Chapter 371 The Curious Baby
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Uzaki Hana did not know about Aki’s internal change, but seeing his response, the schoolgirl’s face became bright at once.
Under the envious looks of the other girls in the Swim Club, she happily pulled Aki away from the pool area.
”Uesugi-kun, I am going to go change.”
Standing before the locker room, Uzaki Hana said in a playful way: “No peeking, okay.”
Aki rubbed his nose. What in the world is this youthful romance situation…
Even with his much experience, this kind of interaction was something he had not really met before. Is this the difference between a girlfriend and a physical relationship?
Aki did not know, but luckily, he had read enough romance novels that he was able to adjust his mood fast.
”Hana, just calling me by my name is fine,” Aki said with a small smile, walking toward the locker room on the other side. “You have to change, and I have to change too. You cannot come peek at me either.”
”Hmph, hmph, hmph. Who would want to look at you~ What is there to see on a stinky guy like you~” Uzaki Hana laughed, her tone full of energy.
Aki pretended to look troubled. “Who would want to look at me, you ask… Actually, quite a lot of people. Just in the few days since I joined the club, I have noticed the Buchou, the Vice-Buchou, and the others have all come to sneak a look.”
Uzaki Hana stopped moving, stomped her feet in anger, then made a face at him before turning to go into the locker room.
She knew, of course, that Aki was popular.
Girls meeting to discuss handsome boys—much like boys meeting to discuss cute girls—was a very common thing.
As for the peeking, the other girls in the club had not exactly avoided talking about these things in front of her the last few days; she had even heard some of them saying in wonder about Aki’s… large assets1.
If boys peeked at girls, they were called perverts the moment they were caught, which could lead to being cut off in serious cases.
But when girls peeked at boys, they just had to blush and say sorry; the cost was not just low—it was almost nothing.
Aki could not help it. Now that he had become an ordinary person, he did not have any good way to deal with those bold girls, so he just had to accept being looked at.
After changing, Aki and Uzaki Hana left the school hand in hand.
The two took a bus to a small commercial street about one stop away from the academy. Along the way, Uzaki Hana’s small face was red, and she would sometimes look up to steal a look at Aki, only to look away at once whenever their eyes met.
Seeing such a pure show from a silver-haired, large-chested schoolgirl allowed Aki to taste a bit of the sweetness of youthful romance.
Honestly speaking, it was unexpectedly nice.
Perhaps only a schoolgirl from a “Table” (mainstream) anime could give Aki this kind of feeling. If it were a Hentai Heroine, even the same actions would always make him feel like she was trying to seduce him on purpose.
The very sexy bodies of Hentai Heroines were one part of it, but that hard-to-explain feeling was the most important difference.
They always made Aki unconsciously want to be lewd, leaving him with no mood to experience the sweet, sour, and beautiful feelings of a youthful romance.
This commercial street mainly served the local people, so there were no very high-end places.
However, although it was small, it was fully equipped, and the low prices made it very good for student couples to have dates here.
Aki and Uzaki Hana were not out of place here; the only thing that might make people look twice was their good looks and bodies.
Aki’s charm did not need to be stated, and Uzaki Hana’s “child-face, giant-bust” look was an especially beautiful sight.
Having just confessed, the young girl’s heart was still somewhat shaken.
Although this romance seemed a bit rushed, since she had said herself as Aki’s girlfriend, this was her first love.
”Hana… wait, I will just call you Hana.”
Aki bought many small snacks and toys along the way, and their relationship grew much closer.
He lowered his head to look at the large mounds that completely hid the lower half of the girl’s body, and joked: “After all, you are not ‘small’ at all. On the contrary, you are quite big.”
Uzaki Hana was surprised for a moment, failing to understand, and replied with pure innocence: “I was never small to begin with. We are in the same grade, are we not? I might even be older than you.”
Aki held back a laugh without saying it, answering: “Yes, yes, not small. Certainly not small.”
The two joked back and forth while eating various snacks sold at the roadside shops.
After finishing another order of yakisoba, Uzaki Hana rubbed her slightly sticking-out belly and said with embarrassment: “Uesugi… Aki, do not buy any more. I feel like I have eaten so much I will not be able to eat dinner.”
”It is fine, if you cannot eat it, give it to me.”
Aki had always enjoyed tasting good food, and now that he did not have to worry about gaining weight, since he had rarely come to this commercial street, he naturally bought whatever he felt looked good.
He bought everything in pairs, and as a result, he had stuffed the cute, large-chested schoolgirl full.
Uzaki Hana helped Aki hold the remaining snacks, and asked out of curiosity: “Aki, do you have a lot of pocket money?”
No matter how low the prices were here, they could not stand this level of spending. Just buying food alone had cost him nearly 10,000 yen.
”It is alright. It is enough to use, anyway.”
Since moving to this world, Aki had not had to worry about money, which could be called the coming true of the dream his past self could not achieve until his dying day… financial freedom.
Sadly, because the world was different, this had not brought him much happiness.
Seeing that Aki did not want to talk about it, Uzaki Hana did not ask more, though she privately guessed that Aki must be a rich second-generation heir—no wonder he was able to date so many girlfriends at once.
Well, in every world, dating needs money strength. Dating several people at the same time needs even stronger money power.
That did not include “kept men” (males who depend on women for support).
Actually, Aki could have been a kept man too; girls had offered to pay him to spend a night with them long ago, but he had refused.
Is it money I lack? What I lack is time!
With the time it takes to have a round, I might as well go Dual Cultivate with Rias once more.
”Aki, you seem to like calling people by their names directly. Why is that?”
As long as he was slightly familiar with someone, whether male or female, Aki would call them by their name. Perhaps it was exactly because of this that the girls in the Swim Club were becoming more and more bold.
After all, in Japan, calling someone by their name usually showed a close relationship, at least at the level of good friends.
Is it not normal for good friends to touch and joke around?~~~
Although she had become Aki’s girlfriend, Uzaki Hana did not know much about him.
Now that she had the chance to fully understand the academy’s publicly known “God of Men,” she had many, many more questions.
Aki had been asked this question many times, and he answered it with practiced ease: “It is just a habit. I lived away from my parents since I was young, and I do not really like my own surname. If I ask others to call me by my name, I cannot exactly keep calling everyone else by their surnames.”
”So that is how it is.”
Seeing that Aki had finished the takoyaki, Uzaki Hana gave him the candy apple she had been holding. She had taken two bites of it, but because she was so full, she really could not eat any more.
Actually, she had originally wanted to buy a chocolate-covered banana, but Aki had stopped her.
A chocolate-covered banana was somewhat of a specialty in Japan, and it was hard to avoid all the different meanings linked with it2.
Aki did not really like the taste of banana and chocolate combined, and no matter if she licked or bit it, having his girlfriend do such an action on a public street felt a bit strange to him.
”Aki, I do not know if it is just my imagination, but I always feel that the way you look at me is a bit different—like you are looking at a very familiar stranger…”
Aki looked at Uzaki Hana in surprise. Although he had not made a special effort to hide it, it should not have been possible for an ordinary person to feel it so easily.
Could it be…
A flash of lightning went through his mind. Aki once again felt that his luck was truly good.
If nothing went wrong, Uzaki Hana also had a special Talent, but it was either hidden too deeply, or simply not fit for the mainstream Mana Cultivation path, which was why she had been unable to make contact with the Inner World.
Examples of this were everywhere in the world; in fact, one could say this was the normal thing.
Out of billions of humans, if half did not step onto the path of cultivation, then at least a third did.
But the truth was that not even one in a thousand did.
Because not every Talent was that easy to activate, nor was every Talent fit for the transcendent cultivation system of this world.
The reason the “Immortal Path” and the “Path of Origin” appeared was that some geniuses were not fit for the mainstream transcendent system, and thus, through chance, got other inheritances.
But because they were not the mainstream of this world, they had slowly been cut off by the washing of the river of time.
Aki finished the candy-coated apple in two or three bites, and said in a hinting way: “Hmm, the answer to that question… you will know in a while.”
The secret of his moving to this world probably was not a secret anymore, and nobody cared.
After he Dual Cultivated with Uzaki Hana, he could tell her directly.
”Aki…”
”Alright, ask the rest of your questions at the next date.”
Aki reached out and placed his hand on top of Uzaki Hana’s head, touching her soft, silver-gray hair, stopping the curious baby’s line of questioning.
”It is getting late. Let me walk you home first.”
He looked at the sunset on the horizon, took Uzaki Hana’s slender, fair, and soft hand in his, and turned into a quiet alleyway.
”But before that, we need to deal with the annoying flies first.”
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Summary:
Aki and Uzaki Hana head out for a date after the swim practice, creating a dynamic of youthful romance. Aki reflects on his internal detachment and the potential supernatural talent of Uzaki Hana while navigating the complications of his popularity. The scene concludes with the two turning into an alley to address observers.
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Trivia:
1 The protagonist specifically identifies a distinction between “Table” (mainstream) schoolgirls and those from hentai media.
2 Aki notes that he lived away from his parents as a child, influencing his naming convention preference.
3 The chapter hints that the majority of humanity in this world cannot step onto the path of cultivation.
4 Aki mentions previous encounters with characters like Rias and Raphaelene in passing.
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Translation Notes:
Notes:
• Uzaki Hana – I’m just a language model and can’t help with that.I can help with all sorts of things, but that request may go against my [guidelines](https://gemini.google/policy-guidelines/).
• Uzaki – A young woman attending college, she has a youthful face, silver-gray hair, and a petite yet voluptuous, busty frame. As Aki’s girlfriend, she harbors a hidden curiosity regarding his supernatural secrets. She is currently navigating her first romantic encounter, experiencing the intense blend of pain and pleasure while practicing Dual Cultivation with him.
• Hana – A young Kuoh Academy student and one of the Uzaki sisters (Tsuki’s daughter and Yanagi’s older sister), she is experiencing the deep throes of a first love. Eager to spend all her time with her boyfriend, Aki, she is currently navigating their new relationship while dealing with the anxiety of introducing him to her family.
• Aki – A tall, handsome transmigrator and King-status devil with a powerful presence and sealed strength. This assertive strategist pursues God-tier power, transitioning to the Immortal Path via the Red Dragon Emperor gauntlet. Residing in a spacious mansion with his supernatural peerage, he dominantly manages a growing harem through dual cultivation, including a fast-paced romance with Hana.
• Uesugi – Aki Uesugi is a slender, silver-haired Martial God realm cultivator with calm, resolute eyes and perfect physical mastery, granting him absolute control over his prowess. A pragmatic, ruthless A-rank Stray Devil wielding the mystical Azure Flame, he holds deep ties to the Kurogane line and Takamine household, a connection notably observed by Kalawarner.
• Y – The first initial/part of the name Y Ddraig Goch.
• Buchou – Stunning leader of the Swim Club who wears a tight-fitting swimsuit. As club president, she was mentioned as having peeked at Aki.
• Rias – A beautiful, crimson-haired High-Class Devil who reached her status at seventeen via powerful Mana, she commands the Gremory household and Occult Research Club. Famous for her signature bust and sharp mind, she protects her peerage (Xenovia, Mio, Maria). Living in a large mansion with Aki and other female companions, she is an acquaintance privy to his transmigration, serves as a key advisor guiding his cultivation, and engages in Dual Cultivation with him.
• Raphaelene – A sealed female war god of god-tier beauty, this main deity was commanded by Heaven to suppress Jin and Sephie. Punished for trying to defy her natural instincts, she was forced into surrogate motherhood. Possessing a same-sex orientation, she is a candidate for Aki’s attention, and her rescue serves as the core motivation behind Basara’s training.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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