Emotion Taster
Arc 0 Strawberries: Chapter 5 - Mute Girl
Next day.
I went to school as usual. The task of clearing the hall was completed well, Nadya had already got the news and she did not mind anything.
“...”
I didn't tell you what I was going through at the time. Normally people are confused if they accept my story. What would they respond to if I said I met the cloaked girl who suddenly attacked me full of anger?
I think I'll figure it out myself.
Yesterday I couldn't leave the OSIS girl alone. She woke up not long after I recovered from the pain.
“Eh? I slept? Been a while?”
At first he looked confused. The OSIS girl did not remember the details of how she fell asleep. The thing I saw would not have been realized by him. I explained something that calmed her down. However ....
“Terus Lia where?”
“Lia?”
“Amalia, she came here. Did he leave first when I slept?”
The OSIS girl remembered that she had been dealing with a girl before. From his expression, I guess that person was originally indeed an ordinary disciple. The robe he was wearing must have had its reasons.
Amalia .. yeah.
I didn't memorize the names of the people in the school, but I was certain from her face that she wasn't a student from my class. Rather than searching randomly, it is better to ask people who know better.
“When are you here? Last saw a girl?” ask the newly awakened OSIS girl.
Hmn ... How do I answer this question? Is that the right answer?
“I see, but I'm not happy to talk to him.”
“Oh .. yaudah then. Kirain you chat first ... or maybe see him say goodbye before going?”
He made a question note at the end of his sentence while pointing at me. At that time I just shook my head to answer it.
I saw him in his last moments before he left. However, I don't want to tell it, I think it's also good for the OSIS girl.
“The girl ...,” said I want to revive the atmosphere. “you know in what class she is?”
“Know, anyway. But, what do you want if you already know, Van?”
“...”
Turns out he knows my name. It feels a little guilty because I don't remember his name back.
That's what happened yesterday. The short talk with the OSIS girl continued. It was a little awkward, but I managed to get information about the cloaked girl.
He only told me that the person he was dealing with was a confiding friend lately. The emotions I felt when talking were filled with happiness, a cool aroma and refreshing the body.
This OSIS girl is quite open, she said that Amalia is a little famous as a confiding friend who can solve some problems. Almost everyone who spoke of his complaint said he was satisfied.
However, of all those stories, the most interesting thing was the fact that he was not a normal human being. The meaning of my sentence just now was not a different normal one. Not because I saw her in the hall as a cloaked girl with her illumination equipment, but rather a more worldly abnormality.
“Oh, one more,” cut the OSIS girl that prevented me from leaving that time. “If you want to talk to him, don't be surprised, yeah. Everyone knows, but I don't think you know.”
Sorry, the reach of people I know is so narrow, I don't even know your name.
“Amalia it .. mute.”
“...”
Mute?
It's true that my school is just a normal school. Public places that can accept people with disabilities. I've also seen one man who had a defect in his earlobe at my school. After all, mute people are not very conspicuous.
But ....
I'm sure that at that time he could talk. His voice was very loud, obviously, even he was able to shout at me.
Does that mean the news about him being mute is a lie?
What benefits from being mute? Not appointed to read the matter in front of the class? Imitating a mute magic artist and hoping to gain the same invulnerability knowledge as him? It was too stupid to actually happen.
The break bell rang, me and the other students took turns to leave class.
Before starting the search, I walked towards the school cafeteria, intending to buy snacks to prop up the stomach. Of course I don't want to sacrifice my meal time for something like this.
“Ivan, yesterday how? What time did you get home in the hall?”
There was Farrell accompanying my path. He's a pretty considerate person, compared to his big body like a basketball athlete.
“I finished at half-six, a little bit longer because of the added work to clean up the cobwebs on the ceiling.”
“Oh ... why are you so diligent?”
“...”
Because at first it wasn't my idea either. All right, I told Farrel most of the story. I think he deserves to know.
I explained about the arrival of the OSIS girl at that time. The fact that the task of cleaning the hall was not done by myself.
From the beginning I had prepared the energy and mentality to clear the hall. According to my point of view, it is better to work quietly on your own than to get unwanted help. But Farrell did not think so. His emotions were delighted to hear the news.
We arrived at the canteen. The place was quite crowded, making me nauseous and wanting to leave the group immediately in waves of emotions. So, I finished the shopping as soon as possible.
“Oi, Ivan, you want to go?”
After we got some food, Farrel approached one of the tongkrongan tables. There were some people from my class gathered. Unlike me, the students there seem to want to stay here longer.
“Yes, I'm first,” my part to part with him.
I went and walked down the aisle to get away from the canteen, towards a quieter spot near the bathroom. But, my goal this time is to find a cloaked girl named Amalia in 2E class. So, my goal turned to getting there.
About why I'm looking for that girl. I felt that with or without me doing that, he would reappear disrupting my life. Given what happened yesterday, there might be something big to do with me.
Hmn ....
But how I look for him. Asking directly to students in 2E class? I was afraid that he would avoid me because we parted in a bad way before.
I arrived at the second year student building. From here, just one more turn and walk straight to the end to get to class 2E.
Why doesn't the world go easier like a soap opera that meets a couple just by accidentally bumping into the street. So, I don't have to bother looking for it—
Brucks.
Put me on the chest. Because of my considerable strength, something I hit bounced back.
When I got to the turn, I accidentally hit someone who was at another intersection.
“Ah, sorry,” said I apologize to anyone who was the victim.
“...”
*Whoush ....
Ghuak!?
Emotional waves. This one is strong enough, making me limp to lose the energy to stand up. Stinging throughout the body, tingling in the tongue, and a burning smell in the nose. It is an emotion when people are surprised.
Akhgn ... Haknt ....
However, I have never felt such a surge of shocked emotions this strong. My leg lost power, causing me to collapse in the middle of the hallway. I did a little effort by holding my body to still not touch the ground, propping it up with the push of a hand like a person who was pushing up.
When my position was a little more stable, I tried to lift my neck to look forward.
Ah .... It was so easy to meet him.
Not wrong, the cloaked girl I met yesterday. Now he was wearing a normal school uniform, but his face certainly could not be changed. He was surprised to see me, sitting down from a fall, looking at me with wide eyes like a ghost.
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