Did she already know what I would ask her for?

Ch 267: I can’t have been such an asshole….

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'Agh... What happened yesterday? Why does my penis feel so hot and sensitive?'

I slowly open my eyes and notice that both of my girlfriends are sleeping soundly, one on each side of my body.

The warmth in my crotch is due to Delia having one of her hands resting on top of my penis, as she sleeps with a calm expression and her mouth slightly open, from where a light trickle of drool falls.

Alessia is lying to my right, with one of her arms stretched across my chest and her hand resting on the fox girl's head.

'Last night I...

How did we end last night....

I remember we were playing some weird sex game that Alessia had come up with, and then....

I can't remember anything else....

I...

Did I fall asleep during sex? Wow...

I must have been more tired than I thought....

But if I fell asleep, then....

I can't have been such an asshole....

Or was I?....

Shit! Shit, shit, shit'

A shiver runs down my back, and I look in fright at Alessia's and Delia's bellies.

'Huh? How... Hmm, whatever... I'm safe for the moment'

On Alessia's and Delia's bellies, I can see contraceptive stickers, which are no longer glowing.

This implies they have completed their task.

'It's probably Alessia's thing....

I have to thank her later....

No matter how many times I've joked with her about it, I'm still not ready to be a father....

Let alone knowing that in the future there is the possibility of having to live a fugitive life....

I have to start taking countermeasures against this situation as soon as possible....

Only then will I be able to feel truly at ease....

Which brings me to...'

I mentally open the girls' statuses to see what changes they had after last night.

If my theory is correct, Harem member should have leveled up.

It's true that the smart clone wasn't really thinking of my girlfriends when he mentioned that I had to strengthen myself, but for me, strengthening my companions is almost the same as strengthening myself.

[Alessia Addari] [Great Adventurer Lvl 6] [Knight Lvl 12] [Sword King Lvl 4] [Warrior Lvl 30] [Lancer Lvl 23] [Leader Lvl 26] [Harem member Lvl 9] [Barbarian Lvl 5]

HP=19 || MP=1
Agility=22 || Strength=22
Intelligence=22 || Luck=14

[Resistance]
Physical=7 || Magic=0
Poison=0 || Curse=0

[Visible]
[(Masochist Lvl 14)]

[Hidden]
[(Slave) (Blood Seal Lvl 33)]

[Alessia Addari has 8 free points.]

[Delia] [Saint Lvl 7] [Adventurer Lvl 19] [Archer Lvl 3] [Lancer Lvl 25] [Warrior Lvl 3] [Harem member Lvl 9] [War Priestess Lvl 2]

[(Nymphomaniac Lvl 3)]

HP=36 || MP=35
Agility=22 || Strength=22
Intelligence=22 || Luck=9

[Resistance]
Physical=1 || Magic=0
Poison=0 || Curse=0

[Delia has 9 free points.]

'That's weird...

There are more classes that leveled up besides the Harem member...

I wonder if Alessia and Delia lied to me and went to the labyrinth alone while I was in the war zone....

No, it doesn't make sense. Delia doesn't like labyrinths. I don't think Alessia would have been able to convince her to go if I wasn't with them....

I guess this strange level up must be due to the side effect of one of our new classes....

But I don't have enough information to know which ones are responsible....

This goes far beyond the particularity of simply leveling up by having sex....

The main suspects in this case, again, are Harem Lord and Harem member....

Harem member is the only new class my girls share, and it also has a name and description that might hint at something like this....

Even if this new effect of sexual abstinence really is a product of those classes, I think I'm going to leave them activated for now....

If my suspicions are right on target, these new classes are too useful not to take advantage of them....

Haa...

And the Masochist and Nymphomaniac altered states keep leveling up....

Even if I'm not sure if it's a good thing....

But I guess this is no longer something I can control....

Come to think of it...

As much as Masochist appears in the 'Visible' section, the altered state does not show up in the information displayed by the Identifier Tablet....

But I think I should also move it to hidden, just in case...

Haa... So many mysteries and so few certainties. Why does everything have to be so complicated and confusing?'

[Alessia Addari] [Great Adventurer Lvl 6] [Knight Lvl 12] [Sword King Lvl 4] [Warrior Lvl 30] [Lancer Lvl 23] [Leader Lvl 26] [Harem member Lvl 9] [Barbarian Lvl 5]

HP=27 || MP=1
Agility=22 || Strength=22
Intelligence=22 || Luck=14

[Resistance]
Physical=7 || Magic=0
Poison=0 || Curse=0

[Visible]

[Hidden]
[(Slave) (Blood Seal Lvl 33)]
[(Masochist Lvl 14)]

The decision on which stat I should increase for Alessia is an obvious one.

Given how reckless she's been lately and the danger she's in simply because of who she is, I desperately need her HP stat to have a much higher number.

And with Delia…

[Delia] [Saint Lvl 7] [Adventurer Lvl 19] [Archer Lvl 3] [Lancer Lvl 25] [Warrior Lvl 3] [Harem member Lvl 9] [War Priestess Lvl 2]

[(Nymphomaniac Lvl 3)]

HP=36 || MP=35
Agility=23 || Strength=23
Intelligence=23 || Luck=9

[Resistance]
Physical=7 || Magic=0
Poison=0 || Curse=0

What Delia needs most right now is to gain confidence when fighting.

I hope this increase in her physical damage resistance will do the trick.

Well, now it's my turn.

[Emir] [Great Adventurer Lvl 15] [Sniper Lvl 6] [Knight Lvl 22] [Sword King Lvl 7] [Leader Lvl 30] [Harem Lord Lvl 13] [Traveler Lvl 11] [Hero Lvl 4] [Barbarian Lvl 17]

[Sadist Lvl 2]

[Sexopath Lvl 1]

HP=35 || MP=20
Agility=38|| Strength=38
Intelligence=38 || Luck=13

[Resistance]
Physical=10 || Magic=0
Poison=0 || Curse=0

You have 14 free stat points.

'Those altered states...

I don't like them...

I already have Hero to affect my ways of thinking and acting; I don't want to have to worry about more things....

And yet, one of them has already leveled up....

Great! That's just what I was needing....

I guess it's because of the spanking I gave Alessia....

But I like to play with my beautiful, masochistic girlfriend....

Still, I guess I'll have to try to restrain myself for a while.'

[Emir] [Great Adventurer Lvl 15] [Sniper Lvl 6] [Knight Lvl 22] [Sword King Lvl 7] [Assassin Lvl 1] [Harem Lord Lvl 13] [Traveler Lvl 11] [Hero Lvl 4] [Barbarian Lvl 17] 

[Sadist Lvl 2]

[Sexopath Lvl 1]

HP=40 || MP=20
Agility=41|| Strength=41
Intelligence=41 || Luck=13

[Resistance]
Physical=10 || Magic=0
Poison=0 || Curse=0

As recommended by the smart clone, from now on I will raise my stats in a balanced way.

At least the important ones.

MP doesn't seem crucial to me at the moment, considering I have two magic objects for mana storage.

Luck, on the other hand, is certainly important.

But I'm afraid of what might happen if I raise that stat even more.

I could really use a little more good luck under my belt, considering what's ahead of us.

But the image of Alessia's crying face is still very fresh in my mind.

I can't control the effects of Luck, and that's why I don't like it.

It's true that now, after several days, I can say that it was a beneficial thing that Alessia and Delia met.

But I still don't like the way the situation unfolded.

And that's why I won't raise Luck.

It's a stat too dangerous to have it in permanently high numbers.

I'd rather have small bursts of luck thanks to my profiles than risk suddenly having my whole life turn into a continuous chaos.

If that were to happen I would probably end up with the same mentality as my parents.

I don't know how my parents manage to live like that, trusting that luck will always be on their side.

But I prefer to have some degree of control over my life.

Moreover, there are also the Resistance stats, which, as I saw in my encounter with Beatrice, are very important.

I should definitely raise those in the near future, but for now, I'm going to rely on the stats I've consistently raised so far.

As for classes, Leader has always leveled up rather slowly and doesn't bring me any clear benefit either.

Besides, it's already level 30.

So I'll replace it with Assassin and test the new class for a few days.

If I see that the change is useful to me, I will leave it activated until it rises to a similar level to the one Leader has now.

By that logic, Knight should be the next to go.

It's true that it grants me the skill Counterattack, which I have already improved once, but I don't really use it since it doesn't fit my combat style, and the class is already starting to level up more slowly now that it's at level 22.

I could replace it with Strategist Lvl 1.

However, all in due time.

'Alright, now that I'm done editing our statuses, there's a matter that's been on the to-do list for a looong time, and it's about time for me to resolve it.'

While Alessia and Delia are still asleep, I sneak out of bed and use space travel to open an illusory door to Denir City.