"Haa… haa… haa.. Haa…"

"Ehehe! You really should work on your stamina, Harry!" Nio giggled.

The two were now inside the ruins proper. As Harry had expected, it was just as messy as it looked from the outside. Plants grew all over the place, from the floors, the walls, and even the ceilings. Thankfully, most of them were only moss and short grass, nothing that would impede the path they would walk on.

This is… amazing!

The more the boy looked around, the more impressed the boy became. He had never seen such a vista before. Not in the eleven years he stayed with the Dursleys to be sure. Heck, he was even sure he wouldn't be able to find a sight like this in all of England! Even the Stonehenge couldn't compare!

"Like it? It's pretty neat, isn't it?" Nio grinned. "It might be hard living all the way out here in the boonies but if it's to guard this whole place… it's all worth it, I say!"

Eventually, their steps took them to the center of the ruins. The room was certainly quite the mysterious one, with the floor filled with flowers of all kinds and the ceiling forming a tall dome-like structure. Oh, and there was also a large stone tablet in the middle, something that didn't escape Harry's eyes in the slightest.

"What's that?" Harry pointed.

"That? Oh, I don't know. You have to ask my sister for that kind of stuff. She's really good at ancient language, you know!"

Harry walked forward, seemingly beckoned by the stone tablet. Standing in front of it, he was easily dwarfed by its size. It had to be at least twice his length and width. And, just like Nio said, he couldn't read any of the weird shapes and characters drawn on it.

However, he still ended up putting his hand on it anyway.

"!"

The tablet shone with a bright light, swallowing his sight entirely. His environment, used to be filled with green, was now filled with white instead.

W-what? What did I—

"Welcome, O Great Alchemist King."

A disembodied voice entered his head. He looked around, only to find nothing in the white void that now surrounded him.

"Different genetic sequences detected. Inheritor detected. Beginning data upload."

"Gaaahhh!"

Harry was brought to his knees as he clutched his head. It hurt. A lot. An awful lot. Easily the worst headache he had ever gotten.

When it subsided, he was back inside the ruins, with a concerned Nio looking after him.

"Harry! Harry! Are you alright?" She shook his shoulders with both hands.

"U-urghhh…"

"Here! Let me help you up!"

Grabbing Nio's hand, Harry stood up.

Only for his knees to buckle once again, making him fall down right on top of Nio.

"Kyah!"

The two fell onto the nearby flower bed, with Harry's head landing right on Nio's chest.

Soft!

Harry blushed when he realized where his face just landed. Nio might not be as busty as her sister but that didn't mean she didn't have breasts of her own.

[LP obtained : 50]

Suddenly, a mysterious voice spoke inside his mind. He had no idea what it meant though and he was too flustered to think about it.

"S-sorry!"

Quickly, he helped her get up.

"Uhh, you must be tired, Harry. I think it's best if we go back home now."

"Y-yeah, I think that would be for the best." Harry quickly nodded in agreement.

He needed some time on his own after all that excitement.

The days went by with Harry slowly and surely becoming part of Ayesha and Nio's family. It was pretty much the perfect life to him, even without all the modern conveniences. The warmth he received—he wouldn't trade it with anything else in the world.

And so, he didn't sit on his laurels. To be useful to the two of them, he began to train both his body and his mind. He would do push-ups, sit-ups, and jogs every morning. In the afternoon, he would take herbalist lessons from Ayesha. For now though, he mainly learned how to identify plans and how to gather them properly while preserving them for the future. The brewing part? He was too afraid to try it again after causing an explosion one time he tried it. Luckily, no one was injured, though the soot went everywhere, making them clean up for the rest of the day.

But, there was still one thing that really bothered him.

"Kyaaa!"

[LP obtained : 100]

Once again, his eyes saw something he shouldn't be seeing. Ayesha's dress had ridden up from the wind, giving him a nice view of her panties.

Today is light green…

Gulping, Harry noticed that voice ringing in his mind again. Thinking about it, every time something improper happened, the voice would appear, announcing some words and numbers he knew nothing about.

It must be because of that ruin, Harry conjectured. Did it do something to me?

For some odd reason, he had a compulsion not to tell the sisters anything. Almost as if he instinctively knew it was a secret he should keep to himself.

One day, he had another opportunity to visit the ruins once more, as Nio wanted to gather herbs again.

They arrived at the same central room and without waiting, Harry walked forward and touched the pedestal again.

Nothing. It didn't react in the slightest.

Harry sighed. Guess it couldn't be that easy.

"Kyah!"

Suddenly, he heard a squeal coming from behind him.

"Nio!"

The girl had tripped, landing face first on the grass. Her butt rose up on the air, moving her skirt downwards, revealing her white panties to Harry.

Oh not again!

[LP obtained : 100]

There it is! That voice again!

[Alchemist Skill available for unlocking. Please choose.]

Huh?

And then, Harry's world went white once more.

What? W-what's happening?

Three large texts appeared out of thin air in front of him.

[Beginner Synthesis: 500 LP]

[Beginner Spellcraft: 500 LP]

[Auxiliary Skill — Zoom: 500 LP]

W-what? Am I supposed to choose?

Below the texts, there were other texts at a smaller size. They seemed to be describing what the skills would do.

Hmm, they just say that I can either learn the skills of a beginner alchemist or a beginner wizard. As for the Zoom one, it allows me to zoom in on a point in a distance, like a binocular.

Wait, I can be a wizard? I guess in this world, it's not that odd for a wizard to exist.

In the end, he chose Beginner Synthesis.

I want to help Ayesha with her work. She's been so good to me. I have to be an alchemist just like her!

Pressing the text, the white world disappeared, returning him back to the grassy ruin.

With Nio's butt still hanging on the air.