chapter 4: negotiation

*****steve P.O.V.

Dealing with the quest was not important right now because I couldn't appear to be high during my job interview.

I got into focus again and stood before the manager while the door closed behind me. she told me to sit down and as I got the permission, I finally sat down on the chair and waited for her to begin.

" I'm Sophia Tully, the manager and the owner of this establishment. and you would be?" the lady that looked like in her mid-20s said. she appeared to be very confident in herself which was a very necessary requirement for managerial and entrepreneurial status.

" I'm Steve Carlson, a soon-to-be 1st year at tera this year. you could address me as Steve. " I said to her politely to leave a good first impression.

" then Steve, I would assume that you are not looking for a lasting job, right?", I nodded before she continued," while I would have liked you to be a waiter at my restaurant with your above average looks, sadly we don't need them that much right now and I don't appoint my staff for such a short time. Now don't be disappointed, I do have a job that is currently free but it comes with its hardships. " she finished what she wanted to say and waited for me to speak my opinion.

" Ma'am, I might not be skilled to be a cook, nor do I have any qualification to be appointed in a managerial post but I do have the motivation to face any hardships that came with the job. please tell me what do I have to do?" I told her sincerely as I already know what kind of job it would be because of the quest I just received. I can endure a little bit of heat for a month if that increased my savings.

" As you know that this restaurant is just opened a week ago, during the opening we had also invited a mascot to entertain the kids and it received a really good response from the children so I wanted to keep the mascot permanently but my staff doesn't want to get into the suit because it gets heated pretty quickly and they don't want to endure it as they are already appointed as welcoming guards and waiters. I would give you 900 cols every week for the month if you agree to wear it and work at blueberries," she told me as she began looking at her financial records.

"I'm willing to do it, from when should I begin." I accepted the job both because of the salary and the rewards that the system showed me. it looked like Miss Sophia came from an influential background as hinted by the system rewards and otherwise it should be impossible to own a restaurant at the heart of outer town where many famous guilds branches reside.

" very well, you can begin from tomorrow morning. staff timings are 8 am as he opens the restaurant at 10 am, you would be working from 8 am to 7 pm as I don't think many kids will come after that which might be interested in the mascot. Phil would tell you anything of importance as he wore the costume during the opening ceremony. " she told me before signaling me that we were for today.

I got up from my seat and thanked her before exiting the office, I followed the route in reverse that the receptionist guided me before. When I received the reception, I saw that they were busy so I didn't disturb them as I could find this Phil person by myself tomorrow morning.

I brought some groceries from the supermarket while im near it nonetheless and returned to miss Agatha's apartment.

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I walked up to miss Agatha's door and knocked on it before realizing that she had a bell installed in every house of her apartment. I now embarrassed pressed the bell and wait for her to respond.

" who's there?" came a voice through the speaker a few moments later.

" it's me, ma'am. Steve. " I spoke into the microphone while pressing it.

" Just wanted to let know that I got a job at the restaurant that you recommended me to visit as I promised you," I told her before removing my finger from the microphone button.

she opened the door and patted me while saying, " that's great. come let us celebrate then."

I shook my head as I replied," Im sorry ma'am but not today. my heart wants to try your cooking but I have to take care of some things right now. "

she looked disappointed but she nodded her head and shuffled my head while wishing me good luck gently. I sincerely thanked her before returning to my room through the elevator.

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I put the groceries in the refrigerator while the wooden sword was stored carefu. who am I kidding? I put it on the umbrella stand.

I took a shower and then finally sat on the chair of the studying table. I operated the watch so that I could access the system as I liked it this way rather than how it appeared directly in my vision. what can I say, I'm more of a boomer when it comes to handling technology.

"hey system, what is the difference between a quest and a mission?" I asked it directly as I was beginning to understand how it operated.

** wow! so you are an uneducated maggot? my luck stat must be in the negative to have a host like you. A mission is a task that is given to the host by the system itself while a quest is a task generated by the actions of the host and changes in the environment around the host. ** I really need to find a way to educate it somehow.

"Does that mean that quest can change depending on the changes in the environment around me?" I asked the million-dollar question.

** it can change, thank the system gods that you at least have brain cells. **

"then rewards should be able to change too, huh?" I asked delighted at the prospect of receiving the rewards that I saw many protagonists receive in the novels and fiction I read.

**.....**

" what do these dots mean?" I asked angrily feeling irritated because of not receiving a reply.

" reply to my question, you maniacal parasite," I thought I found a way to annoy him as I had a foreboding. this parasite of an idiot was grumpy in giving rewards and the best way to annoy him should be to get rewards from him then.

** yes, rewards would be changed according to the hard work the mc did during the quest period.** he finally broke the silence.

" would it be possible to receive some weapon or armor, oh wait what about some skill??" I asked clearly excited at the prospect of becoming overpowered like all the protagonists I read about.

** didn't I say it before, maggot. skills and materials don't get produced from thin air.

hard work = reward is the only principle that a great system like me follows. I'm not like that scumbag system or villain system that breaks the reality just so their hosts can archive success for a little time. do you know what happens after that? the whole dimension gets destroyed after some time because those idiots wanted to cheat and make their host overpowered instantly.**