Glistening Lantern (Gazellian Series #7)

Chapter 33

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Simula nang sandaling dumating si Caleb sa Fevia Attero, hindi ko akalain na ang lahat ng mga bagay na nararanasan ko ngayon ay mararanasan ko. Everything seems so impossible na minsan ay iniisip kong hanggang ngayon ay nasa loob pa rin ako ng isang mahabang panaginip.

I might be in this tight situation, but I would never wish to return to my previous life— nakakulong, walang sariling desisyon, walang kalayaan at kasiyahan.

Caleb's arrival into this world might have given me the biggest complication in my life, but it gave me its own version of light. Na kahit nasa ganitong klase ako ng sitwayon ay hindi ako nagsisising nahihirapan at lumalaban.

He told me that I was his light— the lantern that would always guide him. But he was wrong because Prince Caleb Lancelot Gazellian has been my brightest light since the moment his presence graced our clan's arena.

Akala ko ay habangbuhay na lang ikukubli ang sarili ko para sa kapakanan ng aking buong angkan, ngunit ang makita ko ang sarili kong lumalaban, hindi lang sa ibabaw ng lupa kundi sa ilalim ng tubig ay hindi man lang umabot sa aking imahinasyon noon pa man.

I thought someone's hair would dance beautifully just with the kiss of the wind, but as my whole body drifted slowly as the cold water suddenly felt like a lingering cloth on my skin, I could feel my long raven hair moving like dancing corals with bubbles ascending the surface.

It's too ironic for an Earth mage like me to feel like I was made to fight under the water, but maybe this is what they really called fate— that I am not meant to hide but to fight.

Sa bawat segundo ng pagbaba ng aking katawan, sa paglandas ng aking mga mata sa maliit na diwatang ngayon ay nakapiit at pilit kumakawala sa dragong katawan ni Howl, hindi ko maiwasang hindi maalala ang lahat ng pinagdaanan ko.

I might be in the middle of a fight right now, but I couldn't just hide the urging smile on my face.

This beautiful journey gave me love, power, destiny, and freedom. And I promise to write another version of history with the name, Callista, no, Anna Merliz Callista.

As I extended my hands toward the sea fairies they became more aggressive, desperate to escape. I knew that Howl would release them at any moment, and it was my turn to end this fight.

I haven't tried fighting underwater, Earth God knows what was my basic knowledge, but my body seems like it has its own mind, because the moment my body understood the situation, it was as if a different soul entered my whole body.

Ito na ba iyong kapangyarihang mayroon si Anastascia Callista? That she didn't just rely her promise to King Thaddeus, but also her power, strength and capability as an Earth Mage.

Nang sandaling higit kong pagliwanagin ang mga kamay ko, hindi ko alam kung bakit napansin ko rin ang saglit na pagliliwanag ng mahabang tangkay mula sa ilong na dragon ni Howl na tila nagulat sa kanyang nakita.

Was it because of the sea fairies? May ginawa ba sila para mawala sa konsentrasyon si Howl? Dahil hindi ko pa man tuluyang nararamdaman ang higit na daloy ng mana patungo sa mga kamay ko ay nakawala na ang mga diwata sa katawan ni Howl.