CRUX ‡ The Secret Light

Chapter 6‡ Rav Devin

All of us woke up quite early. We were told by the headmaster na maagang pumunta sa building namin. Of course we knew na it has something to do with our training.

"Ano sa tingin nyo? Bakit kaya ang aga-ah" Natawa ako sa biglang paghikab ni Miri.

"Baka naman about sa training?" Sabi ni Hana. Shiro rolled his eyes.

"Wow ang galing naman, 'di namin naisip 'yon." He said sarcastically. I shouldn't even bother to say it, pero nakatanggap siya ng hampas sa likod galing kay Hana dahil sa sinabi niya. Napahinto sila sa paglalakad kaya kaming apat ay nakalingon lang sa kanila, wait, kami lang palang tatlo. Seriously, Clyde is so not a morning person.

Binilisan ko ang paglalakad at tumabi at sumabay sa kanya. He glanced at me pero hindi na niya 'ko pinansin. He has this, 'I don't want to talk to any shit, because it's morning' expression.

Mabilis at unexpectedly tahimik kaming nakarating sa room namin. Headmaster Glenn is already inside waiting for us, at may kasama siya.

"Nandito na kayo." We all greeted him. I bowed my head slightly.

Walang nagsasalita samin. If I dare say it outloud, I would've said 'obviously'. Pero dahil magalang at mabait ako sa sarili ko na lang yun.

"Well, I'll cut to the chase. Siya si Rav Devin and he will be your Meister sa pagtratraining para sa dadating na tournament."

We all looked at the 'Meister Rav Devin' and he seriously nodded at us. To put it simply, he looks like someone you shouldn't joke aroud with. He looks older than us, but that doesn't say anything dahil sa mga casters kami. We basically age slowly and then at some point it will just stop.

"I personally asked him to help our academy. And by the way, siya na rin ang magpapaliwanag sa inyo sa mga kailangan niyong maintindihan para sa tournament. Believe me, he's the right caster for the job. He use to be the captain of the winning team at the tournament. Isa siyang dating student ng Nimbus Academy." Headmaster winked at us at nakangiting bigla-bigla na lang nag-teleport. In a poof he's gone and we are momentarily suffering in awkwardness. Eventually, nagsalita din si Meister Devin pagkatapos niya kaming suriin ng tingin isa-isa.

"What year are you now?" Biglaang tanong ni Meister Devin. And the whole time he was askng that naglalakad siya sa harapan namin na parang ineestimate kami.

"Fourth." Maikling sagot ni Clyde. I commend him for answering while meeting the Meister's eyes.

Huminto siya sa harapan namin at seryoso parin na nakatingin samin. Straight face lang akong nakatingin. I don't even know kung ano ang reaksyon ng iba. Damn, this meister is really intimidating.

"Bakit kayo ang representative ng academy?" He said. I was about to say something sa kung ano ang sinabi ni lolo, but Clauss answered first.

"Because we're direct desecendants of the current leaders of the Circle." I recognize the hesitation in his answer at mukhang napansin din yun ng Meister.

"And that makes you qualified? Special?" He said that and laughed. A sarcastic and insulting laugh.

"Are you even sure na kayo ang pinakamalakas sa academy? The way I see it, nakapasok lang kayo sa SCC dahil sa koneksyon niyo sa Circle." He said and eyed us one by one.

"Yes. We're the strongest." I glanced at Clyde. Saming anim siya lang sumagot. Nakita ko na nginisian siya ni Meister Devin.

"Clyde Zeno Enrys. Yes, I agree. You are an exception. But are you certain na hindi ka mahihirapan pag kinalaban ka ng mga seniors ng academy? Are you qualified enough para maging captain ng team?" The Meister snickered. Clyde calmly met his eyes na parang hindi siya apektado sa mga pinagsasabi ng Meister.