Chapter 46: So, About That 'Sexual Act'… Specifically, How Far Does It Have to Go?

(Today’s really a day for whispering into women’s ears, huh.)

Because he had brought his face close to the attractive adult woman Lumia, Kazui felt a little embarrassed as he quietly confessed the activation condition.

"Actually... it seems to be sexual acts."

"Eh? Is that... true?"

Lumia involuntarily let out a voice of surprise.

"You’re not teasing me, are you?"

To the suspicious Lumia, Kazui replied.

"I’m not teasing you."

With a serious expression, Kazui appealed to Lumia.

"Because sexual acts were the activation condition, when I had sex in order to turn Yuri back into a man... I ended up copying Leonization."

Kazui added.

"Ah, it’s not like I chose it! I can’t choose which skill to copy."

"Well, that makes sense. If you were going to copy something, there’s no way you’d deliberately choose Leonization."

Lumia thought there was no way someone would deliberately choose to copy the dud skill Leonization, which had such large drawbacks.

"So, about that ’sexual act’... specifically, how far does it have to go?"

Looking interested, Lumia asked Kazui.

"I still don’t know that. I’ve only activated it twice so far, so I haven’t been able to narrow down the activation condition in detail yet."

"Ah, so because it’s been activated twice, there’s another new skill listed besides Leonization."

Lumia’s interest shifted from the Leonization that had first caught her eye to the other new skill.

"The other new skill is... Sexual Appraisal?"

Because it was a skill she did not know, Lumia thought she might have misread it and checked the skill list again to confirm.

"I didn’t misread it. I’ve never seen or heard of a skill like this..."

As a Guild staff member, Lumia could be said to be quite knowledgeable about human skills, having seen and heard of most of them.

However, she did not know about skills exclusive to succubi, who were quite rare even among monsters.

It was the kind of skill that only a Grand Mage like Ivory would know, so it was only natural that she did not know it.

"It’s a skill exclusive to succubi that lets you learn various sexual information about the target... Sexual Appraisal."

Looking embarrassed, Kazui confessed.

"Apparently I ended up copying it from the succubus."

"Ah, I see..."

Lumia roughly grasped the circumstances.

She already knew that Kazui had been violated by a succubus — in other words, forced to have sex.

She had also heard from Kazui that the activation condition for Replication was sexual acts.

Therefore, she was able to arrive at the possibility that Kazui had copied a skill from the succubus.

"Amazing, Replication... I didn’t know it could even copy monster-exclusive skills."

With a surprised expression, Lumia muttered.

She was surprised that a human adventurer had ended up copying and owning a monster skill — and moreover, a rare skill that only a specific type of monster should be able to use.

Because it was not only a rare skill but one that almost no adventurers in the past had been able to properly master, there was a lot that was unknown about Replication.

That was why the fact that it could copy monster skills had not been known.

"But even if you managed to copy it, you’re a human adventurer... can you actually use a skill that only succubi among monsters can use?"

Just because a skill’s name was listed on the skill list did not mean the skill could necessarily be used.

There were quite a few skills that could not be used unless certain conditions were met, just like Replication, which was useless unless the activation condition was known.

There were also many skills that could not be used unless one was at a certain level or higher.

Ebony’s Absolute Shadow, which could not be used unless one exceeded Level 90, was that type.

Sexual Appraisal was a skill exclusive to succubi and only possessed by them.

Normally only succubi could own it, but after owning it, it was not the type of skill that required some condition to be met in order to use it.

Therefore, Kazui, who had come to own it through Replication, was able to use Sexual Appraisal.

It could be called an irregular situation that arose because there existed a human who possessed a skill that allowed him to acquire a skill that should normally only be ownable by succubi.

"I can use it. I’ve already tested it on a few people and confirmed it."

Yuri supplemented Kazui’s reply.

"It even correctly guessed that I was a virgin, and the number of people I’d kissed in the past."

"You tested it on Yuri-kun too?"

Asked by Lumia, both Kazui and Yuri nodded.

"But Yuri-kun is Kazu-kun’s best friend, so he probably knows various things about him. It’s not certain that it was Sexual Appraisal that got it right."

In a suspicious tone, Lumia continued.

"...So try it on me. If you can correctly guess things about me, then I’ll be able to believe the story that Kazu-kun’s Sexual Appraisal actually works."

At Lumia’s overly bold proposal, Kazui’s eyes widened in surprise.

"No, but... if I use Sexual Appraisal, you’ll have me knowing various things like your number of experiences, sexual preferences, sensitive spots... is that really okay?"

At Kazui’s question, Lumia replied with a question of her own.

"Even if Kazu-kun finds out, you won’t tell other people, right?"

"Of course I won’t."

"Then it’s fine. Go ahead and try Sexual Appraisal."

With interested eyes, Lumia added.

"As a Guild staff member, I want to properly confirm such a rare appraisal skill."

As a Guild staff member, Lumia wanted to confirm whether Kazui’s skill Sexual Appraisal could really be used.

She thought there might be cases where the Guild took on jobs in which such a rare skill as Sexual Appraisal would be useful.