Her Blade

HB 30

I woke up in a well-lit room and figured that I was staying inside the training ground's dorm. My head is aching very hard; it feels like there's something pressuring my skull from the inside. I can still taste the alcohol that we drank yesterday. I can barely remember what happened last night.

Ano bang mangyayari tuwing nalalasing? Sana naman wala akong kahihiyang ginawa.

I looked around me and noticed that there was a note beside a bottle on the cabinet near my bed. Masakit man ang ulo, pinilit kong tumayo sa aking higaan para tingnan kung anong nakasulat d'on.

'Drink this when you wake up. Bilisan mong maligo at mag-ayos. May dubbing ceremony ka pa, siraulo ka. Iinom-inom ka pa tapos ang baba naman pala ng alcohol tolerance mo.'

This must be from Kiel, I remembered that he brought this bottle for me in case na malasing nga ako. And fortunately, he bought this bottle kasi magagamit ko nga.

I did a quick scan at the bottle to check if there's any instructions to follow on drinking the potion. But I didn't see anything. After that, I immediately gulped its liquid until I fully finished drinking all of it. Gladly, in a few seconds, my headache disappeared as if it wasn't there in the first place. I must really thank Kiel for this.

"Hindi na talaga ako iinom ulit," I promised to myself as I grabbed my things needed to fix myself for the ceremony.

Mabilis lang akong naligo at nagbihis para makalabas agad ako ng dorm. For today, I decided to wear a white tunic along with my pants to layer it with my gray armor. I didn't wear any head gear kahit dubbing ceremony ko na kasi I will only carry that as I walk on the stage. It's either I won't wear it or wear it and remove it on the stage. The latter would look good actually.

"Aesira?" I heard Jhale's voice from outside along with her, knocking on my door.

Agad naman akong lumapit sa pinto para pagbuksan 'to kasabay ng pagbungad ng kanyang ngiti na aking ipinagtaka. "Anong mayroon? Bakit ganyan ka makangiti?" tanong ko rito ngunit umiling lang naman ito at itinuro ang aking silid. "P'wedeng pumasok?" she asked. Hindi naman makalat ang dorm ko rito sa grounds kaya niluwangan ko na lang ang bukas ng pinto at sinenyasan siyang pumasok sa loob.

Hindi ba parang ang aga naman nito? May sasabihin ba siya o gagawin?

"How's your head? Are you good?" I nodded. "Thanks to Kiel, hindi magiging disaster 'yung dubbing ceremony ko kahit halos magka-hangover ako kanina," dagdag ko pa, dahilan para matawa ito. "Kahit naman kasi kami ay nagulat din sa ginawa mong pag-inom. Unang beses mo ba 'yon?" Hindi na lang ako umimik at hindi kalaunang tumawa ulit dahil nakuha niya ang ibig sabihin ng aking katahimikan.

Hindi ko naman kasi alam na ganun ang mangyayari. Kung alam ko lang na ganun pala ang kalalabasan n'on, sana tubig na lang 'yung ininom ko kahit lasang ginto 'yung alak sa sobrang mahal.

"Hindi mo ba aayusin 'yung buhok mo?" I looked at my hair and noticed that it was too simple kasi nakalugay lamang ito. "Ah. Hindi kasi ako maalam mag-ayos ng sarili kong buhok, e," sagot ko rito habang sinusuklay ang buhok ko gamit ang aking mga daliri.