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Chapter 2 - [2] The Inevitable Apocalypse

Yo, Shonpufi Here!

I bear amazing news...MY BROTHER BROKE UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND!!!

I KNEW they wouldn't last long. My brother tends to attract the crazy and manipulative type of women. Especially the ones with daddy issues.

I never liked that ho- I mean, "Girl".

But the crazy thing is, now she's accusing him of being abusive.

Like, what?

But I know what you're thinking, "Just because he's your brother, it doesn't mean that he didn't do it?"

Well, yes. BUT the other shit that the mother of the girl told us made me realize that she was spouting bullshit to make herself the victim.

She said that my mom ignored the abuse that one time we gave her a car ride.

And I'm like "Da Fuq??" BECUAUSE I WAS THERE! IN THE SAME CAR RIDE!!??

Bro was just playing around with her and poking at her teasingly here and there. But never abusive. God knows my mom will beat the fuck out of him before he becomes like that.

And if anything, SHE was the one being abusive. At the girl's birthday party, we saw the girl yelling at Angel, "SHUT UP" because he made a "Oh No" comment when she got a Chucky doll.

That bit- I mean, "girl" was just making shit up.

But now they're broken up, well, the mom of the girl talked to my mom that they're done. The girl wanted the relationship to be done, and she didn't want to do it herself, so she manipulated her own mom to break up for her lol.

Like I said, my brother tends to attract THAT type.

Anyway, sorry about my rambling. It's just that I have no one to tell this to, and it's amazing yet devastating news.

Enjoy the chapter!

-3rd POV-

It was a typical day in Germany as multiple young kids played around in the backyard of the orphanage.

The happy laughter of children sounded out through the backyard.

Though there were three particular young kids who were huddled together, the three looked at the book in their hands.

"Hm, this book is good. It was a good idea to buy this with our allowance," said a boy with short brown hair who wore glasses.

"Really? Next time we should get a book about aliens or planets," Said the girl with long red hair and golden eyes. She didn't mind as she also found the book about electronics interesting. It was the brown hair boy's turn to buy a book with their collective savings, but she still liked stuff about space more.

"Meh, I couldn't care less, but we're getting a manga when it's my turn," said a handsome boy with long golden hair tied into a ponytail, who also had deep green eyes.

"It's always you and your manga Otto," said the Boy with brown hair.

"Don't start yapping when all you read is about technology, Welt. Spread your reading palette a little bit more, buddy," Argued Otto.

Both Welt and Otto continued to bicker until the redhead's lips started to twitch in annoyance.

*Bonk*

With one swift movement, she karate chopped both of their heads.

"Ow, stop hitting us, Himeko!" complained Otto as he rubbed the top of his head.

"Yes, your barbarian strength is going to knock us out cold completely one day."

Himeko looked at Welt with fury in her eyes as she heard him call her a barbarian.

Before she could raise her fist, a voice called out from inside the building.

"Alright, children, dinner is ready." Soon, all the kids went inside, leaving behind the trio.

"Tch, let's go, and next time you call me a barbarian, I will destroy your secret collection of Mecha models!" Threatened Himeko as she decided to let Welt off for today.

Welt's eyes went wide in shock at how she knew about them. He was sure that he had hidden them perfectly under one of the orphanage building's floorboards.

He soon followed behind Himeko, asking how she knew, leaving Otto by himself outside.

"It's been 12 years already, huh?" Indeed, Otto Apocalypse, otherwise known as a reincarnator, has been living in this orphanage located in Germany for 12 years

When he first reincarnated, he realized that he looked and was named the same as the villain of Honkai Impact 3rd.

He panicked, thinking he had been reincarnated in the world of Honkai, but later calmed down as Otto from Honkai was born during medieval times after the flame chasers failed to defeat the final Herrscher, causing humanity to revert to its beginning.

He himself was born in modern times, and there was also the fact that there were no reports about whole cities going missing, so he crossed out the Honkai universe from being the one that he could be in.

He also found out that two special people also lived here in the orphanage with him.

Welt Yang and Himeko Murata from the Honkai universe.

What really made him confused was why children who were obviously Japanese would be in a German orphanage. He wasn't sure about Welt, but Himeko was a hundred percent Japanese

He could only see it as God giving him his two future Herrscher of Fire and Reason.

Because of that, he got close to the two of them, making them a best friend trio.

Otto had also awakened his system, though it only showed him his age and name; it said that he would receive powers at the age of 13, which would be in a week.

-Otto POV-

"Alright, I guess it's time to go." Standing up, I began to walk into the orphanage. Everyone began eating as I saw Welt and Himeko sitting at a table.

"Hey Otto, we saved you a spot," Shouted Himeko as she waved her hand. Both of them sat on a single table among the many others, just the two of them sitting there with a seat saved for me.

Nodding, I sat down next to them and began to eat.

"Hey, did you hear that kids are beginning to disappear?" suddenly said Himeko.

"Really? Why say such things while we're eating?" Complained Welt. He obviously didn't want to discuss missing children while eating.

"Yeah, but a lot of them are from our school." She replied, her voice laced with concern. 

...well, that's concerning.

"Tell me more," I said, and Himeko complied.

She began telling me about how a series of disappearances have been happening around our school.

There have been a few reports of a black shadow leaving the scene when they hear screams that soon die out and disappear.

"Well, that's all I know from the rumors going around school," Himeko shrugged.

"Thanks," I said, appreciating the information.

Maybe some supernatural monsters are going around?

Maybe this world has the Twilight series, which is full of vampires and werewolves. Even Harry Potter could be a possibility.

There is one more option, but that is the one that scares me most.

[High School DxD.]

In the Anime, Vampires were mostly stationed around Europe, or mainly in Romania, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't be present in Germany, especially when it's close to Romania.

That would explain the black flashes, as it would be either stray devils or blood sucking vampires.

"Hey Himeko, Welt... Do you believe in the supernatural?" I asked.

"Supernatural? Like vampires and ghosts," asked Welt in confusion.

"Yes," I nodded my head.

"No, such things don't exist," he said with confidence.

Oh boy, is he in for a surprise if that shadow is what I think it is...

"Yeah, me either, I don't believe they exist," Said Himeko in agreement.

"You don't believe in the supernatural, but you believe in aliens?" I said in confusion, just like her Honkai counterpart, she was very invested in outer space and in the existence of Aliens.

"But they ARE real! looks at the sky and don't tell me that there shouldn't be at least one planet with some living life form" she argues.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever makes you happy," I dismissively said to her.

Heh, I wonder how she would react if she met her Honkai: Star Rail counterpart.

She's also smart for her age, along with Welt. I'm also impressively Smart, and it's not because of my past life but because I have seemed to gain Otto Apocalypse's smartness and looks.

Stuff that would have been hard for me to learn in my past life with my smooth brain is now easy to understand.

Along with Himeko and Welt, the three of us are commonly known as genius children, and at the top of our class in scores.

I couldn't care less about grades, but being an orphan doesn't really leave you many options.

As we ate and talked, we finally finished eating breakfast. Soon, we got changed into school uniforms and the three of us headed to school.

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