[Quest 2: An Intimate Mutant]: Raise the Mutant's affection toward you to Trust to unlock the next stage of the quest. Quest rewards: Zuo Zuo's affection +20, trust +20, EXP 2,000, special reward x1
Lynn's expression froze as the system notification rang in his ears.
Another quest triggered!
And this one looked like a relationship-building quest with branching options!
Lynn read the quest text carefully, then looked at Zuo Zuo's enticing, flushed face before him, and his heart fluttered.
In other words, the system's quests now offered him two choices. The first quest clearly took a dark route. The description alone told him that if he really followed it, Zuo Zuo would probably end up as his personal plaything, or... (a certain word that couldn't be spoken).
The second quest should be the normal route: raising her affection normally, deepening their relationship, and eventually becoming something like best friends...
Lynn: "..."
So...
Had the Dark World really turned into a relationship sim?
Lynn exhaled and rubbed his temples with a wry smile, then rolled over and sprawled on the bed with his limbs spread, closing his eyes.
"All right."
"I choose the second option."
He didn't hesitate at all.
Because if this really were just a game, he might have tried the first quest to experience that forbidden, morally dubious route. But this wasn't a game, and he wasn't a player.
This was a dark, real world.
Fantasizing about turning Zuo Zuo into his personal plaything was one thing, but actually doing it would make him less than human, wouldn't it?
So he chose the second option.
Because life didn't give you a chance to reload a save and start over.
Lynn reached out and summoned his robe, wrapping Zuo Zuo's petite body snugly in it before covering