Discovering Summerland

Chapter 16

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LUCIFUGE
Lucifuge Rofocale Gwydion

"Those are probably your memories," Ezjei mentioned the moment I woke up in a strange room.

Napalunok ako't mariin na napapikit nang mapagtantong maaaring nakita niya ang mga nangyari sa panaginip na 'yon. "Did you see everything that happened?" If he did, I actually do not what to react. Kung nakita niya si mi amore...

He laughed delightfully as he shook his head. "No, I didn't see your dreams or whatever you saw. I only became a medium for your memories. As a seer, I can also see the fragments of memories around, represented by gold flames. When those appear, I lose control of myself and tend to overwork... which is why my nose bled," nahihiya niyang sambit no'ng pahuli.

"Kung gan'on, ba't ka tumawa?"

Mas lalo naman siyang napatawa at tinuro pa ang mukha ko. Matapos ang ilang saglit ng pagtawa ay bigla niyang kinunot ang kaniyang noo at halos naglabas ng usok ang ilong niya. He looked so tensed, terrified, worried, and that was when I realized he was copying my expression earlier.

Humilig ako sa sandalan at saka bumuntonghininga. I really thought he saw it happen, and I'm glad he didn't. Mabuti naman at ako lang ang tinatawanan niya't hindi ang nangyari sa panaginip ko.

"Where's mi amore?" Tanong ko, ngunit sa pagbigkas ko noon. Biglang bumukas ang pinto. My eyes widened as I saw blood on her shirt. But before I could even react more, she held her hand up and mouthed, "It's okay." Then, she glared at the young Ezjei before throwing him a dagger.

Kahit ako ay napaatras sa ginawa niyang iyon. "Gusto ko lang gumanti," maliit niyang sambit. Pinigilan ko naman ang pagtawa ko dahil mukhang seryoso siya, but she did it cutely.

"Ezjei knows I'm from Fall," bigkas naman niya sa'kin.

Tumango ako't 'di na rin nagulat. The House of Truth was bound to know it- but hopefully, not everyone in the house. "But what happened? Kausap ko lang siya... kinausap mo rin ba siya?"

"The one she talked to was a familiar like your wechuge. It appears in dreams and speaks for me. Since it was already in Georgia's dream, it didn't enter yours- which I think is a good thing," Ezjei answered with a playful tone in the last sentence. "All we talked about is her being someone from the Fall. She did ask something about the warlock you're looking for."

Nagtama naman muli ang tingin namin ni Georgia't tila ba'y tinatanong ng utak niya kung ano'ng nangyari rin sa panaginip ko. Just thinking about it made all the heat go to my face, so I instictively broke away the gaze. Hindi ko nga namalayang halos ningunguya ko na ang ibabang labi ko.

Sa pagpipilit na ituon sa iba ang atensyon, nagtanong ulit ako. "Then, could you confirm us who and where the warlock Valdemior is?"

"He's in the Fall, but besides that, I could offer no more information."

"What?" Georgia muttered in disbelief. "You're not going to help us how to get to Fall?"

"Of course he isn't going to, mi amore. Does he look like someone who'd either know a way or fully trust us to tell it?" I mentioned, so she stopped and stared at me for a while. Gulping, I looked away. Again.

Tumawa naman si Ezjei at tumango sa'king mga sinabi. "Panigurado naman akong kakailanganin niyo rin pumunta r'on sa kakaibang paraan- 'yong hindi kayo mahuhuli ng sarili mong angkan, Crown Prince. Once they catch you going to Fall, you'd be cast out."