Chapter 3 – 003. Completion of Targeting Convenience Store Part-Time Workers With SSR Card

I gave up my lingering feelings about the married woman who lived next door, and quickly left the house and headed to the local convenience store that I occasionally stopped by on my way to college.

Who would like to experiment with this app? When I thought that, there was the first person that came to my mind.

I arrived at a small convenience store in a residential alley, opened the door, and went in.

“Welcome!”

At the same time, a lively voice reaches my ears. He was the driving force behind making this convenience store, which used to have less than 3 customers including me, a little more lively in the past month.

At first glance, she is a part-time worker with a youthful face who has just turned 20, with short hair that touches her shoulders and cute see-through bangs. Because he was short, he looked even more cute like a small animal.

In addition, he had a very bright and friendly personality, so if there were several convenience stores nearby, he was a part-time worker who gave me a reason to choose this one.

The reason I chose that girl was simple.

1. Because he is a stranger who has not even given his full name.

2. Because it’s pretty.

I used to stop by this convenience store quite often, but if I remember correctly, I never saw it more than twice a week. It means that there is no one who will remember me.

Of course, you may remember it because it is a place where there are not many customers, but at least you will consider it as a customer.

Therefore, you can check how much favorability you have for people who are not acquaintances with whom you do not have much interaction, and you can also know their reaction when your favorability suddenly increases.

And the second reason.

‘Because it’s pretty.’

If you could definitely gain favor, it was natural that you would like a pretty person over an ordinary person.

Even though I thought it was pretty until now, I never thought differently because I was understanding my topic.

But it was different now.

If.

If this app is real.

Even though I believed it about 99% now, it wasn’t easy to completely accept this supernatural app in just one day.

So, I wanted to gain confidence in the remaining 1% here.

‘Then let’s check the information first.’

I operated my smartphone and pressed the search information button, thinking of that child, just like when I checked on Lee Eun-chae earlier.

Then 10p was deducted, and the text was listed as if it were natural.

Name: Ryu Seol

Age: 20

No sexual experience: None

Likeability: 10

Sexual desire: 5

Applicable cards:

The moment I saw that, I decided to stop any more unreasonable disbelief.

‘This is real.’

There was really no way they were doing The Truman Show with me. If that’s the case, you should go and get a generous appearance fee from the producer who planned it.

My heart, which had become a little quiet while picking up trash, started beating vigorously again.

“Hmph, huh~”

When I glanced at the counter, I saw her humming a song and looking at something that looked like her workbook.

It was pretty to see it again. It was cute. It was exquisitely positioned between pretty and cute.

Big eyes, a small but sharp nose, and a small mouth with a red tint. Even the corners of the mouth are turned up in a good mood.

Is it really possible to receive favor and love from a person like that? Questions, aspirations, and excitement surround me.

I moved my finger and clicked on the SSR card, which was showing off its purple presence, in the [Holding Cards] Column.

[ System: Please specify the target. ]

[Lee Eun-chae]

[Ryu Seol]

I chose Ryu Seol carefully to avoid pressing the wrong button. Then a new message came to mind again.

[System: [Ryu Seol] Has been selected. ]

[System: Please specify the target for which [Ryu Seol]’S favorability increases. If not specified, it will be fixed as user. ]

[Lee Eun-chae]

“!!”

‘Can this be applied to third parties as well?’

It was an unexpected and very desirable system. I don’t know what other cards there will be in the future, but it was clear that this feature would make it much more ‘fun’.

And when I looked at the list, I could see that I could only select people who had confirmed the information.

Feeling the joy of playing a game, I pressed [OK] Without specifying a target.

[ System: Card has been applied. ]

As soon as I saw that message, I glanced at the counter again. Her eyes were still focused on the book she was holding, so the change was not yet noticeable.

I checked the information first before approaching hastily.

Name: Ryu Seol

Age: 20

No sexual experience: None

Likeability: 90

Sexual desire: 5

Applicable Card: [SSR: Unchanging Affection]

My heart was pounding. Feeling uncontrollable excitement and excitement, she slowly headed towards the counter, holding a glass of banana milk.

‘How about it? How will they react?’

-Gulp

With her nervous mind, she swallowed her saliva once and approached her with as casual a look as she could muster.

Soon, as if she sensed my presence approaching, she gently raised her head.

“Oh, would you like to pay… “

Her voice, which had greeted her brightly as if she had just entered the store, suddenly became quieter.

-Tuk

At the same time, the book she was holding fell on the counter, and she looked at me with blank eyes.

Eyes slightly larger, mouth slightly open.

Seeing that reaction being revealed openly, I held back the corners of her mouth from rising and offering her banana milk.

“I’ll calculate this.”

“…”

“Over there?”

“…Ah! Yes! Well, I’ll help you pay!!”

Hearing my words as if urging him on, he belatedly touches the force flag in a hurry. But even so, his eyes kept scanning my appearance, my face, and I noticed that the corners of my ears were turning bright red.

I have heard such a story.

Women say that if someone is looking at them, they can feel all the gaze, no matter how hard they try to hide it.

Although it was a slightly different situation, I felt like I knew roughly what it felt like.

I could clearly see him rolling his eyes in front of me. His posture somehow became more modest, and he was tucking his hair behind his ears.

There was only one banana milk, so I just had to scan the barcode and insert the card into the reader in front, and even though that was the end of the situation, I only heard the ‘beep, beep’ sound.

“Is there any problem?”

“No, no! I’m sorry! I keep making mistakes… “

“Ah, take your time.”

“Thank you… “

The liveliness that I remembered until entering the store suddenly disappeared. Anyone can see that he looks full of embarrassment, and he slowly tries to calculate again.

And I was looking at it.

‘Are you really crazy?’

I burst out in joy. Even though I had never been in a relationship, I couldn’t have known that the card I used had been applied.

However, just because my favorability level has increased, ‘Please go out with me!’ It didn’t lead to the same absurd development, and it seemed like he was very confused in his mind at the moment.

This was enough for now.

Because I was able to roughly understand how the card worked when applied.

“Payment has been completed… “

“Yes, good work.”

“Ho, don’t you need a straw by any chance?!”

After payment was made and I was about to go out, he urgently called me and stopped me. At that desperate cry, I smiled slightly and held out my hand.

“Would you like one?”

“Here it is!”

“Thank you.”

“~~!! Yes, yes!”

He smiled so happily at my words of gratitude, filling me with a tickling sense of satisfaction.

And yet, like a puppy, the spirit of wanting something more was emanating from those sparkling eyes.

“Over there.”

“Yes! Do you need anything?!”

I somehow suppressed the feeling that I was going to burst into laughter and asked for one more thing that suddenly occurred to me.

“Is there a plastic bag that’s a little bigger?”

“Uh, ah, um… Joe, I have some pay-as-you-go bags… “

“What size is it?”

“I’ll show you everything! Just a moment!”

He quickly pulls out pay-as-you-go bags of each size from under the counter and shows them to you. Among them, I purchased a 5L bag to use as a shopping cart.

After making the additional payment, he quietly said something.

“I’ve always thought of you, you’re very kind.”

“Thank you!”

She likes to twist her body in response to my praise her. She really didn’t have anything to check anymore.

“Then, good luck.”

“Ah… Well… Ah, goodbye… “

As I turned around without regret, I heard a voice full of regret behind me.

I was also disappointed. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to try something more in this amazing reality.

Can you just hit it off and give me your number? I was in the mood to give it a try, but maybe because I’ve never done it before, I couldn’t say anything about it.

Still, she didn’t have to fret.

This app was real.

That’s why she also believed in the effectiveness of SSR cards.

Because there was a lot of time and opportunity.

There were two things I had to do right now. One is to contact the orphanage director who called in the morning. And fill the 5L bag you are holding with trash from this neighborhood.

With that in mind, I left the convenience store and walked about ten steps.

“Over there!”

I stopped and turned around when I heard a loud voice coming from behind.

“Yes?”

“Hey… That… This is the first time I’ve ever been like this… That… It is… “

She hurriedly ran out of the convenience store and grabbed me. Ryu Seol hesitated for a long time with her face red.

Soon he closed his eyes and held out the phone to me.

“B-You didn’t give me your number… I want you to give it to me… Ugh! Lord, please give it to me!”

“…”

It was a good thing that she couldn’t raise her head out of shame as she barely managed to spit out the words while chewing her tongue.

The corner of my mouth is definitely going up to one side right now.

***

She is 20 years old this year. Ryu Seol did not understand his current state of mind her.

My luck started when I failed the exam on the day of the college entrance exam due to an upset stomach. It was difficult to ask for much help at home, so I started a part-time job at a convenience store so that it wouldn’t interfere with my studies.

It was a quiet residential neighborhood, and the hours were from lunch to dinner, so it was a comfortable job with almost no rush of customers.

‘Because you said it’s okay to study when there are no customers.’

Being energetic has always been her strong point, and since it was her first part-time job, she worked hard with a lot of weight on her shoulders and tried to treat her customers as kindly as possible.

Thanks to this, the store manager viewed her favorably, and there have been no problems with her part-time job until now, about two months since she started.

For some reason, the number of customers increased slightly compared to the beginning, but it was not enough to interfere with work and study.

In this way, her part-time job became a part of her daily routine, and she spent her days welcoming friends who occasionally came to visit.

-Tingle!

“Welcome!”

As she finished organizing her counter and was studying at the counter, one of her customers came in.

He was a memorable guest with his always gently smiling face and narrow eyes that accentuated his smiling face.

It was really just that.

Her thoughts about that customer.

He was an ordinary customer who I only remembered because he made a good impression.

I did.

It was like that.

Today was different.

“Oh, would you like to pay… “

-Boom!

The moment she saw the face of the customer who came to the counter to pay, fireworks exploded in her head.

It has become pure white.

Like a fool, I couldn’t think of anything.

At this moment, the only thing that filled her head was the face of the guest smiling softly in front of her.

It was never a handsome face.

It was never her taste.

Although his shrimp-like eyes are impressive, he was the type of customer I received without thinking much about it.

-Excited! Exciting!

Her heart began to beat violently. For a moment, she thought she might be sick.

Otherwise, her heart she wouldn’t have suddenly jumped like this and her whole body she wouldn’t have felt hot as if it was on fire.

‘What?! What’s wrong with me all of a sudden?!’

Facing a phenomenon that she couldn’t understand, she stood dumbfounded for a moment and asked herself.

“Over there?”

“…Ah! Yes! Well, I’ll help you pay!!”

The sound of his voice urging her while tilting her head brought her back to her senses.

But still her heart and her hands were shaking as if they were broken.

‘Why is that cute? Aren’t I really crazy?!’

Just that small gesture of nodding his head in front of her made her heart burn brightly.

Around the year before last. At the concert she went to with her friend, she felt much more shy than when she faced her crush.

She adjusted her posture by touching her pose.

Ryu Seol has never felt this way in his 20 years of life.

She wasn’t stupid.

I couldn’t know what I was feeling right now.

So she couldn’t understand any more.

I’ve seen this customer several times in the past, but why do I suddenly feel this way now?

I’ve gotten numbers from more handsome guys and have confessed to them countless times, but I’ve never had anything like this.

However, when she judged rationally and questioned everything, this man with a gentle face had entered deep into her heart.

Unstoppable, in the blink of an eye.

“Ho, don’t you need a straw by any chance?!”

Her heart accepts the unfamiliar emotion of love before her head, and thanks to that, she struggles to somehow get one more word in.

‘Looking at it again… I think it looks cute… He seems handsome… No, it’s cool!’

The bean-shelled eyes kept stealing glances at the customer’s face.

With the love and curiosity that had suddenly grown so great, I barely managed to calm her confused mind and finish responding.

“Then, good luck.”

“Ah… Well… Ah, goodbye… “

The customer turned around and left. Ryu Seol, looking at the back, felt as if his heart was breaking.

He only works two days a week, and he wouldn’t be able to see that customer if he didn’t stop by.

If we broke up like this, there was no telling when we would be able to talk again.

To worry about trivial things, I already wanted to see your face again. So she hurriedly ran out of her convenience store.

She then grabbed him and squeezed out her voice despite her shame at the bewildered man.

A cry that is no different from a confession.

“B-You didn’t give me your number… I want you to give it to me… Ugh! Lord, please give it to me!”

Chewing on her tongue made her so embarrassed that she wanted to hide in her her mouse hole her her her, but her relief that she was glad he caught her without letting her go was even greater.

Even just saying thank you made my whole body flutter.

She was so cool that I didn’t know why I hadn’t recognized her before.

Her heart broke at the thought of not seeing her for a while.

That’s why Ryu Seol captured her emotions and her heart.

I once read it in a romance novel.

I believe that such first love has come.