The Scumbag's Guide To Heroism novel Chapter 194

Chapter 194: 194 | A Protagonist’s Build

〘 The Host appears to have resolved his hesitation. Does he wish to proceed with the trait reconfiguration? 〙

"Walk me through it. I want to see the final configuration before I commit."

〘 Acknowledged. Proposed reconfiguration follows. 〙

The display shifted.

〘 REMOVING: 〙

Boundless Stamina (Epic)

Sexercise (Common)

〘 INSTALLING: 〙

Ecchi Logic (Epic)

Devotion’s Echo (Legendary)

〘 ACTIVE SKILL ADDITION: 〙

Usurper (Legendary)

〘 FINAL CONFIGURATION: 〙

ACTIVE SKILLS (4/4):

Spectral Reach (Rare)

Blitz (Rare)

Lightning Cloak (Epic)

Usurper (Legendary)

PASSIVE TRAITS (6/6):

Sadism (Epic)

False Data (Uncommon)

Demigod (Legendary)

Ecchi Logic (Epic)

Musk (Uncommon)

Devotion’s Echo (Legendary)

I stared at the configuration.

Four active skills including an ability that could steal pieces of other people’s powers. Six passive traits including one that would bend reality toward romantic comedy scenarios and another that permanently linked my emotional awareness to Sloane.

This was the toolkit of someone who intended to win at any cost while building a harem on the side.

The System had finally given me exactly what it wanted me to have all along.

〘 The Host should note that this configuration maximizes combat flexibility and social optimization simultaneously. Active skills cover movement, defense, offense, and opponent capability reduction. Passive traits cover physical enhancement, detection evasion, situational manipulation, presence effects, and relationship maintenance. The architecture is comprehensive. 〙

"It’s a build designed for a protagonist in a story where the protagonist gets everything he wants."

〘 The Host is the protagonist of this story. The System sees no contradiction. 〙

"Confirm the reconfiguration."

〘 Reconfiguration initiated. 〙

The sensation was immediate and deeply uncomfortable.

Something in my chest shifted. Not pain exactly, but absence. Like a piece of furniture had been removed from a room I’d been living in so long I’d forgotten it was there. Boundless Stamina had been part of my baseline operating parameters since the first week of the System’s activation. Losing it felt like losing the ability to feel tired, except I could still feel tired, I just couldn’t ignore it the way I’d been ignoring it for months.

Except I could.

Demigod’s recovery rate kicked in like a secondary heartbeat. The fatigue I’d been carrying from the afternoon’s activities with Sloane began draining away at a rate that was visible if I paid attention. Not instant recovery. Just accelerated recovery. Fast enough that the difference between Boundless Stamina and not having it would be measured in minutes rather than hours.

Sexercise went next.

That one felt like nothing at all. The ability had been so passive, so integrated into my baseline response to intimate contact, that losing it was like losing a smell I’d stopped noticing. The absence registered intellectually without registering physically.

〘 Boundless Stamina removed. Sexercise removed. Installing Ecchi Logic. 〙

The new ability didn’t install.

It activated.

Reality shifted around me in ways I couldn’t quite see but could absolutely feel. The light through the window changed angles slightly. The shadows on the wall rearranged themselves in patterns that were technically random but felt designed. The ambient sounds from the common room below took on a different quality, as though the acoustic properties of the building had been subtly altered to make certain sounds more likely to reach my ears.

Women’s voices. Specifically.

The laughter of someone I didn’t recognize drifted up through the floor. The clatter of someone moving through the kitchen. The distant sound of a door opening and closing on the floor above me.

None of it was different enough to be suspicious. All of it was different enough to notice.

〘 Ecchi Logic installed. The Host now operates under modified probability parameters in all contexts involving registered heroines. Environmental factors will tend toward scenarios creating romantic tension, physical proximity, and compromising situations. This effect is permanent and cannot be consciously controlled. 〙

"I noticed."

〘 Installing Devotion’s Echo. 〙

〘 Devotion’s Echo installed. The Host now maintains permanent emotional awareness of Sloane Fitzgerald regardless of distance. This bond scales with proximity, providing more detailed emotional data when within fifty meters. 〙

〘 Installing Usurper. 〙

〘 Status 〙

Name: Lukas Belmont

(DP) 0

(SP) 10,432

[ Attributes ]

ACTIVE SKILLS (4/4):

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