The Saint's Trial: Can He Resist Their Charm!?

Bringing the cute bunny babe with him to his girlfriend to meet can be said to be a grueling task to complete, for Hiroto.

While they were on their way towards the shade of the tree Hiroto left his girlfriend at. He talked to Lily about a lot of things.

He asked her about where she came from and how did she end up receiving the 'curse' from that Evil God.

"About that, I am one of those normal horned rabbit of my race. Because I gained a bit of sentience, I started to practice hard, in order to be stronger and not be a cannon fodder any more. Few days went on and the sky suddenly became dark. After the clouds gathered, a huge black thunderbolt descended from the clouds and came straight to me. When I was aware of my surroundings again, I saw my kin looking at me with a scared face and me killing them one by one."

While she was narrating her past, Lily began to tremble and tears started to garher at the corner of her eyes.

Seeing her current state, Hiroto immediately hugged her and patted her head and her soft rabbit ears. This action, however, was seen by his beloved.

Saeko was just about to go to the previous location she was at, to check if Hiroto is okay. What she saw on her way was, however, Hiroto consoling a trembling girl that is now crying.

She looked at them, stunned, for a few seconds and she felt a peculiar feeling welling up within her c.h.e.s.t. When she recovered from her stunned state, the peculiar feeling she is holding in her c.h.e.s.t felt like it busted out. She tried to hold it in and maintain a normal expression, a normal one.

Meanwhile, Hiroto is currently consoling the bunny girl when he felt the gaze of a person familiar to him. He looked at the direction where he felt the gaze and, what he saw made him flinch. He saw 'smiling', a wry one to be exact, and heading towards them while emitting a reddish aura.

He shivered, looking at his girlfriend approaching them. Due to his high INT, he immediately used all of his brain cells to think of a way to pacify the impending situation.

'What should I do? Apologize? Dogeza? Should I perform sepuku to quell her anger? She's so scary right now. Who could emit such a reddish scary aura like that, while smilling?!' he thought.

'No, I should face this like a man! Real men never back out in face of their partner's wrath!' he said to himself.

Bravely standing up, he faced Saeko with a determined look in his eyes. It's like he is ready even if he faced a dragon right now.

*tap* *tap* *tap* *tap*

Sounds of the incoming footsteps reverberated from in front of Hiroto and Lily. Even though a few seconds have passed, he is having a hard time taking the brunt of this scary aura.

He persevered and took the brunt of it, shielding Lily from receiving this unknown aura's intimidating feel. When he did, Lily felt like she is safe around him, like he is emmiting some kind of aura to ward off the scary one.

›[You gained the skill |Mental Fortitude|!]

›[You gained the skill |Intimidate|!]

›[You gained the skill |Aura Sensing|!]

›[You gained the skill |Savior's Will|]

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Mental Fortitude Lvl. 1

Description: User is now immune to mental and psychological attacks that has a lower level than the skill's level.

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Intimidate Lvl. 1

Description: Inflicts fear, confused, and stunned state when user activates the skill and direct it at a person with a lower level. It can deter even higher leveled opponents when the skill is at a high level.

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Aura Sensing Lvl. 1

Description: The user can now see what are the auras of the people around him is emmiting. It is emitted naturally when people (or monsters) feels emotions such as joy, anger, sadness, etc. User can only see auras when the skill is activated or when the emotion the person is feeling is so strong.

Passive Effect: User can subtly feel what others felt towards him.

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Saviour's Will Lvl. 1

Description: The will of the Saint who saved a lot of people in his life. Recognized as the savior of those who he saved, the skill is generated as a manifestation of their gratitude. The user can spread his domain for around 2 meters, and emit a calming and soothing energy. User can feel everything around his domain. Can be used in conjunction with other skills.

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He patted Lily's head to calm her down, and looked at Saeko. When Saeko saw him looking at her, her intimidating aura dissipated and was replaced by a sad and gloomy aura. She immediately ran and hugged Hiroto.

"I was worried sick, you know? I-I saw you fighting a very powerful rabbit, and I cannot do anything to help you!" she cried.

She really wanted to help Hiroto when he was battling the black rabbit earlier, but she can't do anything. She was low leveled and her skills are too little. That's why she was frustrated and angry at herself, the reason why she was emmiting such a scary aura.

Sensing the guilt and frustration that his girlfriend is feeling, Hiroto hugged her and patted her back.

"It's alright Saeko, we have a lot of time to practice from now on, okay? So don't feel frustrated. I can't bear it when I see you feeling down, it makes me feel sad, too," he said.

"Un! I will be a strong girl and help you in the future, Hiro!" she said with a bright smile.

"That's the way, don't feel down. Just look ahead and continue moving forward!" Hiroto said.

"Yes! I will certainly, make you proud! I will be the best archer in the universe!" Saeko declared. She didn't know how true her words was after a few years.

When Saeko said that, Hiroto heard the familiar notification sound again.*

(A/N: for those who are curious. The notification sound is Bongo that sounds like, "Tu-te-tut"… or something like that)

›[You gained the skill |Petting|!]

›[You gained the skill |Leadership|!]

›[You gained the skill |Soothing|!]

›[You gained the skill |Taming|!]

Seeing the notifications, Hiroto couldn't help but retort.

'Are you serious? Since when did calming a person down became taming?!'

Before he could continue his rant, he saw that Saeko is looking at him like she remembered something.

"Hey, Hiro. Who is this girl with rabbit ears beside me?"

"Ah? T-That… This girl is the Vorpal rabbit that I was fighting with a while back. It seems like an Evil God controlled her and made her unable to control her own body," Hiroto hurriedly explained. He doesn't know how Saeko would react to him hugging another girl besides her, forgetting one simple fact.

"Really? Is she my new sister then?" Saeko simply asked.

Hiroto was dumbfounded by her question. It was simply too shocking to hear it again from her mouth. He remembered that she said similar words yesterday. He didn't think that she was really serious about it.

"A-Are you serious about the thing you said yesterday? About me making a harem?" he asked. He didn't ask her about why she thought of that or if there is something wrong with her thought process. He already knew that she have some odd views about family. That is the main reason why he didn't even think of abandoning her to venture on his own or such. He knew for a fact that Saeko is kind of broken, that is why he wanted to take good care of this caring girl.

"Yes, I am serious, you know? I want to have lots of sisters so that we can have a big family!" Saeko said with glee. That is what she really think, if she can share Hiroto to others and make them happy, then she have no problem about it. That is if the girl loves Hiroto like her.

This is also the reason why Gabriel, Hiroto's mother, didn't get rough on her. She watched this girl's life from start until the day she met her son. She knew that the girl had a rough life and became broken at some point.

Watching her become happy and change subtly after interacting with her son, made her think of her sisters that changed after meeting her husband.

Petting both girls, Hiroto then said,

"Let's go, Lily, Saeko, we will go and take a rest over there," Hiroto said, while pointing at the shade of the tree Saeko was previously taking a rest.

They cuddled for a few hours. Both the girls were, at first, wary of each other. But due to the friendly approach of Saeko, they quickly hit it off.

When Saeko told Hiroto what the word 'mate' means, he internally gave his past self two thumbs up.

'Who, in their right mind, would refuse being the mate of such a cute girl?' is what he thought.

'Those characters in the anime that I briefly watched are most likely impotent or they probably swing the other way. They are surrounded by such charming girls but, all they do is; be impossibly embarrassed, think of b.o.o.b.s, or ignore them completely.'

Yes, he thought of the brown haired, idiotic bastard, that goes by the name of Yuuki Rito, and the Oppai Dragon that goes by the name of Hyoudou Issei.

In his previous life, he thought that both of them were funny and had a great life. But now that he was woken up from reality, he quite resent those morons now.

'Hahh, let's just forget about it. I'll just bring these two girls with me and practice at the Panda Reality Realm,' he thought.

Opening up his Menu, he looked at his Inventory and clicked the jade-colored marble. When he did, a system prompt suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

›[Do you want to use 'Panda Reality Realm (Jade-colored Limited Edition)'?]

[ |Yes| / |No| ?]

Cl.i.c.k.i.n.g the 'Yes' button, he received a sudden influx of knowledge in his mind.

Although he felt like the realm is pretty weird, he still willed his new abilty to open up and transport him and his companions there.

When he did, they were suddenly surrounded by a bright flash of light and disappeared. When they came to, they were greeted by a 1 foot tall, with white and jade-colored furr, panda, bowing in front of them.

"Welcome to the Panda Reality Realm, master and madams."

(Alternative Titles: 'Who the heck is this Panda?!', 'I wholeheartedly Agree with you brother Hiroto', 'Saeko's real thought about harem')