In a single-room apartment with the lights off, Aarya was sitting in front of his computer playing games. Morning was approaching, but he had spent the entire night and day engrossed in various games and movies, a usual routine to unwind on weekends. He was studying mechanical engineering at a university.
"FUCK THIS STUPID GAME! " Aarya yelled and reached for the keyboard, contemplating smashing it on the table. However, he reconsidered, placed the keyboard back down, and sighed, "I hate snipers."
His outburst was triggered by a string of six consecutive losses in a ranked FPS game he had been playing for years, leading to a drop in his rank.
Deciding to try something different, he closed the game and started browsing the internet for new options. Usually into battle royale games and FPS, he acknowledged his lack of skill in them but kept playing, nonetheless. This time, he opted to play an RPG instead. He had played some in the past, but they got boring as he progressed. Yet, the initial level-ups and stage clears gave him a sense of achievement, which he needed after his recent setbacks.
While searching, he stumbled upon a suspicious website called freerpgonline.com.
"Seriously, scammers need to put in more effort. Who would fall for this?" Aarya scoffed at the scammers behind the site, but curiosity got the better of him, and he clicked on it.
"Must be people like me." He answered his own question in his mind.
The site requested age verification first, displaying an animated image of three women. In the middle was a beautiful girl in medieval attire with a floating water orb above her hand. On the left, a girl in a futuristic skin-tight suit with a blaster, and on the right, a girl in tattered modern clothing with a shotgun. Below the animation, a warning stated, 'Only suitable for ages 18 and above, contains explicit content.'
Aarya clicked the verification button and gained access to the main page of the site. There, he found three options, each with a picture of one of the girls from the age verification page, along with the respective genres written below them: "Sci-fi" below the futuristic girl, "Magic Fantasy" below the girl in medieval clothing, and "Zombie Apocalypse" below the girl in tattered clothes.
Aarya chose the magic fantasy option. As a new page loaded, he saw a prize wheel with various rewards. "Please spin the wheel for winning in-game prizes," it said.
Aarya chuckled and remarked, "Free prizes should come after I've logged in or filled in character information." Nonetheless, He spun the wheel, watching it slow down and land on a prize of 400 skill points. The wheel also had other rewards like 1000 skill point magic items and potions.
After claiming his prize, a new page appeared, prompting him to buy in-game skills with the skill points he won. "Ha, are there any out-of-game skills?" he joked, amused by the game's options.
The page displayed numerous skills, and Aarya noticed they were categorized based on levels and prices. "They made the main page so simple, but there's so much work here." Aarya said.
Examining the skill grades, he murmured to himself, "Common for 5 SP, uncommon 10SP, rare 20SP, epic 40SP, legendary 80SP, and mythic 160SP. Oh, and the EX rank for 320 points."
With 400 skill points in hand, Aarya decided to choose one EX rank and one legendary skill. He filtered for EX rank skills and saw only ten options, they included skills named 'Immortality', 'Sex slave system', 'God of lust' and with one particularly intriguing skill called 'Internet.' Its description mentioned access to all the information present on the internet and the ability to purchase things from it to use within the game.
Curious about how it would work, Aarya purchased the 'Internet' skill. However, he couldn't help but notice the numerous sex-related skills in the game. He decided to search for legendary skills like them and was surprised to find only one skill named 'Orgasm for Money.'
Amused by the simplicity of the names, he clicked on the skill and read the description, "Make somebody orgasm, receive 600 points, and if somebody makes you orgasm, get 400 points. These points can be converted into in-game currency."
Chuckling, Aarya commented, "They really didn't put much thought into this. This is probably a scam for horny virgins." Nevertheless, he went ahead and purchased the skill.
Once all his skill points were spent, the game's start page with a golden 'Play' Option appeared.just as Aarya clicked the button on play his vision blurred, his head grew heavy losing conscious he thought to himself 'fuck i shouldn't have played for this long.'. His vision got dark, his head smashed into the keyboard.
'Thanks for choosing to play.' was written on the computer screen before it shut down.
As the morning sunlight invaded the room, it fell on the face of a kid still deep in sleep. Irritated by the disturbance, he mumbled, "Who opened the curtains?" The boy grumbled with his eyes closed, hiding his face under the blanket. It was Aarya who had transmigrated into this kid's body.
'But curtains were closed yesterday and I live alone.' Aarya thought as he sat up, now concerned that someone might have broken into his apartment while he was sleeping. However, as he surveyed the unfamiliar room, he realized he was no longer in his own space.
"Where am I? Whose room is this?" Aarya mumbled, trying to make sense of the situation. The room was much larger than his apartment, adorned with creamy white walls embellished with golden vines, flowers, and leaves, reminiscent of a noble chamber from medieval times.
In his confusion, he noticed that he was now dressed in white pajamas, and he felt a skinnier physique than his usual self. Eager to see his reflection, he moved toward the mirror on the left side of the bed.
Staring back at him from the mirror was the face of a kid with black shoulder-length hair, striking light blue eyes, and a skinny but very cute face. Aarya's eyes widened in shock at the unexpected sight.