Love Fest!

"Hu~h.. here we go again."

He looked at the Soul Enhancing Pill in his hand before gulping it in his mouth. Feeling a hot prickling in his body as he felt getting warmer. Perspiration trickled in his body, it was a somewhat blackish and it smells slightly bad.

"The pain isn't much as before maybe because it's just a side effect of the pill."

The body's secretion stops as he felt another vibe. Closing his eyes, he tried to understand what is the weird feeling flowing throughout his body.

A liquidity convergence and it felt refreshing and calming, as it flows to a part of his brain. Every segment of the flow directed to that part of the brain.

"This is the system so-called 'Soul Power'? Crap!!"

As he felt the weird water flowing through, he started having a visualization of his brain. A metal door that is closed but the outer gates are getting filled by gushing water before it tried to push through that metal door.

"Ahh!" It felt like a hammer had slammed to his head.

Clink.

"Ahh.. f.u.c.k! That hurts!" As he tried to stop his cry, he heard a 'ding' sound from the system.

[Soul Power had been unlocked!]

"This feels a little strange..." He stopped cussing and took a bath, even if he wobbled going to the bathroom. Not that his body is hurting, it's just because of the dizziness on a new feeling he had.

"Thankfully, Mom never awakened during my slight shout. Having a soundproof room is sure handy."

Name: Hiroto Tamaki

Age: 17 (25)

SP: 44811

Level: 1 (285/1000)

Physical: 13

Soul Power: 2

Skills:

Piano (Master)

Axe (Intermediate)

Writing (Skilled)

Carpentry (Basic)

Beat-boxing (Skilled)

Photography (Master)

Running (Master)

Fine Arts (Proficient)

Analytical (Intermediate)

Instant Calculation (Basic)

Programming (Master)

Teaching (Skilled)

Poetry (Skilled)

Boxing (Master)

Management (Intermediate)

Fishing (Skilled)

Cooking (Proficient)

Farming (Skilled)

Guitar (Proficient)

Aerona View (Evolved) ⭐

Marksmanship (Proficient)

Driving (Master)

Courageous Aura (Evolved) ⭐

After having a full bath, scrubbing his body off the bit of smelly black sweat. He felt refresh, both mentally and physically. The dizziness had already disappeared while he was bathing and so now, putting a warm towel around his body, he sat crossed legs in the front of a table and prep a needle and a coin.

"Let's test this out."

[ Soul Power - using the soul as the medium, and with the harnessed power on the brain, the user will be able to harness the power of the soul. ]

He tried it out first on the needle; he imagined it to move, but it didn't budge no matter what he tried. He did it again, but it didn't budge, rubbing his head to think how to use it.

"Using the soul as the medium? What about the feeling of the flowing water from earlier?"

Hiroto thought and tried it out. The liquid slime feeling in his body that was flowing after he unlocked the soul power is something to congruent in his senses. So even if he doesn't mind it, it will always calm his mind and soul.

He willed the 'force' to move and pushed it outwards to the needle he was holding. A *vwuuuu* sound came from the needle as it started levitating based on his mind. The tip levitated while the handle touched the skin of his finger.

"Cool!"

Then, he tried the coin and willed it to move, but he failed as he can't even budge it to move. He only needs to practice frequently with the needle to get better. For now, the dream of flying in the sky seems to be nonexistent, as he can't even move a small coin.

"Let's just practice every day~ it doesn't matter that much."

He trained for some time and after his head felt a little wonky; he slept peacefully and his dream became more vivid.

"What a delight!"

-

Eli sat beside Nozomi as she looked at Hiroto who was busily typing in his laptop. He had been waiting for duty in here, while it seems Eli doesn't budge in her declaration about being and declared to be only a spectator of the club. He will try to encourage her to join the girl's training alongside Nozomi to boost her motivation.

'That's why I'm here.' He had been waiting for some time now.

"Your first appointment is to have an interview with every member of the club!" Nozomi had a spectacular idea as she was helping the girls in their profile on the website, so she proposed to interview the girls one by one. Since he knew every member, he can probably make their cute selves more interesting.

"Eh? Why do I have to do it?"

"Mah, I will join you while you record them as I ask the question. Don't you want to join Eliichi?"

Nozomi looked at Eli who was nonchalantly in the side, and after hearing Nozomi's question she just waved her hair while continuing in her paper works. Nozomi and Hiroto head out of the room as they brought a camera with them.

"This should help their individuality since their next live performance is upcoming next week."

He nodded, the live performance is coming and the preparations were coming smoothly. The song was in progress, and they can easily focus on practicing since the girls had an improved constitution.

"You are right, that's why I proposed this. But Eliichi seems... nevermind." Nozomi returned her words as she looked at the camera in thought.

"Could you tell me more about why she hates... I think she doesn't hate the girls and the club, and it can be that she specifically doesn't like school idols?"

Her hate in school idols seems to focus on the school idol things. She doesn't hate the girls after seeing her interaction with them, maybe; she had a fallout with a school idol that's why she is so adamant in declining or it is another thing?

"... Yeah, she doesn't like school idols well." Nozomi nodded with a serious expression.

"Why so? Is she a full-fledge idol hater, or she just doesn't like them at all?"

"You should ask her about it. She might get angry if I told you... besides it will be your chance!" Nozomi raised her hand, prompting him to hit her head.

"Ouch!"

"What chance? Quit making trouble for me, you know how hard being surrounded by girls?" He rolled his eyes.

"Because you're that dependable to them." Nozomi chuckled lightly.

"… is that so.." He scratched his head and felt a little shy over her declaration.

-

After school, the girls were just idling at the school relaxation seats in the school's front building. Although he got awkward while somewhat embarrassed over Nozomi's thoughts about him, he still made his way alongside her. He saw Honoka and the other 3 and decided to abruptly told her an interview, it will make a great action.

The camera recorder started rolling, and Honoka became as shy as a bug as she tried to fix her hair and pat her uniform.

"U-Uhmmm." Honoka made a cute, shy pose that made him also weird. Nozomi made her smile and do her signature pose and it was stiff. Overall, Honoka was an optimistic and energetic person as Nozomi introduced her to the camera.

"This is the leader of U's, which she formed here at Otonokizaka Academy, Kousaka Honoka!" Nozomi introduced while she held a microphone to record at the best quality.

Honoka made an exaggerated pose like from the Gundam series as she pointed her hand in the sky while saying a *Haaaa!* cute voice impression with a serious face.

'That's her introduction huh.' He felt laughing at her display. Though, it wasn't unseen by Honoka as she pouted and look at him with a defeated expression.

"Okay! Cut... Puff." He said while stopping his laughing.

"Hmm... Hiroto-chan is a bully~, always laughing at me."

"You had an interesting introduction and everyone will love what you posed!" He slightly chuckled while not minding the pouting orange-haired girl looking at him.

"Geee~~"

Next is Umi, seated at the school student area outdoor eating place. The verdant tree overhead accompanied her graceful demeanor as she tries to compose herself to look good in the camera.

But it was just his imagination.

"What are you doing, please stop! Don't zoom! It's rude to film people without prior notice!" Umi shook her hands as she tried to cover her face because of the camera.

"Sorry about this, let me take another shot," Nozomi said.

Umi was just embarrassed because of the sudden recording, as it seems she wasn't just prepared. Nozomi told them that it was for advertis.e.m.e.nt, idols were so popular in the current time and they were seeking on the internet.

"Having publicity was better than nothing, right?" Nozomi smiled at her while she looked at Hiroto and nodded.

"I guess you're right... but it's still bad to record someone without asking them." Umi with a glare at him.

"Oh, Umi's so cute when she's embarrassed right?" Rin asked them at the side, and it interested her to record the girls. Hiroto and Rin took the chance and collaborate in making the PV together.

"Yeah!" Everyone nodded.

"Mouuu~~" Umi pouted while her blushing cheeks made her a lot cuter.

After Umi's insistence, the girls decided to just record a PV or Promotional Video for their upcoming song and performance as Umi agreed.

"All right! I'll go let everyone else know!" Honoka and the others head back to the club room to tell the others about it.

"A story about their school lives huh..." He nodded as it was a good plan. Knowing their daily things was a good publicity stunt for the school.

-

The group was in the clubroom, Nozomi looked at the camera and showed it to them while making captions. Someone recorded Honoka while she was lazing around at her house and on the school while she tried to doze off.

"This is Kousaka Honoka una.d.u.l.terated everyday life-" Nozomi raised her finger while she said enthusiastically.

"That's too una.d.u.l.terated! And when did you film that?" Honoka stood up and got embarrassed by them taking videos of her. Kotori was the one that recorded it and it made her happy and overtly.

"Filming in secret was so exciting."

"What? You film that, Kotori-chan? You meanie!"

"Eh. So Honoka-chan can doze off at class like that." He chuckled before Honoka pouted.

"That's because the class is so boring, so I felt sleepy every time," Honoka said.

"You have nothing to complain about if you weren't so lazy," Umi said scolding her friend in a bit while she continued to lecture her.

At that moment, Nozomi shared the video with the others while Umi was lecturing. It was Umi at the archery club while plucking the arrow before shooting it with a *whoosh*.

"She's hard at work, practicing at archery!" Honoka reported. Until Umi looked at the mirror beside her and cutely smiled at her visage.

"... That's so Umi-chan." Honoka nodded.

"What is this?" Nozomi felt intrigued.

"Practicing smiles to look cute?" Kotori said with a hint of interest.

"Ohhh!! It's so rare seeing her like that!" Hiroto can't believe that she will do that, and it was so interesting to him.

"What? This is an invasion of privacy!" Umi quickly covered the camera with her hand while blushing hard.

"Okay, in that case, how about Kotori? Did you film something about her?"

"What about her being a maid in the Cure Cafe Shop?" He suggested.

"That's a good idea! Let's do it later, are you okay with that Kotori-chan?" Honoka asked and Kotori nodded. They told Nozomi about her being a maid there and it made her amazed, but Kotori felt embarrassed as the hint of light in Nozomi's eyes pricked her body.

"What' is it?"

"Nothing... Oh, after the recording, we will have every club to check the recording once we finished it." Nozomi told them.

"Is it okay if the student council president sees our stuff?" Honoka asked as felt a little spooked. Since Eli might get angry at her lazy behavior in the video, thinking about it made her a little teary.

"I guess, you'll just have to remake and work harder to make up for it." Nozomi smiled. Until then, Nico suddenly made way to the door and asked them about the interview with a desperate-looking face that was huffing because she ran to the club.

"Everything's ready!" Nico looked around before showing an exaggerated entrance and performed her iconic 'Nico Nico Nii!'

"I'm Yazawa Nico, and I'm here to give you all big Nico Nico--" Hiroto interrupted Nico and said to her that she had to be natural about it.

"Natural? Oh, okay! So that's what you're looking for! Just give me a second." Nico pieced her hand and thought it will be easy. Nico removed her twin-tails and straightened her hair before making composed introductions that everyone felt puking.

"I don't normally call myself Nico..."

'It doesn't fit her role... crap seeing her feel so cringy.' He left the room sneakily accompanied by the others. As they felt that her performance wasn't great to take the record, as even the camera felt embarrassed recording the overly trying hard Nico-senpai they knew.

"Eh? They left!?" Nico shouted as she realized the empty room.