An ordinary life that even tends to be very boring or monotonous. That's how you can think about my life. A very ordinary life.
With an average height of only 170 cm and weighing about 80 kg. I can be said to be a little stocky. Fortunately, my face is a bit of a place even though my skin is a bit dark.
Rio, male, 30 years old, am an electronic equipment and software technician. I originally graduated in electrical engineering from a small state university. After graduating, I was hired as a technician at a company that specialized in repairing electronic equipment. Due to a lack of people, my colleagues and I were forced to learn software systems to support our work.
On that day, I came home from work and decided to continue playing a computer game that had been recommended by my coworkers for a long time. It's a simulation game where we develop a territory. I liked this kind of game because it didn't really force me to level up quickly.
By the way, my house is my parents' inherited house which is quite big and has two levels. Both my parents have passed away and left us two siblings. My younger sister is also married and lives with her husband in a different compound than me.
"Alright, let's see the condition of my town now...."
I checked every game progress from the condition of agriculture, mining to the condition of troops and citizens in my region.
*Ring ring ring*
While I was playing, suddenly my phone rang and there appeared the name "Amelia". It was my younger sister's name.
"Hello, Amel?"
I picked up the phone from her.
"Hello, brother, I'm in front of the house. Can you open the door?"
Amelia said that to me. Although she had a spare key, I padlocked the door to the house from the inside so she needed to ask me for help to open the door.
"Wait a minute..."
I quickly came down from the second floor and opened the door.
I saw Amelia and her husband Rudy there with their daughter Rika.
"Hello, brother-in-law"
"Uncle, Rika is visiting you again"
Rudy greeted me with a slightly reluctant smile while Rika smiled broadly as she greeted me.
Amelia was a pretty girl with Victoria Beckham-style bobbed hair while Rudy was a tall, athletic man with a handsome face and sharp eyebrows.
It was the genes of these two people that made four-year-old Rika look so cute.
"Hello, Rudy, you two. Hello, Rika... Uncle is very happy that you came to visit uncle. I have some snacks in the house, do you want some?"
Rudy said that and Rika immediately became excited and immediately ran into the house.
"You two, let's go inside the house first ....."
Rudy seemed to be able to guess the purpose of the two of them coming to his place.
I told Amelia and Rudy to sit down first and helped Rika get her snacks from the fridge.
"Thank you, uncle..."
Rika took the cake I gave her and brought it straight to the table in front of the television. I then went to Rudy and Amelia who were waiting.
"Brother, I'm sorry to bother you at this time of night. You probably already know that I wanted to leave Rika with you. Rudy and I have work in another city tomorrow so we came to your place."
As I suspected, they must have gotten an impromptu job. Amelia and Rudy are models who often travel to various cities.
Every time they went to an event, they would leave Rika with me. It's not that they don't have a maid but because of their protective nature, they can't trust strangers and the closest one to them is me.
"Of course, no problem. After all, it's just babysitting. You can leave it to me."
I'm already used to this. Besides, Rika's home time from her playgroup matched my work time so it was no problem for me.
We then chatted for a while about some work and a bit about the woman they wanted to introduce me to but I declined because I still felt I wasn't ready for a serious relationship.
"Brother-in-law, thank you for always being willing to look after Rika. Amel and I are going home first. In about a week we'll come and pick Rika up."
Rudy said that with a slightly guilty face.
"Hahaha, no problem. Leave it to me."
I said that with a smile.
"Rika, be good while you're with your uncle. Don't be naughty and listen to your uncle. Mama and papa are coming in a week"
Amelia said that with a serious face. As a mother, it was her instinct to always advise her children.
"Rika understands, mom"
I find it strange but Rika seems to really like living with me. Maybe it's because her parents take her education so seriously that she has very little free time. I had told Amelia and Rudy but it was just a piece of advice that a child like Rika wasn't ready for serious study.
As soon as the two left....
"Uncle, I want to play the game we played before..."
Rika was very excited and ran straight to my room on the second floor.
The game she was referring to was the game I had just played.
When I got to the room, I saw Rika already at the computer.
"Uncle, what does this mean?"
Rika asked me and I approached her.
"Hmm..."
(Do you want to develop the territory?)
I read it and was also confused. Since when was there a question like this? As Rika was about to get off the chair, her hand accidentally pressed the enter button and the answer "yes" was confirmed on the screen.
That's when....
A bright white light came out of the screen.
What I didn't know was that the light was enveloping my entire house and yard.
As soon as the light was gone, the startled me quickly looked out through the window. The window itself overlooked her garden. There, I couldn't see anything because it was covered by the darkness of the night.