"We broke up, okay? Can you please stay away from me?" A young woman screamed, attracting the gazes of students and people around her as a young man stared at her dumbfoundedly.
Well, not specifically at her.. but at the floating chacters in front of him, and thought that he was going crazy.
"The fuck?" Mark blurted as he doubted whether he was seeing something or not.
"What? Did you just swear at me?" The young woman was stunned upon hearing his unconscious swear and was angry.
How dare you swear at me!
Aren't you a simp?
Shouldn't you beg me so that we can save our relationship?
Even my dad never swears at me!
Raising her shoulder bag, she smashed it to Mark, stunning the people around as a pretty young woman beating a man was staged in front of them.
Looking at the fighting couple, the people began walking away to avoid them, not wanting to get involved in their fight.
"H-hey! W-what are you doing, Sele?" Mark woke up from his daze as the bag was smashing into his head. Feeling the impact of it, he immediately raised his arms to cover his head.
"What am I doing? I'm angry at you bastard! How dare you swear at me!" The woman named Sele angrily screamed but did not stop beating Mark with her handbag.
"Shit- no, I mean, wait, I'm sorry, okay? Can you stop please? Aren't you embarrassed? There are many people looking at us!" Mark cried helplessly and begged; although he was really annoyed and had an urge to fight, he didn't dare to.
No way, there are many people around, and if he were to really fight back, he might get beaten or, worse, get jailed.
After all, she was a girl, and in the current society that favors women, men are always at a disadvantage.
"Y-you!" Hearing his words, Sele was stunned and realized that many people were looking at them strangely and was embarrassed.
Turning her head to Mark, who was looking at her with a frightened expression, she felt guilt in her heart, but thinking of how her friends mocked her for dating a poor guy like Mark, the guilt in her heart was replaced by disgust and shame.
"That's it! We broke up! I don't want to see you again!" She snorted angrily, turning around. She began walking away under the strange looks of people around her as if nothing happened.
"H-hey-" Looking at her departing back, Mark had a bitter expression on his face. He still felt reluctant in his heart, but thinking of how she acted just now, he shook his head.
No matter how simp he was, there's still a limit to what he can endure... Just kidding, if she were to really ask him that there's still something to save their relationship, then 8/10, he will do his best to comply with it.
"Damn, am I really helpless?" He shook his head helplessly as he thought of how their relationship began.
Being a single dog for years and seeing the guys he knew dating beautiful girls, he was full of hate and envy, so he decided to follow suit.
He went to various online dating app platforms, chatted with tons of girls until finally, and one of them was Sele, the only one who did not ghost him in one day.
Seeing a pretty girl who enthusiastically chatted with him, Mark was, of course, excited and asked her questions until finally he asked her to meet up.
Initially, he just said it as a joke, but to his surprise, she really agreed, and the two decided to meet up, which he found strange considering that they'd only known each other for two days.
But again, since he was really desperate at that time, he didn't think it thoroughly, and soon the two found themselves in a hotel, doing various kinds of positions.
As such, four months had passed in a blink...
After dating for so long, Mark realized that she wasn't really after him, but only for his money, and it was a lie if he said he wasn't sad about it, but then again, since she was pretty and he thought that it's worth it, he decided to pretend to be oblivious to it.
However, as the days passed, her appetite grew and she demanded more, asking him to buy her bags and clothes, and just yesterday, she suddenly asked him for ₱8,000 cash, which is ridiculous considering that he's only earning ₱19,000 a month.
So, he refused her, and after hearing his refusal, she consequently broke up with him and blocked his social media accounts.
At first, he thought that it was just a misunderstanding, after all, she always acted like a spoiled girl, so he decided to meet her and wait for her outside her college university.
"Sh*t!" He couldn't help but complain.
Thinking of how much he had spent on her, he couldn't help but curse silently... But again, knowing that getting angry wouldn't do him anything good, he forced himself to calm down and began walking away.
Being beaten by a woman in front of a lot of people was very unpleasant, and seeing the strange looks that the people were giving him made it even more embarrassing.
"Also, what the heck are these characters?" Mark mumbled in confusion as he stared at the characters in front of him.
It appeared shortly after Sele screamed at him, but at that moment, he was too occupied by her beating to pay it any attention. Now that she was gone, he finally had time to take a closer look.
'Congratulations to the host for activating the cashback system. For each amount of money you spend, the system will promptly and automatically return the full purchase price directly to your account.'
"Is it real? Fake? A hallucination?" Mark read it briefly and immediately felt suspicious, and in doubt, he pinched his arms, wincing in pain.
"No way, it's real?" Mark's brows raised in disbelief as he hesitantly pinched his arm again. Just like before, he once again felt a stinging pain in it.
Forcing himself to calm down, he looked around nervously, observing the people around him who appeared to see nothing strange, making him sigh in relief.
Shaking his head, he forced himself to act normally, hurriedly walked to the parking lot where he had left his scooter, started its engine, and began driving back toward the apartment building where he was staying.
As he arrived, he quickly parked his bike in the designated parking spot on the ground floor of the building and hurriedly rushed towards the elevator, pressing the button for the 11th floor.
As he entered his apartment, he quickly locked the door behind him. Gasping for breath, he made his way to the kitchen, where he drank a refreshing mouthful of water to help calm himself down.
A while later, he once again browsed the system and asked, "System, how can I address you?"
Seconds passed...
But nothing happens..
Mark waited in anticipation, but after getting no response, his expression became confused. But just as he was about to ask again, a prompt once again popped up in front of him.
"The servant's official name is 'Multiverse Infinite Resources Assistance Program,' but due to the accidents that occurred during time-space travel, 99.9% of its functions were damaged, and only a few are working."
"Because of the damage, the system became unfit for its name, and an emergency protocol was activated, forcing it to change its name to 'Cashback System'."