Chapter 31 : Otto Being Otto

3rd POV

"And that is the end of the report, Lord Otto," Rita concluded the report. She made sure she was somewhere far from her friend before giving the report to the Overseer of the organization where both she and her friend are from.

"So, high Honkai Energy radiation was just a false alarm. The two of you can come back to HQ," the man on the other end ordered. He has the same hairstyle as our protagonist Urien Gregorios but this man has blonde hair instead of white.

"There is something I would like to ask, Lord Otto," Rita said before Otto hung up the phone.

"Hmm?" He raised his eyebrow while placing his right hand on his chin.

"I saw someone who looks exactly like you but with white hair. I wonder if he is from your new experiment," she asked.

"Oh? Tell me more about it," the usually bored voice of the Overseer now has the amusement in it.

Rita was confused because of his order but she explained the Overseer nonetheless. "I have a photo of him in my mini camera. I will send it at once," she said while fiddling the mini camera, making the screen appear in front of her.

"Gone…" she muttered. The photos she captured of the young boy are now gone. She was sure she took the photos. She checked the history to make sure they were not deleted. And they also showed negative.

"What's wrong, Rita?" Otto asked with an amused expression. It is rare to see the maid in this situation.

"I am very sorry, Lord Otto. It seems I had made a mistake," Rita apologized to the Overseer.

"I don't mind, Rita. What did Durandal say about the situation with the boy?"

"Master Durandal said we should keep our eyes on him, Lord Otto," she replied.

"Then do as she said. Keep him under surveillance until further notice," the man said after thinking for a while.

"I understand, Lord Otto. I will send you a report weekly," Rita acknowledged the order and gave him a curt bow.

"This will be all, Rita," he cut off the connection after that.

After the call ended, Rita turned back to return back to Durandal. She told her friend that she will be buying groceries for breakfast. It is not a problem as she will be stopping by a marketplace on her way back.

But something is weighing on her mind. She was sure she took the photos of the white-haired boy. So, how did those disappear without a trace?

To know the answer, you will need to go back about an hour or two, the time when Urien and Luna met those two.

Before following Urien from behind, Luna stopped the time with her magic.

"I am very sorry but according to Miss Kyoushou, it would be a problem if Otto Apocalypse saw the picture of Master. So, I will be deleting those photos," Luna said to the two girls in front of her. But alas they can't hear it because the time was stopped by Luna.

Since the girls will know if she simply deleted the photo, she turned back the time of the mini-cameras to the point they haven't taken the picture of Urien.

"Hmm… it took a total of 0.7% of my mana reserve," Luna muttered while placing back the mini cameras at their respective places and walking back to her original place.

Since there is no mana in this world, she had to use mana stored inside her body. As she is over thousands of years old, her mana reserve is huge. But even then, simply turning back the time of the two objects for a few minutes time stopping for five minutes cost 0.7% of her total mana.

She let the time flow again, gave a curt bow to the two girls, and disappeared from their sight with a time stop like a pro.

Back to present

Rita just thought about it but decided to let it go. She can just take a photo of him when she sees him later.

Urien POV

I walked inside the room after giving Kyoushou her pudding.  There is something still weighing in my mind. That short-haired hair girl from before… have I seen her somewhere before? I am sure I haven't but my instinct is screaming I have met her somewhere.

I looked around the room as I noticed something had changed. There is a cabinet for a TV and a Homu Station 4.

"What the hell?! Where did you get the money to buy Homu Station 4?!" I shouted. I agreed because I thought she doesn't have any money to buy this high-end gaming console.

Seriously, where did she get the money?

"I am a Savior! There is no need for such a rotten thing as money!" I heard her shouting back from the outside. Understandable, have a good day… or not. How did she get this console if she didn't need money? Creating it out of thin air? Yeah, right.

Then my eyes landed on the new glass showcase. There are a pair of pistols, two long swords, and a short sword. And on the top layer, there is a new photo. Well… the photo that I usually placed under my pillow.

It was taken when I was 13 years old and there are four people in the photo. Father, Mother, Okaa-sama, and me. Okaa-sama, Mother, and I are under the shade, enjoying our peaceful picnic. Okaa-sama is feeding me tangerine while Mother is giggling at us with a cup of tea in her hand. And as for Father… well, that poor Father of mine is inside the bush, stalking us with apparent jealousy on his face. And the sun is shining brightly on top of his head.

Well, he made Mother angry, so she left him when we went on a picnic. And Mother being Mother, she forgave him after letting him stalk us under the sun for over an hour. And Father being Father. He has multiple ways to make Mother angry.

Then, I turned my eyes toward the weapons inside the showcase. A pair of pistols with the fusion of black and purple colors. It was designed by Mother and made and named by Father. He named the pistols "Oath of Innocence", namesake of Mother. According to him, she was always bound by Kaslana Oath and her main weapon is the Oath of Judah plus her innocence is still there even after participating in many battles.

I asked the most basic question after getting that pistol. "But father, then why are the pistols black?"

And he dodged the question skillfully. By skillfully, I mean turning around his head and whistling without answering the question.

And the swords, more specifically, katanas are also there. That was the time when Father and Okaa-sama started headbutting each other. Okaa-sama wanted to make a traditional katana for me but Father is hellbent on making a futuristic one. With father being jealous of Okaa-sama as she was hogging all the time with Mother and Okaa-sama being jealous of Father as he was hogging all my times as I was always busy learning scientific subjects from him. So… yeah, they are always at each other's throats.

Mother needed to interfere before they started an all-out war against each other. They settled with one futuristic long katana and one short and one long traditional katana.

The futuristic-looking one was named "Levina" by Father and Okaa-sama named Yakeru and Enkai respectively for the long and short one.

I wonder… even after using all of those, why is my body still fine? All of the weapons are made to use Honkai Energy as the energy source.

「Because nothing will happen to your body even if you use my power right now.」

I heard the voice of the other me in my mind.

『Where were you these days? And what do you mean by that?』

「I was looking through your memories and you don't need me these days, right? And like I said, Honkai Energy radiation will do nothing to your body even if you use my power.」

『So… what you want to say is, my body can withstand a large amount of Honkai Energy radiation?』

「Yes.」

『But how?』

「You already knew the reason, right?」

『It was because of Father, isn't it?』

「Bingo! You got that right.」

『Was it that one from...』

「Yes, that one from when you was 5 months old.」

That's right… Father carried me under the church to make me withstand a large amount of Honkai Energy radiation. That is also the reason why my eyes became purple instead of blue or green like my parents. The side effect of the experiment.

And that is also the reason why Mother left him. Although she wanted to take me with her, she knew she can't take a five months old baby across the land filled with Honkai beasts. So, she left me with Father.

Do I hate those two for doing that to me? Of course not. I was a MANTIS soldier in my previous life. I had seen many things. What happened to this family is tamed to what I had seen.

My Father loved me so much that that love blinded him and made this mistake. He tried to save me from dying by the cause of Honkai Energy radiation. The symptoms started showing when I was a week after 4 months old. All three of us knew that I was going to die because of it.

But Father… he didn't give me up. He holed himself inside his room for nearly a month. For nearly a month, he refused to eat or sleep. I also heard the two of them quarreling about something. I faintly heard my Father saying he is going to bring me back after I die and not to stop him this time and Mother refusing to do so.

As for my Mother, she did whatever she could. She is not good with formulas, so she helped Father in the works that need strength.

But… nothing works. So, Father decided to take a gamble. Without telling Mother, he injected a strange serum into my body. I might not know it if I am a normal baby. But too bad for him, I am not. I know that look on his face. That face is full of resolution and it reminded me of MEI whenever she tried to do something crazy. He was prepared to revive me with the cost of his life if I were to die because of this serum.

But his resolution paid off. The serum cured my Honkai Energy radiation. I was in awe and left speechless by it. The highly sought antidote of Honkai Energy radiation from my previous life was invented by none other than this man in a single month. I… I can't help but admire this man, this Father of mine. Even though we had an antidote, the cost was huge. But… now? He made it right in front of me while adding this and that.

After a while, Mother caught up with us. She was both happy and angry at the same time when she saw us. Happy because I was cured. Angry because Father was being a fool again. So, she left us for a while to cool her head. We can't blame her. She was so close to losing both her son and her husband.

Five years later, she came back with an extra person.

Flashback to five years old Urien Apocalypse,

I turned my head to the door as I heard a knock from there. I jumped down from my chair and walked slowly toward there.

"Yes?" I opened the door and saw Father there together with two extra people behind him.

I quietly close the door behind me and walk outside.

"Hello, son. Sorry for disturbing you. I want to introduce you to someone," he said, earning a nod from me.

"You see, you might not remember but this is my wife, your Mother, Kallen," he pointed to the woman standing beside him. My eyes landed on her and she is my Mother alright. A Little older than before but the owner of that smile is without a doubt, my Mother.

"And that is her girlfriend, Sakura," he pointed at the woman standing beside my Mother. Wait… why does this remind me of that meme from my previous life?

My entire body shook when my eyes landed on her. She looks exactly like SAKURA but without that long ears part! When I saw her face, guilt started to swell inside my heart. I did something irreversible to SAKURA. I took advantage of her kindness.

Tears formed in my eyes and I started crying. I wasn't able to hold my tears as I am still 5 years old.

I can't let them know that I cried because of my memories with SAKURA. So, I rushed and hugged my Mother's legs. "I missed you!" I screamed while hugging her legs. She picked me up and rubbed my cheek with hers.

"I am very sorry, Urien! I promise I will never leave you alone again," she also started crying. As for the girl who looks like SAKURA, I think her name is also Sakura. Well, she is looking at us with warmth in her eyes.

Flashback End

Yes, that was how I got two Mothers. Well, since I can't go back home yet, I should relax in this world a little.

Let's start by meeting with Kyuushou's friend called AlloyBron. I walked toward the gaming console as I can't hear the other me saying anything anymore.

Author's Note;

I am back! It took me nearly 3 weeks but I am back to writing now. I really wanted to do a mass release but I got lazy and haven't written a single chapter in my days off. I am very sorry about that! Now that I have apologized, I will start doing whatever I want.

This chapter is mainly about Urien Apocalypse's background. Otto is trying to be a good father and Kallen is also trying to be one too.

And thank you, Soko, for the amazing illustration of Urien's family photo.