BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 20: Emma Eliana's

All in front of them was the figure of a miserable weak girl who was being embraced by Mai.

While crying regretting her actions, Mai patted and gave warmth to the girl. Jell who saw it only made a wide smile on her face while calming Mai down.

He separated the two, this time it was Jell's turn. He sat down to equalize their gaze, the girl looked at Jell with a beautiful look in her eyes.

“Alright, I want to ask you a few things, but for now I just want to know one thing.”

“One... hal?”

While tilting her head that raised a question mark above, she looked at Jell with a face hard to understand. This girl is still very small, and if you look at her age it might be around 13 years.

Jell while continuing her words, she patted the girl on the head.

“Your name? You haven't told me your name, have you?”

With a slow and polite tone, to maintain his dignity Jell gave the impression of a cool adult figure. Delivering his question, the boy in a soft and gentle tone he replied.

“Emma.. Eliana Emma.”.

“Emma?”

As for the girl's name, Jell repeated it in a whispered tone. To Jell's words repeating her words, Mai realized it and asked what was going on about the girl's name.

The answer to Mai's question, Jell wasn't too worried about her, she just felt familiar with Emma's name for this world.

“It looks like the name is not foreign, but who is it?”

Still searching for the answer to that question, Mai guided the girl to head out of the room.

“Jell, we'll be out for a shower, you want to come?”

Dear Sekli Jell asleep with his mind, for Mai question he did not answer it and still think, what is wrong with this girl's name? Is what Mai said in her heart.

Mai and Emma went out and went to the public baths nearby, there were no bathrooms available, for public bathrooms were not available everywhere. So to bathe or pee they have to go to a public bath or public toilet.

Mai and Emma arrive at the bath that is not clear from 20 meters from the inn. While taking off her clothes Mai saw Emma who was just frozen in the dressing room.

“What's Emma?”

“It... Is it okay if I take a shower?”

Those words came out again from her mouth, to Mai it was annoying. But she answered him with a sincere smile, she patted Emma's head and rubbed it gently.

“Don't say anything more like that. Emma's a girl, right? And women should look beautiful at all times, so let's take a shower, I'll bathe Emma.”

Emma's face shone, her big golden eyes spewed out water and gave off a very beautiful reflection of light. Mai who saw him also returned her gaze with a sincere smile.

“but, I don't have a change of clothes.”

For a particularly cruel end to their sweet situation, Emma mentions the real problem. For Mai who had forgotten about it to instantly fall silent, she thought foolishly to take Emma to a bath and get dirty again with her clothes.

“I'll buy first!”

Holding a towel that covered her chest and thighs, Mai ran towards the lobby and asked if here was selling clothes for the children.

For Emma who was left alone in the dressing room she felt lonely, Mai left quickly without her saying anything. In her life, Emma never thought there would still be anyone who cared about her.

His life as a Lhava slave was very bleak, he was separated from Lhava's women, of course during his slave, Emma only took a bath once a month, and of course he was alone in doing so.

In less than five minutes, Mai arrived and returned to the dressing room, Emma waiting there while sitting in the chair provided. Mai brought clothes for her, it was a white negligee, different from the one she had ever had, the negligee had a tassel on the end of her negligee, and it looked a good fit for Emma.

“I until. Sorry to wait for Emma, I didn't think that finding clothes for a girl was difficult.”

For Mai's words and complaints, Emma could only answer them in her heart. (You're a girl, aren't you?) but he could not convey it, for that he only had a small smile on his face.

***

Returning from the bath, Mai and Emma go to room 15 where Jell last stayed, but she is not there. The room was empty and no one was there.

“It looks like he's not here.”

Mai and Emma who confirm Jell's absence in room 15 go towards their old room room 12.

“Jell, are you here?”

The search was successful, Jell was in room 12. He sat down at the table by opening a large sheet at the table, was he still in his stupid musings? Mai was confused by his attitude.

Approaching Jell, Mai saw what she was doing with the large sheet that was on the table. But his expression changed when he found out what Jell was opening was a map of the Northern world.

For Jell to suddenly open the map was definitely an unusual thing, usually he would open the map for urgent purposes only, such as quests.

But this time she opened the world map and while holding her head Jell was thinking hard, surely this was something very important, what Mai was thinking right now.

“What happened something?”

To confirm his worries, he asked what had really happened. Jell answered clearly.

“See this map, more precisely here. It is the outer part of ‘Athera Kingdom’ and borders with ‘North Empire’.”

“Nn, what's up with it.”

“Do you ever think why the names of the people and shops in this kingdom sound strange? And I thought, maybe the civilization that existed in this year was a civilization before the year of March was created. In other words we are in the year “Berofe Chirist”.”

To Jell's words, Mai made a face that started to get serious but this according to her was a stupid talk about the names of people in this kingdom. But for Jell it was very awkward and strange for him.

“Why do you think so?”

“It's easy. The name given to BOA bots always uses the name of Europeans and Asians.

But the naming of this kingdom is very strange, so I think maybe the existence of this world is the world before the year A. D., or before the emergence of modern names.

But for Emma it is different, she has the modern name of a European.”

Jell's role was conveyed and Mai opened her eyes by this coincidence, maybe this had something to do with the figure who was always watching them, the cloaked man.

Mai understood what Jell was saying to her, but what was possible was that a girl as small as Emma could be one of the members or subordinates of the cloaked man. Mai could not accept it, she had just wanted to avenge her mistake and was now faced with this kind of condition.

(There is no way Emma is the same player as the two of us, who are assigned to spy on us.)

But for Jell he thought calmly without involving selfishness in his heart, he had to make sure. And who can confirm it is Emma.

For Emma who was petrified at the loss of what they were talking about, Emma could not follow their path.

Emma is called to go to see Jell, she prepares a chair for Emma's footing and she shows him a map of the Northern world.

“Emma, can you tell me where you came from?”

“Jell!”

Hearing Jell's words just now, Mai raised her voice. The screams were mixed with emotions, anger, anxiety, and fear.

He doesn't want to let Jell do anything to Emma, and he can't do anything about Jell's decision either. Currently Mai is in two very heavy choices.

But luck was on their side, Emma pointed to one of the spots on the map and Jell made a bright face with what she pointed to, one of the western parts of the Northern Empire.

“So it's true you're from there, huh?”

Jell was rejoicing at the truth, but Mai was still not calm, she did not know what made Jell change her attitude after her decision. To Mai's question, Jell explained it.

First Jell no longer suspects Emma as a spy or bait anymore, it is because Emma's birthplace turns out to be from the Northern Empire and not from the Athera Kingdom.

In the Northern Empire, or Antitum Empire, was in the eastern part of the kingdom of Athera, and what reason did Jell's worries subside because Emma's birth was not from here, either, they were one of the many kingdoms of the northern part of the world, and the most striking was their cultural development.

They are like the Roman Empire in this world. They were known as a very powerful Empire and the strongest in the Northern world.

The current emperor was named Tantianus, and was known as a very warlike emperor.

With the leadership of the emperor Tantian already controlled 30% of the great northern world, which made them the second largest kingdom in the northern world.

In addition to their tremendous military might that even rivaled that of Athera, the Antitum Empire also had a very highly developed culture, they were like a modern state in this world, he said, and the names of people who came from there use names from Asian and European languages.

Knowing that Mai let out a sigh of relief and sat in the other seat, he never knew that the Northern Empire already had a very advanced culture than Athera, but this is very important information for them to be able to live and survive in this world.

“I never knew there was such a thing.”

Mai conveyed her ignorance of the outside world, and it irritated her a little since Jell had already investigated her first.

“Ah, after I heard the name Emma, I remembered Saorin-chan's words about the Northern Empire which had a much more advanced culture.”

“So, yes... Uh, when did you talk to the girl?”

“That's not important, the most important thing is I'm grateful because Emma turned out to be from there.”

Jell switched the conversation and patted Emma on the head while stroking her, for the time being she was relieved that this was not the plan of the man they had met in the dungeon.

“It's late, let's sleep.”

Ending today, Jell called out and prepared for bed. They will sleep in room 15 because the mattress in room 12 is very small and cannot support three people.

For the sleeping position, Jell sleeps alone while Mai and Emma are in the other mattress saru.

For today's events were very calming for the two of them, fatigue invaded their entire bodies and upon arriving at the mattress they immediately fell asleep. They will think about it tomorrow.

***

By the morning of seven, the guild was already getting crowded with visitors, joining the gathering of people, Jell, Mai and Emma were also there for breakfast. The inn did not prepare any food so for breakfast they decided to go to the guild canteen.

The view from the three at breakfast was very pleasing, Jell, Mai and Emma got along very well and cheerful when they ate, getting noticed by the guild people.

They seemed to have figured out what bet they had placed on Jell's duel with Lhava, so they knew who the girl was with them.

“What's delicious, Emma?”

Emma ate ravenously, she ate up to two servings for a 13-year-old.

“Emma, after eating we will go for a walk, so do not eat too much because we will taste all snacks in the district A.”

Mai who commemorated Emma, made a spirit position while raising her fists, she planned to spend their money.

Jell who saw it only made a difficult face, he tapped Mai's head not to overdo it when saying something.

“Anu..”.

For Emma who stopped eating and making a sound, Jell and Mai noticed him by asking if something was wrong.

“I should call you by what designation?”

To that question Jell and Mai looked at each other for a while, and made a small laugh at the question of this 13 year old girl. He realized his shortcomings in communicating with the two of them.

“Just what you want.”

Emma who got Jell's words and Mai's approval made a difficult face and stopped eating, she thought while looking at the two of them.

After quite a while he raised a wide smile on his face, with a smile he conveyed his opinion.

“How about, Onii-chan and Onee-chan!”

(Onii-chan \= kaka men and Onee-chan \= Kaka women in Japanese.)

Hearing Emma's opinion of what she called the two of them, Jell and Mai made bright faces with wide smiles on their faces and agreed to use the call.

Out of the guild and bidding farewell with Yinn, the three of them went for the streets they had once delayed back then.

The three of them went to various places, ranging from salons to improve Emma's appearance.

“Emma you look very compatible with that.”

For Emma's new appearance, Mai raised her voice with excitement. Emma's new appearance now is that her long hair in short scissors touches her shoulders with a rabbit ribbon on her head.

Making her black hair soft and luminous unravel gives her an adult charm, but with a blend of ribbon her adult charm dims and becomes the charm of a very beautiful girl.

After the salon they planned to buy Emma clothes, so they decided to go to the Amaran store.

Arriving there as usual Mai who opened her conversation with Amaran who was free while tidying up the clothes she was showing off, and her reaction with Mai, Amaran also greeted her cheerfully.

“Ara? Who's the girl?”

Seeing that there had been an increase in the number of the two since the last time they met, Amaran asked who the girl was with them.

To that question Jell intended to introduce her but it was too late, Mai's mouth shot out as sharp as a razor and streaked as fast as lightning.

“He's our son, his name is Emma Kiyomizu.”

Mai said with a smile introducing Emma to Amaran.

The warning listening to his words raised a shocked face, he did not think that they finally had a child.

In this condition, the warning is happy about the birth of their first child. He didn't care if it was a foster child, but right now he was very happy for them.

Jell, who saw Amaran crying happily, made a troubled face while looking at the Warning which easily digested the false information.

(Oi, it's obvious it's a lie, isn't it! You crying?!)

Straightening this information Jell firmly and violently hit Mai's head smoky, leaving a large lump on her head Mai fell to the floor while lying on her back.

“No-no, she's Emma, she's our new family.”

Jell explained and straightened out Mai's problem, she didn't believe that the Warning would be playing her down and it was a little disappointing that she was the kind of person that was easy to trick, or maybe she was playing me? Is what Jell asked in his heart.

To determine what kind of clothes will be used by Emma, Mai gave her recommendation, in it there are many types of clothes, from all the clothes shown by Mai, Emma only chose one, and in the other, it was a children's negligee.

“Emma, is it that you already have something like that? Don't want to buy another?”

To Mai's words, Emma shook her head and assured that she preferred this outfit, for which Jell and Mai could not refute it anymore.

Bidding farewell to the Warning the three of them left and continued their journey.

Many unique shops and places have been visited, and it is very pleasant for them. For a moment Emma could not let go of her smile from her sweet face, nor did Jell and Mai who were just as having fun with their trip today.

It was late afternoon, they went home and ended this happy day.

His arrival at the inn, more precisely in room 15 was filled with excitement, it was the former feeling of a pleasant holiday.

In the room it already has at least enough furniture for a room, there is a large table, 4 chairs, two large cabinets and 1 small closet. It was all they bought during the streets earlier, to save time, so they decided to buy some furniture.

“It's been better.”

Mai conveyed her heart while stretching her body on the mattress, Jell was sitting on a chair and Emma was sitting on the mattress that Mai slept on. Emma had yet to let go of the smile on her face and neither had she.

But, even in the flowery conditions, Jell did not smile as usual, she seemed to force her smile for some reason, and it happened as they passed the hardware store.

Mai realized it but she kept her mouth shut, she did not want to take care of this, but it seemed like she could not help feeling from curiosity.

“Ne, Jell, why would you put on a smile like that?”

Jell lifted as Mai rebuked him, Jell's face was instantly moody and forced again her smile she conveyed her heart.

“This may be a question that is not suitable for the current conditions, but still annoying in my mind.”

Staring at Emma who was sitting on Jell's bed looked directly at her and conveyed her words.

“Emma, you're a former slave of Lhava, so you should have a job, right?”

The smile on her face was gone, Emma was currently lowering her head and making a sad aura. Seeing her recommendation Jell instantly stood up and approached her to apologize for saying something she should not have said, so did Mai, she after the gloomy Emma she hurriedly hugged him.

“True..”

Hugged by Mai, Emma answers Jell's question. He who got the answer made a difficult face to say the reason why he asked her like that.

For every question Jell must have had a reason, and Mai knew that, so she also knew that Jell's question to Emma actually had something to do with the mysterious man of the time, Does he still think Emma is a spy? Mai said in her heart.

“Sorry yes, Emma, but I can't calm down if I don't ask that.”

Explaining it to Emma, Jell intends to make her cheerful again not to think too much about what she asked earlier, but it was rejected, this time Emma who asked the question.

“Can I ask you one thing?”

“Hm? Say.”

“Onii-chan and Onee-chan, who exactly?”

Emma's question is conveyed, but different from what is imagined for the question of 13-year-old children, Jell and Mai are shocked and creepy. Their backbones were cold at once hearing Emma's words.

“Soalya, you both have different mana with others.”

“Mana” is the reason Emma's question to these two people, she asks about the pressure and aura they give different from ordinary humans, and all that reason is where.

Which can describe how the figure of something, so if where a person is calm, then the attitude of the person is relatively calm. From that reason, Emma asked if they were actually human or not because of pressure and which of Jell and Mai was very different.

“Which you have is not human, you look like a huge mountain of human stature.”

“Hahaha.”

The answer given did not match what Emma thought, Jell was currently laughing lightly. In this condition and plot of speech, Jell seems like an antagonist who has been exposed to his disguise.

But the reason Jell laughed was not because of his identity in other people, but he laughed because a 13-year-old girl could think about and tell him that.

Jell who was feeling a bit strange in her current condition patted Emma on the head and smiled, this time with a sincere smile.

“Which for sure we are not ordinary people.”

Jell said it made Emma put a face of admiration in her eyes, Emma's eyes are now wide open with the words of Jell, not because they are not ordinary people, but because Jell's words were very cool.

“True, Emma what job did you use? How about we train it tomorrow, here and there I'm actually good at teaching people, you know.”

With a smile and spirit Emma replied.

“Iya.”

***

Darkness enveloped the entire room, no illumination was provided except for a lantern on the round table containing seven chairs.

The seats had numbers in the language of the world, and of the seven seats only two were filled, number one and two.

The figure of the number one person is not recognized, because the mask that he wears the figure of the pira is very mysterious. Just like the person sitting on the number one seat, the person sitting on the number two seat also wore clothes that covered his identity, the robe he wore covered his entire body from top to bottom.

The two people were looking ahead to where the table was, in front of them was a hologram that had a large screen, but what actually happened was what was in the hologram, there is a confusing model seen from it.

“They both seem to be having fun, it's not fair if it's just them always having fun, right? Then how about we use this to add to the excitement of this game.”

While touching the hologram, the man laughed while conveying his feelings to the person next to him.

...[.Using a legendary creature]...

...[.Scorpio]...

...[.Yes] [No]...

By pressing [Yes]'s choice in the hologram, the man seemed satisfied even though his face was not visible with the support he was using.

“One more step to go to lock.”

***