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Ryan jolted reflexively a beat after the light entered his body, fearing for pain. However, he felt nothing from it. Then, he heard the light, no, the Supreme System's voice in his head.

[System Rebooting…]

[Loading Operation System…]

[Loading process completed…]

[The Supreme System is running without any problem…]

[Scanning the new host's memory…]

[Reconfiguring Operation System according to the new host's deepest wish and desire…]

[Reconfiguration…successfully completed.]

[Renaming the system designation to Supreme Harem System.]

"Supreme Harem System?" Ryan tilted his head in puzzlement and was silent for a while. Then, something clicked in his mind. "Don't tell me! Is this system going to help me getting a harem?

[Affirmative.]

Right after hearing the system's reply, Ryan was over the moon. "Amazing! My dream finally can become true!"

Ryan had a dream to build a harem for himself. He had even tried to build a harem before by many-timing his girlfriends. However, it ended up in a total mess, being killed by one of his girlfriends. Honestly, he never pegged one of his girlfriends was a Yandere. He thought Yandare only existed in fiction. Not in real-life!

Speaking of his death, he couldn't help but think that his situation was similar to a certain spear-wielding blonde from a certain fantasy story. Who was that? If you don't get the reference, then too bad.

All digression aside, back to the story.

While Ryan was busy with his thoughts, the system continued its job without caring for Ryan who had been trapped in his delusion. But, it was given. By acquiring the system with the name such as "Supreme Harem System," someone like Ryan who was aspiring to have a harem would sink in the deep end. That said, humans were scary indeed. Just give them a tool that would help in life and they would become arrogant for their good…

[Scanning the new host for any complications from the merging process…]

[Completed. No complication has been found…]

[Supreme Harem System is functioning without any problem]

[Greetings, Host. First of all, would you like to designate your name as a reference for the system? Please choose wisely since this is only once in a lifetime opportunity.]

The system's cold, androgynous voice snapped Ryan out of his delusions. A small screen, twenty-centimeters by fifteen-centimeters in dimension, with a dark blue background and white font popped up in his field of vision. Ryan briefly viewed the screen and found—

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Name: Ryan Maxwell

[Edit] [Save]

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Ryan wasted no time to pick up his choice. He decided to keep his name as it is and chose "save".

[You've chosen your name. Would you like to edit your appearance? Since you don't have a physical body, we can create a new body according to your preference. Please be careful with this since you only have once in a lifetime opportunity to create the model for your physical body.]

A new screen popped up. It displayed the interface you could normally find in the character creation of a roleplaying game. Ryan quickly inspected his appearance. He spent a short while before modifying his look a little.

He changed his hair color to white and his eyes to blue. He modified his facial feature to increase his attractiveness without lowering his masculine value. He filled up his body with muscle yet kept it lean like a swimmer's build. He increased his height to 180 cm. Lastly, he raised the size of his little brother.

The latter was very important because the satisfaction of his future harem was in question. Of course, Ryan recognized that the size was not everything. Skills were also important. He had already experienced the adult nightlife and received the input from his previous girlfriends to know all that.

But, all the digression aside. Back to Ryan. He inspected his appearance for the last time. He had completed his modification and gave his future body a once over. He felt satisfied with the result. Then, he chose "Save" at the bottom of the screen.

The character creation screen disappeared. A new screen popped up in its place. Then, the system reported to Ryan, speaking coldly in his head.

[Your name and appearance have been saved into our database. Since you are our new host, according to the regulations and rules created by our creator intended for a new host, you obtain a one-week trial run in the Trial World. You can set the settings of the Trial World according to your preference.]

"Wait a sec, System! What's this Trial World? Explain about it clearly!" Ryan demanded the system hastily. He wanted to know about the details of this Trial World. He disliked going blind into the unknown. Frankly, he was afraid of a complication that would affect him negatively.

[Trial World is an illusion world according to your personal preference.]

"Illusion World? Is everything in that place not real?" Ryan asked the system in confusion. His forehead scrunched, creating black lines. He seemed troubled.

[Yes and No. The Trial World is only an illusion created with the source power of the system, but if you have successfully maxed out the affection of women, they won't disappear together with the Trial World when the trial period ends. The same thing happens if the host stores something inside "Storage" before the duration of the Trial World ends. Those stored items will be preserved.]

Ryan's brows climb up in a mild surprise. However, he quickly threw away the unnecessary thoughts from his mind. He refocused back to the topic at hand. "Anyhow, you've mentioned the Trial World is up to my preference, right? Could it be based on the animation world?"

[Affirmative.]

The system's response sent Ryan over the moon. He couldn't help but feel as though he had become one of those fanfiction protagonists who were lucky to reincarnate in worlds based on animation and comics. He even wondered if he was currently being chronicled as a story, which was read by countless people in another world.

'No way. There is no way my life is only a source of entertainment for a bunch of nerds,' Ryan dismissed those crazy thoughts and turned his attention on the system again. "Anyway, can I request for the Trial World to be based on the world of Sekirei and my new body to have Ashikabi's Gene?" He requested to the system.

Even though Ryan's request was odd, there was a logical reason behind it. First of all, Ryan was assuming that his system revolving around catching and conquering girls to earn rewards. The system's new name was making its purpose very obvious. Thus, he chose the Sekirei world. Furthermore, he asked for Ashikabi's Gene because it would surely help him in conquering those cute girls and buxom ladies easily.

Some of you may be unfamiliar with the Sekirei franchise, so let's put aside the plot and have a short explanation about the Sekirei franchise.

First of all, Sekirei was a Japanese manga series by Sakurako Gokurakuin. The manga was serialized in Square Enix's seinen magazine Young Gangan between December 2004 and August 2015. A sequel to the manga began serialization in the same magazine in May 2017. An anime adaptation produced by Seven Arcs and directed by Keizō Kusakawa aired in Japan between July and September 2008, and a second season aired between July and September 2010. Both seasons were licensed in North America by Funimation until their license expired in 2017.

The central character of the series was Minato Sahashi, a young man who'd failed college examinations twice. His life changed, however, when he met several girls with special powers called "Sekirei", and was dragged into a battle to decide the fate of the world.

In Tokyo known as Shinto Teito (literary means "New Eastern Imperial Capital") in 2020, nineteen-year-old Minato Sahashi was extremely intelligent, yet due to his inability to cope under pressure, he had failed the college entrance exam twice. One day, Minato met a girl named Musubi, who fell from the sky. Minato soon learned that she was a "Sekirei" and chose him as her "Ashikabi", one of the mysterious set of humans that had the genetic trait and could make a contract by exchanging body fluid with the Sekirei. This bound the Sekirei to him and allowed them to use their full power in elimination battles with other Sekirei.

Made up of 108 cute girls, attractive buxom women, and pretty boys, the Sekirei fought in a competition known as the "Sekirei Plan" organized by Hiroto Minaka, the chairman and founder of the powerful MBI Corporation. Minato quickly learned that being the partner of a Sekirei was not all fun and games, especially when several other Sekirei chose him as their Ashikabi, each also forming a contract with him. Minato must find a way to survive both the life-threatening battles of the Sekirei Plan and his partners' fierce competition for him.

Now, back to the story. Ryan's reason for wanting to be an "Ashikabi" in the world of Sekirei was because of the Sekirei's unique trait. They were compelled to love their Ashikabi post-winging. In short, it was an easy way to get girls, filling his harem. Moreover, Sekirei seemed to be open-minded with the idea of a harem with how they wouldn't mind sharing their Ashikabi with other Sekirei.