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The Future Story 2

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Chapter 17 – The Mysterious Languages Prodigy! Ranna Appears!

Next day, at school…

"So, can I give you something right now?"

"What is it, Matsumoto?" asked Fami back to the black haired boy, "Is it something dangerous? Do you want to bully me again?"

"Of course not!" shouted Daichi. His cheeks blushed, "I just remember that… when you fell ill here before your surgery, your smartwatch was broken when you were fainted, so… I bought the new ones for you yesterday."

Right after he said it, Daichi shown his gift to Fami, and it was a Rose Gold Smartwatch.

"But why do you give it to me? I'm totally recovered though, so I don't need to check on my pulse anymore," asked Fami, didn't understand, "Now I don't need to check if my heart rate was over 100 or not. Why should I wear a smartwatch again?"

"Well, when I saw this smartwatch yesterday, I just… remembered about you. I mean… the color is your favorite color, right?" Daichi reasoned, "I think it will look good on you. Moreover, a smartwatch isn't only used to check on your heart rate. I think you still can use it anytime you have workout."

"Work…out? Uh, actually… I'm not that sporty though…" Fami admitted shyly, "But if you think that I need to do some workout, then… I guess it's better for me to accept your gift. Thank you, Matsumoto."

"You're welcome, Fami. I'm just glad to see you healthy like this. You look prettier…" Daichi murmured, but then he realized the last thing he said, so he shifted the topic, "By the way, do you want to participate in the relay race in the athletic meeting this year? I think it will be a good chance for you to show your sport skills."

"Oh, so you refer to this year's sport festival, right? Of course, I want to participate, although I'm not sure if I have any sport skills or not. You know that I used to skip the sport class back then," the pink haired girl then shown a white bag where she put her sports uniform into, "and today is my first time attending the class."

"Then, I think it's better for me to help you wearing this smartwatch right now," concluded Daichi while started to put the said smartwatch on Fami's left wrist, "You used to wear your old smartwatch here, right?"

"Eh? Well… I used to wear it there, but… I don't think that you need to put it on my wrist. I can do it by myself…"

"Now now, let me put this on your wrist. I give this to you anyway," cut the black haired boy, "and… done. I know it will look good on you."

"Okay, thank you very much, Matsumoto," Fami finally smiled, "I'm glad to have a good friend like you."

"So… are we friends now? I mean… I know that we've been classmates since first grade, but I…"

"At least you don't bully me anymore now, so it's okay," Fami assured, cut what Daichi said, "From now on, we're friends."

"Oh, so you both are getting along well now, right?" Nozomi suddenly walked into their class and interrupted, teased her cousin, "Does it mean that you both will be a couple soon?"

"Non-chan, don't say something like that!" shouted Fami nervously, "Matsumoto just gives me this smartwatch, and I just thanked him for that."

"Hmm? Really?" Nozomi then gazed at Daichi, "Is it true, Matsumoto-kun?"

"Well, yeah… It's just like what Fami said to you… Kounna" Daichi also replied nervously as his cheeks blushed again, "Alright then, the class will start soon, so I guess… I need to walk back to my seat now. See you later!"

"See you later, Matsumoto-kun!" replied Nozomi cheerfully before tried to tease her cousin again, "Can you see it, Fami-chan? Matsumoto-kun loves you, and as you're recovered now, he starts to show his concern to you."

"Non-chan!" Fami lowered her voice, "This smartwatch is just a regular gift. It isn't something special."

"Then, why did he choose the Rose Gold ones? Everybody know that it's one of your favorite colors, Fami-chan," Nozomi gazed at the pink haired girl, "Also, I just checked the price of that smartwatch last week, and it's quite expensive."

"Eh? Really?" Fami took a glance at the smartwatch on her left wrist before she asked her cousin, "Is it better if I give it back to him? I don't think he should buy me an expensive gift like this smartwatch anyway."

"No, Fami-chan. Don't give it back to him. You don't need to feel guilty just because he gives something expensive to you," Nozomi assured, "I guess, it's just his way to express his feeling to you."

"But, Non-chan…"

"Anyways, let's just talk about last night then," Nozomi finally shifted the subject, "Molly-chan is really genius. Granny Poppu seemed so happy to see us wearing all of those clothes."

"Even so, I feel sorry for ojiichan, as none of us wanted to wear his old clothes," Fami sighed, "If only he had a grandson like what he said yesterday…"

"Then, is it okay for you if your father wants to get married with someone else?" asked Nozomi, "Don't you want to have a stepmother, Fami-chan? You know… I don't think that I'll have a younger brother so soon, as both of my parents are so busy recently, so… maybe ojiichan can have a grandson sooner if your father can meet a kind woman and marry her."

"Well, actually… I don't mind if someday, I have a kind stepmother. At least, I can feel a mother's figure beside me. You know that my mother…"

"Alright, I know it," Nozomi sighed, "Sorry if you're sad because of my words."

"Don't worry, Non-chan. It's the truth, though…" this time, it was Fami who assured her cousin, "However, I hope otousan can fall in love again someday."

"Good morning, Fami-chan, Nozomi-chan," greeted Shiroyuki as she entered the class, "What are you talking about right now?"

"Well, it's just about ojiichan's hope to have a grandson," Nozomi explained, "You know that both I and Fami-chan didn't wear his old clothes yesterday, so…"

"I see," Shiroyuki smiled, "However, I'm glad that we can cheer Grandma Poppu up so that she doesn't blame herself too much, just because of what happened with her old teammates and their granddaughters."

"Speaking about their granddaughters, now I wonder if we can find them soon or not…" Nozomi added, "You know that our school isn't the only one Elementary School in Misora, right? They probably enroll themselves in those other schools."

"Even so, if they want to challenge us, is it better for them to enroll themselves here?" replied Fami who was disagree with what her cousin said, "They can easily spy on us and make a silent move before we realize it."

"Maybe you're right, but… it's just too difficult for us to find them if all we know about them is just their grades," Nozomi sighed, "and I still can't believe that all of them are second graders…"

"Well, I know that it sounds insane," said Shiroyuki, "but we just need to remember that we don't assume them as our enemies."

"You're right, Shiro-chan. We need them to do our main mission, after all," Fami agreed, "I hope we can explain the truth to them."

"Alright, enough about those four unknown second graders," Nozomi shifted the subject again as she smirked and gazed at the pink haired girl, "Now that you already here, I think you should find something different with my cousin, Shiro-chan."

"Huh?"

"Can you see something different on her left wrist?"

"Non-chan, why do you talk about this smartwatch again?" Fami protested, "You don't need to do that."

"What's wrong about that smartwatch, anyway?" asked Shiroyuki didn't understand, "I just know that it's an expensive smartwatch. Did your grandfather buy it for Fami-chan?"

"Nope! It's Matsumoto-kun who gave it to her before you arrived here!"

"Non-chan, don't…"

Fami warned her cousin to stop talking, but Nozomi just too excited to share about the smartwatch to Shiroyuki, who also listened to the class president's story in excitement.

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Meanwhile, in Molly's class…

The blonde haired girl was holding her smartphone in frustration, right after she looked at her Rank in the Foreign Languages Learning App.

"Who's this user anyway? I can't believe that someone can surpass my English rank in this app," she gritted her teeth as her eyes scanned at the name of her newest 'rival' in the said app, "So this user is a girl and her ID is MorningJog_08… Let me see if she only learn English here or not…"

She tapped at the username and checked the profile page that appeared in front of her, read the foreign languages that the user learn from that application, "Let me see… English, Korean, Spanish and German… and she gets the best ranks in all of those languages! What a genius!"

Molly sighed before she added, "Alright then, I think she's just that genius. At least, she doesn't learn French, so I still can be the best there."

Suddenly, she noticed that a little girl walked around at the corridor in front of her class, seemed like wanted to ask someone but the students around her just walked past her, ignoring her. Molly then locked her smartphone screen before walked to the younger girl and asked, "Can I help you?"

"Oh, I just recently move here, so I can't find the way to the teachers' room," explained the little girl in English, "Can you show me the way there?"

"Ah, sure I can. Follow me," Molly held the younger girl's hand and lead her to the mentioned room, "By the way, are you a returnee?"

"Yes, I am. My name is Ranna Asanuma, and I just can speak English for now," replied her with a mysterious smile, "but why do you ask about it, Sis? Are you also a returnee?"

"Well, yeah. I just came back from the States a while ago," Molly cheerfully said, "So, which grade are you in?"

"I'm a second grader, and I'll be learn in class 2-1," Ranna explained, "Nice to meet you, Sis."

"Nice to meet you too, Ranna-chan," they finally approached their destination, "Here, this is the teachers' room. All you need to do is just open the door and walk into the room."

"Thank you, Sis…"

"Oh, I almost forgot. My name is Molly Sokuryoku."

"Alright then, Sis Molly. Thanks for your help," concluded Ranna as she thought, 'I already know about her, though… It seems like she doesn't realized that I'll be her eternal rival from now on, not to mention that I've already be her rival in that Foreign Languages App…'

The second grader finally walked into the teachers' room, where her homeroom teacher was waiting for her. Surprisingly, she talked to her homeroom teacher and a fellow new student who came there much later fluently in Japanese, while she just spoke in English with Molly a while ago. She clearly lied to the older girl, as she apparently was the app user who made Molly frustrated before she met her.

As she walked to her own class with her homeroom teacher and the said fellow new student, she kept thinking about Molly, 'She seems like a good rival for me, and now I wonder to see her reaction once I decide to learn French in that application. I think she'll be surprised to find out that a second grader like me can be better than her in learning foreign languages. I'm a Languages Prodigy.'

'Well then, let's just make it as a mystery for now…'