The laughter cut through Ethan Kane like a blade.
He stood in the middle of the crowded college auditorium, clutching his tattered backpack, while Marcus Blackwood smirked from the stage. Behind him, Aria Lane—the girl Ethan had secretly loved for years—was giggling in Marcus's arms.
"Can you believe this trash actually thought Aria would ever date him?" Marcus sneered, his voice amplified by the mic. "Ethan Kane, the virgin loser of Blackwood University!"
The crowd roared with laughter. Phones flashed. His humiliation was being recorded, immortalized, and spread across social media.
Ethan's face burned. His chest heaved. He wanted to scream, to fight, to tear Marcus's smug expression apart. But his voice caught in his throat, and his fists trembled uselessly.
Aria's words were the sharpest of all. "Don't look at me like that, Ethan. You're pathetic. Why would I ever choose you when I could have Marcus?" She kissed Marcus on stage, deliberately slow, just to twist the knife deeper.
The auditorium exploded with cheers.
Ethan staggered backward, bile rising in his throat. He turned and ran out, his legs carrying him blindly through the campus until he burst into the empty night streets.
The sky above was cold and endless. The neon lights blurred as tears filled his eyes. He stumbled into an alley and collapsed against the damp bricks, his chest burning with rage and despair.
"Why?" His voice cracked. "Why me? Why am I always the weak one? Always the joke?"
He slammed his fist into the ground until his knuckles bled.
And then… the world froze.
The air thickened. Time itself seemed to stop. A chilling silence pressed against his ears, and a voice—smooth, feminine, dripping with honeyed seduction—echoed in his mind.
[System Detected.] [Host: Ethan Kane.] [Condition: Broken. Humiliated. Desperate.] [Initializing… Infinite Lust System.]
Ethan's body jerked upright. His eyes darted around, but the alley remained empty. The voice whispered again, clearer this time.
[Welcome, Ethan Kane. You have been chosen.]
He gasped. "What… what the hell is this?"
[Every woman you conquer will make you stronger.] [Every act of desire will fuel your evolution.] [Rise from loser to Incubus Overlord.]
Ethan's heart pounded. His breath hitched. He pressed his palms to his ears, but the voice only grew louder.
"Incubus…?" he whispered.
Suddenly, a figure shimmered before him. A woman—if she could be called that—stepped out of the shadows. Her curves were perfect, wrapped in a dress made of smoke that clung to her body like sin itself. Her eyes glowed crimson, and her smile was both angelic and devilish.
"Hello, Ethan," she purred. "I am Selene, the guide of your new existence."
Ethan scrambled backward, his pulse racing. "What the fuck are you?!"
She tilted her head, her long black hair cascading like ink. "Your salvation. Your power. Your lust. I am the Infinite Lust System."
Ethan's mouth went dry. His entire body trembled—not from fear alone, but from the raw, primal heat radiating from her presence.
"Why… why me?" he whispered.
Selene's lips curled. "Because you wanted it. In the deepest part of your soul, you begged for revenge. For power. For women who would never again laugh at you. And the universe answered."
Ethan swallowed hard. "And what do I have to do?"
Her crimson eyes glowed brighter. "Simple. Embrace who you are meant to be. Every woman you claim will strengthen you. Every conquest will evolve you. Lust is your weapon. Desire is your fuel."
Ethan's chest heaved as memories of the auditorium flashed through his mind—Marcus laughing, Aria kissing him, the crowd chanting his humiliation. Rage burned through him, twisting into something darker, hotter.
"What… what do I get?" he whispered.
Selene's voice was velvet. "Power beyond imagination. The strength to crush those who mocked you. The charm to make any woman kneel before you. The body of an Incubus Overlord."
Ethan's vision blurred with tears—not of weakness, but of hunger. For the first time in his life, he wanted to say yes.
"Yes," he breathed. "Give it to me."
Selene's smile widened. She leaned close, her lips brushing his ear.
[System Activated.]
Pain exploded through his body. His spine arched, his muscles convulsed. Heat surged through his veins like molten fire. He screamed, the sound echoing down the alley.
[First Mission: Conquer the woman who rejected you.] [Reward: Seduction Aura Lv.1, Physical Stamina Boost.]
Ethan's eyes snapped open. His reflection in a broken window startled him—his once dull, tired eyes now burned with a faint crimson glow. His skin seemed sharper, more defined. A dangerous energy hummed beneath his flesh.
Selene's voice purred. "Your first target is Aria Lane. The one who mocked you. The one who chose Marcus over you. Conquer her, and your true journey begins."
Ethan's lips curled into a smile—a cruel, twisted smile that felt foreign and thrilling all at once.
"No more humiliation," he whispered. "No more being the weak one."
The night air filled with his laughter, low and dangerous.
For the first time, Ethan Kane wasn't afraid. He was hungry.
And the world was about to feed him.