Zen Alekai was a strict man to the core, no doubt.
Still, I had no idea if it was his immeasurable beauty or something else that left me gawking and digging more into his biography.
I should be studying the criteria of the vacancy and preparing a job application letter along with my CV but all I did was to drown in reading more and more information about this man.
There was a part of his biography that stated that he was betrothed. For some reason, I felt disappointed to read that.
I couldn't believe such an engaging man was betrothed. Again, I was supposed to mind my business and scroll back to the vacancy page but what I did was to look up the name of his betrothed and poke into all the information I could find about her.
Unlike me, she was so prettily skinny with a blinding smooth skin. Her face was well structured with a set of fairly long ears framing her pointed nose which was as slim as her face.
Her hair was a wave of ebony black which tumbled on her shoulders in a video of her that I was watching right now.
She was more or less an exquisitely glamorous daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family.
She had all the odds on her side. She was pretty, elegant, glamorous, posh, and wealthy too. Better, she was a very popular face in the country as she was one of the country's divas.
I stood no chance.
Stood no chance?
Was there a chance to begin with? Why was I thinking of her as a rival?
Was I even opportune to have such thoughts?
"Ah, Cosima. Dream not girl, dream not!" I chastised myself, slapping my own head lightly.
Why would I even dare to compare myself with such a person? Or to even think President Zen would look at me twice.
My alarm clock ringing that it was 7: 00 AM already caused me to swipe off the information about Zen Alekai and his betrothed country Diva.
The ringing of the alarm continued and it was dithbung for me. Reluctantly, I stood up and set it off.
I returned to my reading table to resume my search and this time, I searched only what I came for.
I was glad to find that applicants could submit their applications online and after getting selected, we would be summoned to come for a physical screening.
"Yes!" I vibrantly threw my fists in the air.
That should buy me some more time of gaining one or two beauty features.
Feeling so high-spirited, I wrote my application and submitted it along with all the necessary documents required.
"System?" I called my newest buddy. "I don't know why you gave me this task but it is something that I love. I better get the job or I'm committing suicide for real." I whispered as though there was a third party in the room who would hear me.
[Bonus task status; accomplished!]
[Initiating reward <>]
[Opening store wallet<>]
[10 store points have been credited to host's store wallet!]
[Total store points in wallet = 15]
"Bring it on baby —" I relaxed on the chair with my hands going behind my head in satisfaction.
The numbers of sounds of system were suddenly the only thing I would like to only hear now.
I had never been this happy in ages. If I got the Job, system would gain completely the rest of my heart.
I was still ruminating about my profound new love for the system when I slowly wafted into sleep.
I usually did not sleep a lot in the morning as I would be at Del Monte's by this time already but knowing I was no longer to work over there made me lazy this morning.
I only wanted to sleep for a while and prepare to go work for Sally.
I returned to my bed and slept vertically with immediacy on it. I hoped I would wake up in time enough to prepare to go to the funfair. This would have become surety had I not been too inert to even set the timer on the clock.
Regardless, I slept soundly like a newly born until…
[Beauty assignment starts in 2 hours!>
Came system's robotic voice sending me awake and chasing all the sleepiness in me.
This system!
When I checked the time and saw that it was still a quarter past ten in the morning, I almost swore but had to reprimand myself.
If system deducts from my points yet again, I might cry. I worked so hard for them.
Come to think of it – I began to caress my now smaller stomach, I was hungry.
I might as well get off the bed and find myself breakfast before heading to Sally's kiosk.
[Beauty assignment starts soon!]
The system pinged yet again.
My grumbling stomach wouldn't allow me to be mad at system for long. If it hadn't announced the next task, I would have been forced to get up because my stomach was close to empty now.
Looking down at the saggy skin under my belly now, I wanted to do this next task as quickly as possible.
Hopefully, its reward would be to eliminate the saggy flesh left by the deduction in the fat from my body.
"What is the task, system?" I questioned, hoping system wouldn't be so stingy with details as it had always been.
I wonder what problem was system's exactly
[ Beauty assignments start soon!]
"Yeah —" I rolled my eyes. "What was I thinking? That system will answer to my question? I sleep!" I grumbled.
I sluggishly dragged myself into the bathroom to have my bath but this time, I made sure to brush my teeth and then my bath after.
I was too hungry to wash my hair so, I only rushed the bathing and cleaning then in a blink, I was out of the bathroom.
When I tried to dress myself in my usual shorts, I found my waist couldn't hold it any longer. The short was too wide for me at the waist as I was slimmer now and so was my waist.
"Oh, please no! I don't have the money to go shopping now." I grunted, feeling at a loss for what to do.