“In that case, I’m going to choose to do fun things with you, Little Naofumi, and make lots of babies,” she responded. I made a disturbed noise. Was that even a choice? I checked again, and there were plenty of items that came pretty close.

“Sadeena. Stop toying with sweet Naofumi,” Shildina said.

“Oh please. I’m just having a little fun,” Sadeena shot back.

“I’m the one who’s going to make lots of children with him,” Shildina continued.

“Oh my!” Sadeena responded.

“Sisters, enough!” I exclaimed. I couldn’t tell if they were friendly or not, but their sexual harassment of me was identical! Seriously, at every turn they were there, making comments.

It looked like Sadeena had made her choice, anyway, as the hourglass glowed brightly and Sadeena absorbed the light.

When the light finally faded, Sadeena was smiling.

“That seems to be all of it. Little Naofumi, will you please take a look?” she asked.

“Sure thing,” I responded and proceeded to check her status.

Wow. Her stats had increased so much I almost thought it was a joke. Almost double her previous stats! Once my own protection was overlaid on this, she might have attack power to rival that of a hero.

For the level 100 class-up, the modifier looked to be displayed as a percentage. I wasn’t entirely sure what she had selected, but her previous, fairly evenly balanced stats now had a bit more of a slant to them. Of course, that might originate with the overall direction she had chosen.

“What did you choose?” I asked.

“Agility, strength, and then magic,” she responded.

“Fair enough,” I said. On top of all of this, she’d also started to learn Hengen Muso Style! She was quite the monster!

With that, we proceeded with the limit-breaking class-ups for all of the high-level individuals from the village. Apparently, it would remove the level cap completely.

The two Raph-chans, chattering away as normal, also both got class-ups. Gaelion had a bit of a sour expression on his face. I could understand it—Raph-chan could probably learn to do this himself, if he wanted.

It was decided that Gaelion would continue to aid with the class-ups for everyone whom the heroes deemed worthy of their trust. We needed all the firepower we could get. Anyone we could trust needed to be made as powerful as possible in order to prepare for future waves.

“Right then. The killer whale sisters and I are now going to lead a party to level up in the ocean. This is about raising the standard all round, so if you want to join in, be ready for what that means,” I said. Having finished the class-ups, we returned to the village at once and prepared to depart in three days’ time.

It was true, of course, that once we got to Kizuna’s world everyone who hadn’t gone there last time would probably be kicked down to level 1. Whatever. They still had to be as powerful as possible when we returned. The killer whale sisters, in particular, were both really strong and yet had been stuck at level 100 for ages. That had really been a shame and a real waste. If we could boost the levels of Ruft and the others a little too, all the better.