Emotion Taster
Arc 3 Sweet Stinged Acid Ant Format: Chapter 7 - Protecting And Cumbar
The curfew began to pass, the trading area that was previously crowded with various lights began to dim its activities. Naturally, my main city does not support nightlife as freely as some other countries. So, just as an amusement park provides a variety of attractions such as reanglala and swivel comedy rich with lights, all of that will end when time approaches midnight.
A mysterious feeling arose in the heart. The shock caused by the body that had not functioned because of a shock effect of my own strength. I now realize that actually being buried in this body is also a bomb, one trigger could really kill me one day.
I may now be able to walk, move lightly like a healthy person in general. But, actually, none of this changes the fact that just a moment ago I thought I was going to die from something ridiculous.
The horror was still left, gratitude also surfaced as I went back to thinking how lucky I was to still be able to open my eyes. Now I understand why a person saved from death can fall in love with his savior. Even for the real person not directly as a savior, the person who happened to be present when he fell down was dying and only limited to accompanying.
My steps finally reached the front of the hotel, when the time on my phone showed me the number eleven nights. It is quite awkward to walk at night entering the hotel at midnight, because the place is not as crowded as other commercial places with hotel services without stars.
Keep walking, and finally arrive at the second floor where my room, Amalia, and Pero are located. When I turned the door leaf and entered, little did I expect that one of them would jump to pick me up like one who was worried desperately.
*sex
“Hn? Kaivan ...? Ah ... you finally came.”
But, what I got was just a cold welcome from Pero. It seems like the situation here is like a bedroom, a dark light atmosphere where one of the residents has even fallen asleep. I don't blame my cold indifference on almost passing silly deaths, but the disappointment in my heart leads to those who act like they know nothing.
Amalia there is worse, she sleeps next to Pero. The degree of function of agility and the ability of his initiative is so severe. It seems like girls are really useless if not given orders.
“You're gone more than two hours, what's holding you back, Kaivan?” pero asked, she played down her voice to keep the girl sleeping in the room.
“Heh, what's holding you back?” re-pronounce with a high-mocking tone. “What's holding you back, Pero? What happened to me was like a magic event. Are you not aware? Where is your magic activity radar now?”
I did not say directly that I almost died from the shock of the emotional wave like a heart shock at that time. But, hearing the casual words of others after I felt hell, a sense of irritation appeared unstoppable.
“Hmn ... so that's what you think, Kaivan.”
“What are you doing different from what I thought?” call me the one who's trying to eliminate the cynical tone.
“If you think I'm just silent and waiting unprepared, that's a big mistake. I didn't catch the intruder. But, I know where he escaped to and what they're doing now.”
“...”
The reassuring sentence from Pero made me a little calm, at least he promised me that there was something of an activity today. For a while, the annoyance was pent up and replaced by a little embarrassment for making the conclusion ‘unreasonably at the beginning.
“This intruder is quite reliable, she performs the action neatly. Take out the action with her magic, then escape to the animus.” realm
“Hoo ... nature animus, yes? Does that mean we can't get in there?” ask me who ensures the quickest answer.
“I .. can. But, you .. limited.”
“Am I going to die, burn away, get stuck inside, or something like that if I stay there too long?”
“Consider it more like I don't guarantee your safety.”
“...”
Alright, I also do not want to force a pursuit that actually does not motivate me too much to sacrifice many things. At least if there are rats in the house, I will not chase them if the creature has entered the dirty unreachable areas such as sewers and got.
“But, relax. It is not too difficult because I can also understand the pattern of its appearance.”
“You know?”
“Of course, with the appearance of magic in my territory and a strategic radius like this. I know what they do.”
“Heh, so now we need to go around a lot of places just to adjust the schedule later? Guess him on his next plan?”
“Iya, that is true,” replied Pero without defense like running water.
“You're making this even more complicated. Why didn't he just crash when he showed up? Put a barrier, put a radar, observe the action .. all of it can be faster if you catch the intruder today.”
“Hah ...,” pero breath like tired of seeing the situation. “Because ..he shows up when you're not here. About an hour after you left, the magic reaction I felt and it was definitely an intruder. But, I don't want to put Lia into a dangerous place alone. If anyone is to blame, I think you're the one who got in the way, Kaivan.”
“...”
In retrospect, Peter's goal and what he wanted to protect was very simple. All she cares about is Amalia. Although for me he has a unique magic power and will be difficult to fight, but the way Pero view as his animus partner is more like protective parents.
She wants Amalia to thrive, but at the same time she doesn't want Amalia in danger. She wants Amalia to be a great person, but she doesn't dare to let go of the girl to face her own world.
At the very least, he wanted one person with equal strength to escort him. The purpose of that raven demon from the beginning about getting me into this business was Amalia. The safety of the girl was the main thing for him.
Though, at the same time, exactly an hour ago I was actually in a fainted state affected by magic. Even if I were in his team to catch the intruder, I would be much easier to subvert.
“Pero,” call me in a sharp tone. “I don't know what your real purpose is. But, I have no intention at all to be a collision for Amalia later.”
“Tumbar?”
“From my way of thinking, you might sacrifice me in the middle of a battle or similar conditions to have Amalia survive.”
“Ahaha, nasty, Kaivan. I wouldn't do that, Amalia would hate me if it were.”
“Really ...?” back to me with a cynical tone. “Then if Amalia and I are caught in danger with the chance of both dying, neither can escape nor face each other simultaneously. Are you going to take Amalia on her own and leave me as bait?”
“Hmn ... what are the questions that need to be answered, Kaivan?”
All right, that's a cruel question like a woman asking her lover, ‘what's more important, work or me?’. That is a question that does not need to be answered, the solution of the condition is not a firm answer. So I'm not forcing that either.
“At least if Amalia does not hate your actions, you could have done it .. an act of subverting me for the safety of Amalia.”
“I don't understand your way of mind now. I don't know what has possessed you this heart, you continue to talk about things that are not necessarily the case,” said Pero who seems tired of accompanying the conversation. “I'd rather not think about it. Thinking that you are the strongest and never pressed by any enemy.”
“...”
Maybe the pain of the emotional wave at that time still makes fear and horror restless. Something that in the heart wants to come out even expression into hatred and negative thoughts.
The atmosphere of the hotel room became awkward, I slightly offended the atmosphere until the mattress beside Pero became a foreign place that was forbidden for me to live in.
But, it's late, I also need a full break. Peter there is also occupying the mattress that Amalia is currently occupying, so it can be concluded that one mattress next to the empty one is my place.
A body that is tired from walking a lot and gets physical attacks needs recovery. I walked and dropped to the mattress, feeling so delicious every breath gets relaxation comfort.
“Oh, another one,” I said before the last pull pulled the blanket to sleep.
“What else, Kaivan? If about the next plan, we'll talk tomorrow.”
“Not you, Pero.”
“Hn?”
“I mean just now it's Amalia, she's now up.”
“...!?”
*Whoush ....
Emotional waves.
Yes, it's Amalia. I actually felt some waves of emotion when I talked to Pero. I don't know when exactly, but such a heavy atmosphere is enough to wake people up even if the volume of the sound is not too loud. Perhaps this is also part of the senses that are not visible from humans.
“I'm not angry, the conversation was actually not a secret from you. But I just want you to stop thinking. Your emotional wave is a big deal, so please dim it.”
“...”
I did not see Amalia, my body turned in another direction which became a reflex to avoid the gaze of a girl of the same age sleeping on the side. After all, there was also Pero, strange for me to sleep facing them.
