Chapter 42: System Mission: Reject All Proposals Today

The day began with an innocent enough thought: "Maybe—just maybe—I'll survive today without getting engaged, cursed or licked."

That's just a foolish hope.

[System Mission #21 Activated: "Just Say No"]

[Objective: Reject every romantic advance for the next 24 hours]

[Reward: +3 Rationality | +1 Sanity | A crumb of self-respect]

[Failure Penalty: -1 Dignity | +1 Fiancée | Emotional trauma (stackable)]

Rei stared at the glowing notification hovering over his bed as he blinked the sleep from his eyes.

"…You've got to be kidding me."

[System Sarcasm Module Enabled]

[No, dear host. This is your Intervention Arc. You asked for peace and now we're helping, ofcourse poorly.]

Rei groaned and sat up. Morning light streamed through the window, birds chirped, and something in the hallway exploded. It's probably just another Tuesday.

Rei glanced at the timer under the mission.

23:59:45