41 Falling Curtain 1 (1/2)

'Texting with him...is quite convenient.'

'Hmm, texting? A chat?'

At that moment, a thought suddenly traversed her mind. Sofony blinked for quite a dozen times, pondering about the idea she just came out. Her brain instinctively summoned the interface, opened a particular tab, and when she finally understood every nook and cranny of the mission, as well as weighing the feasibility of her plan, she felt like she had been so stupid for a very long time.

''Now I'm realizing that my previous intelligence is really low. Or maybe it should be high, but I don't know why I'm still slow.Pitiful me. I just wanna kill myself.''

With another sigh, she went back to her room and started executing her simple plan. The next few hours were spent by her practically glued to her laptop's screen as she typed with haste and with her browser filled with so many tabs. Some tabs were about tips on how to flirt online and what phrases she should say to easily hook a guy in. For some time, her cheeks were so red due to shame and embarrassment. Many lines she compiled on the chat box were stupidly cheesy, and some quite suggesting of sex.

''The answer is simple. It's just me thinking that to get to the goal, I have to take the hard way and truly become a third wheeler.''

<System: You know that this route will only give you pitiful rewards and completion rate. You know. So I'm starting to hate you.>

Sofony replied while her hands were still busy typing and her eyes bright from thinking she was close to her goal.

”System, I'm so glad that this obviously heartbroken fellow is online. I'm happy that he stupidly tried to cast away some of the sorrows by angrily quarreling with lovey-dovey people on the internet. It is quite dumb of him. But probably this is why people always said that bitter people could always be found on social networking sites. Anyways, I'm happy that he took my bait and tried to flirt with me through FB. See, he's broadcasting to me how heartbroken he is.”

<System: I'm not blind, my eyes and insight are more encompassing than yours. And yeah, be happy that he's not talking his sorrows away with his cat. Oh, probably he's afraid that he'd do something untoward to his cat. The pet's name is Fel, you know, obviously inspired by his beloved childhood friend. Now we know why he has time to surf the net. But you know, what you're doing is not recommended! You have to be immoral!>

'I'm aware of what you want me to do. But so what? You do it if you want. Hmp!'

Time passed by that she's sweating hard from what she was doing. The chat box she started using a fake name was now filled with their exchanges, and when the time to finally ask him of her goal came, her heart almost stopped beating.

'Just a little bit. I'll take a deep breath first. Oh, this is it. Damn you, Sofony. Just ask!'

Once done wrestling with her inner demons and firming up her mind, letters one by one appeared on her screen.

Stefany: We've been talking with each other for so long. And I think my heart has already been captured by your witty responses. Just for this day, are you willing to be my boyfriend?

Her hands were badly shaking after typing those bold words. It took a lot of courage from her, as she was a traditional girl who never ever thought of asking some guy to be her boyfriend. Even if this was only online, it doesn't change the fact that a girl like her was suspiciously and immodestly asking a boy to be her boyfriend. How would he answer? This was only their first day of online dating, would he agree? Ugh, she hoped he would because doing this tomorrow or in the near future had not crossed her mind.

Chris: You said just for this day, so why not? I actually enjoyed our chat. I, at least, managed to forget some of my sadness because of you.

Stefany: Are you my boyfriend now?

When she asked that as confirmation, she'd never been concentrated on her screen as she did now. And when he finally replied with a yes, even though it was just being playful and stupid for the both of them, she still screamed in joy and started jumping wildly on the bed.

”Finally!”

With joy radiating all over her, she turned to the system.

”System, I'm now his official girlfriend. It's now completed!”

<System: ...You are a disappointment.>

Sofony did not dwell much on its grumbling voice as she focused on the announcement. Excitement oozed out from her expression, contrary to the gloominess of the system. No one paid attention to its mood though. Its host was just that happy and relieved from completing the troublesome task.

<System: Ding!>

******

System Announcement: ...It's a disappointment, but you really did become his official girlfriend even though it's only online. Lowest evaluation results given. Once again, the lowest evaluation results given.

Congratulations to Host for successfully completing 'Snatch Felicity's Lover from her'. And I blame that stupid guy for stupidly agreeing to be your boyfriend online. Why are humans so easily agreeing to be boyfriend or girlfriend with people you just know over a platform created through a bunch of data? As expected, the folly of the human race runs deep into their bones. But, congratulations on completing your first official mission.

...

You receive the following rewards:

- Pregnancy Controller x 1

- 3,000 Pleasure Points (Bonus for early completion already added)

- 5 Distributable Attribute Candies (Level Bonus)

- 5 Distributable Skill Upgrade (Level Bonus)

- Hypnotism Skill -E (Level Bonus)

- Makeup Skill - E (Level Bonus)

******

Sofony stopped her joyful laughing as she read the prompts in her head. It took her a few dozen seconds to recover from the shock of gaining so many. Nevertheless, the skill rewards truly rendered her speechless. It said she had now her so desired Pregnancy Controller, and many Points, and two skills which were even at E level!

”T-this! So many!?”

An astonished scream came out of her throat, and her eyes were still wide open.

<System Announcement: Another thing, after completing the first official mission, you have unlocked the leveling feature of the system! The bonus rewards are for this accomplishment. Host, congratulations for finally reaching Level 1! Work hard to level up more and become much more immoral. Maybe cheating your way to completion can be considered immoral, even though it's very low-level. Host, you are really making me feel embarrassed and angry. But at the same time, I still felt glad that you ultimately leveled up.>

”J-just level 1?” She blurted out, bewildered.

<System: Heh, what are you expecting? You are only mingling with low-level people, many are even students, and you are only doing small-time immoral tasks. You're previously Level 0 before the completion of your first official task.>

”This... Does it mean everyone who has yet to complete their first official mission is at Level 0?”

<System: Oh? Since you have so many points now, a total of 6, 017, are you willing to pay 100 points for that information?>

Sofony blinked repeatedly before annoyance came into her heart. It was really making her angry. Why is information like that even priced? When did a simple yes or no become so expensive? Sofony chose to wisely ignore the stingy system and then studied the given rewards, considering what to do with the points.

After a few whiles, she happily decided the distribution. Everything was free anyway.

”System, I want to add two points in Intelligence, 1 to Charm, 2 to Strength.”

<System: Fine. Done converting to chewable candies. Just eat them to make the increase official. How about the skill points?>

Sofony was silent. She first figured out how to use the pregnancy controller and then made sure that she would be able to dictate whether or not to be pregnant as she tested the app-like device in her mind. The pregnancy app could actually prevent pregnancy after it was used. After... Fortunately, no seed from Gio bore fruit in her womb yet. Thinking of how she narrowly avoided the worst case scenario, she wiped the drops of sweat that formed on her forehead.

'System!!! You didn't tell me about this! What if there's already something conceived within? This stupid controller won't be able to help me then!'

<System: What? Did you ask? And hello, it's still effective even if there's already a fetus inside. It's functioning as another app in your consciousness so you should have seen the 'Abort' tab there.>

Sofony's balled fist trembled. What of that accursed option? If life was already formed within, she would never be able to kill it by herself. Not in a billion years because it's a life they were speaking of!