Every Heart Makes Me Stronger: An Isekai Harem LitRPG

He woke in another world as Horne—a penniless academy student, a lifelong target for bullies, and the proud owner of a very real devil-summoning manual.The good news? Horne has awakened the Heartbound System.Whenever someone’s Affection reaches a new threshold, he can draw a reward connected to that person: a Skill, a Talent, an enchanted item, or even an entirely new Class path.The bad news? The first person questioning him is Seraphina Valogar, the Radiant Church’s most feared Inquisitor Knight—and she is one suspicious answer away from having him burned as a heretic.A desperate lie earns Horne his first combat skill. Destroying the forbidden journal earns him his first level. Suddenly, befriending a shy librarian, surviving the academy’s vicious elite, and earning Seraphina’s trust are no longer ordinary social problems.They are his path to power.But Westbridge Academy hides far more than cruel nobles and secret identities. An infernal artifact lies sealed beneath the school. Demon-worshipping cults are closing in, corrupted students are gaining unnatural strength, and someone is deliberately spreading forbidden rituals throughout the town.To survive, Horne must rise from a starving Student to a holy warrior, uncover the conspiracy inside the academy, and remain useful to the beautiful Inquisitor who could either become his greatest ally—or discover every lie he has told her.Affection can grant power.Hatred can grant rewards.And every bond comes with a price....A fast-paced isekai harem LitRPG featuring relationship-based progression, ability acquisition, fantasy academy intrigue, holy swordsmanship, demon hunting, noble conspiracies, and a calculating protagonist determined to turn every bond—whether born from affection or hatred—into power.