"Say, Ahhhh!!" As he watched Mikan's happy face, Rito felt completely powerless because all he could do was rely on Mikan to feed him like a baby and move his hand a little.
However, the little Mikan seemed to enjoy the entire process.
This time, the fever really affected his body.
Based on his past life experiences, Rito knew that this type of fever was abnormal; a high fever could have killed him, but it didn't, and after some consideration, he realized that the fever was a side effect of a memory injection.
Or else Rito's body was so healthy that a pathogen could not cause this many fevers in a year, and since all of his organs were functioning normally, he could hardly claim that it was caused by a disease.
TLN:
Fever is a process in which the body kills bacteria or pathogens within the body. However, Rito's body temperature was higher than 100 degrees F. Rito was therefore able to determine that this fever was not caused by a disease or bacterial invasion of his body. Or else, those bacteria could have roasted alive within his body.
/TLN:
"Hmm. It's delicious." After taking a bite, Rito smiled.
Before feeding it to Rito, who appeared somewhat embarrassed at this point but whose red face was well concealed by feverish redness, Mikan also took a scoop of rice and gently blew it to cool it down a little.
This way, Mikan could not reveal to Rito his current emotional turmoil, or she would undoubtedly tease him about it.
"Last one, Rito. After this you should lie down. Also, I brought a light novel that you had read before; this one is also really good." Seeing Rito spending a lot of time in bed.
Rito requested that Mikan bring him a few light novels and even a high school practice paper so that he would not fall behind in class.
Plus, as he was getting memories of his previous life.
Even though he was not aware of the change, he was beginning to think more maturely at this point, and most of his subjects, including science, math, and English, were becoming relatively simple for him.
With a master's degree in education, this type of elementary school material appeared to be relatively simple, and that is why, even without getting proper education, he had already completed half-year courses of each of those subjects.
Hence, for subjects like history and Japanese, he also used material to learn geography to a certain level too.
"Thank you." Rito thanked Mikan, who must have borrowed those light novels from her friends.
"It's okay! Reading light novels can improve brother English." Mikan smiled. Similar to Sakura Country, the majority of light novels are written in both English and Kanji.
However, they are heavily printed in English to ensure global readability, which has helped many high school students become proficient readers of the language.
"Hmm! Plus, they are relatively easy English, and reading them can be rather interesting." Rito was cursing within his mind.
After all, he had never read light novels in his past life, despite having watched anime; otherwise, he would have undoubtedly copied them to make money.
'Though! It is not a guarantee that novel working in my world would also work in this world, so I guess it's not such a big deal.'
Getting the light novel from Mikan, Rito lay on his bed. Rito had a serious question while he was staring at the ceiling, but he was not sure if he should ask Mikan or if she would think he was hallucinating because of his fever.
[Downloading ...]
[Downloading ...]
[Downloading ...]
[Downloading ...]
[Downloading ...]
[Total CP: Nil.]
There were five squares within Rito's field of vision. They were all being downloaded and had been there the entire time after he had woken up.
His finger went straight past it, even though he initially wanted to touch it.
'Let's wait for the download to complete.' Reincarnation was a huge enough surprise, and Rito felt that nothing in this world could surprise him because he was the biggest surprise of all.
So, he directly ignored them for the time being and talked with Miknn as they both read the novel, but having her join him on the bed, Rito again felt conscious of the girl as her body laid beside him, smelling really good.
'Perfume. Soap.' There were plenty of options, but Rito's mature mindset allowed him to put aside his corrupting thoughts and read the light novel as the download process was coming to a close.
"Rito! Mikan." Saeba walked into the room. Rito and Mikan looked a little surprised as the two of them were reading the book, and then they turned to face their father, who was holding a pastry container and appeared rather unkempt with his dressing and all.
"Let's eat something. I brought some pastries from work." He looked a bit awkward, but Rito knew that their father was also doing his best for them.
Although he was a bit of an awkward kind of person and a rather weird dad for leaving two of them alone for all that time.
But in times of need, both mother and father made sure that one of them would be here to watch over them. Even if it means having a loss on their work.
Mikan and Saibai left.
Rito was left in his room, contentedly reading the book, and at last, when the download was finished, the five distinct panels changed and shone. Images of lovely girls appeared and disappeared in the first panel, their dresses becoming increasingly revealing until their entire bodies were exposed, causing Rito's younger brother to react.
[Initiating: Harem Program.]
In the second panel, which also shone and displayed various images and scenarios, a bright guy appeared to be very cool, much like he was watching an anime, until strange symbols for studying, training, and other things showed up on his tab.
[Initiating: Self-development Program.]
Similar pictures of various fighters with skills with swords, basketball, and other physical activities that can help build a body over time were also shown in the third panel. Eventually, a new word flashed onto the panel.
[Initiating: Physical-development Program.]
[Initiating: Quest Program.]
[Initiating: Multiverse Shop Program.]
[Total Cp: Nil.]
[Welcome!]
[To Character Development Program.]
[Host: Yuki Rito]
[Physical Ability: (-) Stage 0]
[Education Level: (+) Stage 0]
[Skills: None.]
[Romantic Partners: Yuki Mikan (Status: Scanning).]
'Wow! It came.'
'This is a system.'
'An imaginary creation from my previous life that tends to aid MC in different kinds of settings to become stronger.' Rito thought as he looked at the information a bit baffled, but having Mikan as a romantic partner rather made him feel a bit stingy. After all, he was discussing his blood-related sister, and he was aware from his world's history that incest relationships can result in genetic disorders later on. For these reasons, they were outlawed in their world long ago. So, why did the system propose such a stupid idea? With that line of thinking, an angry expression appeared on Rito's face.
[Host doesn't need to worry.]
[System had genetically modified host.]
[Hence he did not have any trace of his original genetic traits.]
[After all, you are an existence equal to that of the player in this world.]
Sudden prompt cut off Rito in the midway. However, Rito felt a little sad thinking about how he might have changed completely from the original Ritio and how he might not have even been related to this family.
[Host is overthinking.]
[In line of action.]
[Humans developed from similar genes.]
[In that manner, host is still retaining old genes, but they just got modified by us.]
As if sensing Rito's emotions, the system tried to explain its reasoning in a more easy-to-understand manner. Calming Rito down a bit, as he thought this system of his was rather easy to talk with, given normally the system in other fanfiction tends to be a rather disgusting way of talking to their host, he was surprised by how it was caring about Rito's emotions.
[I am here to help the host.]
[That is my existence, so hosts don't have to worry about trifling things.]
'That means. I can trust you, right? System.' He asked.
[Yes!]
....
As Rito was busy talking with his system. Mikan in the kitchen heard the ringtone of the doorbell and walked a bit confused, given that this time of the day, no one tended to come to their home, and her mother was still in San Francisco.
"Coming." A black-haired beauty with an exotic figure was waiting for her when she spoke and walked to open the door.
She was accompanied by a blue-haired beauty who shared the same high school dress code from Rito's new high school.
"Is this Yuki Rito's home? I am Kotegawa Yui, his class representative." The black-haired beauty spoke as she looked at Mikan, who looked rather young. With a small smile appearing on her face.
"Hello. I am Haruna Sairenji, vice-representative." While the blue-haired girl also saw Mikan, she felt how cute little Mikan looked wearing a cute outfit that made her look really lovely.
"Oh! Rito's classmate. Hello, my name is Yuki Mikan, Yuki Rito's little sister." "Also, sorry for the inconvenience my brother's condition has caused." Mikan's sensible talking and words made Kotegawa Yui's anger fade away.
She was a little upset with the boy because he took occasional leaves of absence, and even though the first semester of high school had just begun, he had a terrible attitude toward class teaching.