School Life With You (Book 2)

29: New Challenges - II

Chapter 29 - part II
New Challenges

| Chelsea's POV |

Nang sabihin ni Principal Jones ang pag-tanggal ng Game of 10s ay para akong nanghina. Tulala akong nakatingin sa stage habang ang mga nasa paligid ko ay parang naging blur. Wala na akong marinig dahil napunta ang buong atensyon ko sa isang ala-ala noong Holiday break.

"Mom, bakit may Game of 10s sa Empyrean Academy?" tanong ko pagkatapos kong ipakwento kay mommy ang ilan sa mga detalye ng kanilang pamilya.

"Hindi ba diniscuss yan sa orientation niyo---"

"Hindi po ako um-attend," sabi ko. Bago niya pa ako pagalitan ay agad akong nagsalita. "Noong time niyo po ba, meron nang ganito?"

Actually, nabanggit naman ni Ma'am Mercy... hay naalala ko na naman siya. Binanggit niya noong huling araw niya sa EA, ang tungkol kay Frederico Romano Sr., ang founder ng school at ng Game of 10s. I want to know more from my mom.

"Simula noong naipatayo ang Empyrean Academy meron nang Game of 10s. I think it was my great great great grandfather who conceptualized it."

Wait... mali ba ang bilang ko sa family line namin?

Frederico Romano Sr. - the EA founder
Frederico Romano Jr.
Frederico Romano I
Frederico Romano II
Frederico Romano III
Christian Romano - my tito

"Mom, hindi ba great great grandpa mo lang siya? Frederico Romano Sr., right?"

"Oh, he's not the one who created the original Game of 10s, it's his grandpa, Eduardo Romano."

"Eh?"

Inalala ko ang line up ng family namin hanggang sa maalala ko ang name na 'yon.

Eduardo Romano
Frederico Romano
Frederico Romano Sr.
Frederico Romano Jr.
Frederico Romano I
Frederico Romano II
Frederico Romano III
Christian Romano

He's the one who started to name the first born male of the family as Frederico. Or maybe it's Frederico, Eduardo's son, who started it... Ah basta ganon.

"Why did he create the Game of 10s? How? And what's the story behind it?" sunod-sunod kong tanong.

"Just like what I've told you earlier, our family were educators first before getting into business. My great great great grandfather, Eduardo Romano, was also an educator, a highschool teacher. One of his students bullied a classmate for not understanding a lesson in chemistry. He got angry at the bullies and wanted to teach everyone that we have different gifts and strengths."

"That's so true!" kumento ko.

"That's why he made a series of games to test the students. Some of the games require physical strength, logical mind, memory, speaking skills, artistry, creativity, and many other things. The students then realized that every skill, knowledge, and talent are special."

"Wow," I almost clapped my hand because of the story I've just heard. This feels like a bedtime story but this is reality! It was about my great great great grandpa and his legacy in Empyrean Academy!

My mom looked at me with a smile before continuing.

"Ang nabully'ng estudyante noon, nagkaroon siya ng tiwala sa sarili, nagpursige, at yumaman. His legacy still lives on and now his clan became a multi-millionaire or more than that."

"Really? That's great!" I looked at my mom with a tell-me-more expression.

"Well, he started a casino business and it keeps growing until now. That business became the biggest and most successful casino in the country, La Felia."