[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-gacha-harem-system":3,"chapter-gacha-harem-system-gacha-harem-system-chapter-54":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Gacha Harem System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},453844,707,"Chapter 54: How About A New Personal Best?","gacha-harem-system-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>Lukas stood in front of the empty wardrobe, staring at the space where their clothes had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d packed everything in minutes. That was the thing about starting with nothing. It didn’t take long to move it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they were here for was two people’s worth of clothing, a few personal items, and the contents of a kitchen that had produced more good meals than he’d expected when he first arrived in this body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and looked around the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes moved to the same wooden bed he’d found uncomfortable when he’d first arrived. But now, he was able to sleep like a baby on it with no problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat down on the edge of it one last time and exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place had been the first thing he’d called his own in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was falling down around itself and had needed more repairs than he’d ever had the money to make, but it had been his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had woken up here the morning after transmigrating, confused and a bit scared, and it had been the first stable thing he had held onto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let himself feel that for a moment. Then he pulled up his system interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gacha Harem System]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gacha Points: 1800]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Banners:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wife (2000 Gacha Points)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skills (500 Gacha Points)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Items (500 Gacha Points)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mystery Box (1000 Gacha Points)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just two hundred points away from being able to pull from the Wife banner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began thinking about how to close that gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he’d learnt over the time he’d been with the system, it responded to action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wanted him to move, make decisions, and do things that mattered. And his time recovering had told him that sitting around gave him nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his quests were related to dungeon runs, hunting, and encounters that required something from him. So, he needed to do more of the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was why he was looking forward to getting back to his dungeon runs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood, took one last look at the room, and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melody was already in the living room, her spatial ring holding everything in the kitchen worth keeping. She looked up when he appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got everything?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around the house one final time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within twenty minutes of leaving the lane, they found a hotel that suited their taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more respectable district sat a comfortable distance from the dungeon clusters. Fortunately, it was close enough to be convenient, but far enough that the foot traffic was quieter and the buildings were maintained properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They picked a medium-range establishment with clean stonework and a pair of heavily armed guards stationed at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lukas could already tell that this was the kind of place that didn’t ask unnecessary questions but made sure its guests could sleep without worrying about their possessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lukas dropped onto the bed the moment they were inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body sank into it, the mattress giving way in all the right places, and he laid there staring at the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his face was the expression of a man who had just discovered something he hadn’t known he was missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This,\" he breathed with awe, \"is what beds are supposed to feel like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every trace of sentimentality he’d carried for his old bed disappeared immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind flashed back to the creaking wooden frame and thin mattress, before his brain decided that none of it deserved to be missed. Not when this existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melody sat on the edge of the bed and pressed her hand into it experimentally. Her smile widened with a sense of familiarity. \"Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stayed like that for approximately thirty seconds before they remembered they had things to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stowed away their clothes, organized what they had brought, and made their way back outside into the mid-morning street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they made their way down the street, and when they arrived at the corner where their paths diverged, they stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful,\" Melody said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Always.\" He looked at her. \"You too. You’ll be fighting with a new team. Take a minute to read them before you commit to anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been doing this longer than you have,\" she said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\" He returned the smile. \"Be careful anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held his gaze for a moment, then leaned up and gave him a quick kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come home with full pockets,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\" He laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and walked in the direction of the A-rank dungeon district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched her go for a moment, then turned and headed the other way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found the dungeon he was looking for after ten minutes of walking and one set of directions from a helpful vendor who had pointed him down a side street he would never have found on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zipper Cave sat in its own walled enclosure just like other dungeons, with the same tall walls and narrow entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the sight wouldn’t be complete without the guards stationed around it, doing their jobs while bored out of their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were there for dungeon breaks but why would a dungeon that was being cleared regularly ever feel the need to break?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paid the entrance fee and walked through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spatial gate swirled inside, set into the same style of stone cube he’d seen at every other dungeon entrance in this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped in front of it as a notification appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Quest: How About A New Personal Best?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tries: 0\u002F1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Clear the C-rank dungeon, Zipper Cave, within seven minutes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward: +300 Gacha Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Penalty: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lukas read it twice, his eyebrows rising on the second pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred points. If he cleared this, he would have enough for the Wife banner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did the math on seven minutes quickly. It was workable but he’d have to do it the same way he’d cleared through the Deathstalker Burrow on his first run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dashing through the space, killing all he could, and tackling the rest as he fought the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absence of a penalty made it even more doable for him. But he eyed the new entry. All he had was just one try to get it right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had nothing to lose, and everything to gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grinned, reached back, and unsheathed his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stepped through the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>",1072,"2026-05-30T09:48:28.547Z","2026-06-01T04:30:55.345Z",1,"novelbin.me","970536deb64743767ac9a664c22c60bcb6e3b12a65544ec593190e915e79ec74","gacha-harem-system-chapter-55","gacha-harem-system-chapter-53",192,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgacha-harem-system-cover.jpg"]