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Chapter 74: Picture for the Fans
"Yeah, if you can call me pink bimbo, cow-uddered bitch, and many other colorful names, then there should be nothing wrong with this nickname. I came up with it while waiting for Kai to regain consciousness."
"So that’s why you were so focused!" Aria gasped.
"I don’t like it," Luna announced while crossing her arms in front of her delicate chest.
"I don’t like being called a pink bimbo either, but that never seemed to bother you, bestie." The voluptuous girl had a very smug ’check-mate’ expression adorning her gorgeous features.
"We’ll settle this later. I’m too happy right now to deal with your stupid bullshit." The purple-haired girl was too happy to engage in a catfight right now. "You wanted me to sit in his lap?"
"Yeah, that’s the only way we can all comfortably be in the picture. If I or Aria sat there, Kaiden’s face would be obstructed."
"Sure," Luna nodded, took her shoes off, and happily climbed onto his bed and hopped into his arms. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Nyx and Aria repeated her actions, but instead of on his lap, they settled on either of his sides as they rested their heads against his shoulders. "A big smile, please!" Nyx said before snapping multiple selfies.
She selected the one she liked the most and uploaded it with the caption:
’Our stalwart protector is finally awake! Thanks to Miss @Elysia, he suffered no lasting injuries!’
"Oh, someone already commented!" Nyx exclaimed in surprise and read it for them, "Kya! The Rosy Knight had been reunited with his princesses!"
"I bet that’s Sarah..." Luna murmured.
"Who?" Aria asked.
"The woman who moderates my chat. She is probably our biggest fan."
"Princeless Princess?" Kaiden inquired once he connected the dots.
"Yep."
"I see. It’s good to know that she’s not a sweaty, basement-dwelling dude. What’s with that name, though? Rosy Knight..."
It was Aria’s turn to grin excitedly as she began narrating, "While Blood Knight is a more widely spread title, in the last few hours, we got more comments from girls who were impressed with your standing up against a mighty threat and overcame the overwhelming odds to restore our honor call you as such. It’s very romantic, I love it. Look, one woman even sent you artwork." She said while fiddling around with her phone and then showed him a picture.
Kaiden begged to differ. Rosy Knight was way too effeminate for his liking, but if this got him fangirls, then so be it.
He knew very well that trying to give himself a nickname over what the public came up with was a futile endeavor. Chances were they would not start using his preferred title just because he asked nicely. At least the artwork was very well done.
It was a drawing of a knight clad in silver armor and a rosy-red colored cape. He was holding three distinct colored roses in his hands: purple, pink, and silver.
Be that as it may, it was time to finally check his messages. He sneaked his hands into Luna’s shirt and began playing with her womb-tattooed tummy while he turned his focus inward—ignored Luna’s words of cute protest—and checked his gains.
[Main Mission: ’Spark of Interest’ had been completed.]
[Rewards]
1. Random Skill Card
2. An Upgrade Point
He now had four Upgrade Points to his name.
Kaiden then opened the card with the same gacha-style ceremony accompanying it. Now that he knew the system was the creation of a mighty existence, the Heavenly Demon with the secondary title of Celestial Tyrant, he couldn’t help but laugh inwardly when he thought of the fact that this person spent time developing this cheap mobile game-like opening parade.
The card’s spinning came to a halt, and a warrior who twisted his body to dodge a spear from hitting him in the chest welcomed him.
’System... Is this a joke? If so, then you are not at all funny.’ Kaiden couldn’t help but find the obvious similarity between his arcane lance-impaled state and this drawing to be of a mocking nature. The warrior on the card’s art dodged gracefully while he ’tanked’ David’s [Arcane Lance] and nearly lost his life in the process.
[Note: The Demonic Pornstar System is not capable of influencing the outcome of any randomized openings, but the Heavenly Demon didn’t leave it with any premade artwork, only the means to create them.]
’You fucker, you just admitted to being the one who drew this.’ His accusation was met with cold, dead silence. ’Wait, when I opened the Monster Girl Subjugator skill, you depicted a voluptuous demon woman. Was that your way to say I should aim for demons in particular?’ Complete silence met his question once again, as always.
He shook his head amusedly and checked the new skill.
[Adaptive Reflexes] (B-tier)
[Adaptive Reflexes: The longer time the Successor spends locked in combat, the better his reaction times become.]
"Finally!" Kaiden exclaimed triumphantly while he grabbed onto Luna’s belly with more strength than intended. "H-hey!" she yelped with surprise due to his sudden, unexpected actions. The Storm Valkyrie had spent the past 24 hours watching her man lying on his back motionlessly, so his being this active was something her brain would need some time to get used to.
"What is it, Kai?" Aria asked while glancing up into his gaze with her beautiful crystal blue eyes.
"Let’s go to the toilet."
"Does the baby need to poopy?" Nyx asked in a playful tone, but when she realized he was serious, she decided to go along with his wishes, accompanied by the other two girls.
Kaiden easily stood from the bed. His body was as fresh as ever. Once inside the generously spacious bathroom, he spoke up with a hushed voice, "Check for bugs. Can’t have them overhear us."
They did just that and, after a few minutes, were happy with the results of their search.
"I got my first combat skill. All the previous ones were about sex in one way or another. I’m so glad to know the system can give me skills that are useful in combat!" Kaiden explained in a low whisper, after which he summoned the system’s information panel for them to read over.
"Pretty good," Nyx stated with satisfaction.
"It should be useful against mighty foes." Aria nodded in agreement.
"That reminds me, you showed us your skills back at the sushi restaurant, but I was too shocked to care, but don’t you have some ability that lets you dick down some female monsters? Do you want to talk us through what you plan to do with that, exactly?" Luna asked with a tone that was half on the brink of bursting out with overwhelming laughter due to the comical nature of the skill, but the other half was that of a jealous girlfriend who heavily questioned her boyfriend’s continued loyalty to her.
Both Aria and Nyx gasped with shock. Back at that time, they didn’t have the mental faculties to read over the entire stat page, and even if they did, their brains were too fried to remember such a skill.
Three pairs of expectant eyes stared deeply into Kaiden’s soul, forcing him to chuckle nervously before answering.
