Chapter 38: Well, If Kazu Ever Uses Leonization, I’ll Be His Partner… and Turn Him Back into a Man

"I said I’d explain the reason your level went up later, but you can probably figure it out yourself by now, right?"

Asked by Ivory, Kazui nodded and replied with a question.

"It’s because I used Replication and gained more skills, isn’t it?"

"Exactly. You copied two extremely rare skills, so your level jumped to 4 in a single day."

What Ivory said was completely accurate.

Owners of Replication found it difficult to gain experience points or acquire skills through ordinary training or combat.

In exchange, simply copying a skill allowed them to earn experience points equivalent to having experienced real battle.

Moreover, the increase in the number of skills itself also acted as a factor in raising one’s level, so the more Kazui performed Replication, the easier it became for his level to rise.

Incidentally, even just performing the act required for Replication and activating the skill allowed one to earn experience points.

In other words, even if the Replication itself failed, experience points could still be earned.

"But even though it finally became easier to raise my level, it might have become difficult to raise again."

"Why?"

Kazui asked Ivory.

"While Leonization is in an unused state, it has the drawback of making it harder to raise one’s level."

Yuri took over from Ivory’s reply.

"That’s right. That’s why my level was so hard to raise."

The reason Yuri’s level had been difficult to raise was because he had never used Leonization.

"Well... since I’ve already used it, from now on my level should go up normally."

"In other words, unless I also use Leonization, even if I copy skills from now on, it’ll still be hard to raise my level?"

Nodding at Kazui’s question, Ivory advised:

"Well, if you start having trouble raising your level from now on, you should try using Leonization. Once you use it even once, the drawback should disappear."

"No, but... if I use Leonization, in order to turn back into a man..."

Kazui muttered with a reluctant expression.

After being feminized by Leonization, in order to return to being a man one had to have sex with a male.

Naturally, he did not want to experience something like that, which was why Kazui made a reluctant face.

"Well, if Kazu ever uses Leonization, I’ll be his partner... and turn him back into a man."

Yuri added.

"And since it’s actually the male Kazu, it wouldn’t even count as cheating."

Yuri still had a girlfriend back in Japan, so if he had sex with a woman in this world it would be cheating.

However, since it would be with the male Kazui and for the purpose of deactivating a skill, Yuri thought it would not count as cheating.

After thinking for a short while, Kazui let out a sigh and muttered in a weary tone:

"...If it ever reaches the point where I have no choice but to use it, then I’ll have you do that."

If he did not raise his level, Kazui’s ability as an adventurer would not improve.

If his ability as an adventurer did not improve, he would not be able to return to his original world, so if it was for the sake of raising his level, he would have to do it even if he disliked it.

Of course, that was only if the talk about levels becoming hard to raise turned out to be true and he fell into a situation where there was no other choice.

"By the way, what kind of skill is Sexual Appraisal...?"

Ebony voiced a straightforward question.

If an adventurer’s permission was obtained, high-level appraisal-type skills could be used to peek at a skill list.

However, at this stage the only thing that could be peeked at was the skill list on which the names of the skills were lined up.

One could not look at the explanatory text for each individual skill.

If the adventurer — that is, Kazui — granted permission to look at the explanatory text, then it could be read as well.

But this time, before Kazui could grant permission, Ivory opened her mouth.

"It’s literally an appraisal-type skill that allows you to know sexual information about the appraisal target."

Ivory, who knew about Sexual Appraisal, briefly explained it to Ebony.

"What kind of things can you find out?"

"Things like sexual preferences, erogenous zones, past sexual experiences... various things, apparently. I’ve only read about it in books and don’t know the details, but I think it was the kind that didn’t even require the target’s permission and let you freely look at everything."

Because it was a exclusive skill of the mysterious succubi, only rough information about Sexual Appraisal was known on the human side.

Therefore, even a Grand Mage like Ivory only knew rough information.

"I think it’s roughly that kind of skill."

After affirming Ivory’s explanation, Kazui stated the reason.

"Vice... the succubus who attacked me yesterday explained Sexual Appraisal in roughly that way and used it on me."

"For real?"

At Yuri’s question, Kazui nodded.

"She completely saw through the fact that I was a virgin, as well as my sexual preferences and the locations of my erogenous zones."

"The fact that Kazu was a virgin is easy to tell from his apparent age, and liking breasts applies to most guys, so..."

After that preface, Yuri asked Kazui:

"Isn’t it possible you can’t really tell whether she saw through it with Sexual Appraisal or not?"

Yuri knew of Kazui’s sexual preference for women’s breasts.

That was why he was able to correctly guess that the sexual preference Vice had seen through was "liking breasts."

"If you doubt it, then I’ll use it on you... and test it."

"Eh? Wait, stop!"

Yuri panicked, but Kazui paid it no mind.

Kazui wanted to know the details of the Sexual Appraisal on his skill list.

Then, just as he aimed for, information such as the ability and usage method of Sexual Appraisal was displayed in his field of vision as text made of glowing characters.

For skills listed on the skill list, if one wished to know the contents, an explanatory text was usually displayed.

Kazui began reading through the explanatory text.