Opening an orphanage in another world

[Rean point of view]

"Brother Ash is..." [Elise]

"Ash. Ash was..." [Claude]

"Goddess!" [Filvisar]

"..." (Again, I failed to protect him again. Forgive me, Vincent, Maria.) [Mahsuri]

"No way. That Blondie wouldn't kick the bucket so easily!" [Calypso]

"You're joking right!" [Mara]

"I. I don't believe it!" [Kara]

"Kara, Mara..." [Aries]

""Dead"" [Lara, Nara]

"It couldn't be! This is a joke! A joke!" [Zerolith]

"He is here right? Waiting for the right moment to prank us all!" [Farhah]

"Zerolith, Farhah..." [Rafiah]

"..." [Karon]

"Dead. As in, no more, like my mother?" [Singa]

"So we couldn't play tag with him any longer?" [Savel]

"We, we couldn't see him? Just tell him to come back. I will even give him my favourite chocolate banana cake" [Charlotte]

"Charlotte, it isn't that..." [Seo Ah]

If only thing is that simple. If only a cake is all that is needed to make him come back to life. How I wish that statement is true, but no matter how you look at it, it wouldn't be that simple.

Looking back, he is always there for us. It isn't an exaggeration to say that our whole life are turn upside down, and for the better just because of him.

This warm house, the warm sensation of finally having a family. The stomach that rarely growls nowadays thank to his kindness. The power we got as we keep training day in and day out together with him. The time we spent together.

All living creature are bound to die, but that isn't a fact that most creature will think about, and when their closest loved one went back to meet their creator, no matter how prepared one is,

"Sob. Why. WHY!" [Rean]

"Why are you crying? Let just take a cake and Brother Ash will surely..." [Charlotte]

"Charlotte! He wouldn't come back!" [Rean]

"!" [Charlotte]

And now, Charlotte is throwing a tantrum. Keep cursing at me with all her might all the while stressing the point that Brother Ash will come back one day

"Charlotte. Please, stop it" [Diana]

"No! Brother Ash will come back! He wouldn't leave us behind! He promised! He promised to be there for us!" [Charlotte]

"True, he promised...Uwwaaahhhh" [Elise]

Elise suddenly let out a big cry. Usually, she will be the one that comfort the younger one, but now, she's the one getting comfort by them.

This feeling. I hate it. The orphanage should be a place filled with children laughter and joy, not a place where you will find a bunch of children crying

Then again, I had cried back then, when the Duchess suddenly attack us. Oh how I remember. We got blessed with The Holy Beast of Dark, Time Keeper Az and then, the dream...

The dream?

The dream?

The dream?

(Alright everyone! Stand on your ground! This is Brother Ash we are talking about, and we have to give everything we have got to take him down!) [Rean?]

(Right!) [Other]

"THAT DREAM! NO! The vision from the future!" [Rean]

"Rean? Are you alright?" [Rumia]

"Vision from the future?" [Saint Louis]

"Elise, Zerolith, remember that dream we got? Right after the battle with the old follower? We discussed it and..." [Rean]

"Of course! The Time Keeper Az is the one responsible for it!" [Elise]

"Then, that mean!" [Zerolith]

While everyone were having a confused look, from the King, Princess Diana, Qis, basically everyone present, the three of us suddenly become happy once more. If this really is the vision from the future, then...

"Goddess? You want to speak with them?" [Rumia]

"!" [Other]

What? The goddess would like to have a word with us? Hold on, this is the goddess we are speaking, so surely we are not in our best too

"It's fine Rean. I have always watched over all of you, so little bit messy wouldn't bother me" [Goddess Achalasia]

"!" [All]

This is, this is her voice. It is coming from right above Saintess Rumia head, as if Saintess Rumia is just a representative figure from the goddess.

More importantly, it's soothing. Her gentle voice, it resonates greatly with our hearts, soothing it, like a mother gentle voice to her crying baby

"Coming back from the topic, Rean, how about you explain the vision that Az bestowed upon the three of you to everyone, just so that we are all in the same page" [Goddess Achalasia]

"Ri..Right!" [Rean]

And I told them the dream the three of us had. It happened right after Az the Time Keeper bestowed upon us his blessing, and as such, we came in conclusion that wasn't a mere dream, but, a premonition for the future

"So, there are around twenty older version of us, fighting Ash who still looks young, and by the end of the dream, you concluded that we manage to save him?" [Diana]

"That's right!" [Elise]

"If that's indeed true, then there is still hope for young Ash to be save!" [Filvisar]

"That's indeed true, however..." [Goddess Achalasia]

The word however from a goddess, it makes us hold our breath in unison, waiting for her next word, our heartbeats synchronize, anxious, and yet hopeful

"However, that all depends on Ash himself. Currently, his soul is stuck between the possession of God of Life and God of Death. In the dream, it seems that the God of Life prevail, taking Ash for herself. Plus, when you meet him next time, it all depends whether or not the twenty of you are strong enough to bring him back" [Goddess Achalasia]

"Then could we ask the God of Life to..." [Rumia]

"That's impossible, as the God of Life is in fact, the Fallen god itself" [Goddess Achalasia]

"!" [Other]

"Wait, what!" [Diana]

"Please explain it to us, O goddess" [Saint Louis]

"That's impossible. The curse that the God of Life cast upon is strong, strong enough to even affect Goddess Achalasia herself not to talk about herself, which is why record of the fallen god are scarce" [Mahsuri]

"Is that true!" [Alice]

"Unfortunately, it is" [Filvisar]

If that's indeed the case, no wonder Goddess Achalasia keep on using the term homework to Brother Ash and Saintess Rumia. It not like she doesn't want to tell them, but she couldn't, and as such can only guide them into the right direction.

This also mean, the fallen god, no, the god of life, is strong enough to even defy Goddess Achalasia

"7 year" [Goddess Achalasia]

"?" [Other]

"The time Ash manages to buy for all of you is 7 year. Make no mistake, the minion of fallen god will steadily be release into Achalasia, but the fallen god herself, will set freed 7 years from now on. In the meantime, please, fully prepared yourself for the upcoming battle, I have faith in each one of you" [Goddess Achalasia]

Faith. For the goddess herself to have faith in us

"Lastly, how about I tell you your Brother final message" [Goddess Achalasia]

"Really!" [Mara]

"Thank you!" [Kara]

Ans thus, like a video, Goddess Achalasia flash upon us Brother Ash final word. As we listen to his word, each one of us, resolve ourselves, to become stronger, so that one day

"Alright everyone. We have a mission. 7 year from now, the fallen god will awaken, and it's up to us to stop that disaster! That, as well as saving Brother Ash from his clutch! For that, each one of us will have to become stronger, strong enough to even beat Brother Ash on one on one battle!" [Rean]

"Right!" [All]

"Good luck with that. For the remaining of you whom still haven't awaken their blessing, I already blessed you with Ten heroes blessing just now" [Goddess Achalasia]

"It's true!" [Zerolith]

"Oh wow!" [Karon]

"But this also mean..." [Linda]

"When the ten heroes finally shown themselves..." [King Estel]

"The end of the world begin" [Diana]