The Crisis World XX

Chap. 150: Foreign Girl in My Family

This morning was pretty bright. The sun has not risen completely and the temperature is still a little warm, a perfect morning to do anything outdoors.

That's why I'm out of the house now, more precisely because my parents told me to. Buy breakfast food ingredients that we happen to forget to check and run out when we want to prepare it.

My parents were so careless. I should still be home right now, but I guess it's okay for morning exercise.

"Good morning, Edmund."

The old woman with a frown filled her face greeted me. The gray hair and the vulnerable proportions that were sustained with wooden sticks could not match the friendly smile he gave when addressing me.

"Good morning, Miss. Maggienne." I greeted back in a friendly manner.

"A morning walk?"

"Ah, no. My parents told me to buy breakfast. They just ran out of material"

"Ah~ Very sloppy, it seems. Well then, I go first, this old body must be often trained to walk so as not to wear out too quickly."

He chuckled while insulting his own old body and I could not react much but give a smile. We parted after that short conversation, but before that he also greeted someone beside me.

"Always look pretty, yeah, Son Herliana."

"Thank you very much."

Is correct. I don't walk alone. There was a girl walking with me. He is not part of a family or close relatives. I mean, my silver hair is so different from her elegant blond.

He remained silent during the trip and even at home. Yeah, you guys didn't hear me wrong, he's living in my house right now. For the story .. I think it's gonna be a little weird and you guys are gonna have a hard time believing it.

You could say, I found it. Two years ago was the first time I met him.

At that moment, he looked very weak. Under the rain that began to subside, I who was walking home accidentally saw him curled up leaning on the side of the road with pale skin and trembling with cold.

As I was paddling her, she looked up and I could see her face clearly. Her beauty was like an angel, even myself could not believe that I could find a person as beautiful as her in a dirty place like this.

Despite his dirty state and thin body, I think he has lived long enough in this kind of predicament. So my instincts as a human being, decided to take her with me to my house, at least to clean up while waiting for the rain to stop.

At first my parents were suspicious and interrogated me, of course bringing a young girl who already looked half dead was not something that everyone in the world often did. They even accused me of kidnapping people's children.

But in the end after a lengthy explanation, they could trust me a little. And my mother took care of, bathed, and fed the girl before we asked her anything.

After all that self-cleaning, me, the girl, and both my parents sat at the dinner table asking all these things about her. Like the name, where he came from, and what my parents could take him home.

Surprisingly, his English is bad. And she had an accent that I rarely heard, like not being able to pronounce the letter 'L' fluently and not being able to mention the dead letter at the end.

But with all the limitations of understanding that both sides had, I finally understood what he was trying to convey.

This woman is from a very, very far away place. He had no place to live around here and only scavenged leftovers from the trash for a few weeks. This woman also had the goal of knowing who her parents were and the clues she had were very few.

"Then, what's your name?" At that moment I asked.

"Ri— no, my name is Herlinia."

He had doubts about his own name. Maybe his head hit something, or maybe something was hidden. There are still many irregularities in his presence. He looks like everyone I used to see here, but his English isn't fluent.

"All right! You can stay here" said my mother.

"Eh? I'm sure?!"

"Of course, he looks like he's in trouble. We can't just let him sleep on the streets, can we?" My father also supported my mother's opinion.

"Well .. that's right, anyway."

And after that, two years passed.

During those two years, Herlinia grew up with us and slowly became part of our new family. I witnessed the growth of his height which was still shorter than my shoulders now almost became a shoulder. I also grew by at least ten inches over two years, so you could say he followed my progress.

Fortunately, during her stay here Herlinia was not a fussy child. Precisely quiet, too quiet even. If he wasn't helping my parents or being told to do something, he would be sitting in his room all day almost never going out except for a meal.

His face was almost never revealed like a porcelain doll. But it does not reduce her beauty, even making her beautiful in terms of other aspects.

"What's wrong?" ask Herlinia.

G-witch! Unknowingly I daydreamed watching his face deep enough. "Pardon me! There's nothing, really!" I said a little panicked.

And he didn't ask further. Totally indifferent to the things around him and seem busy with his own world. But I never saw him fall, stumble, or hit anything even though he was daydreaming while walking.

Suddenly Herlinia stopped stepping. And I also did the same thing a few meters in front of him. "What's wrong?" my many.

"I don't want to get hurt. And I don't want you to get hurt either."

Eh? Whatdoes thatmean? Why did he suddenly speak like that? "Is something happening and there's something I can help you with?" Herlinia had never asked for my help before, so I guess this was her first time like this. And I want to help her.

"Can you be next to me now? Please."

My cheeks blushed when Herlinia spoke like that. I didn't think he had that feeling for me. Has it been buried for a long time? And dare to reveal it now?

"If you know, why now?"

"Because there's a car."

"Eh?"

Come to think of it, I didn't notice around me from earlier. Where am I now. Upon awakening, my head turned and from the right direction was a car that was speeding towards me.

"Great!"

I wanted to run away, but my legs felt stiff and hard to move. Shock and fear overwhelmed me at this moment, making my body stiff. But with all my efforts, I was finally able to move my legs and jump backwards even though it didn't change anything. Because my jump is not far.

I'm gonna die! No way!

Closing my eyes, a second later I could feel the gust of wind from the speeding car. But there was no pain in my body. Am I dead? Isn't this too peaceful?

Out of curiosity, I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw when I looked up was Herlinia's face. "Are you okay?" tanyakanya.

"Eh, i-yes."

I went back to check around and realized I was on the side of the road. It's strange, my jump is not far at all, but at first glance I feel that my body is being pulled something from behind. What the hell is going on?

"Don't daydream while you're on your way" suggested Herlinia, who was too late.

"Who's fault is this?! Why don't you just tell me from the beginning that I'm in the middle of the road?!"

Herlinia did not answer. While I woke up straight from his back. He leisurely walked across after the traffic light showed a red color, leaving me in shock alone. Not a little comforting or calming.

Truly the girl I couldn't predict, not even the incident had made her give off the slightest expression. It was a dead life event for me.

I thought something was weird. And after two years with him I'm more convinced. I'll investigate your true self and your reason here. Just look, Herlinia.

I also caught up with him who had walked first. Just so that the red light doesn't turn green before I cross.

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