29 Realization 2 (2/2)

She was made into a host.

Then into a man's personal hostess.

And here she was... in an unbelievable situation.

Was she a modern Cinderella now?

She couldn't tell.

A few minutes passed and Sofony was still alone. She brought her old model laptop on the head part of the bed and then powered it up. Her plan was to browse for some materials to learn more theoretical knowledge about managing like what Gio had advised.

Google had been a great help as she began to download useful PDFs and books while reading some articles related to or about running a business, particularly a cafe business. To make her brain calmer, she even tuned in her playlist of piano and flute songs.

As more ideas poured into her mind, she was truly satisfied with her decision to increase her Intelligence stat the most. She indulged more in studying and she couldn't stop. The feeling of grasping new concepts easily like it was a very basic thing was really making her feel awesome and addicted. Understanding everything was not very difficult. She even had the feeling that even if she switched materials to complicated and advanced chemistry or differential equation, it would not be that much of a challenge.

''I wonder if Wendy has always felt like this...''

<System: Hehe, you don't know but that friend of yours is quite a freak. If I would give a grade to her studying skills and Intelligence, it would be S+ and 27 respectively.>

Sofony flinched a bit since the evaluation was very high, but when she remembered her friend's feat, she felt like this evaluation was a given and not surprising at all, and this calmed her down.

”Wendy's a real genius. I can even bet that once we take the college exams, she will easily become the first ranker in the whole country.”

<System: Hehe, that would be impossible. There are many greater geniuses out there. You're just exposed to a small world so your view is limited. But I assure you, there are many more brainy individuals out there that could easily topple her. Not to mention the other hosts who have been bound much earlier than you. Without a doubt, they had already made a huge boost in their stats and skills.>

After hearing that, Sofony's hands stayed in the air above her laptop's keyboard. Her eyes turning complicated. Time passed by that she was like that.

With a sigh, she decided to stop what she was doing. For some reason, she lost her enthusiasm to read and just felt like resting a bit.

Her laptop placed near the edge of the foamed mattress, a piano instrumental was playing. Sofony laid on the bed face up. She could hear the sound coming from the laptop much clearer and it was more resonating on her heart and soul. Maybe it was just the effect of the sound reverberating through the foam of the mattress. It was very calming. She felt like her ears were being teased by the soft music. Her troubled heart was also gradually calming down.

”System.”

<System: What?>

”I don't get it. I know now that there are many hosts in the world like me.” She summoned the interface. ”It even said here, I am Host 137. Still, I don't know how many are there. Are we destined to fight? Is that why you said before that our future will be full of challenges?”

<System: There are many hosts, and there will be more batches in the near future, but the overall total would only be more or less one thousand. The first one hundred have been given the headstart. Their AI companions may be weaker in capabilities but not much. In the end, they still have access to all the tabs which means the first one hundred know way more than you andespecially mastered the usage of the shop and how to effectively earn and spend points.>