"A-Are you… alright? I'm so… sorry!"
Soren ignored the system prompt and hurriedly apologized, his face burning.
He swore that tripping her wasn't his intention.
He just wanted to glance at her underwear, nothing else.
"What happened?"
"Hey, are you okay?"
Sylvia and Evan also rushed over as the girl pushed herself up.
"Don't touch me!"
Aurelia shoved Sylvia aside with force as she rose to her feet, her cold gaze immediately locking onto Soren.
If looks could kill, he would have died on the spot. Soren couldn't help but feel distress as he didn't know how to deescalate this situation.
"Hey! She's just trying to help you. Why are you so rude?" Evan stepped forward, grabbing Sylvia who stumbled on the ground due to Aurelia.
"Help? Your friend tripped me on purpose, and now you're acting all high and mighty? Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Aurelia's scowl deepened as soon as she heard Evan's complaint. She was finally about to enjoy her meal when someone ruined it.
Of course, she was angry.
In an instant, a faint red glow spread from her body. She was a fire mage, after all, and her temper was far from gentle.
"What? Do you want to fight?"
Evan wasn't a soft persimmon either as his own aura flared in response, pushing hers back.
In an instant, the cafeteria fell into murmurs as some students began shouting, anticipating a fight.
'This is bad..'
Soren's heart thumped.
He couldn't let them fight otherwise consequences would be serious. After all, he was truly in the wrong.
Acting fast, Soren quickly shoved Evan back slightly and stepped between him and Aurelia.
"Miss… like I said, it was my mistake. I tripped you accidentally. Please forgive me," he said, bowing slightly.
He then glanced at her soaked dress and added quietly, "You should change clothes quickly. Class is about to start. It won't be good to go like this."
His eyes flicked toward her chest as he subtly signaled her dress was wet… and in that instant, he noticed a slight beady outline he probably shouldn't have.
Aurelia's eyes widened as soon as she realized the state of her dress, and she tugged at it to cover herself. The cafeteria's gaze made her cheeks burn with shame.
"This isn't over yet."
At last, she shot Soren and Evan a sharp glare, then turned and fled, determined to settle the score later.
"Soren, you didn't need to apologize to her," Evan muttered, a little dissatisfied.
"Okay, no need to escalate this further. Didn't I already say it was my mistake?"
Soren was grateful that Evan had his back, but the guy was far too hot-headed. If a fight broke out in the cafeteria, all of them could get into serious trouble.
"Sylvia…are you alright? I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."
After calming Evan down, Soren quickly turned to Sylvia and hurried to her side.
"I'm fine. She didn't use much force, but…" Sylvia gestured at the damp fabric of her pants, frowning slightly.
"Let's get you changed then," Soren said. "We have to hurry as class is about to start anyway."
Soren hurriedly guided Sylvia toward the restroom, while Evan muttered about the mess. His own clothes were drenched in soup, and he needed to change as well.
Once he and Sylvia were separated and he was inside the men's restroom, Soren quickly stripped down to his underwear. The sticky, soup-soaked clothes were just too uncomfortable.
Luckily, thanks to the Dimensional Inventory all awakened hunters had, he already had a spare set of clothes ready.
'Sylvia will take some time. Let's look at the reward then. It better be worth it for me to go through this.'
Once fully dressed, Soren finally looked at the prompt he got before.
[Do you want to accept the reward?]
"Yes!"
[Congratulations!]]
[You got +10 Charm, +5 Free Stat Points, and a slight increase in your Manhood.]
As soon as the reward applied, Soren felt a brief, strange itch below.
"What the…?"
His eyes widened as he realized the thing in his pants had suddenly grown. Disbelieving, he peeked inside and froze.
'Damn… it's finally a normal size.'
Relief nearly brought him to tears. At this moment, he didn't care about any other reward.
Ding!
[By completing the mission Underwear, you have proved that you have the potential to become a Perverted Harem Master.]
[Congratulations! The Perverted Harem System has been fully activated.]
[You can now assign a Harem Candidate and generate quests related to that character.]
[Current Harem Candidate: Aurelia Flareborn]
—
[Name: Aurelia Flareborn]
[Class: Flame Mage (S)]
[Level: 20]
[Status: Side Heroin]
[Current Emotion: Anger, Hatred, Hunger]
—
'Hmm… Flareborn? Wait a minute… is she the only daughter of Seraphina Flareborn, an Archmage?'
As soon as Soren saw the status screen, he gulped nervously. An Archmage was someone above Level 500.
He remembered that Seraphina was not only an S-class Flame Mage, but also the head of the world-famous Flareborn Guild.
'Did I just bully her daughter in front of the entire cafeteria…?'
'Am I going to die or what?'
Soren grimaced slightly, then shook his head.
'No… I need to properly apologize to her before things spiral out of control.'
"System, show me my status panel," he finally ordered, eager to check his own stats.
—
Name: Soren Kingswell
Class: Archer (B)
Level: 12 (120/1400)
Hunter Rank: B
- Attributes -
Strength: 21Agility/Dexterity: 37Intelligence: 21Endurance: 23Charm: 21+10Mana: 22Luck: 8Free Stat Points: 5
- Skills -
Passive: Eagle Eye [B]Active: Piercing Shot [A]
-Quest-
None!
-Status-
Side Character
—
'Not bad but…not enough.'
As someone who had managed to enter the Elite Hunter Academy, Soren knew his stats couldn't be terrible.
But they were far from exceptional. In fact, he was probably near the lower end here.
'Where should I use my free stats points?'
Soren suddenly thought after seeing 5 unused points in the panel.
'As an archer, Dexterity is the most important stat. Having more strength and endurance is good too. But…'
'System, add all 5 points into my Luck stat.'
Soren finally ordered after some thought.
Even though Lover's Labyrinth was a dating sim, it was set in a dangerous world full of hunters and monsters.
Dungeons appeared frequently, and chaos gates erupted without warning.
The game's mechanics let players get closer to potential love interests while surviving the dangers.
Unexpected peril, unexpected encounter and unexpected romance.
That was the theme of this game.
If Soren wanted to survive the early phase, he felt that he needed more luck than power.
'Maybe, I will get an easier quest too? Who knows?'
Soren thought while leaving the men's restroom.
"Sylvia, you're out."
As soon as he stepped outside, he saw Sylvia already waiting by the female restroom in her new dress.
Surprisingly, she had changed her pants and now wore a skirt, much like Aurelia's, showing off her long, elegant legs in full glory.
'Tch..you should have worn that from the beginning. Maybe, I won't have to go through all this fiasco.'
Soren thought, then looked up at Sylvia. She was staring at him silently with those calm, piercing blue eyes.
"Sylvia… I'm really sorry. Because of me, you had to go through all this."
He spoke with an awkward smile, aware that she might be a little angry.
But what she said next caught him completely off guard.
"Soren… I saw you make that girl stumble on purpose. Why…did you do that?"