Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 66– Morning

In the park, Fely sits on a swing while telling the game who will be able to train Dylan's speed. "Let's play a chase! If you can catch me, then you win!"

"What's? Why child's play, anyway?"

"Eeeh .. Do you want to?"

"Hm ... There's something else, isn't there?" Dylan did not accept the game of chases. Fely thought of another way. Then before long, he glanced at Lea and then shouted to her. "Lea, dear~ Come here first, dong!"

Lea who was playing shootouts with Takana also turned her head. Then the two of them approached Fely and Dylan near the swing. When he got there, Fely whispered something to Lea. They seem to want to make a plan.

Upon seeing Fely's faintly smiling expression as she looked at him, making Dylan mutter again, "My intuition is not good."

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"IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD!!"

Dylan ran around the field as a form of training. Why would he do it? Because there were two big fierce dogs chasing him from behind. Fely asked Dylan to keep running around there. And so do the two animals.

The dogs obeyed Leah because it was the girl who made the beast appear. Fely asked Dylan to run and check how quickly Dylan could avoid the animal.

"Can too. Lea~" Fely is still not satisfied. He gave a signal to Lea. The girl nodded in understanding, then clapped her hands twice. The two dogs increased their speed by two times.

Dylan who saw the two animals began to get closer was surprised, then accidentally, his feet tripped with his own feet. He fell down. One of the dogs jumped up to attack Dylan while Dylan was off guard.

But it turned out that Dylan was aware of the animal's presence and quickly rolled to the side to avoid the attack. But he forgot the other animal. The other dog managed to bite his leg and the other dog also managed to catch him. Dylan screamed in fear, then Dylan's body was protected by a glowing orb which turned out to be Fely's Transparent Shield which appeared to protect Dylan.

Fely asks Lea to tame the two dogs, and after that Fely and Takana run to Dylan. The man was lying in the middle of the field staring at the sky with breath still panting from the fatigue of running.

Before long, his brother came and looked at him. "Dylan, Dylan .. luckily you weren't eaten by the dogs."

Takana also appeared. "Dylan-san is okay?"

Then Lea who had just released her dogs also came to Dylan. After Takana helped, Dylan stood back up, the girl said, "It's still mending. You haven't felt the feeling of being trained by Asuka."

"Eh? Is Asuka training the Oniroshi?" ask Dylan in disbelief.

"You don't know?" Takana was surprised to hear that. Dylan really didn't know anything and he just shook his head. So quickly, Takana told him. "He is the founder of Oniroshi Academy in Japan! Yes of course he became a teacher for his students there."

"But since that incident, the current number of disciples is only 10 who are still alive."

"Title?! Aye, huh? How are they all doing?"

"They're good, really. Of those ten children, I'm one of them–"

"What are they talking about, anyway?" Although Fely was also an Oniroshi, he did not understand what Takana and Lea were talking about. Because his role as Oniroshi was also not long ago. Dylan who heard her brother's whisper just shook his head slowly. "Not knowing and not caring."

"Eh, Dylan! How about we get into that academy? We can be trained to be stronger by experts!" After having a little chat with Lea, Takana glanced back at Dylan.

"Ah, I'm not interested in it." Dylan stroked his back neck, then threw away his face. "Again ... What about my school here?"

"It looks like your current role is more suited to that Academy, Dylan. Than the current school." Fely looked very approving of the invitation from Takana.

"Eh, brother! Science is more useful than lessons to protect the world!"

"There, you can also learn like a typical high schooler." Lea replied to Dylan. "There also the average student is a child our age. The Academy's goal is to train young Oniroshi to be ready to face a stronger enemy."

"Come, Dylan! Let's get into that Academy, come on, come on!"

"Ck, noisy!" Dylan yelled at Takana who kept tugging at his clothes. Then he looked back at Lea. "Are there only 10 young Oniroshi?"

"the 10 kids included me and Zai. There are three darlings there. So Oniroshi's number is only 7 children."

"Eh? There's also a darling?"

"Each Oniroshi has their own advantages and disadvantages if they have a darling. Unlike the natural Oniroshi."

"What difference?"

"More ask Asuka if you want to know a lot."

"Huh, yeah. Why am I so curious about these special-ability humans?" inner Dylan after hearing the reply from Lea. More precisely he did not get the answer he wanted. But what can be done, it looks like Lea is also not wanting to talk much to explain it.

"Huh, it's a long time ago today, brother!" Dylan put his phone in his pocket, then went back to using his earphones. "I want to go home."

"Rrr ... Dylan! The training isn't over, you know!" Takana chased after Dylan who had already left first.

"Train it next time. I'm a males."

"But Dylan, Takana still wants to practice with Lea!"

"Ah, go yourself!"

"It's the same Dylan!"

"Ah, noisy, noisy!"

"OK .. I think they're getting more familiar." Fely chuckled at his sister's closeness to Takana. He hoped Takana could fill the empty space and loneliness in Dylan's heart. Since Dylan met Takana, the man has become more active than ever.

Before leaving the park, Fely sees a clock on his phone. It turned out to be 6 o'clock. He will be going home now to prepare breakfast at home. Leah followed him from behind.

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When he got home, Dylan opened his shoes and went straight to the bathroom because he was urinating. While Dylan was in the bathroom, Takana would go to his room to change new clothes.

Fely outside still washes his hands in the garden faucet. After that, he also went into the house. In front of the door, he was surprised to see Ethan sitting on the living room sofa. Quickly, Fely opened his shoes and ran over to the man.

"Ethan! You awake yet? How you feeling?"

Ethan turned to his interlocutor, then stood up from the sofa. He looked happy when the woman appeared in front of him. "Ah, Fely, I thought you left me ...."

"Ehh .. where might that be? I'm just gonna get some fresh air out, all right!" Fely fades his smile, then he checks Ethan's body to see how he is. "You're okay, right? Is anyone sick?"

"Aw!" Ethan grimaced as soon as his right arm was touched by Fely. The woman immediately moved her hand away from Ethan. "Eh, sorry, sorry! What is it here ...."

Out of curiosity, Fely asks Ethan to show him his right arm. Upon seeing, Fely was shocked. Instantly he was instantly a monologue in the heart. "Aaaaa .. why can I forget that my powers won't work if I'm away from Ethan. He has not healed until now. You suck, Fely!"

Fely sighed quickly, then smiled at Ethan. Then his hand raised Ethan's hand and immediately accelerated the healing process. Ethan who was surprised to see the red light coming out of the wound made him want to scream. But it was interrupted by Dylan's voice first emerging from the kitchen.

A short brown-haired little girl wearing a towel shirt appeared from the bathroom. Previously Dylan had seen the child's back body naked when entering the bathroom. He didn't know anyone else was in there.

In the past, he saw Takana. But he's a guy. If the current one really is a girl. Dylan was surprised. But not with that little girl. He looked at Dylan.

Before long, the girl made her voice. "Dy–Dylan .. yes?"

"Eh, eh?" Takana blinked twice, then turned to Dylan, then returned to the girl. "Ka–you know him?"

"Kook ... Dylan's been great?" The girl walked up to the man, then touched his hand. But due to his discomfort, Dylan also slightly moved away from the boy. The girl glanced at Dylan's head. "That crest .. I never forget it. He's really Dylan."

"Eh, anu ..." Takana stood beside the boy, then glanced at his face. "He's actually Dylan. Why why?"

"Dylan ... Why is it so good first?" The girl felt her body that was much smaller than Dylan. Then his eyes began to glaze over. "Kok .. why am I still a child? Huweeee!"

"Eh, uh! Why is it crying all of a sudden?!" Takana crouched down in front of the girl and tried to calm her down. Dylan had no idea what had happened to the girl. Now, she needs a bathroom.

Shortly after Dylan walked into the bathroom, Fely and Asuka came to hear the girl's cry. Fely took her to calm her down. Then he asked Takana, "Why is he crying?"

Takana. "Takana doesn't know either. He saw Dylan cry like that."

"Buddy, same Dylan." Lea retaliated.

"It's Dylan Serem, huh?"

"Maybe it was in his eyes that way."

"Yes he's angry like lemurs, anyway ...."

Fely hugged the girl in her cradle. After paying attention to his physique for a moment, he gasped. "I think I know the cause."

"Eh? What's the matter, Onee-chan?" tanya Takana is curious.

"I told you about his childhood friend Dylan, right?"

"Emm .. I don't know, Takana forgot, hehe ...."

"Hmm .. It looks like this is Dylan's long-lost friend."

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In the bathroom, after urinating, Dylan looked at himself in the small mirror inside there. He tidied his hair, then suddenly the contents of his head became imagined by the figure of a short brown-haired girl earlier.

"Ugh, he ... he's actually who I am, anyway?!" Dylan doesn't want any of that. Suddenly the shadow about the boy came back again and made his head hurt. He can't remember it. Then there was one shadow that showed a huge Oni standing behind the girl, then it vanished!

His mind was immediately empty. Dylan stood back up while touching his head, then with a blank look, he walked out of the bathroom. "Ah, I must be sick." He went to the kitchen for a drink, then walked slowly to the living room.

There he saw everyone gathered on the sofa. His sister, Fely, was telling me something while holding on to the little girl who always appeared in Dylan's mind. Out of curiosity, he wanted to join in and find out about the boy's truth.

" ... yes, so that's how it is. He was Dylan's childhood friend. But they haven't played since this kid suddenly moved house and just disappeared."

Looks like Dylan's story height. But he heard his brother's last words tell him. Dylan stood next to his brother then asked, "Di–dia my childhood friend? But ... Why don't I remember? No, no, I just feel like I'm no stranger to her."

"It seems you forgot because of your severe pain first." Fely replied, then patted the thigh of the girl who was asleep on Fely's lap because she was tired of crying.

"Ta–but how can he be my childhood friend? His body is so much different from mine. She should have grown up as a teenager like me by now!"

"I knew you'd ask me that, Dylan." Asuka smiled after sipping her tea while listening to Dylan's words earlier. Then without a glance, he replied, "The boy has been possessed by a Demon Cell from his little one. Therefore, for many years ..he cannot grow up and his body will remain that way."

"So she won't be able to become an adult forever?!" ask Dylan back.

"If the cell is still lodged in his body, it is like that. But now, that cell I've removed from his body. And so are our other friends."

"The others?"

"Yes. The guy (Ethan) and Tanaka are also affected by the Cell. So last night, Fely and I took those creatures out of their bodies." Obviously Asuka. Then he poured the tea back into the cup from the teapot. Somehow he was the only one who liked to drink tea the most, than others. "Now they're all healthy again."

"Ah, is the cause of Onii-chan's rampage yesterday because of that Cell?" ask Takana.

"Yes .. I also only realized it when I fought him yesterday. He asked me to cut off the tentacles that are actually mutated forms of those dangerous cells. Besides ... I also pay attention to his age."

"Ya~ I should be older than Asuka!"

Asuka who was drinking tea was choking because Tanaka suddenly appeared from behind the sofa he was sitting on. Dylan who saw his brother back to health immediately approached him and hugged him because of kangen. "Onii-chaaaan~"

"Hey, Takana-chan! You don't worry. I've been well cared for by these two beautiful aunts, loh~" Tanaka smiled happily, then he sat on the edge of the sofa beside Asuka. "And yes, another fact that I am really older than Asuka. I should have been a father by now if that cell hadn't gotten into my body."

"Don't compare ages. But if the force appeal is okay. I'm better than Tanaka actually is. Fu fu~" Asuka chuckled. Tanaka returned to reply. "Huh? I could have leveled up if you were diligent in training, loh~ You could have lost against me."

"Wah~ has great guts too yes want to fight the strongest Oniroshi at this time," said Zai with a soft tone while shrugging both shoulders.

"Yes, dong. It's you who has no guts at all. My opponent you're scared too, aren't you?" Reply Tanaka.

"Huh?! What did you say? My power has increased, loh~ At most one hit against you!"

"Ealah, don't mostly shy, dong~ I've level 14. You lost far away to me. There, you'll be one hit if it hits my Mana."

"Huh, just a proud number. Now let's try to test the power!"

"Can aja. If you lose don't cry, huh?"

"Tch, I won't lose!"

The house shook as if a small earthquake had occurred. Then the floor around Zai began to crack and the hot aura of blue flames that came out from Tanaka's body almost wanted to burn down the sofa he was sitting on.

Fortunately, Fely had taken a bucket filled with water from the front of the house and immediately doused Tanaka so that the fire was extinguished. At the same time, Dylan hits Zai on the head with a sofa cushion until the man stops his powers before the house is completely destroyed. Then Fely and Dylan yelled at the two of them simultaneously.

"IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT, FIND ANOTHER HOUSE YOU CAN MAKE UP THERE!"

Tanaka and Zai were silent. " .... "

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To be continued–