"Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back."
SPES
Physical Science Room; Senectus Univ.
1000 Hours
"HAVE YOU HEARD?"
I am really not a fan of eavesdropping but I can't help
hearing my classmates talking about something. Para ba namang nakalulon ng megaphone eh. Kainis.
"What?" Classmate #2 asked.
"The Fourth Princeps is dead!" Classmate #1 exclaimed.
WHAT THE FUDGE?!
Since halos lahat naman kami ay may heightened senses narinig namin 'yon. Which led to a super tensed and awkward silence. Tsaka, duh, sumigaw nga si classmate #1 eh.
You see, kahit na karamihan sa mga classmate ko eh happy go lucky lang big deal pa rin sa'min ang politics ng Ilia. We're old enough to worry about it. And this is a big trouble.
The Five Princeps balance everything. Almost all nations that are colonized by TG has five princeps.
Teka, baka naman iniisip niyo wrong spelling lang ng princess 'yung princeps, it's not. Princeps is a latin word that means first.
Back to topic, the Five Princeps make sure everything's in order. First handles external affairs like International Conventions, State visits, Connection with TG, International Laws and stuff like that. Second does the internal chorva like LGUs, Gabinet secretaries, Election of senators and congressmen and such. Third takes care of the Military issues, training and recruitment of soldiers, wars, security of the citizens, criminals and most of the time she leads the judiciary too. Fourth makes sure the Supernatural gets their rights, nuff said. Fifth is the representative of humans.
So losing Fourth is a big problem for us, Supernaturals. He/She needs to be replaced ASAP. Someone might take advantage of this sudden vulnerability of the supernatural population.
By the way, we don't elect our princeps. They are chosen by some sort of council. The current princeps cannot choose or know who will be the new one nor the present ones. They might make alliances under the table and overthrow TG or something. They can't know what's the identity of the others. They appear as other people during their meetings.
Bakit ang dami kong alam sa princeps thingy? Kasi member ako ng military and nasa Aristos Army sila kuya. Tsaka, I've been around for two hundred years already.
"I heard we lost Fourth last night." Bungad ni Aither sa'kin. Di kami sabay pumasok nag breakfast ako kasama sila kuya kanina.
"Yep. Deets?" I asked. Tsismoso 'yang Aither eh.
"There was a ball last night for the high Aritos (Super VIPs.) The killer felt that Fourth was there so he/she placed the drug that makes us human-ish on all of their drinks then threw a high powered explosing device. Boom. Bye, Fourth." He scoffed.
"You mean, even the High Aristos are now dead?!" Fine, ako na skandalosa pero di ba? Ang harsh naman kasi ni Killer.
"Yep." Umupo siya sa tabi ko, "Nga pala, may gagawin ka ba after this?"
"Waley naman. May dadaanan lang ako saglit. Why?" Tinignan ko siya mula sa pagsusulat ko sa binder ko.
"Lunch?"
To be honest, gulong-gulo ako sa set-up namin ni Aither. Pa'no naman kasi nung mga nakaraang chapters ang weird lang, di ba? Una, medyo magkaaway kami tapos medyo naging civil na kami tapos nagkaroon kami ng flirting scene tapos na-meet ko na ang parents niya at tuwang-tuwang sila sa'kin tapos ngayon housemates na kami?! Punyeta naman, Yang. Halatang sabaw na sabaw tayo ah.
