bound beyond fates

chapter 58.

"my name is secre. it's a beautiful name like me right?" her eyes is twinkling while looking at me and i only stared her back deadpan. kanina pa siya nagdadaldal at kanina pa ako naririndi dahil halos walang minuto hindi siya tumigil kakasalita.

"yeah." walang gana kong sagot habang nililibot ang aking paningin. puro tubig lang ang nakikita ko at padilim ito ng padilim. i'm confuse kung saang lupalop na kami ng lawa. nasa pinaka ilalim ba kami?

"malapit na tayo makarating so chill ka lang." ilang minuto na din kaming lumalangoy pero hindi ko ramdam ang pananakit ng katawan ko. is this the effect of the water here in the lake?

"what you've said earlier, totoo bang prinotektahan kayo ni aziel? pero para saan?" now that i think about it, she did said that she's been watching the world for how many centuries. does that mean she's living that long? a-are other races like that too? how can they still live so long?

"ah, it's not only aziel. kasama din si kane." napakurap ako sa sinabi niya at naguguluhang napatingin sakanya. who's kane?

"you don't know him? kane is really famous in your world and other races too. not only him but also his student." lalo akong naguluhan sa sinabi niya kaya napatawa nalang siya sa reaksyon ko.

"well, those two doesn't like to reveal their personal information in the public so it's not surprising if you don't know their true identity." kaagad ko nang nahulahan kung sino ba talaga itong si kane. he's aziel's-

"kane is the first magician of the amari fortress. meaning he's aziel's teacher." tama ang hinala ko. the history book said that kane is the name of the first magician of the amari fortress but it didn't state his last name. so maguguluhan talaga ako kung sinong kane ang tinutukoy niya. madaming mga tao ang nagdala sa pangalang ito lalo na sa mga magicians.

"in the past, many humans tried to seize us all mythical creatures so both them helped us by creating those gems that scattered all around the island."

" the gems that can suck people's mana prevented those disgusting humans to captured us. that's why the whole island is divided into two."

"the part where humans can still freely explore the whole area-"

" and the other part where it is unexplore because aziel and kane casted a very dangerous spell that lead many humans' death." i felt myself shivered habang seryosong nagkukunwento si secre.

"what is it?" napalingon siya sa direksyon ko at maikling ngumiti.

"an ancient spell, klauen. in other words, to steal."

" a spell that can steal a creature's mana in one touch." nanlaki ang mata ko sa rebelasyon niya. a spell like that exist in this world? but that's way too cruel!

"kaya ba walang bumabalik na mga tao galing dito dahil sa isang tapak palang nila, patay agad sila?! " all things living in this world has mana inside. so even non magicians have mana but when a human can use their mana, they're called magicians. basically a mana is like a life force to all living things.

"yes. ang mga tao lang na pwedeng pumasok sa kabilang parte ng isla ay ang mga nag cast ng spell. meaning sila kane at aziel lamang ang pwedeng pumasok."

" wait does that mean races other than humans cannot enter?!"

" of course not! only human cannot entered this side!" this guys must be hated humans before.

"diba sa gitna ng ginintuang puno ang boundary ng dalawang hati?" so if i tried to cross the other side of that tree then...

" yes. you're dead as meat if you try to cross in." buti nalang talaga at never pumasok sa isip kong pumunta roon. magsasalita pa sana ako ng higitin ako ni secre.