Know Me

‎After returning the women in Lectis town, we immediately headed back to the academy.
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‎Meanwhile, the cave men are now in the hands of Lectis people, they insisted that they will be the one who'll send the men to the Lhinderia palace.
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‎The mission was completed successfully, but the thing Syle said still bothered me. He's the one who saw the marks while everyone was not in the mind to even see the thing.
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‎He's not only smart, he's also observant.
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‎My thoughts got cut out when someone waved a hand in front of my face, which snapped me back in reality.
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‎"Ziera? nakikinig ka ba sakin?" Flea asked after waving her hand. She's looking at me with her confused face.
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‎"Hmm" I blink and dart my eyes to the food I'm eating right now.
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‎Upon reaching the academy, Yula let us rest for the remaining time of the day. Pero kinabukasan lamang noon ay pinabalik na kami sa klase. That's why when the time clicks to 12, I found Flea in front of our classroom's door who's inviting me to join her in lunch. She said that she missed hanging out with me. I joined her, I didn't mind since I don't have anything to do in Class S.
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‎She sighed. "Sabi ko kanina, nag announce yung academy na magkakaroon daw ng annual festival dito noong nasa misyon pa kayo. That's why I'm asking you earlier kung may alam ka ba roon, pero kanina ka pa nakatulala. Ano bang problema?" she said her long statement l.
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‎"Nothing" I said and just focused my attention on the food.
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‎Hindi na sya nagtanong pa kaya nama'y natapos kami agad at bumalik na sya sa kanilang silid, ganoon din ang ginawa ko.
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‎While I'm walking towards the room, may naramdaman akong sumabay sa akin sa paglalakad.
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‎"Why didn't you join us earlier?" that was Kaelos. I didn't glance at him and just focused my sight on the way.
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‎"Flea invited me for lunch" I replied. i thought he would be satisfied with my answer, but he's not.
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‎"You know, you can just invite her to join us too" he stated.
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‎I don't want to "She doesn't want to" I lied. Well, she wants to have lunch with me and to have a talk. I guess it would be rude to invite her to another table when she offers one.
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‎Hindi naman umangal si Kaelos at sumabay nalang sa akin papasok sa silid. We were greeted by the whole Class S. Nakatayo sa unahan so Syle habang ang iba nama'y nakatutok sakanya na ngayo'y nasa amin na ang atensyon.
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‎Kaelos and I proceed in our own seats.
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‎Syle cleared his throat when he saw that we were already seated. "As I'm saying earlier, the principal told me that we won't get any mission as of now. But she's expecting us for the upcoming festival" he informed.
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‎Kaelos raised his hand. "Why us? the officials in this academy are the ones who are responsible for that" he raised his concern.
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‎"The officials have an important task in each Kingdom. While the principal is busy and she's expecting a letter from the higher ups right now" Syle explained.
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‎"Letter? a royal letter?" Thyril asked which made us look at him.
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‎"Yes. However, she did not tell us why the higher ups are going to send a letter" sagot naman ni Syle sakanya kaya tumanggo nalang sya.
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‎The letter might be important then.
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‎Pagkatapos ng pagpupulong ay dumating ni si Clauzen, kaya naman ay nagpatuloy na ang klase.
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‎Hours passed by and the night already fell. Tumungo kaagad kami sa mansyon nang matapos ang pagsasanay sa klase ni Clauzen. We already finished our dinner hours ago kaya naman ay nagpunta na kami sa kanya-kanyang silid.
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‎I'm currently at the balcony to have some fresh air. My body's not in the condition to sleep right now, that's why I'm here.
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‎Ilang minuto akong nag mumuni-muni nang may naaninag akong tao na  papalabas sa mansyon. I focused my eyes to have a sight with its face but I can't, malayo sya saakin at nakasuot ito ng balabal.
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‎I did not waste a second and followed that person. Kinuha ko ang aking balabal at sinuot ito.
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‎Tahimik ang buong bahay ng makababa ako, looks like they are asleep already.
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‎I teleported myself outside the mansion at agad ko naman nakita ang tao na hindi kalayuan sa akin. I got curious and continued to follow it until the person reached the gate of the academy.
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‎Huminto sya sa harap ng mga gwardya, parang kinakausap nya ang mga ito habang may pinapakita na kung anong bagay. Maya-maya pa ay nakita kong binuksan ng mga gwardya ang tarangkahan at kaagad namang lumabas ang tao.
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‎I can't let them see me that's why I teleported myself when the gate was open. Though, I made sure that I teleported myself a bit far from the person.
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‎Ilang sandali lamang nang nakita ko itong nagsimulang maglakad palayo. I did not hesitate and followed that person, hanggang sa makarating kami sa gubat.
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‎The person suddenly stopped and roamed its eyes around the area, kaya naman ay nagtago ako sa likod ng isang malaking puno.
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‎I waited for a minute and looked back at its spot. My forehead creased when I saw that the person was still there, It looks like it is expecting someone to be there.
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‎I teleported myself above the tree branches to get a better, hindi nya naman ako makikita dahil madilim sa parting ito.
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‎After a minute of observing the person, may naramdaman ako ibang presensya. I got alerted because I felt that they were a lot. Nakita ko namang bahagya ring naalerto ang tao sa kaniyang kinatatayuan.
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‎Ilang sandali lamang ay naramdaman kong lumapit sila. Napaatras naman ang tao nang makita ang mga nasilabasan mula sa them.
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‎It's Nyxorians, a lot of them.
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‎The person immediately summoned a staff. Now I know who the person is, it's Zylara.
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‎The Nyxorians saw what she did kaya naman ay nagsimula ang mga ito na lumapit sakanya para umataki.
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‎Zylara immediately fired them with water balls and blades from her staff. There are a lot of Nyxorians that's why I decided to summon my weapon when I saw that there are some in Zylara's back.
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‎I did not wait a moment, kaya agad kong hinagis ang isa sa aking espada papunta sa Nyxorian na nasa likod nya na aatake sana.
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‎I saw that the Nyxorian got hit that's why I teleported myself in the place. Nakita ko namang napalingon sa akin so Zylara habang gulat ang mukha.
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‎"H-Haziera? why are you here?" she asked. I did reply at her and just threw my remaining sword towards the Nyxorian who's about to stab her. Nilingon nya naman ito.
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‎I grabbed my other sword.
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‎"Fight first" I informed her which she nodded and continued to fight.
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‎We've been exchanging fights for minutes, pero hindi pa rin nauubos ang kalaban.
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‎"Ahh" napatingin naman ako sa bahagi ni Zylara nang dumaing ito. I saw that she's on her knees now while holding her right arm, mukhang natamaan. I immediately teleported myself when I saw that there were Nyxorians heading at her.
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‎"Get up and try to fight if you still can" I told her as I slashed my sword on one of the Nyxorian's bodies. Naramdaman ko namang tumayo sya ay nakipaglabang muli.
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‎Ilang sandali ay humupa na rin ang bilang ng kalaban hanggang sa wala nang dumating.
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‎I glanced at Zylara and saw that she was leaning her back at the tree's body. She's catching her breath while still holding her arm and her eyes are on her leg, may mga sugat sya roon.
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‎I was about to walk towards her when suddenly, I felt someone's presence at my back. I turned my body at my back but a stab in my abdomen greeted me. Agad ko namang ginalaw ang kamay ko at sinasak ko ito sa dibdib kaya naman ay namatay ito kaagad.
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‎Tunanggal ko ang punyal na nakasaksak sa akin at tinapon ito. I then turned myself to Zylara's spot and walked towards her.
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‎"Can you walk?" I asked. Tumanggo naman ito.
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‎"Uhm yes. Huwag mo na akong tulungan" she said which I nodded too.
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‎Dahan-dahan naman syang tumayo at nagsimulang maglakad pagbalik sa akademya. She looks like she's struggling a bit but she just continued and didn't ask for help. I sighed and followed her until we reached the academy's gate.
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‎The guards immediately opened the gate and let us in. Nakita ko pang bahagya silang napasulyap sa akin pero agad namang umiwas ng tingin at inalalayan na lamang si Zylara.
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‎"Guide her to the clinic" I said and they nodded. Then head my way towards the mansion.
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‎Nakita ko pa ang buong Class S na kakagaling lang sa mansyon na ngayon ay patungo sa akin.
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‎"What happened?" bungad ni Thyril.
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‎"Go to Zylara in the clinic. We fought with Nyxorians earlier and she was wounded" I informed.
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‎"Are you okay?" he asked again and I nodded in response. He felt satisfied with my nod and immediately ran his way towards the clinic. Sumunod naman silang lahat. Nakita ko pang napatingin ng bahagya si Syle sa akin bago sumunod.
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‎Nang makapasok sa mansyon ay napagpasyahan kong tumungo sa punong lagi kong pinuntahan. I was walking but suddenly stopped when I felt a wave of pain in my abdomen.
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‎Right, I got stabbed there.
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‎I glanced at my abdomen and saw that my blood was dripping. Bigla akong mahilo hanggang sa natagpuan ko nalang ang sarili na natumba sa lupa habang dumidilim ang paningin.
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‎But before I completely lost consciousness, I heard a voice that shouted my name.
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‎"Haziera!"
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