A man is seen running through a dark corridor, running away from something that seems to be a black mass chasing after him.
He reaches a dead end as he pulls out a rifle, aiming toward the wall but as soon as he reaches a certain distance from it, he found himself falls down through a hole.
The man slides till he finally reaches a room outside, landing onto the ground, hurting his bottom in the process.
He also found that the black mass is also no longer chasing after him as he stands up, looking around the room, "Th-this is…"
He sees pillars and fountains of various shapes, with water flowing all over the place. He also sees an island across the bodies of water, connected by a single path with a goblet in the middle of it.
As he reaches the island, he quickly takes a look inside the goblet, shocked as he sees something inside of it, "I… I've found it…"
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A female in blue jacket and blue cap on her head is standing outside of a huge ruin, pacing back and forth as she mutters to herself, "What took him so long?"
The man walks out of the place, slowly as he calls her out, "X!"
She quickly turns toward him, running toward him in a hurry, "Shraffe, where have you been!?"
"Where else? I was inside the ruin. Did you know how many stuff I found there that try to kill me?"
X carves a smile on her face, "You're crazy; you know that, right?"
"If I am not crazy, I won't be finding this thing."
He quickly takes out a huge gem, replying with a smile, "This thing must be super expensive."
"Well, we should just appraise this thing an-"
"Still," he interrupts her, "I can't help it but think that there is more to this stone. I can feel a huge magic within this."
"What should we do then?"
"Let's meet the Magic Artifact Department first."
"Let's not wait then!" X turns around, ready to walk away.
Shraffe slowly whispers, "Hey, can you help me with something?"
"Hm?" she turns toward him.
He quickly falls onto the ground, startling her, "Sh-Shraffe?"
He tries to reach for her, muttering with a tone of pain in his voice, "Can you… help me walking… I haven't been stopping for the whole hour… I'm in there…"
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They are now standing in front of a man that seems to be looking at the gem with a magnifying glass.
The location right now is at some sort of counter with various lines. There is a sign on top that says 'MAGIC DEPARTMENT'.
He is inspecting carefully as he mutters, "This gem… where did you get this?"
Shraffe quickly responds, "We took it from that ruin at the south… what was the name again? Ah, yeah. It's called… um… Hare Temple… I guess?"
"Harem Temple."
A man in suit appears from behind as he speaks up to the pair, "People always forgot the letter 'm' in the name of that ruin. You must have found out about the name from the signboard that points out toward it. That board is so old already that the letter 'm' disappeared after some time."
He then notices of the gem as he asks them, somehow look a lot different; losing his smile, "Y-you took that thing… from the ruin?"
"Yeah. What's up with that?" Shraffe asks him, confused by his tone.
"That's impossible. There are just way too many impossible traps there…"
"Yeah…. I had to use some of my abilities to break through some of them. Overall, those traps just being too cliché and too predictable."
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" the man quickly grabs him by his collar, "YOU HAVE ENDANGERED US ALL!"
"What are you talking about?"
The man ignores him, "When you touched that gem… did it… did it shined?"
"Brightly."
"B-brightly?"
"Undoubtedly."
The man quickly throws him away, turning toward the staring crowd, "EVERYBODY, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! CODE BLACK! TELL THE DEFENSIVE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE FOR A WAR! HIDE YOUR KIDS! HIDE YOUR WIVES! HIDE YOUR HUSBANDS! THEY ARE COMING FOR THEM!"
"YOU!" he points out toward Shraffe, "FOLLOW ME!"
He walks toward the door, with Shraffe and X simply shrug, following him from behind.
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The man is now sitting near his desk, with the two are standing in front of him. On his desk is a sign that says 'DIRECTOR' on it.
The man inhales first as he looks at the two, "First off, who are you guys supposed to be?"
Shraffe speaks up, "I am Shraffe Kyu, a treasure hunter. She is my platonic life partner, X."
X responds, "I am not his life partner, and I just follow him around, leeching off his money."
"You seem to be proud of that."
"And you have no shame of turning me into your 'life partner'."
"Enough!" the director shouts, "Do you know what this gem is?" he shows the two the gem he found earlier.
"Nope," he shakes his head, "That's like pretty much why we came here in the first place."
"Did you know that we at the Magic Department purposely let this thing stays in the ruin. We even reinforced some of the traps."
The two turned pissed with her shouting, "Why would you do that!? It's dangerous! People can die there!"
Shraffe turns toward her, "It's a ruin. It is supposed to be life-threatening," he turns back toward the director, "What I want to know is why one EARTH WOULD YOU REINFORCED THAT THING!? ARE THOSE CREEPY WORMS YOURS!? THAT THING LOOKS LIKE GIANT WRIGGLY PENIS! THAT'S WAY TOO CREEPY FOR A TRAP!"
"P-penis?" X seems horrified.
"LET US NOT TALK ABOUT THAT ANYMORE, SHALL WE!?"
BANG!
The director stands up after hitting the table as speaks out loud, "This gem is called the Mark of Approval. This is a really important magical artifact and in fact, sentient enough to shine whenever a chosen one touches it."
"Chosen one?" the two mutters in unison, confused and intrigued.
"Do you know about alternate universes?"
X speaks up, "I heard of that. I'm from one."
"What?" the man turns toward her.
Shraffe mutters, "I was playing around with a magic circle one time. And then I just summoned her."
"That's how I ended up in this world," X continues, "I adapted with this place real fast. It's not that different from my world, though."
"Then you already know a lot of thing. There's no need for further explanation," the man mutters, "Now, this gem appears throughout various worlds. All of them have similar functions; to find a chosen of each world."
"Why would that be? Who are those chosen ones supposed to be?" X asks him.
"Each of them is a candidate of the Great Harem War."
"I'm sorry, what?" Shraffe stares at him with a blank expression.
"Great Harem War. This thing only happens once in a lifetime. It has been prophesized that when each world has its own chosen ones throughout space and time, the war will immediately begin. Each chosen one will have to collect harems from different worlds and defend their own harems. They will also have to eliminate each other. At the end of the war, all worlds will be reborn anew with the last one standing become the king of all worlds."
"I see. How bad this shitty war could be? From what I could perceive, it's a war for a bunch of lustful losers going all over the world, seducing women and somehow win? I don't really get the whole idea of this."
"Of course you don't, you piece of shit," the man seems pissed at him, "The chosen one can be ranged from a simple loser like you or a warlord! A rapist warlord! I have a family, you know!? I have a wife and three daughters! Those asshats from other worlds will come here and RAVAGED MY FAMILY, DID YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING!?"
"Still… what about the military? It's just one guy one world, right? There's no way there would, like, make a pact or something, right?"
"YOU CUNTING BASTARD! CAN'T YOU GET A FUCKING CLUE ALREADY!? HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO KILL EACH OTHER IF YOU CAN ONLY THROW ROCKS AT EACH OTHER!? YOU DON'T! THOSE STONES WILL GIVE YOU POWERS BEYOND REALITY!"
"I… I see… This does sounds horrible…"
X just looks away, "Just say yes already. A pervert like you will surely say yes to this playboy scheme."
"Am I look like a pervert?"
"Yes. Undoubtedly."
"You fucking bitch! Do you even have a proof?"
"You kept porn under your bed."
"That's for research purpose!"
"Biology?"
"No! I was researching for this thing called sex magic! It's a rare form of magic!"
"Why do you learn such thing again?"
Shraffe tries to answer the question, but quickly notices, "Owh… now I see…"
The director mutters, "Anyway, you will also be responsible of keeping this world off from any penishead invaders that try to violate ladies of this world."
Shraffe sighs, "Sounds hard. I had to find ladies and make them my harem, and also defend ladies here? I don't think I can do everything all at once."
"You want my help?" X suggests.
"Nope. I need you to save my ass in the other worlds. You are clearly a better fighter than me."
"Fine then, since you asked me nicely. Make sure you provide me with sufficient mana."
"Is that supposed to be sex?"
X quickly blushes in shock, "Wh-where did you get that idea!?"
"I don't know. I just… I read from wiki about this one visual novel that one way to replenish mana is by having sex."
"That… is actually one way to do that…" she mutters, still blushing, "But let's not jumping the gun here…"
He just glares at her trying to look away, "Why are you blushing?"
The director sighs once more, "Now, let's talk about transportation. How are you going to go to other worlds?"
Shraffe seems dumbfounded. He turns toward X, who just shrugs and pulls out a bracelet from his bag, putting it around his hand as he smashes the wall nearby, cracking it as black void can be seen from the other side.
"Wh-what was- Is that glove the God's Hand?"
"Apparently so. I found it in that ruin at the west."
"THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE GATE TEMPLE! YOU BREAK INTO THE TEMPLE TOO!?"
"Ah…" he realizes something, "Now I see. I always wonder why some ruins are a bit harder than others…"
"WHAT ELSE DID YOU STOLE!?"
X glares at him as he just shrugs, "Some of them are empty."
The director is been broken when he decided to slams his head repeatedly till blood floods the room as he mutters, "Just.. go… go and never come back…"
"What about your wife? Your daughters?"
"Just… take them, okay?"
"Okay then," he walks away.
He reaches the door with X mutters at him, "Weird how he simply gives up his family for their safety."
"That's what we call family love. Some men willingly to do anything for the sake of their family. Including giving away them toward a young man he despised the most as his harem."
The director quickly realizes this as he shouts, running toward him, "WAIT, NO! I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!"
And thus the adventure of a man going all over the place, looking for ladies to be his harem begins.
Yes, this story is bad. This story is made at the lowest point of the author's brain when he just don't care anymore.
Next: Fate world. Shraffe goes there, getting ladies, beating up the chosen one, win. Happy end.
