A faint, humorless chuckle escaped him.
He just remembered the little spectacle he had had with Tessa. Not part of his plans, but not unwelcome either.
If I can make her mine, she will be another system point farm.
Now he had three ongoing targets, and after only a day.
He smiled. I must say, I work fast.
[Speak for yourself.]
[ The Goddess is bored. You have been taking your sweet time putting the gifts you were given to good use.]
Elion blinked, "What?"
The abrupt declaration from the system hit him like a slap. So the Goddess of Lust was watching him?
He shouldn't have been surprised, but still, "I mean… what am I supposed to do about her boredom? I didn't think there were any strings attached to these 'gifts.'"
[There aren't. Do not worry. She does not wish to inconvenience you. Instead, she proposes… a deal.]
Elion's brow arched. "A deal? What kind of 'deal' are we talking about here?"
[You will begin receiving random quests. Complete them, and the host will be rewarded accordingly.]
"Oh?" A spark of anticipation flickered in his chest. "Now that sounds interesting. Maybe more overpowered abilities… possibly another divine artifact?"
[That will depend greatly on the difficulty of the task.]
He huffed a small laugh. Risk for reward. Fair enough. "Alright, I accept."
[Deal Accepted. The Goddess is pleased.]
A soft, unseen warmth brushed across his skin, like a playful fingertip trailing along his spine. He shivered.
[First Quest Received.]
"Already?"
A translucent panel materialized in front of him, text forming in glowing, seductive crimson:
❖ Quest: "Lose Your Virginity."
Objective: Get laid within the next seven days.
Reward:
• +5 stat points to all attributes
• 100 System Points
• ??? (Hidden Bonus)
Failure Penalty: None
"Lose my virginity, huh. Will she be 'spectating' by debauched activities the whole time? Obviously. The reward isn't much compared to the gifts I received last time," Elion muttered, rubbing his chin. "But it's definitely something significant for someone like me."
[Divine skills and objects are not to be given wantonly. You will need to accomplish far more significant feats to obtain something so valuable again.]
"Understandable, makes me wonder why I got so many to begin with," Elion conceded.
"Five stat points and one-hundred system points… that's alright, I guess. And the hidden bonus? What's with that?"
[You will find out once the quest is completed.]
"Something good?" He raised an eyebrow.
[Maybe.]
"...Right." He narrowed his eyes at the floating panel. "Is it my imagination, or do you sound more, sentient?"
[Your imagination.]
"Sure it is."
He paused, staring at the empty air where the system's message had faded.
The brief silence only made the whole thing feel more suspicious.
The system had been oddly unresponsive in the last day he had it, but just now, its tone carried flickers of personality.
Not quite alive, but… close enough to make him wonder.
Elion sighed, stretching his arms overhead. "Random quests from a bored Goddess, a system that may or may not be getting sassier by the day, and now I need to get laid within the next week."
He dropped his arms and exhaled.
"…This is going to be a really fun adventure, isn't it?"
[That depends on your competence.]
"See? That. That right there definitely sounded sentient."
[…Imagination.]
Elion shook his head, a reluctant grin tugging his lips.
On another note, the System hadn't rewarded him for standing up to William.
Not that he expected it to, but part of him had hoped. Maybe courage counted for something.
Maybe the system did more than just function as a harem system made by the debauched goddess of lust.
After all, it is supposed to have a store, and maybe a personality; maybe it had more functions, but he was just not aware of them, yet?
I don't know what I was expecting, but it would have been a nice addition.
Still, the satisfaction of defiance was its own kind of reward.
He hadn't realized how heavy the chains of silence had become until he'd broken them.
You'll have to find another person for your target practice.
The words echoed in his head, clear and sharp.
He hadn't planned to say them. They'd just… come out.
But he didn't regret it.
Not one bit.
For once, he hadn't been the passive ghost trailing behind everyone else. He had drawn a line, and even if it cost him later, he was done kneeling.
The silence stretched, broken only by the soft ticking of the mana lamp beside his bed.
His body still ached from training, his limbs heavy, but there was something else beneath the fatigue, a hum of energy, subtle but steady.
Ever since returning from the dungeon, thanks to his new kit, his body felt different. His stamina had improved; his muscles recovered faster. Even his perception seemed sharper.
He tilted his head toward the ceiling, whispering softly, "So… what's next?"
No response came. Only silence.
He closed his eyes and let out a long breath.
After that, Elion took a nice, cold shower, and then he went to the cafeteria, and to his surprise, had a rather uneventful dinner. He had all but been prepared for a confrontation with William.
Apparently, William had given him just a bit more time to breathe.
But he knew it was only a matter of time.
...
Moonlight filtered through the curtains, silvering the quiet dorm room.
Aria tossed beneath her sheets, her twisted in ecstasy, her breathing uneven.
She let out a breathy moan in her sleep, and her hands unconsciously went down to her wet nether regions, her fingers caressing the area around her flower through her pyjamas.
She began rubbing herself with her hands in her sleep.
Her thighs clamp down on her hands, rubbing them together, to get rid of the itch between her legs.
The dream slipped through her like water, flashes of his voice, his steady hands roaming her body, his mouth, sucking on her nipples, his lips claiming hers endlessly, him leaning over her on her bed, and his long, thick dick entering with a slow, gentle plunge.
She didn't want it to stop.
"Ahhhhh."
Then she woke with a sharp inhale just as she was about to climax in the dream.