HPDBC Chapter 53: Famous For Five Seconds!
Chapter 53: Famous For Five Seconds!
Hugo’s jaw nearly dropped as the words on the System notification flashed across his vision. He even rubbed his eyes and read it again just to be sure.
When he gazed at the hologram screen once again, the message remained the same.
[Ding! Due to the influence of Sanchez’s public hyping, your social status stat has temporarily increased by 5 points for the duration of the pool party!]
[Social Status Buff +5]
Duration: Until the end of the pool party.
He read it twice, then a third time. He could hardly believe it.
This was unreal! Heck, he didn’t even know that something like a temporary buff could be possible!
And to the stat that was hardest to raise, even!
Social status was a measure of fame, prestige, and all the things that made people idolise you, practically drool over you and treat you like a mini celebrity!
It simply meant and determined your standing in the social ladder and your influence to other people around you.
In other words, it showed how far you are on the celebrity scale.
Since Hugo’s social status stat was 3 before, the added temporary stats of 5 means he currently has a social status of 8!
8!
Probably even Ronaldo didn’t have that much!
Okay, maybe he was exaggerating. Ronaldo probably had like a social status of 50,000, but still...
Still!
Tonight, he’d be treated just like those guys who made girls swoon with a glance!
Tonight, he’d have a piece of that magic that made everyone around you hang onto your every word, like how girls always lit up when a famous guy walked by, giggling at his jokes, eager to please.
He couldn’t believe his bad luck was that overpowered. He had barely enjoyed being famous for five seconds!
Heck, in a way, he hadn’t even enjoyed it!
Which demon had he offended for him to be so cursed?! Or was it a witch? Or a genie?!
The crowd cheered, laughing, oblivious to his inner horror as the man swung him over the pool and—splash!
Hugo hit the water with a graceless flop. He thrashed wildly, inhaling a mouthful of chlorine and sputtering like a drowning cat.
"Hel—"
The people around him kept laughing, thinking he was just playing around, until Collins, wide eyed and alarmed, yelled, "Uh... guys? Hugo is actually drowning!"
As soon as Collins shouted this, someone hurriedly tossed a pink flamingo float Hugo’s way, which he grabbed with a death grip, coughing and gasping as he clung to it like his life depended on it.
’This is it,’ he thought bitterly, ’I’m famous, and I almost drowned because of it!’
Trying to make a sneaky escape out of the pool, Hugo was almost to the edge when a stunning girl stepped right into his path.
She was drop dead gorgeous, with eyes that glinted as she looked him over. She leaned in, her voice soft and playful.
"Hey, Hugo," she purred, her voice almost a whisper. "What’s the dirtiest thing you’ve ever done in a pool?"
Hugo’s brain froze. "Uh , uh..." He felt his cheeks flame, mind racing. She was practically pressing up against him, looking at him with a bold glint in her eye.
He was about to stammer something ridiculous, but managed to catch himself. Taking a deep breath, he activated Aura of Zen and his nervous immediately calmed, steadying his nerves.
His gaze crew nonchalant and his voice became cool.
"Nothing... yet," he replied with a slight smirk, surprising even himself with how cool he sounded.
Her eyes sparkled with mischief. Smiling, she took his hand and pulled him into a secluded, shadowy corner of the pool.
"Well," she whispered, her voice dripping with promise, "how about we change that?"