"ugh..."
Leo's eyes slowly open witnessing the ceiling made in smoothening wood, a comforting bed with a quilt covering his body. The gentle sunshine welcomed him.
the chirping sounds of birds outside the window, the calm yet slightly cold wind grazing his cheek.
Leo looks everywhere and saw some chairs and a little girl sleeping with her arms is in the bed where he was at.
dark brown hair, and cute eyebrows that squinting telling she was dreaming of something. her plump adorable cheek, her mouth is open slightly while making a small snore.
Leo smiles helplessly seeing the appearance of his new little sister.
Leo's little sister in his world looks identical to this little sister at the present with the same name at most.
A three-year-old girl who will turn 4 next month is sleeping peacefully.
He couldn't help but stroke her head. as doing so, it made Little Lilia wake up.
she massages her eyes while making a noise "mm..." When she opens her eyes completely, Lilia unconsciously grabs her hair and felt the hand that was at the top of her.
She tilts her head confused then realizes that Leo is already awake and smiling at her full of gentle.
her eyes moisten as tears trickle down on her cheeks. she rashly hugged her big brother while crying on his chest.
"bwothew!! waah!!"
"...Lilia...it hurts..."
It was this time that Leo realize the bandages that wrapped around his body. There was also a bandage in his head covering his left eye.
'is this necessary to cover one of my eyes?' Leo thought but he did not mind it and just keep patting Lilia who was still crying. a moment later, the door opens and a middle-aged person appeared.
Slick-back short hair, thin frame glasses, grayscale eyes, black and white hair, handsome jaws, he looks strict with his solemn appearance, he wore a white coat with a stethoscope hanging around his neck.
'there is a stethoscope here...?'
Leo wonders how to advance this world is, he is completely lost, base on the memory he had finally obtained, this world is in the middle ages, however...
'why does this timeline has a stethoscope?'
the solemn man looks at him and after a few seconds, he smiles full of relief.
"seems that your awake, is there anything wrong with your body?"
"...no... Uncle Timothy...but how...?"
"how I am here?"
Uncle Timothy went towards him and sat at the other chair.
"I was finally able to take a vacation for at least a week. all of those three years of hard work it was this kind of situation I would witness?
Leo, why are you so thin? what about the allowance that I gave every month?
I always ask my assistant to deliver the money to you, so, What the hell is going on here? why are you and your little sister living there, living misery at most you guys couldn't even eat thrice a day?! forget that, I could guess you could only eat once or twice a week!
look at your body!"
Uncle Timothy became angry, Leo lowered his head unable to say anything, He has the right to be angry at him but to the real Leo not him!
by searching the memory, Leo found out that the previous owner gave the money to those nobles just to let him go and also to not touch his little sister.
and the assistant that Uncle Timothy always took half of the money for saying it was compensation for coming here.
'...wait, it isn't his fault right?'
"l-let me explain uncle..."
"explain?! yeah right explain it to me! what would Lorraine do to me if she...had..."
Lorraine is Leo's and Lilia's mother's name, He could tell that his uncle grew emotional about the loss of his childhood friend, his and Lilia's mother.
"Uncle...the truth is..."
Leo explains everything, the details that he found on the memory, how he was bullied and had to give the money that his uncle gave to them so they will let go of his little sister, and his assistant of his.
"What?"
Uncle Timothy's expression turns grim when he found out everything. He gritted his teeth and pull something into his pocket.
it was a round shape that has the same size as a grape, Uncle Timothy pour some mana into it and a moment later, a voice came from the ball size grape.
"Doctor, you called?"
"Hey, bastard, come here, I want to fucking see you. I'll give you one fucking day to come here in this kingdom."
"But, I am doing the paper works with-"
" Oh? do you think I care? I want you here right now! and don't think I'm stupid, I manage to get vacation so doesn't that mean we have free time today? hey bastard, I'm no fool."
"yes...doc..."
"trash, your not the sharpest tool in a shed, don't trick me fucker."
"...yes..."
the voice stop and the orb turn dark, Leo was surprised at his uncle's expression, it was the first time he witness something like this, thankfully he didn't let this expression on his face.
Based on the memory, His uncle is always talking this way. an arrogant attitude that even the king himself couldn't stop his way of speaking.
his name is completely known in this whole kingdom, some nobles aren't happy about his way of speaking while others simply don't care.
however, it was different from Lilia's case because this is the first time she met her uncle.
Leo saw his little sister gripping the quilt and shaking while her head is low.
"Uncle, you're making Lilia scared..."
Uncle Timothy flinched and look at Lilia, Based on the memory, Leo found out that behind this attitude, he was an awkward person who doesn't know how to treat a kid.
"Hey, stop, I'm not going to eat you or something...hey, Why are you suddenly crying!? Gregg! Leo stop her now! damn it that's why I can't be with kids!"
Leo shook his head and tried to calm down Lilia.
a few moments later, when Lilia stops crying, Leo asks his little sister to go outside to play.
when Lilia finally went outside, the atmosphere between the two turn serious.
"Uncle...what happens to me?"
"tch, you're lucky that I went home, I heard a cry of a child and saw your little sister crying while she is shaking you.
I'll make it easier as I can, inside of your head there is this called brain, and some part of your brain between on your temple, there"
he pointed to the temple by poking my head.
"This part here, yes, started to bleed that making your brain get drown, this bleeding called Subarachnoid Bleed...
thankfully the bleeding isn't large and it happens that I have an intermediate potion... well I do some tricks but it will be hard to explain to you...I can't explain something I do by my own hands after all."
"...thank you..."
"in which case, you survive and..incredibly...you should be in a coma, and here you are, fine as if nothing happens...
hey, what's with you? you shouldn't be able to walk, even if I gave you such intermediate potion, this shouldn't cause to heal you instantly, at most it will take at least three weeks or maybe a month..."
Uncle Timothy looks at him suspiciously, his eyes did not avoid Leo's eyes.
He was speechless and hesitated to answer.
Leo doesn't even know what he will say, should he say that the Leo he knew is already dead and this body was possessed by another person?
Of course, not.
Uncle Timothy watches Leo hesitating to speak, he was about to say that 'it doesn't matter he felt like Leo couldn't say it for some reason, so he will let it go however before he could even say it, Leo speak.
"I...I dreamt of myself..."
"...what?"
Uncle Timothy looks confused, Leo didn't care about it and continues to say his lie with a half-truth.
"I saw my little self, the former me, and...the adult me...
We talk to each other and...they're asking me how should I live, which direction I should choose. they said that the past is something that happened by each other's choice. I shouldn't blame myself and tried to face it head-on.
I have to learn how to move forward. choose my path. and create my future... they said I'm the one who will create my future and fate will be created...
I couldn't forget what the former me said.
'Small steps in the right direction, and it will give you a chance of the biggest steps in your life
I was confused about it at first but then...I saw mommy when she was alive.
the day she died and Lilia was born... to tell you the truth, I gave up on living...
that's when I realized I shouldn't stay like this, blaming myself for my incompetency, and lack of self-esteem, I keep blaming myself for how we live and how I take a direction into darkness until it completely drowns me
but thanks to them, and mommy and my little sister, Lilia. I learn something..."
"..and what was it?"
"...To live."
Leo stared at Uncle Timothy without blinking an eye, they did this for 10 seconds until their eyes wanted to close.
Uncle timothy crossed his arms and heave a sigh, he then smiles at Leo but if others see it they would think he was mocking Leo.
however, Leo understood this smile and feel embarrassed, even if he said it half-truth and lie, it still feels like it comes to his feeling and there are no actual lies on it. Leo thinks that he said this thing by mixing himself and the previous Leo.
"I see... well, for how you act right now, you grew matured...you don't look like seven years old at all..."
Leo scratches his cheek and feels awkward.
"no matter, can you move? I still don't get it, you say this to me but I still did not find the reason how are you okay..."
"...let's just say, I've been reborn...and become the new me..."
"...it's surprising how I can agree with it as if it was normal. If you did not say that I might think tour completely different from the brat I know."
"hehehe...I think I could move but not too much, I still feel a headache"
"that's fine, don't exert yourself. walk slowly I'll try to support you."
"thank you, uncle..."
Leo and Uncle Timothy went outside and look at Lilia.
they continue walking until they stop because they hear shout and cry.
they followed it and found a noble kid, short blonde hair and green eyes, he wore a blue sleeve and white shorts.
"HOW DARE YOU BUMPED ON ME! YOU FILTHY LOWLY COMMONER!"
Both of them frown at the sudden voice of the boy, but Leo grew angrier when he saw that the one who was crying is his little sister, Lilia.
"Lilia!"
"...b-bwothew..."
when he saw his little sister crying, Leo's face darken, and starting to walk towards her.
he just pass at the kid not minding his presence, Leo patted his little sister's head and gently tried to calm her down.
"you...you lowlife how dare you! "
"No, how dare you, brat."
the kid looks behind his back, angry at the voice full of mockery towards him.
There he saw a man wearing a white coat, Black and white hair with a stern expression.
"Who the hell are you?"
"...I should ask a questioning kid, you're already 10 but here you are treating a three-year-old child, so, Who the fuck are ya? Hah!?"
"...You! Preposterous! how there a commoner speaks to me like that!?
don't you know me!?"
Uncle timothy just put his pinky finger in his nose, unconcerned to the child in front of him acting arrogantly.
"I am the heir of Marquess Belmont!
Luxio Dess Belmont! now kneel to me and ask for forgiveness! "
Luxio felt proud shouting his name and as an heir of Belmont house, he smiles wryly towards Timothy looking down.
"so?"
Luxio widens his eyes surprised at the answer of the man. He gritted his teeth angrily, he felt that he was mocked by the person in front of him.
"How dare y-"
"Oh shush, let's go and meet your father. now."
"you-!"
"Let's go brat. I'll teach you what it means to respect someone."
"Bastard! for a commoner like-"
"You fucking come with me or I will give you a good beating before I gave you to your bastard father?"
The kid tried to repute but shivered when he saw Timothy's eyes. he lowered his head and followed him without uttering a word.
"I'll go with him and meet the bastard of a marquess, you two come home, and let's talk later."
Leo simply nodded still looking at his little sister, no one knew what is he thinking. Uncle Timothy left them here.
"Lilia, can you walk?"
"mm..."
"let's go."
"away..."
Leo help his little sister to stand up and went home. to Uncle Timothy's house.
'I'll live, and learn to protect those who I care... I will adopt here in this world..."
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Zero: You know, I always type that I'll change a bit of detail in chapter one, however, I always forgot, and right now I remember but I am too lazy...damn, okay this I will only change about the story that our mc had read.
in the previous detail, it says that the chapter has only 8 but this time I will change it, and turns out that he was not able to finish it. that's it...I just don't know when I'm going to change it.
Edited: Scratch that I already change it and some grammar...