MOON GODDESS: The Novel Reader's Fate (BL)

Chapter 30

    "Let's have fun, everyone!"

    Dumating na ang dilim at abala ang lahat sa paghahanda para sa welcome banquet para saaming taga Great Mona. Christian and his company were sitting at the same table with the Chief, some were dancing and singing around the bonfire, and some were drinking booze—just like me.

    Nakaupo ako ngayon sa pinaka-dulong lamesa, a perfect spot where no one can disturb me. Hindi kasi mawaglit sa isipan ko ang narinig ko kanina mula kay Amhiana.

    Vincenzo called her Alliuna. Is she really the Moon Goddess?

    I mean, that can't be. Amhiana's character is just an insecure girl who picks on Selene, moreover, she is a bitch. Kagaya ng mga kaibigan niya, Pasha at Freya, they'll do anything within their power just to bring anyone down—because they are the antagonists. Yet now, malalaman kong si Amhiana ang reincarnation ni Alliuna?

    "Impossible," I murmured before I drank the booze in one gulp.

    "Mind if I accompany you?"

    Bumaling ang tingin ko sa lalaking umupo sa katabing upuan. I didn't even need to check who it was because I knew just from his voice that it was Franz.

    "Why accompany the Heartless King?" I sarcastically asked.

    "Hm, a King should be accompanied by the King's Knight," Franz responded before he drank the booze he was holding.

    Napangisi naman ako pero agad ring nabura 'yon nang maalala ko si Amhiana. What's worse is that, Amhiana seems like she likes Vincenzo. At kung sakaling totoo man 'yon, what about Franz?

    The storyline shouldn't be like this. You see, I used to have patterns of what would happen next, but things started to change lately.
    

    "Ma, talaga bang patas itong nagsasaya tayo? The chief is throwing a banquet for the newcomers despite the fact that Auntie Malfoy and Don Sebastian are still mourning their children's death."

    "Shh, Arman, baka may makarinig sayo!"

    "Pero ma..."

    "They are not dead, son, they will come back in a few months....."

    Although the voices came from miles away, I could still hear it clearly in my spot.

    "Woods." I uttered.

    "Have you heard about the forbidden woods of Rosewood Town?"

    Naagaw ang atensyon ko nang mag-salita si Franz sa tabi ko. I guess he also heard it. Paglingon ko'y malayo ang tanaw ni Franz, pero patuloy ang pag-inom niya ng alak.

    "What's about it?"

    Even though I already knew about it, I still want him to tell me. The fact that the storyline is changing, maaaring may nagbago rin sa parteng ito.

    "The trees surrounding us are the forbidden woods."

    Tila tumayo ang balahibo sa bawat parte ng katawan ko sa sinabi ni Franz. Sa unang tingin palang sa lugar na 'to, one will eventually feel that there is something wrong here. 'Yong tipo ng kilabot na para bang pumasok ka sa teritoryo ng isang nakakatakot na nilalang.

    "Kahit saan ka magpunta sa lugar na 'to, you'll feel like you are being watched by someone in the woods," Dagdag ni Franz.

    Lumibot ang paningin ko sa madilim na gubat sa 'di kalayuan at naramdaman ko ang sinabi ni Franz. Whatever's lurking within the woods, I'm sure as hell, that it's not something easy to deal with.