Hyperic
The feeling of the waiter

That night, Hiki sleeps awake, even the sound of footsteps can be heard by him, while outside Joana is about to go to the hot spring that is there, there, on the way he met Kuro who was sitting on a table in front of the entrance to the hot spring, Joana was originally about to ignore but Kuro greeted him which made Joana surprised

"Hi young man"

Sapa Kuro, Joana who heard that her eyes widened, she felt that she was in a dream

"Kucing yang bisa berbicara..."

"Ada apa? Apakah kamu terkejut?"

Joana memandangi tubuh Kuro yang berbulu hitam dan matanya yang menyala di kegelapan malam, serta sebuah alat di lehernya yang membantunya berbicara

"Tentu saja kamu terkejut karena tidak pernah keluar dari mansion ini bukan?"

"Tau apa kamu kucing hitam?"

"Ahh~ sungguh gadis pemarah yang lucu,karena terlalu lucu dia tidak ingin orang yang ia cintai di lukai, bagaimana pun caranya kamu tidak akan bisa melakukannya sendirian,aku hanya memperingatkan dirimu"

Kuro kemudian turun dari meja itu dan berjalan kedalam kegelapan,Joana memandangi Kuro yang berjalan kedalam kegelapan lorong kemudian dia akhirnya pergi ke pemandian air panas,sementara itu Hiki dia masih tertidur wajahnya mengkerut menandakan bahwa dia tidak tenang,pada suatu saat dia merasakan kehadiran seseorang,Hiki membuka matanya dan benar saja sebilah pisau telah berada diatasnya dan ketika pisau itu meluncur kearahnya Hiki langsung menghindar dan turun dari ranjang

"Dari mana dia masuk?!!"

Ucap Hiki dalam hati,Hiki berlari kearah pintu dan membukanya,pisau itu masih terus mengikuti Hiki,dan sama seperti sebelumnya sosok tersebut melemparkan barang-barang yang ada disana,dan ketika telah berada di titik jebakan pertama,Hiki menunggu hasilnya,namun pisau yang telah siap menerjang tidak bekerja sama sekali,sampai pada titik jebakan kedua,Hiki mengambil Vas bunga itu dan tertarik lah sebuah benang yang nampak mengikat seseorang,Hiki berhenti sejenak,dan ketika ia hendak mendekat tiba-tiba pisau dijebakan pertama lepas dan 10 pisau itu langsung melesat kearah Hiki dengan cepat

"!!?"

Hiki menghindari pisau pertama hingga ke 8,saat hendak menghindari pisau ke 9 dan 10 dia menghindarinya dengan tidak sempurna alhasil tubuhnya mendapat luka gores,setelah itu Hiki kembali berlari di lorong sembari berpikir

"Mustahil manusia bisa lolos jebakan seperti itu! Kalau bukan manusia berarti-!"

Saat di persimpangan Hiki mengambil arah kiri dan kebetulan disana ia bertemu dengan Vera yang sedang berjalan di lorong dengan wajah lesu

"Vera!"

Hiki berhenti di depan Vera dan memegang kedua bahunya,kemudian dia menoleh kebelakang untuk memastikan apakah sosok itu masih mengikutinya atau tidak,setelah Hiki yakin bahwa dirinya aman,dia menarik nafas dalam-dalam dan melepaskan tangannya dari bahu Vera

"Ada apa Hiki? Kenapa kamu berlari di malam hari?'

"Sosok itu,dia menyerang ku"

"?!! Where!!? Where's she?!!"

"Just calm down, he's let go of me this time"

"Rather than this we better get out of this hotel"

"If we leave this hotel then Noelle will be in danger"

"But if not we will continue to be disturbed by the waiter here, after all before Noelle was safe to stay here"

Hiki's face became bright, she got an opinion on what was happening right now

"Veras! Can you repeat your words again?!!"

"Eh.. Noelle's gonna be safe?"

"No! Before that"

"This inhabitant...mansion?"

"That's it! I think I know who did this! If it wasn't Roman's illusory power and not the humans who attacked me, then the small possibility was true that an invisible figure was the one who attacked me"

"Hiki, do you believe in ghosts? Before that..."

"Already, rather than being unsolved, we better believe in this theory, and the person who does all this is among us.."

"You mean.traitor?"

"Not stupid, I mean Joana"

"Joana?...Who is joana?"

"really right? Noelle always mentioned Joana's name, even though from the beginning here she was the only human who lived in this mansion, at breakfast yesterday, and my conversation with her on the roof, she mentioned Joana's name, she said,who is Joana?"

"You mean Noelle was the one who wanted to kill you?"

"Are you sleepy or what?! Not so stupid!"

Hiki looked around, just in case Joana wasn't there

"To be safer let's go to your room, we'll talk there"

"Eh k-my room?!"

"Come fast"

Vera and Hiki walked to Vera's room not far from there, while the others had been dreaming beautifully because the current time had shown at 2 am, arriving at Vera's room,Hiki locked the door and she sat down on the bed followed by Vera who was sitting next to her

"I think it's safe, Joana is probably the spirit of Noelle's friend.First we'll discuss Joana's motives for the attempted murder, what can you think of"

Vera put her hand on her chin and thought, she did not understand what Hiki was trying to say, especially at this time she had not slept which made her mindset slow

"Maybe it's jealousy..."

"Indeed, if indeed Noelle could have seen Joana, then from that before we were here they would have spent time together, and when we got here, when we got here,Noelle is always with us until jealousy arises in Joana, plus we can not see Joana who is in fact a ghost"

"Then, Noelle doesn't realize Joana's a ghost?"

"Yes.and there were some irregularities as well, when she told Joana that she was hurt and I was about to see her condition that she forbade me, Joana must have banned Noelle from letting me into her room"

"True, and for Ruby Edelviet flowers... lest it also give Joana?!! But..why? If he doesn't like us instead he should let Ruby..."

"Perhaps because if Noelle leaves for 6 days it will make her even more angry with us, so that she avoids it she takes the Edelviet flower so that she does not part with Noelle"

"Then does it have anything to do with Ruby?"

"I don't know about it, and also when he attacks me, he can throw things around, maybe he's an esper before he dies"

"But if it's like that then it's going to be hard"

"Yes, it's very difficult"

Suddenly a thunderous roar rang out, the rain was pouring down heavily on the city of Mesopotamia, the top and upper middle cities were untouched by the rain thanks to a tool that was in the top city, the air was cold, cold,the situation became tense, suddenly the door of Vera's room opened violently accompanied by the wind that greeted her

"Sway...Noelle!"

There was a voice that echoed, it was the voice of Joana who was angry with Hiki, Joana was jealous when Noelle preferred to spend time with Hiki even though previously Noelle was always with Joana

"Vera take my hand!"

Vera grabs Hiki's hand and Hiki raises the black hole, they enter the black hole and teleport to the other side of the mansion

"You can't escape!"

Despite their distance, but Joana's echoing voice was still heard, the rain was getting busier, the lightning was grabbing everywhere

"Vera call the others!"

Vera shifted her hand and immediately there was a hologram screen in front of her she immediately called Lauriel and the others who were still asleep but there was no answer,and suddenly at the end of the passage before a huge wind junction suddenly came, it was proof of Joana's presence, the wind was instantly rapidly moving towards the two of them

"Let's go fast Vera!"

"There's no answer!"

Hiki immediately pulled Vera's hand and ran in this vast mansion, at the intersection, Hiki was still holding Vera's hand and when Hiki took a left, Hiki took a left direction,Hiki pushes Vera's body as if telling her to split up and when Vera runs far enough, the wind is not there, of course Joana prioritizes Hiki over her,when Hiki ran in the hallway all of a sudden besides behind him there was also a big wind in front of him that was ready to send Hiki to Joana

"Catch you!"

Hiki saw the door there and ran to the door, it was an alternate path to the roof, because there was no other way Hiki climbed up the stairs and ran up

"Stop and die peacefully you jerk!"

Said Joana whose voice echoed, arriving at the roof, Hiki stopped running and turned her body, with her flat face she stretched her hands

"Why not fight with your bare hands, Joana?"

Hiki said that challenges Joana

"You crazy? I thought I was stupid?! If I allow you to touch me then I will definitely die!"

"Yes, really..lantas why are you doing this? Gushy-?"

"Whisper! You took my Noelle that I've been guarding all this time! Every night every time he says your name! That Hikichan Hikichan makes me nauseous! Now I will take your life so that Noelle can be completely mine hahahahaha"

"People.. Aren't you stupid, huh? Killing out of jealousy"

"You don't understand anything! I.. I was a friend of Noelle when we were kids, I always admired her, she was talented, had many friends, treasures, and everything but what about me?!! I was born in the lowest caste with orphan status, suffering from always being a slave to jerks!

.. until finally Noelle found out about that fact, she came up to me and greeted me with her smile.she asked what she heard.then she hugged me and said 'it's okay Noelle, after this I will buy you from them, and from then on let's be friends' he said with that innocent smile, I still remember.. the day I first saw someone like him.But it was a pity that I had to have an accident, at that time in this city there was a construction and at that time I was walking around there with Noelle, noelle, suddenly some concrete fell from the sky without Noelle's knowledge, people were screaming and when I looked up, I immediately pushed Noelle, and as a result I died because of it, she said,I have no regrets at least I managed to protect that smile, after knowing I was dead, Noelle was always crying in her room, which is what made me choose to return to this world....AND NOW A PERSON LIKE YOU PRESENT WANTS TO RUIN MY FEELINGS?!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU! HIKIT!"

The strong wind pushed Hikita's body as if telling her to die

"The story is boring"

Hearing that, Joana was more provoked by her emotions, she let out a wind that was firmer than that, because she was not strong enough to hold it, Hiki's body was carried away in about to fall from the roof of the mansion but she was still holding on to the fence there, Hiki's body was carried away,Hiki hung up but her face was still flat, finally Joana showed her figure, the figure of a purple-haired woman with yellow eyes, her face was terrible because of hatred towards Hiki,his hair was as thick as he could, and he walked over to Hiki who was hanging

"Good bye"

Joana raised her hand about to remove the fence for Hiki to fall, suddenly Noelle came and called Joana's name with gasps

"JOHANA!"

Hearing Noelle's voice, Joana immediately fell silent, Noelle walked towards her with a step that seemed upset, Joana thought Noelle would approach her but she was wrong, Noelle passed by herself and helped Hiki, then after Hiki climbed back up to the roof,Noelle walked up to Joana and slapped her, Joana was surprised, her eyes widened in disbelief, then Noelle held Joana's shirt with both hands and leaned against her chest

"Noelle.me-"

"Because of jealousy? Right?"

Noelle looked at Joana with tears streaming down her cheeks

"Why? you jealous?! Because I'm close to Hikita? Why are you like that?! Hikita was my childhood friend! before I met you, I met Hikita first!!.you're wrong Joana, I didn't forget you, I loved you like my sister"

Noelle hugged Joana tightly, her cheeks wet with tears, slowly Joana also began to shed tears

"I knew you were dead"

Joana is surprised to hear that from Noelle, during this time Joana considers that Noelle does not know the truth.

"But I don't care if you're a ghost, a cyborg, even a monster once I still love you, I purposely mentioned your name in front of them because I wanted them to assume you were here,it's true that I've been spending more time with Hikichi lately, but can't I be happy to meet my old friend? Isn't that so, Noelle? I'm disappointed that you did this, why are you doing all this just because you're jealous? That's Joana's stupid thing"

"Sin..."

Noelle was still frozen, while Hiki lit her cigarette and turned her back to them

"Sorry Noelle. I. I only feel hurt when you treat Hikita as much as you treat me. I. I just..."

"It's enough, the one who should have received those words was Hikichi"

Noelle let go of her embrace and turned her back to look at Hiki who was still smoking, Joana then walked towards Hiki and stood beside her, before Joana said Hiki immediately opened her mouth

"Quick release the curse you gave Ruby"

"...good"

Joana releases the curse she gave Ruby, then in an awkward situation Hiki says

"Just like you, the person you curse is someone important to me, Ruby is my childhood friend, if you're not Noelle's friend, I'm sure I'll kill you"

"I'm sorry.I did it because I was emotional at the time"

"No need to think, I don't mind it"

"Even if I almost killed you?"

"Kill out? If I fall too I'll get back behind you and kill you, you're lucky that Noelle saved you again"

Joana looked at Noelle, then Noelle smiled

"So I was saved by Noelle ya.I get it, I'm sorry for everything I did"

Joana bowed, a sign of respect and apology to Hiki, Hiki who was leaning on the fence threw away her cigarette and turned her body around

"The next time you have to think 100x to attack your opponent, hoaaaam it's time to sleep"

Hiki leaves the roof of the mansion and his departure is noticed by Joana and Noelle

"That guy's really cool"

Said Joana who was slightly amazed by Hikita

"That's Hikichi!"

Everyone went back to their own rooms in the morning Hiki and the others gathered in the living room and Hiki told them about the night

"That's true! I said ghost too! You don't believe in Hiki!"

Lauriel said with her arrogant face because her guess this time was right, everyone gathered there, Max had recovered as well as Lauriel,they are ready to go to the top city to find the second mastermind of the genocide of Vera's hometown

"Well, from the beginning when Noelle forbade me to see her, I started believing in ghosts, but it wasn't certain until the trap Alvin set failed"

Said Hiki whose face looked fresher this morning, while Max was still moody and lethargic, Vera who saw it asked

"Max haven't you finished your game yet?"

"It's not like that.I managed to end it but..my favorite female character died and it made my heart ache, I cried last night because of that"

"Body is big and stocky but with the death of the characters weep"

Alvin mocked Max

"Originally you know! My favorite character is the heroine of the game! He did everything for the main character to achieve his goal! although both of them died, at least they managed to achieve their goals"

"But Hiki, why did Joana curse Ruby, and the curse is indeed in this world?"

Ask Lucia to Hiki

"Ruby and I are one, I mean Ruby's room is on the piercing that's in my arms"

Everyone who heard that was surprised, they thought that Ruby was far away from here but they were wrong

"My eyes are Ruby's eyes, he also helps me in fighting, if Ruby is not cursed, surely with the technology he has he can detect Joana quickly, he said,and as for the power of the umm curse, for example, the power of the weatherbender is in the possession after a person dies, I hear in such legends, or perhaps the power of him is actually a curse? I don't know"

They wait for Noelle and Joana to arrive, before long Joana and Noelle appear and go down the stairs to arrive at the guest room, this time Vera and the others can see Joana's form,Noelle was wearing a dress while Joana was wearing only ordinary clothes, as she went down the stairs Joana reached out her hand to help Joana not fall, arriving in the living room, everyone was stunned, as well as Vera,Vera was amazed by Noelle's beauty, her gaze could not shift from Noelle

"Well! Noelle is so beautiful!"

Praise Lauriel to Noelle

"You're right Noelle sanga is beautiful when wearing a dress"

Noelle blushed a little but she kept smiling

"Then you're leaving, right? it's a pity you're only staying for a little while"

"It will be a long time later Joana raged again huahahaha"

Lauriel said in a joking manner

"Where possible, I've been deterred against Hikita"

Joana walks in front of Hikita she bows her head once again as a sign of apology

"Please forgive me for everything I've done"

"Bless your head"

Hiki looked at Joana with her flat face, then she held Joana's right shoulder and looked at her seriously

"After we left, then only you were by Noelle's side, so I'm asking you to help protect her even if you have to risk your life"

"But I am dead so I have no life"

"It's true that Noelle is my friend, and she's your friend, just in case she doesn't get hurt?"

Joana nodded, then Noelle walked up beside Joana

"Hikichan, it's good to see you again, but you have to go, yes, I have something for you"

Noelle asks Joana for something and Joana gives her a packet of chocolate

"I-it's for you, it's my own, so sorry if it feels weird"

Noelle gave the chocolate away with a shy blush, Hiki took the chocolate and looked at Noelle

"Thank you, Noelle, you're always as good as ever"

"You never change either, it's always cold and sometimes you ignore me hmph,I have something for you too"

Noelle also gives chocolate to Vera, in contrast to the box-shaped, brown Hiki chocolate that Noella gives to the heart-shaped Vera

"Woahh??!!! A statement of love?!!"

"It seems you have a Vera fan"

Lauriel and Lucia

"It's gonna be a handsome guy.I'm when I get chocolate"

Said Max grumbling, Alvin holds Max's shoulder and he is also envious of Vera

"People like us can't get that moment.."

While Noelle had a very red face from blushing, she shook her head

"N-not like that! Y-you're wrong! That doesn't mean anything!"

"Ehh time anyway? The only time he's been given is Vera"

"That's ah!"

Everyone was laughing in the room except Hikita, Vera also blushed but she smiled at Noelle

"Thank you Noelle, I appreciate this, I hope we can meet again next time"

"Ah.iya.i hope so"

After that everything went silent until Hiki stretched her body and said

"Then, it's time to go to the top city"

"I have prepared a vehicle and access ticket there, Joana will deliver you"

"Thank you, Noelle"

After that they all left the mansion, they were escorted by Joana to the train station to go to the upper city, besides, Vera got Noelle's contact and now they have to focus on the next danger