EIGHTWOON KINGDOM

Chapter 4

Finding Jezelsone

NARCISSUS

Ngayon nasa stable na kami at hiningi na namin kay Clariode at tsaka Dominiqueu yung mga kabayo namin. 

"What is taking them so long?" tanong bigla ni Genevieve at sumilip siya doon sa may stables, uh-oh, what is happening? Nakisilip din naman kami ni Zederaughn at mukhang nag-aaway yung dalawa.

CLARIODE

"Bro, we need our horses" sabi ni Zederaughn sa akin kaya sabay na kami pumunta ni Dom sa mga stables para hanapin yung mga kabayo nila. "Ugh, Clar?" tawag niya, "Wala kang karapatan upang tawagin yun sa akin, si Jouffines lang ang pwede" matigas na sagot ko, "Woah calm down, hindi ko naman alam na yun yung tawag niya sayo, okay? I'm sorry" sagot niya, I think not.

"Hindi, baka alam mo at ngayon magkahiwalay na kami ng trabaho ni Jou, inaabuso mo na ako" sagot ko sa kanya, "Hoy, ang judgmental mo, don't be like that, wala akong balak na sirain relasyon niyo, duh" sagot niya, "Oh please Dom, don't make me a fool, hindi ako naniniwala sayo" sagot ko pa sa kanya.

"Ang sinasabi mo ba na may gusto ako sayo? The heck no Clariode! Walang hiya, I would die first bago ako magkagusto sayo" sigaw niya sa akin at sa galit ko tinulak ko siya sa isang poste, umaray siya sa pagkatulak ko.

I don't care. I just care about Jouffines, and only her.

"Don't you dare touch me" sabi ko, "I'm not planning to" sagot niya, "And don't you dare touch Jouffines or else, I will kill you Dominiqueu, isumpa man ako ng Reyna, don't lay a finger on Jouffines" sagot ko, I am sure na may gusto sa akin si Dominiqueu. I am certain of it, dinedeny niya lang.

"Hey! Are you two fighting?" tanong ni Genevieve at tahimik lang kami ni Dom. "I should call Roux" Zederaughn suggested, "No, please! I will tell the truth" sabi ni Dom kaya napatingin na lang ako sa kanya. 

"It was all Clariode's fault, tinulak niya ako sa poste dahil lang kay Jouffines, I don't even like him! At wala akong plano saktan si Jouffines, she's a friend of mine, wala akong balak sirain relasyon nila, but he won't believe me" sagot ni Dom, ugh what the heck.

"Ugh boys, I hate them when they're in love" sagot ni Genevieve habang napairap. Oh what the heck, is it my fault? "Here's your horses" sagot ko at binigay sa kanila yung mga kabayo nila.

"Hey Clariode" tumingin ako at nakita nakangiti si Narcissus sa akin, "What?" tanong ko, "Wag mo masyadong seryosohin si Jou, marami ka pang makikilala, alahanin mo, hindi hanggang dulo ay kayo, pwede magbago si Jou" sagot niya at sumakay na sa kabayo niya.

Umalis na yung tatlo at naiwan kami ni Dom nakatayo dito sa mga stables.

"I'm sorry Dominiqueu" sagot ko habang tumingin sa kanya, "Yeah, it's okay, I guess it was all your emotions" ngiti niya sa akin at ginawa na namin yung paglilinis ng mga kabayo.

ZEDERAUGHN

"Province of Eig, I miss my town" sagot ko, dito kasi ako pinanganak, pinili ako nung Queen nang minsan bumisita ang pamilya ko sa mismong kingdom at nag-alay ng mga palay sa kanya. She saw favor in me at agad akong pinili.

"Si Jezelsone lang ba mag-isa pumunta dito?" tanong ni Genev, "Yeah, may pinagawang mission ang Reyna sa kanya, and oh" bigla kaming natahimik. "What is it?" tanong ni Genevieve, "It's all about your family, Zed" sagot ni Narcissus kaya kinabahan ako.

"MY FAMILY? What happened to them?!" sigaw ko, "Calm down Zederaughn, you must calm down" sagot ni Genevieve sa akin, "I still don't know and we are about to find out what it is" sagot ni Narcissus. What happened to them?

Naglakbay kami at naglakbay hanggang makarating kami sa Eig. Where is Jezelsone?

Bumaba kami sa mga kabayo namin at nagmasid-masid. Ang simoy talaga ng hangin at ang linis dito sa probinsya. 

"Let's separate, I will go North, Genevieve go East and Zederaughn, go West" sagot ni Narcissus, alam niya kasi kung saan yung location nung pamilya ko kaya sa West ako pinapunta. Sumakay uli ako sa kabayo ko at pumunta sa place na inatasan sa akin. Let's do this.

GENEVIEVE

Dali-dali akong pumunta sa East side ng Eig at marami akong nakita kababalaghan. What happened? Turn a peaceful place to a horrible one? I cannot. 

Bumaba ako sa kabayo ko at naghanap ng mga survivors. Who must have done this?

"You there!" tawag ko sa isang nagpapalay. Nagulat naman siya at nagtago, don't be scared please. "Excuse me? I don't want to hurt you but--" tinigilan niya ako, "LIAR! You will hurt us again! We are so sick of trusting people, what ever is the Queen doing to make this country peaceful again? NOTHING! I don't trust people anymore, no, not one! NEVER!" he shouted and ran off. What happened?

Nagmasid-masid pa ako nang may nakita akong katawan na nakahilata, agad kong tinakbuhan at nakita ko si Jezelsone. "JEZELSONE!" tawag ko, "Ah? Oh Genevieve!" he smiled. Is he drunk?

"What happened here? Why are you gone for 3 days? The Queen is worried sick for you" sabi ko, "She is?" tanong niya at tumango ako, "I've been hiding from the trees when an attack came, I was about to call for backup but sadly, I just fell on my head and don't remember what happened" he smiled goofy at me. What? He is drunk, "Let's get you home, Jezelsone" I said and tried to call Narcissus and Zederaughn.

"Home? No, my mission is not yet done" he said, "What is your mission, anyways?" tanong ko naman, "Finding Zederaughn's family" sagot niya, "Wait a minute, you said earlier that this province was attacked, by whom?" I asked.

"Some foreigners" he answered, "What do they looked like?" I asked, "Their eyes are small, their skin are pale, they speak a different language and they want to take over the land but I convinced them" sagot niya, he convinced them?! 

"How?" I asked, "I lied, of course, told them that the Queen is very brave and strong, at first they want to fight but I lied some more, of course, who wouldn't?" he answered, "Then wait, what happened to this field?" I asked, "Oh, they attacked the field and some innocent people, so the Queen would know that the foreigners left, it's a custom of a royalist" Jezel answered. 

He is speaking nonsense. Soon, he slept again and I waited for Narcissus and Zederaughn. Narcissus finally found Zederaughn's family that were hiding at the North side of Eig and they are now safe and we went back home.

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