Strongest Alchemist System
—Different World Lines (Part 1)
By the time I was 10, I had lost both my parents.
It was an accident.
At that time I was still in 5th grade SD, and my sister was in 2nd grade SD.
“Dad, look! I can rank one more out of the whole class!”
Vigorously, I showed my father the award I got from my exams at school. There I got perfect grades in all eyes of the exhibition.
“Not only that, look at this! I even got a 120 because I managed to realize there was a problem that was wrong in the exam!”
“Wow, it's so great— Wait, aren't you too great?! What's with all these hundred grades?! Where did you get the genes of a genius like this?! Are you really my son?!” the surprised father shouted, but it was a little different from the surprised reaction I imagined.
“Yeah, baby. You can't say that, Riku's genius is my innate, right?” she said while hugging me gently.
“But baby, look at all these trophies?! He had even been directly recruited by a famous university to continue his studies there! Are you sure this kid is really human?! Hey, Riku! Stop running any race without permission to your mom and dad, you understand?! Because of you we have to sacrifice one empty room just for all your trophies!” reprimand father while pointing towards a room filled with my trophy.
Actually it's not just my trophy, there's also my mother's cup placed there, and almost all the trophies there are awards from the first rank.
“Yeah, how else. The pocket money that dad gave me was too little, so I was forced to have to take part in those races to earn extra money.”
“See this kid, he can even protest about his pocket money?! Are you really 10 years old?! I'm sure he'll learn about stocks and investments if we leave him alone!”
Hearing the father who started saying something vague, I let out a tired sigh, and ignored him. If this is the case, he is really troublesome.
“Mother, I'm hungry.”
“Oh, is it time for dinner? All right, today I'm gonna make you your favorite meal. But, can you help mommy to call your sister?” my mother said asking for help.
I gave him a sign of respect. “Every boss!” Then immediately ran towards my sister's room to carry out her orders.
“Honey, don't run or you'll fall!” rebuked my mother, but because I was running excitedly, I could not listen to her.
I ran up the stairs and went straight to my sister's room. As I was at the door of her room, I opened the door slowly, and pulled my head out from behind the open door.
When she realized that someone had opened the door, my sister woke up from her sleep to see who was visiting her.
“Onii-sama..” exclaimed in a soft voice when he saw me.
But I ignored him and went straight into the room, my sister tilted her head in confusion when she saw what I was doing. There I took out a mask and a black robe, then took a cool pose while wearing both of those things.
“Khukuku, what a pity, Princess Shina. I'm not your brother. I'm a thief who intends to kidnap you. My name is Jhon Smith, The Greatest Thief in the whole world!” I shouted while imitating the voices of others.
Seeing that, Shina looked extremely excited and she hurriedly got off her bed.
There, she also picked up a pretty tiara and a pink princess dress, while wearing both of those things, she stood in front of me.
“Shina is a princess loved by her people. If they find out that Shina was kidnapped by someone like you, they would be very sad. Therefore, Shina refused to come with you!” he said with a big smile.
It seems that he wants to continue this charade.
He picked up a plastic sword lying on the floor, and pointed it at me.
“What does this mean, Princess Shina? Do you intend to fight me?” I asked while narrowing my eyes sharply.
But, still in her wide smile, Shina replied. “If you do not want to retreat and still want to kidnap Shina, then Shina will be your opponent, Jhon Smith!” said it.
Hearing that, I laughed out loud.
“Khukuku!! Ahahahaha!! It is a pity, Princess Shina. At first I wanted to kidnap you to be my woman. But it seems that it is impossible,” reply me with a wide grin that looks cruel.
But, Shina was not daunted at all.
“Fufu, if you intend to marry Shina, then try to defeat Shina if you can, Riku Onii-sama!” shina shouted, and she directly swung her plastic sword towards me.
I dodged it, and pulled my sword quickly as well. Seeing that, Shina swung her sword back at me, but I managed to fend off her swing.
“Khuku, you can also for a princess. Well, if that's what you want, I'll definitely beat you here! Also, I am not Riku, I am Jhon Smith!” reply me while pushing his sword swing to take some distance.
However, Shina did not stop, she kicked the rubber ball that was in front of her and flew the ball towards me.
It surprised me, so I hurriedly avoided it.
“Hey, it's cheating!”
“Fufu, you're off guard, Jhon Smith.”
While I was protesting about the ball, Shina used this opportunity to come forward and swung her sword horizontally.
It's bad, he'll slash my stomach.
But—
“Haha, do you think I didn't guess?!” I said with a wide grin.
“Uuh, it's cheating, Onii-sama!”
“Who cares! And I am not Onii-sama, I am Jhon Smith!” my yelling.
Then, I raised my sword high-to-edge, intending to swing it vertically when Shina was again busy to remove my robe from her face.
“With this, it's all over!”
But—
“Shina! Elbow! Enough of the fooling around! Come down for dinner!”
Mother called out, and I stopped right before I managed to swing my last attack to win this fight.
But, it was a bad decision.
“Fufu, you're off guard again, Onii-sama!”
My sister who had escaped the entanglement of my robe used this opportunity to swing her sword once more, and this time her sword managed to hit my head.
‘Tuk!’
“Aduh!” I groaned a little in pain when struck by that plastic sword.
“Alright, this is Shina's win!”
“Wait, that's not fair! Mother had already called, so the fight was over at that very instant! I will not accept this defeat!” my protesting reply.
But, Shina just chuckled and immediately ran away leaving me before I said everything I wanted to say.
“No, this is Shina's victory, Onii-sama who lost,” he said and then left just like that leaving me alone in the room.
I hurriedly chased after her, and still tried to protest, but she did not listen to me at all, so it made me even more upset.
She's really a shitty sister.
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It was dinner time.
While I was enjoying my mother's humburger, which was a gift from my first rank in school. Dad suddenly stood up and said loudly.
“Alright, I've decided! For holiday tomorrow we will go picnic to the mountain!” cetus my father suddenly with great enthusiasm.
At that moment, my mother responded.
“Ke mountain yes, I think it's good. I'll make you a festive provision to go later.”
“Oh, as expected of my wife! I love you more! Alright, then it's decided, we'll go to the mountain!”
“Yeah, can't dad not make his schedule all of a sudden, I never said if I would come, right?” I said with a flat face.
“Be quiet you weird kid! In this family, father is the leader! So you have no choice but to obey your father's decision!”
This one's dad is really noisy.
As my father and I began to argue, Shina the daritadi listened suddenly stood on her seat, and said with sparkling eyes.
“Picnic to the mountain! Shina wants to come!” his yell.
Seeing that, father turned his gaze towards Shina with a wide smile, and he immediately hugged Shina while crying happily.
“Oh my goodness, that's my son! Shina is really cute! Distinct far from the child who was there who did not understand at all about how important the family holiday was!” said the father while glancing at me.
My eyes twitched in annoyance.
“The two of you, do not stand when again eating,” scolded my mother, and they returned again to their seats each.
When everything calmed down again, Shina suddenly pulled the edge of my shirt.
“Onii-sama, let's go on a picnic together. Shina wants to go with Onii-sama,” she invites him with a glaring eye.
Uuh, that's cheating. This kid is too cute. How could I possibly refuse my sister's request?
It made my heart melt, and in the end I was forced to decide to accept his invitation.
I sighed with resignation, smiled gently and stroked his head.
“Yes yeah, I'm coming. Geez, Shina is really a troublesome sister,” I said, and Shina immediately smiled widely when she heard that.
In the end we all decided to go on a picnic to the mountain together.