Hi, I'm Lise. I'm my brother's sister. My brother is a very amazing person, a genius who is the youngest ever to become an azure-star class《Blue Star》 alchemist. But that's a minor issue. Yes, my brother and I have a goal. That is to produce the best agricultural products in history and sell them to the world. This is my brother and I's goal........but to my surprise, he recently left us.... I'm sad. It's painful......... We lived together all our lives, bathed together, slept together, but I still can't get used to the sudden change in my life.

　My parents and sister tell me that I should leave my brother, but I can't. That's how much of an older brother I am.

　But he left because he said he was going out on his own and now he's living next door to Mr. Fee!

　I'm angry. I want my brother to be my big brother all the time, but I don't want someone else to take him away or anything. I like Fee because he's a good person and he helps my brother with alchemy related things and he's nice to me. Whenever I see him, he always asks me, "Liese, are you getting big again?　You're still so cute. He says, "Here's a candy bar," and gives me candy. It's impossible for me to dislike Fee-san, but I still want to play with him, so I won't give him a big brother. I would like him to wait another ten years.

　Also, I recently found out that my brother isn't related to us by blood, but I've known for a few years now. But he's still a great brother.


　So today, I'm visiting my brother at his house. The plan is to hang out in my room and then have a shopping date. Then we're going to do some research in the workshop. He's been busy lately and we haven't been able to see each other much, so I'm really looking forward to today.


'Brother!　It's Liese!　They're here!

　When I ring the intercom, my brother comes out with a smile on his face.

'Oh!'　Liese!　You're so cute today. Come on, come on in.
Yeah!
It's been a long time since I've seen you, though.
I know. I've missed you, brother!
Ha, ha. I'm sorry, I've been in the middle of things.

　When you get to the table, they offer you a cup of tea. Of course, it's the one I like. He's a quintessential big brother. He understands me very well.

'So what are you going to do today, big brother?
Why don't we just go to town?
'Yes!　I haven't had a date with my brother in a long time.
'Yes!　So come on, sister!
Oh!

　Then they go out into the city hand in hand.

　Central Street. This is the center of the kingdom, so there are quite a lot of people here. That's why they are holding hands tightly. We can't let go of this hand.

　And we came to a grocery store. Yes, this is a date that is also a research date.

　I stare at the fruit and my brother stares at the vegetables.

".........

　Then he quickly takes his eyes off the ground, and with a grin, the two of us exchange glances and leave without a trace. What's the point of this action.......can you tell the quality of the crop just by looking at it?　This is the training that says, "I'm a farmer. Farmers also need to have an eye for judging quality. It's not enough to just do farm work. It's not just about farming, because what we're aiming for is something higher!

Well, Liese. Do you want something to eat or something to eat?
'Mmm. I need a parfait today!
Well, there you go!　I'll take care of it, and it's all on me today.
Hugh, you're the man!　You have it. Hehehe, that's what a master does!
Ha, you can't get anything out of a compliment, can you?

　Then when I walk into a handy cafe, I ask for a jumbo parfait. I love farm products, but I eat them at home all the time, so I have a hankering for something mundane on occasion. I have a particular fondness for sweets, so when I go out of town with my brother, I often have a parfait.


'Is it good, Lise?'
'Yes!　It's delicious!　I'll take a bite, yessssss.
'Ahhh. Yeah, it's good!
Of course.


　After a quick bite to eat at the cafe, we went shopping. He said he had some extra money today and that he could buy me anything. As expected of a generous man. But even if he doesn't have any extra income, he always buys me the things I like, so he's really a good brother who cares about his sister.


'Is there anything you want?'
'Well, let's just go look at some clothes!
Yes, sir.

　And so we head to the clothing store. When we are about to head to the usual cheap place, my brother says, "Let's go to a more expensive place today," so I follow him.

Well, what do you want?
Yeah. Big brother, this is a different order of magnitude.
I don't need it.

　Yes. I've come to the store with one digit different. My eyes are dizzy. I'm a normal farmer's daughter. My financial sense is normal. I rather like to live frugally and I don't like expensive things. But if my brother wants me to choose........ but I can't. I can't choose.

I wish my brother would coordinate with you?　What?
What?　Are you sure?　Am I free to do what I want?
'That's better!　Do that!
I'll do it. I'm gonna make you the prettiest little sister in the world.


　And so I decided to be my brother's dress-up doll.

'How about this one?'　No, it's still good. What about this one?　No, it's still weak. Riese's potential should be higher. What's this?　Okay, that's the top. No wait...?　It's not time to panic. Okay, this is it?
... ha ha ha.

　All I can do is smile bitterly, but if my brother is doing it out of concern for me, I don't mind. And then for the next hour I finally decide.

'Alright!　It's perfect!
Is that ... me?

　In the end, I settled on a simple outfit. A pure white, pure white dress and a straw hat. Lately, especially today, it's as hot as summer, so this outfit is just as good as it should be.

''Alright. I've cut the price tag, let's put it on and go home today.
"...Yeah!　Thanks brother!

　I walk away from the unexpected gift, elated as it is, with great enthusiasm.

　I am so lucky to be loved so much. I am so grateful for my brother. I walk along snuggled up to him, hoping that we will always be together.


　§ § §


　I bought some clothes for Lise. A dress and a straw hat, but it was a pretty expensive purchase. But it didn't hurt that much because I've been getting quite a bit of money these days from textbook royalties and whatnot. And I hadn't seen Liese in a long time. It's only natural to spend this much money. In fact, it's not even close, but I'm afraid that if I spend too much money, Liese will be in trouble, so that's about it for today.

　And finally, let's get down to business. I haven't told Liese about the proto at all. In other words, Liese still thinks the proto crawls. Actually, these days, Proto can run lightly. It hasn't lasted long yet, but it's still a lot of growth.


'Liese. I'm going to the workshop now, but I'm sure you'll be surprised...
Well ... what's going on?
'Oh. I'm sure Liese would be pleased with that.


　I lead Liese to the basement workshop. Then Proto, who has been walking around, looks at me and raises his right hand with a swift smile in greeting.


''Eh!　Eeeeeeeeee!　That's a proto, isn't it!　That's right!　What's wrong with you!
Actually, you know ... the proto can now stand. I can walk and even run for a bit.
'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!　That's great, because the free-standing bipedal technique can't be built in until later...
It's spontaneous. That means my fully independent artificial intelligence is evolving.
'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!　That's not good.　So close to the dream again!　Big brother!
...Oh!


　Riese expressed his astonishment and was pleased with my results. In fact, Liese has been teaching me alchemy in person, and to be honest, she's closing in on Fee in terms of theory and practice. She has a much deeper knowledge of alchemy than those platinum "platinum" alchemists out there. My theory isn't perfect either, but I have a pretty good understanding of it.

　Also, she's not famous right now because she's not an alchemist belonging to the association, she's just a farmer's daughter, but I'm sure she'll probably be as good or better than me as an alchemist.

'Wow, that's great. I'm really walking.
Right?　I can run a little bit these days, and that's a tremendous improvement.
I knew my brother was great!
"...Thank you Liese. It's really nice to hear you say that.
''Ehehe. I'm the only one who understands my brother!


　I pat Liese's head good-naturedly. Looking back, we've come a long way. I decided at an early age to grow the best crops in the world, studied alchemy, and got here. At first, I was often ridiculed. My parents and my sister kept telling me to stop. But Liese was the only one who was always on my side. Even though she didn't understand me well at that time, she always supported me. And now that we've found ourselves collaborating, I'm in charge of vegetables and Liese is in charge of fruits. Riese also recently completed 'It looks like an apple, but it's actually a grape'. We've been ridiculed for years. They said it was impossible, that it was impossible. And yet, we made it happen. And that's why we can continue to build each other up.

　I really do have the best sister in the world.

　And as I'm thinking about this, the Liese guy starts talking as if he remembers.

'Ah!　Come to think of it, I heard a funny story at school yesterday.
What's so funny?
Yeah. What's this story about my brother being a god of alchemy?
It's that again...
'So I thought. I didn't think my brother was an alchemist, I thought he was the god of crops. But I didn't want to talk about him too much to everyone, so I kept it to myself.
'That's wise. But still, the rumor is spreading through the school....
''Yeah. It's only a small rumor, but I'm pretty sure that's what the nobleman's son said.
'I see. They didn't do anything to Riese, did they?
'I don't have anything to do with it, okay?　But is your brother okay?　Mystics, I believe?　Was it ... that's what's interfering with your brother, isn't it?
'We haven't done any real damage yet, but we've just been told by Fee and the chairman to be careful. This should be quite alarming.
We don't want to be interrupted in our plans here...
'Oh. Of course.


　Even so, it seems that the rumor is quite widespread among the school.......or rather the nobility. As I recall, when I became a blue star class 《Bluesteller》, I was quite disgusted by the mystics' gang, but now they've flipped out and......God? At all, is their brains a fantasy?　There's no way I'm a god in the normal course of events. There's still a lot of mystery in alchemy and it's still developing. No matter how much I contribute to its development, God is an exaggeration. Huh........this is going to be troublesome somehow.......when I was thinking that, someone comes into the basement. But it's probably Fee.


''Huh?　Is Lise with you today?
Yeah.
I was on a date!　Ehem!
Oh my!　It's a pretty dress. Did you get it for me?
Yeah!
'Oh my goodness, well, well. You're really cute, Lise. I'll give you a candy bar.
'Wow!　Thank you!

　Fee has always been very protective of Lise. But but where does that candy always come from?　It is very mysterious.........


'Oh, and here........the invitation. To Elle.
An invitation?　Who's that, Fee?
You'll know it when you see it.

　I look at the back of the letter envelope. I thought it was awfully clean, but there was a royal coat of arms on it.

''This is........''
Yes. It's an invitation from the Second Prince Oscar. You don't have to go because it's a private one but you don't have to turn down an invitation from royalty...
Hmm....


　I would have kicked it off before. But I've learned that if you're going to live as an alchemist in this country, it's important to socialize. And I don't want to smash Fee's face in.

'Okay. I'll go.
'Thanks, that helps. Also, I'm going, so I think it'll be okay, but be really careful with the mystics.
Oh. Okay.

　This is how I got involved with the mystics in earnest.