The day after dosticating Selene and gaining access to her digital status panel, Thomas sat on the edge of his bed, his white hair ssy.
"So the gacha lets obtain one of the four requests," he whispered to himself. "Even though the odds are incredibly low—almost impossible."
When he activated his gacha coin, the roulette began to spin with a cheerful, casino-like sound. Binding Request, Extended Request, Silent Request, and Ergency Request flashed before his eyes.
In the end, the roulette stopped on nothing.
"As expected. Even if the odds are low, I could win sothing soday, for sure... the gacha coin is obtained once a day after completing the system’s daily mission, huh?"
He navigated through the interface, and when he opened the missions section, his gray eyes widened in shock. The surprise was so intense that he jumped to his feet. He couldn’t believe what was displayed in front of him.
[Objective: Issue a direct order to a bonded heroine and achieve compliance WITHOUT RESISTANCE.]
[Condition: The heroine must carry out the order on the first attempt.]
• Reward:
Dominion 2
EXP 15
Gacha Roll ×1
Failure:
Dominion −1
Synchronization −1
[Failing the mission will severely punish the Bearer.]
Thomas’s expression tightened.
"W-what do you an, on the first attempt?! That girl hates ! She’ll never do anything I ask without being ordered to."
He sighed and covered his face with both hands.
"Damn it... and on top of that, she’s a cosplayer with thirty thousand followers. She’s way too proud."
Thomas had spent the previous night digging into Selene’s life to understand who he was dealing with. The impression he had of her was that she was pretentious and extrely self-confident.
"This day looks dangerous... A punishnt for failing? What kind of order could she possibly follow?"
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"Damn creep, you still have the nerve to make walk around in public with you," Selene said, her arms crossed. "How far do you plan to take this humiliation?"
They were walking along a busy road near the city’s central plaza. The crowd was noisy, and cars passed through the clean concrete streets.
"I want you to understand that I’m not trying to hurt you. I just want to work together using your abilities."
"And do you really think what you did is the right way to ’work together’?" she accused, glaring at him sharply. "You disgust . You’re worse than a stalker. I can’t even refuse to be with you right now. I wish I could scream and ask for help, but you even forbade that, didn’t you?"
"It would be a big problem for if that happened," he muttered, exhaling as he closed his eyes.
"Hmp. Besides, what even is this power? n don’t awaken gifts like this—it’s far too dangerous."
’You don’t have to tell ... I don’t understand where it ca from either.’
"I won’t go into details with you. It’s not like you need to know. I just want to use your ability. Once I’m done, I’ll let you go."
Selene looked at him from the side, her brow still furrowed. She hugged herself tighter, uncertain about the future, and finally asked:
"So... what’s your na?"
’A personal question so she can dig into later. I don’t stand out at all, so I doubt she’ll find anything. Still, this will help build a better relationship. It doesn’t matter if it’s all fake.’
"Thomas," he said flatly.
"Thomas... Are you sure that’s your real na? With what you’re doing, I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t."
Thomas laughed amicably, forcing the sound without letting the emotion reach his face, and replied:
"Ha-ha, it’s my na. Obviously, I’ll protect my privacy, but I don’t intend to lie to you when you ask things."
’After all, the stats displayed in front of are based on real relationships. If I treat them badly, I get the feeling they’d stop obeying —and who knows how far things could escalate after that. And especially with Selene, her luck-based gift is far too valuable. I don’t want to lose her. But maybe with less valuable heroines... I might indulge myself a bit.’
Thomas stopped, and Selene did as well, when they reached their destination. It was a quiet pastry shop, well known for its popularity. Selene was the one who looked up at the sign and said:
"Is this your plan? Taking on a date? Do you seriously think I see you as sothing even remotely close to an acquaintance?"
"You don’t like desserts? I love them. Besides, it’s free food for you, right?"
Selene sighed as she watched him enter the shop.
’Damn it... why do I have to be forced into this?’
Unable to refuse, she followed behind Thomas. anwhile, the white-haired young man thought:
’She has to carry out an order without resisting, but it never specifies what kind of order. My plan is to make it sothing simple—sothing as simple as asking her to hand an object or put sugar in my coffee. It’s a gamble. I only get one attempt, so even if I have to fake every smile, I’m betting everything on this.’
His gray eyes settled on the red letters displayed on the panel in front of him.
[Failing the mission will severely punish the Bearer.]
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