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Harem.exe: Rise of the Glitched Harem

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Jerry was invisible—forgotten, and barely surviving his hollow reality. Until he woke up inside a mysterious program embedded in his mind: Harem.exe—a glitched love simulator with one cryptic rule: Win the true hearts of 7 “Harem Hearts” within 365 days—or vanish into digital oblivion. But love here isn’t scripted. Every girl Jerry must connect with hides a trauma too deep for ordinary affection. Inside Jerry’s head are the fractured voices of three past failed candidates: Ragnar – "Conquer her like a battlefield." Alric – "Calculate the path to her heart." Zen – "Feel. Flirt. Repeat." As Jerry navigates real emotion in a world of synthetic logic, each successful bond unlocks strange new powers—and cracks in the system’s code. Characters glitch. Rules change. And soon, Jerry isn’t sure what’s part of the game… and what’s bleeding in from reality. The countdown has started. But love is no longer just a goal— It’s the key to unlocking something far more human.
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Chapter 1 - Prologue: System Error

Jerry Foster had always been forgettable.

A quiet shadow in crowded hallways. The guy who wasn't picked last, just… never picked at all. He wasn't broken, just unfinished—like a sketch life never bothered to color in.

Then, on the night of his 18th birthday, everything changed.

His vision blurred. A piercing frequency screamed in his skull. He collapsed—alone, shaking, as if the universe itself had overwritten his reality.

[Booting… Harem.exe v1.00][Neural Sync in Progress… 72%… 98%… Complete.]Warning: Core System Glitched. Stability: Unknown.Welcome, Jerry. You have been chosen.Objective: Form True Emotional Bonds with 7 Harem HeartsTime Limit: 365 DaysPenalty for Failure: [Data Corrupted]

No screen. No device.

The system lived inside his head—woven into his neurons, whispering in his sleep, flashing prompts behind his eyes.

And with it came them.

💪 Ragnar – The warlord echo: "Protect them with power. Win through strength."

🧠 Alric – The strategist: "Emotions are patterns. Love is logic. Use your mind."

💘 Zen – The flirt: "You want her? Tell her. Chaos is sexy."

Three ghosts of failed candidates, echoing through Jerry's mind. Each with a different philosophy on love, none of them ever having succeeded. And now—they were his advisors.

But something was off.

The system glitched. Prompts appeared at the wrong time. Emotions triggered corrupted reactions. When one girl teared up during a heartfelt conversation, the world around Jerry cracked—literally.

[Emotional Resonance Detected – Link Level: 1%][Warning: Harem.exe stability compromised. Rebooting…]

Jerry isn't just in a game. He is the game now. And he must navigate seven hearts, each carrying deep emotional scars, while battling both the system and the broken echoes in his head.

But the biggest threat isn't rejection.

It's the system rewriting him—emotion by emotion.

And somewhere deep in the code, something watches. Waiting for him to love… and fail.