Chapter 95: Investing in future
Even after spending the entire afternoon grinding against Zerena, Max somehow still looked disappointed.
Considering he’d already spent hours enthusiastically taking advantage of the System’s latest objective, most people would’ve assumed he’d be floating several inches off the ground by now.
He wasn’t.
Strangely enough, his disappointment had very little to do with the afternoon itself.
If anything, the old Max from his previous life would’ve considered today the sort of achievement worthy of framing on a wall. After getting to orgasm between Zerena’s thighs, that version of him probably wouldn’t have complained even if someone had charged him an arm and a leg for the experience.
Max still looked disappointed.
Not because of anything that had happened earlier.
If anything, the afternoon had gone suspiciously well for him.
His disappointment came from what happened immediately afterward.
The moment they’d finished washing up, Zerena had marched him straight back into the laboratory. Now, with evening already creeping in, he was nearly done brewing another batch of potions, merely waiting for the mixture to cool before bottling it.
The instant there was money to be made, Zerena somehow developed the remarkable ability to forget that he’d spent the entire afternoon working under completely different conditions.
Potion brewing alone wouldn’t have bothered him.
The problem was that, since early noon, he’d already completed what was easily the most exhausting cardio session of both his lives combined. By comparison, standing over a cauldron engraving rune arrays almost counted as overtime.
His body was tired. His mana was tired. Even his penis had probably gone on strike. Then again...
That was hardly Zerena’s fault. Nobody had forced him to spend half the day fucking a pair of thighs. Worse still, he hadn’t even had the chance to check how many Forbidden Points he’d earned. The thigh task alone had given him 3,600 Forbidden Points after the close-relation multiplier.
The nudes earned another 400. Making Zerena orgasm once added another 200 after the multiplier. He still clicked his tongue.
One orgasm.
Could’ve been more.
Opening the System panel, Max finally looked at the total.
[Total Forbidden Points: 4,224]
"Four thousand two hundred..." Max muttered, unable to hide his surprise.
"...That’s actually amazing."
He genuinely hadn’t expected the total to climb that high.
Most of it came from the thigh task. The System had quietly rewarded him with another hundred Forbidden Points every time he orgasmed between Zerena’s bare thighs instead of her panties.
Looking back...
That particular design choice suddenly seemed a lot more generous.
Since Zerena had gone out to buy dinner, Max finally had a little time to himself.
Naturally, the first thing he did was open the upgrade menu.
There were plenty of options.
Bones.
Muscles.
Eyes.
Mana veins.
Max looked at every single one of them.
Then, like a man whose brain had quietly rented out half its office space to the thing hanging between his legs...
He opened the penis upgrades instead.
[To increase length by 1 cm: 3,000 Forbidden Points]
[To increase girth by 1 cm: 3,000 Forbidden Points]
Both upgrades cost exactly the same.
Both were equally important.
Unfortunately...
Max only had enough Forbidden Points to buy one.
As he hesitated between them, another option quietly appeared beneath the first two.
[To increase the amount of semen produced in each orgasm by 1 milliliter: 4,000 Forbidden Points.]
Max blinked.
"...Since when was that there?"
He had no idea whether the System only revealed upgrades once he could actually afford them or if he’d somehow been too busy thinking with his penis to notice it earlier.
Honestly...
Either explanation sounded equally believable.
Curious, he read the description beneath it.
[This upgrade also grants your semen an addictive quality toward registered System Targets. The higher this upgrade is raised, the stronger the addictive quality becomes.]
Now Max had a different problem.
He was stuck between three equally tempting upgrades.
As far as he was concerned, his penis wasn’t exactly lacking in any department anymore. Its length was already above average, its girth wasn’t anything to complain about, and even without upgrades he produced a respectable amount of semen.
Which made the new option far more dangerous.
Getting addictive qualities added to his semen felt less like an upgrade and more like investing in future business.
Who knew what the next level might unlock?
Maybe an aphrodisiac effect.
Maybe something even more ridiculous.
And even if it didn’t...
Making women crave his cum sounded alarmingly overpowered already.
Honestly, what man wouldn’t want that?
Well...
A man who preferred other men, probably.
Then again, even for him, the upgrade wasn’t exactly useless.
The principle stayed the same.
Get someone to taste it once...
And, according to the System, there was a good chance they’d end up coming back for seconds on their own.
All he had to do was get someone to taste his cum once.
According to the System, after that, there was a good chance they’d come back asking for it themselves.
It was admittedly a risky first investment.
The reward, however...
Was that they might eventually start squeezing every last drop out of him without needing much encouragement.
That was more than enough reasoning for Max.
By the time he’d finished convincing himself, he’d already spent every last Forbidden Point. The familiar darkness swallowed his vision for a brief moment. When he opened his eyes again...
He didn’t feel any different. Then again, that wasn’t unusual. The System had earned enough trust that, when it came to body upgrades, Max no longer felt the need to question whether they’d worked.
He simply assumed they had. Whether his latest investment had actually paid off...
Well, he’d verify that the next time Zerena’s thighs became involved. Considering how quickly Forbidden Points had been disappearing lately, there was a decent chance he’d earn another few thousand before tomorrow anyway.
With that comforting thought, Max glanced at the corner of the System panel.
[Total Forbidden Points: 224]
There were still a few minor upgrades he could probably afford.
Unfortunately...
Two hundred Forbidden Points felt about as impressive as bringing a single condom to an orgy.
Max quietly closed the System.
He’d rather save them.
Standing up, he began bottling the freshly brewed potions. He had just finished sealing the last bottle when the front door opened.
Zerena stepped inside carrying two plastic bags.
One held dinner.
The other was noticeably larger, heavier, and filled almost to the top.