Jax woke slowly.
Warm.
Heavy.
Comfortable.
For several quiet seconds, he simply stared up at the ceiling trying to remember where exactly he was.
Then reality returned all at once.
One arm lay trapped beneath Bunny, who had somehow wrapped herself around him like an affectionate oversized rabbit plush.
Llandra rested quietly against his other side, one hand lightly curled against his chest even in sleep.
Across him—
Zee and Nyxian had both apparently decided personal space was fictional.
Nyxian's leg rested possessively across his waist while Zee slept peacefully against his shoulder.
Sunlight filtered softly through the tall suite windows.
Late morning maybe.
Jax exhaled slowly.
"…Huh."
The memories hit next.
The laughter.
The closeness.
The vulnerability.
The long emotional conversations that slowly became kisses.
The kisses that became something deeper.
And eventually—
somewhere during the middle of the night—
the uncertainty between them disappeared completely.
They had gone to sleep one way.
They woke up as something else entirely.
Jax stared quietly at the ceiling a little longer.
Then one thought surfaced clearly above all others.
I want to do something nice for them.
Carefully—
painfully carefully—
he started untangling himself from the sleeping disaster around him.
Every movement felt like diffusing a bomb.
Bunny tightened around his arm once.
Nyxian's hand drifted lower in her sleep.
Jax immediately froze.
"…That is a part of my body I'd prefer to keep functional."
Nyxian made a sleepy amused sound but thankfully relaxed again.
Eventually—
through determination, strategy, and divine luck—
he escaped.
Barely.
The suite living room looked catastrophic.
Cushions everywhere.
Blankets on the floor.
Furniture slightly displaced.
One lamp somehow sideways.
Jax stared at the aftermath quietly.
"…Fair."
After dressing, he contacted:
the inn lobby
the restaurant kitchens
and one of the flower vendors near the market district
An hour later:
breakfast arrived
flowers arrived
coffee arrived
and Jax carefully arranged everything himself
Fresh fruit.
Warm bread.
Pancakes.
Omelets.
Sweet pastries.
Juice.
Coffee.
Enough food to feed an army.
Or four women with rapidly increasing stats apparently.
He was placing the final flower when the bedroom door slowly opened.
Llandra emerged first wearing one of his oversized shirts.
Nyxian followed beside her wearing another.
And absolutely nothing else.
Nyxian immediately smirked.
"I was briefly concerned you vanished after corrupting four innocent women."
Jax blinked.
"…That feels slightly dramatic."
"Slightly."
Llandra's eyes drifted toward the table.
Then softened immediately.
"You did all this?"
Jax shrugged lightly.
"I wanted to say thank you."
Llandra reached him first.
No hesitation this time.
She wrapped both arms around him gently before kissing him softly.
"Good morning," she whispered.
Nyxian stepped directly into his personal space afterward.
"Good morning, beloved."
Then immediately squeezed his ass.
Jax physically jumped.
Nyxian looked deeply satisfied with herself.
Bunny and Zee emerged moments later both looking:
sleepy
happy
and devastatingly adorable
Especially Bunny whose ears twitched happily the moment she smelled breakfast.
"Oh my gods."
She immediately tackled Jax into a hug.
"YOU GOT PANCAKES."
"For you specifically."
"I love you."
The words came out instantly.
Naturally.
Without thinking.
The room became quiet for half a second.
Then Bunny froze.
"…Oh."
Jax smiled softly.
"…Good."
Her ears turned bright red.
Breakfast became chaos shortly afterward.
Comfortable chaos.
Laughing.
Stealing food off each other's plates.
Nyxian intentionally feeding Jax bites just to embarrass him.
Zee quietly smiling into her coffee.
Llandra somehow remaining elegant despite wearing only one of Jax's shirts.
Eventually though—
Llandra frowned slightly.
"…Have any of you checked your notifications?"
Bunny blinked.
"I muted mine."
"We all did," Zee admitted.
Nyxian casually opened hers.
Then slowly sat upright.
"…Oh."
Jax immediately recognized that tone.
"…Good oh or bad oh?"
Nyxian turned the screen toward him.
iPOINTS LEVEL UP
TOTAL iPOINTS GAINED: 1069
AVAILABLE BONUS STAT POINTS: 106
NEW SKILL SLOTS AVAILABLE: 5
NEW EVOLUTION SKILLS AVAILABLE: 8
Silence.
Complete silence.
Then Bunny screamed.
The suite exploded into chaos instantly.
"ONE HUNDRED SIX?!"
"That can't be real!"
"I have legendary evolution options!"
"My mana reserves almost doubled!"
Zee nearly dropped her coffee.
Llandra looked genuinely stunned for once in her life.
Nyxian looked spiritually fulfilled.
"This," she declared proudly, "is the greatest system ever created."
Jax laughed quietly watching their excitement.
Then finally opened his own screen.
His smile faded slightly.
LEVEL: 1
Experience: 1,000,000+
STATUS:
LEVEL CAP UNCHANGED
Jax frowned.
Still level one.
Even after:
the dragon
the system growth
the iPoints
everything
Nothing changed.
Interesting.
Then another voice interrupted his thoughts.
"…Jax?"
He looked up.
Nyxian stared at her own screen now.
"What exactly is Shadow Summoning?"
Jax blinked.
"…You have that too?"
"It appeared under shared evolution paths."
The room quieted instantly.
Jax slowly nodded.
"It lets me create shadow copies of dead creatures I defeat."
Llandra blinked sharply.
"…You mean the dragon."
"I mean Dante, yes."
The girls froze.
Bunny's ears stood straight upright.
"You named the dragon?!"
"That felt important at the time."
Llandra leaned forward slowly.
"Jax… summoning a shadow copy of an S-Class Flame Dragon should be impossible."
Jax shrugged slightly.
"I already did it."
"No," she stressed carefully, "I mean literally impossible."
Zee nodded slowly.
"You would need god-tier mana reserves."
"And be over level one-fifty," Llandra finished.
Silence settled softly.
Then Bunny asked:
"…What level ARE you exactly?"
Jax rubbed the back of his neck.
"…One."
The girls stared at him.
Nyxian blinked once.
"…Dragondung."
"I'm serious."
Zee frowned deeply.
"But your strength…"
"And your speed," Llandra added.
"And your endurance," Nyxian said smugly.
Bunny tilted her head.
"…You punched a dragon's head off."
Jax nodded weakly.
"…Yeah that keeps coming up."
Silence settled again.
Then Nyxian spoke carefully.
"…Can we see your status screen?"
Jax blinked.
"We can do that?"
"If the user allows it."
Jax hesitated briefly.
Then shrugged.
"…Sure."
Honestly?
He trusted them.
That realization surprised them slightly.
The girls gathered around behind him as he opened the screen.
Then—
everything stopped.
Strength: 999+
Speed: 999+
Agility: 999+
Accuracy: 999+
Perception: 999+
Endurance: 999+
Intelligence: 999+
Mana Control: 999+
Luck: 999+
Charisma: 99+ ***
Beauty: 50+ ***
WARNING:
Further increases may overwhelm mortal psychology.
Possible side effects include:
• Mass hypnosis
• Obsessive attraction
• Emotional destabilization
The room went completely silent.
Zee whispered first.
"…Those numbers shouldn't exist."
Llandra stared in disbelief.
"…Your system was never designed for someone like you."
Bunny looked toward him softly.
"That's why you don't level up."
Nyxian slowly smiled.
"…Because you're already maxed out."
Jax stared quietly at his own screen.
"…I don't think my system measures growth the same way yours do."
Nyxian leaned closer reading the warning text again.
Then lightly touched his shoulder.
"…If those stats affected us last night?"
Her smile softened slightly.
"I don't mind."
Jax immediately looked alarmed.
"I was NOT trying to magically seduce anyone."
Nyxian burst out laughing.
"I know, beloved."
Then after a small pause:
"…Which somehow makes it worse."
Llandra folded her arms.
"But it means something important."
Everyone looked toward her.
"With Jax beside us…"
She smiled slowly.
"…there may truly be nothing we cannot accomplish."
Bunny nodded immediately.
"We can do anything."
Zee smiled warmly beside them.
"We'll become strong together."
Nyxian leaned comfortably against Jax's shoulder.
Then smirked.
"…Well. Almost anything."
Jax narrowed his eyes.
"…What now?"
"You still can't level past one."
The girls burst out laughing instantly.
Even Jax finally laughed too.
And for the first time since arriving in this world—
he truly stopped feeling alone.