Beware of the Class President (To be published!)

CAPITULO 52 - Welcome Back

CAPITULO 52 — Welcome Back

STULTI NUNC LUDUNT LUDUM, STULTI IUCUNDI ERANT LUDERE, SUMUS LEGIONES DAEMONUM QUI VALDE LAETI ERAMUS TE VIDERE PECCARE COTIDIE... LALALA... LALALA... ♪

A little girl's voice was singing words I couldn't understand. It sounded like the language of a prayer I had heard before. It was as if she were singing just to distract whoever was praying.

"JULIAN!!!!!!!!!!"

If Sister Gelai hadn't screamed, my mind wouldn't have snapped back to the present. Papunta sa akin ang lumilipad na headboard. Napayuko ako upang umilag. Ang headboard ay sa pader bumalibag.

Napatingin ako kay Father Rodel. May hawak siyang krus at maliit na libro. Siya pala iyong nagdarasal sa lenguahe na Latin. It was the prayer to drive the demon out of Kena's body. The room felt cold and wrong, and my skin crawled as I watched everything happen.

"Pono quietem ubi furor manet. Umbra sine nomine, tenebra quae timore pasceris."

Everything around us started falling and flying. Alam nina Father Rodel na mangyayari ito kaya pinag-aalis na naman ang ibang gamit dito, maliban sa aparador, sa kama, sa mga kisame at pader. Ang mga iyon ay nagsisiugaan ngayon.

Si Kena na nakaupo sa kama ay pawisan ang mukha habang malawak sa aming nakangiti. Nakagapos pa rin siya pero hindi naging hadlang iyon para saktan niya ang sarili. Pinapalagutok niya ang kanyang mga buto sa balikat sanhi upang magkaroon iyon ng mga pasa.

Pati ang mga buto niya sa binti ay naririnig namin ang isa-isang pagkabali. Ang mga daliri niya sa paa ay nangingitim na dahil naghiwa-hiwalay na ang mga ito. Nahihilo na ako. I didn't want to look anymore. My chest felt tight, my stomach hurt, and I felt like I was about to throw up.

Itinaas ni Father Rodel ang krus. "You who were once an angel of the Lord, who joined in rebellion against Him and were cast into hell, and who now walk the world seeking to claim a human soul, I command you to tell me your name. By the authority granted to me by the Higher Power, I will cast you out of that body and banish you back to where you belong!"

Tumulo ang napakaraming laway na may mga lumot mula sa bibig ni Kena. "You can never know my name!"

Father Rodel remained calm. 

"Just know that I am the demon who has long been waiting within this body. I have endured in silence, watching and waiting for the moment she would finally break. Now that the owner has surrendered, this body belongs to me. I will drag this woman's soul into hell, and together with my kind, a legion of demons, we will suffer in an endless sea of fire."

"You will tell me your name because of your fear of the Almighty!"

Nagsalita ulit ang demonyo sa katawan ni Kena, pero sa ibang lenguahe na. Latin na. Parang boses ng isang malaking lalaki. Parang galing sa ilalim ng lupa. Parang nalulunod na boses. It was so terrifying, but it was also calm in a way that made my stomach turn.