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Chapter 16 – Rize’s Playfulness –
Translator by xean
Edited by SevenTails
Hi, this is Rize. Elle is my big brother. Onii-chan is a very amazing person, a genius who became the youngest ever to reach Blue Stellar Class Alchemist in history, but that’s a trivial matter. Yes, onii-chan and I have a goal and that is to create the best agricultural products in history and sell them to the world. This was our goal, but… onii-chan had recently left us. I’m sad, and it’s painful… I’ve been living with him for a long time, bathing and sleeping together, but I still can’t get used to the sudden change in my life.
(EN: Onii-chan, お兄さん, means older brother.)
My parents and sister told me that I should leave onii-chan, but it’s impossible. Onii-chan means a lot to me.
He left because he said he was going out on his own, but he’s living next door to Fii-san!
I’m mad at him. I don’t want someone to take him away from me, I want him to stay as my onii-chan forever. I like Fii because she’s a nice, good person to me and helps onii-chan with alchemy related things, and whenever I see her, she always asks me, “Rize, did you grow up again? You’re still so cute.” She also says, “Here’s a candy bar,” and gives me candy. Although It’s impossible for me to dislike Fii-san, I still won’t give her onii-chan. She should wait for another ten years.
And our parents recently told me that onii-chan isn’t related to us by blood, but I’ve known it for a few years now. Still, he’s a great onii-chan.
Today, I’m visiting onii-chan at his house. The plan is to hang out in his room and then have a shopping date. Then, we’re going to do some research in the workshop. He’s been busy lately and we haven’t been able to see each other much, so I’m really looking forward to today.
「Onii-chan—! It’s Rize—! I’m here—!」
When I ring the intercom, onii-chan comes out with a smile on his face.
「Ah! Rize! You’re still as cute as ever. Come on in.」
「Un!」
「It’s such a long time since I’ve last seen you.」
「That’s right. I was lonely you know!」
「Hahaha. I’m sorry, I’ve been in working with a lot of things.」
He served me a cup of tea as I arrived at the table. Of course, it’s the one I love. He’s a great onii-chan. He knows me well.
「So what are we going to do today, onii-chan?」
「Do you want to visit the town?」
「Yes! I haven’t had a date with onii-chan for a long time.」
「Yosh! Let’s go, Rize!」
「O-oh—!」
Hand in hand, we go out to the town.
Central Street. This was at the center of the country, so there were quite a lot of people here and that’s why we were holding hands tightly. I won’t let go of this hand or else we’ll be separated in this crowd.
Soon, we arrived at the grocery store. Yes, this was both a date and a research trip.
While I stared at the fruit, onii-chan stared at the vegetables.
「「…」」
Then, he quickly took his eyes off the vegetables, and the two of us exchanged glances while grinning before we left. The purpose of this action… was that you can tell the quality of the crop just by looking at it. This is a training that says, “I’m a bonafide farmer”. As a farmer, you also need to have an eye for judging quality. It’s not enough to just do farm work. This is essential for what we’re aiming for is something higher!
「Well, Rize. Do you want something to eat?」
「Mmm. I want a parfait!」
「Okay, let’s go! It’s my treat.」
「As expected of onii-chan! You have what it takes. Hehehe, you have what it takes to be a good husband!」
「Haha, you can’t get anything more even if you praise me, okay?」
We then went to a nearby cafe and I asked for a jumbo parfait. I love farm products, but I eat them at home all the time, so I have a craving for different stuff. I have a particular fondness for sweets, so when I go out of town with onii-chan, I often have a parfait.
「Is it good, Rize?」
「Yes! It’s delicious! Here take a bite, a~aan.」
「A~aan. Yeah, it’s good!」
「Of course.」
After a quick bite at the cafe, we went shopping. He said he had some extra money today and that he could buy me anything. As expected of onii-chan, he’s very generous. Even if he doesn’t have any additional money, he still always buys me the things I want, so he’s really a good onii-chan who cares about his sister.
「Is there anything you want?」
「Well, let’s see~ For now, let’s just go look at some clothes!」
「Roger that.」
And so, we head to the clothing store. When we are about to go to the usual cheap place, onii-chan said, “Let’s go to a more expensive store today,” so I followed him.
「Well, what do you want?」
「Ehhhh. Onii-chan, this is very expensive.」
「Don’t worry about it.」
We arrived at a very expensive clothing store. My eyes were spinning out of control. I’m a farmer’s daughter, my financial sense was ordinary. I prefer to live frugally, but if onii-chan wants me to, I thought… but I can’t. I can’t choose.
「I’d like… onii-chan to pick for me? Is that okay?」
「What? Are you sure? Is it really what you want?」
「It’s okay! It’s what I want!」
「Leave it to me. I’m gonna make you the prettiest little sister in the world.」
And so I decided to be my onii-chan’s dress-up doll.
「How about this one? Hmm, there are still better ones. This? No, it’s still not good enough. Rize’s can be cuter than this. How about this then? Alright, that’s what I’m going to use for the top. No, wait…? Don’t rush, no need to panic. Okay, is this good?」
「… hahaha.」
All I can do is laugh bitterly, but if onii-chan is doing it out of concern for me, then it’s fine. And then after an hour, he finally decided on something.
「Good! It’s perfect!」
「This is for… me?」
In the end, he settled on a simple outfit. A pure white dress and a straw hat. Lately, it has been as hot as summer, so this outfit is just about right. But still, this outfit was an oops when I looked at the… price tag. I’m sure that, with this price, we would have enough to last a week… and before I could say anything, onii-chan had already paid the bill.
「Good. I’ve cut the price tag off, wear this and let’s go back home.」
「… Yeah! Thank you onii-chan!」
I walk away with great joy having received an unexpected gift.
I am so lucky to be loved so much and I am so grateful for onii-chan. I snuggled up to him and we walked, praying that we will always be together.
—–§§§—–
I bought some clothes for Rize. It was a white dress and a straw hat, but it was a pretty expensive purchase. Although, it didn’t hurt that much because I’ve been getting quite a bit of money these days from textbook royalties and other stuff and I hadn’t seen Rize in a long time. It’s only fair to spend this much money. In fact, it’s not even close, but I’m afraid that if I spend too much money, Rize will be in trouble, so that’s about as much as I can spend today.
And finally, back to the main subject. I haven’t told Rize about Proto at all. In other words, Rize still thinks Proto can only crawl, but in fact, Proto can run lightly these days. It doesn’t last long yet, but it’s still a lot of progress.
「Rize. Don’t be surprised when we arrived at the workshop.」
「Wow …was there a lot of progress?」
「Yes, I’m sure Rize would be pleased to see it.」
I lead Rize to the basement workshop. Then Proto, who had been walking around, looks at me and raises his right hand quickly to greet me.
「Eh!!!? Eeeeeeeeee!!? That’s Proto! Isn’t it!? What’s happened to it!!?」
「Actually… Proto can now stand up. It can walk and run for a bit.」
「Eeehhhh!!!? That’s great, I thought you said that that would be until later because you couldn’t incorporate the self-supporting bipedal walking technique.」
「It happened naturally. It means the fully independent artificial intelligence is evolving.」
「Eeeehhh!!? This is great. We’re getting closer and closer to our dream! Onii-chan!」
「…Yes!」
Rize expressed her astonishment and delight at my achievements. I had actually personally taught Rize alchemy, and to be honest, she was close to Fii in terms of theory and practice. She had a much deeper knowledge of alchemy than those Platinum alchemists out there. My theories aren’t well known to others, but she already had a general understanding of it.
Also, she’s not famous due to her being a farmer’s daughter and not belonging to any alchemist association, but she’s probably going to be an alchemist as good or better than me.
「Hee~ That’s amazing. It’s really walking.」
「Right? Also, the fact that it can run even a little is great progress.」
「You’re great onii-chan!」
「Thanks, Rize, it really makes me happy to hear you say that.」
「Ehehe. I’m the only one who understands onii-chan!」
I stroked Rize’s head gently.
Looking back, we’ve come a long way. I had made up my mind at an early age to grow the best crops in the world, so studied alchemy and now here I am. In the beginning, I was often ridiculed, my parents and sister kept telling me to stop, but Rize was the only one who was always on my side. Even though she didn’t understand me well at that time, she always supported me and now, we’ve found ourselves collaborating, I’m in charge of vegetables and Liese is in charge of fruits. Rize also recently completed the “It’s an apple, but it’s actually a grape” project. We’ve been ridiculed for years because of it, saying it was impossible and yet, we made it happen. That’s why we can continue to lift each other up.
I really do have the best sister in the world.
While I was thinking about this, Rize remembered something and started talking.
「Ah! Come to think of it, I heard a peculiar rumour at school yesterday.」
「What’s the rumour about?」
「Uhh. It’s something about onii-chan being a god of alchemy.」
「That again…」
「 I want to tell them that onii-chan isn’t an alchemy god, but the god of crops. I don’t talk with them that much, so I kept it to myself.」
「That’s really wise of you, but the rumour is still spreading around the academy…」
「Yes. It’s only a small rumour, but I’m pretty sure that’s what the noble kids said.」
「I see. They haven’t done anything to Rize, have they?」
「They haven’t particularly done anything. But, are you okay, onii-chan? The Mystics, was it? I don’t know, but… aren’t they getting in your way?」
「They haven’t done any real damage yet, but I’ve just been told by Fii and the chairman to be careful. This is quite alarming.」
「I hope they don’t interfere with your research…」
「Ah. Of course.」
Still, it seems like that rumour has spread quite a bit around the academy… or rather, around nobility. Now that I remember, when I became a Blue Stellar Class Alchemist, I was despised by the Mystics, but now their attitudes took a 180 degrees turn and are… considering me a god. Are their brains filled with nothing but fantasies? There is no way I am a god. There are still many mysteries in alchemy, and it’s still developing, but, no matter how much I have contributed to it, god is an overstatement. Ha~a… This is going to be troublesome…
Then, someone came into the basement. It was probably Fii.
「Ara? Did you spend the day with Rize?」
「Yeah.」
「We were on a date! Ehem!」
「Oh my! Such a pretty dress. Did Elle get it for you?」
「Yeah!」
「Ahh, really. You’re such a cutie, Rize. Here’s a candy bar.」
「Wa~i! Thank you!」
「Fii has always been very fond of Lise, but… where does that candy always come from? It’s such a mystery…」
「Ah, this is… an invitation. For Elle.」
「Invitation? From whom, Fii?」
「 Look at the letter and you’ll know.」
I look at the back of the letter. It was extremely beautiful, and at the back, I saw a royal crest.
「Is this…」
「Yes, it’s an invitation from the Second Prince, Oscar. You can decline this invitation because it’s a private one… but to turn down a royal invitation…」
「Hmmm…」
I could brush it off like in the past, but I’ve learned that if you’re going to live as an alchemist in this country, it was important to socialize. I also didn’t want to make Fii lose face by not going.
「I understand. I’ll go.」
「Thanks, that helps. I’m also going, so I think it’ll be okay, but be really careful with the Mystics.」
「Ah. I understand.」
This was how I got earnestly involved with the mystics.