(1) Dylan

'Games...'

'Right, games...' 

A man with cloudy eyes stared at the phone's screen, where a notification sprung out.

A thin white blanket covered his body and the women, who slept beside him peacefully. Both of them were naked, with not even a piece of cloth.

'She was quite intense as if taking out her indignance on me. Haa...I feel tired, but I need to post a video on the new RPG game releasing on the market today.' The man, Dylan, stared at the woman with resentment. 

She was an old friend from his college days, whom Dylan spent one-night standing dozens of times. Well, let's just call her a friend with benefits. 

Dylan was 25 years old, still at the peak of his life, but even he was worn out by the intense bout at night. It was always him who took the lead, but it was reversed last night. 

'She must have broken up, so I will let it slide for now.' Dylan let it go with a sigh in the end. She was an old friend, after all, he could help with this much at the least. Though, he promised to get back to her the next time. 

Swish~

Slowly removing the blanket, Dylan got off the bed, exposing his well-built body. He did gym as a hobby, who doesn't want a strong body?

A musky odor wafted through the air, leaving traces of last night's activity. 

Picking up his clothes, which were mixed with the innerwear of the women, Dylan headed to the bathroom. 

Opening the tap, Dylan bathed in hot water, his personal preference, and began taking a shawer naturally, washing away the odor from his body. 

Click~

Wearing normal pants and a T-shirt, Dylan took out a limited edition chocolate, made by a famous company named Keary. 

Tearing paper from the small note on the table, Dylan took a pen and began scribbling on it. 

[ Happy New Year! 

Try finding a new boyfriend and starting all over again. You can eat my little present to soften your mood. 

And...Try not to take out your anger on the poor man.     

                                           From your dear Dylan]

Smiling slightly, Dylan placed it near the table lamp, right above the naked woman.

Placing the golden-wrapped chocolate on the paper, Dylan made his way to the exit of the Love Hotel's room. 

Getting out of the hotel, Dylan caught a taxi and directly arrived at his apartment. 

Entering his room on the fourth floor, Dylan breathed in the familiar fragrance. Involuntarily making his body relax. 

Stretching his hands and legs in the wide hall, Dylan slumped into the seat of his room. 

'Let's just work out in the evening...I already feel exhausted from the night activities. Haa...it would have been nice if I had unlimited stamina.' Breathing in, Dylan seriously looked at the screen before him. 

Dylan, an unmarried man, with a history of graduating from a normal college. More than studying, Games and embracing women were what he was interested in. 

Dylan actively looked for one-night stands with any beautiful women online. With his above-average appearance, no one rejected him. 

Spending nights of debauchery was normal for him. For one he was not married, so nothing was holding him back. 

'Even if I get married...I don't think I will quit this habit.' Dylan thought to himself honestly. That was the kind of person he just was. 

Leaving aside women, the thing that currently held Dylan's interest was games. He was a legit streamer with a medium fan base. Making enough to live a life with no worry. 

The game that just released and Dylan received notification — of was called the harem master part 2.

'I am not into eroge games, but this one is a hot topic these days.' 

Being a famous game, how could Dylan not try? 

He went into it immediately a few months ago enthusiastically, only to quit after a week. 

The harem master was a messed up game, no doubt. It had more than thirty male leads, we could choose any one of them. 

But that wasn't the main point, among the male lead, the one with the lowest harem member count was 35. Then, just how many female leads did the other freaking male leads have!

More so, when it took a while to claim even one female lead. And it was a game that was more than 300GB in size, Dylan always felt sorry for his poor PC. 

'It's not like there are no other games this size, it's just that it takes a lot of processing power, with all that new AI whatever.' 

In the end, Dylan could only take one male lead to the end and receive a perfect harem ending. As for the others, he did not even bother trying. It wasn't really a cup of his tea. 

'I would rather woo real-life girls, than the ones in the form of data. I can't deny that it was fun though, only that it was a short-lived one. Just who in the right mind would conquer 50 harems continuously? If I was the main character, instead of the one on the screen, then I might have tried....'

'Damn...What am I thinking?' 

Right now, a second part of the harem master has been released. Dylan decided to make a stream on it and satiate a little of his curiosity too. 

'Let's see who is the most handsome and his potential female lead targets first. I will take the one with the most beautiful female lead.' Dylan thought of a way to raise his interest. 

Finding the link, Dylan pressed the download click with no hesitation. 

Looking at the status of the download, which showed a digit more than 400+ GB, Dylan's eyes went round. 

"Holy shit! What kind of sorcery did the game creator put in it, for it to become like this?!" Dylan cursed out loud, with a cramped-up face. 

Having no choice, Dylan decided to binge-read some of the recently updated novels. He liked to form a few chapters before binge-reading, but he had nothing else to do. 

"Sigh....what's with the demotivating scene the first thing in the chapter?" In a bad mood, Dylan gave the author of the novel some 'good' (toxic) comments and left. 

At that moment, the notification of download completely appeared on the monitor at last. 

'Ah, at last...I am totally gonna screw over some of the female leads, to take out my resentment.' Dylan's hand headed towards the mouse immediately, only to come to a stop in mid-air. 

Thump! 

'What the....' The world spun in Dylan's vision, growing darker and darker. A searing pain in his heart rose like an unstoppable tide.

Pushing back the comfy seat, Dylan kneeled on the floor, while clutching his chest, with a painful expression.

At one point, the world fully went black. 

The next time Dylan opened his eyes, what greeted him was an unfamiliar ceiling.