Fate's Inkwell (COMPLETED) (PUBLISHED)

Chapter 27

Eon's POV

“So, you revealed the clock to Yuna,” I said to the guy in front of me. “I thought you'd be the stranger in the end.”

“Akala ko ba binabantayan mo nang maigi ang master mo, Eon?”

I looked away. “She's so hard-headed. She can't even listen to my warnings.”

“Alam mong ang buhay niya din ay nasa libro ni Atticus at nasa ilalim pa ng librong iyon si Fayetteville,” he said while scanning the clear sky that had been forming a dark fog. “Pati si Zayd pinaglalaroan na lang din.”

“Fayetteville can now speak. I heard her voice after Yuna collapsed. She visited her in her sleep,” I informed him after mentioning her. “I think she finally talked with Yuna.”

“At ikaw? Kailangan ka niya sa tabi. Patapos na ang araw ng mga tinta. Kailangan niyang pumanig sa kabutihan.”

“How so? She writes too many bad deeds in Zayd's life.”

“Hindi ibig sabihin non nawala ng karapatan bumago at gumawa ng kabutihan? May apat na araw pa, Eon. Alam kong kaya niya. Walang imposible sa mundo,” he said before vanishing.

Why am I stuck with this hard-headed girl to be my master? Tsk.

Yuna's POV

Natapos ang araw nang hindi ko man lang nalaman kung sino iyon. Ngayon ko naalala na may sinabi din sa akin, “The Books of fate has two owners. You and someone.” At ang sabi ng babaeng nasa libro, “Find him, the one who's been happily looking at you suffer.”

Kung totoo ang kutob ko, iisa lang ang tinutukoy nila. At kung ang taong nagpakita sa akin sa Game Festival ang tinutukoy nila? Paano ko mahahanap ang taong iyon?

Napahinto ako sa paglalakad nang makita ang nasa eskinita ako. 'Kung hindi mo nalang sana kinuha, Yuna.'

Tuloy-tuloy na ako sa paglalakad, at nang makarating na sa bahay, kapansin-pansin ang bukas na ilaw. 'Hindi naman ako umalis nang nabukas ang ilaw.'

Kabadong pinihit ko ang pinto at nakita ang isang lalaking nakatayo katabi ng lamesa. Kung hindi ko lang kabisado ang hugis ng katawan ni Zayd, baka mapagkamalan ko na siya ito.

“You remember my voice, do you?” tanong nito na nakatingin sa akin dahil yata sa pagkalakas ko ng pagsarado ng pinto. “I think it's the right time to formally introduce myself to you.” Hindi ako makapagsalita dahil sa lamig ng boses nito. “I think Fayetteville also still not introduced to you.”

Sa pagbanggit niya ng pangalan na iyon, biglang bumukas ang bag ko at lumabas ang libro papunta sa mesa. Binuklat nito ang pahina upang lumutang palabas ang babaeng naka-veil. “This is Fayetteville.”

“S-sino ba kayo?”

“I'll introduce myself first. I'm Eon, the guardian of this book, and you,” pagpakilala nito sa sarili. “You both are under my care. Also, I'm the one giving you the warnings inside the note, excluding Zayd's note that he found. I didn't make anything for him.”

“I'm Fayetteville. I'm the one who makes what you have written come true and also the one who writes Zayd's fate,” pagpakilala niya. “I'm under his spell, that's why I can't talk to you before until you broke the spell he gave.”

“Sinong he? Siyang yung taong nasa lumang garden? Ano ang parte niya dito? Ano ang meron sa libro? Bakit kailangan kong maging?” sunod-sunod kong tanong. “Sino ba ang taong may librong kagaya sa akin? Siya ba ang tinutukoy niyo?”

“Too many questions. We can't disclose the guy you had met in the garden. But yes, the guy we're referring to is the one who has the Book of Fate,” pagsagot nito. “You need to be careful because the two books are classified as evil and good. The book you have is on the good side. But you use it for evil deeds.”

“You can still change the fate, Yuna. You have four days left.”