Thanks for the setup! I'll write Chapter 1 as an adventure-comedy fantasy with mild ecchi elements, focusing on the "system" genre (like The Emi
There are bad days… and then there was this day.
Takeshi Kurosawa stared blankly at the ceiling fan of his cramped room, the whirring blades spinning like the chaos in his life. He'd just flunked his third exam of the week, got publicly rejected by his crush in the school cafeteria, and to top it off, lost his part-time job because he spilled cola on a customer's expensive coat.
"Maybe I really am just a side character in someone else's story," he muttered.
Ding!
A glowing blue screen popped into existence in front of his eyes.
[SYSTEM ACTIVATION COMPLETE]
Congratulations, Takeshi Kurosawa! You have unlocked the Harem King Ascension System.
Your pathetic life has triggered emergency intervention.
Begin questing to improve your life through tasks, rewards, and a lot of girls.
"…What?" he blinked. "Is this some kind of prank? Did I fall and hit my head?"
First Quest Unlocked:
Title: Charm Challenge - Level 1
Objective: Make a mature woman blush within 24 hours.
Reward: 10 Charm Points, 500 Yen, and Unlock: [Secret Milf Radar Skill]
Penalty for Failure: Crippling embarrassment (you already have that, so…)
"Oh come on! You can't just throw the word 'milf' into a quest like that!" Takeshi shouted at the air.
No one answered. Of course, systems don't do customer service.
Still, something deep inside stirred — curiosity? hope? hormones? He wasn't sure. But this was different. For once, his life wasn't just a slow descent into mediocrity. It had... potential.
And the next day, standing awkwardly in the school library as the mature and dangerously curvy librarian adjusted her glasses, Takeshi felt the weight of the challenge before him.
He gulped.