"Ooffff," Panting out, Luna turned around and sighed in relief. Entering a nearby cafe, she sat on a nearby chair and took off her mask. Placing her shades aside, she covered her face with her hands, taking a few long breaths.
"Were you chased by the street dogs?" The waiter asked as he bent down his head to look at her pitiful condition.
"Or chased out of your office?" He questioned baffling Luna in confusion.
'He might know me!' She thought and scanned him, his face to be particular.
'Not bad, he is a boyfriend material!' Her thoughts were again shook off as the guy waved his hand in front of her.
"Back on Earth, Hazel!" He chuckled as Luna continued to admire his features.
Shaking her head, Luna tried to act calm and normal since he was the first person she met as Hazel.
"Your usual drink?" He asked taking out his notepad and she could only nod unaware of what drinks Hazel preferred.
Smiling at her, Keir walked back.
'Prepare yourself Luna, you need act well to get more info!' Luna thought, taking a few deep breaths, she smiled and started to practice a few lines.
"So, how are you? It's been months since I last saw you!" Shaking in disapproval, she picked one more line, "So, how is the work?"
[Quest activated - Hug at least 10 people acquainted to Hazel]
[Rewards - 100 EXP for each hug. Memories will be replanted]
She frowned about the memory part!
[Side Quest - Kiss the same for clear memories]
This new quest was beyond crazy for her to understand.
'So this is what Caden meant by dangerous tasks!' Luna pondered scratching her head in frustration.
"What Memories! What Kiss! My Foot!" She grumbled and the same moment, Keir came back and stared at her in confusion.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked placing the cup filled with something like a latte.
And here she misunderstood, Hazel's 'usual drink' as beer. Staring blankly at the cup, she pressed her lips moving her eyes towards Keir.
He raised his brows in question and taking the moment, Luna got up hugging him as tightly as she could.
'Sorry!' She thought, tucking his shirt on the back as she wasn't aware about the amount of force she needed to hug someone.
[Congratulations, you are rewarded with 100 EXP]
Sighing deeply as the voice echoed for a second in her head, Hazel broke the hug. Dusting his chest, she added, "Thank you for remembering my favorites."
The guy just gulped, blinking his eyes, he walked back as if stuck by a thunderstorm.
[Skills detected!]
[Acting, Grade 1]
Amused by the ping, Luna patted her shoulder and sat back with a smile. After all, she was a born actress!
"I have always been a A List actress, haha!" She flaunted, flipping back her hairs in pride.
[You are at the lowest grade] The system taunted glaring up her brows.
Luna scoffed at it's flak and mumbled, "As if I care!"
And the next moment, something throbbed in her, something like a prick forcing het to massage her temples.
"Hazel, I think its better if we break up!" A guy, wait Keir in a high school uniform suggested holding the straps of his bag, uncomfortably.
Hazel, wait it was Hazel her new identity, nodded wearing the same school outfit as Keir. Patting her shoulder, Keir walked out.
Luna opened her eyes, wide enough as an old memory of Hazel resurfaced in her mind, a new awkward shock for her to endure!
All in all, she hugged the guy who actually dumped her, and tightly with extra force? That thought sent tremors down her spine. Sure enough, Keir's reaction was that surprising!
Holding her throbbing head between her hands, Luna gulped searching for a hole to burry under.
"Ahhh, I don't want this NEW life!" She screeched like a bird caught in a unbreakable cage.
The system was not just helping her to reach the goal nothing but her revenge, but was also uniting her soul to this new body, clueing about the people, about the things she liked which was must for her to live as Hazel! And that fact about the system amused her.
And then she realized about the mission she long forgot about! All thanks to that gangster and this ex-boyfriend!
Taking a few bucks out of her bag, she placed it on the table and ran outside, embarrassed to even look at his face.
"So, this isn't some RPG system! But something like a lifehack system helping users to adapt a normal life!"
"But, what's with the route it offers and that mentoring thing!" She murmured sipping the macchiato which was Hazel's usual drink!
"Eww, extra caramel and ice chips." Luna grumbled munching the ice cubes completely differing her type of taste.
Her mind went back to the system and Caden covered all her thoughts.
"He sure have answer for all my questions." Mumbling, she looked at internet cafe on the opposite side of the road, only to rush towards it in excitement.
Taking the empty first cabin, she toggled the search bar and looked for the latest news. The whole web was filled with her news, after all, an A-List Actress she was!
She clicked the first video under videos section and leaned back sipping the macchiato.
"We are sorry to in form but Luna did commit suicide which got proved in the medical reports. As far as what she was doing in that forest along side the highway," The CEO of her company, sighed and continued, "She wanted to spend her last moments alone."
"Bullshit!" She scorned looking at her CEO's pathetic face. She was always on his wrong side and his fake tears just disgusted her. Clicking back from that bullshit, she moved on to the other video were her dearest manager was the speaker.
"She did suffer from depression. But after an year of consultation and medicines, she was back on track. I think I wasn't good enough to understand the things she might have gone through. I never... knew she struggled hard behind... her smile."
Luna felt bad looking at his pitiful cries but a bud of suspicion already started sprouting about him. Among all, why was he ending her story in such a tragic way!
"Hey, Hi!" A guy peeked inside her cabin.
'One more guy? Does she have a reverse harem or what?' Luna thought scanning the guy up and down.
'Below Average!' She marked looking at his facial features.
And the quest came to her mind and without thinking much, she hugged the guy in excitement committing the same mistake as of before.
A minute passed and the system didn't respond.
'Is it out of battery or what? Oh no, should I also charge it like that of devices we use!' She wondered still embracing the pity in her hug!
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