High School Soldier
104. Go home 2

The next day, at 9 am, in front of the gate barrier in the form of concrete walls as high as 2 meters. The sunlight today is quite warm, but the cool air is still felt. Nio stood still, with a blank expression on his face.

She used PDU 1, but considering the climate was still warm in this world, it felt too hot wearing this outfit. But in Indonesia is rumored to be raining musm, so he will not be too tormented because of wearing these layers of clothing. He could have taken off his suit and just put on a shirt, but he was too lazy to do so.

Nio also wore a black mask, to cover his injured face. The official who would see it would probably be uncomfortable to see the stitch wound on Nio's nose. Especially with a few small incision wounds, maybe Nio would be considered to have gone through a fierce fight.

“Sorry, we're late.”

Everyone everywhere had the time to do something, but he did not know how otherworldly people habituated the time. After all they don't know what a clock is, so they may not have the habit of being on time. Nio wiped away the sweat running down his forehead, while looking at the people he was waiting for.

“Liben, Chandra, you guys are taking too long!”

“Sorry Commander, we are late because of them.”

Unlike Nio who was wearing a PDU, Liben and Chandra were wearing civilian neat suits in black suits.

No one said that Lux was already at the headquarters, Nio saw the girl carrying a sword on her waist. The reason Lux was sent here was to escort Sigiz who was going to Indonesia, and as a representative of the otherworldly population.

However, Chandra manages to force Lux to stuff her sword into the suitcase. Sigiz looked at Nio with a long and intense gaze, while a plain-clothed Edera followed them, of course.

Lux disliked the procedure that required her sword to be hidden in the suitcase, so she continued to sneer and continued to make protesting noises with her cold face. Nio is forced to rack his brain to find a reason for Lux to accept this rule.

“How else, if your sword is not hidden after passing through the Gate, you will be considered violating the rules of possession of sharp weapons and firearms. Then the police will arrest you. The police and military have lately been keeping a tight guard around the Gate. Actually you should leave your sword if you want to come with us.”

“And how can I protect the Queen?”

“That's why I said, you have to bear this for a while.”

For Lux, she had no other choice if she wanted to go to the world behind the Gate.

Nio, the warrior who understood the local language and went through several battles with the empire, was not the only one called the government. This young man had to bring some locals as well as witnesses to attend the National Meeting.

The presence of Edera is arguably quite important, because he said he saw Bogat declare war with the TNI. Sigiz ‘forced’ invited because he is now quite fluent in Indonesian. Lux was just an extra party not included in the representatives of otherworlders, so the General asked Nio to monitor him. Sucipto even told Nio personally that after the National Meeting, as payment for his work, the General had arranged for Nio to have fun and relax in Indonesia before returning to the Expeditionary Force headquarters.

Edera will follow because it will be living proof that the other world contains other beings besides humans. Its existence will answer many media questions, it will have a big impact on Indonesia itself.

What about Sigiz and Lux? They look like young women cosplaying. Even though what they were wearing were clothes to go to an official meeting.

In addition, Liben and Chandra exist for the caretakers of the inhabitants of this other world.

“Oke, let's go.”

Right after Nio said this, a car drove in front of Nio and stopped in front of him.

Gio got down from the driver's seat and raised his hand to greet him.

“Sorry, sorry, it turns out there is one more person who will come.”

Inside Nio's heart grumbled, “What did this guy do!?”. Then Gio opened the passenger door at the back of the car, and asked someone to get off.

“This girl said that she was a witch belonging to the teacher of His Holiness Sigiz. She will accompany Queen when in Indonesia, please take care of her as well.”

Nio can only resign and let Ivy with Sigiz and Lux. He did not want the departure time to be late.

“I know you must be upset. After all, the Queen will be one of the important intermediaries between our government and Indonesia, so let her and her subordinates to study our government.”

“Then, why am I not given enough money if there are additional people?”

“That's not a problem now.”

Gio approached Nio and spoke softly to him while stuffing a thick white envelope into Nio's pocket.

By order of General Sucipto, the money Nio received should be enough to ‘take care of the people who came with him.

**

After crossing the boundary referred to as ‘Gate’, otherworldly people saw a row of towers scratching the sky. Especially Lux, she thought about what the Imperial army was thinking when it first set foot here.

People had to worry that the Empire had declared war with the country that built such an extraordinary building.

After all, the buildings in Karanganyar City do not have more than 50 meters. Come to think of it, most of the tall buildings in Indonesia are located in big cities like Jakarta and the Capital.

According to Lux, the 8-meter-high fortress was already a stunning building he had seen. So that, when he saw the building with a height of more than 30 meters, Lux will look with a stupid look and awe.

From the point of view of Ssigiz, the construction of a capital should be planned so that there should be a stunning building in the center. However, the city in ‘otherworld’ is different. Sigiz saw that almost all buildings are large skyscrapers.

While in the car, Sigiz and his followers still felt shaken, despite having visited this region before.

Of course not only were they shaken, but Edera stared with her eyes wide open, and did not realize that a small drizzle was soaking through the glass outside of the car.

“You must be Peltu Nio, Serma Liben and Serda Chandra.”

“Ya, the we”

The person who invited them was the TNI who had not long finished their education to become a member of Kopassus. Liben and Chandra could sense that this man was full of pressure, but for Nio, this person was no different from the coach he used to be.

However, this person was full of antagonist attributes, where this man too often showed his sneaky smile when he met Nio. His gaze was also too sharp with the soldier in front of him.

“You know, Commander ordered me to read your background.”

“I hope ugly things are not mentioned.”

“Don't do math problems during a general knowledge exam to become a Special Student Team, but get perfect scores on a psychology exam. Barely graduated, and in the end graduated because one student instead fell ill.”

This unnamed man flipped through his notebook. He continued to recite Nio's work as a soldier, and only a little did he recite the achievements that Nio had.

“So, why can't a math guy like you be one of the Special Forces?”

Nio had always disliked people who offended him who were not good at math lessons. Nio thought it better to hit his head on the wall than to do 40 math essay questions.

The questioning gazes from behind Nio were shown by Chandra and Liben, like looking at a person who could skip class even though his stupidity could not be tolerated.

What Lieutenant Bagus said was no joke, they both seemed to want to curse the world because they did not expect Nio's true position.

From their eyes, Nio did not even show any signs of ever attending training as hard as Kopassus. That is not surprising, because Nio can take training with ‘saas’ without thinking too much.

Nio patted the shoulders of the two subordinates, but they both seemed unable to accept this reality. Nio tried to cheer them up, but Liben and Chandra did not move at all.

“I really admire you, your achievements do not mess around even though some people doubt.”

Good straightened his body and shook the hand of the young man in front of him. Nio also felt that the man in front of him was no ordinary man either.

Once again, Chandra and Liben cannot deny reality. They exuded an aura of gloom and despair. Fortunately, the pick-up vehicle has arrived, the bus looks big enough to seat seven people.

The women scramble to sit next to Nio, so as not to be contaminated with the aura of misery that issued Liben and Chandra.

The driver who was a subordinate of Good asked the first purpose of this group.

“Bring us to the store that sells suits, we can't let our guests wear clothes like this.”

Edera and Lux need proper clothing before leaving for Jakarta. In general, T-shirts and regular skirts are not appropriate to wear at official gatherings.

Since none of the female members brought Nio, and the two members almost suffered from mental disorders, Nio handled the task of choosing clothes for them. If both Dinda and Triana were here, they would definitely stop Nio from doing something stupid about this otherworldly representative outfit.

The driver then tells Good about the first destination, then drives the bus to the destination.

The 5 km Dareah that surrounds the Gate is an area that is now under the authority of the TNI. now people are more familiar with the Karanganyar Garrison after an attack incident some time ago. So, this area is now a forbidden area for civilians.

After the attack, Karanganyar City became more and more familiar with him. Various things are done so that people visit Karanganyar, especially the tourist attractions. People can also see the Gate from the top of the building with the help of special binoculars.

Now, Karanganyar no longer looks like a place that has become a battlefield.

There are shops that have not opened after the incident, and some stores are closed permanently. The owners of permanently closed shops are the dead after the attack a few months ago. Other stores lost employees to the war, then were forced to go out of business.

Even so, there are still many people who want to restore Karanganyar to its glory.

The bus stops at a fairly large clothing store, and the merchandise looks premium.

A salesman approached Nio, and the young man handed Lux and Edera over to him in order to get official clothes for the official meeting. Most importantly, the clothes had the cheapest price, then the salesgirl brought Lux and Edera to the row of cheap official clothes.

After all, Nio did not need to think about the bill, because for some things he could send the bill to the Expeditionary Force Central Headquarters.

“Queen Sigiz and Ivy, you guys want to wear official clothes too?”

The two then shook their heads, although there were many clothes that were very suitable when worn by these two girls.

“No, this is the official royal outfit, so thank you for the offer.”

Ivy replied, “No need.” Unlike Sigiz, he seemed completely uninterested in new clothes.

Sigiz wandered around in rows of women's clothes, and saw the clothes worn on the torso doll. But he was only interested in the fabric used to make the clothes.

The clothes Sigiz wore were made of a material resembling silk, and were woven by high-quality craftsmen, and designed to be worn at important parties and gatherings of the country.

Chandra holds a long suitcase containing Lux's sword, and he and Liben stand guard at the entrance of the shop to make sure no danger approaches the otherworldly representatives.

However, one danger that the two of them could not control came, and that danger was big brother Nio.

“Nio….~”

The gripping aura Nio could feel, even though he did not have magic abilities like Sigiz and Ivy. He could sense the person who was giving off an aura filled with this murderous lust. Slowly Nio turned around to look at her brother.

“Sister, w-why don't you wait to be picked up?”

“Halah, you definitely don't want me to come and leave just like that right?”

Nio only showed a wry smile, and acted so that his brother could let go and forgive him, even though it had to make his wallet bleed. Even so, his main priority was to want to see his brother.

However, when Arunika and Sigiz's gazes met, Nio felt that the two of them were going to fight even though both of them looked calm.

“Good day, sister..”.

Nio was unable to breathe for a few seconds after Sigiz said those words, it was certain that Sigiz had deliberately greeted Arunika.

Nio's body is shaken violently by Liben, while Chandra requests that Arunika be examined, as it looks to disturb Sigiz's comfort.

“I still have business with the Queen who may have a relationship with my sister.”

Hearing the word ‘adik’ from Arunika, Chandra and Liben understand if Nio is this sister. Then, the two of them allowed Arunika to talk to Sigiz, and the one in charge was Nio.

A moment later, two young girls came out of the dressing room and put on formal clothes for the official meeting. Lux and Edera wear the same type of clothing that Liben and Chandra wear, but it is exclusively for women.

“A-ayo we eat first before leaving at 12, and we have to arrive in Jakarta at 5 pm.”

“What was the time, the distance here to Jakarta hundreds of kilometers loh?”

“From what I know, the toll road is closed. And the bus driver will certainly be driving at high speed. So we might be a little late.”

“Then, where are we going to eat?”

Nio just grinned, and gave the director a direction.

**

“Wait, why do we choose chicken noodles?”

Liben grumbled, but he did this for the right reasons. They were already escorting guests from another world, couldn't they entertain their guests with something better?

Of course for food matters will be borne by the TNI, that's why Nio does not want to charge his place of work and instead chooses to eat at expensive restaurants. After all, the price of food in Karanganyar and in Jakarta the comparison is quite far. Where chicken noodles are sold in Karanganyar complete with iced tea, on average for 7,000-10,000 rupiah. While in Jakarta, the average price ranges from 12,000-20,000 rupiah.

“We'll be on vacation before returning. Hence the budget of eating each person for a day is only about 30,000 rupiah . Do you want the TNI mabes to be burdened just because we brought the guests to eat at an expensive restaurant?”

Well, maybe it could be the price of a glass of iced tea in a large restaurant can reach 20,000 rupiah, and the price of food is more than 80,000 rupiah. Meatballs and chicken noodles both cost 7,000 rupiah to 12,000 rupiah, with a glass of iced tea for 2,000 rupiah.

When they debated the meal budget, Arunika had spent a bowl of chicken noodles equipped with 3 meatballs, and drank the iced tea.

Sigiz and the others ate the food with a fork with happy faces. For otherworldly people who are new to taste food like this, this is an additional experience for them.

“But is it okay for Queen Sigiz to eat chicken noodles?”

“He's here to learn about us right? Therefore, why not let him feel what ordinary citizens eat?”

Sigiz carefully rolled up the noodles with a fork before putting them in his mouth. He and Ivy had eaten rice many times, but they had only first eaten chicken noodles complete with sambal and soy sauce and an additional 3 meatballs.

“Ivy, can our palace chef cook food as delicious as this?”

**

They waited in the waiting room with the care of five Student Soldiers. There was no additional consumption at the National Meeting, except for a few bottles of mineral water.

Arunika is an additional guest who is included in the VIP guest, so she does not need to attend the event attended by her sister. He is now in the hotel they will use later to stay after the National Meeting.

This meeting was attended by all Ministries, and the most waiting were the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, several regional leaders and state figures were also invited to this meeting.

The presence of guests from other worlds might cause a lot of problems if it was directly revealed to the public. Once the government opens diplomatic plans with countries in the other world, the military will clearly immediately argue.

Diplomatic talks, especially those devoted to resolving military conflicts, will require the military to make those decisions. However, the party protesting against the military actions in the other world could choose to ignore them.

The Indonesian government does not intend to restrict the TNI's movement to diplomatic activities. To avoid outside interference, the government decided to reject representatives from the enemy government, the Luan Empire.

However, Edera became an exception, because she was just an ordinary citizen who was not yet clear of her nationality. While Sigiz, he is the leader of the country who traveled in Indonesia to study the government of this country.

The government will be very open with this Meeting, especially the issue of prisoners of war from the Imperial side after the Karanganyar attack incident.

**

Almost all TV channels in the country gather to cover the National Meeting, even TV channels that have low audiences.

The main news seen on public TV is ‘The arrival of guests from the other world’, and in an instant the number of viewers skyrocketed across TV channels.

Nio, Liben and Chandra are not very much on show. While the cameramen were fixed on these girls. However, Chandra who was carrying a long suitcase was the question of the entire reporter.

“Helper First Lieutenant Nio, I will ask for the first one. I would like to ask, how many civilian casualties were there during the attack on the Imperial capital?”

One of the council members had a sensitive question, which millions of people would know if the Expeditionary Force attacked other countries. The main ones are casualties on the civilian side.

“Brother Nio, please answer.”

The House Speaker called out his name, and Nio carried out his orders with a flat face.

Since Nio was wearing his PDU, he looked uncharacteristic, probably because he was seen wearing a mask, so he looked more handsome.

“Brother Nio, can you open the mask you wear?”

Nio was forced to carry out the orders of the council members who asked him questions. After she took off the mask she was wearing, the whole person muttered about the scar that was on Nio's face. The camera makes a sound that indicates if a photo of Nio is being taken without his permission.

Nio stood upright on the prepared pulpit, and the camera highlight was centered on him. Well, even under any circumstances, this young man would have struck a casual tone.

“I don't know the exact amount. But I am the soldier in charge of the broadcast of evacuation orders against civilians. At least I warned them to evacuate. So if there are casualties on the civilian side, I really berberla sungkawa.”

The unexpected answer left the council members speechless. Youth like Nio is well known in the media as ‘one of heroes’. However, Nio was still a citizen in need of self-defense.

“Do you not feel responsible at all!? Can you really use any other world language when you say you have made an evacuation order?”

Liben and Chandra look furious with the female councillor, as if he wants to corner the Expeditionary Force by blaming Nio who was included in the squad. At the same time, they both wanted to testify.

“Sorry if I interrupt. But what Peltu Nio said was an indisputable fact. He really speaks another world language fluently.”

“Heh, can you prove it, Peltu Nio?”

No one believes Nio who is said to speak another world fluently. Some of the board members murmured that, but the guests wanted to see their mouths that belittled Nio open wide after Nio spoke another world language.

When Nio was about to speak, everyone put up their hearing so as not to hear wrongly. There were some linguists present here as well, so they could correct Nio's words.

“Eseid e ngwar, menk zork’ery Indonesia, denwer nachalo ataka ka udobstva kaysrut’yun. Menk iskapes krrvel hamapataskhan zakon mezhdunarodnyy, (this is a warning, we Indonesian forces will start an attack on the Imperial facilities. We will actually fight according to international war law)”

The board member who urged Nio to speak another world language, he was now pale-faced. While the other people, in response after Nio spoke using another world language, they all applauded festively.

Everyone who saw the live broadcast from their TV immediately shuddered and was amazed by the people who were able to speak other world languages. Many comments on social media regarding the live broadcast of a soldier who can speak another world smoothly.

“I'm ready for next question.”

“Ti-no, please return to your place.”

Nio was slightly panting, he almost forgot a few words in his words earlier. Both of his subordinates gave their two thumbs up.

Nio assumed that the board members present would behave ‘nakal’ towards him and the guests from other worlds.

The board member who gave a question to Nio sighed, after being successfully silenced by a teenager. So he decided to ask the guests.

The one who was called was Edera, with Nio as the translator. After standing in front of the pulpit, Nio told Edera to introduce herself.

“Sa-I Edera, a half-cat man saved by Mr. Nio.”

Edera's expression when talking almost close to ‘kadutan’, her body shivers until almost want to cry. Nio felt guilty for involving him on this matter.

The clothes that Edera wore were black suits that were obtained at the store earlier, the result of the salesperson choosing randomly after which was suitable for this girl. However, since Edera's physique was almost the same as that of a High School student, it now had the aura of a student due to the clothes she was wearing.

“Pardon me in advance, this is a question that may be a bit rude. But, are your ears real?’

After hearing Nio's translation, Edera's face showed confusion. Nio said to Edera if these people were curious about her different appearance, what was meant here was her ear piece.

“Y-yes, these ears are real..”.

With a slight smile, Edera showed her cat ears. He managed to win the hearts of people with his cute expression. Nowadays, the cameras take a lot of Edera pictures which makes this girl uncomfortable.

The question Edera received next was about the declaration of war by the Bogat Emperor.

“Yes, I heard myself the Emperor declared war on this country. It was right after Mr. Nio beat the commander to death.”

Nio translated Edera's words honestly, although in the end Nio's heart felt tight. All the military officers present, and hearing the words of Edera that have been translated, did not know what the Imperial commander did until he was beaten by Nio to the point of dying.

Nio could not lie while translating, because at some point it had been fitted with a lie detector. If Nio deliberately misinterpreted the words said by the guests who could not speak Indonesian, it was the end of Nio's life as a soldier.

Currently, some of the board members are focused on the charm of a woman who looks mature. Sigiz's clothes look luxurious and show that she really is a queen of one country in another world.

While walking to answer questions, Sigiz exudes a feminine charm that is on par with adult women. Most men here already have a partner, but they are captivated by her beauty. She was as beautiful as a chiseled crystal, and Sigiz would look like that until the age of hundreds of years. That's the curse received by the Royal family, namely ‘half eternal’.

Sigiz is a perfect and beautiful woman, she exudes an aura of perfection that every woman will strive to obtain.

“Are you the queen of the country that made a peace agreement with us?”

“Yes, that's right. If the relationship between the two sides is harmonious, I want to be in agreement with Indonesia.”

“Do you know anything related to the battles our troops did there?”

“Almost every time, this army is doing battle. And what impressed me the most, was when the army of this country defeated two dragon kings easily.”

Such an answer left the council member who submitted the question silent. The whole person definitely wants an answer that is ‘real’, and does not lead to a battle against fantasy animals.

The fire dragon king had skin as hard as the steel of a medium battle tank, so it could be called if this animal was like a flying tank. So, for the technological measure of an army in another world, being able to defeat two dragon kings was impossible, but a green army could do it like killing a wyvern.

After that, no more politicians asked questions of the guests and representatives of the Otherworldly Expeditionary Force.

The question and answer session for the board members is over, but there are many people who have feelings with their questions that have not been asked.

After that, the invited guests who were not from among the politicians asked their questions. Their goal in asking questions is to find out about life and culture in another world.

After all, Nio was the one who had beaten up an important person in the Empire, so no one dared to ask him. There was nothing else Nio could get but praise for his courage in beating up the Imperial Commander and saving the enemy's kidnapped victims.

Before the session ended, everyone thanked the Expeditionary Force for finding some of the missing, and prayed together for the undiscovered citizens to be safe.

**

Funfact#2: The entire rover Team 1 has no idea that Nio is a Special Student Forces member, except for Liben and Chandra. While the Fourth Girl considers Nio as a strong knight.