Chapter 452: A frightened and desperate woman
"Felicia?" Arabel's mood, already spoiled by the unexpected call, became even worse when she heard the name of this fox. "What is she doing here?"
"I don't know," Idan replied. "The employee who called said that Felicia first found out from them where we were staying, and then, without listening to their requests, went straight here to us."
"Hmm!" Arabel snorted with displeasure, expressing her dissatisfaction with the work of the hotel staff, who let anyone through.
"Well, let's get ready to meet our guest and find out what she wants," Idan said, putting on the Ghost mask and activating his bracelet. This time he appeared in leather boots, black trousers and a white shirt with an unbuttoned collar.
Arabel followed suit, also wearing a Ghost mask and activating her bracelet. Her look was complemented by long-laced boots, tight black trousers and a black fitted shirt.
Soon, there was a knock on their room door.
"Dan, wait here in the living room," Arabel said. "I'll meet her myself."
Idan, seeing how determined and unyielding Arabel's gaze was, realized that she would not accept other answers. He nodded and calmly sat down on the sofa, simultaneously deactivating the Sphere of Secret Concealment and putting it into his spatial ring.
Arabel went to greet the unwanted guest, and Coco, wagging her tail, followed her.
As Arabel walked slowly towards the door, the knocking became more and more insistent.
"Who is it so early?" — Hailey looked out of her room, her hair in disarray and her eyes squinting sleepily. Suddenly, her nostrils flared, catching a pleasant scent.
"Your guild leader has come," Idan replied calmly, considering that Hailey has not yet officially left the Red Fox Guild.
"Felicia?" asked Hailey.
"Yes, that's her," Idan confirmed, and Hailey hurriedly disappeared through the door, slamming it shut.
Arabel went to the door, opened it, and when she saw who was standing behind her, she froze in place.
"Eh? What the hell!" she exclaimed, startled by Felicia's appearance.
Instead of a confident beauty with long red hair and matching eyes, with a curvy figure and a flirtatious smile, there was an emaciated woman standing in front of her.
Her hair was in disarray and looked damaged, and some of it had turned gray. Her eyes were red, as if she was out of her mind, and there were blue bags under her eyes. When the door opened, she trembled and jumped, meeting Arabel's serious gaze like a frightened cat.
After seeing Felicia's deplorable condition, Arabel involuntarily returned to her usual state. Her irritation and discontent seemed to have disappeared.
"What… What have you done to me?" came a trembling accusatory question from Felicia's mouth. She did not dare to look up at Arabel, her body was trembling, and her gaze was lowered.
"What curse have you put on me?" she continued.
"Why would you do that? What for? Why?"
"Why is that? Aaah… Those eyes… Those eyes again..."
"What are you talking about, woman?" Arabel asked a counter question, wondering why Felicia was accusing them of something they hadn't done and at the same time saying something stupid.
At that moment, Coco appeared behind Arabel. She peeked out from behind Arabel's leg and saw Felicia. Her eyes sparkled, and a smile appeared on her face.
Felicia, who had started muttering something, suddenly felt something and abruptly raised her head. Her gaze met with two small eyes that had been bothering her since yesterday.
They were everywhere she went, never letting her forget about them for a second. But the most terrible thing was that every time she tried to look into those eyes, everything inside her seemed to mix and twist, and her condition became worse and worse.
She turned to several people she trusted for help, but none of them could help, nor did they understand what the problem really was.
Even Felicia's own system was at a loss. Although it had some suspicions, it denied the possibility. The System stated that if this was true, then its Host would be the most unfortunate choice of all the possible ones that it made.
After spending a sleepless night in agony, Felicia came looking for the couple she was having these problems with. She wanted to ask them for forgiveness and get rid of this scourge.
Felicia was on the verge of despair.
And so, when she saw those eyes again, something inside her snapped. Rolling her eyes, as if she had cut the invisible threads that held her, she collapsed to the floor in front of the astonished Arabel.
"What the..." Arabel muttered, unable to understand what was going on.
"What's going on with this woman?" she asked, looking at the unconscious Felicia. Looking up, she noticed several other hotel guests, who, having opened the doors, were curiously watching what was happening.
Arabel asked, and they all slammed the doors at the same time, fearing that she might do something wrong to them, as she had already done to Felicia.
When she saw Arabel, she nodded with satisfaction and turned her gaze back to Felicia.
"Hey!" — Arabel called out, assuming Felicia was faking it.
As she got closer, she even kicked her lightly a couple of times, but she didn't get any reaction.
While Arabel was trying to figure out what was going on with this woman, she heard a familiar raspy laugh.
Turning her head and looking down, she saw Coco, who was bursting into laughter, looking at Felicia.
When Arabel saw Coco laughing, she remembered yesterday and how Felicia's behavior had suddenly changed. It happened just before Coco returned from scouting.
"Is this your doing?" she asked bluntly. Coco stopped laughing, looked at her, and tilted her head to the side, as if asking: "What are you talking about?"
Arabel did not believe this cunning fox and began to suspect that it was the work of this little rascal.
Sighing, Arabel used the element of darkness and, manipulating her hair, which had changed from purple to black, tied Felicia up and, lifting her slightly, dragged her along.
Coco followed her with a sly and joyful smile.
Arabel entered the living room and dropped Felicia to the floor with a thud.
"Felicia!" exclaimed Hailey, who was already in the living room, dressed, and waiting for Arabel to return.
Idan didn't get up, just glanced at Felicia and then at Arabel.
"Would you believe me if I said I didn't do anything and she fainted on her own?" asked Arabel with an awkward smile.