The year: 2001
In a small, dark living room, a small kid with short red hair was lying down on the sofa. The face of the boy may be regarded as quite cute and kind of skinny.
After a while, the boy opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings.
Suddenly, information from his memories flooded his mind.
*UGH!* "It hurts!"
He clutches his head and grits his teeth because of the pain.
"Ha...ha...ha.."
After a few minutes, he got up, breathing heavily and sweating as well. He stood up from his sofa and went to the bathroom to wash his sweat.
After a while, he changed his clothes, went to the kitchen to drink water, and put his hand under his chin while thinking.
'So I'm Aito Asahi as well in this world, and I'm 6 years old and live in Japan before I live in the province, but I decide to transfer from my grandpa's old house to the shopping street of the third district of Nezu, in Bunkyo borough. My family has been an adventurer through generations, and an accident happens at an early age. My grandfather took me in and then passed away too from his old age, so I decided to live alone in this house. Due to what happened, my other relatives don't accept me; they think I have a curse.'
Asahi sighs at what kind of harsh life he was going through in this world, but he brushes that aside from his current life and goes to the table to start to consider his future and what he will do, making a training regime for himself and checking all his skills.
After hours of checking the skill and training regime, he heard a rumbling look at his tummy.
He nodded and understood he was hungry, so Asahi went to the kitchen to prepare his lunch for himself, and he found only some canned food and a cup of noodles.
Asahi took out the two and started preparing hot water.
When the cup of noodles was cooked, Asahi opened the can since he was really hungry right now and sat on the chair and prayed for a moment.
"Itadakimasu!"
The moment he ate the canned food and cup noodles, he was shocked by something that entered his mind about the information about the food mistakes, which made him look sour.
He suddenly remembered that he now possessed a god's tongue.
God's Tongue is a unique skill that grants the wielder a superhuman level of taste beyond that of even the most seasoned food and ingredient experts. With it, one can detect even the tiniest imperfections in any dish with only a single taste.
Asahi could spew out the food right now, but he endured and ignored the taste forcibly since he was hungry right now and could faint at any moment, so he continued and drank a lot of water while eating until his tummy was satisfied.
After eating, he went to his room to look around for a while.
When he arrived at his room, he found an envelope on the table and a big box to the side.
Asahi opened it and found some checkbooks, an ATM card, and some letters and documents.
He opened the letter and was surprised by what he saw.
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' Hi, Asahi!
When you read this, it means you arrived healthy. Good for you, Hohoho. Oh, I'm here to tell you about my gift; you can check it out later.
Another thing is that there is a box on the side with some documents and a checkbook with an ATM card containing 10 million dollars, which should be enough for you in a while. "
P.S.: Become stronger and hope we don't meet again early.
P.S. 2: Some gods in that world notice your arrival. be careful.
Your Old Man God
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After reading it, Asahi was surprised by what the old man said in the letter.
He was curious about what gods knew about him, but he knew for sure that something bad would happen to him if the kind of gods like the god of fate or something else were known about him.
But he cast aside the problems for now and immediately checked inside the brown envelope and saw the ATM card and checkbook.
Asahi opened the checkbook and saw something he didn't imagine.
He closed his eye and massaged his forehead a bit because of the checkbook writing.
He saw many zeros in the checkbook.
'Thank you, old man.'
Though he got the money, it was quite a lot, but he was thankful for it.
Asahi put the letter and card in his inventory, looked to the side, and saw the big wrapped ribbon gift.
He ripped it off and opened the box. He looked inside and looked at it carefully, emotionless.
'Stone?"
From what he saw inside the box, it was just a colorful stone and material. Asahi was quite disappointed at first with what he saw inside the box, but his Synergist Class skill automatically activated, and his eyes wide opened when he understood what kind of stone they were.
"Awesome!"
Asahi suddenly shouted in the room because he saw that the information inside the box was about common, rare, and legendary kinds of things that he saw in myth books or read in anime.
Magic Crystal, Damascus Steel, Hiihiiirokane, Orichalcum, Mythril, and most of all, Adamantine, etc.
Asahi looked at them one by one and put them in the storage space. Despite being exhausted, he was happy the moment he used the ore appraisal or mineral appraisal on the stone. Also, there was a map he found in the box that seemed to indicate where he could get the resources.
He continues looking at them one by one, then decides to put them all in the inventory and go out for a while to check out of the city before going to bed.
He changed his clothes and went out of the house for a while.
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A few hours later...
Asahi went out of the house, checked most of the streets near him, and bought some accessories and groceries for the house, especially a cellphone. He went to the corner to put the groceries in his storage box and continued walking.
After walking around, he returned to his house and pulled out the groceries from the storage box, put up a table, and arranged the items according to their rightful place.
After he was done arranging the groceries in the kitchen, he cleaned the whole house; it took him 30 minutes to clean it, and Asahi rested on the sofa for a while.
*knock! * knock! * *knock! *
Something knocks on the door, so Asahi stands up, opens it, and looks to see who it is.
He went toward the door while preparing to use the transmute to make a hole in the ground for his enemy in case something happened.
When he opened the door, he found four people standing in front of him: one looked like grandpa in his late seventies and had charisma despite his age; one was grandma around the same age as the old man; and another was one boy who looked the same age as him; and lastly, the small girl looked younger than him and was hiding behind her grandma.
Asahi felt quite familiar with the two children standing in front of him, so he looked at the old man and asked. "How may I help you?"
The grandpa looked at Asahi, smiled at him, and said, "Good afternoon. My name is Kusanagi Ichirou. My family noticed someone new moving here earlier, so we thought of introducing ourselves to our new neighbor.
Asahi noticed the name of the grandpa and looked shocked at the two kids in front of him.
'So that's why they looked so familiar, so this kid is Kusanagi Godou and Kusanagi Shizuka, the future seventh campione, and the MC little sister.'
The black-haired kid, the same height as Asahi, looked puzzled and asked. "Is something wrong?"
Asahi returned to a moment of thought and shook his head.
"No, it's nothing. Nice to meet you. My name is Aito Asahi; you can call me Asahi." He bowed a little while introducing himself and stopped his magic from making a hole below them.
"Ah, nice to meet you as well; my name is Kusanagi Godou," Godou replied at Asahi's introduction while bowing too.
Grandpa Ichirou nodded and introduced his family to him. "Nice to meet you too, lad. This is my wife and my grandkids."
The grandma bowed as well and said. "Fufu, what a polite child. Nice to meet you, Asahi-Kun. Im Kusanagi Chiyo. Im the grandma of these two kids."
Asahi nodded and looked toward the only person who didn't introduce herself.
The little girl stepped forward a little, bowed a little, and said in a low voice, "Um, Shizuka Kusanagi," and she returned toward the back of her grandma again.
Grandma Chiyo chuckled a little and said, "Fufu, I'm sorry, Asahi-san. Shizuka is quite shy around people."
'She is cute.'
Asahi, though he nodded in understanding and didn't mind it, approached Shizuka, smiling at her, and said.
"Well, nice to meet you too, Shizuka-chan; I hope we get along."
Shizuka blushed a little and nodded as a sign of response to what Asahi said.
After the introduction, Asahi welcomed them into his house and made them sit in the living room.
He went to the kitchen to make juice for them.
When he came back with juice and a snack for them, Grandpa Ichirou asked.
"Lad, where are your parents? I want to meet them as well."
Asahi, who was placing the juice on the table, sat on the sofa and replied. "My parents died in an accident at an early age, so I live alone."
The environment suddenly became heavy and silent in the room, and Grandpa Ichirou felt sorry for asking about his parents and said, "I'm sorry, Lad."
Then Asahi waves his hand, saying it is all right, and answers, "I don't mind."
Gudou and Shizuka looked at him in pity, and they knew how he felt since their parents were busy with their careers and seemingly had little time for them. Because of this, they were raised mainly by their grandpa and grandma, and their parents eventually divorced.
"What about your other relatives? Where are they?" Grandma Chiyo was sad about what happened to him and asked next.
"Well, since my parents passed away, my grandfather took me in, but he passed away too because of old age, and my other relatives don't want to keep me, so I just moved here with the money I got from my grandpa," Asahi replied.
After Asahi replied, the atmosphere started to get denser, but it was broken when Grandpa Chiyo hugged him suddenly.
"Don't worry, Asahi-Kun, from now on we're here for you." Grandma Ichirou was crying about Asahi's circumstances, trying to comfort him.
Godou and Ichirou, and lastly, Shizuka, agree as well with what Chiyo said to Asahi.
Asahi received a hug from Grandma Chiyo. For a moment, he felt so warm that he lost feeling long ago. However, while feeling something lost, he was trying to break free of suffocation because of the tight hug.
"I...I can't breathe."
Grandpa Ichirou and Godou notice that Asahi is asking for help, and they hurriedly try to get Asahi away from the tight hug of Chiyo.
After a while, Asahi gets back to his breathing after almost suffocating in the tight hug, and Grandma Chiyo apologizes for what happened.
"Growl!" "Growl!"
They heard something growling, and looking at the origin of the sound, it was Shizuka, who was hungry and embarrassed about what happened, and everyone started to laugh.
Grandpa Ichirou stood up and suggested, "How about we go to the sushi house with us, lad? Don't worry, it's my treat."
Godou also agreed with his grandpa and said, "Yes, Asuka-san's sushi shop is delicious." The other two agreed as well and grasped Asahi's arm and looked, saying, 'Youre coming with us.'
Seeing the Kusanagi family's determination, Asahi gave up and agreed with them.
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