Elysian Tale: Flare of Frost

Kabanata 32

Kabanata 32.

Yael

"Are you hungry again?" I slightly shook my head as I watch my own reflection in the lake. Yeah, I'm on my tiger form.

Nakahiga lang ako sa lupa habang ang ulo ko'y nakadungaw sa lawa. He's right beside me, gently patting my head. Paglinga ko sa kaniya'y nakatingin lang din siya sa sariling repleksyon niya sa tubig at mukhang may malalim itong iniisip.

"What shall I do now?" I heard him whispered. Pinikit ko na lang ang mata ko't nagkunyaring tulog. I rested my chin in my left paw.

"Maybe I never should've let her enter the Institute," he continued.

Even if you wouldn't, she's meant to be there.

"Now everything's all messed up." he murmured. Tumigil siya sa paghimas ng ulo ko't pumulot ng bato saka ito inihagis sa gitna ng lawa.

"The queen is digging her own grave. The king is asking for his death. The whole Elysian Empire is welcoming their end." Beyod his metamorphic statement, I know what he exactly mean by that.

Soon, the truth will sprang free, but no one's gonna be freed by it.

"She reminds me of her dear ol' mother. She's my sister-in-law's sister, and the moment I saw her, I admired her, and loved her perhaps?" I felt him dip his feet in the water as he played along with it.

"We get along well with each other, and I expected, I assumed, but all the care, the love she had for me was just because we're friends," Kahit sabihin man na sinasaysay niya lang ang nangyayari noon ay mababanaag pa rin sa tono ng boses niya na may halo itong pait at sakit.

"Until she met that man. The man she fell in love with. He's the ruler of Lost Continent, the continent located somewhere where no man of a naked eye can see," Naimulat ko ang mata ko sa sinabi niya. Napatingin ako sa repleksyon niya sa tubig at nakita kong lutang pa rin siya.

I was right, he know something about it. He know something about the Lost Continent. The place where I used to live. The place where I was born. My homeland they destroyed.

"He was a very powerful mage, not an A Class, not an S Class, but a Z Class mage. His unlimited power possessed a huge threat for each continent..."

"That's why they used Faxara to infiltrate the Lost Continent. She had no clue she was being used. The night when she was about to tell him she's pregnant, is the night when the four tribe's strongest Class S Mage fought with him. They never stand a chance, and they died in a single attack. That's how powerful he is."

Wala sa sarili akong napangisi. Anyone won't stand a chance against him, aside from her of course.

"So they gathered the greatest witches and warlocks in each continent. Takot silang masakop, kaya kung kinakailangan sila ang unang sumakop ay gagawin nila. They used Faxara as a bait. They threatened him to open the barrier that serves as their protective shield against our naked eyes, or his beloved and child dies," I release my claws as it dug on the ground. Pinakalma ko ang sarili ko bago pa ako mawala sa kontrol.

"He opened it, and battalion of soldiers wrecked everything. They raised waves and storms, they burned everything. Witches and Warlocks cast a curse upon him, and just as  it was about to hit him, Faxara shielded him..."

"I rescued her, I sent her back to the palace. But our eyes met, and he was furious. Darkness swallowed him and his shadow took over him. He killed them all, but he left a single man to tell a tale. He left a message saying he'll take everything that we have, just like how we took everything from him," He said in a low voice.