"Lucian, say ahhh."

  Lucian's father, or rather, my father says as he shovels a forkful of eggs into my mouth.

  'System, save me.'

  I beg the system to no avail, as the skills it so graciously "gifted" me force my body to graciously accept the food with a smile on my face.

  It’s a gender-reversed world, right? One where men are supposed to be pampered by women.

  "Ahhh."

  Chew. Chew. Chew.

  I should be fed by a beautiful woman, right?

  So why the hell am I being fed by another man?!

  "You need to eat lots in order to stay handsome like Daddy, y'know? And…"

  He leans in closer, whispering directly into my ear.

  "To grow bigger down there too."

  "Kyaa!"

  The sound escapes me before I can stop it and I instantly sp both hands over my mouth.

  "I-I'm done eating! I'm going upstairs!"

  I shoot up from the dining room chair, nearly knocking it over, and sprinting up the stairs. I run into the bathroom and sm the door behind me.

  "Hahh...Shit. It's all over. I blushed and screamed like a little girl."

  [It was very charming, Pyer.]

  "Oh you shut up." I say to the system.

  "This is all your fault in the first pce." I colpse weakly onto the floor, devoid of any life, having lost my will to live.

  [System Update! Objective Completed: Eat Breakfast.]

  [Item Obtained: Skill Ticket (Common) ]

  "Huh?" I gnce up at the stupid blue window hovering above me. "An Item? What does it do?"

  [Item:

  Skill Ticket (Common)

  →Draws a random (Common) skill. ]

  "Shit, really?" I stand back up, rejuvenated.

  [Yes Pyer. How else would I conveniently hand you new abilities.]

  "Well let's use it then!"

  [Item Used: Skill Ticket (Common)]

  [Obtained Skill:

  Teary-Eyed → Eyes naturally gloss over when frustrated.]

  "Wow, impressive. I can tell it's working already." I say, looking into the mirror, the tears in my eyes distorting my vision.

  [The Pyer has no right to be picky about handouts.]

  "Yeah yeah, whatever." I mutter, wiping the tears from my eyes.

  Looking more closely into the mirror, Lucian really is handsome. Sure there was art of him from the original game, but none of it compared to seeing it in real life.

  A soft but defined jawline, porcein-smooth skin, golden blonde hair, and eyes that somehow give him a perpetually innocent or embarrassed look. It's too bad he's a complete idiot, I would be jealous of how handsome he was. If I didn't become him that is.

  "Hey, System. Are you ever going to give me any actual skills, or will you just keep prettying me up with that junk?"

  [Sure.]

  "Fantastic. Great answer."

  Knock knock knock

  "Lucian! You alright in there?"

  I hear Lucian's father call out to me, the sudden noise nearly triggering another one of these worthless skills.

  "A-ah I'm alright, just using the bathroom!" I quickly reply, hoping he doesn't grow suspicious, although knowing Lucian's father and his level of intelligence, it's really unlikely.

  "Huh, alright. I just thought I heard you talking in there." He says before presumably going back downstairs.

  I quickly flush the toilet to make my lie more believable before leaving the bathroom and going back downstairs, where I spot Lucian's father clearing the table.

  "Oh hey dear, you feeling better?" He says, noticing my return from the bathroom.

  "You must be nervous right? It's only natural, after all, tomorrows a big day."

  "Uh, yeah."

  'Wait, big day?'

  "S-Sorry, did you say big day?"

  "Yeah! You're leaving for the Academy tomorrow. Sniff, I can't believe my boy's leaving me already." She replies, wiping a tear from her eyes.

  'Shit'

  "I gotta use the bathroom!" I yell as I'm running up the stairs back into the bathroom.

  "System, tell me right now, what's the date?"

  [January 25th, 2032]

  One day before the start of the main story.

  SemiPickle