The Power Enthusiast

MINERVO 20: Winter that Lasts Endlessly

"I don't know which city we're going to find the next hero, we're waiting for Si Roswel to call me, but before that, I'd like to ask you guys," paul said in a low tone with eyes glancing at Jeddy and Cherry. "Are you ready to risk your lives when you go with me?"

Hearing that, Jeddy and Cherry immediately singled out a thin smile each.

"Haha!" Jeddy immediately laughed crisply while shaking his head. "You're all there, bro! Without even needing to be told, I must be ready to risk my life! Because I am a man! Bro! Haha!"

"Cherry must be ready! Always ready! Siaaaap forever!" said Cherry by clenching her hands up. "Because Cherry is a brave woman! Hihihi!"

Paul grieves to hear it. "What are you saying is like insinuating Colin, you fool!" paul said with a flat face. "But forget it! Let's get out of this fucking house and get to the next town!" Later, Paul dashingly guides Jeddy and Cherry out of his house.

Bzzz! Bzzzzz! Bzzz!

And as usual, just as Paul was walking up to the gate of his house, his phone vibrating on his thigh, he immediately took it out of his pants pocket and raised it to his ear. "Yes?" paul said trying to be calm. "Just tell me what you need to say, Roswel."

"Huh? Roswell?" Suddenly the voice of a man who is certainly not Roswel, made Paul wide open to hear it. "It's me! Colin!"

"Why did you even call me!? Goddamnit! And where do you know my cell phone number! Goddamn bum!" Paul was really disappointed plus annoyed because the one who contacted him was Colin instead of Roswel. Paul is hopeful that Roswel will call him, as he needs information about who and where the next hero is. But even the fucking Colin who called him, it was disappointing, so according to Paul.

"You're angry again, come on! Don't!" colin said from across the phone in a voice that exclaimed. "Emm. I got your number from your closet! You recall? Yesterday when I changed your tavern uniform to your one in your room, well, I found your number behind the closet door, I just recorded the number just in case I needed you, hehe! And it turns out to be true, the number is very useful. But I'm also curious, why did you write your cell phone number behind the closet door, Paul?"

Hearing that, Paul immediately remembered the incident when he was just bought a cell phone by his mother, and because he was the person sometimes easily forget the collection of numbers, and because of him, so Paul tried to write his phone number behind the closet door so that when he forgot, he could see it there. But Paul did not think that what he did could have backfired for him, for example, Colin who would have written his phone number when the man saw the numbers behind his closet door.

"Forget about it! Goddamn bum! So what do you want to call me!?" paul asked with a super rough clash, making Colin who heard it glare directly.

"OKay! Okay! So look.. emm. Last night I opened social media, and I found a video that contained you and I were smashing rocks that fell in the parking lot of the tavern! You remember, don't you, Paul!? And worse! The video has been viewed hundreds of millions of times! That video is so viral! And become controversial! If you look at television, a lot of people are excited about the video, some say it's just an engineering video! Some say it's real, but that's the problem! The shop that was the location where the video was made, so it was visited by many curious people! And now, my manager ordered me to leave until the tavern atmosphere became normal again! How's this, Paul!?"

Paul was so shocked to hear that, he went silent for a few minutes, pondering about it, that he finally replied, "Then, where are you now, Fucking Colin!?"

"I am running to your house! Maybe five minutes to go! But, you're still home, right!? Not going to another city, right!? Paul!?"

"YES! I'M STILL HOME! QUICKLY HERE! YOU MORON!" After saying that, Paul immediately hung up the phone unilaterally, then he put his phone back in his pants pocket.

Hearing Paul exclaim while on the phone, Cherry and Jeddy come to him. "Oi-oi-oi-oi, what's wrong with you? Judging from your expression, it seems like you're in trouble, right? Bro!?" jeddy said, patting Paul on the shoulder.

"Only a trivial matter, don't worry," Paul replied coldly. "And fucking Colin is coming here."

"Yeahahah!" Hearing that, Cherry was excited, she looked overjoyed. "really!? Colin's coming!? Finallyoo! Cherry can make fun of him again! Hihihi!"

Jeddy was amazed, "Wow! How can you, Bro!? Isn't Colin at work? Why did he come here, is that okay, Bro!?" ask Jeddy who was confused by the situation.

Then, Colin was running from a distance. Paul, Jeddy, and Cherry are shocked to see him. The three of them were surprised because Colin's expression while running looked frightened, like being chased by a wild beast, whereas behind him there was nothing. After arriving in front of them, Colin gasped for breath, adjusting his breathing first to stabilize.

"Bright.. Huhh.. Hahh..," Colin looked exhausted, sweat pouring out all over his body, making his hair and clothes drenched. "Sorry I'm late! But really, I really didn't expect to come back here again" Colin said with a runny nose, looking at Paul, Jeddy, and Cherry.

"Don't think about it, Colin!" Paul nodded his head by looking at Colin. "Whatever happens, let it happen! Now, since you've arrived here, it means you'll be coming with us! Just chill! You'll be safe with us!" paul said in very firm words, trying to convince Colin not to feel anxious when with him.

"Bro!" Jeddy patted Colin on the back as usual. "It feels like you look so brave today! I'm serious, Bro! Ahaha!" Unfortunately, Colin was not too happy to hear that.

"Yeeeeeeeey!" Cherry jumped up and down so happy because there was Colin in front of her. "Colin is finally here! Hihahi! Know no? Cherry was so lonely because Colin didn't come, so there was no material to mock. But when I heard Colin was coming here, Cherry's spirit rose again very high! Hihihi!" said Cherry with a radiant face. And really, Cherry's words didn't make Colin feel happy at all.

"OKay! Okay! Thank you for your welcome, friends! To be honest, I'm not too happy to hear it!" colin answered with a sour face. "Then? Now which city are we going to?"

Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzzzz!

Just when Colin asked, Paul's phone shook again, someone called him. Finally, Paul immediately picked up his phone back, with little hope that Roswel would contact him this time. And just now Paul was about to mention the word 'hello', the person who called him immediately made a sound first.

"Good morning, sir," And it turned out to be Roswel's voice, Paul was secretly happy to hear it. "It's me, Roswel. As always, I'll give you information on the targets you'll meet in the next town, sir."

Pretending to be annoyed, Paul replied, "Hurry up, asshole! I don't have much time to babble with you!" Paul had plenty of time to talk to Roswel.

Roswel chuckled at Paul's screams, then he said again, "Well, I'll get to the point, sir," Roswel said in a very soft tone. "So, your target this time is a sixteen-year-old man, blindfolded, white-haired, white-skinned, white-lipped, and always wearing all-white clothes, Sir. And if you look around, he lives in Vineas City, and he seems to really like books, because it seems he always spends his time inside the downtown library."

Paul immediately responded to Roswel's explanation in a harsh tone. "What about the name!? Tell me! You idiot!" Roswel was sober about it, he almost forgot to explain it.

"Well, I'll look deeper, sir," said Roswel subtly. "Ah, I've got it, sir. Apparently, the man was often called by the name 'Nico' by some people in the library, sir" Roswel said in a friendly tone. Feeling that enough was enough, as usual, Paul immediately hung up on him unilaterally. Then he looked at Jeddy, Cherry, and Colin with a sharp look.

"Prepare yourself! We're going to Vineas City!" paul exclaimed in a stern voice, making Jeddy smile wide, Cherry jump up and down, and Colin furrowed his brows.

"V-Vineas!?" Colin seems to know something about the place. "Then, shouldn't we be wearing thick clothes!? But Paul's already wearing a thick jacket, and then, what about you guys!?" Colin looked towards Jeddy who was wearing a short green shirt and Cherry who was wearing a short pink dress. Colin did not talk about himself because he had worn a dark blue hooded jacket to avoid people who were curious about him about his viral video on the internet.

"What's going on in Vineas City that we have to wear thick clothes, Bro!?" jeddy asked with his shoulder turned, puzzled. Cherry was also amazed by the words of Colin. While Paul only sighed, he actually knew the situation in Vineas City. But Paul lets Colin explain it to them, because he's too lazy to babble.

"EEEEEEH!?" Colin shrieked in shock at Jeddy's response. "Where have you been so far as not to know the state of Vineas City!? But fine! I'll explain it. So, the City of Vineas is one of the cities dubbed as 'the city of one season', and in the City of Vineas there is only winter, which continues without end. Hence, because of the state of the city so, all the inhabitants always wore thick clothes at all times."

Hearing that, Jeddy and Cherry were shocked, they just found out about it. Because during his life, they never want to know about the situation of other cities, although Jeddy sometimes know the condition of other cities from the gossip of his friends, but it seems this time, this time, even though Jeddy sometimes know the condition of other cities from the gossip of his friends, he did not know about the City of Vineas. Though the country is a region that has a diversity of cultures, systems, rules, climate and so on. After hearing that, Jeddy and Cherry go straight back into Paul's house to borrow a jacket. And finally, Jeddy came out wearing a dark green jacket with the inscription 'dead!' on his chest, Cherry wore a jacket owned by his mother Paul which was bright pink with cherry blossom patterns on his back.

"It looks like you're all ready!" paul said after looking at Cherry, Jeddy and Colin. Then, he immediately stepped out his feet by exclaiming, "Then, let's visit that damn city!"