CHAPTER 45: BLOCKED

"Madam, I promise I won’t take any unnecessary leave in the future."

Kneeling down, I immediately held the legs of the old proprietress.

This part-time job of running the small grocery shop was too good to give up.

"What are you doing, why are you holding my legs?"

Completely taken aback by my sudden action, the old lady cried out.

"Madam, I am a poor orphan, who is yet to graduate. If I lose this job, I won’t have any source of income."

"You don’t want to see an innocent boy like me go down on the path of depravity, right?"

"I know Madam is a very gentle lady."

With sugar-coated bullets, I continued my offensive.

When I showed up for my second day of work, the boss, a man in his late fifties, just raised his hands and said,

"If you want to continue working here, then make my younger sister agree. She is the actual boss here and is very angry with you!"

This was the reason for my current predicament.

"What innocent?"

"Innocent boys don’t make big promises that they are very hard working and are absent on their second day at work."

The lady hissed with venom.

"Not to forget you were late on the first day too."

"We can find plenty of people to do our part-time work."

Her face was full of black lines.

"Madam is a kind-hearted soul, who still exudes a divine beauty unique to a mature woman. I know my madam will give this poor boy a chance and become his saviour."

-After speaking, I blinked twice to arouse the sympathy in the boss lady’s eyes, first came an apology then came moral kidnapping, with this two-way approach I was confident in my ability.

Sighs~

"You are praising me like I am still someone in her 20s. Fine! This is the last chance, hurry and get up, with you holding my legs so firmly, I am feeling weird."

"Thank you, Miss Michelle."

With her giving in, I readily loosened my grip on her soft legs and slowly got up.

With such a steady movement, I finally marvelled at the lady standing in front of me, her long hair dyed partly blue, her busty chest and smooth orchid-like fragrance, she easily scored an aesthetic score of above 90.

She was Michelle, the elder sister of this shop’s owner.

"But I am serious Ma’am, your face still looks so tender and even the brutality of getting old has failed to leave any fat on your perfectly curved body."

My words were filled with sincerity, it was hard to believe that such a fine woman was just 35 in age, and still unmarried.

There was a single question popping in my head- Are the men in this world simply dumb?

How can they ignore such a stunning killer?

Gulps~

I slowly regained my composure and pleaded again,

"Madam, don’t worry, whenever I have to take a leave in future, I will tell you in advance so the store’s business isn’t affected."

"Yesterday was just an emergency so I was absent."

Like a knight, I made a serious declaration.

Michelle, who was also quietly observing me, narrowed her eyes.

I knew she heard my gulping sound as I admired her body from head to toe.

"Just like your tongue which is so glib, even your darting eyes are not innocent."

"If you dare to look at me with such eyes again, then no amount of flattery can save you from being fired."

-Michelle crossed her hands as she scolded me.

"Now, get back to work."

But before she could leave, I stopped her.

"Boss lady, wait!"

"......"

"Let’s add each other on Wize, in that way, I can contact you in case of any emergency so yesterday’s situation doesn’t repeat itself."

-After finishing my sentence, I took out my phone and brought it near her to scan my QR code.

"Okay."

Michelle also readily took out her mobile from her jeans pocket and scanned my code thus adding me to her social ID.

"But I tell you in advance, unless absolutely necessary, it’s best if you don’t send me any useless message on the app."

"I hate being disturbed online."

With strong intimidation, Michelle left the store leaving me here till 5 pm.

Phew~

I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I almost lost this easy job."

"Huh?"

"Asuna’s message?"

Just as I was about to put my phone in my trouser’s pocket, I saw that Asuna had sent me a message some minutes ago.

"Since I was busy apologising to Michelle, I almost ignored this notification, let’s open it and see what she has to say?"

With a swipe of my finger, I opened the text message she had sent.

Huh?

"Is this real?"

The message was written in parts in the form of various paragraphs.

The context was simple- Let’s break up because things seem to be getting more than what she could handle.

"Cutting off contact and alienating each other for some time so that others think we had a fight and grew distant, eventually, breaking off."

I grasped what Asuna wanted to say.

"So she wants to call it quits?"

"At least she should give a reason, right?"

I decided to text her back and ask if we can work things around, but I got a big prompt in red words.

-Blocked! The user you are sending a message to has deleted you as a friend and blocked you from further contact.

Sighs~

Of course, losing such a good system target like her would be a huge loss for me.

"I was sure there were still countless things that I could redeem in system rewards with just one or two more dates with her, but it seems I won’t have a chance."

Although it was a setback for me, it was not like the end of the world.

"It’s okay."

"There are still countless beauties in this city."

"I am sure I will find another target pretty soon."

After clearing my thoughts, I started cleaning the small grocery shop that reeked of dust and some cobwebs.

Since I have taken the job, naturally I need to make sure the surroundings are clean and hygienic, otherwise, no customer would come.