1 Chapter 1: Birthday Surprise!
Mr. and Mrs. Granger were a lucky couple. They gave birth to two geniuses, a boy and a girl. The boy was Kent Granger and the girl was Hermione Granger.
The brother and the sister, both were geniuses, not only for their academic excellence but also maturity. Anybody who interacts with the pair, praises Mr. and Mrs. Granger for giving birth to such good children.
Mr. and Mrs. Granger were no exception when it came to the praise of their children. They were geniuses, mature and very considerate.
They were more like an empathetic adults.
If not for their biological age, others would assume that they were adults.
But sometimes reality is more fictional than fictions.
Kent Granger was in fact not actually the child of Mr. and Mrs. Granger, at least his soul or consciousness wasn't.
He had memories of 30 years of life in a world quite similar to the current one, at least on the surface.
If his guess was correct, then there might be another world hidden under the plain sight.
The reason he suspected because his sister's name is Hermione Granger, who is two hours younger than him.
He had watched the full Harry Potter series and their was a character named 'Hermione Granger', one of the lead characters played by Emma Watson.
She looks a lot different than what was portrayed in the movie, her hair was more bushy and her front teeth were more distinct. The most confusing was her personality. She was mature and not so overbearing as shown in the movie. She might've acquired that quirk later.
Kent sometimes suspects that she was more adult than him. It was quite a mystery.
But he did not have the time to solve the mystery because if his speculations were correct and this world was indeed the fictional world of magic then it got a hundred fold dangerous especially if you're related to one of the main protagonists.
There was another mystery, which was "how he died?". He didn't have the specific memory about it. He was going to marry the girl he was in love with. His last memory was meeting with his friends and inviting them to his marriage.
The mystery was quite difficult to solve so he temporarily gave up, instead he started preparing for the worst.
It didn't take long to confirm his guess though.
On his and his sister's fifth birthday, there was a bizarre incident that happened which might be puzzling for the Granger Couple but for Kent it just confirmed his guess.
A book was flung from the bookcase straight to Hermione's cousin who was making fun of her teeth. Fortunately her cousin was alright.
This was a case of accidental magic. And it might indeed be the fictional world of Harry Potter or a parallel world quite close to the original fiction. He was not sure if his foreknowledge would be of any use. But that was a thing of far future at least six years later.
Kent only hoped that he also had magic otherwise he didn't know how he would cope with the dangerous future that was probably gonna happen.
As a muggle, he would be quite defenseless against magic.
It didn't take long for his worries to transform into excitement though.
On that night after the joint birthday celebrations when Kent was lying on his bed worrying about his future, a clicking noise sounded in his head.
[Ding! Simulation system is Activated!]
A string of white letters was floating in front of his eyes. He rubbed his eyes, but the string of letters was still present. He tried touching them but couldn't. It did not take long for him to calm down and think properly.
'Okay then, I've got a system but I don't know what it's functions are. First I have check what this system is all about,' he thought as he took a long breath.
"Now let's see..., System what is your function?" asked Kent lowering his voice so as to not disturb his sister and parents.
"..."
There was no response.
"Lord System, may I know what is your function and purpose?"
"..."
Still no response.
"System, please?"
"..."
"B*ullsh*t System," Kent cursed out loud.
"Kent, what happened?" came a female voice from the next room. It was his mother.
"Nothing Mom, just some annoying fly," said Kent.
"Okay, sleep early son."
'I might be hallucinating then,' concluded Kent after getting no response from the system.
But there was still a bit unwillingness in him. So he decided to try again for the last time.
This time, instead of shouting or cursing, Kent decided to concentrate on string of letters that was still floating in front of his eyes.
Suddenly his vision darkened and he felt a suction force. But it was just momentary.
As soon as his vision returned, he found himself in a dark room.
Looking around he couldn't see the end of the room. There was like hue that was obstructing his vision.
Suddenly a subtly glowing screen appeared in front him. It looked just like those 3d hologram in Sci-fi movies.
Taking a closer look, he found that it was a panel with five options.
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Deduce and Optimize
Simulation
Library
Download
Inventory
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'It's real!' exclaimed Kent in his mind.
Coming closer, Kent clicked on the first option "Deduce and Optimize".
The screen changed --
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Deduce and Optimize: With the help of the information stored in the library, the user can deduce and optimize anything, ranging from a solution of a question to optimizing martial arts skill etc. The user can also specify the requirements of the optimized result. There are currently five skills or solution that can be optimized simultaneously.
Slots [5]
1. (empty)
2. (empty)
3. (empty)
4. (empty)
5. (empty)
(Back)
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He clicked on the "Back" button and returned to the previous page. Afterwards he checked each option one by one --
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Simulation: After optimization of certain skill, the user can experience and practice the skill. The time spent here is 100 times faster compared to real world.
(Back)
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"Hmm, this look useful. I have to test it. I will try it tomorrow." Kent muttered as he clicked on the next option --
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Library: The user can consciously store any form of data like book, picture, sound or symbol they see or hear. It serves as a data centre.
(Tips: No matter what language the data is in, the user can translate the said data to understandable language.)
Current Content : (Empty)
(Back)
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'Wow! That's a useful function!' Kent exclaimed in his mind. Returning to the previous page, he then clicked on the "Download" option --
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Download: The user can download any data from the library to his conscious memory.
Warning: May induce headache during download
Reminder: A humans memory is not unlimited.
(Delete: User can clear certain data from their memory)
(Back)
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'With this, I can claim to have a photographic memory.' Kent concluded with excitement.
"Now let's see, the last one. Hmm, I hope it is what I think it is," Kent muttered as he clicked on the 'Inventory' option --
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Inventory:
A storage space of 5 cubic metres. Living beings are not recommended to be stored.
Current Content: (Empty)
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"Hmm, neither too large nor too small. Well it's enough space. It's a pity that living beings can not be stored." Kent sighed. He was not disappointed though. It was already a miracle to have a multifunction system.
Suddenly a thought came to his mind.
"How do I get out of this place?" He asked himself.
"Let's try this."
Closing his eyes he concentrated on the feeling when he was sucked into this place and thought about going out.
And just like that he again felt a similar suction force and the next moment he found himself sitting on his bed, probably on the same spot before he entered into the black space of the system. He checked the time to find that he spent about half an hour inside the system space.
After an hour of excitement, thinking about the future, how he would use the system to its best capacity, Kent was exhausted. After all it was a five year old body.
He yawned and switched off the lamp. Lying on his bed it didn't take long before he fell asleep.
