Chen Ming felt something on his cheek, rough but at the same time, light feathery touch that made him frown. The touch continued as if someone or something flapped its wings. After a while, flapping seemed to have stopped as the stressed lines of his forehead disappeared.
Soon after this, Chen Ming felt something pointy being tapped onto his temple, but not as pointy as a needle. Maybe as a beak of a bird?
Wait, something wasn't right. First flapping of wings and now a beak?
Then even the pointing of the beak stopped as he released the stress from his forehead. Sure enough, he was probably having some kind of nightmare. Otherwise, why would he have fallen into a pit just like that and been sucked into an invisible black hole?
Please, he was a boring office worker, and he aimed to be that way until the end of his life. Thank you very much.
Just as he was thinking about it, something warm and fluffy was pushed against his cheek as if something sat right there, pressing half of his face to the ground.
Wait, something is definitely wrong!
He opened his eyes only to find a pointy, ugly beak covered by several marks, facing directly his eyes. Warm breath filled with some kind of odor directly attacked his nostrils, making him almost puke on the spot.
Chen Ming was so shocked that despite feeling a bile of stomach acid climbing up his throat, he couldn't puke at all.
"You…." he said with his cheeks still pressed to the ground…. No, it wasn't a ground. Rather, it was a warm and smooth surface, almost fluffy like some mattress.
The chick seemed to have realized that the man had woken up as he jumped to the bed. Only then did Chen Ming realize the size of the little chick, almost as big as a palm.
But seriously, it was a bit too ugly….
The chick glanced at the man and instantly saw through his strange gaze. Its eyes squinted as it said, "I'm a twenty year old young man from my world, but I can only take this small, ugly body for now. No need to look at me this way!"
".....Okay." Chen Ming nodded in understanding as he sat up with utmost difficulty. His hand reached out to touch the back of his neck that seemed to be strained.
Just as his fingers touched that area, a stinging pain throbbed, making him hiss as he retracted his hand in a hurry. He swallowed his pain and looked around only to realize he was in some kind of a medieval western setting…..?
"Host, host!!!!!!"
"Yes?" He lowered his head only to see the chick flapping his wings desperately as if trying to get the host's attention. "What's the matter?"
"Aren't you curious about your current situation?" The chick didn't know why his host was so calm and composed even after being thrown into such a setting.
Every single day, systems would get several chances to make a lifetime contract with a host, and he also chose several of them, sending them off to their happy ending at the end. But previously, he messed up a big time, directly destroying an entire world along with his dear host.
Thus, he was blocked from ever hosting another poor soul for the fear that he would end up repeating his mistakes at once. He had been watching others take on hosts after hosts for years in depression until Chen Ming arrived, and suddenly he was given this responsibility once again.
Usually, because of his experience, he had seen hosts getting anxious and some even threatened to kill him in the past.
But what of this strange man? Why was he not acting like normal people?
On the other side, it wasn't that Chen Ming wasn't anxious, but being an introvert, he didn't want to show his deepest emotions to a complete stranger, especially a strange talkative chick.
Thus, he shook his head and lied, "I am not. Isn't it your work though to tell me what's going on?"
The chick was stunned for a while as his eyes lit up with utmost happiness. Finally, finally a host arrived who could handle the situation displaying utter calmness!
He looked at the missions mentally and sighed in relief. Thankfully, his host was calm and composed. Otherwise, he knew the missions this time would have set his host off!
Perhaps….. Perhaps this guy was also bent? Otherwise why would such a mission be alloted to his host?
After mulling over for a few seconds, the chick introduced himself first. "I'm the 27376th resident of the system world, Chick, at your service. I'm here to reward you with a life full of happiness, and you have been chosen merely because of your terrible luck in love. Thus, I, reverse harem system, is at your service to give you a happy ending."
The chick even made a professional bow as he stood up straight showing off his bulky chest, then he bowed ninety degrees. He again stood up, looking like some kind of butler of a rich family.
The corners of Chen Ming's lips twitched as he said, "Alright….. What's a reverse harem?"
Even though he was an introvert, he didn't like reading novels. Not all nerds and introverts read, mind you. His life was utterly boring, and all he did was watch TV shows and play random games on his computer in his free time. Heck he didn't even have a proper social life in the first place. How could he know what was reverse harem?
Huh? This person didn't even know what the f*ck reverse harem was?!
Suddenly, Chick felt a little uncomfortable as if he were teaching bad things to a little, naive kid. He coughed and said, "Well, you are single, right?"
"True."
"How about I give you an option to have a beautiful relationship that would sweep you off the ground and land in a warm embrace?"
Chen Ming's heart turned a little bit excited at that thought. Sure, he didn't want anyone in his life when he was still living in his world. But now that he is here, why not give this a try? After all, he also wanted to end his virginity and give it to someone he loved.
But being an introvert, he couldn't express his emotions well, and merely said, "En."
Chick: "...."
Help, his host was so cold! Not even blushing at the thought of having a relationship!