1 Charlie and the System

Charlie thought that this is the best day of his life, as the seconds kept ticking by, the more exited he got.

He had always dreamt of something like this, as an avid fan of game's for more then 20 years, he always enjoyed getting on the hype train on everything that was new in the industry.

Because of the abundance of free time he got for the last year, and because there was a lot less game's released for the same reason he decided to branch out to other ventures.

As a veteran on the forums and social media he knew a lot of people who enjoyed the same things as him, he thought that the best decision would be to ask around his circle for recommendations, and he did not regret it, not at all.

At the moment he was dancing out of happiness in his bedroom to a tune only he could hear, if there was anyone who could see him right now, they would think that he was either high on something or had won the lottery.

He didn't care, for him, this was better than both at the same time, he wouldn't be here in about 8 hours anyway, or to be exact, 8 hours 11 minutes and 21 seconds.

What did he mean by that, well he had a timer in the right side of his vision, not on the computer or his phone but his vision.

Again, if he where to tell someone they would definitely think he was on drugs, but let's not talk about anything else he hasn't had a speck of alcohol for the last 4 months or so, he hasn't even been out of his house for that long, not because he was a shut in, but because he didn't have any place he could go to.

Everywhere was closed.

He didn't care though, it turned out that this would be a blessing in disguise.

4 months ago, his gaming friends recommend to him to read some books, and because of the interests they had, most books had, in fact, something in common.

In one way or another they included a leveling system of some sort.

It was that mighty system, the one witch sometimes looked like an ordinary RPG with EXP and levels, other times it was ripped straight of from D&D, or the many cultivation levels, lets not forget about those.

And yes, he was now the proud owner of one, as for how or why he was chosen for that, he didn't care much, he was a firm believer in living for the moment, if there was something that he had to worry about, he would do so when the right time came, for now, he was too engrossed in his fantasy about his great adventures and glory he will achieve in the future.

Because of his 13 years of experience in the gaming industry and his last 4 months of full immersion in reading the cream of the crop in regards of system books, he was confident that he would do good no matter the adversity that will come his way.

This morning, whell if he were to be honest it was not quite morning, it was already more then 12 when he woke up, he was still basking in the afterglow he got from finishing the 14th volume of Overlord, which in his opinion, was one of the best novel series he read so far.

He hurried to his computer to find his next read.

This had already become his routine after finishing a book, he would go through his recommendation list or browse around on the Internet for a couple of hours, go through the first chapter of about 10 books and pick one off them to read and maybe bookmark a few others if something was interesting enough.

Just when he was about to meet his quota for today after reading the synopsis of 9th book of the day, "The only system you need", because he thought it was pretty interesting, if a bit odd, he decided to click on it to read more.

All of a sudden everything went dark, after a few moments a bright white message appeared in front of him.

[Congratulations, your application has passed through and you have been selected for the post of Junior System Administrator. You will start training in 24h and it will take 14 days, you will not be able to return before that so prepare yourself, more information will be provided after the start of your training.]

After a few moments his computer appeared back in his front him, everything went back to normal.

He was shocked.

'What the hell was that,maybe I am to tired'

It wasn't like he was stupid, even he could not believe it, in the first place that looked more like he would start a new job, not the typical message his fellow "Players" would receive at the start of their adventure.

Deciding that he needed some rest even if it was only his imagination, 2 weeks off from work didn't sound that bad, he called his boss and told him that he needed some time off, he received a positive answer then he picked an audio book on his phone to listen before falling asleep.

What made him realise that this was in fact true and he was not going crazy, was the text that appeared in front of him when he woke up.

[Congratulations, because of reading the book "How to make friends and influence people" your understanding of the human behaviour has deepened, you will receive additional information for the skill Appraisal]

After that new information started flowing through his mind, he felt like he read the whole book, even more he felt like he had a deep understanding of the subjects the author was trying to get across, as if he was there with him when he wrote it.

This was impossible, he had heard of sleep learning but this was not it, if he wanted he could write the whole book word for word if he wanted.

He was ecstatic, if this was true, then this would open a myriad of possibilities for him, he could become a genius in no time, that's why he did the only thing he could think of right now to express himself, he started dancing.

After a few minutes of dancing uncontrollably he got an idea about the skill "Appraisal"

He went to the mirror and then he thought of the skill, thankfully it worked, then he started reading.

'What the hell is this?'

[NAME: Charles Angus]

[LVL:0]

[JOB: Junior System Administrator]

[TITLE: None]

[STATUS: Not applicable]

[SKILLS: Appraisal,Fast learning,Missions and Rewards allocation]

[TASKS: Finish the training with a rating of at least C grade]