High School Soldier
Birth of the Guild

After lunch, Nio moved to the Student Army Headquarters.

Nio walks behind the President alongside the Chiefs of Staff of the TNI AD, AU, and AL. And this was what Nio asked, because the representative of the Student Army was not his Chief of Staff, but rather himself. In addition to TNI representatives, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense also sent representatives to this meeting. North Korea and Russia are invited guests, as they are also entitled to know the development of relations with Arevelk and Yekirnovo.

That is why President Suroso was called several envoys of North Korea and Russia, some of the envoys from the two countries are representatives of the military of their respective countries.

It could be that Nio was the youngest person at the meeting later, and one of the Student Army representatives at the meeting later. The reason for Nio's appointment as a representative of the Student Army was because he was involved quite a lot with countries in the other world, both enemy countries or countries that have the potential to be an ally of Indonesia and the Peace Forces.

Meanwhile, the leaders of two other world countries, Sigiz and Sheyn were taken to the meeting room on the top floor which became their destination. Behind them, walked Lux and Edera and a man who served as the army chief of Yekirnovo who served as their respective bodyguards. Edera was chosen as Sheyn's bodyguard because they both came from the same country, the Luan Empire.

The men who were representatives of Yekirnovo are now detached from the ties of the Luan Empire, and become citizens of a young state called Yekirnovo. The country stands to reduce the military power of the Luan Empire which is only used to fight with Indonesia, and hopes with the establishment of this country peace with Indonesia quickly obtained. In addition, the country also accepted groups of people who used to be slaves or people labeled as criminals in the Luan Empire. In conclusion, Yekirnovo is home to people who crave peace and a peaceful and safe life.

Once the two sides get the chance to open a post-war diplomatic negotiation and cooperation in some areas, a military opinion will be needed.

Diplomatic talks, especially those designed to clear up the situation as a result of military conflict, so military representatives are urgently needed to support any proposal that will be made. But there are still some who do not know, or choose to ignore the major military conflict between Indonesia and the Alliance, and still hold some protests about the fate of the enemy who is fighting with Indonesia and its allies.

The Indonesian government and its allies do not intend to limit military movements on the issue of conflict, and to avoid outside interference, the meetings are only very closed. Even representatives of allied countries are prohibited from bringing members of the press to Indonesia, or who have already brought it will not be allowed to attend the meeting.

After all, the benefits of the meeting would be more pronounced if it went on in secret, so the minimal number of people attending was no longer important.

A group of people containing several men and women were waiting for the representatives of the other world at the meeting place.

“We welcome the arrival of His Holiness Sigiz, and His Eminence Sheyn.”

President Suroso welcomed the two of them in person, while the military representatives welcomed their bodyguards. Several people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, as well as several allied state envoys were also there to make notes regarding this meeting.

In addition, Nio and the TNI Chiefs of Staff of the AD, AU, and AL were present wearing their daily uniforms. Since Nio was the most proficient with other world languages, he replaced the official translator of the country who was unable to attend due to illness.

After all, the nervous-looking Suroso was perfectly understandable. Because this meeting was related to the great assistance given by Arevelk and Yekirnovo in the previous war. For this young president, one small mistake could destroy the relationship he has built by racking up brains and energy.

It looked as if Nio was also as nervous as Suroso after seeing a man behind Sheyn. Nio's hands were visibly trembling after having to shake the man's hands.

Meanwhile, the commander of Yekirnovo Kingdom, Ragh, appears to be smiling after meeting Nio again after a very chaotic previous meeting. The former battle with Nio is no longer visible, and some of Ragh's teeth that were released due to Nio's hard punch have been replaced using wyvern scales made by Yekirnovo's finest craftsmen. Now, the man no longer has any grudges with Nio, because the country he serves is friendly with Indonesia.

Meanwhile, Nio was worried that Ragh still held a huge grudge against him. Then, in later talks the man will probably speak all that treatment he received from Nio due to the stupidity of Emperor Bogat. If the thing that Nio was worried about happened, maybe Indonesia's relationship with Yekirnovo will be destroyed, and it will only add to the enemy.

Ragh was dressed in military noble clothes which were decorated with several signs of honor and looked to match the hot weather in Karanganyar City. Equipped also with a nice sword on her waist adds value to the beauty in dressing Ragh. The noble clothes Ragh wore had a difference before the arrival of Indonesia to another world, where he wore black trousers made by the best seamstress he knew. Because Ragh wants Yekirnovo's military to look like Indonesia, which looks simple but does not hide his bravery, so he started with himself by making a uniform of military nobility which he thought approached with an Indonesian military ceremonial dress.

Ragh remained aware of his position, having lost to a subordinate warrior like Nio. After nearly dying from fighting Nio, he had already respected the young man and considered him like his rival.

Ragh doesn't come here to talk, he's with Edera and Lux is the bodyguard of their respective leaders. Where this is the official procedure when attending an official event. But, if he was asked to speak, he would speak on behalf of the military forces of the Yekirnovo Kingdom. Given that he is a former commander of the Luan Empire, which is still at war with Indonesia, maybe some people who have met him still think he still has relations with the country.

Similarly, Nio experienced difficulties.

He has no skills regarding international relations, and his analytic abilities are devoted to warfare. However, whatever happens later, he must stay with the situation, and still do his job as an interpreter at this talk.

Although Sigiz is quite fluent when speaking in Indonesian, but Sheyn is not too fluent and only knows a few easy words, such as, “What's up”, “Happy noon”, and “Thank you”, for example, all that girl learned for a month. While Nio took 2 months until he was completely fluent with otherworldly languages. Nio uses his foreign language skills to make up for his lack of numeracy.

When else would Nio gain such great experience as meeting with allied country envoys, communicating with them, and realizing that his position in the military was important enough?

Even so, some allied country messengers are still talking about Nio's whereabouts here like, “He turned out to be young.”, “I heard he killed one of the enemy generals.”, and “Honey once, , warriors like him are not in the Main Force.”

In any negotiation, one party cannot attend and dictate the conditions alone. Because there will be issues discussed repeatedly, over a long period of time, with both sides working together to reach a settlement that they can agree on together. It is a long, grueling process, and it makes sense that Indonesia and the allied emissaries, the Kingdoms of Yekirnovo and Arevelk send many people to carry it out.

In addition, Arevelk and Yekirnovo also discussed how to pay the living expenses of their emissaries and other world guests during their stay in Indonesia.

This will also be experienced, where after all is drawn up, diplomatic negotiations and other talks will not be completed within a day or two.

The negotiation process may take months, or at most years. From that, it is conceivable that the negotiations would take a very long time, and as a result, the food, lodging and clothing of the messengers were among the other costs, and needed to be considered as well.

In addition, Indonesia had to discuss the issue of the great assistance that Arevelk and Yekirnovo had provided in the previous war. Sheyn suggested forming a Federation consisting of Indonesia and its allied countries, Arevelk, and Yekirnovo. Of course the purpose of forming a Guild to deal with the strength of the Alliance, precisely matched their strength. According to Suroso, being a member of the Federation is not the right thing as a payment for the assistance that Indonesia receives. However, the two queens remain adamant about forming a joint Federation with Indonesia and its allied countries.

Indonesia foreign policy ‘free and active’ greatly avoids involvement in a conflict. But, now the conflict with the Alliance made the government take a big step to join the Guild in order to achieve peace and end the war.

Then, they had to discuss the issue of how they would talk to each other. The Indonesian allies did not mind if they had to use Indonesian during their contact with Yekirnovo and Arevelk. Sigiz suggested that he would send some scholars to study Indonesian, Russian, and Korean, while Suroso and some envoys promised to consider it. Language barriers must be conquered in order for close relationships to occur.

The last thing they discussed was the matter of a matter that still had something to do with the Guild.

The Federation was born on this day with the aim of strengthening the relations of the two countries from the other world with Indonesia and its allied countries

The Indonesian government and its allies are not sure they can do much with the establishment of the Federation.

“We can name our joint forces with Allied Forces.”

It was the first proposal Ragh gave that dealt with the military objectives of the Guild. However, diplomatic relations are not only related to cooperation in the field of defense, because they must also discuss relations in which they both benefit such as economic and educational cooperation, as well, or even achieve trade cooperation.

So, Sigiz and Sheyn learned how the Indonesian state treats an international relationship, as well as getting a strong weapon to keep in touch with Indonesia and its allies.

This meeting ended with Indonesia's result with the allies forming a joint Federation of Arevelk and Yekirnovo. Thus, without being recorded in the history books (or the history textbooks getting thicker), the secret talk ended.

**

But, after the treaty of the establishment of the Guilds with Arevelk and Yekirnovo, a period of peace had not been reached. Especially because of the international situation around Indonesia that has not been friendly.

Soon after the news that Indonesia and its allies had a meeting with other world representatives, neighboring countries such as the United States, China, India, the European Union began to contact Suroso directly and say, “Come take us to another world.”

The heads of member states of the European Union do not want Indonesia and its allies to have sole sovereignty over the Special Region of Indonesia in the New World, especially with the news that Indonesia, Russia, and others are not, and North Korea agreed to form a Peacekeeping Force to prevent conflict with the Alliance from happening again. Large resource-producing countries or countries that have a large influence in the world are starting to impose sanctions and other actions on Indonesia and its allies to voice their opinions. The Arab League, Israel, South America and China are united in their demand that the United Nations should join in managing the rest of the world.

Countries with strong influence or resource producers fear that Indonesia and its allies who have great power in the economy and are strong defensively get the supply of resources found in other worlds. Because it could make big countries lose influence on the international scene.

However, the main problem is that there are certain influential groups in Indonesia who actually welcome increased international supervision of all actions of Indonesia and its allies while in the other world in peace missions.

The ruling major parties, numerous NGOs, community organizations, and countless religious organizations expressed their desire to see with their own eyes the other world. Even after the death of an Expeditionary Force soldier caused by the carelessness of a group of journalists, some mass media companies actually want unlimited access to cover the other world, and interview people who have been to another world or something.

All these demands came after news of secret Suroso meetings and allied state envoys with representatives of Arevelk and Yekirnovo had shaken the world. Entire private TV companies, online media, even some groups who adore all things coming from ‘otherworld’ request a meeting with otherworldly representatives. They are a group of people who are too obsessed with the other world because they see Japanese animation too often or read too many comics and fantasy novels. One could not even help but laugh at this joke.

So, all the demands from the Indonesian people and the international world have put great pressure on the government.

The international community is now like a rowdy classroom, and the UN as a teacher is not very useful for maintaining order. Unless the students protest with words filled with hatred and suffering, because the school will not listen to them. Of course, there were no international police in the real world, so it was the same that neither side tried to regulate the situation. As a result, the children in the class only make friends with strong friends, to ensure safety and maintain their influence in this world.

The first country they had to face was Indonesia's ally, Russia, followed by North Korea. In fact, they still do not know about the Special Region of Indonesia in the New World, even Indonesia itself is still difficult to master and develop the region as planned. Frankly, all Indonesia needs is to control the areas that are allowed to be explored by Arevelk and Yekirnovo, the rest can be handed over by Russia and North Korea.

The main problem now is China.

China uses hardline diplomacy, with their resources as their bargaining chip, and their methods have turned Russia and other western nations against them. Meanwhile, the EU's desire for the other world is largely driven by their desire to stop in Russia's shadow. Once the EU gets a steady supply of resources from the other world, they no longer need to fear Russia.

Of course if that happens, Russia will be in trouble, which is why they agreed to join the Peacekeeping Forces and become a member of the Alliance with Indonesia and North Korea. For North Korea itself, it would be better if war with another world never happened, and the phenomenon called the Gate never appeared in this world. They are the ones who need to be monitored closely. North Korea is a nation that can calmly launch nuclear weapons, threatening Chinese and US naval fleets with their SLBMs. Even if the cooperation sends the Peace Forces that they built with Indonesia and Russia destroyed by outside activities, they may launch nuclear weapons to that side and ignite a third world war.

(Submarine-based ballistic missiles or in English: submarine-launched ballistic missiles abbreviated SLBMs are ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads fired from submarines.)

The thing about China is that they cannot let North Korea and Russia together with Indonesia take their own actions over the other world. China fears only that Russia, Indonesia and North Korea will take extreme measures against them, reducing their influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore, China has taken action implying to Russia and North Korea as well as Indonesia that the three countries will not pass any sign of injury if they try to take action against them.

(olog note: wah.. scents will PD III nih.).

On the other hand, China does not hate the existence of the Gate and the other world as other countries do, instead they try to approach Indonesia to take some advantage of the existence of the other world. Many factors led to China having such a decision. Because China is a country that imports and exports Indonesian products.

And it is a country that has the foolish goal of giving its more than 1 billion citizens a happy and prosperous life. This is because the task of regulating more than 1 billion humans is a difficult task, even for a country like China. Perhaps because of this they were aiming for the existence of resources in another world. The ego of the Chinese people grew indefinitely, as many years lived with their nationalist fervor. The Chinese way of thinking, the excessive racial pride, the one-family policy of having only one child, all combined to create excessive ambitions that their current poverty cannot eradicate.

The Chinese also want to be like the stars of the United States and South Korea they watch, they want to drive expensive cars, see big ships passing like in Indonesia, and enjoy a prosperous lifestyle. At least they only wanted it, but as members of the mighty Han race, they were forced to live more miserable lives than the Koreans or Indonesians. That is what causes hatred in more than 1 billion of its citizens, and most of this hatred they direct at inequality within their country. After all, they were citizens of a large country, and were proud to be members of the Han race, but they could not live a comfortable and relaxed life like the Indonesians.

This great hatred leads to a way out.

China has no culture to control their greed, and their egos are fragile without the ability to compensate. They see people who show their real faces as enemies, and turn their great selfishness into what they call ‘justice’.

Such a nature should be discarded.

Although democracy in Indonesia is often noisy and hot, but the people can peacefully coexist while suppressing their ego. However, the dictatorship of the Chinese communist government cannot be changed by any force except violence, which is why people under dictatorships often rebel violently. This is the worst nightmare of Chinese leaders, especially the demands of their citizens who want the country to take steps against the Gateway like Russia and North Korea. As a result, the Chinese government desperately appeased the anger of its people, and did its best to satisfy their boundless desires regarding the right to the Gate. Chinese leaders continue to voice, “The future under the Communist Party will be bright, the party will promise a rich and beautiful future for all its people, he said, the world will respect China and bend its knees to respect.”

Indonesia and its allies should be able to avoid contact with China when the situation in the country is unstable.

Since China needs to obtain resources by any means necessary, they will force the otherworldly people to open the Gate in their country , or even they will force Indonesia to jointly rule the other world. China is currently in a stage of alert and envious of Indonesia's achievements and their dominance in the other world. However, in the future they will try to improve relations with Indonesia and its allies, then reveal their true goals.

China hopes other countries react as they wish, but they also know trying to impose problems will result in both sides being seriously hurt. Therefore, it would make sense if they pleaded to Indonesia with their heads slightly bowed while politely saying, “Please, give us a little other world territory for half our citizens”. However, the idealism that China has is, “If you want to shake hands with me, go ahead first”. Thus, the only way to counter the Chinese strategy is to counter them with a strong determination, and the confidence not to take a step back.

President Suroso grumbled when ‘mata-mata’ Indonesia in China informed the country's plans to send half their population to another world. After all, it is something that must be prevented at all costs.

Some countries, including China, could have ignited a much larger war than when the great war caused the other world several years ago. Just thinking about it made Suroso's head hurt.

**

In the evening, Nio plans to invite Arunika to visit Pancasila Park, as well as discuss the transaction with the seller of the house he contacted this morning. From his face, he did not look tired at all despite having worked hard to translate some of the allied country's envoys who wanted to talk to the representatives of the other world.

He used to wear a t-shirt when he came out, but now he's wearing a shirt because he's going on his first date. He just wants his brother, aka his girlfriend does not view himself as a man who is not good at caring for appearance. Even so, she is much more comfortable taking a 3-day shower and rarely tidying up her hair.

Nio turned on his phone, and checked the savings balance of the app from one of the state banks. Although there will be negotiations with the seller of the house, Nio only ensures that his savings still have a lot of leftover for his brother's daily life.

Nio's targeted container house is a type of stacked container house that has prices ranging from 30 million rupiah to 80 million rupiah, so he can ensure if the money in his savings still has left over.

When Nio sprayed cheap perfume that could be bought at nearby stalls, he heard a knock from the window of the room he was in. But, this room was on the 4th floor, so there was no way that someone would be able to climb it easily, unless the person had wings or magic that allowed him to fly.

Then, a small but cold night wind pierced Nio's bones feeling, but he tried if it was just a regular daily natural phenomenon.

To be sure further, Nio looked at every corner of the room. Still, he only saw the bed that had not been tidied up, and some items that were placed just anywhere.

“So, you are the one who was foretold, yes.”.

The voice of the person who said that sounded female. However, even though Nio had checked into every corner of the room, he still did not find the source of the sound. In anticipation, Nio grabbed the fighting knife he bought from the online store, and walked slowly while checking around.

“Looks like you really were the one who was foretold.”.

A beautiful woman with white skin and silvery hair that reflects light, and a pair of wings on the woman's back. Then, suddenly his two wings just disappeared, and left a few strands of feathers that flew and then fell to the floor.

For a moment, Nio was stunned by the beauty the woman in front of him possessed. However, he immediately changed his attitude to be alert, and tightened his grip on the handle of the knife.

“If you are not an enemy, introduce yourself?!”

With a smile, the woman walked slowly with steps like a model. However it was only Nio walking backwards while maintaining a vigilant attitude.

“Master foretold, you can call me with ‘Personal Server’.”