"TOM! Hurry up, or you are going to be late for school!" My stepmother yelled out as I rolled out of bed. I had stayed up late running a 25-man Manaforge Omega raid, my guild made me tank—the horror of having to lead a raid with a bunch of drunk adults.
As I walked to my bathroom and started to brush my teeth, I had bags under my eyes, as any gamer would. I would call us modern vampires of society, but that honor goes to Redditors.
I am by now way ugly, but I wouldn't be winning any modelling contracts anytime soon. Finishing up brushing my teeth, I sprayed some Axe body spray on, changed into cargo shorts and a T-shirt, grabbed a hoodie, and put my backpack on.
Walking out of my room, I ran into my two stepsisters, Sam and Samantha. Sam has shorter hair and is more of a tomboy, while Samantha has long hair and is the picture of the school's popular girl. She is even dating the quarterback of the football team. They both clicked their tongue at me.
They had red hair like their mother, but they didn't have their mother's gentle nature, that is for sure. As they never really liked me since my father married their mother. "Could I not see you so soon after waking up?" Samantha said, with her high-and-mighty attitude, not that I was bothered by it.
Their anger is somewhat justified, and it all stems from an ex-friend of mine in middle school doing a panty raid on them and hiding them in my room when he spent the night over. He was caught trying to take them home with him the next day. So I understand they have some buffer with me, as my friend did something messed up.
"Ladies first," I said, giving way as I didn't feel like getting into a fight after waking up. Sometimes, you just have to give women the right way, or you will lose your sanity. They walked by me. Sam wasn't as hostile as Samantha, but she wasn't exactly warm either—just kind of cold overall, not talking smack or anything at all.
Walking down stairs as I said goodbye to father and stepmother, before heading to the bus stop. "What's up, Tom?" A boy with curly brown hair said. "Morning, James," I said, giving him the sweetest of dabs.
"You look like shit, Tom." He said as I chuckled in self-loathing, and I sighed. "People don't know how to not stand in shit. We wiped like five times more than needed, because people don't know how to watch out. I ended up staying like two hours longer than needed, and I didn't even get shit for drops." I said as he nodded in agreement.
"Tom, your stepsisters still look hot, so stop complaining." A boy said, walking up, his name is Jason. We three, plus my ex-friend, had been friends since kindergarten. "If you have the balls to ask them out, go for it, that is, if you don't mind getting your face stomped in by Chad," I said, pointing my thumb over my shoulder as Samantha held the arm of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Norse god of a man.
Chad is a pretty good guy, given his name. He helps out in the community, mentors elementary- and middle-school kids, and is a 4.0 student who everyone likes. I wouldn't hate him. But I can't say I don't have some jealousy about him; the guy was given the gift of Chadness.
I nodded to him as he smiled and nodded back. The guy is just so damn perfect. I fell to the ground, in pain. He is too pure for my wicked soul to stand before. I coughed up blood. "You okay, Tom?" Jason said, rolling his eyes as I wiped the imaginary blood away with the sleeve of my hoodie.
"Yes, wonderful, just contemplating the unfairness of existence," I said, standing up, as my friends broke out into laughter. I smiled when the bus showed up, and we got on. As I sat down, I looked out the corner of my eye, seeing. Natalie Varga, her long black hair put up in a ponytail, sighed as I did.
"You should just ask her out, man," James said, sitting next to me as I sighed in self-defeat. "She is the head cheerleader and a straight-A student. I am a Wow addict with a habit of gooning. We aren't even in the same league. She is like a level 100 human holy priestess, and I am a level 1 troll rogue. We aren't even in the same faction on the server." I said, making my buddies sigh.
"Plus, I hear she already has someone she likes," I said before, looking out the window, tilting my head as I spoke. "Does the world look a little warped to you?" My friends looked out the window and spoke.
"It must be the windows," Jason said, but the next second, it was like the world shattered as the bus felt like it was falling. Everyone started to scream as people were lifted into the air. Seeing Natalie almost being slammed into the roof, I quickly reached out and grabbed her leg as I pulled her with all my might.
"TOM?!" She yelled out in surprise, being saved just before her face hit it. I quivered at her saying my name, fuck, I'm down bad. I cursed inside my mind as I held her, making sure she didn't get thrown around, as I had locked my legs around the leg of the seat in front of me.
"JUST THE WINDOW?!" James yelled out as Jason shot back. "HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!" Even in times like these, they can crack banter; they are good friends. The bus finally stopped as we felt the bottom slam onto something. I opened my eyes as I looked out the shattered windows.
"A forest," I said, making my buddies look out, groaning as they spoke. "We were in the middle of a city, how did we get into a fore-" James stopped talking as a sound went off in my head.
[Host's Hero gift has been installed. Please look over it. By thinking System open.]
Anyone who reads modern books or novels knows what this trope is. As I thought the words' System open,' a screen appeared in front of me.
Name: Tom Wilson Level: 1
Age: 18
Experince: None(maidenless)
Class: Master
Ability: H.M.S.S, Luck of the RNG God, Increase essence empowerment.
Strength: 10(Locked)
Defense: 10(Locked)
Speed: 10(Locked)
Magic Power: 0(locked)
Intellect: 20(locked)
Hot Maids Summoned: 0(you call yourself a master, *spits* pathetic.)
Inbox: 2 items
{Host, please open the inbox to claim your starter reward.}
I opened the inbox, and it showed a screen with two gift boxes. As I pressed on them, they opened up as a bright light shone in front of me. "What did you do, Tom?!" Jason said as I panicked. "I don't know, I just pressed some shit on my screen," I said as the light died down and two items fell. I caught what looked like a card falling, and a small screen appeared on it.
"Free spin on the H.M.S.S."
The other object looked like some clothing as I watched it fall down onto a face in front of me. Freezing as I remembered I had grabbed Natalie. "Tom, what is this?" She said, taking off the clothes, and I froze.
It was a pair of black-and-red lace underwear. Everyone looked at it, and Natalie quickly moved away from me as she threw the underwear at me. "You aren't any different from your friend." A cold voice came out; it was Sam as she looked at me with contempt, and even Chad looked sick. No, not you, to Saint Chad!
"I swear, I didn't do it. My System set me up!" I said as they scoofed, James and Jason put an arm on my shoulder as they sighed. "My friend Tom, you have a problem. It's okay to admit it, we will help you." James said, giving me a thumbs-up as I coughed up and fell onto the floor in a defeated state.
"Everyone, I think we need to get off the bus and help those who have been hurt," Chad said as I picked myself up and looked towards Natalie, making her look away. Shit, this sucks, I thought, letting out a sigh as I picked myself off the floor of the bus, pocketing the card.
"There are other fish in the sea, my guy," Jason said, helping me up as I just shook my head. I have no idea if I could even fix this misunderstanding, even if I wanted to. At best, they will think I have a perverted class; at worst, they will think I am a pervert. It's a lose-lose either way.
"So what class did you get?" I asked James and Jason as they held their chests out. "I got swordsman," James said, and Jason spoke. "Behold, I have been gifted the Druid class." He said with an air of ego so thick you could cut it with a knife, making James and me laugh.
"What did you get, Tom?" James asked as I looked at the class spot. "It's called Master, I haven't looked at it yet," I said, making the two look at me with confusion. "What kind of class is that?" Jason asked as we stepped out, and I pressed the class.
I stopped moving as I looked at the screen, making me gulp as I read it.
[Master: A class that empowers the opposite sex of the Host, by means of sex.]
"Tom? You are blocking the entrance." Jason said as I quickly started to walk, making my friends look worried as they followed us. I walked into the forest not that far away, leaning against a tree, shit, now they will think I am a pervert.
"Tom, are you okay?" They asked me with worry on their faces. "I just read my class," I said, making them look at each other before asking. "Was it that bad, my guy?" Jason said as I walked over and leaned in, whispering into their ears.
They quickly stepped back. "That's crazy, my guy. Shit, how would you even use that?" He asked as I pulled up the H.M.S.S. and began reading it.
[H.M.S.S: A system that allows the Host to summon a Hot maid for every level he gains, or once a week as he earns the weekly summoning gift. Hot maids are broken down into six rankings.]
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Super Rare
Ultra Rare
Ultra Super Rare
After I finished reading the expansion, I explained it to the guys, who smiled, patted me on the shoulder, and gave me a thumbs-up as I rolled my eyes.
Looking at the following two abilities.
[Luck of the RNG God: Allows Host to take the Common and Uncommon ranks out of the roll pool for summons once a day.]
[Increase Essence Empowerment: This is a passive ability that allows you to increase the stats of his maids or the woman who has slept with him. This also enables host maids to stay in the world longer. If the Host doesn't resupply the Hot Maids once a day, they will unsummon and won't be able to be summoned for a week.]
As I explained it to my friends, they shrugged and spoke. "Looks like you will be getting lucky, I mean, we don't know what danger this world has. It would be stupid not to sleep with your maids in the risk of being defenseless here. I would do it, as it's life or death. If anyone has an issue with that, they are fools." Jason said as I listened to his advice.
His words have merit, as I was in thought, a scream rang out.