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Chapter 4 - Chap 4: Servant's Summoning

On the 31st day, I received the Drawing (Lv1) skill.

On the 32nd day, I received the Singing (Lv1) skill.

On the 33rd day, I received Mechanic (Lv1) skills.

I'm looking at the excited Mikan, who is waiting for tomorrow. I smile at the sight. Our mom then comes into the living room.

"Mikan, Rito. It's time to go to sleep."

"Yes!"

"Yes."

I answer like usual while Mikan is still excited for tomorrow. I can see our mom smiling at Mikan, who is happy. After we brush our teeth, Mikan goes to sleep with mom. And I go back to my room to sleep.

Hugging Mikan is comfortable, and I will hug her again after mom's vacation is finished. Now I need to wait. The deal to make Mikan a meal is a failure because I'm a kid. So I can only go with plan B.

I'm not sad when plan A fails because I can do that after I grow up. Besides, I'm lazy. But I can help mom to do some little things to help make the meals. So it isn't a total failure.

We will do Mikan's birthday at home. Dad will take Mikan to buy a cake as a same-time gift. Mom and I will decorate the house and cook the food at home.

My birthday was also the same. I have to say a birthday, when you're a kid, is the happiest if you have a caring family. And if not, it will be a sad thing. That's it. Although there are other situations, I guess we don't care much about our birthdays anymore when we grow up.

So, I enjoyed this life when I was still a kid. Although there are demerits, it's still enjoyable. I then cover my face with the pillow.

'God, how can I so cringe? Did I eat anything wrong? Is it because of the increasing power that I enlighted?'

"Hah."

Sighing, I feel ashamed. I start to think like a person who stands at the highest peak and starts to feel bored. Let's hope that I won't become like that. But.

'It's an irreversible process.'

Because I think people that live too long will start to feel bored at some point. Sure, you can be ambitious or greedy and want to achieve something. But. What will happen after that? Even if you have increasing ambitions, there will always be a limit. You'll then feel bored and try to find things that fascinate you.

'Well, unless you have a clear purpose of what you want. Or you are an extremely ambitious person that doesn't have a limit and doesn't care about anything else. I guess it's also a different route to take.'

But, what I guess is that they want to ignore the long lifespan they have. I then hold my forehead because I'm confused about what is happening to my thinking.

'Urg. Let's talk about this later in the future. It's still too early to talk about this topic. Let's sleep.'

I then close my eyes and let the drowsiness take over.

On the 34th day, November 3rd, I woke up and sigh-in for today's skill.

[Ding! You received Physics (Lv1)]

After receiving the skill, I brush my teeth and go to the kitchen. I ask my mom who is cooking breakfast.

"Mom, can I go to the game center later?"

"Can you tell me why, Rito?"

I scratch my head because this is something I just thought about doing.

"Well, I want to try playing the claw game. The one that has plushies in them, I want to get some plushies for Mikan."

I turned my head sideways to dodge my mom's warm gaze. I see my mom put my breakfast on the table and walks out of the kitchen. I can guess what she plans to do.

'It's work. Two scenarios can happen. One is that mom will give me money to buy plushies. Or, uh? I guess there is only one.'

I realize that I miscalculated. But, I think it'll happen like what I guess. And I was right when my mom came back holding her purse. She opened it and gave me five 1000 yen.

"Here, Rito. Take this and buy your sister's present. Also, buy her present in my stead."

"Yes, mom."

"Good boy. You can go after eating your breakfast."

I quickly eat my breakfast and go to the nearest game center. I then quickly find the one that has cute animal plushies. And they cost 100 Yen for one try.

'Hehe. I'll get ten plushies from this machine easily.'

I'm confident because I'll use my cheat to get those plushies. I check my surroundings and see no camera in front of me. I use Strengthen Body to increase my reflex. At the same time, open the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods.

And it turned out as expected, and I won ten cute plushies for Mikan. It isn't from the same machine as I'm afraid they'll check it and I want some varieties. With 4000 Yen to spare, I'll either return them to mom or turn them into my pocket money.

When I came home with a bag of plushies, I showed mom my victory, and she was surprised because I had won so many plushies. My mom then pats me on the head.

"You're an excellent brother, Rito."

I can only smile awkwardly at her praise. As I was about to return the money, she said I could keep them. Doing a gut pose in my mind, I thanked my mom. I went back to my room and kept them in my drawer.

Then we had lunch together. And it's evening, the time Mikan has waited for days. Dad came home with a birthday cake and a small wrapped present.

We had a fun time together. Mikan smiled a lot when she received our presents. Our parents were also surprised when they saw the bow I made for Mikan. But they warned me not to do it without their supervision.

After Mikan's birthday party, Mikan went to sleep with me. I'm looking at Mikan, who is sleeping while hugging the bunny plushy. I gently pat her head.

'Although I'm not your brother, I'll do my best.'

To be honest, I feel conflicted. Because I know how this world should be, I feel guilty about replacing the real Rito. Although I program this world like this, I still feel guilty.

'How can I still be so soft? Look like I'm still a disappointed person.'

I then go to sleep with those thoughts in my head.

On the 35th day, I received Composing (Lv1) skills. And I then spin the gacha without thinking much about what I will receive.

[Ding! You received a Summoning ticket (Fate).]

"Eh? I got one?"

I didn't expect I would get this. But.

'I guess I had influenced the system somehow.'

I went to my room, locked the door, and took out the summoning ticket. I look at the description of how to use it.

"Hm. I have to tear it in half, and the summoning circle will appear. It looks like it'll be easy."

I then tear off the ticket, and a circle appears in front of me. I didn't play the Fate game or watch the anime as I didn't know where to start. So, I didn't know much about Fate. But I know about Saber.

'I hope I'll get her as she is the only one I know about.'

A tattoo appears on my hand, the circle begins to shine, and I can see a girl with short blonde hair standing in front of me. She looks at me with her green eyes.

"I am Saber, your Servant. I come in response to your summons. I ask you. Are you my Master?"

I look at her in awe. She looks beautiful, that's all I can say. I then smile at myself in my mind.

'Who am I kidding? I know myself for having something blurring someone's face. That's why I can't tell who is who.'

Even now, I can't remember my parents and Mikan's face clearly. I put that aside for now and focus back on Saber. I smile and answer her.

"Yes, I'm your Master. My name is Yuuki Rito. Nice to meet you, Saber."

I bring my hand in front of her to ask for a handshake. But, what I didn't take into account is my height. It isn't as bad as I need to lift my head to look at her. Saber looks at me and shakes my hand.

"Yes."

When I look at her, for some reason, I feel like I'm the same as her. On the other hand, she's different from me. I didn't watch Fate, so I didn't know much about her.

'Isn't this a bad choice?'

But.

'Who cares? Besides, it's too late to regret it now.'

I then remember something.

"Uhm, where will you hide?"

I watched some anime moments. I remembered Saber lives in this world, not turning invisible or something. Saber then disappears in front of my eyes.

As expected, having a system is convenient. I then realize I don't know what to do with Saber.

'Uh, maybe I summon her too early? It seems like I didn't use my brain that much.'

I then remembered my M*necr*ft world.

'Hey, it won't be that bad then.'

I then go to my M*necr*ft world immediately. I'm back at my shabby house. I ignore that thing and call out to Saber.

"Saber, can you help me?"

"Master, what is this world?"

"Oh. It's a world where everything is block-shaped. It also has its own rules. But I didn't experiment with its rules on how they will affect us. So be careful."

Saber then looks at me and asks.

"Master, you can travel to a different world?"

I look back at Saber because her question confuses me.

"Eh? Didn't the system explain that to you?"

"Yes, but it didn't explain clearly. And it also explains that the Holy Grail War isn't a thing in your world."

"Hm. Well, you can say that my ability to travel to different worlds didn't have many limits except for the cooldown from the system. I can travel to that world in the time that I want."

"..."

Seeing Saber is being silent, I ask her.

"Is there anything wrong, Saber?"

"Then. Can you travel to the world that I belong to?"

I decide to answer honestly to her question.

"Can. But it's a complicated world. I don't have much information about that world to risk going there."

"..."

I can see that Saber is distressed about something. I scratch my head, look away and say about my new plan.

"Well, I plan to travel to the world that has information about your world. I'll decide later."

I can feel Saber looking at me.

"Thank you, Master."

"Well, you're my Servant after all. As a Master, I have to help you somehow."

Saber nods and asks me about what is her mission.

"To be honest, I want you to protect me. At the same time, help me chop down those trees. Surviving in this world alone is a bit boring and unmotivating."

"As your command, Master."

I nod. I then take out the wooden pickaxe from my chest. Looking at the nearby cave, I mine some stones at the rear. After mining six stones, I craft two new stone pickaxes. I also make a stone sword for myself.

I planned to make both, but I remember Saber has her sword. So, it saves me some resources. Giving a pickaxe to Saber, I look at the big cave and turn to Saber.

"I count on you, Saber."

"Yes."

As I plan to go inside the cave, I stop and pick up my crafting table. Now I'm ready to go. I just then thought of something. I turn to Saber and ask her.

"Hey, Saber. What is your name?"

Saber's silent before my question. She then answers.

"Artoria Pendragon. That's my name."

"Hm, Artoria. It doesn't have a catch and is hard to say. Well, whatever. Artoria remembers to protect me, okay?"

"Yes, Master."

Although I want to ask Artoria to talk to me by name, I prefer the Master thing more. I smile mockingly at myself in my mind.

'As expected, I'm no good person.'

With those thoughts, I walk into the cave with Artoria.

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