Emotion Taster

Arc 4 New Stage: Chapter 9 - The Cliched Fights

The distance of the school building they were tracing turned out to be quite far. But, it wasn't all that long until it finally parted. I know both of them are different majors, which means they are less likely to get the same course.

When separated, I was asked by Hanz to decide which way to continue, whether to follow Dina's sister or her boyfriend's man. Considering that I am still dependent on Hanz's strength, of course we can't just part ways.

I decided to follow Brother Dina. Besides because I have not found the main problem, it could be that the cause of the irregularity of the bruise on his body did come from other factors.

When they separated, I followed Dina's sister like a child following her mother. For a while, sometimes I forget that I'm on a stakeout. The delicious atmosphere of the lush university environment makes me enjoy this as a short tour. Honestly, I am also a high school boy who does not know what kind of lecture environment.

The situation was quite heavy when sister Dina entered a crowded environment like a study classroom. The mixture of many waves of emotions made me unable to focus on Dina's feelings. So, during that time I paid more attention to his movements.

During school and two courses I still did not find any awkwardness. It was precisely something I saw was just normal activities as usual. Seeing this I was a little relieved mixed with worry, relieved that the problem was not too great against Brother Dina, and worried that what I did was just a futile activity.

Kak Dina is not very famous in her class. But, his friends treated him like a reliable partner.

I was in class always silent right behind him, already like a guardian spirit who became a loyal follower. From here I got that the treatment in the neighborhood was quite warm. The other person asked, he replied, the other person spoke, he was sometimes invited, and when the lecturer asked, he could also follow him well.

The lecture ended, he was in free time and made him stay in one of the parks with some friends. His expression was indeed not as happy as the others, his smile was indeed not as wide as other friends. But, I can still feel that he is not burdened with this environment.

It was a conclusion after I observed it, until I remembered that it was lunchtime.

For some reason I started to get hungry, especially when most of my friends Dina and Kak Dina themselves have started to open their own provisions. His emotions about arousing appetite rubbed off on me.

“Hanz, are you hungry?” ask the man who still holds my shoulder until now.

“I'm fine. But, if you want it, I don't mind,” she replied gently with a slight smile.

“OK, then I buy a little— A-ah ...”

I came to a realization with something, in a flash my intention to step away stopped with the newly emerged obstacles.

“There's a problem?” hanz asked me who was aware of my stiff movements.

“I forgot that I still wear my school uniform.”

“What is a problem?”

“Problems, for mental and could be a big problem,” I replied while thinking a little. “Maybe this just makes me feel awkward and embarrassed when I look. But, the worst possibility is that I was asked by several people and became the center of attention until finally discovered that I was an intruder.”

“Hmn ... what area of the university is a very closed place to enter?”

“I don't know exactly, but it's better if I don't look the same people.”

Actually the possibility of being ignored is still higher than being considered an intruder. I don't know about any other university, but it looks like the university I'm seeing now has a pretty large, open area. I wouldn't be surprised if there was one or a stranger who wasn't directly related to the university was wandering around this neighborhood.

However, the reason I said that was as a personal matter where my instincts as an introvert and avoiding the crowd as it came back to my power for emotion detection.

“Alright, I understand this path of conversation,” Hanz said beside me. “Intinya, you want me to go buy me food, ‘kan?”

“Yes, at that time I will stay in an invisible place.”

“Un,” answered her small nod with her blank look. “I don't mind at all.”

The canteen on the campus was quite far from where I stand now. If I go too far away from Brother Dina, I may lose track. So, the best solution is to keep my distance where I am now.

I made a request to buy Hanz food. In the worst of circumstances, sister Dina could have moved when she wasn't around. At such a time, I would probably move and follow him. I think Hanz has strong instincts and great abilities, so disappearing and stepping a little bit will still allow him to find me with his strength.

I also began to hide in one corner, taking a strategic place so as not to be seen but at the same time could watch over Dina's sister in her barrel place. The place was hidden and clinging to a tree that had no seats at all. It might be a little sad if I look like I'm standing here, but it doesn't matter if I'm invisible.

When all was well, I started to give one sheet of money and a menu of bread to give to Hanz. I may have asked to buy it was a hassle, but at that time I wanted to add one request for my selfishness.

“If you can, you quickly buy it.”

“You can count on me.”

*shade

Hanz started using his power and disappeared slowly from before me. All this time I who disappeared did not see it directly, it turns out I remember that disappearing into the shadow was quite stressful to see.

Huft .. hah ....

Time quickly passed there, the bread brought by Hanz had also been split in two to be eaten together. We spent time together, continued to focus on observation but still could not produce.

The atmosphere there was so peaceful, it was like I was a fool trailing a biased person. Something I had left and could experience was only a gentle breeze and brown leaves falling under the tree I was observing.

Everything was going normally, almost everything .. until I finally found something strange there.

*Whosh ....

“Hn?”

I was focused on finishing my lunch. But, somehow the taste on my tongue became unpleasant. Bread contents of sauce with sausage that should taste spicy savory even become bitter stinging.

“Hnmg!?”

At first I panicked as I almost spewed out the food. But, I quickly drank the juice bought and brought along by Hanz. Even so, the taste of apple juice did not affect him, I was still tormented with a bitter taste in the mouth.

“Gluk, gluc— Hah .. hah ...”

Ah .. yes, this is a wave of emotions.

I immediately cleaned up my food, looked around and, as usual, looked for the source of the emotional wave. There I did not see the source of the person who might have specifically let out those emotional waves. But, when I looked, it turned out that the atmosphere around was getting crowded.

Leg-stomping scattered, whispers of people began to sound, and several warning announcements were spread. Maybe the number of people here is not too much, in contrast to the case when Azarin's death in school, this time the number is still tenuous as the number of groups of one extracurricular.

From the crowd that formed, I began to be able to see the direction of the center. Then, it turned out that it had arrived at Dina's sister. The woman had already moved a few meters away from where I had been when I focused on food.

“Eh? What is it?”

My response was a little confused, because now I see a little clash and quarrel in the center of the crowd. Maybe I will ignore it, usually also the men are just fighting by something special. But, this time no, at the center of the quarrel there was Dina's sister. He was having a conversation with his girlfriend's man. I don't know when her man came, but she who was now in a displeased position put on a veined expression on my brother.

“Tch.”

I clicked my tongue, making a strong conviction to approach him. From a distance of more than fifteen meters, these waves of angry emotions will have a bad impact.

“Wait, Kaivan.”

*grip

“Hn!?”

When I want to move quickly in that fight. I felt a strong grip on the shoulder that pulled me forward.

“Ha-Hanz ...?”

I almost forgot that I was now under the influence of her magic. Hanz who was next to me while eating still holds my shoulder as a condition of physical contact. Then, in that condition too he used it as an act to stop me.

“We do not understand the condition, for a moment I did not see it, nor did you. I think it would be better if we approached and more clearly first examined the condition.”

“...”

For a while I calmed down. It is also true that I should not just break into it just because I saw a fight. It could be that what happened wasn't as bad as it seemed, it could be that the initiative just made me fall into an abyss of shame.

I answered there with a small nod. Compared to the panic that just moved filled with the desire to run, this time I was calmer and walked closer like a person who pretended to pass by.

There I began to walk together past the people standing in the way of watching the show for a moment. Some of those who weren't that many were in random positions until I needed to zigzag for a pass.

At that moment, I continued walking, the dense feeling of the emotional wave I kept feeling more and more concentrated. Until the time I had to face the main source at a distance of five meters. Enough distance to listen to their conversation.

“... Din, where did you call you, Ha!? Didn't I ever tell you not to get close to them again!?”

Hm? Whatisthis? A real lover's quarrel?