"S-System! What happened? Why did the affection rating drop?!" Qing Yan asked in his mind, his inner voice trembling violently with a mixture of sheer confusion and absolute horror.
Cold sweat instantly drenched the back of his robes.
The system wasn't going to punish him for this, right?! He really didn't do anything wrong! He was just trying to be nice, polite, and attentive!
How could ten whole points of affection vanish into thin air in less than two seconds?!
[Host... why don't we select another goddess to conquer?] The system suggested, its usually monotone voice carrying a rare, subtle hesitation.
For some inexplicable reason, the moment that tall, dark-robed young man with golden eyes appeared on the street, the system's core processing code felt a strange, chilling sensation of profound danger.
It was as if an ancient, invisible predator had just casually glanced in their direction.
