10 Playing with my sister (1/2)

My little sister started practicing alongside me in both swordsmanship training and magic lessons. She was currently four years old and was a natural in battle. Her instinct in handling a sword was incredible. Still, I couldn't tell if this was a normal thing in this world or if my sister was truly exceptional.

My parents weren't much help either since they dote on me and my sister too much. Though they keep on saying Sarah was a genius same as me, I'm unsure if she really was one or if that's just my parents being doting parents. Even the servants loved my little sister too much for them to be unbiased. Well, to be fair she is too cute for her own good.

Whatever... It doesn't really matter if she is a genius or not. All that matters is that she's my little sister and she's adorable.

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One day after practicing our sword swings, Sarah tugged on my shirt. ”Big bro, you promised that we'll play outside today.”

I smiled at my little sister and answered. ”Of course a promise is a promise. Let's tell dad will be going out to play today.”

After asking for dad's permission my little sister and I headed out. As we were about to go outside, I saw my dad and mom almost bleeding tears of blood while looking at us. It seems like they wanted to join us in our play today, but were unable to since they had some paperwork that they need to deal with.

I wasn't sure what the paperwork was about, but it would seem that the head butler insisted that the two of them needed to finish the paperwork today. Now that I think about it, aside from knowing my parents were former adventurers, I don't know much about their past, and what their current jobs were. All I know was that they had a job that allowed them to stay at home. They also only needed to go out every now and then, and still retain this level of wealth.

One of this days I need to ask them what they do for a living now that they weren't adventurers. But for now, I need to happily accompany my baby sister to play.

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The moment we stepped out of the mansion I once again sensed the bodyguards that would usually accompany me on my strolls outside. Even now I have never actually seen them, I don't even know their names. When I asked my parents about them, they responded that their identities needed to remain a secret.