Amaranthine Academy

Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Return

"By me."

Agad kaming napatingin sa likuran nila Erika nang may magsalita roon. Laking gulat ko nang makita si Syren kasama sina Tyesha, Kirsten, the Empress, Professor Arius, Professor Reika, at ang kamukha ni Syren na nagsalita. Kasama rin nila ang dalawang lalaking nakausap ko. I creased my brows when the thoughts popped up in my mind. Does Syren know them? Is she one of them?

Erika and the others came to us so the two groups were now facing each other. Nasa kaliwang gilid ko ang dyos habang ang kanan ko naman ay si Draven at katabi niya si Astro na nakatutok ang mga mata sa kaniya kapareha na ngayon ay todo iwas sa kaniya. Ganito ang aming posisyon: Astro, Draven, Ako, The God, Qadresha, at Timothy. Ang sa likod ni Timothy ay ang dalawang nagbabangayan na sina Drake at Erika. In our front, we faced the Empress, the Syren look-alike, Professor Reika, and Professor Arius while the others were at the back.

Humalakhak ang kamukha ni Syren. I don't know but I got so nervous because this woman is probably Syren's mother; they had the same features, the only difference is the eye color.

Nakapokus ang aking mga mata sa kanila. I don't care about the drama he, the God, made earlier, I only care about what's in front of me right now. Who the hell is she?

She continued laughing crazily as she walked confidently toward us. We immediately readied ourselves in case she might take any actions that could harm us.

She clapped her hands like she was enjoying this moment. "Well, well, well. The grandfather and granddaughter finally meet each other! What an amazing scene!" she exclaimed. Naglakad-lakad siya sa aming harapan at isa-isa kaming tinitigan.

Bumukas nang bahagya ang aking bibig sa narinig na agad ko ring sinara. I'm not sure if I should believe all of these.

Parang tuod na nakatayo sa kaniyang harapan ang sinasabi nilang lolo ko. She stood in front of him and smirked. "Cut your tongue, honey?"

Nanatiling nakatitig sa kaniya ang matanda. She sighed when she received nothing from her "honey."

"Disgusting," I whispered.

At dahil nga malapit lang siya sa akin ay agad siyang napatingin sa akin nang marinig ang aking bulong. I whispered it purposely. Lumapit siya sa akin at agad akong sinakal. Lahat ng espada ay nakatutok sa kaniya nang gawin niya iyon sa akin. Ako naman ngayon ang ngumisi.

Ang kaniyang kasama naman ay tila sanay na sa ganitong pangyayari kaya parang wala silang pakialam sa babaeng sumasakal sa akin ngayon. They are just watching us. I looked at Syren while I was being strangled by her look-alike; I saw the coldness in her eyes as she was watching us; I couldn't read any emotion in them.

"Let go of my neck or I'll cut your neck instead," I threatened.

Napatawa siya at bumaling sa kaliwa kung saan nandoon ang dyos. "Oh! Your granddaughter is brave, huh? Amhiarra, your daughter, raised her so well." She raised her eyebrows. "I think my decision was just right since you will do nothing if you stay by their sides. It's better that I trapped you inside here, right? What do you think?"

And who does she think she is? Makapagsalita siya parang kontrolado niya ang mundo.

Dumilim ang paningin ng matanda at akmang aatake ito nang bigla kong hawakan ang kaniyang kamay at umiling.

It's not the right time yet. I still need to know what I need to know.

"Why did you hypnotize him?" the cold yet emotionless voice suddenly echoed throughout the place. I managed to keep my voice like that even though she was still choking me. Well, I'm not going to die just because of this strangle.