Kabanata xxii
Acquaintance
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CLEOBELLE / SINCLAIR
"What was that?" Aslan asked, breaking the silence between the two of us.
"Oh believe me," I paused with a tired expression on my face and met his gaze. "I don't know either. . ." I added.
Napatitig lamang siya sa akin na tila ba ay may gustong sabihin ngunit hindi magawang ibuka ang kanyang bibig.
"Sinclai—"
Pinutol ko ang sasabihin niya at tumayo na mula sa aking kinauupuan.
"Kung iyon lang ang sasabihin mo ay magpapahinga na ako," seryosong sambit ko.
"Sit down Sinclair, I'm not done talking to you," he said in a serious expression.
The way he looks at me appears like he could devour me at any moment now. It made my knees feels weak.
"I'm done talking to you Aslan," I hissed.
"Would you rather sit on my lap duchess?" he frowned with a grim expression on his face.
"What's wrong with you?" I exclaimed.
"I'm worried about that energy I felt that time. We should get you checked," he said in a serious tone.
"What energy?" I asked.
"Who did you meet when you left that day?" he asked with a dark expression.
How did he know I met someone?
"No one," I answered firmly.
"Then how did you suddenly have that dangerous energy within you that time? You've never had it in our past li—" he halted.
Nagsalubong ang kilay ko doon. Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit bigla siyang nagkakaganito.
"I never had what?" I asked in an irritated tone.
Aslan just sighed harshly. "Nothing. You can rest now," he looked away.
Aslan is different in this life due to the changes that I did, but somehow I can't remove the feeling that something is up with him.
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Iyon ang nangyari sa kanyang opisina matapos ng insidente sa mga fungus. Tila ba ay wala ding maaalala ang mga kasambahay o nakakita man lang sa akin bukod kay Aslan.
Sa kasalukuyan ay abala si Aslan na ayusin ang barier na pumuprotekta sa dukedom, kung kaya't hindi na kami gaanong nakapag-usap pa.
Napatitig ako sa aking repleksyon habang nasa loob ako ng aming silid saka marahang hinaplos ang aking pulsuhan.
Mula nang mangyari ang insidente ay sinusubukan kong ilabas muli ang enerhiyang iyon, ngunit bigo ako sa bawat pag-subok.
If I remember correctly, that mysterious man named Titus seem to have done something to me before he vanished. I almost lost my mind back then, and when I got home, the dukedom's barrier mysteriously got broken.
I closed my eyes trying to remember what I felt that time. Then I felt something surging within me.
I opened my eyes and was caught off guard when I met that mysterious gaze from the mirror that suddenly got broken.
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