Sister

"Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, [chess] recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honour. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game."

– Paul Morphy

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He walked out of the room and saw different pictures of his ancestry on the walls.

'Wow, it looks vintage, and the image is so lifelike. If this were on the previous world this would have fetched a huge amount of cash. Heck, it might even defeat Mona Lisa's painting in terms of detail and artistic design.'

He thought as he watched those pictures as he walked by. Da Vinci would have cough up blood if he heard this boy talking sh*t about him was compared by the painters here that his hands were not talented enough.

He arrived in the main hall, and a butler was walking around. It seems like he finished his job and came back to his post, awaiting any visitors from his master.

'If I'm correct his name is Doyle'

He watched him with curiosity above the stairs.

Doyle had a white moustache, and a white hair signifies his old age. Black suit with a necktie matching his firm body and even now he still had his energetic aura to do his duty as a butler. He had a monocle on his right eye, and on his hands had a white glove. In short, he was "The Butler" which every Ojou-sama [1] wanted in their mansion appeared in real life.

Doyle looked up and saw his young master immediately walks towards him. He was happy that his young master finally woke up. He was anxious for some days that his young master is not waking up. He blamed himself for not taking action of sending someone to protect him in the school. His young master and the young lady are the ones he cared the most as he was helped by their parents when everything was lost from him.

John saw Doyle walks towards him and dismissed him that he can walk on his own in which Doyle complied to his request.

John walks down the stairs and goes towards his direction. John already recovered from his injury, and the only thing he felt pain as the memories flooded his brain.

"Doyle, where is my sister?"

John asked Doyle. He was impressed by the butler on how he acts with professionalism and graceful disposition.

"Miss Celine is in the garden right now with Maid Diane."

Doyle replied as he bowed to John with his hands on his chest.

"Thank you. You may carry on with your duties."

John replied and let Doyle carry on with his job.

"Thank you, young master, please don't force yourself too much"

Doyle replied worriedly towards John.

"Don't worry, I had already recovered from my injuries."

John replied while doing "JoJo" pose to indicate that he was alright.

Doyle looked weirdly at what his young master did. Maybe some side effects of the magical treatment but as long as he's alright then it's good.

"Alright young master, please be careful on the way"

Doyle finally allowed his young lord to walk out and finally resumed his duty.

John walked out of the mansion and walks to the garden where his sister is playing. He watched the scenery with an exciting look in his eye, and he was amazed that there were two moons up the sky and one with a ring on it and they can be seen on a day. He thought that it a fantasy world that he is currently living in right now, there was an existence of magic, a world different from his, and there are some races besides humans in the continent.

"Wow, truly a fantasy world. It's beautiful."

He watched the flowers in the garden that does not exist in his world. There were different kinds of flowers and plants neatly arranged for pleasing the viewer's eyes.

He snapped out of his thoughts. He saw a patio on the garden where his sister is having a tea and a maid beside her. He walks towards them slowly while enjoying the scenery.

"Big Brother!"

Celine runs towards him and hugs him.

"Big Brother! Are you alright?! Is your body fine?"

Celine asks John with a look of worry.

"Yeah, I'm alright I just got some bruises but nothing serious."

John told a white lie to her to make her feel better.

'She is too cute!'

John screamed on his mind.

Celine is the image of a perfect cute sister. An otherworldly cuteness. Her petite figure that displays her innocence and her cute, huggable face that you might need to take some dosage of insulin from cuteness overload. Her pale white smooth face and skin that made her became like a little angel descending upon the mortal world to deliver a heavenly message. A heterochromatic eye of blue and violet on her left and right eye respectively which is unique to her that it feels like she saw everything from past, present, and future and her black silky smooth hair that flows down to her shoulder and a frilly dress that suits her. Her presence alone would make atheist men worship God upon her image and even become missionaries to spread peace. Heck, they might also start a Holy War if someone made her sad.

"Thank goodness."

Celine looked at him, and her heterochromatic eye had a tear that wanted to fall.

Celine heard the news that her brother got hurt and became unconscious. She immediately ran towards the door of the mansion and waited for him. When the carriage arrived, she immediately runs towards him with a worried look and she saw him that his head and body is a wreck. The two maids Emily and Diane quickly pulled her aside and immediately prepared some water in the kitchen that will be used for his treatment. He then was carried to his room with haste, and they quickly performed the procedure to cure him of the bruises and concussion he took. When the procedure finished, she immediately went inside the room and cried looking at the state of his brother. She stayed like this for two days, and Diane told her to take a break in the garden to calm her down and let her brother rest in which she complied.

"Young master, I'm glad you're finally awake"

Diane had a look of relief. It was like she finally arrived on an oasis after a long journey to the desert. She saw the state of her young master was in and was angry at the nobility students who dared did this to him. She clutches her hands in frustration and helplessness as she saw her young master's body in a wreck. She vowed to herself that when she saw those nobles, she will tear them apart.

"Thank you. I'm sorry for making you worried."

John replied asserting that he has already recovered from his injuries.

John had a flabbergasted look on his eyes.

'A Nekomimi [2] actually exists?!'

Diane had an eye-catching cat ear with her short golden hair that reaches onto her shoulders. A golden like eye with a slit similar to that of a cat and her smile shows a slightly long incisor tooth that is unique with a well proportionate young body identical to Emily.

John rubbed his eyes to confirm that it's real and not CGI [3].

He moves closer towards Diane and touches her ears.

"Ahhh, young master"

Diane's face reddens at what he did to her. She was surprised her young master touch her ears which made her ears twitch like his fingers sent a wave of electricity on her body.

"Brother, don't bully Big Sister Diane, you're a meanie"

Celine was pouting.

She like her brother to pat her head too.

"Sorry, come here my cute sister"

John retrieves his hands from Diane's head and urges her cute sister to come and let him pat her head.

*Pat* *Pat*

Celine sat down beside her brother and let him pat her head. She was happy that her brother is alright and back to normal. It was a wonderful feeling that her brother spoils her a lot every time he comes home. Ever since their parents died, he was doing his best for her and given her a lot of love.

Diane was slightly disappointed that John retrieves his hands that were on her head and touching the back of her ears. But she was glad that her young master is alright and healthy again. She watched the cute interaction between them and enjoyed the peaceful scenery.

John felt happy.

It was a new feeling that he never had in his life in his previous world as he is the only son. He was alone most of the time, and his interaction on his sister Celine create a new feeling which he didn't have, a familial love. He sometimes wished he had a brother or a sister, but sadly his both his parents felt cold with each other.

'Is this what it feels like to have a cute loving sister'

John felt his heart flutter.

"Brother, tell me what happened?"

Celine asks John with a worried look. His body was heavily injured when he arrived home.

John had difficulty answering her question. He didn't want her sister to know the reality of the world. She lived in a sheltered life, and he didn't want her to experience the cruel realities outside the mansion.

The previous John immature thinking disappeared on the moment their parents died, and he worked hard to meet the expectations of their late parents. He is slow in learning new things, but he worked hard, and the thing that gave him motivation is his family.

Things changed when he got out of their land to go to school, everything outside is cruel. Slavery, poverty, and power struggles ran rampant on the place and the school he attended. It was too much for a young man to handle all these things and the land they rule didn't have these cruelties. For a few days arriving at the school, he had a nightmare about it and finally adjusted after a month. But the nobilities are nosy about everyone and found out about John's family background and abused him every day.

"Young master, young lady, your breakfast is done"

They heard a voice.

They saw Emily standing and waiting for them.

John felt thankful to her for arriving at an unexpected time.

"Yes, Big sister Emily! Let's go, Brother!"

Celine smiled brightly towards her and dragged John back towards the mansion.

John snapped out on his thoughts and replied hurriedly.

"Yes, let's go right away."

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[1] Ojou-sama is a Japanese word for princess

[2] Nekomimi is a Japanese word for cat girl

[3] CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)