Today, I go home late. It's already night outside. I never thought that we will discuss the male lead of Alex's mission for a very long time. "We've already talked about what we knew about him yesterday. Today, we suddenly talked about destroying his criminal lifestyle. Youngsters these days!" I sigh while massaging the back of my neck.
"I get that they are excited but, instead of acting like people their age, they really decide to take matters into their own hands? The life of rich people is really different." I mumble. Usually, I'll go home with Caroline but, today, Caroline is going somewhere with Cole. They really are getting closer. The male lead is not interested in her like in the novel either. Becca and Vincent are going with their driver. Alex is going home with Alice happily. That love birds.
Only me and the ball are left.
"Hey Ball… I didn't get to ask you these questions before," I'm on my way to my house. Walking alone in the road lighted by the road lamp. It feels quiet to walk alone. Staring at the night sky with no stars, I let out a long sigh.
[What it is…] The ball answer calmly. There are no dumb or teasing remarks from this thing tonight.
I paused as I look up at the empty sky, different from the sky that I used to see. "What will happen to this world after I left?"
[The world will continue to move just like how the earth will keep spinning until it reached its end.]
"What will happen to this body after I left?" I stop at the poodle of water in front of my feet. When I look at it, I can see the blurry reflection of this body. I take off my glasses and keep them in the box before putting them in my bag. Only then, I get to see my reflection clearly.
[If you choose to leave after finishing your mission, the original owner of the body will return. Everything that you have done using her body will become part of her. Whether learning new knowledge and using the knowledge that she never knows but you do.]
[She will believe that everything that you did was her own doing. But, she will never remember anything about the system, the mission and, the memories of the original plot.]
"…" I continue to walk while thinking about the ball's words. " What happens if I choose to stay longer or accidentally died early in this world?"
[Then, you will take her life and live like her. If you die, we will be the cause of death of an innocent person while we continue to go to another world to do a mission.]
I can't help but clenched my palms when I heard the ball's remarks. "Isn't being indifference too much?" I asked without change in my tones and expression. But I'm sure the ball knows how hard I'm trying to control my anger.
[Your mission is to save the villainess. Meanwhile, the system is responsible for collecting energies from the mission world. In each mission world, we need a door as an entrance. The body you are using is one of the most suitable entrances.]
"Are you saying that we are robbing an innocent person of their life!?" I was about to punch the wall next to me, but I halted before looking at my hand again. "Tsk!" I start to increase my speed when walking so I reach home faster.
[You shouldn't forget how the original Ava's life was. She was bullied and threatened for protecting the female lead. Her parents' job was threatened and, she was forced to betray the female lead. After the villainess reached her destruction ends, and the female lead gets her happy ending, Ava is no longer a best friend in the female lead's eyes. For the rest of her life in high school, she never has any friends. In her life as an adult, she's an office worker who only has a job in her eyes. Living alone without friends and any form of entertainment.]
"So, are you implying that her life is already going downhill, and we can do whatever we want on her body?" I scratch my head in frustration as I squat on the side road.
[No! The system will make an agreement. The system will agree to any of her wishes. It's a win-win situation as long the right of her body will be given to us.]
"….that so?" I let out a heavy sigh while rubbing my face. "What's her wish?" I asked after pausing for a minute.
[She wants to be happy.]
"Can she even feel happy? It's not like she's the one to feel all of this." I scoff while burying my face in my knee.
[She can. She knows what you think. She is living in the subconscious part of your body. The satisfied she get with your way of fulfilling her wish, the more energy we can get.]
"Damn it… why didn't you say so!" I groan while looking up at the sky again. "I thought that I took over someone else's life forcibly again this time." My eyes become red from almost crying. "It was selfish of me that time," I whispered the last sentence while shutting my eyes with my hands.
After a few minutes, I get up from the sidewalk. I walk towards my home in silence as I look at the road in front of me. The road is brightened by the light from a line of stores. There are 7/11 nearby. I was still uncomfortable with the information I've got. The ball has also gone silent and, I can't reach it no matter how much I try to call. After stopping for a minute, I decide to enter the store.
When I enter, there is only one cashier in the store. Her face looks so gloomy. 'Someone's is in a bad mood.' I thought in my head. I decide to ignore her for now and just do my own things. I only planned to look around first when I see a magazine. The front cover has the face of Richard Sullivan. "Future C.E.O that are guaranteed to have a successful life." I read one of the titles for the articles on the cover.
'I don't have a chance to meet Becca's asshole brother yet.' I thought as I pick up the magazines. After picking up a few cups of instant noodles and soy drinks, I walk up toward the cashiers.
The girl looks really tired and gloomy. But, she is still pretty. 'I wonder what makes her feels troubled.' As the girl scanned the things I want to buy, I catch a glimpse of kiss marks on her necks.
I can't help but raised my brows when I saw the marks. 'Maybe she's tired after having an exciting night with her boyfriend?'The girl doesn't seem to know that her hickey is showing. I feel like it will be rude if I suddenly talk about it. But, It will feel bad if she doesn't realize it and feel shy about her hickey.
I was still in my dilemma when I realized her movement has stopped. 'Did she find out that I was staring at her hickeys?' I feel bad and about to talk about it when I realize she's staring at the cover of the magazines. 'No, she's staring at Richard's face on the cover.' I frown when I see her reaction when seeing Richard's face.
'Her hand is gripping the scanner really tight, her lips are trembling and, her body is shaking.' I know this reaction. She is scared. More accurate, she's scared at Richard Sullivan.
'She knows Richard Sullivan and really hates him.'