My Sister Is Bronya, by Bai Ri Zou
"Synopsis: Ishiu had transmigrated.
He had arrived in a world that seemed rather dangerous.
This world had Honkai Beasts, Zombies, mechs, and Valkyries.
As well as... Herrschers.
But that was fine. He had a system.
"Dead Apostle Ancestor, activate! Flash Blade - Seven Nights!"
Some pufferfish: "Amelo!"
Schicksal: "Why is this man so ridiculously strong?"
Some crane-haired, child-faced woman: "Ishiu, are you the Captain or a Valkyrie?!"
Some twins: "Ishiu-gege is so amazing. I don't think I deserve... What nonsense are you talking about?! Go snatch him for me!"
Some Bronya: "See that handsome guy? That's my little brother! None of you are allowed to steal him! Heavy Armored Bunny 19C!""
Cocolia Orphanage
August 2013, Cocolia Orphanage.
On a cliff overlooking the sea, a somewhat thin figure sat at the edge. As he gazed out at the vast blue ocean not far away, he silently counted in his heart.
"...598, 599, 600! Time's up!"
As he excitedly called out the final few numbers, an emotionless mechanical voice rang out deep within his mind.
Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission: Sit by the sea for ten minutes. Random reward draw commencing—
Ding! Reward draw successful. Congratulations, Host, for receiving one legendary seven-colored rainbow lollipop—P.S.: Eat my lollipop, and you'll be mine.
Ding! The reward item has been distributed to the System Space. The Host may retrieve it at any time.
"Damn it!"
Ishiu's mouth twitched. He felt like this brain-dead system had messed with him again. Instead of enjoying himself under the covers early in the morning, he had come all the way out here to catch a cold breeze, only to get a lollipop in the end. Did it think he was some little girl or something?
Ding! Mission rewards are completely random. Please maintain a stable mindset, Host. This system reserves the right of final interpretation.
"Fine."
Ishiu sighed. What else could he say? At least it was better than a stinky sock.
—Ishiu was a transmigrator. Everyone could probably tell that much. After getting hit by a car and dying in his previous life, he had somehow transmigrated into this world, then been reborn in the body of a child who had died amid the ruins of war before finally being rescued.
The system attached to Ishiu had also suddenly appeared in his mind after he transmigrated.
Ishiu did not know what this system was called. It was like an emotionless machine that only issued him missions and rewards, without any penalties.
At first, Ishiu had thought he had hit the jackpot and could walk the path of an overpowered protagonist like those in the novels from his previous life.
But as time passed, this system ruthlessly slapped Ishiu in the face with reality, making him understand what it meant to have someone else's system.
This system would issue missions to him at completely random times without any warning. The content and difficulty of those missions were random, as were the rewards. Difficulty and rewards were not linked at all.
For example, he could complete an extremely difficult mission, only to receive... a bag of dumplings.
Yet simply sweeping the floor might earn him valuable rewards, such as martial arts skills, weapons, money, and the like.
It was absurd.
Ishiu turned his attention back to the sea before him. It was early morning, and a blazing sun was slowly rising in the east. The first ray of sunlight, accompanied by the crisp sea breeze, gently brushed over him, making his short black hair—which he had not had time to tidy after waking up early—even messier.
"Ishiu-gege, why did you come all the way out here? Bronya Onee-san has been looking everywhere for you."
At that moment, a somewhat soft female voice sounded from behind him, drawing Ishiu's attention away.
He hardly needed to turn around. Just from that familiar voice, Ishiu already knew who had come up behind him. Scratching his head, he smiled and turned to the girl behind him.
"Why is she looking for me? And Seele, how did you know I was here?"
When Ishiu turned around, a very adorable girl came into view.
She was around one and a half meters tall, with shoulder-length dark-blue hair, ocean-blue eyes, skin as white as snow, and an adorable appearance that made her seem like a fairy girl who did not belong in this world.
Her name was Seele Vollerei. Like Ishiu, she was one of the children taken in by Cocolia Orphanage.
Since she was younger than Ishiu and had not been at the Orphanage as long as he had, coupled with the care Ishiu usually showed her, Seele called Ishiu her older brother.
"Ishiu-gege, did you forget that you promised yesterday to practice fighting techniques with Bronya Onee-san?" The blue-haired, blue-eyed girl covered her mouth and giggled. Her eyes curved into crescents, and her voice was gentle and clear. "Besides, Seele happened to see you from the window when you left."
"Uh... right." Ishiu pushed himself up from the ground with both hands and stood.
He was ten centimeters taller than Seele. After all, his current body was only fourteen years old and had not fully developed yet. Even so, he was the tallest person in the Orphanage.
And he was not bad-looking either. Based on looks alone, he could rank in the top five at the Orphanage.
Casually brushing the dust off himself, Ishiu took a deep breath and smiled at Seele. "Come on, let's head back."
"Okay." Seele nodded obediently and walked beside Ishiu toward the Orphanage.
"Oh, right. This is for you." Halfway there, Ishiu seemed to suddenly remember something. He pretended to rummage through his pocket, but in reality, he retrieved the rainbow lollipop from the System Space and held it out to Seele.
"Wow! What a pretty candy." Seele took the lollipop with a surprised look, then held it up before her eyes and carefully examined it.
The system might be awful, but it had to be said that everything it produced was of excellent quality.
Even this lollipop was surely top-tier in both taste and appearance. Using it to trick... no, give to a little girl was absolutely a killer move.
"I'm glad you like it." Seeing Seele's happy smile, Ishiu's mood improved as well. After all, nothing was more healing than seeing the smiling face of an incredibly cute girl first thing in the morning.
If there was, it had to be two girls!
"By the way, Ishiu-gege, where did this candy come from? Don't tell me it was again..."
"Don't ask. It's magic."
Since Ishiu often received all sorts of strange things from the system, he simply gave tasty or fun little items to the children at the Orphanage. Because of that, his popularity there was second only to Bronya, the children's leader.
Whenever someone asked where he got those things, his answer was always, "Because I know magic, I can make lots of things appear."
"As expected..." Seele sighed like a little adult. She knew Ishiu would definitely say that, but she was not one of those children under ten at the Orphanage. How could she still believe such nonsense?
However, obedient and sensible Seele naturally would not force Ishiu to explain. After all, everyone had their own secrets.
Besides, the lollipop was delicious~
Mmm, mmm~~
The two chatted as they walked and soon returned to the Orphanage.
This Orphanage had been built by Cocolia, and every child here was an orphan adopted by her. In Ishiu's memory, Cocolia always seemed busy. She rarely had time to visit them at the Orphanage, so Bronya and he took care of most of the children.
A World Belonging to Honkai
"Ishiu, you ran off to play again."
Just as Ishiu and Seele reached the main entrance, a voice that tried to sound cold but could not hide its childish sweetness came from behind the door.
Along with the voice, a petite figure walked out from inside.
She was a girl no less adorable than Seele.
Her silver-gray hair was styled into two wavy twin tails tied neatly behind her head. Her palm-sized face had delicate features, and her skin was as fair as snow. She was like a work of art meticulously sculpted by God, so perfect that not the slightest flaw could be found.
If one had to find a flaw, it would probably be her chest... Ahem, never mind. Let's not say anything hurtful.
Her name was Bronya Zaychik, an authentic Russian girl.
Looking at the expressionless girl who had walked up to him, seemingly impossible to read, Ishiu scratched his head and gave a foolish grin. "I just went out for a walk. The weather is nice today. I think you should go out too, Bronya, and get some more sun. Maybe you'll even grow taller~"
Bang!
Bronya's gaze sharpened, and she raised her hand to punch Ishiu in the stomach.
Ishiu sucked in a sharp breath, clutching his stomach as he staggered back several steps. He grimaced in pain, and if Seele had not supported him in time, he would have fallen to the ground in an embarrassing heap.
Bronya shook her hand and looked at Ishiu expressionlessly. "You are to call Bronya Onee-san. Also, you are not allowed to make fun of Bronya. Otherwise, Bronya will let you taste the iron fist of an older sister."
"You... you already hit me." Ishiu rubbed his stomach. Bronya's punch had hurt, but she had held back. It had only made him suffer some superficial pain, and he would be fine after a while. Compared to their sparring sessions, it had been incredibly gentle.
Ishiu pouted. "Besides, I'm older than you. If anyone should be calling someone big brother, it should be you calling me that."
Bronya shook her head righteously. "Rejected. Bronya is one month older than you. You should call Bronya Onee-san."
"Rejected! How am I one month younger than you?"
"Mom said so."
"Uh..." Ishiu's mouth twitched. While he did not know the exact age of this body, inside he was a genuine twenty-three-year-old adult soul. Asking him to call a one-and-a-half-meter-tall Little Pudding his older sister was truly asking too much.
"Ahem, Bronya, didn't we agree yesterday that we'd practice fighting techniques? Then let's stop wasting time and go now." Ishiu changed the subject.
Bronya glanced sideways at him. A hint of amusement surfaced in her eyes, but it quickly vanished.
"Have you eaten breakfast?"
"Not yet."
"Then go eat first. Bronya will wait for you in the training room."
"Okay."
After saying that, Bronya turned and left.
"Ishiu-gege, does it still hurt?" Seele looked worriedly at Ishiu's stomach and asked softly.
"It doesn't hurt." Ishiu shook his head and smiled. "Don't be fooled by how I looked like I was dying just now. That was all an act for Little Pudding. Otherwise, how could she have let me off so easily?"
"Hehe—" Hearing Ishiu's words, Seele could not hold it in any longer and burst into laughter. Her azure eyes curved into crescents. "Ishiu-gege, you called Bronya Onee-san Little Pudding again. If she hears you, you'll get beaten up again."
"So long as she doesn't hear it, it'll be fine, right? Seele, you wouldn't go tattling to Little Pudding, would you?"
"Hehe, who knows~~" Seele rarely showed such a mischievous side. She spun around with a smile, then headed toward the cafeteria. She had not eaten breakfast either because she had been looking for Ishiu.
"Hey, hey, no way, Seele. You can't set me up. I just gave you candy." Ishiu hurried after her, his face full of misery, but the only answer he received was the girl's silver-bell-like laughter.
"Hehe~~"
After breakfast, Ishiu and Seele went to the Orphanage's training room.
Seeing this, some readers might feel confused. Why would an Orphanage have a training room?
The answer was simple. The world Ishiu lived in was not as ordinary and peaceful as the world from his previous life.
This world had been invaded by an energy known as Honkai Energy. Honkai Energy was highly infectious and transmissible, like the zombie virus in movies, only far more terrifying.
People infected by Honkai would turn into monsters called Zombies. They had no reason and would only kill every living thing in their field of vision.
Furthermore, with the invasion of Honkai Energy, another type of monster called Honkai Beasts had sounded the horn of war against humanity.
Honkai Beasts possessed tremendous destructive power and regenerative abilities. Even humanity's modern weapons found it difficult to kill them, not to mention that they seemed endless, as if they could never be completely exterminated.
To deal with Honkai Beasts, the people of this world had adopted many methods. However, Ishiu did not know much. He only knew that there seemed to be a profession called Valkyries, which specialized in dealing with Honkai Beasts.
Aside from that, there seemed to be other methods as well. For example, Cocolia, who had adopted him, was an important member of an organization that fought Honkai.
Ishiu had once asked about these matters, but Cocolia never answered him directly. She only smiled, patted his head, and told him that this was not something a child like him should worry about, leaving Ishiu speechless.
This training room, however, had been built specifically for the gifted children at the Orphanage.
Some of the children at the Orphanage possessed the talent to control Honkai Energy, so Cocolia had built this training room to train their abilities and develop their various skills.
What left Ishiu somewhat speechless was that every child capable of controlling Honkai Energy was a girl. There was not a single boy among them, including him.
But as someone with an adult soul, how could he be willing to be outdone by a bunch of little girls? Besides, he had the system's help. Even if it was an awful system, it was still better than having none.
So, he often trained his body in the training room, improving his physical condition and learning skills that would help in combat.
Like the fighting techniques he was currently learning from Bronya.
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