The Luna is a Villainess

Chapter 36: The Choices

Chapter 36: The Choices

SELENE could feel her body shaking. Samot saring emosyon ang lumulukob sa kaniya ngayon. Her head is in turmoil as she breathes heavily.

Bago pa sila makahuma sa pagkakabigla ay biglang may lumitaw na isang bolang crystal sa ibabaw ng palad ni Senia.

Napatakip na lang sa kaniyang bibig si Selene nang dahil sa nakita. There in the crystal ball, she saw herself lying on a bed. Beside her was Alex, who was holding her hands tightly, as if he were begging for her to wake up already.

“That night you died; this guy took your body, so I followed him. He went straight to what seems like an abandoned mansion and tried to revive you in every possible way he could. After half an hour, he succeeded. However, since your soul is already here, you have yet to wake up in your world ever since.”

The three of them were just silent. Cadmus seems to be in a daze while Apollo is void of any emotion. And Selene couldnʼt help but feel a pang on her chest.

“Even from afar, I could hear him pleading for you to wake up. And aside from the fact that your killer has also been transmigrated here, I decided to follow you as well since it was my fault that your soul has been sent into this world. But the moment I arrived, a lot of unexpected changes had already happened here.”

Sa pagkakataong ʼyon ay tila saka lang muling nahanap ni Selene ang kaniyang boses.

“I-I didnʼt know that Alex would actually care that much.” She threw Senia a hopeful look. “So it means I could really go back, right? I would still have a chance to avenge my parents.”

Senia nodded, then the crystal ball suddenly vanished. “Thatʼs right.”

“I canʼt believe that Iʼm alive. That I can still return,” she said hysterically. “So what am I supposed to do? Can you help me return to my world so I can finish my personal mission there before I settle here?”

Sa isang iglap ay tila biglang nawaglit sa isipan ni Selene ang iba pang mga bagay na may kinalaman sa mundong ʼyon. Sa mga oras na ʼyon ay wala siyang ibang iniisip kung hindi ang katotohanan na buhay pa siya at maaari pa siyang makauwi upang makapaghiganti sa taong sumira sa buhay niya.

Bigla namang sumeryoso ang mukha ni Senia. “Thereʼs only one way for you to return.”

Nahigit niya ang hininga. “What is it? Just tell me and Iʼll do it.”

Saglit itong natahimik. The deafening silence makes her heart beat more wildly. Halos pigil niya rin ang hininga habang naghihintay sa magiging sagot nito. The anticipation is killing her.

“You need to die.”

Nanlalaki ang mga matang napabaling dito si Cadmus habang napaawang na lang ang kaniyang bibig.

“P-pardon?”

“For you to return in your world, you must die here. But once it happened, you could no longer be back here.”

Pakiramdam ni Selene ay nanigas siya sa kinauupuan nang dahil sa sinabi nito kasabay nang malalim niyang paglunok.

I need to die for a second time around.

Ngunit bago pa siya muling makaimik ay may narinig na lang siyang malakas na tunog mula sa isang natumbang upuan. Sa pagtingin niya sa kaniyang tabi ay wala na roon si Apollo.

SUMAPIT na ang gabi pero hindi pa rin nakikita at nakakausap ulit ni Selene si Apollo. Magmula ng mga naging rebelasyon sa greenhouse kanina ay tila ba iniiwasan siya nito dahil maghapon lamang itong nakakulong sa loob ng opisina nito.