High pitched cheers and giggles could be heard from every corner of the kingdom from when the sun was down to when it rose from its slumber, the maids looked up at the room the noises came from, it was the queen cuddling her new born again. Which was completely fine. If she wasn't being so loud about it.
Stephen crawled around like the toddler he was, within his mind was a bunch of thoughts and decisions being made in rapid succession but since his mother was currently in the room he had to entertain her somehow. At least till she fell asleep or left. "System, when does this end?"
A flash of light pushed upon Stephens face and a camera noise was made. The system made an audible snicker. "Imagine... a twenty year old.. crawling around."
"Okay. You got me there." He stopped crawling around, "But wait. I have some questions."
"What do you want to know?"
"When coming to this world or before everything changed in my world I met a naked woman."
"You mean the Goddess of life and death?"
"Hm?"
"The person you met is our Goddess, she sends lost souls to different worlds that need saving. She rarely sends anyone to a game. This might actually be the first time that has ever happened." The system stopped as if in thought. "You said you saw her naked?"
Stephen nodded.
"That explains it." The system made the same finger clicking noise. "You basically put yourself here."
"I didn't remove her clothes. She was naked when I got there." Stephen made the argument.
"Did you stare?"
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"Maybe..." He blurted out.
"Yep. You put yourself here and you can't go out unless you complete the tasks given to you."
"You mean saving the country from ruin? If I remember correctly, the main character does that mid-game by creating a peace treaty with an opposing nation's king."
"Well. Thats a part of it I guess."
"What do you mean... part of it?" He asked and his mother got up from the chair she sat on, grabbing him by her arms and putting him over her shoulder.
She was a towering figure, not just to his miniature stature, but to everyone. Standing at a tall 6'1, with breasts so large they looked like weights. With stark blonde hair, and blue eyes. All traits she passed to him. Despite being in her early forties, she was still beautiful.
So much so, that if she wasn't his biological mother. He might've had to break the game to find a route that involved her.
"Who's my little baby. Oh, you are—oh you are!"
"I am!" Stephen shouted out, but coughed when he realized what he had just done. "I implore you forget that ever happened system."
"I am!" His voice replayed and the system chuckled. "I got it on video, this is so gonna blow up on dead-tube."
"Delete that... please." Stephen surrendered as he was being walked across the room. Then as she continued moving, he hiccuped.
"Do you wanna burp, oh, baby. Do you want to burp. Mommy is going to burp you, okay." She sat down, facing Stephen away from her, rubbing against his back.
"I do not want to burp woman!" Stephen shouted, but that only sounded as giggles to the ear of his mother. "Before we get too far off topic. What do you mean thats not my only task?"
"There are a multitude of tasks you will undergo I believe the Goddess mentioned this."
["If you don't want to die do everything he tells you."]
"Oh yeah, I do remember her saying something like —" Milk poured out of his mouth mid sentence, and onto the towel his mother put to his mouth. "I actually feel much better now, thank you mother."
"I know I was laughing last time but now its genuinely concerning."
"Shut up!" Stephen shouted, as he was set down into his cradle by his mother. "What kinds of tasks can I get? Apart from saving the kingdom."
"Well, you know the fifteen heroines in the world?"
"Yes, I remember them."
"You're going to have to make each one fall in love with you, same way you did in the game."
"Oh, so I get multiple save files. Cool."
"Hahahaha." The system laughed, looking at Stephen. "Oh you're serious? You don't get save files. You have one file. This one."
His mother walked out of the room, waving at him. Which was good because he wasn't sure the obscenities he was going to shout would translate well in baby terms. "So let me get this straight."
"Yes."
"I'm supposed to stop the collapse of a kingdom."
"Yes."
"Whilst getting a harem of fifteen women."
"Yes."
"And there are still other tasks that you could give me."
"Yes."
"Are you ugly in person?"
"Yes." The system blurted out before he heard what Stephen had actually said.
"Haha I got you good!"
"Oh you sure did." The system remarked. Before going silent.
"Oh don't be a downer." Stephen started. "Haha... system? System?"
The system didn't respond.
Stephen called out to the system once more, while on surface level it might've seemed like he was sad at the loss of his friend, fearing that he'd be alone for years to come, it was quite the opposite.
"Did I finally lose him?" He got up on his cradle, fuck taking his first steps this was about to be his first dance move.
"Starting from age 16. You will have 400 days to make Claris Granbelm fall in love with you." The system whispered, a successful attempt at ruining his mood.
His dance immediately turned sour and the reality of the situation dawned on him, he would die if he didn't accomplish this task. But not to worry, he was armed with previously working dialogue. "I should be fine... hopefully."