First Quest

"Ahem, now let's talk about why I called you over. Please look at these, master." Leng Qianxue told him as if nothing happened a few minutes prior. She set down one folder, opened it towards them, and put the rest off to the side.

"Why do you want me to look at this?" Shen Tian asked as he picked up the first paper that showed a middle-aged man owing a lot of money to the bank.

"His name is Mizuno Josuke. He's a compulsive gambler that owes us about 750 million yen (6,827,492.03 USD), and with interest, it is 862,500,000 Yen (7,851,596.25 USD)." She said, surprising them both at the amount owed.

Shen Tian wondered how he could have so much debt or why the loan sharks gave him money.

"Your family owns both the business that loaned the money and the casino. Your father wants you to go collect it." She said, making Shen Tian cough on his spit. He shouldn't be surprised, but he was.

*Cough, cough*

"Why me?" He asked as Ryouko patted his back. He took the papers and started looking them over. The first page has Mizuno Josuke's address and how much he owes. On the second page is the property that Mizuno Josuke lost, and when he went on to the third page, he found out why his father wanted him to do it. He wanted to strangle this guy.

Leng Qianxue started to explain, "Your father, Shen Xiang, wanted you to have more experience with your family's business. Mizuno Josuke gambled his way into a very exclusive poker game. He won it, surprising many."

He interrupted her in shock, "He could have cashed out, bought back his house, and have enough money left over for his family to live comfortably. So why, why did he continue?"

Leng Qianxue sighed sadly as Ryouko grabbed his hand, "He kept going, thinking his luck would hold. He bet all that he won as well as his wife and two daughters as collateral against your father's casino. He lost in the end and left in defeat. Your father considered that since she's your classmate, it'd be easier if you broke the news to them."

Shen Tian stayed quiet as he tried to remember who the Mizuno sisters were. The old Shen Tian didn't interact with them, but he knew about them. How could he not? His minions kept yammering about how attractive and powerful the older sister is and how sweet-looking the younger sister is, even if she has a poisonous tongue.

Mizuno Masumi, the older sister is a mage in his class, and Mizuno Asami, the younger sister, is, unfortunately, a warrior in another class. Ironically, the older sister is more of a hands-on type, and the younger is the more passive-aggressive type.

Shen Tian started to wonder how he could use this to his advantage. He could make them feed him in front of his classmates to gather more hate points, but Masumi might forcefully choke him with said grapes by the hand full instead of providing them to him one at a time, and Asami will make rude remarks about how he can't even feed himself like a man.

It might be nice to have people that wouldn't suck up to him all the time. He also could have them be a part of his team for the survival test for next month. Will he get a quest for this?

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*Ding*

[Quest Received!]

To-Do or Not to Do:

Take the women as payment from the bastard of a father. Do what you will with them.

(Time Limit: 66:27:12)

Reward:

• 1,000,000, Hate Points per woman

• +3 attractive women

• 6,000,000 Yen

• Decreased rep with Mizuno family and protagonist. (100,000 HP each)

• Increase rep with your family

Failure:

• Xue Que will rescue them from the situation somehow.

• Decrease rep with all parties (100,000 HP each)

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Shen Tian looked over the quest, he felt that no matter what choice he makes, he would still gain Hate points, but it will be a minuscule amount compared to the rewards.

He can have the daughters as his training partners. As for the mother, she can be his cheerleader and he could pretend to have sex with her. That should piss them off, and he can have eye candy since all women are attractive in this world.

As for the failure, most likely, Xue Que would find out somehow and try to earn money to pay back the loan making the girls feel emotional towards him and later on fall for him. Typical harem genre trope or something bullshit like that.

"I'll do it." Shen Tian told both Leng Qianxue and the system. It soon disappeared from his view. She nodded, pushing the folder to him.

"Now, this one is an old property without an owner that is supposedly haunted, but when our people checked it out, nothing was strange about it." Leng Qianxue said, pointing to the second one she had on the table that she pulled from the pile, "Your father wanted to see if you can make money off of this place as a practice run."

Ryouko took it and started to look it over. An exciting look entered her eyes as she started muttering to herself.

Leng Qianxue continued, "As for this one, it is the appointment for you to train against a higher-level monster." She opened it, turning it around, and showed it to him. He went bone white at the information within.

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Date/Time: 4/21/2001 @13:30 Sunday (Two days from now)

Race: Minotaur

Sex: Male

Level: 40

Strength: A

Vitality: +A

Agility: C

Attack: A

Defense: B

Magic: None

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"Thank you. Is it possible to postpone the battle? I have a few things that I need to handle before then." Shen Tain asked, hoping it would be possible. He's not ready to fight something like that. He's only level 1, for god's sake. He'll need a few days to regain his old level, hopefully.

Lan Qianxue gave him a weird look and nodded, "Yes, but you might not be able to find a strong monster like this to go up against if you reschedule."

"It's fine. Can you make a new one in one week?" He asked her.

"That won't be a problem, sir. Have a good day." She nodded taking back the last folder and glancing at Ryouko figuring that he wanted to "play" with her some more without anyone bothering them. Whatever, it's none of her business no matter what the madam tells her to just go into his bed at night.

"Thank you. Let's go, Ryouko." He said standing up, tapping Ryouko's shoulder, bringing her attention back to him. He motioned to go, and she nodded, thanking Leng Qianxue for the info.

If he knew what was on Leng Qianxue's mind, he would have questioned her if she really thought he was THAT starved for sex, but he didn't, and rumors from the maids who heard his "activities" spread it throughout the city in a few hours.