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"Aren't you going to buy your lunch, Hecate?" Ike asked, who is now going to the canteen. "You can go with me, if you want."

Hecate stared at Ike. She looked at Yuji, sitting beside Shana.

"Well, I guess, it's not my problem now." Ike said, walking away.

"Ike-kun." Kazumi called softly. She is reaching for something inside her bag.

Ike stopped on his tracks. He turned his head to Kazumi.

"Ike-kun?????" Ogata said with a wavy intonation of voice. "When did they become this close?" She murmured to the rest of the gang. Keizaku just raised his shoulders, showing sign of having no idea.

Kazumi finally took out a lunch box covered with a pink of handkerchief from her bag. "I already made one for you."

Ike blushed. He walk back towards Kazumi, and took away from Kazumi's hand the lunch she is offering. "Thanks, Kazumi-chan."

"Kazumi-chan?!" Everyone exclaimed in low voice, except for Shana. "What happened between these two?" Ogata asked in surprised.

As usual, everyone seated around the two combined tables to fit the gang. Yuji then notices Hecate, who is sitting silently in her chair.

"Hecate-san?" He asked politely. Even she is a foe, he still need to respect her as they classmate. She is a part of this class this time. "Aren't you going to eat?"

"I'm waiting for my lunch." She answered softly, looking straight to the blackboard.

Yuji then remembers Konoe Fumina's personality. The one who waits for everything to be done without doing it by her own. But now, she isn't innocent anymore, after taking away the emotions and memories of the vessel, Konoe Fumina. "Hecate-san…. Don't you remember what Konoe had learned from the past?" Yuji felt a little bit sorry, or maybe just guilty. Why he must feel these feelings even it is him who was victimed.

Hecate stared at him.

"Neh, do you know him?" Ike aked Yuji, pointing someone by his eyes.

Yuji turned his head to whom Ike is pointing. He was surprised. Shana too, stood hastily from her chair. "What are you doing here?!"

Sydonay smiled at her. Then proceeded to Hecate. "Sorry for being late, Milady. Here's the food we prepared for you."

"Do you know her Shana?" Ogata asked.

Yuji, Keizaku and Eita looked at each other. They were atonished.

"Hey!I'm asking you!" Shana yelled. She is going to cast a Fuzetsu.

"Don't bother to cast it." Sydonay faced Shana. "I'm no foe, for today. I'm Hecate's butler." Then he turned to Hecate. "Why did you wished to be with these rude classmates of yours?"

The gang gritted their teeth. Keizaku is going to blurt out fierceness but Kazumi stopped him. She shook her head, much to Keizaku dismay. He just sat again.

"Sydonay, stop acting rude…" Hecate said softly, while looking at the newly arrived lunch on her lap.

"Forgive me, my lady." He said bowing his head. Then he faced the gang. "My apologies." He bowed. What job I'm doing? This is crazy.

"You will be Hecate's slave." Bel Peol told Sydonay.

"Slave?" He raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"You'll act as her goodie butler."

"What for?" Sydonay asked. "We can make a butler, just like we did before."

"Oh my dear Sydonay," She said naughtily. "Hecate will be going to the teritory of Falmehazes. She won't using any vessel as her representative, so we need to be careful. We can't afford to lose Hecate, right?"

He sigh……

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"I see." Wilhelmina said. "So we have another tomogara hanging here in your school."

"Yes." Yuji replied.

The three stood at the school gate. Students are happily taking their way out of the campus, either going to hang-out with their friends or going strait home, or lots of different activities they are going to do.

"Stop the tantrums, Shana. You are no kid anymore." Wilhelmina told Shana.

"Yeah, I'm no kid. That's why you don't need to wait for me during the end of the class. And I'm not having tantrums." Shana said.

"We should tell the Interpreter of Condolence." Alastor said.

"Shall we go now to Keizaku's house?" Yuji asked.

"You don't need to go. I'll be the one going to tell this to her." Wilhelmina then stopped and bowed. "I'll be going ahead of you." Then she went ahead.

Yuji bowed too. He then looked at Shana. "She's not around now so stop having tantrums."

"I'M NOT HAVING TANTRUMS!!!" Shana exclaimed.

Students passing by looked at Shana. In exchange, Shana glared at each one of them, scaring all of them and hurriedly passed her.

"Alright..alright." Yuji said smiling.

And just by that moment, Yuji felt the presence and suddenly, everything turned to crimson red. Everyone stopped at their tracks.

"Got you." Shana said, smiling.

Yuji turned his eyes and a male student in the midst of the lifeless-looking students caught his attention. He is standing there, his back on them. He remembered the student he saw few days ago.

The young man laughed. "Nice job," then he faced Yuji and Shana. A smiling, handsome face with intimidating red-eyes showed. "Flame-haired, red-hot eyed hunter."

"Tell us your name." Alastor commanded.

"Oh, the….uhm… the shining pendant of yours." He said, looking at Alastor's necklace form. "I never thought it could talk."

Shining pendant?! That was weird…. Calling the famous Alastor by that..? Is he joking? Yuji thought. Could it be….

"Shining pendant?" Alastor said.

"Hmph…Calling Alastor like that. Are you just some kind of an idiot or what?" Shana said.

"Shana." Yuji called. "His presence is different from the others, right?"

"Yes, he is." Shana replied. Yuji is right. He is different from others.

"Could it be he isn't a tomogara?" Yuji said, but saw Shana's expression seems confused or not convince.

"What are you talking about, Mystes?" Alastor asked.

It made him to explain further. "Look, if he is a Tomogara, he have known who is Alastor. But he called Alastor in the way he can describe him." He continued. "And his presence is not like the other Tomogaras must have,…if he is tomogara, then why his presence suddenly disappears? He can hide his presence from us."

"He is no Tomogara?" Shana asked Alastor. "Can that be possible?"

"He can be a mystes."Alastor replied.

"But mystes doesn't have any presence. It just shows up when you got it on the Fuzetsu." Yuji said.

"Alright, alright…" The young man interrupted. "This is getting boring. I'm losing my scene here." He shrugged his head. "I don't know what you're talking about, Tomogaras, Alastor, presence , mystes and whatsoever words that made me out of place."

"You are not a Tomogara?" Yuji asked.

"I said I don't know what Tomogara is." He replied, still having his coolness. "Stop accusing me for being that so-called Tomogara."

"You are not a Mystes?"

"I said, I don't know what are you talking about, right?"

"Then who are you, idiot?" Shana asked.

" Idiot? What a rude word of yours… But things first." He said smiling. "Well, I'm…"

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