7 Time To Find Out The 'Time'
"Do you know any family with the surname Hyoudo or a kid called Issei Hyoudo?" Asked Ryujin.
This question meant a lot to him. He could directly confirm the time period he was in and also influence the plot in his favor.
Was controlling others without their permission evil? Might be, but It's not like he was causing any major harm.
Looking at the dull expression of his 'mother', he waited for her answer.
"Yes, I do."
'Jackpot'
"Tell me Issei's age." He asked. He had to finish this conversation fast. He barely had two minutes left before the crown disappeared including his control over her.
As soon as he asked that he saw her face form a frown,
"I don't know." She responded.
"Why?" Asked Ryujin subconsciously.
"I only had a small chat with Mrs. Hyodou when we met while buying groceries." She responded with the same monotonous voice but this time it was Ryujin that had a frown on his face.
"Do you know where they live?"
"No."
*Tsk*
Ryujin was secretly hoping to gain all the information he wanted from his 'mother', but unfortunately, things didn't go as he planned.
'Well, It's no big deal. Since I know that he lives nearby I can just confirm his age at the park where he used to play with Irina.'
Cheering himself up he gave his 'mother' one last command. "Can you give me 10000 yen?"
"Yes"
While he know this was considered theft he couldn't care less. 10000 yen wasn't much and his family seemed well off anyway.
"Okay." Soon she went away and after 20-30 seconds came back with 10000 yen in her hand.
Taking the money he stuffed it in his pocket and sat on the dinner table and waited for a bit.
From the corner of his eyes, he saw her eyes brighten and look around in confusion.
"Mom, I'm hungry!"
Seeing her son asking for food she shook her confusion away and started serving him something to eat with a lovely smile.
...
"Well, the food was good." Muttered Ryujin with a burp while returning to his room.
He started sorting out the information from before, 'The body's original owner's name was
Yato Horikawa. He was what one would call 'The Popular Kid'. He was fun, likable, polite, and most importantly cute.'
'And he had a lot of friends, fuck.' Now he either acted like Yato or act like his usual self.
He instantly decided to act like himself. Even if he started acting differently, it wouldn't matter much. To his friends, he would just be cold enough for them to not even consider talking to 'Yato'. As for his parents? His crown was enough for them.
It wasn't that Ryujin was an antisocial neet, he just had no intentions of mingling with 10-year-olds. Unlike them, he had to complete his deal with some unknown being and return home.
Ignoring all of this, his priority was to increase his strength. He also had to find out how much time was left before the plot started and that was just what he was about to do.
It was about 4 pm at the moment, an ideal time for kids to play.
Jumping off his bed he headed towards his destination.
The Park!
...
After about 10 minutes he reached the park and saw it was empty.
"..."
"Sigh, Why is life so hard?" He muttered in frustration and started running laps around the park.
After all, he had to train sooner or later, why waste time?
Soon he had completed about 14 laps before he collapsed near the bench in the park.
'Fuck.'
The park wasn't that big and the laps were small but it took him only 14 laps before falling down exhaustedly and gasping for air.
As he was gasping for air he saw an old man enter the park and sit on the bench.
Since Ryujin was lying at the side of the bench, on the ground, he wasn't exactly visible from the old man's sight. He was also under the shade of the large tree behind the bench.
He curiously looked towards the old man who seemed to be reading something seriously.
His curiosity grew. He looked towards the cover of the book and squinted his eyes a bit too clearly to see what was on it.
But as soon as he saw it his lips twitched uncontrollably.
It was a porno!
This old man was reading a porno in the middle of the day in a public park!
'What the fuck? Wait! Don't tell me this old fart was the one that caused Issei his obsession for boobs?'
His sudden movement alerted the old man who also saw Ryujin's weird expression. He was confused before he noticed Ryujin's eyes on the cover of the book he was reading.
"Heheheh, You interested in this little kid? Come here I'll teach you about life." The old man giggled perversely.
The disgust on Ryujin's face was quite evident as he shook his indicating that he didn't want to.
It wasn't the porno that was disgusting. It was the old man that taught little kids about harem, boobs, and sex.
Seeing him ignore him the old man started grumbling under his breath, "Stupid little ungrateful brat, He'll surely die a virgin."
With that, he started reading his 'book' again.
Ryujin also ignored the old man and continued lying there. Since the old man was here then Issei might be coming too.
He cleared his mind and started regulating his breathing.
Soon he fell asleep. He wasn't afraid of missing Issei, After all, being a kid he would want to know why another kid was sleeping in the park.
Issei might wake him up or maybe Irina, He didn't know.
And even if that didn't happen there was no problem. It wasn't like Issei was dying or moving away. He would try again tomorrow if he failed.
With those thoughts, he entered a state of light sleep.
...
"Issei!"
"Issei Issei Issei!"
"Stop shouting my name I'm coming Irina." Yelled a brown-haired kid that was exiting his house.
He closed the door and started running towards Irina.
"Hurry up we can only play till 6 pm and it's almost 5 pm already. We might not even play for an hour." Saying this Irina pouted and impatiently tapped her foot against the ground again and again.
"I know I know, I'm sorry I was busy watching 'Lucky man', Did you watch the new episode?" Said Issei while sheepishly scratching the back of his head.
Angering his friend was the last thing he wanted to do. Irina grew pretty violent while playing if 'he' was angered.
"I didn't but I don't care let's go already you snail." Saying this Irina started running towards the park and Issei hurriedly followed.
Soon they reached the park and saw an unfamiliar old man giggling to himself while reading something. They also saw another kid sleeping near the tree. He seemed about their age.
They both looked at each other and tilted their heads in confusion.
Their entrance caused the old man to raise his head and as soon as he saw them his eyes lit up and he gestured for them to come towards him.
His gaze cause both Irina and Issei to shudder but they still went towards him. They were always taught to respect their elders.
Besides, the old man didn't look any different from some weak grandpa that everyone seemed to have.
As they reached him the old man smiled gently and said, "Hello, young lads, Do you want to learn the truth about the world? Do you want to know what is the most precious thing in this world? Think before answering or you might regret it later, like a certain someone," While saying the last part he glanced at Ryujin.
Curious, both of them nodded their heads and waited for the old man to answer.
The old man solemnly looked at them, his expression grave. This caused both of them to tense up, anxiously waiting for the old man to continue.
Slowly the old man's lips moved and a word resounded within the park,
"Boobs!"
"..." x2
Both of them grew confused and seeing this the old man used his book as a reference to make them understand.
Both of their expressions drastically changed.
Issei's expression went from confused to curious to excited to serious and finally passionate.
While Irina's expression went from confusion to weird to weirder to even weirder to finally disgust.
Her mother had already taught her a little about this while mentioning something along with awareness and safety.
"Say, do you understand?"
"No, thank yo-" Irina was about to pull Issei away when he suddenly interrupted her,
"YES! I will become the Harem King and conquer every boob in this world." His expression was so bright that Irina and the old man had to shield their eyes.
Irina looked at her friend in disgust while the old man's eyes turned gentle and encouraging.
Suddenly they heard something and the three of them turned their heads.
"What the hell are you all doing? Old man, have you gone senile?"
