Shoujo Hater-Chapter 5 - 4 : The Beginning of the Shoujo Nightmare!
Lin stepped out of his room holding a broom and headed toward the third floor. He was still adjusting to his new body, but the feeling of not belonging tightened around him like a silent choke.
As he looked around, he noticed an ornate bedroom door slightly open. A golden plaque hung on it engraved with elegant letters:
“Frosita.”
He exhaled deeply.
“Phew.”
Wait... how can I read the language of this world?
Aren’t my memories gone?
Why am I even asking this now?
None of this makes sense.
“Whatever. This is not important right now. I have other priorities.”
“What matters is that I found her room without raising suspicion.”
Fine. Time to call that cursed system.
Lin closed his eyes and began cursing out loud.
“Hey you useless tin can. What kind of system brings someone into a new world without giving him the host’s memories or even a simple map?”
He was just getting started, ready to unload everything he had until a notification appeared in front of him with a smug smiling face:
[To purchase this body’s memories, pay 100 points.]
His eyebrows shot up.
“What? Every transmigrator gets memories for free. You are scamming me.”
But he quickly realized arguing with a digital piece of junk was pointless. He sighed and asked for the price of a map.
System: [To purchase a world map, pay 200 points.]
Lin clenched his teeth.
“This is robbery in broad daylight, you scrap heap.”
This is pure ragebait. Still fuming, he gave up arguing with the useless system and decided to just finish his work. He began cleaning the spacious room with its king sized bed, enormous mirror, and wardrobe overflowing with expensive clothes.
This is boring. I didn’t even do this in my own world.
My mom was always responsible for that.
Shit, my downfall from a top student to a servant has to be studied.
Soon after, while he worked, a shelf piled high with books immediately caught his attention.
While dusting it, his hand bumped into a book and knocked it to the floor.
He bent down and picked it up. The title immediately caught his attention:
“Fundamentals of Basic Magic.”
A sly smile formed on his face. It seemed fate had given him a chance.
He opened the book and skimmed through.
“Mana is the source of all things...”
“Blah blah blah. The same boring introduction every magic world uses.”
But the next part was interesting.
“To master mana sensing, close your eyes and imagine the flow of energy surrounding you.”
Lin inhaled deeply and tried it. At first he felt nothing.
Then suddenly, mana erupted around him.
It roared like a wild ocean, flooding into him unnaturally, as if he were a black hole devouring life.
Lin had no idea that what he had just done would bring him disaster soon.
[Bloodline analysis in progress]
[Update complete]
A new window appeared:
[Status Window]
Name: Lin Noctarien (Transmigrator)
Clan: Noctarien (Partially Sealed)
Age: 13
Level: 1 → 6
Strength: 5 → 20
Agility: 8 → 25
Endurance: 10 → 28
Mana: 20 → 100
Blessing: Inactive
[Skill Acquired]
Mana Gluttony (F): An abnormal ability to absorb mana extremely fast and convert it into internal energy.
“What?”
I was expecting a small benefit but this was insane.
I had absorbed massive amounts of mana in just four hours.
Geniuses in this world needed months.
But before he could think further, Camellia called out to him.
“Lin, are you done?”
He jumped and quickly returned the book to its place.
“I just need to clean the dust from the books.”
Camellia gave him a suspicious look.
“You are late today. You usually finish your work in two hours.”
Lin lowered his head, forcing a weary expression.
“I’m just a bit tired today,” he mumbled.
Camellia raised an eyebrow, clearly unconvinced, but she didn’t press the matter.
“Fine. Come help me bring food to the Matriarch.”
Lin stepped forward. “Yes, sis.”
Together they carried the dishes into the family hall. Lin placed a plate down just as the Matriarch entered with her husband Arin, their daughter Frosita, and her brother Silvern.
As Lin turned his back his eyes met Frosita’s and he froze.
She was smiling at him.
A smile that wasn’t cute or childish but seductive and full of lust, piercing through his heart.
“Why do I feel like a mouse under a microscope?
Are the symptoms starting already?
I have not even spoken to her yet...”
The system interrupted him.
[Target identified]
[Mission start: Gain Frosita’s favor]
[You have ten days to raise her affection to seventy percent]
[Current affection: thirty percent]
Lin silently gasped. Then he read the next line and nearly slammed his head into the wall.
[Mission failure penalty: Nightmare One will activate. You will be unable to sleep for twenty days.]
Damn.
What am I expecting from this piece of junk?
“Of course.
This is a shojo world.
Of course it’s full of nonsense.”
While he cursed his horrible fate, another notification appeared.
[Side mission activated: Shojo Touch]
[Condition: Kiss the heroine Frosita] 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
[Reward: plus thirty percent affection and fifty extra points]
Kiss?
“You cursed system. Are you insane?”
Lin clenched his teeth and screamed inside his mind.
“You monster! You want to throw me into prison. This is insane! You expect me to kiss a twelve year old girl while I’m nineteen? Have you lost your mind?”
[Warning: refusing the mission will reduce your points and immediately trigger Nightmare One]
[Good luck my precious romantic hero]
Lin’s hands trembled as he forced himself to stay calm.
“Damn that old witch...
That crazy author who wrote this cursed story.
I know you are watching me. Are you enjoying my suffering?”
Then an idea formed.
A wicked smile spread across his face.
“Well... if I am inside this novel, then there must be a way to turn it upside down.”
He clenched his fist and whispered:
“Fine old witch. You want me to be the hero of this shojo mess.
Very well. But I do not play heroes or villains.
I will become something new.”
“I will become its ending.”
Its ending, you cursed witch.
At this moment Lin was starting to be driven insane by this bullshit Shojo system.
