When darkness falls, you should not be afraid, however, if you meet him, you should try your best to hide. He is a handsome ghost personified. He stands at the top of the pyramid and he has ties in every industry. He seems to not fear neither god nor death.
No one and nothing catches his eyes. Blind to the beauties with different charms to the the brightest of minds. Maybe..., they couldn't match his own.That's why its terrifying to be his enemy and one can only try to be an ally.
[[That's an introduction excerpt from the novel host!]]
Lin Yang raised an eyebrow at that,
"So dramatic, and? Do you have any explanation for this?" She pointed towards the tense and perspiring form of the person who slept.
[[Host, the villain seems to be in a fever-induced nightmare.]] The system wonders if it should have just let the host take him to the hospital. Lin Yang wanted to just throw the villain to a 'clinic' afterall. Her being unfamiliar with modern terms and ways.
No, no, no, how would the host develop feelings with the villain if that happened? The host should take care of the villain, that's the best way, isn't it?
"He seems to be burning, mortals would be burned stupid at this temperature?" Lin Yang asked as she removes her outstretched hand from the villain's forehead.
[[Host! There's a first-aid kit from the things you bought. Take the forehead patch and let the villain drink the blue medicine.]] The system enthusiastically adviced waving around a book in his hand. Another stupid novel it seems...
"Shouldn't he just go to a clinic?" Lin Yang had an urge to beat up the system who seems to lack some common sense.
[[Well..., host, won't you try my solution first? It would be bad to carry him all the way without trying and wasting money, right?]] The system states weakly...
Lin Yang was integrated with a blue-collar job as an identity and it seems that her latest purchase was declined due to insufficient balance... a fascinating ice cream maker she would get one way or another. Nodding to herself, she thinks that she really couldn't afford this deadbeat.
"The villain won't be so cheap to not pay back when he returns, right?" Lin Yang hummed, as she was an innate spendthrift and one who barely worried about material things in her last life.
She stared eerily at the body infront of her before turning back and grabbing what was needed.
...
In the depths of his mind, Zi Hao only dreamt of pain and continously falling in an endless space. He can't seem to remember when he had a break. It was always quite dark and that seems to have never changed. Though, in a moment, he also blearily remembers a time of warmth, untouched by every worries of life. It quickly went away, buried under the endless dark.
Lin Yang silently just sat there watching as the villain's temperature slowly lowered while the sun appeared at the horizons.
The system didn't expect the host to watch over the villain throughout the night. It slowly deleted the paragraph of the skewed encouragement it had prepared.
...
The sun was shining brightly and its rays warmly enveloped the flower by the window.
[[Host, your leave of absence is ending soon, you'd really have to return to work.]] The system watched the appetizing breakfast disappear in a matter of seconds. An American breakfast complete with a glistening omelette, crispy bacon, bread, and a glass of milk.
"Isn't it more conducive to have a subsidy for hosts to complete their mission?" Lin Yang puts down her fork and slowly wiped her mouth, savoring the food, and the moment.
[[Host, the system does not interfere with the currency of the world abritrarily it requires an exchange of mission points... which you currently don't have. The system is already kind to generate your identity as an office worker.]] The system rambled on...
[[Different hosts have various ways and the capacity to make money anyways one way or another. I believe in you host! I think you're the best one out there!]] The system thinks its partly because hosts are a selection of strong souls. It was already a headache for the main system to manage unruly and deviating hosts who ungratefully wants to overpower it. It was not a ruthless employer and would graciously unbind with the hosts. It's just that the power of laws and space are hard to master that some could not do without the system...
Lin Yang seems to have caught something and yet nothing. It went unnoticed by the system who rambled on with endless complaints. Such that shouldn't be heard by its host.
Lin Yang finally stood up and walked slowly to the adjacent room. Peering in the room was a sight to behold.
It seems to be like a thief exiting through the windows, and it's quite a sight with such a funny posture. A 6ft. man was holding the windows edges trying to fit in a medium-sized window to 'escape'.
Zi Hao slowly looks back and blinks at the presence of her. He nonchalantly puts down the leg stepping on the window sill, fixes the poor fallen flower, and straightens his posture.
Lin Yang raises an eyebrow at the sight.
"The sun shines so brightly and I wanted to take a closer look." Zi Hao states while offering a slight smile.
'Hmm, the beauty factor really goes up with having a nice smile.' Lin Yang thought and pondered,
'It such a shame that the seeping blood through the clothes that she had painstakingly put on him made her dislike everything at the moment.'
"Would you like to change your clothes?" Lin Yang tilted her head in question.
"Yes, please." He states while slightly looking down looking like a sad pup. It's quite a strange sight with his build.
Lin Yang turns without care and reaches for the first-aid kit that was just leaning by the wall next to the bed. She also grabbed another set of clothes from the room's closet.
She put down all the things and the bed and pointed at them.
"Make do with it." She states without feeling and leisurely walks out.
[[Host! That's not good! Care for him, walk him to the bed, and change his bandages for him! Accidentally touch his chest, you little ****!]] The system wails in frustration, it was a reformation system, how can cold actions with no points for development lead towards any feelings. Friendship would not even start at all!
'I'm afraid that won't work, the pen he hides in his hand would really reach for my neck.' She shook her head at this naive system. No matter, if hed had amnesia or not. A villain would be a villain.
"After you're done, meet me out here to talk." She tiredly states as she moves out the room. This world is very entertaining but the vast variety to explore really leaves the mortal body with little rest.
[[Still!! You should gaze at him with more friendship and affection or offer some kind of comfort!]] The system backed-up, slightly eyeing the silver light cleverly hidden from a certain perspective just like a magician's tricks.
'I'm afraid you have some screws loose, I'd suggest you go for a reformatting' she states while heading towards the table and cleaning it neatly.
[[SCREWS LOOSE!, YOU HAVE IT YOU LITTLE SHIII, YOUR WHOLE FAMI...]]
Lin Yang pays no attention and cleverly practices the skill of tuning out the system almost like a mute button. As a novice she's supposed to have no idea of such functions and as she is, that doesn't hinder her at all.
Moments later, Zi Hao and Lin Yang faced each other in the dining table with a cup of tea.
She leisurely sips and savors the delicate aroma before putting slowly putting her cup down. It was half an hour of silence without anyone talking.
The system was drained and agonizingly watched this scene and could already imagine him being put down at the factory and crazily cursing with jumbled data before ceasing to even know how to swear...
An undetermined number of incence has burned and time has also passed,
"What would you want to do?" Lin Yang thought that her daily drama should be broadcasted in a few minutes.
Seeing no response, she graciously followed-up,
"Would you like to return?" She asked
"Not yet." Zi Hao finally responded looking directly at Lin Yang, observing and thinking.
"Oh? But..., that's quite hard on the family." She wistfully ponders while tappibg her fingers on the table.
"I will... I will compensate once I return."
"Butttt, hmmm, time..."
"Just until my memory returns!" Zi Hao hastily mentioned seemingly bent on not returning yet, he instinctively felt that he was in a good position to stay and there would be countless challenges when he leaves without the leverage of his memories. Memories? It seems he can't remember why he was here and who he is.
...
Unscrupulous, dark-hearted, and shallow, the system thought feeling suffocated, obviously, the villain was his mission but she needed to extract every pennies worth. Huh. It shouldn't care much about the host method's, maybe, he just symphatised with being cheated out of nothing.
Bahh... when was he cheated...
After a moment of silence that was drawn out for the illusion of the capitalist.
"Okay." Lin Yang nodded and put aside her tea before moving to the couch.
'I wonder what to have for dinner.'
She opened the delivery software and was devastated to see the balance left after ordering. She generously ordered a few more dishes for her new housemate. Maa... tommorow's problems..