Chapter 19: Blushing Adolescence, First Encounter
Eightfold... fourfold...
Now twofold.
Time seemed to accelerate—dangerous, perhaps? But Fingal felt no fear, only heightened excitement... He felt his entire body heating up.
He couldn't deny it—he might have become one of those maniacs who thrived on bloodshed and combat.
But maybe that wasn't so bad, was it? He preferred to interpret it as a talent for battle!
Slice by slice, he drained the bear's blood, and its movements seemed to slow slightly from the blood loss.
Now!
Fingal's eyes lit up—the opportunity had arrived!
"Yi-la yi-la-de!"
My damn Yagami scalpel!!!
With a bizarre shout, Fingal plunged the knife into the black bear's chest and, like a pile driver, delivered a powerful kick—the immense kinetic force piercing straight through the bear's heart.
The bear's sharp claws left several clear gashes on his body, but Fingal paid them no mind.
A slight sting—minor issue.
The impaled bear stiffened abruptly, its pupils dilating as all strength drained away like a opened floodgate.
In the blink of an eye, the massive body collapsed with a thunderous crash...
Thud...
Silence fell over the scene... Fingal raised his hand with a touch of theatrical flair, gazing at his blood-soaked palm—his heart surging with fervor!
Now this, this was professionalism.
I'm too powerful, handsome, fierce in fights, and hold high status. If this were modern times, wouldn't I be dominating everything? I'm the ultimate top-tier blond.
Someone fell into an extremely cringeworthy narcissistic spiral.
The watching soldiers collectively gasped in astonishment, making outstanding contributions to global warming.
[Hunter Squad Tom feels puzzled about you... Entry generated, favorability +1]
[Implantation successful]
[Hunter Squad Stone favorability towards you +1...]
[Hunter Squad, Lazy Stephen feels puzzled about you... New entry generated, he becomes more afraid of you.]
[Entry implantation successful!]
[Activating... Activation successful!]
[Quest: Hypnotize the Kingdom—Use Hypnotism to hypnotize at least 100 females from a regional population exceeding 100,000 into being willing to serve you]
[Quest Reward: Lust Dragon's Blood]
[After implantation, your bloodline purity will increase and you can awaken more bloodline abilities]
[After implanting the bloodline, you will enter hibernation for at least a century]
[Hibernation: You can voluntarily enter hibernation, during which you can recover from injuries or resist Magic curses.]
"???"
Hypnotize the Kingdom?
Wait, so there are follow-up rewards?
Fingal was momentarily stunned. So my golden finger isn't just the hypnotic phone—wait, does this seem like a comprehensive manga system? Could I possibly travel to other worlds in the future?
He pondered for a moment and thought—As expected of me, truly amazing.
So... hiss, happiness came rather suddenly.
'But... isn't this quest difficulty abnormally high? And what does "serve" mean... Am I that kind of person?'
A few seconds later, the hunter squad also erupted in excited cheers. Regardless, everyone had developed considerable admiration for this Honorary Knight over the past three months.
"Lord Fingal is absolutely amazing!"
"The lord finally did something good... Since Lord Fingal arrived, our hunting team's life has become much easier."
"We get to eat black bear meat again..."
Fingal smiled and nodded to his subordinates, though feeling slightly guilty inside—he was actually being forced by his system to target their female relatives and friends! How despicable!
Damn system! Why is it so wicked?
Huh?
This message...
He spotted the blind spot in the entry extraction displayed in his vision.
...
[Human Magician Flamme feels puzzled about you.]
[Entry generated, favorability +1]
[Current favorability: 100]
[Elf Magic User—Frieren feels puzzled about you.]
[Current favorability: 49]
[Entry generated... favorability +1]
[...Triggered... 0.001 reward!]
[Female Elf Frieren—Triggered level six entry, Elf's Mating Season!]
[Elves—a special long-lived species with almost no concept of reproduction, potentially never developing reproductive urges in their entire lifetime. Some once believed no new elves would be born—After successful implantation, elves will have the chance to enter mating season.]
"?" Fingal's eyes widened. What the hell is this?
Frieren? Flamme? When did they get here?
Where? Where?
And this estrus cycle... Hiss, I...
The body reacted faster than the brain? Roughly speaking, Fingal subconsciously chose to implant an Entry—call it a conditioned reflex.
[Flamme Favorability +1; 101 (Indifferent)]
[Frieren Favorability: 50—Favorability has risen from Extremely Indifferent to Indifferent]
[Level 5 Entry implantation in progress... Congratulations! Triggered a super buff!! Implantation successful!!! Broke through the favorability limit restriction!]
[Frieren has a 0.01% chance of triggering her estrus cycle!]
"???"
Wait a minute, what just happened?
Crazy! Absolutely crazy!
Damn system, screwing me over again! Am I the kind of person who uses underhanded methods?
Fingal was struck with a sudden realization—this time, he genuinely hadn't intended to do anything!
It's all Aura's fault! Every time he chats with her, he has to quickly add an Entry!
"That damn Aura, one day I'll..."
The soldiers nearby were baffled, wondering what was wrong with their superior. He was muttering to himself like a madman.
As expected, Entries started popping up nonstop, forcing Fingal to block the trivial ones from his subordinates with a single command. If they weren't beautiful girls, he couldn't be bothered to hypnotize them.
...
Not far away, Frieren, hiding in the bushes, suddenly felt a tightness in her lower abdomen... A strange sensation—had she eaten something bad?
Puzzled, she touched her stomach. The feeling came and went quickly, as if it had never happened.
"Frieren, we can come out now—it's necessary to pay a visit to the nobles in this area."
Flamme, hiding nearby, was deep in thought about the relationship between these monsters and humans, completely unaware that her disciple had already fallen under an incredibly terrifying hypnosis!