26 Another Host 2 (2/2)
”I'm an innocent person,” she said as if convincing herself. ”If your goal is to anger me to death, please stop and just leave me alone. I don't want to associate myself with a playboy like you. You know, there's gossip in the school that any girl you touch will turn into ...” She didn't dare say the word but she assumed the scumbag got it. ”Anything else you want to say?”
Floyd cursed because the girl was clearly trying to end the conversation. ”I actually have a favor to ask. I want to meet Gio Albarez.”
'...What kind of topic changing was this?' Sofony was very baffled, but when she thought that this guy was bringing up a request involving her man, out of a sudden, without reason, her thinking was 'He's planning something bad!'
”...Oh? I'm sorry I don't think I can do that. I'm a naive person but not so stupid as to help out or even hear out a scumbag's request,” the words spoken had hints of anger and mockery on it. Sofony just realized that she could be quite brave.
”If you don't, I'll spread your secret around.” He threatened.
”Can't you stop speaking nonsense?”
”You are a whore! And I will spread the word to every single person in the world if you don't help me meet up with your sugar daddy!”
Sofony felt very angered, bothered and humiliated. This outrageous playboy kept on mentioning her with that hateful word. She was so angered that she no longer cared to argue. It's obvious her rebuttal would just enter deaf ears. In the end, it was clear that this Floyd was hell-bent on slapping to her face the fact that he knew her relation with Gio Albarez. Instead of pointlessly denying something that the other party already firmly believed, she just chose to respond to his threat.
”Try!” It was a mere word, but it fully expressed her annoyance and anger.
Her blatant challenge greatly surprised Floyd. She stepped back once, for a purpose she just came up with, and then uttered with her smirking lips.
”Mr. Cruz, you said you're omniscient. But do you know that I'm quite talented myself? I'm quite a predictor. And guess what? I see you making a move on me in the middle of a deserted corridor. A few people heard it and suddenly rushed over. When they arrived at the scene, they saw a frightened girl backing away to the wall. Do you believe that the girl doesn't even need to say a thing and you'll be condemned into a good-for-nothing playboy harassing an innocent girl and someone who must be stoned to death?”
When she saw a glint of realization on his eyes, she inwardly sneered, 'Too late, five minutes is up and it's finally lunch break', and then she started screaming! Like her life and death depended on it!
”Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!”
The sharp-pitched voice of a girl echoed in the surrounding. When countless people, students, and teachers alike, rushed over, Floyd knew he had been very stupid to actually have been easily played by a little woman.
He could only frustratedly and hatefully say,
”Gio's bitch, one of these days, I'll kill you! I'll surely kill you! Stab you to death with my massive weapon!”
Sofony heard it perfectly but after the long scream, she just said in between her gasps for air, ”I forgot... I'm omniscient too.... and that's if I would base the meaning to your sloppy definition. I know what you are planning against me, and Wendy! And this? Is just a little payback from our side!”
When the first 'concerned' person rallied to Sofony's side, she was already back to her panicked state and Floyd was seen fleeing swiftly. The playboy was heavily cursing and was also heavily cursed at.
”H-He tried to threaten me.”
Sofony didn't explain fully but everyone already assumed that the known playboy did something unforgivable to Sofony, and it was ninety percent roguish to make her scream from fright. Guilt for misleading everyone overtook her heart, however, she later convinced herself that the situation forced her to do it. She did not lie, the guy did threaten her, just not in the way these people assumed it to be.
'I'm guilty. But I learned that people are actually weird. They immediately assumed that I was sexually harassed. Is this an advantage of being a girl?'
<System Announcement: Congratulations to Host for successfully completing the task 'Creating a scene before a crowd with the playboy as the villain'. You gain 50 Pleasure Points and a piece of very important knowledge.>
She responded to people's questions politely one by one and then thanked them for their help. After that, she paid notice to the system announcement.
'I'm glad it's over now. Confronting a person like that exhausted all courage from me. Anyways, what's with the knowledge reward? Is it a skill?'
Speaking of skill, she felt pain as she thought of her points going down again as she had just upgraded the Acting Skill. She spent 350 points earlier but her acting only reached E+.
<System: Skill, you say? Hehe, you wish. Knowledge here means Intel. You don't know but this is quite confidential. And I just found out today when you meet that Floyd face to face.>
Sofony who was now being escorted to the canteen frowned. 'It's about Floyd? Don't tell me you'll say he's the real lover of Felicity? If so then I'll just pass on the mission and be pregnant with Gio's child. I don't want to be associated with that kind of person! I'd rather fail the mission!'
<System: And be gangbanged as well? Sure, do I update the completion now?>
The person walking next to her saw that Sofony closed her eyes and looked much paler and frailer than ever. She felt pity for this beautiful girl and furiously cursed Floyd for causing this nerdy goddess such a trauma. Just because he was rich, he was assuming that he could touch even a girl like this?
Sofony didn't know about the concerned person's indignance as she was busy shouting in her brain. 'NO!I'm sorry! It's a joke. Please don't... I just forgot there is still that hateful failure punishment, so please don't!'
<System: Sad. I actually want to witness you being toyed by at least five burly and hairy men. You know, there are construction site workers within a 500-meter radius that met my requirements. Anyways, the information I want to say is not whether Floyd is related to your main mission. It's about Floyd being similar to you... A host!>
Then a female's cry reverberated on the hallway. ”Sofony!”
Sofony's eyes widened, Wendy was rushing to her from behind, but the appearance of her best friend was not what surprised her. It was the system's notification.
'That Floyd is a host?'
<System: I felt from him an AI similar to me and since he's trapped in a phone, not like me who can directly pop up in your head, I realized he's one of the first gen Immoral AIs. Meaning the AI is much weaker than me in features, but his host is much more experienced than you because he's been a host earlier than you. And that's the information. Do you have any question?>
'...So that's why that playboy is so much of a scum. I didn't know there's a host aside from me... But, why didn't I hear anything about this from the listening device?'
<System: Oh, because the system and anything related to it would never be captured by even the most terrific recording device in the world. Not even listening device sold by me could. Be content that I managed to put the device without his AI noticing. If it's not for me being more advanced... hehe.>
Sofony sighed with a heavy heart and thought that it was a close call earlier. Thankfully, the other party did not have other intentions and probably had let his guard down against her. She was quite fearful when the system told her that Floyd was much knowledgable than her in using his system.
'This world is really not a safe and wondrous place. That Floyd Cruz is actually much more dangerous than a normal curious playboy... I hope Gio will not be in danger.'
Thinking of this, Sofony felt extremely worried. She was sporting that expression in her face even after Wendy caught up with her and pulled her into a tight hug.
......
Name: Sofony Mendez
Official Name: Host 137 (Immoral System)
Age: 17
Pleasure Points: 250
=ATTRIBUTES (Basic Human - 10)=
Strength: 7 (10)
Stamina: 12
Intelligence: 13
Dexterity: 8 (10)
Charm: 8 (10)
Luck: 4 (10)
=SKILLS=
* Studying - B+ (A)
* Lovemaking - E+ (D+)
* Singing - F (E)
* Dancing - F-
* Acting - F+ (E+)
* Cooking - C+ (B)
* House Management - C+