Tears of Blade

Chapter 2

In the underground facility of the manor, a training ground was found to test the equipment, weapon and potions that was created here. Doon ako pumunta upang mas lalong matignan ng mabuti ang full set armor na gawa ni Ziven.

Ziven and mang Kondor were watching me test the armor. Ziven further explains the capabilities of his creation and instruct me what to do to check the other skills it has.

I tried using my mana as per his instructions and let it flow to the cape, it flutter even without air. I can also feel my shoes reacting as I feel myself become more lighter than usual. I feel like I can suddenly fly for some reason.

And so I let myself become one with the wind. Before I know, I already came face to face with the ceiling. Nanlaki ng kaunti ang mga mata ko dahil sa pagkabigla ngunit hindi yun naging dahilan upang hindi ako makapag-react ng maayos.

Inikot ko ang aking katawan sa ere bago pa man ako humalik sa kisame. Ginamit ko ang aking kaliwang kamay at paa upang itulak ang sarili ko pababa.

Mga ilang sandali rin akong tila nawawalan ng balanse sa ere bago tuluyang nasanay ang aking katawan sa paglipad. Narinig ko pa ang tila pag-aalala nina Ziven at mang Kondor nang halos lumipad sa kung saan saan ang katawan ko kanina.

They worry too much.

After a few minutes I was already flying effortlessly in the air. Though it's a pity that it took way more mana than I previously thought at halos kalahating oras ko lamang ito magagamit. And it was also thanks to the glove that I can sustained myself flying for that long because it amplifies my mana.

"Good job, jerk -" I fake a cough. "Excuse me, I mean Ziven."

"The pleasure is always mine, my dear lady." Yumuko ito. "It looks like the test is yet again successful. Good job me, no issues was found again."

Ngumiwi ako sa sinabi nito ngunit hindi ko na pinansin pa ang pagpuri nito sa sarili niya. "Dapat lang na maganda ang kinalabasan nito, halos mamatay ba naman ako para lang makuha ang mga materyal para rito. At hindi lang ako halos iisang beses na sumakabilang buhay, kundi tatlo. Naiintindihan mo ba? Kaya dapat lang na mas maganda to ng tatlong beses din."

Ziven flinch with what I said and stared at me almost apologetically because he made me went to some extremely dangerous place and made me fought some extremely dangerous creature all in order to make this armor.

"So, what's the armor's name?" I ask while I took off the armor.

"Hindi pa nabibigyan ng pangalan yan." Ziven shrugs. "I couldn't just name it myself knowing that you put yourself in danger to get its materials. So, why don't you name it, since it's yours?"

Natigilan ako ng ilang sandali at binalingan siya ng tingin. "It's mine?"

"Who else?"

"Why?"

"What do you mean why?" He frown. He looks like a potato when he frowns. An unsightly potato. "Do you expect me to create something and then let some birdbrain use it? Nah, over my delicious and gorgeous dead body! No! Never!"

"I told you, mi cielito," he walks right in front of me while staring seriously at my eyes. Suddenly, his hand reach for my left cheek. "Everything I made is just for you. Even this precious body of mine is all for you, only if you want it."

The moment his finger touch my skin, it feels like all the hair on my body stood and goosebumps creep all over me like I was struck by lightning.

"No thanks."

"Can you at least pretend to think before immediately rejecting?" He acted as if he's hurt.

Hindi ko na pinansin ang pag-iinarte nito at baka hindi ko na talaga mapigilan ang sarili ko at matuluyan ko na talaga siya.