chapter 49

Otto Apocalypse was speechless.

Of all the things he could hope to hear from the unknown boy who was using Fu Hua's communication device he would never expect the boy to ask for his help to resurrect the Kallen. Otto had many doubts at that time. Who was this boy? How does he know Kallen? And why did he ask himself to help Kallen's resurrection? Does that boy know of Otto's desire to resurrect Kallen?

In these five hundred years, the only person who knew of Otto's true desire was Fu Hua. And Otto was sure that she would never have told other people. 

So how could this boy know that?

Otto being the leader of Schicksal for more than 500 years had a lot of life experience, although he was surprised by the boy's words he quickly recovered and looked at the boy with a serious expression. All matters relating to Kallen are of the highest priority for Otto. If this issue can give Kallen an opportunity to return to this world then he will definitely not hesitate. But first he needs to know if this boy is telling the truth. 

"Boy, what exactly did you mean by that? And who is this Kallen you're talking about?" Otto asked. Otto had to keep his behavior calm because there was a possibility that this boy was talking about another woman who might have the same name as his childhood friend.

"I already said that I didn't want any curl. I want your help to resurrect Kallen Kaslana. You know her, right? Of course, you would never forget your childhood friend, in the past you even dressed up as a woman to help her when she was the extraordinary thief, right?" Ryusuke scratched his eye with sleep.

Otto's eyes widened with Ryusuke's words, because no one should know this information, not even Fu Hua knew about Otto having already disguised himself as a woman to help Kallen when she decided to steal from the rich to give to the poor. That was something no one these days should know. The only ones who should know about this should just be Otto and Kallen.

"Who are you? And why do you want to resurrect Kallen?" Otto asked with a little caution. After all, Kallen is of great importance to him and Otto will not allow someone with unknown intentions to try to meddle with Kallen. 

"My name Aikawa Ryusuke, and as to why I want to resurrect Kallen-san ... maybe it's because she is my stepmother?" Ryusuke was in a contemplation state. After all Ryusuke already considers Yae Sakura as his maternal figure so he is not wrong to consider Kallen as his stepmother. She can also be considered as his teacher since she started teaching him how to fight.

"There is?" For the second time today Otto was taken by surprise by Ryusuke. Otto was unable to predict Ryusuke's responses. 

For a moment Otto thought that Ryusuke might be using the name Kallen to make a fool of him. But before he could say anything he was shocked by the boy's next action.

Ryusuke raised his right hand where it could be visible to Otto and began to use the Serenity Gem's powers to create a leaf.

"Is this the Steam of Serenity?" Otto exclaimed in surprise. After all these years of experiments he was already familiar with the Steam of Serenity, but he never saw the Steam of Serenity so steadily that he could create life that way. 

'Is that boy able to use the powers of Serenity Gem? So he is the Herrscher of Death who can manipulate life and death? If so, can he really resurrect Kallen?' Otto thought hopeful that the Herrscher of Death might be able to bring Kallen back to life. 

"Otto Apocalypse, your friend already sent you the location of my house so I decided to take the initiative to talk to you. I want you to bring a genetic sample of Kallen-san so that I can resurrect her, because I have none of this with me. We can talk more calmly tomorrow afternoon, there you can review Kallen-san. And just so you know, I don't intend to create an empty body like the second Herrscher did at that time." 

Ryusuke turned off the video call without waiting for Otto's words.

*sigh* 

Ryusuke took a long breath while he put his hand on his forehead. He didn't really want to expose himself to Otto Apocalypse like that, but at this point he had no choice. As Fu Hua already sent the data about Ryusuke's house to Otto it was only a matter of time before he started investigating Ryusuke's house in case Fu Hua disappear or that she showed Otto some abnormality. So he decided to take the initiative to contact Otto. It's like they say...

"The best defense is attack." This has several interpretations such as...

"He who has the initiative will have the advantage."

When Ryusuke stole Serenity Gem he tried his best to hide his tracks but it seems he underestimated Otto's stubbornness and perseverance. So it is better for Ryusuke to take the initiative to negotiate with Otto. For Otto would definitely not leave him alone once he discovered Ryusuke's existence. 

What does Otto want? Kallen's resurrection...

Why did Ryusuke steal Serenity Gem? It was also to resurrect Kallen and Yae Rin...

Although the two had at least the same goal, Ryusuke did not want to expose himself to Otto anytime soon. Ryusuke knows that even if he managed to resurrect Kallen he couldn't keep it a secret from Otto forever, one hour or another he would certainly notice Kallen's presence and eventually he would try to approach Kallen to confirm that it was really her. When that happened, Otto was very likely to recognize her as Kallen and at least it wouldn't cause serious problems for Ryusuke.

"Well, now there's no turning back."

Ryusuke then took his phone and called Welt. He explained what happened and what will happen tomorrow afternoon. After he hung up the phone, Ryusuke looked at the unconscious Fu Hua who was on the floor. 

He then approached her while he made a small cut on his index finger. He put his finger in her mouth and made her ingest his blood. 

Why he did that is because he can't trust her. Although he wants to trust Fu Hua, he cannot be naive, this world is not the same as the one in the game, so Fu Hua may be different from the one presented in the game, what if she suddenly decides to attack him when she wakes up? And so he made her drink some of his blood. If she decides to attack Ryusuke or Yae Sakura then he won't be unprepared against her, although he really wants things to be resolved peacefully.

After that Ryusuke carried Fu Hua on his back and took her to sleep on the sofa in the living room. While Ryusuke was taking Fu Hua to the couch he didn't even notice there was a small glow that came out of Fenghuang Down and went into his body.

After putting her on the couch, Ryusuke went back to his room and went to sleep.