The Semideus

Chapter 35

LOST
ZEREF's POINT of VIEW

"Master, chill."

Marahas kong tinabig ang kamay ni Gideon nang hawakan niya ako sa braso. Mabigat ang bawat paghinga ko habang iniisip kung nas'an siya.

Tumingin ako kay Llyr na buhat-buhat ngayon si Diane. We've been looking for Xynthea, and hindi man lang namamalayan ng mga kasamahan niyang nawala na siya?

Stupid idiots.

"I'm chill, Gid."

He overactingly covered his gasping mouth and said, "Wow! Chill ka na pala n'yan, Master! Wow."

"Tch," sambit ko at hindi ko na napigilan ang pagtatagis ng bagang ko. I shut my eyes. I should not panic, right? She's probably just somewhere around... and it's not my damn business to find her?

Or... maybe it is, as a co-mentee of Zeus?

"Wala talaga, Master. 'Di ko makita," wika sa'kin ni Irish na halos nilibot na ng ilang beses ang buong isla. She can do it because of her speed. Perks of being the daughter of the messenger Goddess. Speed lang.

"Then where is she? Dati ko pang napapansin na may kakaiba sa kaniya. Every time she stares at me, I notice the look in her eyes," saad ni Llyr.

Nagkunot-noo naman ako, at masama siyang tiningnan. "Stares? What look?"

He smirked at me. "Chill, bro. I'm a pureblood, at half-blood ka lang—"

"Gago," bulyaw ko.

Tumawa sila nang malakas. Pinigilan ko naman ang sarili kong murahin pa sila lalo. Tumingin naman ako kay Irish, at nagtaas-kilay nang mapansing malalim ang iniisip niya.

"What is it, Irish?" tanong ko sa kaniya. She turned to me, and sighed.

"The seas... I have also felt energy from it. At first, I felt a strange energy like hers, but then, after a while, it was gone."

"Luh! Baka nalunod, Irish! Bakit hindi mo tiningnan?!" sabat ni Gideon.

Irish rolled her eyes at Gideon, "You're such a dumbass, Gideon. I can also feel the energy of the dead. Hers was completely gone, like she teleported to another place."

"You think so?" tanong ko.

Tumango naman siya, "Yes. That is the only possibility that I can think of, Zeref."

"Ngi, 'nu 'yon? May kumidnap sa kan'ya?" Gideon jokingly asked, but we all know that it may be true. She must have been kidnapped by a God? Or anything? Pero bakit naman?

She's a mortal— unless, she isn't.

"But there's something really odd about her energy, Zeref," dagdag pa ni Irish. Pumikit siya at para bang kinukumbinsi ang sarili niyang mali ang naiisip niya.

"Her energy is almost unrecognizable, but at the same time, I feel that she has two energies. Like there are two persons. I don't know! Gosh, this is nakakastress."

"Tama na 'yan. We have to move bago pa tayo maabutan ng iba, Zeref," sita sa'min ni Llyr at tumingin kay Diane.

Nagbuntong-hininga ako. I almost forgot that we have someone that we have to protect.

Irish whistled, and a soft wind gushed over us. The Goddess Iris has the power to travel to one end to another through the wind, at namana 'yon ni Irish. In three seconds, we were already teleported to her Athena's island.

"Wow, sino 'yan?" bungad niya agad sa'min.

Llyr answered, "Diane. Daughter of Artemis."

"Oh? Siya pala?" kaswal na wika ni Athena. Lmao, she must have known. "Oh tapos? Anong ginagawa niyo rito?"

"We need to protect her from everyone who wants to kill her, Athena," tugon ko.

"I'll go inside to put her in bed. Nabibigatan na ako, men," paalam ni Llyr. Tumango naman kaming lahat. Irish laughed a bit.

Kinwento namin kay Athena ang nangyari, and she understood that we needed to protect Diane. The Rebels is really formed to protect other Semideuses— which bastard Gods can't do.

"By the way, you told me that one of them is missing? Xynthea? 'Yong crush mo?" asar pa niya.

Sinamaan ko naman siya ng tingin at umiling. "She is—"

"Yieee! Crush mo nga!" she almost exclaimed. Napapikit naman ako ng mariin at halos hilutin ko ang sintido ko.

Nakitawa naman si Gideon at Irish, at nagulat pa ako nang may isingit si Irish.

"Crush ko nga 'yong Damon, eh!"

Napamulat ako, at pinanlakihan ko siya ng mata. She giggled, and what, with utmost respect, the absolute fuck? Bakit naman niya gusto ang Mamon na 'yon?

Inis talaga ako d'on lalo na kapag malapit kay Xynthe— bakit ako maiinis? Naiinis ako kasi ang panget niya.

"Just help me find her, Athena," sabat ko sa kanilang mga pangangantyaw.

"Okay, fine. I will—" she suddenly stopped when a loud lightning sound filled the whole Olympus.

Napakunot-noo ako. A loud lightning sound indicates that there is an emergency, or something wrong was happening.

Athena closed her eyes, and in an instant, Hermes was in the island, pero kaagad din siyang nawala. He was just relying the message to all Olympians.

Napatayo si Irish, at nanlaki ang mata na tila nakuha rin ang mensahe. She opened her mouth to speak, but then, she fastly gasped too.

Mas lalo naman akong nakuryos. What was the emergency?

Nang imulat ni Athena ang mata niya, napatingin siya sa'kin.

"Cronus has... escaped Tartarus again."

What? I remember he was also set free on June 19. Sumakit naman ang ulo ko nang tila may nawawala akong memorya ukol sa araw na 'yon. Who set him free that day again? There was really someone I can't remember.

"He was seen in the Island of Aiaia by Circe. Hindi kaya, siya ang kumuha kay Xynthea?"

Tumango si Irish, at halos napasigaw. "Yes! I thought for seconds, time stopped! It must be him!"

I cocked my head diagonally. Why would the titan, Cronus, take a mortal, Xynthea, away?

And how did he got away Tartarus again?

The Semideus
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