
"Just say, no problem. We know you want to ask for our explanation. We'll answer everything." Yuki calms Kurina down. She knew what Kurina feared the most was herself.
"Okay, thank you very much in advance. You've always helped me, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't know what my fate would be now." Kurina recalled 7 years ago, when she met Shiro and Yuki for the first time.
***
At the time she was only 15 years old, she was very thin and malnourished. Kurina was from one of the villages in the Western District. Her parents had already died from her childhood due to illness, and they had no expenses for her parents' treatment.
It is an obligation for every elected person holding the position as Village Head to care for orphans.
So after the death of her parents, Kurina was taken care of by the West District Village Chief, but because they were too poor, they had difficulty eating and did not have a well-nourished meal. Also because the Village Chief took care of dozens of other orphans, so Kurina had to settle for eating once a day with a small portion.
One day, a white-haired woman and her younger brother came to meet the Chief of his Village. Everyone knew that the two people were donors to the Village Chief, but this was the first time they had come directly. Both donors were very young.
That day Kurina became acquainted with the two, they were Shiro and Yuki, Yuki was still 2 years younger than her. By then Yuki was already wearing her strange prosthetic eyes, in black and red. That's what scared Kurina a little with Yuki.
But Yuki is too cold to everyone, so she doesn't care what others think about the prosthetic eye she wears.
"Hello.. My name is Shiro, what's your name?" Shiro is curious about Kurina. For some reason, Kurina's eyes look very alert, different from most of her age.
Shiro is 2 years older than Kurina, because Kurina also suffers from malnutrition so she is shorter than Shiro, so Shiro has to bend down a little while greeting her.
That was when Shiro's gold cube pendant necklace accidentally came out of his shirt, the pendant was small and beautiful. Kurina who happened to see the pendant suddenly had her eyes rounded. He was shocked by the pendant from Shiro's necklace.
"Sister, that's why there's so much of it!? What is Brother!? Did I see it wrong!?" Kurina was so shocked, she had never seen such an object before.
"It's a cube-shaped gold pendant, why? Is something wrong?" Shiro and Yuki were also surprised. This was the first time anyone could see the contents of the pendant.
The Cube pendant was made of pure gold with space inside. Shiro made the locket with the help of his father when he was alive. Originally he could only create a room in a cube the size of 1 m³.
Then with the many developments that he did over the years, the pendant has a volume of 125 m³. is very large and can load many objects.
The pendant was controlled by sound, with a single word could make it absorb any object then it was safely stored in the pendant. Shiro gave the pendant the name 'Storage Pendant'. No one had ever known about the fact of the pendant before, except Shiro, his deceased father, and Yuki.
"You have good eyes. You're the first person who can guess the truth of the locket." Kurina's talent caught Yuki's attention.
"Yes, that's right. What's yourname?" Shiro asked again.
"Sa.. I, Kurina." Nervous answer.
"Kurina, do you want to come home with us?" Take Shiro, Kurina has a special ability. It would be better if it was developed again.
"I? What about the others?"
"You mean the other kids? We will always help them. We will always try to help them eat more properly. But we need you to make it happen." Shiro and Yuki need it for Kirifuda Organization.
"really? Can I help them too?" Eyes shine. Kurina had long dreamed of being able to help her friends and the good Village Chief.
"of course. Do you want to come with me and Brother Shiro? Later let Kak Shiro ask permission from the Village Chief." Yuki also wants her to join his organization. His ability is very rare.
With the guidance and care of the sisters, Kurina becomes a beautiful and talented girl. His height even exceeded Shiro's now.
His abilities were also developing, he could even sense the presence of others easily without looking directly at them.
Even though he lived a comfortable life, he never forgot the place he came from.
***
"May I ask you a few things?" Ask Kurina.
"Of course, Yuki said it. Just relax." Shiro answered while holding Kurina's hand.
Instantly the nervousness diminished in his heart.
"Where are you going to relocate the suburban villagers? And why do you have to barter with those young people?"
"We have one of the islands suitable for them named Zectter Island. There we'll help build some public facilities." Shiro explained calmly.
"Someone said something to us yesterday, and what he said was true. The suburban villagers will have to fight for their own stomachs from now on, and we'll help them as well." Yuki continued Shiro's explanation.
"We don't know how long we've lived or still have the money to be their donors. We also have a life to live. If something bad happens to us one day, how can they move on with their lives?" Yuki.
Looking at the serious Yuki, Shiro just listened and did not want to interrupt Yuki's words.
"Because that is why in the near future, we will change the purpose of the Kirifuda Organization. We want to see new talents from a suburban village like you. We want a new Kurina-Kurina, which is why we need that barter."
"We will create the best military force in the world through them. So that they can make money to feed their own stomachs." Yuki ended his explanation, he just stared at Kurina who was digesting her words.
"So it's not like you're asking them to work under you?" Kurina began to understand the meaning of the sisters. They never think badly or use others to increase their wealth.
Shiro and Yuki who heard Kurina's question immediately laughed, after a while Shiro replied. "Cannot be. What are we doing that for? If what you mean is to make them our money search engine, the answer is no."
"Kurina, haven't you been with us for 7 years? Have you seen us crazy about treasure?" Tanya Yuki was serious.
"Um. never. I heard this from Haruki, you guys should be able to obtain more treasures by targeting the rich businessmen. But you're just looking at the corruptors." Kurina thought about it again, she remembered they were never too excessive.
They always eat as much as they can bite. Never greedy with possessions, even for operational money their organization can go through their legacy and the sale of some of Shiro's invention defense objects to the state.
Every time they obtained the treasures from the corruptors, most of them would give to be managed by the two suburban Village Chiefs. Then the rest they always share with the core members of the organization and the organizational team. They never took 1 cent of the loot.
Kurina's heart regained its calm, she shouldn't have to worry about what Shiro and Yuki will do. They never had bad intentions for anyone.
Kurina was really grateful to get to know them. His choice 7 years ago was not wrong, he had already chosen the most appropriate life choice for him.
He always promised himself that he would never betray his benefactor, and would always devote his life to them both.
Looking at the already calm Kurina, the two sisters smiled for her. The three continued their interesting chat. Or rather the interesting chatter of Shiro and Kurina. Yuki had always been quiet and only noticed the two.