Trapped as an NPC in a Dating Sim

Chapter 42: Aria Is Angry at Soren!

’Did his skill just… increase in rank abruptly?’

While Soren left the room, leaving Isolde all alone, she stood in the same position, stunned.

Just now, when Zhiran gave that warning to her, she saw one of his skills suddenly increase in rank from A to S.

This was the first time she had seen a rank jump like this.

In this world, skill rank was highly dependent on the rank of the class. Normally, a skill’s rank would not exceed the class rank by more than one tier.

So it wasn’t surprising that Soren had two A-rank skills. But being able to switch one to S-rank on the go…

’Interesting!’

’Was he… hiding them from me all this time? But… how did he do that? Not to mention, he seemed to know the nature of this artifact.’

Isolde thought, touching the monocle she wore over her left eye.

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[Artifact: Veilpiercer Monocle]

[Rank: C]

[Effect: Reveals the class, skills, and ranks of targets below the user’s level. May also expose hidden skills or titles if the target is much weaker. The effect may fail on equal or higher-level targets.]

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This was her own creation, something she had never revealed to anyone. Yet Soren seemed to know its effect.

’Is it some kind of perception ability? Or a skill similar to Analysis?’

Isolde didn’t know.

But this did make her start taking Zhiran a little more seriously. Of course, it was just a faint trace of curiosity, nothing more.

***

’No quest from her, huh. Well, that’s expected. Besides, I don’t want more trouble right now.’

Soren thought, feeling that his hands were already full. He had Sylvia, Aria, Aurelia, and even Professor Lyra to care about.

“Hm? What are you doing here?”

As Soren returned the way he came, intending to enter the classroom, he saw Aria Luna standing in a corner of the corridor.

She seemed to be waiting for him. The moment she saw him, she immediately walked closer, her eyes slightly cold.

“Soren, I saw what you did. How dare you do that?”

Once near, Aria spoke, her voice chilly.

There was no stuttering or timidity as she had shown in the training room, but Soren could clearly feel her anger.

“Saw what?”

For a moment, he was confused, but when he saw Aria growing even angrier, he immediately understood what she might have seen.

’Oh… so she saw me playing with Sylvia’s thigh in class?’

He was so engrossed at that time that he didn’t pay much attention. Moreover, Sylvia quickly stopped him when he went near her underwear.

Fortunately, he hadn’t accepted any side quests at that time.

“Hey, isn’t it shameful to just stand there and watch others like that?”

After figuring out why she was angry, Soren lightly joked. He wasn’t flustered at all despite Aria’s anger.

Instead, he looked around the corridor and then sneakily activated something else

Ding!

[You have activated your Harem Archive.]

[Current Harem Candidates: Aurelia Flareborn, Sylvia Everhart, Aria Luna]

[You have chosen to generate the quest related to the Side Heroine: Aria Luna]

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[Main Quest Activated: Conquer (★★★☆☆)]

[Quest Progress: 0/100%]

[Objective: Conquer Aria Luna and recruit her into your harem.]

[Time Limit: None]

[Reward: ???]

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[To help you complete the main quest, a list of perverted side quests has been successfully activated.]

[-Perverted Quests List-]

1. Steal Aria’s used panties (bonus if warm) ★★☆☆☆

2. Lightly pat her butt from behind and squeeze it ★★☆☆☆

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55. Tease and suck on her long, hypersensitive, pointed ears until she squirts uncontrollably from the overstimulation alone ★★★★☆

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89. Make her summon a tentacle-like spirit vine and have it restrain her arms while you do her throat deep ★★★★★

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93. Make her blow you under the ancient World Tree at midnight ★★★★★

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The side quests were fairly similar to Sylvia’s, except there were a few odd ones related to her identity as an Elf. But they were still as outrageous as Sylvia’s.

Fortunately, Soren was a little more experienced this time. He ignored the entire list and directly accepted one of them for now.

“You… Soren, don’t play around with me. How dare you do that to her? That too in the classroom, and even…e-even after doing that to me.”

Aria grew so angry at Soren’s innocent act that her voice rose higher than usual.

After all, he was just too much.

Even a scumbag wouldn’t be as careless as Soren was, right?

At least he would try to hide his fidelity from his other girls.

Although Aria didn’t think she and he had any relationship, she still felt neglected.

Nobody liked being treated as someone’s plaything. Soren being so brazen with another girl right in front of her was a clear disrespect.

Of course, she was angry.

“Hey… Aria, don’t be upset. Didn’t you also see us in the dungeon before? Why are you suddenly getting mad now?”

Of course, poor Aria didn’t know that Soren wasn’t a normal scumbag; he was a perverted one.

“T-that… that and this are different.”

“Why is it different?”

“You… Soren, are you acting oblivious on purpose, or is this your true nature?”

Seeing him still not relenting and not even trying to apologize, Aria felt even more frustrated.

“It seems you really don’t think much of me, huh. You probably think I’m some kind of cheap girl you can play around with.”

“If that’s the case, then don’t ever talk to me again, you bastard.”

Her emotions finally overflowed as she cursed Soren loudly before turning around and trying to leave.

Her green eyes were already slightly moist.

But just as she was about to leave, she felt a wide arm approach from behind, directly hugging her strongly and enveloping her in a familiar warmth.

“Leave me alone, you bastard. D-don’t touch me.”

Of course, Aria knew whose arm it was, so she immediately struggled wildly to break free, her anger still palpable.

“Hey, speak lower. Do you want everyone to hear us?”

“Let them hear then. Let them see who you really are. In fact, I will go and tell Sylvia right now. I can’t let her be hurt by a scumbag like you.”

Aria gnashed her teeth and tried to escape his arm, pouting in anger. Seeing her like this, Soren couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Was Aria always this strong? Why did he never notice it before? Girls were really scary when they were angry.

“Pah…”

But he really couldn’t let her go.

Trying to calm her down, he forcefully turned her around, cornered her against the wall, and then slapped her loudly on the butt.

“Ouch…”

In the silence of the corridor, the sound felt particularly loud.

Fortunately, Soren didn’t see anyone else in the corridor for some reason.

“N-Now you hit me? Are you trying to force me again?”

Aria moaned in pain, a faint layer of tears forming in her eyes as she looked at Soren. The grievance and anger she felt toward him were very clear.

But after that, she stopped struggling to leave and stood quietly in place.

“Sigh… Aria, why do you think that way? I never thought of you as a cheap woman, and I never forced you, did I?”