoured thousands of worlds.

It's possible that Ortro's ability to digest souls is a mutation due to [Reader's Madness] which I need to investigate, but the important thing is that the ability to destroy souls is one of the most feared abilities in the multiverse so if anyone knows that Ortro has the potential to become one of the most dangerous Chaotic Beasts in the multiverse then an army of millions of worlds will seek to assassinate Ortro.

Because of this, I had to make a deal with Ortro, she would be forbidden to eat souls without my permission and in return, I will spoil her for at least one hour every day.

Ortro was happy with that since she doesn't really have the need to eat, she just enjoys the sensation of chewing up bodies, while she destroys minds and digests souls.

I stopped bullying System Goddess and looked at Tsubaki who was finishing packing a suitcase.

"I'm ready" – Tsubaki sighed. – "Seriously Luis, it is not good that you do all this just to avoid the responsibilities of being a father"

"I'm not evading responsibilities" - I lied without hesitation. – "The protocol established by Beast VII was activated when I had daughters with the same blood as me, so it is possible that this entity wants to do something with my daughters, I cannot allow my family to be in danger so it is better if I return to my world to make preparations"

Well, maybe I didn't lie at all.

I've been pondering why the system was scheduled to update with the arrival of my first daughter and can only think that Beast VII wants to use my descendants to invade Gaia.

I can't let anyone outside of me use my family plus even though I hate the idea of ​​having to babysit a bunch of noisy brats, I won't let anyone lay a hand on my daughters, no one.

Tsubaki smiled slightly as she sighed. – "I know you really want to avoid this situation, but at the same time it makes me happy that you are so careful to take care of your daughters"

I smiled and walked over to hug her.

"Hey, if you're going to start flirting at least do it in private unless you like to be exhibitionists" - System Goddess smiled mockingly.

This woman… Whatever, I'll let it go this time because of the good work she did.

"So are you ready?" – I smiled.

Tsubaki and Goddess of the System nodded so I activated the dimensional travel function of my system.

As I go back to my homeworld, the time in the martial arts world and the apocalyptic world will stop so I won't miss the birth of my daughters.

My wives were not happy when I told them that I will be gone for a while even though they won't notice, but they calmed down after I explained that this is to protect our daughters.

The worrying thing is that Rin said that she hopes that during my journey I will learn to open my heart towards little girls so that I will be attracted to her and the other brats who chase after me.

I'm scared that my [Paranoia] skill reacted to her words...

Returning to the topic of the worlds, when I finished completing all the missions of the apolitical world I managed to gain control of the world so the world was baptized with the same name as my government.

The world of martial arts also became part of my property since the Will of the World confirmed that I became a Higher Entity. The name 'Martial World' was Shigure's idea and I couldn't deny my pretty wife's request.

Apparently, due to my actions in my first days in that world, the Will of the World detected my potential to become a superior entity and did everything possible to become my property. This will serve as a lesson for me to be more careful when going to other worlds or things will get dangerous.

The 'life' of a World is complicated, a lower World without Guardians can only hope to be lucky not to be invaded by a 'Devourer'.

Normally the lower worlds make deals with higher worlds to become subordinate worlds, there are also cases where the lower worlds look for 'Conquerors' to become part of their territories and thus not be destroyed by other higher entities.

It is similar to how small countries seek to ally themselves with large countries so as not to be destroyed by enemies on the other side of the border.

The only thing that makes me happy about this is that the World's Will of the martial arts world was a semi-sentient type entity and not some stupid thing like 'I happen to be a little girl, ha'.

The Wills of the World are divided into 3:

Automatic: They are similar to a basic computer that only gives simple answers. The apocalyptic world had one of these wills and that is why the System Goddess believed that it was a good place to obtain Destiny Energy without having to fight a Guardian. These Wills do not have physical bodies.

Semi-sentient: They are like basic artificial intelligence without emotions that can think logically and only make decisions that guarantee the survival of the world. These Wills sometimes have physical bodies, but usually, they are geometric shapes or representations of an object without personality. The Will of the World I got from the martial arts world is a Yin Yang-shaped brooch.

Conscious: They can be referred to as 'people'. They have intelligence, their own will, and emotions, so it is possible to negotiate with these wills, although, at the same time, a conscious will can become hostile just because they are in a bad mood. Most of these Wills have physical bodies and most of these beings seem to prefer humanoid forms so I want to see what happens if I add some Wills of the World to my harem.

Gaia has a conscious Will of the World so I prepared a plan so that my nature as a Chaotic Beast would not be discovered.

The key to this plan is the title I got with the help of the World's Will of martial arts and the intervention of System Goddess.

The title [Isekai Hero] is one of the most difficult titles to obtain as it can only be obtained when a person is summoned to another world against their will, then the person needs to be recognized as a hero by at least 70%. of the world's population, then the hero must save the world to which he was summoned, and finally, the hero must be able to return to his homeworld or travel to another world.

Normally this title can only be obtained by coincidence and luck, but people who have a system that allows travel to other worlds can easily get this title as long as the user can do a couple of heroic deeds.

Being a system user is so convenient it's ridiculous, I love it.

Tsubaki handed her suitcase to System Goddess since I can't store her belongings since Gaia still doesn't recognize me as a 'Traveler'.

Until I get recognition from Gaia I won't be able to bring too many otherworldly items back to my homeworld and become rich in an instant, this is shit.

When Tsubaki was ready in the same clothes she was wearing when I summoned her, she disappeared as she entered my Core of Existence. Another point is that I will introduce Tsubaki as my soul-bound spiritual weapon which will allow her to enter Gaia without much trouble.

System Goddess stowed the suitcase in a spacecraft, then waited for our journey to begin.

"This reminds me of the cultivators of my homeworld when they abandon their lovers to travel to a higher plane" – System Goddess smiled as the space travel function was activated.

I frowned. – "I am not abandoning my harem, literally these two worlds will be stored in my Nucleus of Existence so, if I can avoid the surveillance of the Will of the World of Gaia, I can see my wives again at any time"

System Goddess nodded. – "Well, you are certainly much more possessive than those cultivators who see women as cultivation cauldrons that can be discarded after extracting the vital Yin"

"I don't know what the fuck you're talking about, but I'm about to get mad" – I raised an eyebrow.

"It's nothing bad" – System Goddess waved her hands in panic. – "I mean that while other men use women to strengthen themselves and then discard them, you are able to take responsibility for your lovers which is something admirable, not many cultivators value women so much"

I don't want to go to a cultivation world, I feel like I'll die of migraine in that kind of world full of idiots.

"Hey Listen! Let's go to a cultivation world! There are sure to be a lot of damsels in distress and idiotic protagonists so it will be fun!" – Navi was excited.

… Well…. Whatever, I can handle a little migraine.

[System Notification: 'Dimensional Travel' function activated.

Travel Destination: Gaia (Homeworld)]

Home sweet home, I can't wait to clean up the shit in my life.

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