The Lost Orb [PFS #1, The Bearer]

31 "Divinity's Traces (The Sun Refuses to Shine)"

SASKIA'S POV
Era 982, November

I STOOD IN front of the mirror. I could see my reflection as clear as the day. I was fixing the upper buttons of my mission uniform when Allisa entered the room. My fixated eyes on it trailed toward the door.

"Be safe on your mission." She reminded.

I nodded.

Bumalik na ako sa pag-aayos ng manggas ko. Naupo naman siya sa mattress ng kama niya na nasa likuran ko lang. Pinapanood niya lang ako kung paano ako maghanda. Sumasayaw sa hangin ang kulay puting kurtina ng bintanang nasa gilid namin

Ilang minuto rin ang lumipas bago iyon nag-pasiyang basagin ang katahimikan sa pagitan namin. "The traces of mana from that place are still as strong as they were before."

"But I heard it's getting stronger now,"

She shrugged. "I think . . . sa tingin mo ba ay mayroon talagang kakaiba sa lugar na 'yon? Their words seem implausible."

"I don't think there's a room for judgment," I replied. "I'll just go with it and see it with my own eyes."

"I know. I know. The possibility exists. That place sounds so suspicious, after all," sunod na wika nito. "But if you think about it, bakit ngayon lang natin narinig ang tungkol sa lugar na 'yon, hindi ba?"

I wouldn't deny the fact na halos parehas lang kami ng iniisip ngayon. Sa tingin ko, kailangan ko munang mag-go with the flow sa isang ito. I'll be seeing it today, anyway. The traces of mana from there were enough to make us interested in exploring it.

"The wonder from that place exists longer than we know. It's just that they've been keeping the truth under the rug," after finalizing my get up, pumaikot ako para sulyapan siya. I smiled. "Just my two cents."

Kumurap siya sa 'kin. Kinuha ko na ang metal case ng dagger ko at nilagay iyon sa waistline ko. "Mauna na ako."

"Ah! sure," tumayo na siya para ihatid ako sa pinto. "Ingat kayo."

Tumango lang ako bago tuluyang lumabas ng dorm. It's still early in the morning pero maliwanag na ang kalangitan. Nawala rin ang atensyon ko roon nang pati ako ay napaisip na rin sa sinabi ni Allisa.

What's really inside of that ruins? Naroon nga ba talaga ang nawawalang bagay na pagmamay-ari ng karatig kaharian kagaya ng sinabi nila? Ano'ng kakayahan no'n? at bakit gustong kunin iyon ng mga Hadians?

Lots of questions. But none were answered.

If we go on this mission right now . . . may masasagot kaya sa mga tanong namin?

What will we find in there?

It's been months since we investigated that place privately, been months since I became one of A-Class, and half a year since that tragedy.