Last Life
For the Next Step

Hearing the sound of footsteps of someone heading this way to my room, Noel decided to hide under the bed. I don't know what the purpose of hiding was I don't know, it looks like there's something she wants to make sure of.

"I want to hide first, you help me keep a secret!" she said in a small voice, then I responded with a nod and then she walked into the narrow space under the bed.

"Alright, maybe you're wondering what he's going to talk to me about" I whispered as Noel went into hiding. Actually I guess the purpose of his arrival, he's the one who's headed here.

The door of this room was closed but not locked at all so anyone could enter when I was fast asleep. There's a reason why I didn't lock it. Yep. Did he understand to knock on the door first before entering. But there's another reason besides that.

Geck! poke! poke!

"Anita, are you asleep yet? I want to talk to you about something?" his voice sounded like Kino's voice wanting to make sure I was inside.

"I haven't slept yet, you're in Kino."

"Yes, I'm in."

Kino went inside, and then he sat on my bed.

"What are you talking about?" ask me to start a conversation that might be added again by Kino later. While I faced him sitting cross-legged even though I was wearing minimal clothes.

"I want to talk about a plan to fight the king and stop the war that is about to happen. I see in the future if we won't win against the king and his protectors, it's because there's another traitor among us!"

Kino's words just made me more interested in finding out who the traitor was, although it was not certain if the words spoken were true.

"In alternate times I found out the traitor was Nie, what did he mean by you?"

"No. What I mean is like at the beginning, there is another traitor among us, just my speculation, because my view in the future leads to the moment of defeat our team lost. Can you guess who she is, Anita?"

"You're right, it means there's another traitor running around free pretending to behave. Umm I'm curly same as Willy."

"Willy, why do you think that?"

"I suspect him because he is a sadistic person who can at any time decide the will as he pleases, for example his betrayal is motivated by the choice of someone who threatens him for a reason."

"Why?" I'm confused to see Kino now.

Kino showed her smile when I finished talking about my opinion on who the traitor was.

"Your answer matches my vision of the future" said Kino who finally told.

"I think my opinion of Willy has a point. While with him I continued to observe his nature and other things about him."

"Keep Willy doing what betrayal can make our team lose? The team you're referring to might be Yanwu, Noel, Willy, Nie, Geisha, Kwen, the cold-tempered man, and the others right?" my question was to make sure, it was possible that Kino knew about them through a vision of the future.

"Our team is a lot, I can confirm. I remember his faces too. For Willy himself the reason for his betrayal still can't be ascertained, maybe as said by you, yes, maybe."

"Plan? You said you wanted to talk about that?" my question replaces the topic of Willy's previous betrayal.

"Yes, I want to convey my plan. So, the plan requires us to attack the kingdom in a disguise, which is definitely with the people you mentioned earlier!"

"This is your plan?" ask me to make sure again about the plan described by Kino, fearing that I misinterpreted. And I think the plan is less promising.

"Ah yes, I know who he is."

"Huh.huh thank goodness if there is, our plan in the future may be helped by him."

The person I was referring to was Hiyou, the master planner and unpredictable tactician in my opinion, he was quite reliable as the brain of the plan.

He's a friend and friend of mine who has a hard way of thinking to guess, even if you can guess it, unlike what happens to the reality that has been predicted.

Unfortunately he was not seen again after parting ways in the forest while we were in the territory of an incapable human.

Even I at that time I had suspected that he was committing treason, but until now I could not be sure. There was no evidence or history of it after we separated.

He is like a person who is difficult to find or find in crowded cities.

The only problem is that I do not know him any further, even though I have met him and his colleagues at that time in the house.

"Who is he, by the way? What has great ability and is smart-minded?" kino asked me to find out about the person I haven't mentioned yet.

"He was like a leader in a group of four, but it was uncertain whether he was the chairman. Name Hiyou. His ability if not wrong can eliminate themselves and others and objects that have been determined.

"When the ability is not too great too, but make the intrusion of his ability reliable, even suitable," said Kino.

"Hm, that's right Kino. What makes me able to enter the territory of the human race without abilities is none other than the idea and combination of his abilities, the same one more person anyway..."

During the infiltration of that time they both worked together in combining abilities, Hiyou with her self-destruct ability that channeled it to me and Kwen, and Kwen himself with the ability to change something into a large size.

I also remember when the intrusion plan did not go smoothly due to Nie making a sound when entering the infiltration area, which made it must be detected by the navigation system.

"Yes, we'll talk again in the morning. It just so happens that tomorrow morning I'm going to take you somewhere!"

"Yes, tomorrow. I'm going to sleep, I'm sleepy hoemmm,"

After Kino left my room I just remembered that under my bed Noel was hiding. Because of that conversation I forgot about him.

I checked under the bed to tell him to come out, but apparently he was asleep when I checked.

"Is it because it feels so comfortable that it puts Noel to sleep?"

"Noel.." I whispered as I woke him up as I touched his cheek with my finger repeatedly. But he didn't wake up at all.

In the end I dragged Noel from under the bed, although this was very troublesome and draining because he was quite difficult for me to pull out from under the bed.

I just feel sorry for her that sleeping under the floor could make her sick after waking up.

"Eeeh..."

"Huh... It was heavy Noel. Is he fainting maybe?

After successfully pulling it out I immediately carried it to bed and covered it and checked it up close.