Meeting

Nakabalik na sila sa Academy galing sa mission noong nakaraang linggo pa. Ngunit hindi pa rin mawala sa isip ni March ang lalaki na nahuli nila. The tattoo, the man, and her aunt. Tila konektado ang mga iyon. Kung ganoon maaaring may alam ang auntie niya tungkol sa Mania. Sa ina kaya niya? May alam ba ang auntie niya? Nasaan na kaya ang mama niya?

Bumaba nalang siya at tumuloy papasok sa classroom nila. Ngunit bago siya maka diretso ay may humarang sakan'ya sa hallway.

"Oh, sorry for that, Miss." Nakangising paghingi ng pasensya ng lalaking humarang sakan'ya. His hair is shaded with blue, katulad ng buhok no'ng babaeng owner ng nagmamay-ari nong lugar doon sa mortal world na puno ng mga iba't-ibang paintings at pinangalanan na Mania World.

"Yes, she's my mom. The owner of that place, I am Gaius Veronico Enriquez, Viena Enriquez son." Napamura si March sa isipan niya. Nababasa ba nito ang iniisip niya? "Yes, nababasa ko."

"Tantanan mo ang isip ko, pashnea." March narrowed her gaze to Gai. Natawa nalang ang binata.

"Mukha ba akong hayop?" Nakangising tanong ng binata. Nanlaki ang mata ni March dahil alam nito ang kahulugan ng sinabi niya.

"Hindi lang kamukha, kahawig na kahawig mo." now it's her who smirk. "Sayang, hindi ka sumali sa audition no'n, pasok ka sana." Pabirong aniya ni March.

"I like your humor," nakangising aniya.

"Well, I don't like you." Prankang sagot niya, dahilan para matawa mg mahina si Gai.

"Savage," naisambit nalang nito. "I see on your pin that you're an Aragons. Hinahanap ko kasi si Saint, alam mo ba kung saan siya ngayon?"

Biglang napairap si March ng marinig ang pangalan ng lalaki.

"Kita mo naman na hindi ko kasama," sagot nito. "Dahil nandito ka lang rin naman, hanapin mo nalang."

Agad na napaawang ang bibig ni Gai sa sinagot niya.

"Miss, I need to find him, we still have a meeting. He's not in your league either." Seryosong sambit ni Gai. Nasapo niya ang kan'yang noo sa kakulitan ng lalaking ito.

"Sorry, I can't help you finding him, I still have a class to attend, Mr. Enriquez." Tsaka niya nilagpasan si Gai at dumiretso na sa paglalakad. Narating niya ang classroom ngunit wala ni isang estudyante ang nandoon. Maliban nalang sa professor nila na nakaupo sa upuan nito.

"Good morning, Miss Valiente, we have no class this morning, it will be move in the afternoon." A confusing looked can be saw on her face, but she just nod and bid her goodbye to the professor.

Paglabas niya doon ay naningkit ang mga mata niya ng wala siyang makita ni isang estudyante na naglalakad sa corridor. Dumiretso nalang siya at babalik na sana siya sa league ng makita niya ang mga estudyanteng nagkukumpulan. Siya na walang balak makiusisa ay nakinig nalang sa mga bulungan ng mgs estudyante. Bulong pa ba ang mga iyon? Eh rinig na rinig eh.

"Nandito ang mga masters' sa iba't-ibang Academy. I even saw the prince of Avelon, he's one of the master's from the league on AA."

"Oh, that cold prince. Kahit gano'n, ang suplado niya ang gwapo pa rin."

"Grabe ang tindig ni prince Regan."

"He's Kiel, ayaw niyang magpatawag niyan di ba? Pag ikaw napugutan ng ulo."

"Kaso wala daw ang league master ng Aventurine."

"Baka nakalimutan niyo, nandito din ang prinsipe ng Laverna."

"Ma'am Elizabeth son is here too."

Tuluyan ng napakunot ang noo niya sa kaniyang mga narinig. Masyado siyang kuryuso sa mga masters' ng iba't-ibang league na galing sa iba't-ibang Academy. Kaya imbis na ayaw niyang makiusisa ay nagkunwari siyang dadaan doon para makarinig pa. Pero bago siya makapagpatuloy sa pgalalakad ay lahat ng mga mata ng mga estudyante ay natigil sakan'ya. At agad silang nagsiyukuan.

Why she's gaining their attention? She can't remember making a scandal in this school so far.

"Tabi," natuop siya sa kinakatayuan niya ng marinig ang malamig na boses na iyon. It sounds full of authority, mapipilitan ka talagang sumunod.

Ngunit ibahin niyo si March, dahil nakuha niya pang titigan sa mata ang prinsipe na ubod ng kasungitan kahit tingin palang. He's a very handsome creation sent from above, but his eyes speaks nothing. No emotion at all. She smirk.

"Malaki ang daan, doon ka," sambit niya. Nanatiling walang emosyon ang mga mata ng lalaki at tila ba wala itong paki-alam.

"Give way, or you'll ended up seeing yourself drowning on your own blood." The prince whispered. It doesn't sounds like a threat but a warning.

Instead of feeling struck. She smiled, a different smile.

"Drown me then, but I'll make sure you're with me, drowning on your own blood too," bulong ni March at ngumisi pa talaga. "Isasama kita sa hukay, prinsipe ng mga yelo." Seryosong saad niya, ngunit sa kan'yang isipan ay kanina pa siya natatawa.

Dealing with this cold prince isn't that bad though.

"What a dauntless woman," Gaius whispered.

"Ang lakas niya ah, nakuha niya pang titigan at kausapin si prinsipe Kiel."

"The audacity of this woman."

"Who did she think she is?"

Biglang nakaramdam si March na para siyang sinasaksak at unti-unti niyang nalalasahan ang sariling dugo sa bibig niya. Ay gago, tinotoo ba ng prinsipeng ito ang sinabi niya? Ilang beses ba siya kailangang muntikan ng mamatay sa mundong ito? Oo muntikan lang. Sana ngayon muntikan lang din ito.

Walang hiyang prinsipe, mauubusan pa ata ako ng dugo dahil sakanya.

Someone lend her a hand to help her balanced herself. Muntikan na sana siyang mapaluhod kung hindi lang siya nahawakan ng binata. Kung pagmamasdan ang uniporme niya ay taga Laverna ito.

"So you're an Aragons." Hindi niya pinansin ang sinabi ng lalaking tumulong sakan'ya. Total halata naman talaga na Aragons siya dahil sa golden pin na suot niya.

Ang kaninang nanghihinang si March ay biglang sumilay ang kakaibang ngiti sa labi.

"Nagkakamali ka ng binangga, prinsipe ng mga yelo." Bulong niya. Dahilan para mapatingin ang lalaking nakahawak sakan'ya.

She closed her eyes for a second and when she opened it. She darted her look to the cold hearted prince. She touches her necklace and spoke.

"Let the time be repeated, for he shall feel what he did."

Agad na natigil ang prinsipe sa paglalakad at nakuha pa nitong lumingon kay March. Ngumisi siya sa prinsipe. How does it feel that your power used agaisnt you? Mas lalong dumami ang mga taong nakatingin sakanila ngayon kumpara kanina. Bumitaw si March sa pagkakahawak ng lalaking tumulong sakan'ya at dumiretso na sa paglalakad. She stopped near the prince who's eyeing her coldly, his eyes remained emotionless. Yet, she can notice that the prince was feeling an internal pain inside.

"Before you make an act, better think who's you gonna mess with, your highness." She even emphasize the word your highness to jest the prince of Avelon.

Nagpatuloy na siya sa paglalakad since tapos na ang show niya. Biglang humawi ang daan at akala niya ay siya ang binibigyan ng daan ngunit may nakita siyang isang pigura ng babae. She's one of the professors' here. Their gaze lock into each other. While looking into her professor eyes, she felt like she's was hypnotized by it. Images  flashes through her mind, those time where her father left, how she struggled living together with her wicked aunt.

Agad niyang nilihis ang mga tingin niya sa mata ng gurong dumaan. Nakita niya pa ang pagdaan ng sakit sa mga mata ng professor. Tila ba nagbibigay ito ng simpatya sakan'ya. Nilingon nang guro ang mga estudyanteng nangmula sa iba't-ibang academya.

"Welcome to Harvena Academy, league masters," pagbati ng guro, "please do follow me."

Agad na sumunod ang lalaking tumulong sakan'ya kanina. Habang ang prinsipe naman ay nauna na sakanila na para bang alam na niya kung saan ang pupuntahan nilang mga league masters.

Pagkaalis ng pagkaalis nila, ay umalis na din si March at bumalik sa league nila. Dahil tinatamad na rin siyang maglakad nag teleport nalang siya pabalik doon para mas madali. Plano niyang magpahinga dahil wala naman silang pasok ngayong umaga. Pero hindi pa siya nakakahiga sa kama niya ay may kumatok na sa pintuan ng kwarto niya.

She hissed due to frustration. She went to the door and opened it. Bumungad ang mukha ni Saint pagkabukas niya. Kakatapos lang maligo nito dahil basa pa ang buhok niya. He's wearing a white v-neck shirt and maong pants. Para bang hindi ito isang estudyante dahil sa suot na damit nito.

"We need to attend a meeting," sambit ni Saint. "I love the scene I watch lately. Kiel face was epic."

Ay wow, nandoon pala siya naki chismis hindi man lang ako tinulungan.

She immediately made a conclusion in her mind why there's no class. So a meeting huh.

"Pupunta ka sa meeting nang hindi naka uniporme?" Tanong ni March. In a snap of his finger his clothes was change into a uniform. He's wearing the uniform of a master.

Ay may gano'n?

"Who taught you that?" Na iintrigang tanong ni March.

"A help from a faceless queen to do stuff efficient and better." She then remembered badmouthing the rulers' when she met Reese. She think they only cares about nobility here, that they don't value the people living in their realm.

Ang reyna na nakausap niya sa Harvena, ay ang reynang pinili na hindi magpakilala at manatiling tahimik. Pagkatapos ng dalawang dekadang pagtatago at pananahimik. Pinili na niyang humarap sa nasasakupan niya. Aminin man ni March o hindi, kahit hindi pa nagpakita ang reyna na iyon. She can say that faceless queen ruled her realm well. Even she only had herself without a king on his side.

Asher on other hand, the husband of the queen, prefer to be a headmaster and a simple netizen in Harvena. He can't be a king of Ordus too, he don't have any blood of an Ordus, but in a simple order of her, he can be, but he prefer not to.

Saint grabbed her and they teleported to the meeting room. People eyes were locked on them. Saint were holding his wrist, the league master of Canon from  Herdier Academy, Gaius Veronico Enriquez shook his head with a grimace formed on his lips. What a beautiful scenery for a meeting to get started. March eyes were roaming around, the Aragons are here and the league masters' from different academies. The headmaster and headmistress of Harvena were inside in this meeting room too.

Tumikhim ang headmaster nila, napatingin silang lahat dito. Seryoso ang mukha nito, pero hindi nila mawari kung ano ang tumatakbo sa isipan ng headmaster na ito. No one dared to read what's runing  inside his mind. If you dare, then before you can do it, he knew it already. Wala kang matatago kay Asher. A master of mind, indeed.

"We'll start since we're all here," panimula ni Sir Asher. "It started from your mission league masters' and unknowingly passed down to Aragons." His face were dead serious.

"Your last mission league masters' was to spy on that abandoned house. Last time, some of you lost your power for an hour and you saw an experimental kits that can only be found in mortal world," he pasued for a while, "for Aragons  they rescued a kids on that abandoned house supposed to be tested for something. They caught a man there but this man died yesterday, he cut his tongue to prevent from speaking. The last words he said was 'I am a scientist ordered by people you'll soon to meet, but we oath not to speak something once we get caught, we rather choose to die and cut our tongues for it is ordered to us.'" Naningkit ang mga mata ni March sa sinaad ng headmaster.

"Sir, isn't that abandoned house supposed to vanished after Big Shot died, if I'm not mistaken it was used on a war too to stop our power," Sambit ng babae na nagmula sa Ordus based sa uniporme nito. "The guardian take him down already, how come that abandoned house is standing still? Or maybe there's someone higher than Big Shot." Nakatitig lamang si March sa babaeng nagsalita at ang lahat ng sinabi nito, may punto. She was amused by her deducitons.

"The smartest master had spoke already," nakangising bulong ni Gai.

"Who the hell would make an havoc in this world guard by a guardian and saved by great nine? He/she or maybe they." The prince of Avelon says while his face remained the same, no emotion can see on it.

"An antagonist trying to hide behind the shadows huh." It was the man who help her lately speak.

"That man, he had a tattoo hasped in his left neck. A punch tattoo." Sambit ng league master nina March.

Saglit silang natigil ng may pumapagaspas sa harapan nila. The red wings, the wings of the phoenix. The woman that March help and the guardian of their world. She's with her stern look, as if she didn't give a damn what's going on inside the room. Agad na nawala ang pakpak sa likuran ni Nacia at biglang natigil ang tingin niya kay March. She grin at her and looked at the headmaster after.

"I thought this meeting is for league masters' and Aragons  only? How come the guardian are here?" The prince of Laverna says. Nacia immediately darted a looked on him. While her face still give authority even a single look.

A lady like her was highly respected because she's not just a royalty with a title, but a guardian saved them all. A guardian that must protect them, together with the other lady on her promise.

"I knew something you didn't," she scoffed, "that punch tattoo. Some of Big Shot minions' had it." Her face remain humorless while saying those words.

She then remembered her aunt again having that tattoo too. She may be a kid that time when she saw it, but she can't be wronged. Gano'n na gano'n ang tattoo ng tiyahin niya.

Big Shot, the abandoned house and the tattoo. Those things they used that only be found in mortal world. A smirk formed in her lips when she remembered those people went to her aunt house and pretend to be an investor's. The juice that fell even she tightened her grip on it. Now it make sense.  All of them are connected, a problem needed to be solve.

"A punch tattoo, it means one thing . . . rebellion." Maria Archana uttered. Those words should be kept only on her mind but due to many things lingering inside her head she didn't aware that what's in her thoughts was spoken already.

Harvena: Aire
By DeeYanny
Plagiarism is a crime

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