---Night on the sandy land, outside the cave entrance---
As the night covered the entire area, the scorching heat of the sun was replaced by the bone-chilling cold of the desert night. In the cave, the travelers from another world had fallen into a deep sleep. Only the Allan family – three people were still awake as a watchdog at the cave entrance, ready to report if there was any bad developments. In that quiet and awkward space, Allan looked up at the starry sky. The desert night was like a pure black silk cloth, stretching across the horizon. Silver stars dotted the sky, forming constellations that he had never seen in his own planetary system. Now that his mood had calmed down, he tried to overcome his usual awkwardness.
“Yona… Elina…” Allan spoke after an hour of silence.
“Ah!” Yona was sitting looking at the stars, she was startled when she was called. “What’s wrong, Allan?”
“Do you need something?” Elina with a warm fur coat made by Kuzuna. She was sitting next to her daughter, she looked at Allan with concern.
“Although it’s a bit late, I realized this after being enlightened by Albus…” Allan hesitated, after a while he gathered up the courage to say what was stuck in his throat. “You two… are not people from another world… but Dream created by me, because I am a Dreamer.”
“…I mean.” The female doctor put her hands on her knees, her body leaning forward slightly. “Instead of you and Yona coming to my world, was it created by the supernatural power you mentioned?”
Allan nodded slightly in response. His gaze shifted to another direction, not daring to meet his two sisters’ eyes. Because deep down in the Englishman’s heart, he feared that this would be like betraying the trust of Yona and Elina. Even so, honesty had become a pain that ate away at his heart. So, Allan could not hide it from his family.
“I don’t worry too much about that.” Elina stood up and walked in front of Allan. Her two hands were placed on both sides of the young man’s helmet, a gentle smile appeared on her lips, her eyes filled with sympathy. “I was already dead, so even though the method might be different, it doesn’t change the fact that I was alive and arrived there was a miracle. So you don’t have to think so much, Allan.”
“Elina…” Allan felt like his suffocated breath was released. He breathed a sigh of relief, when his sister’s reaction wasn’t as negative as he feared.
“…” The robot girl was silent, her face slightly lowered. Blue eyes trembled, mind began to swirl like a whirlpool of chaos.
“…Yona?” Allan looked at his sister and saw the uneasiness.
“Are you feeling unwell somewhere?” Elina quickly walked over and touched her daughter’s small shoulders, her heart burning.
“… I didn’t really fulfill my promise to meet Allan again.” Yona’s voice trembled, tears began to flow and fell onto the dry sandy ground.
“Why do you think that?” The female doctor was worried and began to find out the reason.
“I’m still in my world and haven’t come here yet…” Yona started to cry. The surrounding sounds were drowned out by her crying. “Uaaa… I’m sorry Allan…”
“N-no!” Allan froze when his sister was so heavily affected.
“Now now…”
Elina hugged her child, her hand gently rubbing the back of her head. She herself didn’t know how to choose the right words. Being transported to another world again in such a short time, and having to face the problem of her own existence. It all came too quickly for her to think of the right words.
“Keep the volume down…” Cide walked out of the cave, his pinky finger digging into his ear, dark circles under his eyes, and a long yawn. “Crying like that will wake us and the Monsters.”
“I-I didn’t mean to…” Yona sobbed, tears still falling.
“Sorry… for bothering you. I’ll settle this quickly!” Elina replied, as if she took full responsibility for this.
“That’s not it! It’s not your fault! You and Yona are not at fault!”
Allan lowered his head, his hands clenched, his teeth biting his lips. Blood flowed from the wound and formed a burning pain. Even so, his tight chest ached even more. He wanted to help, but what words would heal Yona's pain, and what would not?
“So is the brotherly relationship between the two of you real, or not?”
Cide suddenly said, something Yona suddenly stopped crying. Both Elina and Allan also turned their gazes towards him. Without saying anything more, the Hunter turned his head to look at Allan, his head slightly moving towards Yona a few times. There was a moment of silence between the four of them, then Allan understood what he meant.
“…Yona!” Allan approached his sister and spoke, his helmet gone.
“Huh?” Yona blinked a few times and then looked up. “Y-your lips are bleeding!”
“Do you hate me?” he asked immediately and frankly, his gaze not leaving his sister’s eyes.
“N-no!” Yona replied without hesitation. “Allan is a kind, trustworthy, strong, and considerate person! I have no reason to hate you!”
“Do you still consider me your brother?” Allan chuckled lightly when he heard that.
“You are such a good brother that I don’t deserve!” the robot girl replied, her face slightly lowered.
“And you are still my sister, that’s all.” The English boy walked over, his hand gently stroking Yona’s head.
“Earthling, Human, Robot, Dream. Maybe our origins may be different, but our hearts think the same.” Elina smiled as she patted her daughter’s back.
“Mama… Allan…” Yona wiped away her tears. The knot in her metal heart had been removed, and a smile returned to her face.
“The truth is just information, people choose what they want to believe, and then truth and falsehood are just values ??they attach to it.” Cide yawned deeply, pointing to the core problem that the Allan family had.
“Thank you for helping my family…”
Elina said her thanks. She sat back down on the sand and let Yona lean her head on her shoulder. The robot girl seemed to be tired from crying and the late hour, so she fell asleep.
“Don’t mind the beauty. Experience has a family.”
He replied and went back into the cave. After a few seconds, Albina poked her head out from inside, wearing the fur coat made by Kuzunoha. She slowly walked out and started a conversation.
“If you need to, everyone should rest a bit, I can take your place!” Albina suggested after witnessing what had happened.
“Ah, you don’t have to do that.” Elina quickly refused.
“That would tire me out…” Allan agreed with his sister.
“It doesn’t look like it, but I only need to sleep 2 hours a day!” The girl gave a thumbs up, accompanied by a somewhat confident smile.
“Oh… that’s a bold way to sleep for a child.” Elina couldn't help but be surprised by what Albina said.
"Since I've had enough sleep, you can rest assured." Albina added to increase her persuasiveness.
"If you've decided, I'll accompany you tonight. You should also take a nap, Elina."
The Englishman said while carrying Yona into the cave, to ensure his sister would have a peaceful sleep, even though she was a Dream.
"Then I'll leave it to you both."
The female doctor gave in to their insistence and did as they asked. After a short 5 minutes, only Albina and Allan were left sitting outside the cave. Albina exhaled, her breath forming white smoke.
"Isn't it too cold?" Allan asked.
"It's okay, it's fine. My hometown is in Russia, so it's not too bad."
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Albina chuckled in response. Seeing that, Allan opened his hand wide. The electricity gathered and formed a ball of crackling light!
“Here, take this, it’ll keep you a little warmer~.” He thrust the ball into Albina’s hand.
“Eh, this is…” the girl took the ball, her round eyes wide with surprise.
“A grenade, but it didn’t explode, so it’s a pretty good battery to keep you warm~.” Allan grinned, confident in his ability to control Dream.
“Thanks… it’s warm…” Albina chuckled. She placed the ball on her lap. “But it’ll make my hair stand up and get messy quite a bit.”
“Heheh… the night’s still long, how about we tell something fun?” the boy suggested so that time could pass more quickly, without getting bored.
“I think so too.” The white-haired Alchemist girl giggled and replied. “That’s right, do you want to hear about the process of making the Philosopher Stone?”
“… Sounds interesting.”
Allan paused for a moment at the topic that was probably more scientific than entertaining. However, since he was the one who suggested it, he agreed to listen with the utmost attention. That went on for several hours, as he heard how the magical stone of Alchemy, which could make the elixir of life and transmute base metals, became more valuable.
---Under the sea, Deep Gold Kingdom---
In the midst of the clear blue sea, a white clam submarine was swimming at high speed, leaving a long trail of foam where it passed. However, that clam was 10 times larger than the previous one, and it was not piloted by a Deep Gold Fish, because inside it were three people from another world. An Asiatic Demon, a Shapechanger with a Dragon horn, and a wolf in a tight black suit. Inside the ship was a luxurious interior, with wooden tables and chairs, red carpets, and yellow walls, decorated like a private room in Olzug ??Castle. A few kilometers ahead of the ship, the Deep Gold Kingdom was present.
“Alright, let’s proceed to step one!” Joker said in a hoarse and small voice, because he was wearing a mask.
“Sleep medicine straight away~.”
Jarek swung his Dragon tail, his hand holding the steering wheel of the ship. When she pressed the beep button, the ship began to release a colorless, odorless liquid. The clam submarine swam a distance above the kingdom of the Psionic fish, the pressure of the sea water behind caused the anesthetic to sink and mix with the kingdom's sea water. The fish and the Deep Gold Fish were swimming around, swallowing the drug-filled sea water into their mouths without realizing it. They began to swim more slowly, until they stopped completely, their eyes completely closed. The three of them sat there for 10 minutes, watching, but there was no further movement.
"Proceed to step two, infiltrate!" Yong flapped his Demon bat wings, his voice filled with excitement!
"Accelerate!"
In response to the command, Jarek controlled the clam submarine to accelerate. They headed towards the building where they first set foot in this world. The ship entered the large gate, which led to an underwater room containing other clam ships. As the ship surfaced, one by one they exited the ship’s doors and stepped into the dry corridor.
“Alright, now everyone search every room and go save the Jaci villagers or any other unfortunate worldlings. Remember to plant the bombs!” Joker stepped forward, repeating the next step of the plan. “I’ll distract the fish that aren’t drugged, you two take your time.”
“Aye aye captain, steps three and four!” Jarek said, handing him a Bag of Holding filled with C4 bombs.
“Be careful, brother.” Yong patted a few of his friends.
“I’m immortal, unkillable, unkillable.” Joker responded with Sabata’s words.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
[ALERT, WE’RE UNDER ATTACK! ALERT WE ARE UNDER ATTACK! ALL ARE ARMED AND READY FOR BATTLE!]
The sound of horns echoed throughout the corridor, shaking the air and the floor. A telepathic voice rang out in the minds of all three. In less than a minute, countless Deep Gold Fish had appeared in the corridor in front of the three. They were all glaring, and beside them were shell shields and bone spears!
[Strangers who smell of the sky!] The floating fish fixed their eyes on the group. Its nose was aimed at the group, ready to shoot at any moment!
[Who are you, what is your purpose here!]
Deep Gold Fish led the group forward a meter, it began to question. Yong created a pair of fire and ice knives in his hands, Jarek raised his fist. However, Joker stepped forward, he took a deep breath filling his lungs.
“IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, PICK UP YOUR EARS AND LISTEN!” Joker shouted loudly, the enemies all raised their fish gills and widened their eyes. “I AM THE EMBRACER OF THE HELLWOLF, JOKER!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the music from the phone rang loudly throughout the hallway. He placed one hand on the ground, the other hand raised to shoulder level, forming a somewhat confusing posture. The otherworldly creatures like the Deep Gold Fish were even more confused, they had no way of understanding the meaning of those actions, words, and sounds.
BOOM
The next second, a white smoke made of rice powder was released from Joker's body. It covered the entire vision of the Deep Gold Fish. His two fingers were raised forward, signaling Jarek and Yong to move.
Taking advantage of that opportunity, the two of them flew up to the ceiling and passed through the fish. Joker started raising his two hands and fired a series of chopsticks from his 10 fingertips. Countless steel chopsticks flew over as if they were shot from an assault rifle in full fire mode!
Clang clang clang
The shell shields were raised, blocking the steel chopsticks! The Deep Gold Fish understood the act of resistance, they started to shoot spears back! Those weapons continuously flew through Joker's body, turning him into a beehive full of holes. The fishy-smelling liquid flowed from the holes on his body, staining the stone floor a bright red. The heavy body fell down, one arm already severed from its owner.
"... Hahahahahahahahaha!"
After a few seconds of silence, instead of hearing a painful scream, Deep Gold Fish heard a gleeful laugh from Joker. It didn't take even 10 seconds for them to see the enemy rise up, his body intact as new! Not stopping there, the fish were witnessing the suspicious stranger holding the severed arm from before!
"It's time to bring democracy to this sea!"
Joker said, pointing his severed arm like a gun at the enemy with both hands. His third arm had become a weapon and continued to cause chaos to the enemy with a series of steel chopsticks that were fired!
"...Is Joker always like this?"
Jarek was confused by his boyfriend’s unusual actions. Her entire body was still running at a speed faster than any leopard. Even her ears could hear a completely different laugh than usual!
“No, this is the first time I’ve seen it!” Yong replied, his face equally confused. His legs moved quickly to keep up with the female Shapechanger’s speed. “He’s just like Uncle Sabata…”
“Like father and son, huh?” The Dragon-horned female Shapechanger’s ruby ??eyes seemed to light up with excitement. Once again, she discovered something new from Joker.
“Hahah, like father, like son… but don’t tell Jozo that~.”
Yong chuckled, giving advice. The two of them ran to the incubation room, which was filled with transparent spherical jars, trapping the female Beastfolk of Jaci Village inside. Jarek and Yong approached, using the same method they used to save people last time, using their super-fine fingernails, or the extremely hot and cold knives. They easily broke those near-indestructible jars, and those unfortunate women were freed.
“Wake up, ladies, you’re free~.”
Yong greeted them with a gentle smile. The female Beastfolks shook their animal ears, their dull eyes wide open. The female Beastfolks’ feathered wings spread wide like birds that had been freed from a cage!
“Everyone, get on board! We’re going back to your motherland!”
Jarek exclaimed, also keeping a bright smile to cheer up the prisoners. She pointed to an open clamshell submarine and guided them inside. Inside were many seats, cushions, and seat belts. The confused Jaci villagers climbed into the ship, the pregnant ones moved more slowly and with more difficulty. They sat down awkwardly in their seats, Yong and Jarek quickly instructed them on how to fasten their belts. All the seat belts only secured their upper bodies, as most of the female Beastfolks had swollen bellies from carrying eggs, which would avoid irritating their stomachs.
When the two of them were trapped in the fuel tank, their bodies emitted small spots of light. Those spots of light were like fireflies flying into the tank walls and moving up to the ceiling, as if they were being transmitted somewhere. Jarek broke the tank with his claws to rescue the people inside. One was a white-haired Elf female, the other a female Beastfolk with wolf ears. Both of them were lying motionless, breathing weakly, and the current female Beastfolk's body was no different from skin and bones!
"This hair color and scent..."
Jarek brought the female Beastfolk into the submarine, the wolf-eared female had light brown hair. Sniffing a few times, the female Shapechanger still smelled the scent of a wolf. Though the other person was haunted by the smell of sweat and dead skin, she still saw the resemblance to Chieftain Góy?ń.
“She doesn’t look good!” Yong returned inside the submarine after installing quite a few C4 bombs. His eyes looked at the skinny female wolf Beastfolk with great tension. He immediately placed a knife glowing with the fire of recovery next to the female patient. “We have to leave here soon and treat her!”
[We’ve rescued the villagers!] Jarek immediately informed Joker of the situation. She called through the headset-shaped communication device she was wearing.
[Quite a few C4s have been installed!] Yong added through the similar device he was wearing.
[Don’t worry, you guys go ahead. I’ll stay and install it and destroy the entire kingdom.] Joker replied, the other end of the line was filled with the sound of rocks colliding and the sound of wind whistling.
[No way, you’ll get caught in the explosion!] Jarek immediately objected. [And your body can’t get used to the pressure of the seabed!]
[I’m immortal and unstoppable~.] Joker replied without hesitation, as gunshots rang out one after another. [If you’re really worried about me, leave some nukes behind after you evacuate the Jaci villagers.]
[But!] The female Shapechanger couldn’t agree.
“Trust Jozo.”
Yong placed a hand lightly on Jarek’s shoulder, his eyes glowing golden with understanding. The female Shapechanger’s chest tightened, and she couldn’t help but feel uneasy. Even though she knew that Joker couldn’t die, he wasn’t immune to pain. The image of the wolf boy’s body being swept away by the high-temperature flames and left behind ash, or crushed by the sea and his flesh and bones crushed! Even so, at Joker’s words, she understood that he wouldn’t change his mind, regardless of the physical pain that choice would bring.
[I see…] Jarek reluctantly accepted Joker’s request. [I'll be back as soon as I get them back to shore.]
[Just finish the rescue, I won't lose to those yowai fish.] The other end of the line replied and immediately cut off the connection there.
"I understand..."
Jarek stepped out of the submarine, his clenched fist raised back to gain momentum.
BOOM
With a full-force punch like a gun shrimp, a large hole was made in the solid stone wall. Seawater flooded into the corridor, covering the floor with water. Jarek lifted the submarine and pushed it out of the hole. She swam a distance before returning to the submarine and starting to steer it. She had to steer it as fast as possible, because that was the only way to be able to return to pick up Joker soon!

