Chapter 9 - John Shelby

Flipping through the pages one by one. Victor and Emilia were completely immersed in books, not noticing what was happening around them. This couple was like avid readers who could not do without reading for a few minutes.

Time passed slowly and soon evening came.

- "Mmm.." - stretching, Emilia put the book on the table and looked at her brother: - "It's a pity that we don't have so many books at home."

Looking up from the book in his hands, Victor looked at the girl and smiled. He completely agreed with her words. If he had that many books, he could spend days flying in his room.

- "I think it's time for us to go home, otherwise the evil aunt will not be happy." - said Victor.

"That's also true.. If she wasn't so grumpy with you, I wouldn't agree with you." Emilia replied.

Getting up from the table, Victor gathered a large pile of books in his hands and looked at the girl: "Amy, I'm going to take the books, and you wait for me, okay?"

- "Hmm.. Don't act like you're my father. We're actually the same age as you," the girl snorted softly, but still nodded.

Seeing Emilia's answer, the boy turned and went to the large shelves.

At the same time, the door to the library opened. A young man about 18 years old dressed in a black coat and formal suit. His confident gait looked like some kind of street thug, combined with his rebellious aura, made people turn in his direction.

- "Ada Shelby!" - his loud roar scared even the manager who was sitting quietly at his desk.

"Why the hell did you leave home without telling anyone!"

- "Tommy and Arthur have been looking for you around town all fucking day!"

This guy's name was John Shelby, the 3rd oldest of the brothers in their family. By his self-willed behavior, his rebellious temper was fully revealed. He completely ignored where he was and shouted as if he was at home.

Wandering around the streets, he constantly looked left to right in search of someone, he already had a strong irritation, but as soon as he noticed his sister through the window, he did not hesitate for a second to burst into the library.

Standing in front of the girl, his chest rose and fell from the accumulated anger. If not for his aunt Polly words, he would have been able to hang out with his friends in a pub, but instead, he had to look for his sister all day.

- "What is it?" Ada asked, looking at John with her own eyes. Her voice was so calm, as if everything that was happening right now had nothing to do with her.

- "What is it?!"

- "Are you asking me what is it?" The veins on John's head were already throbbing with anger. If it wasn't for the fact that she was his sister, he would have thrown a thick book in her face long ago.

* Sigh* *Exhale*

- 'Easy John.. You're a good guy.. Why are you freaking out over a small one? thinking to himself, John looked again at his sister, who again took the book in her hand as if he did not exist.

"Are you laughing at me?! John shouted.

Not paying attention to the fact that a lot of eyes were looking in his direction, he quickly snatched the book from the girl's hands and threw it aside, then without hesitation grabbed her by the hand and dragged her towards deri.

- "Let go!"

- "Let go I said!"

"John, you're hurting me!"

While John was dragging Aida with him, he did not notice how Emilia was sitting at the other end of the table in her wheelchair. When his body collided with her, due to a strong impulse, the wheelchair tilted at a strange angle and eventually fell to the floor, along with the young girl.

- "Ah!" - crying out, Emilia hit the floor hard, which caused her elbow to be badly smashed. Her already pale face was now almost white.

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Putting the books in their places, I decided at this moment to look at my statistics. The last time I checked it was a week ago, which means there should be at least some changes.

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1. Name - Victor Romanov (Shelby)

2. Age - 12 years

3. HP - 10/10

4. Strength - 7 / Dexterity - 6 | Intelligence - 15 | Charisma - 14 (Average - 10, Max - 20)

5.Skills - Handling Edged weapons - 8Lvl / Cooking - 5Lvl | Hand-to-Hand Combat - 9Lvl | Leadership - 7Lvl | Etiquette - 3Lvl | Firearm Possession - 6Lvl | Stealth - 6Lvl | Hacking 4Lvl | Drawing 7Lvl

6.Abilities - The Hand of the Creator ☆ ☆ ☆

7. Tasks - you have 1 active task. (Not completed)

8. Authority Points - 0 (Max 100)

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Seeing the small changes, I was flattered. So much invested effort should be rewarded sooner or later. The power rose by 1 unit, which was expected, but unexpected for me was the rise of charisma.

Perhaps because of my training, my body suffered a slight change, but it shouldn't have increased its performance so quickly.

- "Then what will happen in a few years when I become an adult?" - after thinking about it, I put these thoughts out of my head.

A few skills have also been added, but not as much as it was in the first week. Now the system may not always give the opportunity to choose a skill that I owned from a previous life. So now it also depends on luck.

While I was standing for a while looking at the translucent screen, I heard loud screams. Without thinking twice, I decided to quickly put the books on the shelf in order to get back to Amy as soon as possible.

When I returned to the place where Emilia was sitting, I already had a bad feeling. But as soon as I approached the table, my body trembled.

An overturned wheelchair next to which Emilia was lying on the floor. Her pale face was drained of blood, and a red spot of blood had formed around her elbow. There was pain in her beautiful eyes, which made me clench my fists tightly.

A girl and a guy were standing next to her. I instantly recognized their faces. Ada and John Shelby, these two were like an eyesore. Now that my anger was gradually awakening, just like throwing a stone into calm water and causing ripples, I felt a strong desire to tear them apart.

But not now..

Ignoring these people, I quickly ran up to the girl and helped her get on the stroller. Quickly rolling up her sleeve, I noticed a wound on her elbow, which is likely to leave a small scar on her skin. Gently hugging her shaking shoulders, I began to calm her down.

- "Hush.. Amy.."

""It's all right..Let's go home now and I'll take care of you, okay? " I said in a whisper, letting her relax in my arms, but out of the corner of my eye I noticed that the couple who had just been standing started moving towards the exit, as if nothing had happened.

- "Apologize!" - my commanding tone was so loud that a couple of Shelbys immediately turned in my direction.

"What did you say?" John asked in a sharp voice.

"I said apologize to my sister right now!" - I repeated it while my empty eyes were now looking at John