Chapter 63 - President (2)

Shit, shit, shit. shit!

Nida cursed internally as she stomped her feet impatiently.

It is already 9 a.m. and she is still waiting for a jeepney to pass for her commute. It's not that no jeepneys have passed by on the highway she's standing on in the scorching sun, but every Jeep that did pass was all full and couldn't take her to her office.

"If only I was not wearing heels and skirts, I would ride the jeep like a man!" Nida grumbled as she could feel her clothes getting sticky because of her sweat.

Jeepneys can also be ridden in a standing or hanging position if you're too desperate to ride one or when there are no more seats available. But of course, it's not applicable to Nida because she's wearing a skirt and heels,

She fans herself with her hand as she feels the heat.

"Wait, is it possible to teleport?" She suddenly thought if she could easily teleport to her office,

"It would be nice if I could." She says this as she tries to concentrate and imagine her office, then commands her dust to also imagine her office and asks them to teleport her.

She concentrates by clasping her hands together and trying to ignore the noise coming from her surroundings.

"Please! Please teleport me to my office. It will help me a lot. Please help me. "

Seconds after her prayer to teleport, her surroundings started to distort.

Her dust lightly flew around her and covered her surroundings.

She's unaware that what she's doing is considered praying. That caused her dust to react, letting her cast a high level of spell that went beyond space and time for her to reach her office instantly.

"Oh? I can teleport. of iAAAAAAAAAAA. "

She celebrated too early, which made her scream with her lungs after she saw where her dust teleported her and instantly regretted her action.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"Yeah, right! This is our company building, but why am I falling from the sky just above our building? " She managed to complain despite falling, because her fall was taking time. She didn't land on the roof but continued to fall while the tall building was beside her.

She tried to grab the windows, but it was useless because all the windows were closed and she could not also control her body in the air.

She reappeared in the sky and fell beside the 58-story building.

She opened up her arms once she could see the ground.

Her dust gathered around her body and created a large ball with Nida as the core.

The dust protected her fall, and she successfully landed safely away from abrupt teleportation.

Fortunately, it is now office hours and there is no one around to witness Nida's landing.

Nida walked inside the building with a very messy appearance.

Her hair was all tangled and her clothes were all creased.

"I haven't put the time in yet, but I am already exhausted."

She let out a long sigh as she planned not to do anything this morning and convinced herself she could finish all of her piled-up work within four hours in the afternoon.

"Oh, Ms. Aileen? What are you doing here?" Nida greeted their HR assistant after she entered her department office. Aileen was just silently standing at the corner of their office near their office door.

Nida looked at her officemates, who were all present inside and didn't even lend her any seats for the assistant while pretending that they were all busy with work.

"Did her reputation was greatly affected because of me?"

After she released her public apology regarding the issue, which is now slowly dying off from the gossip list, Ms. Aileen wasn't treated like she used to be.

"Can we talk?

Ms. Aileen gestured with her hand, asking her to spare her time and talk in a private place where no one could overhear them.

Nida guided her to their pantry since there was no other private place where they could talk without her co-workmates eavesdropping.

Their seats are also close to one another, and the outside is also filled with ears. Though it was kind of inappropriate for her to bring her inside the pantry to talk, she still guided her inside the pantry and served her tea. 

Sir, Bungal has filed a complaint against you. Since this is your third offence, you will be punished with three days' suspension. If you're also a probationary employee, your suspension will highly affect your regularization. Aileen explained, then handed over the paper for her suspension.

"You came here to serve me this? Aren't I supposed to be summoned instead? " She inquired, perplexed, because she has always been summoned and it is extremely rare that the HR assistant will personally come and serve her suspension.

"I actually want to talk to you in private. That is why I came in person. "

Nida felt iffy about Aileen's polite way of talking to her. 

"There must be something behind this," she thought.

"What is it?"

"Can I apply to be your disciple?" Aileen's eyes suddenly sparkled as she leaned forward in anticipation.

Nida backed away and looked at her with a grimace.

"D-disciple?"

"Yes, ma'am! I heard that there are two types of priestess: one is born with it and the other is trained! I want to serve the God that let you make me healthy again. " 

Extreme gratitude could be seen in Aileen's eyes.

Aileen is thankful for what Nida did to her. She healed her life-threatening health issue and also gave her friend a body. That made her think about her powers, and she ended up searching for the source of her power. Nida's God.

A god that has enough power to heal.

A god is generous.

A god that is merciful.

Aileen and Nida both ended up admiring Nida and her god, not knowing that there was conflict happening between Nida and the wolf god.

Please let me be your disciple. I will do everything to serve you and your God. "

"She won't give you power or beauty; she's not that generous." Nida thought that Aileen was after the powers alone, which is why she's asking to be a disciple, but Aileen just extremely admires them to the point that she wants to submit herself to them without anything in return.

"No. Not at all. I am not asking for anything in return. I am just here to offer myself. " The sparkle in her eyes grows brighter even more as she works hard to convince Nida to let her be her disciple.

Nida was rendered speechless.

"Weeks ago she hated me and envied me, and now she admires and wants to be my disciple?" She thought to herself. While she works hard to organize her thoughts, even though she's thinking of a response to Aileen, accepting her as her disciple is out of the picture.

"Wait!" she subconsciously shouted, startling Aileen. Nida didn't notice it and continued to think.

If Ms. Aileen becomes my disciple, then she can do all my work as a priestess and I can finally escape this fucking obligation! Should I just give her what she asked for? She wanted it? Why not give the role to the one most willing to have it.

Nida started to smile from ear to ear as she finally found a way to escape the hands of the wolf god.

She felt satisfied with her thoughts as she smiled brightly toward her, then held Aileen's hand together.

This time, it's Nida's eyes that are the ones sparkling in anticipation.

"Okay, but there's no turning back. You cannot quit just because you change your mind. "

"No, I won't change my mind! I will serve both of you until my death!" Aileen responded with full conviction, which made Nida bring back her frown.

She pulled her hand off of Aileen and sipped on the tea that was now cold.

"Don't talk about death so lightly." Nida commented.

Aileen thought of her words as advice, as she nodded her head obediently. "From now on, I won't!" she said, full of energy.

"Then are you accepting me as your disciple?"

Nida stared at her for a moment...

'Should I try it if I can use her to my advantage?'

"Hmm. Not that easily."

"Then are you going to test me?"

'test? That's a good idea.' she grins while scheming something.

"Do you know about my god?"

"I don't know specifically who is your god, but I already searched for priesthood and some gods' history, so you don't have to worry about basic knowledge."

"No, that's not enough. If you can give me a whole file regarding my God, then I will accept you as my disciple. you have to learn about her first before serving. right?"

"A file?"

"Yeah, like history, background, story, previous priest serving her, etc."

"Okay ma'am, I will do my best to present you with the best I can do!" She replied snappily.

"Then look for the Goddess of Wolves."

"Wolves?"

"Yes. The wolf god Mila."

Note: Jeepneys, sometimes called simply "jeeps," are buses and the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines.. They are known for their crowded seating and kitsch decorations, which have become a widespread symbol of Philippine culture and art.