" Alaric! Alaric!" Loud bangs on the door and his name being called wakes him up. He groans tiredly and covers his head with a pillow to reduce the noise.
He starts to fall asleep again when the banging begins louder this time.
" Wake up! I have good news for you?" Celeys voice comes through the door.
He hears feet shuffling and whispers from the other side. Alaric already could guess that they were all standing outside the door.
He dragged himself from bed his eyes still sleepy and walked to the door his eyes half closed.
" I hope this is important or I'm going to.." he said while opening the door with only a black silk loose trousers. His voice stopped as he met the eyes of all the girls eagerly looking at him.
" What!" He snapped cranky from being woken up.
" You are viral," Blue said as she shoved her phone to his face.
" Trending for what?" He said puzzled. He caught it and took it from her.
Then he saw two photos put side by side. They were the photos from the photoshoot the day before.
He scrolled down and there were different edits, threads and even one where they had zoomed to his cock outline. People were analyzing him as though he some national art.
" Look at the comments," June said.
He pressed the comment section.
[ Arch_ mage78] : Is that ....mana glow around his shoulders??? Bro is an awakened.
[@huntermum] : an awakener working as a prostitute? Shameful.
[@silverrankdaddy] : shameful for who?? Drop the link :)
[@manaleak] : the aura is not normal. That's dungeon residue: he's an anomaly.
[@brotherbaby55] : booking I don't care if he's an awakened or a dragon.
[@guidtrainee] : is this illegal?? Who is that man????????
[@virtueknight] : he should be in the Frontlines. Not on his back disgusting.
[@AwakenerZ] : if he is an awakened he belongs to the guild not the streets.
[@pervert202] : his dick ?? Anyone??!!!
Alaric felt like laughing out loud . Just how high did the awakeners put themselves. He also wondered how they could notice the mana flactuations through a picture, it was just incredible actually.
He frowned at the comments bashing him about him being a prostitute and an awakened.
So what if he may be the first exposed awakened prostitute, he lives his job. Some of this people were probably just failures.
He gave the phone back to her and walked back into his room, they followed curious on what he was planning on doing.
" Are you really an awakened?" June asked.
He froze for a moment. He had not told them about awakening at the dungeon so they thought he was just normal.
Normal that he had a system and was reincarnated.
" Oh.. it happened in the dungeon," he said Truth ully , there was no need to hide it since it was all over the internet. Everyone was quite, Just remembering the state he was in.
" You are going to be fully booked," Bethany said her excitement visible breaking the somber silence.
" Raise his price," blue said just imagining the profit they would get.
" Check out booking, let's see," Brook said her voice quite.
" I said you will be our mascot. Now look you've made us famous," Bethany was practically skipping on her feet her boobs bouncing with her.
This was a free advertising for their brothel and they were sure to get more customers, all of them.
It was then that he noticed that all of them were in their nightgown. They must have all woken up and ran to him in excitement. Alaric felt like he found a place to belong and he wasn't about to leave his family for anything.
He took his phone and opened the app. Messages started to roll in. His picture had gone to the top .
" Ooh shit you have reached the booking limit for the week," Bethany said leaning over his shoulder.
" Who's gonna sleep with all of them, I think will be picking maybe seven," he said estimating," one each night. I'm not about to crash myself out."
" No that's too much," blue said shaking her head," you are premium good now maybe five especially if it's home visits."
The others nodded .
" Feel like we should start taking those pictures more," Bethany said as she rubbed his head. He laughed at that.
" I'm not going to stand still for two hours again," he answered. Just the pain of being moved around like a doll was just scary. But if Bethany insisted he wouldn't refuse.
He was scrolling through the booking request when he saw a familiar name.
Jezebel, the girl he'd taken her virginity from. He directly accepted her request. She had ordered for him five days later. He smiled gleeful ly. Finally a return customer.
He was still scrolling when a message appeared above his screen. He pressed on it curious since he didn't give his contacts to anyone except the girls.
It was a message from a private number. He read it his eyes widening.
I saw your aura, I want a private session, name your price.
He heard a sharp inhale then June's voice came.
" I think you just got booked by the top one percent," she said her eyes looking at him with envy.
The top one were the rich of the rich and those who held power in the federation.
Alaric was not as excited as the other, this attention might bring him more problems or it might be advantageous. He was now on the fence .
At that moment the system interface appeared Infront of him. Alaric looked around cautiously but the girls were either chatting with each other on his bed or dozing off.
( NEW QUEST: PUBLIC DESIRE)
Description:
Your existence has been revealed and both Desire and dislike has spread. A part of the world has acknowledge your presence.
Objective:
Reach 50,000 likes on your photo (Completed)
Attract 1000 new booking requests (Completed)
Trigger emotional response in 10 awakened viewers (3/10)
Sleep with 1 awakened client of B-rank or higher( incomplete)
Survive the next 48 hours.
Time limit: 48 hours.
Reward.
Skill: Charm Field (Passive)
Your presence subtly alters emotions around you at a one meter radius.
Title: The Desired jewel.
Increases influence over awakened individuals.
+1 Unknown Bonus
Failure:
Public hostility increases
System locks one of your abilities of it's choice.
Alaric looked at the quests little too long. Then his face went grim.
" Why the hell was he being told to try and survive for Forty eight hours," he mumbled to himself. This was becoming Soo ridiculous and scary at the same time.
He knew fame came with it's disadvantages, but knowing there an unknown enemy out there and he was right under a bulb so it didn't sit right with him.
He looked at the booking number. So a thousand people had tried to book but since they were alot, many could 't do it.
He thanked Bethany inwardly for her limit. He couldn't imagine himself going through all those names looking for someone suitable. He wa s already overbooked as it is.
He didn't respond to any other except for Jezebel's request. He needed to be able to think clearly before he could accept them.
"You should start preparing for that client," Bethany said sitting up from his bed.
Alaric who had been concentrating on the system panel was startled a little.
" This is all getting so complicated, " he said out loud pushing his fingers into his hair.
" It's okay, you'll eventually get used to it, " Bethany said as she and the others filed out of his room," ooh I forgot, don't go outside."
The moment the door was closed, Alaric fell on his back and closed his eyes, trying to just get rid of the exhaustion he was already feeling.
Bethany had told him not to go outside and he wondered why. But he wasn't about to go outside anyway , he may have someone out there trying to kill him.
He took his phone and scrolled through it and found himself on the mystery client message. If he accepted it would be more of a hit or miss.
The client may not be a client but a trap or just a genuine client.
But he had to go since this may be his chance to establish a connection. With the way he was going he had a feeling the system may increase his awakening rank and with no back up he may become a sitting duck.
He looked at the message rereading it again then wrote a reply.
When?
The reply back was instant.
Tomorrow night. I'll send someone to pick you up.
He replied back.
Okay,I'll be waiting.
He threw the phone to the side after talking with his future client.
He decided to fall back asleep since he wasn't about to torture himself with worry, what was to come will come.
He was almost asleep when the system pinged waking him up instantly. He read the message and his hackles rose instantly.