That’s right, Contrary to when I had to go through a mental breakdown to force my Talent to break through so that I could obtain my first and only true physical attack skill, after Reaching Alpha-Rank, I had finally gotten my hands on the first stage of Augmentation.
And let me tell you, I was over the freaking moon when it happened. Originally, as I had experienced before, the only thing I could use the Skill on was my fists, but things were different this time around.
Unlike the original version of the Skill, It wasn’t so much the fact that I could augment my hands; instead, not only was that an option, but now I could move the Augmentation Aura away from my fingertips in any direction.
Five inches, a modest length to most men, heh, but that was how far away I could span with the use of my Augmentation Skill at only the first stage.
This meant that so long as I could find a viable weapon that size, I would have no trouble coating it with my ’Aura’ to strengthen it or sharpen it; the sky was the limit because if there was one thing I was exceptionally good at it was controlling that hazy ice blue mist, and manipulating it to my every whim.
In my hands, a fork, butter knife, hell, even a spoon could become a deadly weapon, meaning I was approaching something I had been waiting for for years now: Leveling Up.
Unfortunately, it was still a ways off because I would first need to increase my attainment on everything to the (Major Plus) step before I’d feel comfortable jumping headfirst into an Instance where every creature could obliterate me with a simple glance.
’Still, my Coersion is more than powerful enough for this to work; ok, first up, we should talk to Deeana.’
"Dee Dee, lap, lappp!" speaking aloud with my cutesy voice, I stretched out my arms toward my favorite cutie while wearing a puppy-eyed expression known to melt her heart.
"Ok, *sniffle* come here, Tay Tay…" Still sniffling and eyes puffy from crying, Deeana obliged my fancy, and soon enough, I was happily planted between her modest breasts.
Although I wanted to get comfortable in her lap and feel her soft bitties pressing against the back of my head, I had work to do, so I reached up and caught Deeana by her cheeks, forcing her to look down at me and into my eyes.
’It really erks me to see her this upset over my low-life piece of trash, brother, but it’s fine; I can handle things.’
’Psy-Kinesis,’ activating my Skill for the newly reduced cost of 3 PC, I began channeling particles into my words.
’Deeana, become friends with Yumiko, bond over my cuteness, and forget about your attachments to Riley; you are better off without him.’ Twenty-two words, unlike before, now it only costs me as much PC since the costs were reduced upon reaching Alpha-Rank in my Talent.
For a millisecond, Deeana’s body stiffened as she heard my commands and her eyes faintly glowed to match my own.
’Tsk, it’s not enough; two more times should be sufficient.’ Noticing how quickly the glow faded from her eyes after I finished speaking, I repeated the process two more times until I could see a change in her body posture, which was the sign my Coercion had settled in her mind.
’Damn, that was exhausting,’ I thought while watching Deeana’s eyes turn soft while looking into my own.
Returning her look of affection, I patted her cheek lightly before setting my sights on Yumiko, but when I did, I froze in place…because the young lady was staring at me with confusion and apprehension in her eyes.
While little Brenden’s actions enthralled everyone, she had noticed what had transpired between Deeana and me from across the room.
’S**t…’ I could already imagine the storm of thoughts running rampant in her brain, even without activating my Telepathy skill, but when I did, I was surprised to hear something out of the ordinary.
’Myōni kyori ga chikai ndesuga… nanikāttandesuka? ’ **They’re oddly close…is there something going on?**
’Uhhh…uuhhhh Japanese brain worrrrk.’ Panicking momentarily, I accessed my memories of foreign languages, and soon, a flood of knowledge swarmed my mind.
Years and years of watching anime and reading manga had triggered my hyperfocus on more than one occasion to learn Japanese, and finally, I was going to have a chance to use it.
My face scrunched up while continuing to eavesdrop on her thoughts until, partway through her statement, I was able to understand what she was saying.
’Ki no sei kamo shirenaiga, kare ni chikatte mo yokattanoni eyes along with hers were glowing in a strange light…’ **I must be imagining things, but I could have sworn his…**
’Damn it; I knew it wasn’t a good idea to use my Skill out in the open like this…ok, well, she’s looking at me, so let’s burn some PC.
’Psy-Kinesis, you will ignore what you have seen me do, and you will set aside what Riley has told you about Deeana, befriend her, and get closer to me.’
Burning through another 31 PC, I covertly turned my body, withdrew some potions, and chugged them down to replenish my PC before burning my commands into Yumiko’s mind two more times.
By the time I finished up, no one was the wiser, and the new pair of Deeana and Yumiko were looking at each other like best friends who had grown up in the same town.
’And that’s phase one of building my sex sla…cough…playth COUGH…hare COUGH…group of fine ladies who do what I say, complete.’ Glancing around the room to make sure no one was the wiser about my thoughts, I settled in using Deeana’s modest breasts as a pillow and watched my family tussle over who got to clean the cake smasher’s face of icing.
Eventually, the decision was made that it would be my Nanny who would clean up Brenden, defeating all challengers with her fierce looks and intimidating stature of five foot nothing.
But that didn’t really matter to me because sitting beside me and Deeana was our new future bedroom comrade, Yumiko, who was giggling as she spoke with her new bestie.