Emotion Taster

Arc 1 Organic Waste: Chapter 12 - The Power of Amalia

I walked to the bathroom. Not shitting, but actually wanting to eat. Some of the food from my rest provisions was left a little due to my behavior adjusting Imarine. However, eating the rest around the area is likely for us to meet again, it will cause awkwardness. So, the best option for solitude is the bathroom.

Doubt, duut ....

The phone in my pocket vibrated, a sign of someone coming in.

Amalia: Kaivan, how are you?

Kaivan: I'm healthy.

Amalia: Not you, I mean the news of Imarine.

I know, but of course that wasn't my fault. He himself used ambiguous words.

Kaivan: He still doesn't want a story, maybe a little hard to persuade people like that.

Well, what can I do. I'm here a stranger to him. If our position is reversed, I also don't want any new, close-knit people interfering in my troubles.

But, she is female, and women have the possibility to share her problems better than men. That means, it is not impossible if I continue to approach and he will open his heart.

Amalia: So, yeah. Thanks for your help, Van. This should be all my duty, but you're having trouble.

Kaivan : I accidentally picked up wherever you were, ‘kan? That incident that's causing me this way, doesn't mean it's your fault.

The trip to the bathroom was over, but I didn't go inside. The conditions around the place are not too crowded, so the act of isolating yourself is not needed. Taking a seat on the terrace, I finished the rest of the food just now. Half a loaf of bread, one bar of packaged wafer, and a bottle of mineral water.

Doubt, duut ....

Amalia: I tried to follow Azarin who bullied Imarine. Rest earlier, the supply box he messy like someone deliberately shuffled.

“...”

Of all the events, why does Amalia always bring this information. I don't care, there's nothing to do with a bully case with a messy supply box. Does he like to pay attention to other people's misfortune?

Yes, but .. more important thing before that.

Kaivan: Didn't you rest today?

Amalia: I don't feel good when you're working. It just so happened that they passed by, so I don't have to look for them anymore.

Hmn ... I'm happy with the effort. But, I hope he can gather more useful information. I don't want to comment on him now, today he's not in good shape.

Kaivan : By the way ... Why don't you just use HP from the beginning? To talk to others ... why even difficult to write on the note?

Amalia: I mean use HP to everyone? I don't want to give my number to everyone. Continued HP also can not I use it continuously, sometimes can run out of battery, or lesson time that we can not play HP.

“...”

Actually, such reasons can be solved. Talking via Mobile with the note method is also very possible, no need to spread the phone number. Battery problems can be solved by power banks, and for school rules can be through negotiation of exceptions.

I can better accept that mute people now use mobile phones as a substitute for his mouth. If not, he should be able to master sign language for emergencies, writing in the manual notes was much more troublesome.

From his behavior, I feel that he tends to panic too much towards the surrounding environment. I've met a blind man, and that guy tends to behave quite calmly. In contrast to Amalia who is easily shocked, racing heart, and urgency caused because she can not answer with a mute mouth.

I'll get straight to the point.

Amalia: That is?

Kaivan: You weren't born mute, you just couldn't talk because of something. When we first met in the hall, you yelled at me. Do you remember?

Amalia: Ehehe .. I'm actually not good at talking about what happened in the hall. I was not the normal one at the time. But, yes, you are, Ivan. I can't talk about it because of Pero's contract, not the mute from birth. But, why did you suddenly talk about this?

I'm just a little curious, lately we haven't really talked deeply. The incident went so fast and the moon came even first to pick up.

Amalia's sentence on ‘I'm not my normal’, that's quite explaining. Honestly speaking, about the incident in the hall back then I myself did not mind so much that I hated it, more like I was curious what was behind it. But, my conversation with Pero was more about which quest task. The rest of the explanation that I thought I could ask Amalia was blocked because of her menstrual condition now.

Kaivan : You heard me talking to Pero, ‘kan? I already know your power, using emotions to turn it into a new power. But, why the time in the hall can you talk? Does that have anything to do with it?

When in the hall, exactly when he was spouting out a wave of anger, the utterance that came out of his mouth was just a shout and a snatch. Then, after he fell down and spouted a wave of shame, the words that came out were just apologies.

Although physically he can talk, but I did not feel the humanity behind his words at that time.

Amalia: Before Peter told you that I can't use my powers, right. That's really true, I can't. When I used that power, I lost control and somehow there was someone else controlling my body. That's why I never practiced, because I was afraid that my consciousness could not return.

“...”

Is it like sleep paralysis? Using force and himself going to sleep? I was afraid to fall asleep because I was experiencing sleep paralysis at that time. It felt like every second I lost consciousness. It was a horrible feeling that caused me to think whether I would die or wake up again.

Kaivan: I won't force. If you want to follow Pero and practice using him, I'll help. But vice versa, if you are too afraid and do not want to take risks, I will also not ask you to use that power.

Amalia: Are you okay? Wasn't it me who couldn't control the power that was making you sick?

It also has a point, it would be helpful if he could use that power and eliminate my suffering. But, she was a little mistaken about me being able to feel her emotions when practicing. His fear or even insanity when using that power could be dampened by the impact. That is why mental preparation is so much more important now.

Kaivan: Your safety is more important, this pain is nothing if I have to feel longer.

Okay, maybe that's how it is.

Crings ... crings ....

The sound of an entrance bell ringing. Hearing this, I stood up to clean up my food waste and headed for class.

*Whoush

“Hh!?”

Emotional waves. Moving quickly appeared and disappeared back from my detection radius. It's the same thing I've felt before. Although my reflexes were quick to look around, it didn't help to find the source of the wave just now.

Is this ... somehow I feel something troublesome is coming.

　

　

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