The road to being a harem king

Lunch came by fairly quick all things considered and I as currently sitting under the shade of a tree in the school yard eating my lunch of soda and chips. I spent the entire morning thinking about the techniques I needed to develop so I could grow stronger and build the foundation for when shit hit the fan in a couple of months from here. I have already created Observe, Lying, Detect Bloodlust and Reinforcement and learned Mana Manipulation from a skill book I earned this morning so I was set to start developing skills.

I needed attack skills that used mana so I decided to emulate Han Jee-Han but I will give it my own twist. Instead of the Spinning Mana Sphere he created I would create something that resembled more the Rasengan from the Naruto series. It was a too much of a strong close range technique for me to ignore and the coolness factor of how the technique would look was an added bonus. For mid-range I will look into a way of making a shotgun like attack from mana that would hit targets at least five meters away from me. For long range I decided to go with the Spinning Mana Arrows since I couldn't come up with something better at the moment.

For defensives techniques I will try to recreate the Hierro technique from Bleach that the hollows and Arrancar used along with the layered Mana Shield Han Jee-Han came up with. It was my hope to increase my mana pool and my mana regeneration rate by a big amount so I could keep those two techniques always on without too much thought. That way I will never be caught off guard because a surprise attack would need to first break through the outer barriers surrounding me and then through my –I hoped- hard as diamond skin.

For supportive techniques I needed one that let me create weapons out of mana and one that would actively augment my speed. Reinforcement augmented my body capabilities but I needed something more direct. I decided to take inspiration in Bleach and their Hoho techniques. I really hoped that I could recreate Sonido instead of Flash Step because the sound it made resembled that of a jet breaking the sound barrier. It will help with the intimidation and coolness factor.

I also realized that I needed a lot of passive and active/passive skills that gave me passive boosts. Mana manipulation was a perfect example of what I wanted because it increased my base mana pool and INT by ten percent. If I could stack up a bunch of passive buffs then I could become incredibly strong at a relatively low level which would help me catch most opponents off guard.

My gamer ability agreed with the decision I made and rewarded me with two WIS points just after I decided to go on that route a few minutes ago. After school ended I would go home to gather the stuff I would give to Matsuda and Motohama before I would go to the biggest park of the city to create the skills and maybe grind them a little if I had enough time. Thinking of time made me recall the skill ID: Create and I put it into my 'Must Create' list along with ID: Escape. After I built my foundations I would spam that skill to grind myself and my skills to become stronger on a daily basis. And when I got to the point I could create Instant Dungeons with a time distortion then my life will get many, many times easier.

I also needed to get in contact with custom sacred gear and also find out if I still have the boosted gear. Man I cant wait to see the looks of my enemies face when they find out that I posses two sacred gears.

Also I recalled how Issei gave up his human arm and got a dragon arm in exchange for power to defeat Raiser so he could save Rias from marrying. I mean it was pretty dumb on his part as he could've easily went for an internal upgrade like the heart or blood and would probably gain more powers. But that did got me thinking on the possibilities and I was giddy but I won't get ahead of myself right now. Skills first and possible Dragonslayer Magic later.

"Ah! Issei Hyoudou. There you are."

My thoughts were interrupted by a pleasantly husky sounding voice and I looked up to see Aika Kiriyuu approaching me, striding forward with a subtle sway on her waist, an amused smirk on her face and her eyes were filled with no so innocent intent. I was honestly surprised because I didn't think she would approach me so fast. I was expecting her to approach this new 'me' a few days from now but I guess she was bolder than what I gave her credit.

I nodded at her as I gave her a pleasant smile. "Good morning Aika-san. You are looking lovely today. How can I help you?" I asked her and motioned her to take a seat next to me on the bench. She gladly did so after smirking in triumph at the compliment I gave her. I was not surprised when she sat so close to me that our legs were touching and her shoulder was brushing mine ever so slightly. She smelled life wild flowers and it sent a pleasant thrill through my mind and my body.

Aika gave me that sexy smirk of her as she looked into my eyes. "I want you to ask me one question. Are you really Issei Hyoudou? I am not complaining of this new you but I find it hard to believe that in just two month you changed this much."

I shrugged my shoulders. "Like I said to Matsuda and Motohama. Something happened during the break and it caused me to see the errors of how I had been acting towards girls in general. That's doesn't mean I'll stop being a pervert, that's impossible and we both know that. The thing is that I will be more discreet about it. And yes. I am Issei Hyoudou. At least as far as I am aware of my own person," I said in slightly joking manner as I smirked at her.

Lie successful!

Aika hummed in thought before she nodded. "I see. If that's the case then I'm really glad for you. I admit that I always thought you as an attractive fellow but your blatant perverseness and silliness was a serious turn off for me," she said easily before smirking widely and putting her hand on my thigh as she leaned forward. Her scent filled my nostrils and I raised an eyebrow at her but kept my own smirk. "But I'm seriously liking this new you. Show me that you are really going to change your ways and I will reward you with a date and if you please me I'll reward you with something even better."

[Quest Alert! The Path Of A Harem King!]

[Aika Kiriyuu has found your new personality unbearably attractive and she is not wasting time on making her move on you. Show her that your change in the way you act is not a one-time thing and that you are serious about changing for the 'better'.

Reward: 2000 XP. A date with Aika Kiriyuu. Increased closeness with Aika Kiriyuu.

Secondary objective: Impress Aika Kiriyuu if you managed to get a date with her.

Reward: Greatly increased closeness with Aika Kiriyuu. Kinky sex with Aika Kiriyuu.

Overall Reward: Harem king title]