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"... Emir, I am your mother and so I know what is best for you. That's why I want you to deactivate that class as soon as possible. And you must also deactivate Harem Member on Alessia and Delia. Those classes will only bring you trouble. It's dangerous for you and your girlfriends to have them activated."
Emir: !!!
"Come on, come on. Don't scare our son. It's not that bad.." says my father, thereby earning an irritated look from my mother.
"... Don't look at me like that. I just think we should explain to Emir what we've discovered and let him decide what to do..."
'Hmm...
My father doesn't seem displeased in the least by the fact that I have the Harem Lord class...
So...
I guess my mother is just overreacting.'
"... It's his life, Emilia. It's his to live..." says my father to my mother's disapproving and reproachful gaze.
But despite the fact that she is apparently against explaining to me what they found out about Harem Lord and Harem Member, she does nothing to stop my father from continuing to speak.
'Haa...
I wish they'd stop being so mysterious about it and just tell me straight out what they know...
At least my father seems to be a bit more reasonable about it...
It would be annoying if it turned out that they simply made me come to tell me that I have to deactivate these classes without explaining the reason...
The information they gave me about Hero was useful, but it's Harem Lord and Harem Member that really interest me...
If they are really dangerous classes, I'll see what I can do to deal with them...
But it's of little use to me if they tell me what they think about those classes without explaining to me the reasons for their thoughts.'
"... I understand your concern, Emilia, but I don't share it. I think Emir already understands how difficult it is to have a loving relationship with more than one person, and that's why I don't think he's going to end up taking more women."
*Cough cough cough*
"W-what do you mean?" I ask even though I'm already beginning to imagine the reasons for my mother's dismissive attitude towards Harem Member and Harem Lord.
Most likely, the book says something about the effect sexual abstinence has on those who own the class, and my mother judges that this effect is going to lead me to sleep with more women besides my girls.
And she's not entirely wrong.
All in all, if it weren't for the side effects of Harem Lord, I probably wouldn't have fallen into Beatrice's trap.
If my mother's concerns are indeed due to those side effects, then I agree with her.
At least in part.
Of course, if we were to analyze things from a different perspective, I wouldn't have known the secret behind Alessia's past if it weren't for the Harem Lord class.
That's why I don't think those concerns are a reason to turn these classes off.
Assuming that's a possibility.
"He means that this book explains that these classes increase the libido of everyone who possesses them, making them more prone to actions they wouldn't dare before possessing those damn classes," my mother says hastily in apparent desperation as she slams the second book on the table.
On the cover of the volume, I can read the title 'Forbidden Classes' written in letters of twisted calligraphy.
'I've never seen my mother so desperate to talk me into something...
It's very strange to see...
It's probably because this time her luck is not helping her to make me obey her...
Hmm, I could tell her that I had already assumed that those new classes have something to do with the new effects that sexual abstinence seems to have on my girls and me...
But I'd rather die than talk about my sexual life with my parents...
Especially when it comes to talking to my mother.'
"But that's not all. The book also says that the Harem Lord class can change the body of the man who possesses it to prepare him to satisfy several women and make him much more attractive to the opposite sex..." says my father with a strange tone of voice.
' - Although I doubt very much if that part of the text is true, considering how consumed Emir seems to be.'
'Preparing my body?...
Could that be why I've been getting the impression lately that my penis is slowly increasing in size?...
I mean...
Not that I've noticed any notable changes...
But lately, the tightness of my penis inside my underwear and pants makes it much more uncomfortable for me to walk around when I have an erection...
And then there's the fact of what happened on my last visit to Melisa...
I thought it was due to my high stats...
But what if I was wrong and it's all due to the Harem Lord class?...
Or perhaps it's merely a synthesis of multiple factors...
Anyway... I'll get out of the doubt shortly...
I have already created my new 'Sex mode profile', and I plan to put it into practice the next time I visit Melisa…
Once I put it into practice, I will have a clearer understanding of the reasons behind this new sexual stamina that my body seems to have.'
"... I imagine that's the main reason why the Harem Lord class is referred to as 'forbidden'. At the end of the day, men can often be envious and petty creatures. I, for one, don't like the idea of another man getting this kind of unfair advantage over other men."
"Don't put absurd ideas in our son's head, Joel! That class is definitely not a fucking advantage at all... I can't stand the idea of people thinking my son is a womanizer..." says my mother, slapping my father on the shoulder and looking at him with irritation.
"... Please, Emir, I want you to disable that class right now. Pay no attention to that stupid thing your father just said. The only important thing here is that those classes are apparently forbidden. That means that those classes could land you in a lot of trouble if people find out that you have them."
' - And they could lead you to cheat on my Alessia again.'
At my mother's words, my father frowns and looks at her with irritation for a few moments, but then sighs and lets the offense pass.
'There are times when I feel sorry for my father...
My mother can sometimes be too stubborn, domineering, and aggressive when she gets an idea stuck in her head...
That's why my father is probably the only man in the world who could marry her and survive...
Any other man would probably suffer tremendously in a love relationship with a woman with that kind of personality, who also has so many points in Luck...
Stay strong, Dad, I'm cheering you on!'
"You know well that I can control which classes show up activated on my profile, so that would never be a problem for me or my girls," I say, downplaying the validity of my mother's words.
"Beyond what your mother thinks, those classes do give several advantages, according to what the book says..." says my father, and this time it is my mother who sighs at his words, with a sigh in which a combination of despair and resignation is perceived.
"... Those classes amplify the feelings that the harem members have for their peers, and that little piece of information is exactly why I think your mother is overreacting. She's not being truthful about it, but I know her and I know that the main reason Emilia doesn't want you to have that class activated is because she doesn't want you to hurt Alessia again."
"I'm not overreacting! But... you're right about the last thing you said," my mother says, taking one of my father's hands and bringing it up to her lips to give him a kiss on the back as she looks at him with an expression full of affection.
'There are times when it surprises me how volatile women's emotions can be.'
"I don't want to hurt Alessia again either. I completely agree with you on that, Mom," I say as a shiver runs through me as I conjure up in my mind an image of what happened when Alessia found out about Delia.
'But I don't plan to deactivate Harem Lord... at least not at the moment.'
"The book also explains that both Harem Lord and Harem Member level up slowly…" my father says as he gently caresses my mother's neck with the hand she kissed him earlier.
'That's weird. I haven't noticed that neither Harem Member nor Harem Lord level up slowly, and the same thing happens with Hero... But, come to think of it, having the 90% discount active, I imagine it's logical that none of my classes level up particularly slowly.'
"... But here comes the best part, and the main reason why I personally think you shouldn't disable the class. Those classes generate a sort of shared experience effect among harem members. Which in essence, if I understood what I read correctly, is the same effect that Hero provides, but better, as it has no distance limit."
'So if Harem Member and Harem Lord are the classes that generate this shared experience effect...
Wait... that means...
When I go to the labyrinths with my girls...
Do they get a double experience bonus thanks to the two effects combined?...
That's an advantage that could really be considered unfair...
No wonder we've been gaining so many levels lately, even though most of our classes are at relatively high levels.'
"Even so, I think that the possibility of leveling up a little faster does not justify keeping activated a class that can generate problems in your relationship in the future..." says my mother with an anguished tone of voice.
"...Please, Emir, I want you to seriously consider what I am asking of you. You already have a lot of different classes activated. You don't really need to have that class activated, do you?"
'How rare it is to see my mother begging for me to obey her...normally she simply uses brute force to compel me to obey her...why is she being so soft on me now?'
' - Tch! I wish I could use brute force to correct this brat's behavior, but I don't know how strong he's become these days that I didn't see him... and he was already quite strong the last time he came home... Besides, it appears that Joel is on his side.'
"I'm not going to do it, mother. What's more, even if I wanted to, I probably couldn't," I say with an apologetic smile, as my body unconsciously goes on guard to receive the physical violence it is used to in this kind of situation.
Emilia: !!!
' - Damn spoiled brat, where did I go wrong with him? Maybe I should have been harder on him while I could still control him.'