5 Nocturnus

Walking into a random alleyway, Raphael asks.

"So, now I know I "should" hunt his girls in order to weaken him, as every villain of a harem story would do, right... But how does the system, I mean, how do you work exactly? "

"It's easy," Vega replies, adding "First, tell me what you wanna do, and I'll show you..."

"I wanna see what functions you have... You must have some, right? " Raphael asks.

"Yeah..." Vega replies as a light blue screen appears in Raphael's POV.

"First is appearance-" Vega speaks but Raphael immediately interrupts him.

"Change the background... Add white instead of blue... And some black tones..." Raphael orders as the wallpaper in his POV changes to white with black details.

"Add some gothic designs as well..." Raphael adds as the wallpaper starts to change again.

Now, the different windows showing different functions start to receive some gothic texture.

"Better, please continue~" Raphael nods in satisfaction as Vega continues. 

"So as I said before, first is appearance, a place where you can spend points on how well you look."

"Can I look even better? " Raphael asks, clear narcissism can be heard from the tone he uses but Vega decides to not comment on that, and rather chooses to continue explaining.

"Anyway, second is your skill tree. This place is a list of skills, their upgrades, and powers you have, can have, and will have in the future..."

"Hmm, elements, magic, darkness, corruption, technology... Interesting..." Raphael mumbles at in fast pace as Vega continues.

"Third is your inventory. I don't need to comment on that, but the fourth and fifth are more interesting..."

"What can I do there? " Raphael asks as the screen in his POV shifts to the fourth and fifth marker.

"Fourth is about your missions and current objectives, similar to what you have in video games." Vega explains as the current mission Raphael has starts glowing with a red dot, signaling its activity.

"The Fifth is your sakura or cherry blossom tree. The place where you can see the progress you have with your chosen targets."

As Vega says those words, the screen shifts to the fifth marker, showing a large black tree with countless black branches all over the white screen, but without a single blossom.

"All of these branches represent your future decisions with the girls you will go after. Remember that each decision has an impact on the future development of this world..." Vega explains and asks.

"So, what do you wanna do? "

Hearing the question, Raphael wakes up from his stupor and smiles.

"The first one~"

...

In the club, Nocturnus, the techno music is blasting out loud, making the hearts of all people present adjust their beats to the tempo of the songs.

The lights are flashing across the dance space and the jumping people while the bar is crowded with other humans and magic-gifted people awaiting their orders.

Amy is one of them, leaning against the bar, waiting for her drink as Jessica approaches her.

"AMY! You came~" Jessica smiles at her friend as she sips from her drink.

"Well duh, I promised you I would come... Where is David? I wanna see him..." Amy says immediately, trying to look around while picking up her drink that arrived just now.

The layers of color white, red, and orange in that drink are perfectly held together without starting to mix.

The entire drink is decorated with two straws, red and green.

"So he is no longer an idiot? " Jessica asks with a chuckle.

"Come on, you know I joked, right..." Amy replies.

"Now? " Jessica asks, adding: "He is all touchy with Rose in the bathrooms, so we have some time to talk..."

"Sigh, piece of shit..." Hearing what Jessica says about David, Amy sighs in disappointment as she remembers the mysterious boy she met on her way here when Jessica asks about him.

"Sooooo... Are you sure you saw... you know, a Demon? " Jessica asks.

"Yeah, I'm sure he is a Demon-" Amy says as she turns to leave the bar but then bumps into a 5'8" tight wall of muscles hidden under a black hoodie.

"A Demon? Where? " Raphael asks, looking deeply into Amy's azure blue eyes as he leans closer.

"Will you protect me if you spot him anywhere? " He asks while holding eye contact.

Then, picking up the green straw with his lips, he takes a sip from Amy's drink and sighs.

"Damn, this is good, what is it? I'll order it too if you don't mind telling me the name~"

Like a frozen statue, Amy slowly shakes her head from side to side, her mouth open slightly as her breath turns from calm to more sensual.

"...Vezuv blaster, 13 Dedos..." Jessica's sudden voice wakes up Amy from her state as she breaks her and Raphael's eye contact.

"Y-yeah..." Amy adds, her cheeks red like one of the layers of her drink as Raphael smiles.

When Amy and Jessica turn, and are about to leave, Raphael gently touches Amy's chin from behind and turns it slightly.

Leaning closer to her left ear, he whispers.

"Can I know your name? "

"Amy... My name is Amy..." She replies immediately, caught off guard by this, for her, slightly intimate moment.

No one ever approached her like this, not even her beloved David, who is now probably sharing his lips with that slut Rose.

She even feels a completely different vibe from this boy than when she met him for the first time, a pleasant vibe.

"Pleasure to meet you Amy, I'm Raphael. Are you busy right now? If not, we can... chat a little~"

'Oh my GOSH! ' Amy thinks when Raphael's breath hits her cheek and the left side of her neck, sending shivers down her spine.

Shifting her gaze at the bathroom entrance and then at the table Jessica is heading to, Amy doesn't see David anywhere.

"I-I think I have a few minutes to spare-" she says as the DJ suddenly starts to play the remix of her favorite song.

'Spanish lyrics? ' Rapahel narrows his eyes at the song's words and then shifts his gaze at Amy, more precisely her body that starts to swing slightly.

Seeing her butt unconsciously moving from side to side, following the rhythm of the music, while quietly singing the lyrics, an idea pops up in his mind.

"Mi amor, mente bailando conmigo? " Raphael speaks up, catching Amy off guard again.

"AH? You know the language of lovers? " Amy asks, lowering her head slightly while looking at Raphael with her eyes wide as her hands start to sweat.

'Language of lovers? Interesting...' Raphael chuckles in his mind as he nods in response.

"Sí, mi amor~" He says, and lightly touches Amy's hand, pulling her slowly to the crowd.

...

"What the fuck is that..." Jessica says while eyeing the couple dancing in the middle of the crowd.

It's already been half an hour since Raphael and Amy started dancing together, and they still didn't stop, enjoying each other's company.

"Wasn't she only into David a few minutes ago? She even has a shrine dedicated to him, praying every night like he is some God of sorts, stalking him every day in school! And now when she has a chance to meet him after so long, all of a sudden, she is dancing with a random dude she met a few moments ago? " Jessica says to herself, feeling that something is not right, while also, slight signs of jealousy can be heard in the tone of her voice after she sees what stunts Raphael is performing with Amy's body.

"Doesn't she love David so much that she would kill anyone for him while ignoring all the guys who approach her in school? " She adds while trying to think what is happening to her friend.

The truth is that Raphael, after becoming a Demon related slightly to corruption and sex received a gift.

A gift in the form of an aura of seduction and comfort, his most powerful weapon.

The bad thing though is that he is in no control over this ability, yet. The only thing he knows about it is that it activates whenever a sign of sexual energy is present.

When the Aura "registers" this energy, it will turn On and start consuming it.

In exchange, it will start producing an aphrodisiac that starts luring all the individuals around him, making them start craving their deepest sexual imaginations.

And that's what is happening right now on the dance floor.

While the DJ is playing his best tracks, the people around are bathing in their sexual energy, ready to spend the night with their dance partners.

Sadly, the aura around Raphael has its bad sides too, one of them being that without a warning, it can turn Off whenever it consumes all the available energy.

But that's not a problem right now, because somehow, new people are still coming inside the Nocturnus club, filling it up almost completely.

'This is the best night of my life~' Amy thinks as she swings her ass against Raphael's crotch, ignoring the world around her.

Then, she turns and hugs Raphael tightly, pressing her C-cup chest against his.

Using her right hand, she starts to caress his raven hair from behind as Raphael leans closer and slightly bites her neck.

Pulling gently her smooth skin with his teeth, Amy moans slightly into Raphael's ear, making him quite excited.

While pulling it again, an idea pops into his mind as he lets go of her skin but before he can perform the idea, Amy asks a question.

"Ahn~ Raphael~, do you know how to do hickeys? " She asks, pressing his face closer to her neck while still caressing his hair.

"Sí, señora~" Raphael replies in Spanish / the language of lovers which forms a smile on Amy's face, and without asking, he starts to suck her skin.

After all, he had the same idea as Amy.

A slight pain hits Amy's neck as she moans again, feeling as if the blood in her veins is boiling magma while the space around them starts to glitch slightly as if all of this is just a simulation run on a computer.

...

At the same time, the bathrooms of Nocturnus...

In one of the cabins, a couple is kissing passionately when suddenly, the man's heart starts to beat faster while piercing pain begins to hit his head and chest. 

"AAAHHHH! " The man shouts as he stops kissing his lover...

"What's wrong, David? " She asks as the pain begins to leave as if it was just a mere illusion.

"I-I don't know..." The man replies with confusion, with a feeling as if something is not right...

"Then? Why don't we just continue? " The woman asks and presses her lips against his again.

...

The Dance Floor...

At first, Amy was quite shy, not moving too much because of the unfamiliarity she felt with Raphael, but all of a sudden, thanks to his gift, she started moving more and more.

Ten minutes later, she was all over him, but not anymore only because of his aura but also because of the genuine interest she developed through time.

Something about his eyes seems to draw her in, making her crave to be in his inner circle without understanding why.

When the ice between them was broken, she started to be able to touch his body, face, and hands without knowing the reason, while also trying to make Raphael touch her.

Making stunts and moves she never did with David were all performed and fulfilled in half an hour with this unknown, and mysterious individual named Raphael, and she felt good, she felt seen, and she felt loved.

Due to being in the center of Raphael's aura of sexuality, Amy's entire body turned a long time ago into one erogenous spot making every Raphael's touch send waves of pleasure across her entire, sweaty being.

A few seconds later, Raphael pulls his lips away, revealing a hickey on Amy's neck covered in sweat.

"That was good~," Amy says while biting her finger as Raphael looks at her, but seeing her gaze, filled with slight guilt after she confirms her feelings, he asks.

"What's wrong? "

Instead of answering, she shifts her gaze to the entrance of the bathrooms and sighs.

"Oh... I understand..." Raphael says, picking a rather "understanding" and manipulative tone as he pulls away from Amy.

"Eh? " Amy unconsciously turns, adding:

"Why did you pull away, Raphael? Something happened? Did I do something wrong? " She starts asking countless questions with a sign of slight panic when she no longer feels Raphael's sensual embrace, his attention, and more importantly his love.

"No, I enjoyed our time together, trust me. But, I need to go... See you around..." Raphael replies casually as he turns and is about to leave but unconsciously Amy quickly catches his hand.

"No! You are not going anywhere! " Amy shouts with a slightly possessive tone as a dark circle enveloping her irises can be seen in her eyes.

Also, the air around them starts to circulate as if trying to block Raphael from leaving while the space around glitches again.

"Please, dance with me a little more..." she adds, now in a more calmer tone as Raphael turns, gently picks Amy's hand, and kisses her.

"Maybe next time... Hasta luego, mi amor~" He says with a smile.

Letting go of her hand, Raphael turns and disappears in the crowd, leaving Amy standing alone in the middle of the dance floor.

"FUCK! " Amy swears as her body sends a blast of air in all directions while she turns and walks to Jessica's table, feeling disappointed in herself about how carelessly she let go of Raphael's affection for someone like David who rather fucks Rose in the bathroom than pay attention to her.

She is his first girlfriend after all!

Yes, she loves him and all... But in one hour, Raphael somehow managed to give her more love and attention than David in her whole life...

'Maybe... I should ignore David for a while and pay attention to Raphael instead? ' Amy thinks for a second but then shakes her head and joins Jessica at her table.

'No, it was just one encounter, I still love David! ' She thinks, but unconsciously, she touches her neck and smiles slightly, feeling something she never felt.

The feelings of reciprocated affection David never gave her.

...

Leaving the club, Raphael wears a satisfied smile as a confirmation of his accomplished mission appears in his POV.

[ ! Mission Accomplished = 1500XP received ! ]

'Will it work? You didn't talk much...' Vega asks as Raphael smiles more.

"Immediately? No... With time? Yeah..." Raphael replies as he crosses the road.

"You see if there is a good connection, it will get you further than any of the pick-up lines in your pocket. Yeah, those are good too, but, with a good connection, you basically don't need words."

"Even silence with a slight touch can have a bigger impact on the girl's mind than any of the words. The important thing is the connection and the feelings you gave her..." Raphael explains.

Passing a building, a muffled woman's scream can be heard from a nearby alleyway, which caught Raphael's attention.

[ ! Side Quest: Save the Protagonist's second Lover ! ]

[ ! Receive ! ]

[ - Information about Vampires in this town, Possible Love interest - ]

"Side Quest? Hmm~" Raphael smiles as he turns his face at the dark alleyway entrance.

'Look, if you take it, there is a chance you can gain another girl~' Vega says.

"Yeah, but for now, let's stick up with the Vampire hunt. As you said, I need more upgrades, and the soul of that Vampire add pretty large beauty points to my appearance~" Raphael says as he enters the alleyway from where the screams are coming.

While walking through the darkness, the image is backing away from him, able to show nothing more than his glowing blood-red eyes.

But his entire figure seems to be never alone. Somehow, everyone who would look at him right now would feel the presence of something... Something in the darkness of his shadow...

Something monstrous lurking...

Awaiting to be released...

When he arrives at the destination, he steps on something, making the sound echo around the alleyway.

While hearing one of the men in the distance trying to make the crying woman quiet, Raphael takes his foot off the thing he destroyed and sees that it is a pair of angular glasses.

He saw them somewhere...

Immediately, he smiles widely, revealing his wide-open mouth filled with needle-like, sharp teeth as the image starts to levitate.

While levitating, it turns to the sky, toward the four moons as sounds of struggles and multiple male screams can be heard coming from the alleyway, accompanied by the sounds of a scared, crying female running out from the dark place on her high heels...

And as the image is focusing on the sky, the sky suddenly glitches...

...

At the same time...

Leaving the bathroom, a muscular, 6-foot, blue-eyed, blond-haired, handsome man dressed in a red stylish jacket, blue jeans, and black boots, looks around.

He is accompanied by a red-haired beauty in a short, blood-red dress with an opening on her right thigh, who is cleaning her mouth with a tissue.

She is around 5'7", her juicy legs under a layer of stylish black fishnets are jiggling with each step she makes, and her perfectly shaped decolletage is a work of art. 

Setting his eyes on two beauties talking to each other while sitting together behind a table, the man's eyes narrow.

Ignoring the one who looks quite normal as always, his eyes shift to the other one.

Dressed in a short checked skirt, and black, bra-like top while having her shoulders hidden under a white, suit shirt soaked with her sweat, the man's gaze glows in anger.

Her wet hair is slightly glued to her blushed cheeks and her eyes are glowing with satisfaction.

'Did someone try something on my Amy while I was busy with my Rose? ' the man asks himself as he notices a purple stain on Amy's neck.

At that moment, the pain he felt before suddenly hits him again, but two times stronger.

Now, he even feels as if something is forcefully taken away from him as he bends down due to the pain.

"David? Are you alright? " The woman next to him, Rose asks, as he adjusts his posture.

'What the fuck is this?! Did I eat something bad today? ' He thinks while the pain is slowly leaving as he manages to regain his previous strong posture.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go..." The man, David says as they together approach the table.

"Ugh... Sup girls..." David says as he looks at Jessica and Amy, who look quite erotic to him right now.

"Hi, Dar- David..." Jessica corrects herself as David smiles and sits right opposite Amy as the pain already left while Rose sits next to him, facing Jessica.

As David extends his hand to touch Amy's hand because they didn't saw each other for quite some time, Amy suddenly pulls away and rather picks up her drink.

"Huh?" David narrows his eyes while taking a sip from her drink with the green straw, Amy smiles when she remembers her encounter next to the bar and places her drink back on the table.

She thinks of an idea, but when she pulls out her phone, the reality hits her like a sack of bricks.

'FUCK! I don't ask Raphael's contact! ' she thinks as David suddenly asks.

"Amy, my dear, what happened to you? "

Amy narrows her eyes at the question, saying:

"Nothing? " While unconsciously being all cold thanks to the frustration of not receiving Raphael's contact through the entire hour with him while also due to David being all lovey-dovey with Rose a few minutes ago instead of seeing her.

"We just enjoyed the good music, that's all... She is a little tired now..." Jessica suddenly backs her friend by saying more to David, adding: "The dance floor was all hers a few minutes ago, haha~"

Hearing her friend, Amy wakes up from her "arrogant" state, understanding that her frustration would lead her nowhere.

David is finally here, but why she doesn't want to talk to him anymore?

But out of politeness, and her still persistent feelings, she adds more.

"Yeah, they played my favorite track, and you know how I am whenever I hear good music..."

"Heh, yeah... You go after it like a tiger..." David replies as the night goes on...

The only concern David has is about the mysterious hickey on Amy's neck and about the weird pain he felt before.

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