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Harem Survival

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Synopsis
Theo was a normal construction worker, until one day he was suddenly pulled into a distorted space and thrown into a completely different world. Now reborn as a wandering merchant, the system forces him to search for six sentient jewels, each born from a powerful emotion. Every jewel represents a trial, and after he wins, they transform into beautiful, obsessive girls, and none of them want to share him. Jealousy turns dangerous, love turns lethal, and as his harem grows, so does the risk of being destroyed by the very girls meant to help him. Can Theo face the games, control his unstable harem, and break free from the shackles of his past? Or will the system break him first?
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Chapter 1 - Dreams

After working all day, my body feels like its been run over by a bulldozer and then set on fire, but sure lets pretend i still have the will to function.

Construction work isnt for guys like me, you know, skinny frail, emotionally stable guys like me. I was born to lay dramatically in bed all day, not breaking cement in the sun.

Not like i can complain though, if i stop working, i stop eating, and if stop eating i die, which doesn't sound all that bad but dying is expensive, and unfortunately im broke.

I still have a long way home but i just stay still waiting for my soul to re enter my body, which should be any minute now. Yep. Any second…

drip

Ah yes, rain. Perfect. I mean what kind of dramatical breakdown would it be id the sky wasn't sobbing with me too.

And then the rain hits me like little idy slaps. thank you, nature. I really needed that.

Now im comoletly soaked from head to toe, i felt like the protagonist of a sad indie movie. All thats missing is a piano soundtrack to make things more miserable.

'Will anyone care if i disappear?'

Hahaha. No.

Family? None. Friends? What are those? People would cry if i dropped dead? Hilarious. I could vanish right now and the only one who would notice would be my landlord.

A tear suddenly stains my cheek, followed by more.

Ah, i deserve an oscar honestly.

For now i decide to dramatically run home like im some runwaway peincess, except that none would chase for me.

I tripped twice, im 90% sure i just pulled a hamstring.

I finally get to my apartment, aka a box with a toilet, and change into something else.

I sit at the table eating the most delicious meal I have ever eaten (if i think it, maybe I'll deceive my mind), then i proceed to chew on a piece of dry break.

I guess if i was an object i would be a piece of bread, stale and sad.

I feel dizzy, probably from playing dramatical princess all day, so i rest my head on the table for a little, then i pass out.

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"Ugh…"

Light. My best friend. I groan as sunlight pries my eyes open as if punishing me for surviving the night.

"Theodore it's time to wake up, I made breakfast!"

I look and find a woman that looks like myself, like seeing my reflection in the mirror, except for the long hair obviously.

"Good morning, sister"

I glance at her as she walks away feeling melancholic all of a sudden.

'why is it always the same dream?'

" Are you going to eat? if not ill take your food"

I glance at her before digging into my food, I can almost feel the hot soup burning my mouth as if it was real.

"Are you not going to eat, sister?"

I said as I looked down, when she was alive I didn't know the reason she would always tell me she wasn't hungry. Sadly the days when I was innocent and young are over and everything is different.

"I'm not hungry, i'll eat later, Theo"

"..."

" I have to head to work, see you later"

"See you later, be careful, sister"

"I will"

She said before heading out the door while humming a happy tone.

'This was the day my sister died, and for some reason I'm forced to leave this dream every time I fall asleep. Maybe if a had told her to stay she wouldn't have died such a senseless death...'

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