The Lost Orb [PFS #1, The Bearer]

22 "Case Disclosure"

MY CONVICTION of reality that everything before was nothing but a strife-free life, a carefree and quietude of thoughts, free from those questions were all a mere reckoning. To avoid conceding to what might be the reality or not, a mere build up of lies, and nothing but a denial of a worst situation.

Perhaps I understand now that his masked intentions were purely for good.

'You're the haunted one'

I've seen a long way heading nowhere. And seemed to lead me to only one, distant route.

Nakaharang sa harapan ko ang isang babae roon. Tumitig ako sa matalas niyang tingin. The enigmatic woman who had haunted me from the very beginning, now standing again before me with a heavy presence almost a reflection of my own. As if she's bound to me by some unseen force.

Her eyes were a color of amethyst, a deep, velvety purple. The place was all hazy and all, monochrome, and dull as it is. But her eyes remained vivid and steady.

Nakakatakot, nakakakilabot ang presensiya nito. Gusto kong umalis mula sa lugar na 'yon ngunit hindi ko rin naman magawang igalaw ang katawan ko. Tila na-estatwa ito.

I've never wished to be greeted by danger itself once I regain my memories. But here it is. My old nightmare. A cunning companion in the darkness. The one who is accountable for inflicting suffering on me before.

She's here again.

Hindi ko alam kung ano'ng gusto niyang makuha, but my gut is saying to not let her out of this realm. I have to restrain her and not let her overpower my being.

Nanatili siyang nakatayo roon, na animo'y isang estatwa na walang buhay ngunit nakasisindak ng buong pagkatao sa oras na itanim mo ang iyong tingin dito. The sky was deprived of stars or even a moon that could lift the imminent danger sheathing us from reality. There is nothing here, but the elevated trunks of trees towering beyond, accompanying the empty space.

Madalas ko siyang makita sa panaginip ko sa ganitong estado.

Harmless and immobilized.

But it was mind-tormenting. As if she is consuming something off of me.

How come the S-Class was aware of this situation of me? There is only one possible answer kung paano nila nalaman ito.

Tristan.

I would have died long ago if he hadn't been around at that time.

Perhaps.

ALLISA ESTRELLA'S POV

I STOOD AT THE edge of Main Castle, glazing at the lower chambers of the institution. The pavement below got drenched with water as the rain continued descending from the sky, the falling droplets carve a rhythm caused by the drumming of droplets on the objects below. To the roofs, paths, and lampposts.