Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme!-Chapter 177 : Homecoming (2)
As the wife of a traveler, Lea, of course, was in relatively good shape because if she wanted to keep up with her husband, physical fitness was a must, yet, even if she stood at all of five feet two inches tall, Aoni knew better than to ever look down on his Mom, even if she was a Mundane.
If he had a CryptoDollar for every time he'd seen his Mom beating the hell out of his Dad, well, Aoni would be quite rich because even if she couldn't PHYSICALLY hurt the man, she was a master at emotional DAMAGE!
"Hi, Mom," Stepping forward and placing his sister Cammy down on the front porch, Aoni closed the distance between himself and Lea and gave her a tender hug.
"My boy, look at you, all grown up. You still need a haircut, but that doesn't matter; all that does is you made it home in one piece. Now let me look at you." Breaking the hug off and taking a step back, Lea spun her son around like a doll, scoping him out from top to bottom, looking for any signs of injury or pain. Only once she was done did she give an approving nod.
"When we received the notice of your return from Genovia, along with your Examination Results, we were quite worried about you, honey," Lea chirped while dragging Aoni and Cammy into the house, but not before shooting a glare at Jason, causing the poor man to scratch the back of his head.
To be honest, when he saw the high numbers attached to his son's stats, jealousy was the first thing Jason experienced, followed quickly by familial pride; this was his son, after all, so what if his stats were already extremely close to his own?
"SISSY CATHY, BRODDER'S HOME!" Pulling free of her Mom's grasp, Cammy darted away from the front door toward the living room while screaming for Aoni's older Mundane Sister, Catherine.
'Cathy is here? And after that whole big blowout about being independent and living on her own, she still returned home in the end, wearing a knowing smile. Aoni looked to his Mom with a quizzical gaze, only to see the woman shake her head and roll her eyes.
That was more than enough information for Aoni, who immediately understood the failed attempt was confirmed.
"Is he now? Tell me, Cammy, did that pesky brother of ours get any cooler, or is he still a dork?" Cathy's velvety voice traversed the halls of the modest home, causing Aoni to shiver because he knew what would come next.
Now, for the record, Catherine wasn't the type to ACTUALLY bully her younger brother; no, instead, she would just find it extremely enjoyable to tease reactions out of Aoni, as did most of the ladies of the Thurston Family.
He was, after all, the baby brother.
"Brodder looks cool now, sissy, he got cool clothes, too, and his hair is shaggier, and hims handsome now!"
'Oh dear god, stop her please, Mom, PLEASE!!!' With pure, unbridled terror in his eyes, Aoni froze in place, looking to his Mom for help, only to find the woman who had birthed him wearing a cheeky smile.
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"Cathyyyy~ come greet your brother,"
"Why…why have you forsaken me, mother dearest…"
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Well into the night, the pitiful cries of Aoni's pleading for mercy were contained within their home, followed by continuous and harmonious laughter.
Much to his surprise, although the standard teasing and harassment were in full swing, Aoni's parents decided to throw him a small welcome home party, cake, and streamers included, and of course, he picked that time to hand out presents to everyone.
For Lea, it was a well-known beauty supply basket.
Jason got some armor and Cathy a brand-name makeup set.
Most importantly, for little Cammy, Aoni went all out, getting her a bunch of stuffed animals and even one that looked oddly close to Glacia in appearance.
"AHHH AHHHH THEYRE SO FLUFFY HEHEHEHE!" Cammy screamed in glee as Aoni retrieved an entire mountain's worth of plushies and practically buried his baby sister alive under them.
Meanwhile, although Jason was on board for spoiling little Cammy, the glares Aoni was getting from his Mom and older sister seemed to say otherwise.
"Uh…would you believe me if I said I spent the same amount on each of you…" Coughing and refusing to make eye contact with the present members of his family, Aoni quickly began planning his retreat and took a step back only to have his ear snatched up by Lea and dragged down to eye level with the short woman.
"You listen here, Aoni, spoiling your baby sister is fine, so long as it's within reason; now tell me, where the heck are we supposed to put all of them, HM? Did you even think about the limited space in her room? HMMM?"
"Ahh ahh Oww Mom stop you're going to rip my ear off!"
"Fooey, you're a traveler now, Orange-Tier at that; me twisting your ear won't rip it off,"
"MOooOooOMM!"
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The next morning, Bright and early, Aoni woke up for the first time in over a month in the comfort of his beloved bed; no matter how lumpy it was, it was still what he found the most comfortable in comparison to the rock-hard slab passed off as a bed in his cave.
Slowly sitting up with a soft smile on his lips, he looked around at the posters of famous travelers covering the walls before his eyes finally landed on his two bookshelves full of completed model kits.
"I guess I can finally go after those 1/60 scale models now that I have money; up until now, the most I could afford was the 1/144 RealGrade kits, with an occasional 1/100 MasterGrade, but now, it's time to finally fulfill my dream of BUILDING THE ULTIMATE GARNDARM!" Rubbing his hands together like a greedy merchant, Aoni quickly pulled up the model kit website on his Commu and began ordering every kit that caught his attention.
In the end, he was 4000 CD poorer, and usually, that would have saddened him if it weren't for the fact that he still had over 500k sitting in his bank account.
