High School Soldier
Did he add another girl there?

Karanganyar is illuminated by the sun with warm, instead of too hot because the dry season has not turned to the rainy season. Some say humans are the biggest cause of world climate change, so it could be that makes the change of seasons in Indonesia irregular.

One of the arterial roads that crosses SMA 1 Karanganyar, there is a sidewalk that leads to the north that allows pedestrians to pass through one of the entertainment venues in the city, namely Pancasila Park. Indeed, when the clock comes home from work like now visitors in the place is not too crowded, and will only be visited by visitors when it is late at night.

When returning home to teach like now, Arunika sometimes visit Pancasila Park just to relax with Nio or Lisa and her students. When the school re-opened and she and Lisa returned to teach at High School 1 which when the war was only a dust-covered building debris, Arunika and Lisa returned to visit the place.

While waiting at the crossroads and waiting for the traffic light to turn red, they both noticed a four-meter diameter public TV that was broadcasting news about the Peace Forces. There are dozens of people besides the two of them who wait for the traffic lights to turn red so that they can cross the road safely while paying attention to the national TV broadcast.

“And now, we have the latest information about the struggle of Peace Forces in the New World.”

“On September 23, 2322, or four months after the dispatch of troops to the New World, the sender of the Guild's news sends information if the Peace Forces again show us if they are not ordinary small forces. Two artillery battalions with the help of a small team led by a TRIP first lieutenant managed to repulse the Alliance forces who were planning to retake the previously Guild-controlled fortress. It was a pride and joy for us, no casualties were reported on our side at the battle.”

The road when crossing the road to be able to reach Pancasila Park, it means that the crossing will pass through the arterial road that connects Karanganyar City with other cities and regions. The streets were filled with motorists and pedestrians walking on the sidewalks so peacefully that it was hard to believe that there was a war that had not ended until the news was broadcast.

Dressed in their teacher's uniform, Lisa and Arunika walk across the zebra cross with dozens of other hikers. Private cars, public buses, petrol and electric motorcycles stopped to wait for traffic lights to turn green, allowing pedestrians to safely cross.

Arunika is one year younger than Lisa, and they both display the elegant demeanor of a young female teacher. The system of nobles and commoners was no longer used since the republic was independent, but their beauty was both much higher than that of noble girls even though they only used cheap beauty products.

“five hundred of our TRIP warriors bravely fought the enemy at the very front, and risked their lives in a decisive fight. There was no doubt in them, and no one doubted their prowess. May the war in the New World end soon, and the proud warriors of NKRI can return with a resounding victory.”

The newsbearer smiled brightly after ending the news that must have been highly awaited by more than 380 million Indonesians, but Arunika's face was the opposite. The news that was broadcast seemed optimistic that if all the soldiers fought bravely on the otherworldly battlefield, it was somewhat unrealistic, that was, and no people doubted the truth even though no mass media company had ever gone to another world. The people believed the news made them feel proud of the TNI warriors in another world. Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten the Expeditionary Force that was almost destroyed in the previous war, and prefer to pay attention to the new and stronger forces formed with Indonesia, North Korea, and others, and Russia under the name Peacekeeping Forces.

After the agreement that created the Guild, Karanganyar now almost like the capital, and became the main traffic place for the five member countries of the organization who wanted to leave or return from their respective home world. Many Russians and North Koreans return from another world using the imperfect Gate that opens in the Forbidden Area, similarly, the envoys of Yekirnovo and Arevelk who came and returned through the Gate were not perfect, because that is where the Liaison is.

Yes, in general, the public must assume that all soldiers sent to the New World are fighting in the middle of the battlefield and face the possibility of life and death separated by transparent lines. As of…

“...That means not all warriors there face battle,” Arunika said with a dark expression.

“Do you remember Nio always complaining, because he felt like he was too often involved in missions that made him and his subordinates engage in small and big battles?” ask Lisa.

“Yes. I feel the young first lieutenant they are referring to is Nio himself. Why do they always involve people like him in dizzying battles.”

In other words, Arunika might feel that Nio always involves his subordinates into danger because of the tactics he made. Although he knew that Nio had hidden potential, he still hesitated if he rarely put his subordinates in dangerous battles because of his man-made tactics.

On the other hand, Arunika himself admitted that he still did not know what Nio was doing in the other world, so that his name is often referred to in every news that is broadcast even though it is only a description of ‘Lieutenant One who leads the small team’. Arunika can automatically guess if the first lieutenant is Nio, because the man once told him that he now leads a small team.

“Why am I so confused with him.” Lisa said like that with a limp face, even though behind that expression she was eager to see Nio's real face rather than Nio's photo on her phone.

“Hey, I should have said that,” said Arunika with a surprised face mixed with annoyance.

“What are you saying? Didn't I ever say that you and Nio were just dating? So I still have a chance, right?”

Arunika frowned until her eyebrows dropped sharply and made an angry expression, and knew that Lisa was very serious. Meanwhile, Lisa put on a defiant gaze, and grinned when she saw Arunika's face that was upset by the challenge from her. The two of them continued to joke while walking to find a suitable park bench for the two of them to relax after work.

“I don't know Nio's original purpose of being a soldier, I think he really doesn't fit into the job. He can only fight, often complain, though he is quite strong and clever, except in matters involving counts,” Arunika talks like that while staring at the photo of Nio that he made the background of his phone.

“I feel that way too. But, instead of us being able to see him start to change after becoming a soldier? She became very disciplined, and did not dare to complain blatantly, even though she who now smokes is so much I hate,” Lisa described Nio who was smoking in her mind.

“True, smoking on the grounds of lightening the mind load from the weight of work that continues to grow remains inexcusable.”

“Well, how else, he's so stubborn.”

The two of them sighed together, and closed their eyes to better enjoy the cool breeze blowing between the trees in this garden. They were thinking of getting Nio back into work rather than using unhealthy means, like smoking.

When feeling the cool afternoon breeze gently wafts and makes their long black hair both wave and make them feel comfortable, Arunika and Lisa both thought about whether Nio enjoyed the calming atmosphere like the one they both felt at the moment.

“Did he add another girl there?”

Arunika's question is enough to make Lisa surprised until her eyes are rounded, and make her feel uncomfortable. According to him, Arunika has become his toughest rival to get Nio, and he could not imagine the existence of another hurdle that was much heavier than Arunika and the girls from other worlds close to Nio that he knew.

“What about us if he is approached by a younger, more steady, and fit girl that Nio wants, and he prefers them?”

Arunika's next words left Lisa unable to think clearly, and her eyes were like those of a mentally assaulted person, even though she really did not experience that at the moment. He simply could not imagine when Nio returned, the man instead brought dozens of young girls instead of hand fruits after serving from another world.

“Don't talk as if it's really going to happen,” Lisa said with a clear face.

“That's the thing we need to worry about. Because there are already some otherworldly women approaching Nio, right? Two queens are the opponents we should be most wary of, Ms. Lisa.”

“How about the queen's general and personal bodyguard, Ms Arunika?”

Arunika can not answer Lisa's questions, and hope Nio does not forget that in Indonesia there are still many young girls who can be easy opponents for them. Facing the two queens, bodyguards, and female generals who looked very close to Nio was not something that could be lightly thought of.

“But, isn't there still one more person?”

“Oh, yes. The cat-eared waitress, right?”

According to them, the waiter is not the opponent who makes them hassles. Unfortunately, the beauty that the cat-eared girl who declares herself to be Nio's personal floater is the thing that makes Lisa and Arunika almost desperate.

To be exact, the beauty of all the otherworldly girls close to Nio was quite frustrating for them.

A while later, Arunika again frowned, and looked at the two people dressed neatly with sunglasses as a lightening accessories for the two men standing in front of her and Lisa. Unfortunately, the two of them were not quite sangar and dashing than Nio, that was according to Arunika. Uniquely, the height of the two men is the same even though it is clearly shorter than Nio.

Meanwhile, Lisa was unable to dwell as two large-bodied men stood in front of them abruptly. Usually, a well-dressed and handsome person is a personal bodyguard of someone who has a certain position in society, such as a well-respected rich person . She did not want to get involved in any matters at all, and felt she had no problems with the person the two men were serving.

However, Arunika who looks calm actually makes Lisa more depressed. Right now, he was tugging at Arunika's sleeves as a code if he asked Arunika to step aside from the two men.

“Non Arunika's. Ndoro Kakung wants to meet you and Mas Nio. He seems to have been unable to stem his longing with the two of you.”

(olog note: ‘Ndoro Kakung’ means: elderly male master)

“Wah, direct to the point, yes?”

“Of course, Non Arunika. Ndoro Kakung is very sad because he has never seen Mas Nio until now. In fact we also never heard if Mas Nio belongs to the family Ndoro Kakung.”

“Yes, she is not from the same family as me, because my mother remarried to Nio's father. I also do not know if he has considered Mbah Kakung his grandfather or not. Or maybe he doesn't know yet that he includes us.”

“Then, it's a serious problem, yes?”

On the other hand, Lisa was still sitting and staring with a confused face that was very familiar when Arunika spoke with the two men. Previously, he had thought that the two men wanted to forcefully bring Arunika to someone who wanted the girl. However, after Arunika mentions the word ‘family’, Lisa realizes that they both have no bad intentions, but Lisa realizes that Arunika is hiding something from Nio.

Meanwhile, Arunika has long not visited the home of her mother's father who is one of the famous people in the Soloraya region. Because Nio had experienced temporary memory loss, Nio could not remember his stepmother's family. Arunika knows that Nio only lives with his father long enough, so he is only close to his father than his stepmother.

A certain feeling in the heart of Arunika – for keeping too many secrets from Nio – was mixed with anxious feelings with Nio who was on duty on a potential battlefield in the New World, it makes the girl uncomfortable with her own feelings.

“Non Arunika, looks like you're worried about something, huh?”

“Yeah, right. Mbah Kakung for a while has not been able to meet with Nio.”

Curiosity instantly pervaded the feelings of the two men, as well as pride because Arunika's guess that worried something was right.

“So, where is Mas Nio now? We can pick him up if he's still in Jateng.”

“You better take me to Mbah Kakung's house, I will explain about Nio's situation after the war to him.”

Something that makes Lisa confused again is about Arunika who received the invitation of the two men to the house of someone the girl called with ‘Mbah Kakung’. Lisa feels she still has to have positive thoughts, and does not consider the ‘mbah kakung’ is ‘sugar daddy’ Arunika or something that makes Nio potentially to be betrayed, he said, although it can be used by him to get Nio.

“Lisa, you're coming, right?”

“Eh? Anu, ah, yes, ummm. if possible.”.

**

“Sial, even though there are not two days we are here. But why do we have to carry out patrol missions in enemy territory? Isn't that against the rules?”

“Don't he deny the superior's orders including breaking the rules? As a paid workhorse, we should do the task with all our heart”

Lieutenant Nio almost seemed to be advising the older Hassan – as his deputy complained with a central order ordering them to patrol around Girinhi Fortress all the way around enemy territory. Team A of the 002 Relief Company is a personnel who also carry out patrols in addition to Team 12.

Listening to his subordinates complaining was not what Nio expected, he would only be satisfied if his subordinates shouted excitedly like they were about to fight. Everything his subordinates did would affect the results of Nio's evaluation of them.

On the other hand, Nio felt Hassan as his vice-captain was not too bad – to influence the other members to complain and such that made Nio want to shout now.

No one likes wasted spending. Working horses are expected to work hard and well according to the wishes of the owner as the party who feeds the workers' horses. Of course the owners of the working horses did not want their horses to be lazy, or their expenditure would be in vain. If Nio explained the concept to all his subordinates, the chances for them to continue complaining would decrease as they would realize their owner was the people.

“Patroli is a light job of the heavy work that we always go through. At least this task is much lighter than engaging in combat.”

“Good, Gita. Let them know if there are any tasks other than patrols waiting for us.”

“Ehhhhhhh……!!!!!????~”

They toured in the vast forest and stretched across the territory of the Arevelk Kingdom and the Luan Empire. Girinhi Fortress, or if translated means green fort is the appropriate name, because it is located close to the forest, although there is an open area large enough for open combat.

The wall encircles an area of twenty hectares, and protects the dwellings of soldiers and villages within the Arevelk region surrounding the fort. Called the weakest point of the Arevelk Kingdom, it was because the dense forests that covered the ten-meter-high walls of Girinhi Fort were enough to cover the movements of large numbers of people.

The TNI's distinctive jungle camouflage outfit was able to cover all 12th Team personnel very well, and made the Arevelk soldiers in charge of monitoring their movements very difficult to almost frustrating.

While watching his entire subordinates and continuing to move deep into the forest, Nio decided to stop their steps.

“What if we split ourselves into two groups, so as to make the patrol range wider?”

“Good advice, Let. It makes the members of the nagging crew reduced,” Gita said enough to make people who complain when doing patrol missions become restless, especially Nio.

When forming Team 12, Nio immediately divided his team into two groups so that for the current situation he did not need to divide the members of each group anymore. Even though it was Nio's original guise for the patrol duty to end as quickly as possible, if the members of the 12th Team found out, they would have a different view towards Nio. Even so, they still obeyed Nio's suggestion.

Needless to say, even though they were a help that had been considered quite formidable, the members of Team 12 contained teenagers under thirty who were still unstable.

“Master, don't you feel anything?”

“I just feel if the air is very cool and soothing, Edera.”

Edera and Hevaz had always walked to Nio's right and left since the patrol duty was given, and made some of the girls who were in Group A led by Nio restless. Several times the ears of the Edera cat twitched and his nose was seen sniffing something.

Meanwhile, Nio felt Edera wanted to tell him about something approaching towards his team and perhaps also to Team A of the 002 Assistance Company. However, he prefers to put on a relaxed face, and hopes that Edera and Hevaz do not talk about something that will make him have no intention of continuing the task back, he said, for example, such as the arrival of an enemy that has the potential to cause weapons contact.

The problem that may be faced later is the armed rebellion that will be carried out by factions that do not want Arevelk to cooperate with ‘otherworld’. Of course Nio was worried that it would be taken advantage of by the Alliance, then actually attacked Girinhi Fortress in cooperation with the rebels.

Of course if Nio does not want his team to be involved in the internal and external problems of Indonesia's allies in the world, then certainly his military career will end. On the other hand, Nio could not imagine Sigiz's expression if only the girl knew of a party that made the military in her country split into two factions, the statement said, it is the faction that supports an alliance with Indonesia and the faction that opposes it.

Guilds bet on lightning battles and ended a fight quickly, making it important for special units to be involved in them. It made Nio think the Peace Forces officers wanted a bad victory. In other words, they only want satisfactory results and can be broadcast on Indonesian, Russian, and North Korean news channels to make people believe if they work efficiently in this world.

Nio realized the middle and high-ranking officers would probably use a tactic he named ‘Ala Amerik’, which he called Ala, namely showering the enemy with ammunition and bullets in large quantities without stopping until the enemy surrendered or admitted defeat, rather than using guerrilla tactics that are able to undermine the enemy's morale with the consumption of ammunition is quite small. In essence, they do not see what tactics are used as long as it can make the troops win.

In reality, Nio did not have any feelings for the war, let alone the feeling of love for the tragedy. So, he felt that he only had to do everything with his strength in every fight in order not to burden others.

However, failure will not be tolerated in the slightest, and that is what Nio realized when deciding to become an elite team of TRIP, namely Special Student Forces. In order to avoid the defeat that led to the team's destruction, Nio had to devise tactics if they were faced in battle.

“This forest is quite profitable for us right?”

“Looks like you can read my mind, Hendra.”

“I think the superiors sent us to a wooded place like this so that we would be on duty as per our expertise.”

“The battle is silent and kills quickly, so do you mean, Let?”

Some of his subordinates turned out to be able to judge profits rather than complain often, just like he did a moment ago.

They might have understood what the superior officer had asked of them, so Nio felt himself not to worry too much.

“Master, I feel there is a group of people moving towards us.”

“What are they enemies, Hevaz?”

“I'm sorry, I can't confirm whether the people who approached it were enemies or not. However, their number is in the tens, it is better we prepare ourselves for the worst possible.”

“Battle, right?”

**

(not suitable for new Peacekeeping Forces combat uniforms?)