Emotion Taster

Arc 4 New Stage: Chapter 23 - Owner of Dimensions

I had thought that it was just a random wave of emotion from Amalia. Random sense of strong emotional waves in a desolate state no one was certainly all I thought about. However, it was different when I opened my eyes, different things welcomed my view at that time.

I'm sure I'm in a deserted area of the population, the thing I see is probably something of an empty landscape, light lights, and a dense environment of trees. But what I got was a different thing.

My surroundings are changing very drastically now. There are no trees, only a collection of rocks towering upwards like stalagmites inside a cave. Not a path anymore, there is only a sandy stretch like a desert. There was no sound of the night insect singing anymore, there was only the sound of a bang and a wave of water with a heavy atmosphere like I was in the sea.

Ah .. I remember a similar incident here. Something I've experienced before in the battle with Geza.

Kaivan .. are you okay?

*Flap, flap, flap ....

There was a voice inside my head, it was Pero who was approaching flapping his wings. It seems like he is also aware of what happened.

“I'm fine. Just a little surprised. But, the one just now ... and the one I see now, this is not an illusion, ‘kan?”

I showed a forward look, where my eyes were still disturbed by the drastically changed environment. If depicted roughly, I feel like I'm really in the ocean with coral reefs and the sound of bubbles plus waves bobbing. Something different, I can now breathe normally, so there's just a weird feeling.

Yes, this is not an illusion. Me and Lia can also see what you see. We have entered the animus world. The place where he made the magic ritual of gathering mana without having to be directly related to your world.

“...”

I looked to the side again, staring at Amalia's body which seemed to have also suffered a strong shock. Seen with the condition of his body that is slightly staggering while holding his head like holding a dizziness.

“You okay, Amalia?” I'm a little worried.

“...”

*Nod, nodes ....

Hn? Oh ... so now he's back mute.

The girl nodded slowly, answering with a subtle gesture as if to say not to worry about it excessively. Amalia there tried to be strong, recover her own condition and stand firm trying to face the environment now.

OooooOOOohhHHc ....

“Hh!?”

As I quietly relaxed my attention, I suddenly heard a loud voice. The vibration felt so great that it made my chest feel it. The large, heavy, wide-reaching sound spreading out in these various directions felt sinister. The voice that the source did not know felt like he was representing the sky.

Two people ... No, maybe I can say three people. Can you guys there listen to me? OooOOOoohHH .. It looks like it can, yes. From the look on your face and the response of your body I can deduce.

The voice was heard again. Unlike the random voice just now, this time he spoke as if he was inviting us to communicate. I don't know how to answer it, but the sentence moves forward like a one-way communication. The person who was talking could already know where I was.

A visitor? A guest? Intruders? Or ... a team of brutal assailants who want to destroy my palace? Which one are you guys now?

Questions that directly lead. It seemed like guesswork, the creature behind this voice was not something that had a shallow brain. He has a clear mind like human reason.

“Ukhgn, hmn,” coughed me a little to start a conversation because I was nervous about having to talk without seeing the other person. “What is the answer if we are visitors you can trust? Would you like to accept us meeting you directly?” then I continued with a loud voice to the sky without a clear direction.

Not seeing my opponent in person is so scary to me. If what he said about his palace was true, I still don't know how vast the territory is and what's inside it. The possibility that I would be played like a rat and controlled from afar through many obstacles.

That means, meeting in person is a very profitable action for me. Especially considering the main purpose of coming here is as a negotiation.

Meet me directly? Wh-wh-what for? Are you guys gonna give me something?

Anything on? What is it as a gift?

Hmn ... I don't think something like this. Since the person I was about to meet was completely empty without any clue as to what he looked like, then I also had no thoughts of what could make him happy.

Not giving anything feels hard to answer right now. I felt a special pressure where he wanted proof that I was an ordinary visitor, a guest.

I was there to reach into my pocket, initially there were only small equipment such as cell phone sets and medicine for my injured right hand. But, if not wrong there is still one thing that is at least still worth giving.

Ah, maybe this is better than nothing.

I began to find it, took out the object from the bag while upholding it like it was being presented to the sky, “This, I brought bread. I don't know if you like or don't, but this is all I can bring now.”

“...”

“...”

I may look foolish, putting one plastic loaf of bread for three thousand rupiahs in hand and treating it as a bribe. The stabbing feeling from Amalia's strange looking gaze I could feel. Although I did not glance and try to ignore, my waves of emotions and instincts could still function.

Aa ... Kaivan, what are you doing? Is this part of your plan?

This time Pero who spoke through telepathy, it turns out he also felt the awkwardness of my actions.

“I have no choice, this is all I have now,” I said in a very soft voice like muttering to myself so that only Pero can hear.

“...”

“...”

Eh? Is there such a way?

I ask myself in my heart.

Right also, I was a little careless to not think about the magic parameters that were on my side right now.

“We don't have time for that. Even if you use your magic, that person will be aware of our actions.”

Even so, I continued. My sentence came out while still keeping the position of the hand to bring the bread up. Pulling the action will now look uncool and cast another doubt on Pero and the host.

OooOHhhc ... Ooohohoho .. interesting, interesting .. only this time I was denigrated like this.

A huge voice in the sky from the host.

Hearing that I was sweating a little because I doubted my stupid choices and actions just now. But ....

All right, I accept.

The sound he made quickly. Even though he was a little condescending, a positive answer was still given to me.

*open

“Hh!?”

Simultaneously, a portal appeared in front of me. Like a hole with a refractive water mirror, in front of me there is a hole without being able to see where the tip leads.

Come in, and give me what is in your hand directly in front of me. For a moment I gave a gift for being able to find and enter my territory tonight.

“...”

I began to lower my hand that was holding the bread. I didn't think that the result of my actions just now was really positive like this. Though since realizing the stupidity of the decision, I have thought of various reasons to evade and defend myself in front of Pero and Amalia.

But, alright, I certainly won't waste this opportunity.

I started walking, approached something I called the portal and tried to get into it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, I forgot to say it.

Hn?

Shocked me by the sudden remark. It caused my feet to temporarily stop.

All that can enter is one person. You're the bread boy, the girl behind you, or the crow. More than one is not allowed, that's another condition of mine.

“...”

I glanced behind me, there was Amalia who was following before. He had a close distance and was ready to catch up with me when he entered the portal. However, with the warning just now, me and him both stopped and stared pondering.

At first I wanted to have a conversation. But, from the atmosphere that formed, Amalia and Pero seemed to be stressing me to go forward by myself there. Instead of deciding who deserves it, they like to say, ‘We're fine. You can go by yourself’.

*Nod ....

With a single nod, I walked back to enter the portal. Of course this time was not followed by Amalia and Pero. It felt quite terrible when it was necessary to do the unknown, to enter into the portal of the unknown what happened including into it. My thoughts about whether or not it could come back haunting in my mind.

I was there trying to hold the portal before, not enter the entire body. Then, the first thing I felt in my left hand was the difference in atmosphere. On the site of the first neighborhood where I was previously filled with dense ocean conditions with dense air pressure. But, in my hand now there was an empty sensation like I was holding empty air.

At that moment I began to be convinced and immediately took a big step forwarding the entire body into the portal.

*Whoush ....

“O-oh ...,” my response after entering the portal, the pressure difference made my body vibrate and unstable until it almost made a fall.

“... Long time ago, did you need one minute just to get inside the door?”

“Hn?”

I opened my eyes, refocused, and looked around. This time, the place I went to was not too foreign, just like a regular work space with a desk, chair, and a set of laptops.

However, the different one is the owner. There I shuddered when I realized that what I was facing was beyond my expectations.

Glucose.