The Crisis World XX

Chap. 75: The Reply Attack Begins!

The counterattack has been timed. At midnight tonight, Herlin and the others will head to where the Assassins are hiding. Until the midnight wait arrives, Mei-senpai is invited by Herlin to take a short break at the orphanage.

"Finally we'll do it, huh?" ask Mei-senpai.

"Yes that's how."

Herlin stretched the muscles in his body and raised his hands high because of the training he had done earlier.

"Oh yes Senpai, how about Senpai tonight just wait in my place?"

"waiting? Is it okay?"

"Yes, if you just take a dinner and shower anyway, I don't think there will be a problem. Besides, I'm worried about anything happening to Senpai on the way home."

"so yeah. All right then, but I think I'll—"

Senpai suddenly fell silent. He wanted to get his HP out and call the house, telling him he wouldn't be home today. But he realized that in his house there was no one other than his father who was in a coma. So Senpai undoes his intentions.

Herlin who saw Senpai's strange behavior immediately asked him.

"Senpai, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

But Herlin slightly did not believe that Senpai was okay. He had glanced at Mei-senpai for a while longer, but he tried to forget about her and respect Mei-senpai's privacy.

Instead Herlin took out her HP and intended to give Yuuki-san a message. 'Let me make dinner with Tetsu". Then send. This way Yuuki-san does not need to rush home and prepare dinner for the children in the orphanage.

"Senpai, can Senpai cook?"

"Hmm? I can, why?"

"Then help me cook later?"

"I think I'm better at cooking than you, Herlin," said Mei-senpai confidently with a smile at the end of her sentence.

"What about you, Tetsu? Are you gonna help me cook?"

"Ignored?!"

With her flat face, Herlin was not even provoked by Mei-senpai's remark. He ignored all his words. It felt like it made him realize that it was useless to make Herlin angry, even you were provoked by emotions with indifference.

Mei-senpai stopped her steps which Herlin had noticed late because she was talking to Tetsu.

"Did you say cooking?! Of course I'll help!" tetsu said spirit.

"Tetsu said he would help …. Senpai, what's wrong?"

"Then there is only one victory that I can confirm absolutely ..," murmured Senpai.

"Eh? A win?"

"… That is this!"

Boing…

Mei-senpai squeezed Herlin's chest in excitement and was full of revenge. While Herlin who still did not understand what happened could only push Senpai's face, but it was useless.

"Se-Senpai!"

"How's?! Did you admit your defeat?"

"What does it mean ... defeat—!"

Senpai still had not stopped squeezing it until Herlin admitted his defeat. And as if aware of it, Herlin finally said it.

"Well, Senpai won. But please stop," said Herlin with a flushed face.

"Hehe .. I finally won!"

Mei-senpai finally removed her hand from Herlin's chest after she admitted her defeat. Senpai proudly shows Herlin the 'peace' pose. While Herlin could only hug his chest with both hands so that Senpai could not squeeze it anymore.

"Senpai .. is weak, perverted."

"Wildamah! Most importantly you have admitted your own defeat" said Mei-senpai proudly.

Herlin still looked at the laughing face of Mei-senpai with a wary look like looking at an om-om. But after a while, he finally acted as usual again and walked back.

"Huh …. Then let's go to the orphanage right away," Herlin asked.

"All right, all right."

"But I'm still in my infancy, Senpai. My chest can still grow even bigger."

"Then will I help you speed it up?!"

Both of Mei-senpai's hands were ready to do something like that again.

"This time I will fight, you know," said Herlin quickly.

After the unimportant talk they had on the road earlier, they finally arrived at the orphanage. Before entering, Tetsu had time to get out of the sword so as not to shock the children inside.

"I'm ready! Please open the door" Tetsu said.

With a single nod as a sign of being ready, Herlin then opened the door. When the sound of the door opened, the children inside immediately approached them all.

"Nee-chan is home!"

"Welcome back!" say the children at the same time.

"I'm coming home, will you be good kids as long as Yuuki-san and I get out?"

"of course! Nee-chan, it was while I was playing right, yeah. Then …."

"What's up, what's up?"

The children in the orphanage were very excited to welcome Herlin. They shared their experiences today with Herlin. Mei-senpai who saw him only smiled in silence. Herlin looks like a big brother to all of them.

As Mei-senpai was daydreaming, one of the parlors called her and woke her from her daydream.

"Sister? The older brother who was here was looking for Nee-chan, right?"

"That's right, my name is Kurobane Mei."

"May-neesan, nice to meet you!" say they are together again.

"Hey, I'm not welcome?" tetsu protested.

They approached Tetsu and hugged him. Tetsu who felt cared for was very happy with the treatment of the orphanage children. He hugged the children who embraced him.

"Then, let's prepare dinner, Tetsu, Mei-senpai."

"Come on!"

They then started cooking together. Although it was a bit noisy and more playful than cooking, let alone Tetsu. But in the end, the cooking is still so, namely katsudon.

Katsudon is a piece of beef that is fried and then served by being cut into four pieces and then placed on warm rice. Not to forget also the sweet spicy sauce poured over the meat, making the taste even more unbeatable.

Herlin, Mei-senpai, and the other orphanage children then ate their cooking together. But Tetsu who was also sitting there did not eat the katsudon in front of him, he instead took out a pencil from a pack of boxes and began to chew it. He purposely took her in case she was hungry on the road.

The children of the orphanage who saw Tetsu tried to stop him but his efforts were too late, the pencil had already been eaten by Tetsu.

After the meal together was over, it was time for them to take a shower. First of all starting from the little boy who was bathed by Herlin and Mei-senpai and after that only a boy. When the children of the home were finished, it was now time for Herlin and Mei-senpai to take a bath.

"Hah~ shower is indeed the best!" said Mei-senpai who was immersing her body in the bathtub.

"Pai! The towel I put here, yes" cried Herlin from outside.

"Yes, thank you Herlin!"

While still in the bathroom, Mei-senpai had thought of something.

"Tonight, huh? The fight will happen again."

Mei-senpai then stuffed half her face into the water. He was still thinking about the bad possibilities that would happen.

"Hopefully everyone is safe."

The shower was over and the other children were getting ready to go to bed and go back to their rooms. The clock has shown at nine o'clock in the evening and Herlin and Mei-senpai will also sleep first to rest for a while.

"But …."

"What's up, Herlin-chan?"

"… Why did Senpai sleep next to me? There's still another empty room in this place."

"About no? Rarely can we sleep together like this."

"Senpai won't do that 'thing' again, right?"

Herlin slightly moved away and protected her chest from Mei-senpai. He was afraid that this happened again when he was caught off guard. Mei-senpai smiled and her hands prepared for action again.

"Hehe .. do you want to feel it again?"

"Senpai, stop!"

"ahaha! Alright, alright. You have also admitted your defeat so I'm already the winner."

"Hah .. Senpai is like a child."

The two of them then fell silent looking at the ceiling inside the same blanket. Herlin had already begun to close her eyes while Mei-senpai was still fresh and not yet sleepy. Then he asked Herlin to speak.

"Nee, Herlin-chan."

"What's wrong?"

"Is there someone you like?"

Herlin who had closed his eyes immediately opened the two.

"Why suddenly ask like that? There's no one I like."

"really? Then how about I tell you her initials."

"Yep. His initials were 'Satou Iraya'. Do you know him?"

"That's not an initial, Senpai."

Senpai only chuckled a little and then waited for an explanation from Herlin. Actually he was lazy to discuss things like this, but instead of spreading into obscure gossip, he better explain it now.

"I guess .. he's just my friend."

"Friends?! Iraya will definitely kill herself if she hears you call her friend."

"No, I don't think it's going to be too much like that either. But Iraya that's no ordinary friend, I don't know how to call it but …."

"But?"

"… Iraya was the first person after all this time who made me feel things. Like happy, sad, even feelings that I can't explain are all because of him. He's really valuable to me."

Mei-senpai was only speechless to see Herlin describe Iraya from her point of view. Other than training, Herlin rarely spoke at length like this, so this was a rare thing.

"What if you call it family? Yeah, even though I'm sure Iraya will still kill herself if you say she's your family."

"Why does Senpai always associate Iraya with suicide?" reply Herlin flat.

"But if family .. I guess I could call it that. People who are valuable to me" he continued.

Realizing that she had spoken too much, Herlin then turned her body to the side opposite Mei-senpai.

"Now it's better Mei-senpai sleeps fast. We'll wake up at eleven."

"All right."

Mei-senpai then turned her body away as well. But he was facing towards Herlin's back. Then in a small tone he said good night to Herlin.

"Good night."

**

Herlin opened his eyes. But he realized that he was not in his room, but was in a place with many people around him.

He looked to the right and left and looked at the people who were here. They were all wearing formal clothes and were like they were approaching a party. And most of them have blond hair and a face whiter than most Japanese people.

"What's this?"

He then realized that his voice was lighter than usual. Herlin then looked towards her body and the clothes she was wearing were black dresses that looked luxurious and elegant.

As confusion enveloped Herlin's mind, he was suddenly summoned by someone beside him.

"Herlinia-sama, is there something you are thinking about?"

Herlin who heard his name called then looked towards the source of the voice. A girl of about twenty years old asked in a language she had not heard for a long time with a slight accent in it.

"English?"

"Hmm? Herlinia-sama?"

Herlin was confused, but eventually he used his fluent English.

"Ah .. I'm fine."

"That's it, but your face looks like a confused person."

"Not to think too much."

"Good."

Their conversation is over. Herlin looked around here again. Then as he looked at the second floor, Herlin saw a woman in a red dress who looked luxurious and had some lace as her decoration. The woman also realized that she was being noticed and looked back at Herlin.

Moments after gazing, the woman's expression turned irritated and uncomfortable like seeing a piece of trash before her. Herlin who still did not understand could only watch him leave.

But before leaving, he had muttered something that Herlin could see through the movement of his mouth which of course used English.

After the woman disappeared from Herlin's sight, he briefly thought of the possibility of who he had just seen. But there was no time for Herlin to think, because suddenly there was an explosion that destroyed the front door.

Duaarrr…

And from behind the puff of smoke appeared many people who have the ability to control fire because it is visible from his hands that can emit and fire.

"Herlinia-sama!"

He had not seen clearly the face of the person who attacked this place, but Herlin with her small and light body was pulled by the girl who had always been beside him from earlier.

The last thing he saw was a grin

it came out of the mouth of the attacker's face but the face up was not visible because it was covered in thick black smoke.

**

Kriiing…

Herlin opened his eyes again. The first one he saw this time was the ceiling of his room and it made him very relieved. Herlin then sat on his bed and held his head, thinking about the thing he had just seen earlier.

"Dreams?"

Herlin tried to forget about it for a while as there were more important things to do at the moment.

Because his room was dark and accompanied by the alarm clock that had sounded from earlier, Herlin also turned off the alarm clock and saw what time it was now. The hour hand indicates eleven o'clock past five minutes, meaning the alarm has sounded for approximately five minutes.

He thought he was great also because he was not disturbed by the noise of the alarm clock earlier. Herlin soon wakes Mei-senpai, who is still sleeping beside him.

"Senpai .. Senpai wakes up at midnight."

Herlin shook Senpai's body several times to make her wake up. After a while, Senpai moved. He opened his eyes and looked at Herlin with a blank look.

"Senpai?"

After seeing that the one beside her was Herlin, Mei-senpai slightly smiled and then closed her eyes again while pulling the blanket to cover it up.

"Senpai don't sleep anymore!"

After five minutes of struggling, Herlin finally managed to wake Mei-senpai up.

"Relance …." Mei-senpai still looks sleepy proved that she still rubbed her eyes and yawned.

"We need to get ready soon."

"Good~"

Despite answering, Mei-senpai who was still sitting on the bed had the intention to sleep again while Herlin was not here. Mei-senpai also slowly slid on the mattress and re-hugged her roll.

Byuurr…

But suddenly a water flush glides smoothly and unhindered directly into Mei-senpai's face which makes her instantly aware. Herlin turned out to be back in the room and holding an empty glass.

"What are you doing, Herlin-chan?!"

"Sorry my hands are slippery" said Herlin flatly without guilt.

"Slice your eyes!"

Finally, they headed to the Haiiro Cafe. There wasn't much talk they did while on the road. While Herlin could hear Tetsu humming cheerfully as he was about to find food again.

Cecilia showed no movement in Herlin's body. Maybe he's sleeping Herlin thought. Finally we arrived at the Haiiro Cafe.

Upon entering inside, there was already Oita-san and Ishikawa-san waiting in one of the customer seats. They looked very relaxed as they waited for us and welcomed us when we came.

"You guys have come? Then we start the assault, " said Oita-san.

"Good!"

Although Herlin and Mei-senpai had just arrived, but everyone did not want to waste any more time. So they all immediately walked towards the new hideout of the Assassins.

Ishikawa-san who was assigned in search of their latest hideout also did her job well because this time she did not come home with an injured body.

"How far is it?" ask Herlin.

"A little while more …. That's the place!"

The four of them stopped moving and stood on the roof of one of the houses for a clearer view. And as Ishikawa-san had already investigated, the place was indeed right. The ruins of an old church.

The place was different from those around it. Such a gripping feeling and an instinctive warning for ordinary people from his subconscious not to approach the ruins of the church.

"So here" said Mei-senpai.

"Right, no more wrong. You can feel it yourself, right?"

Swuush…

"Oita-san, what will you—! Oita-san?!"

Without waiting for any cue from the others, Oita-san immediately shot up and hit the front door of the ruins of the church.

Duaarrr…

After getting a strong enough blow from Oita-san, the others were sure that the door would be destroyed. But it turns out their estimates are wrong, the door was still standing solid and like nothing scratched.

"No way!" mei-senpai.

"Hmm ... thinner than I thought," muttered Oita-san.

He seemed to be able to smash it with a few more blows without having to let out his aura. But the exact guesswork from Oita-san, it won't be that easy. Because their real enemy is waiting.

"What business do you guys come to these nights, Murasaki Oita?"

"I happen to have business with you, Astaroth." Oita-san let out a grin at the end of her sentence.

From the Oita-san camp. Herlin, Mei-senpai, and Ishikawa-san got off the roof and were already preparing behind Oita-san. From the Astaroth camp. Assassins like Nimis, Ardenter, and Delta were already preparing behind Astaroth.

Their fight was in sight. To take back their kidnapped family, they will fight it out.

Seriate