Son of Eros

Chapter 4 Character Growth

Plop! Lila's towel, the only piece of cloth around her naked body, hit the floor like a wet slap, pooling around her ankles.

And there she was, my bitch of an elder sister, buck-ass naked, not three feet from where I was hiding under her bed.

Obviously, I couldn't see all of her, just the calves and feet. But it didn't change the irremediable fact that Lila was in the nude!

My heart slammed against my ribs like never before. I felt really weird. First of all, I had never seen female genitalia before my eyes. My best experience with unclothed women was swimsuit girls when the Osbournes went on a beach trip, and I was dragged along as a handyman servant.

Dust bunnies tickled my nose, and I bit my lip hard to stifle a sneeze. This was bad. Real bad. If Lila found me, it'd be game over in the Osbourne family. Gregory would flay me alive, and Gemina would probably set the wild dogs on me.

My panic and fear were suddenly countered by another feeling. It was as if my brain short-circuited, and Lila became an object for me.

I wasn't supposed to look. I mean, she was family and off-limits, right? Even though we weren't blood-related. Or at least, the Osbournes pretended to the world that we were.

Now, I wanted to look and therefore, strained my neck. From my crappy angle, I caught a few glimpses. Lila had long, toned legs that seemed to go on forever, leading to hips that I couldn't see yet. Probably five foot ten.

My elder sister was a kook, but she spent half her allowance on yoga classes and private trainers just to stay in terribly good shape.

While Lila's visible calves moved around the room, I imagined what I remembered of her appearance. My elder sister preferred leggings. Her ass was probably round and firm, perfect for her height. It jiggled just enough when she shifted her weight while passing rude comments at me.

My jeans tightened, and I started sweating, feeling disgusted with myself. Guilt crashed over me. It's your sister, Pan!

I argued with myself logically. Isn't Lila one of the monsters who keyed Father's car and laughed while I got whipped? Shouldn't I get back at her by stealing a glimpse of her exposed tits and ass? That'll teach her to mess with me.

My dick didn't care about family drama anyway. It throbbed, demanding attention, and suddenly, I had a hard erection. It was stronger than anything I had ever experienced. Everything went fuzzy and gooey on the inside as if I were transforming into something else.

A pressure built in my chest, as if I had swallowed a live wire. My vision blurred, buffered, and glitched like a TV screen. Then everything became calm and silent.

Ding! A blue screen popped into my head. It was not a hallucination; it looked pretty real, like a hologram. It had glowing letters as high-definition as a video game HUD, floating right in front of my eyes.

[DIVINE BLOOD HAS BEEN TRIGGERED]

[THE PLANET'S ENVIRONMENT IS UNSUITABLE FOR FULL MANIFESTATION] [ADAPTING TO HOST INTERFACE.]

[A new medium has been found to communicate with Host]

[Converting EROS divine energy into an interactive SYSTEM]

[Success!]

[Building SYSTEM architecture…]

What. The. Fuck? I blinked hard, but the screen didn't vanish, nor did the prompts go away.

I had read enough system novels and webtoons to make sense of what was happening. My shock subsided immediately, replaced by curiosity and adventure. It was real. I had received a system by some stroke of luck and destiny. But what was it about? Wealth? Power? Abilities?

[EROS SYSTEM ACTIVATED]

[Host: PANGBORN OSBOURNE. Lineage: Classified]

Eros? That name rang a bell. Wasn't he a Greek or Roman mythological god? God of love and desire, or something? Why was my lineage classified? Wasn't the system smart enough to figure out who my parents were?

[To unlock the system's full potential and rewards, complete the first challenge]

[Challenge: Voyeurism of a female in underwear. Time limit: 1 minute]

[Failure will be interpreted as a rejection of the Eros System]

[Failure will trigger permanent deactivation and sealing of the Eros System]

[00:01:00]

[00:00:59]

Wait! The price to activate the system was to see a female in underwear without her finding out?

I wasn't a pervert, least of all for my bitch sisters. Hatred was my only sentiment for them. However, I was eighteen, and not a monk or a priest. I had watched p**n, mostly when Leo was asleep, and I stole his laptop. But seeing a naked girl in real life, that too as a voyeur, never happened to me.

The closest I had gotten to being a voyeur was accidentally witnessing Gemina's yoga pants stretching over her ass while she bent over in the kitchen. I swear, that woman is TOIT for her age.

Anyway, the system didn't care about my internal conflicts and had already activated the timer.

[00:51]

Goddammit! This was the first time in my life that something so extraordinary had happened, and if I didn't seize the challenge, it would be lost forever. Why would it suggest doing something borderline incestuous and criminal?

I squeezed my eyes shut, willing it away like a dream, but the screen stayed, mocking me. Breathe, Pan, breathe.

If I were indeed the protagonist, I shouldn't freak out. Calm the fuck down. This could be my ticket out of Osbourne hell—a cheat code for this shitty life.

Yeah. Yeah, that made sense. I forced myself to breathe steadily, in through the nose, out through the mouth. Hmph.

The timer hit [00:45]. Let's do this!

I cracked one eye open, peering from my hideout. Lila was still by the mirror, posing, quite oblivious of the freshly recruited voyeur under her bed.

My face burned. This was so wrong. But the system didn't care about ethics. It just wanted its peep show. I'll give it to you, pervert freak!

Lila turned in the direction of her dresser and walked towards it. Her taut calves padded softly on the carpet. Lace and silk rustled, and it seemed she picked something. I could hear something snap into place—a waistband?

I heard more rustling and clips coming on. The bra! Lila was in her underwear now. All I needed to win the system challenge was to see her!