Bro! What the Heck was That!

[A month later]

A month has passed and I continued my peaceful life, well, not really

Because right now, there is huge gaping hole at the study room wall.

My brother is at the floor kneeling and a magic book with the intermediate spell on the page. I look at my brother's face and looked so guilty about he has done with sweat running down his forehead.

As for me, I am currently standing in front of him quite intimidating. With my arms crossed and feet apart. I look like a mother who caught her son doing bad things and I scold him for that.

Mom and Dad are at the back looking at us both with concern. The maid looks quite unphased by what is going on.

And everything about this is kinda awkward.

*pause*

But Rebecca, how the hell all of this just happened? Ah, good question non-existent voice in my head. To answer what happened, we have recap what happened (grabs imaginary remote) in passed 10 minutes. (Imaginary beep)

*Rewind noises*

[10 minutes ago]

Today I am helping my mother with the garden. We both pull the weeds from the ground and check for bugs on the leaves of the vegetables. I also water the plants and mother was proud of me helping her taking care of the garden. She patted my head and I giggled at the comfortable sensation of being patted.

Ah, it is such a refreshing feeling. Unlike my past life which is absolute hell, this time is quite a nice change of pace.

After helping mother in the garden, I sit on the ground while watching my father swinging his sword. The way he swings are quite natural for him and his footwork is on point. I really want to do those kinds of moves.

"Hey daddy, when will you teach me how to use a sword?" I asked him how to do swordsmanship.

He stops swinging the sword and looks at me.

"You want to do swordsmanship?"

"Yeah, I want to be like you, daddy" I said it with a smile.

He heard what I said and he felt so touched on wanting to like him. He picks me up and raised me up in the air.

"Yes, daddy will do his best to teach you swordsmanship"

"YAY! Daddy is going to teach me swordsmanship!!" I chanted the sentence again and again while Father keeps on raising me up and down.

"Hey Paul, isn't too early for her to know swordsmanship" Mother tried to rebuke Father for encouraging me.

"It's fine, in fact she is in the perfec-"

*BOOM!!*

I suddenly heard a loud bang coming from the second floor and a giant water ball came out of the room, creating a mini rain in the end of it.

I told my dad to put me down quickly and I rush inside the house. I quickly climbed the stairs and search for the room on where the explosion came from. Then I saw smoke exiting from under one of the rooms.

'It is coming from the study room.... oh no! RUDY!!'

I quickly opened the door and the smokes exited from the room.

*Cough cough* "Onii-chan!! Talk to me! Are you okay?" I tried to wave off the smoke with my hand.

When the smoke slowly dissipating, I could see the room clearly again. I saw my brother crouching on the floor with a magic book on his side.

I rush towards him to ensure that he is okay.

"Onii-chan, are you alright?" Then he turns to me looking dumbfounded.

I was confused on his reaction, but then noticed something odd. I look up and was shocked on what I am seeing.

I huge-ass hole was suddenly carve on the wall of the room. I was speechless on why is it there in the first place, but I realized something. I look at Rudeus again who is now sitting on a sieza position looking quite guilty.

*Inhale* I took a deep breathe, crossed my arms and spread my feet apart.

"BRO! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!"

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Father and Lilia soon arrived in the room looking shock about the hole on the wall.

Then they look at us with concern and confusion.

"Rudy! Are you okay? Rebecca, what happened?" Mother who was last to come in the room, and prioritized our condition.

"Monster attack? Not in broad daylight" Father checks the hole of the room.

"Well, Mother, Father, I think Onii-chan has explaining to do" I said in a strict tone.

I have lived for a long time with my step parents in my previous life that every time I did something bad, they asked the same question over and over and over again until that question was drilled in my psyche.

"Uumm... you see" Rudeus looks visibly shaken by my oppressing stance in front of him that he stutters to say anything

'Ara? what's this?" Mother notices the magic book on the floor, the page of an intermediate water spell was written on the page present on book. She picks it up and reads the content.

Then she smugly smiled suddenly. Mom, what the heck was that? You are creeping me out.

"Rudy, you did just say the spell out loud, didn't you?" she beams the smile on Rudy, who looks at us sheepishly.

"Y-yes, I'm sorry" Rudeus apologizes

"Kyaaa~ Our boy is a genius" Mother squealed and jumps in joy.

'What kind of genius that blows a hole inside their house?!'

" Wait, this is an intermidiate spell. what does he learn to re-"

"Come on Paul, let's hire a magic tutor right away"

""Huh?"" Both me and father were confused on mother's sudden demand

"Um, are we forgetting something? There's a hole in the wall, what are we doing to do with this?" I asked mom as I points at the gaping hole at the wall

"It's okay sweetie, we're just going to pay someone to fix that for us, later"

"Ah, I see"

"Now that is over with, as for your request, Zenith. I must decline"

"What? Why?"

"Because Rudy is a boy and you promise that if our child is a boy, he will train swordsmanship"

"But Rudy can already learn how to use magic, he can be a great mage when grows up"

"I'm sorry Zenith, but promise is a promise"

"What are you talking about? You break yours all the time"

While mother and father are bickering at each other, I am in deep thought.

'Rudeus is a mage, huh. If I remember, mom said she was a mage in her party long time ago. Then there is father, who is a swordsman. If I follow the analogy of this situation, then I must need to be the swordsman for brother'

"Mommu, Daddy, I think I have thought of something"

"Hmm? What is it?"

"If Mommy was a mage in your team long ago and Daddy is a swordsman. Then it is fair if Brother is a mage and then I will be the Swordswoman. So, if I follow that logic, I want father to focus on training me with swordsmanship while Onii-chan train his magic" I explained to my parents about my thoughts.

My father was a bit conflicted to answer. So, I tried to put the final nail in the coffin.

"It's okay daddy, you don't have to worry about brother" Father riseds his eyebrow and want to comment about it, but I added one line to change his mind "I am always here for you, daddy"

Father widens his eyes at my commitment to be trained with the sword. He eventually gives in and agreed to hire a magic tutor for brother and agreed for me to train swordsmanship. He told me to wake up early in order to start with the basic foundations of my body.

I woke up early in the next morning and I prepared myself to be trained by father. I walked out of the house and walk towards the garden.

Father has two wooden swords in hand waiting for me. I approached father and he then notices me.

"Ah, you woke up early, you really do want to train swordsmanship, huh?"

"Yes, I want to be like you, remember?"

"Hahaha, very well. Let's begin on training"

"Yes"

And then my swordsmanship training had begun.