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Kabanata 24

It's Saturday. Kaya naman ay pwede kaming lumabas ng school. I intended to just locked myself up in this room and read a book while eating an apple. But I guess it wouldn't go as planned.

I hissed when I heard someone knock. It's probably not Yu. Levine decided to let me act as free as a bird kaya naman wala na siya sa tabi ko. I heard that he transferred Yu to the Knights Dormitory and he is now officially enrolled as a student of the academy. Well, he's still my classmate so I guess he's still annoying to my sight.

Umalis ako sa pagkakaupo sa bintana at lumapit sa pinto. Binuksan ko ito at tumingala upang makita ang mukha ng taong nakahalukipkip ang braso habang nakaharap sa akin.

It was Sensei Sinner.

"Get the heck out of this room. Go to the village and recruit some kids who is interested and have the qualities to be our team member." utos nito.

"Ha? Why me? You can just ask Wein about it" pagrereklamo ko. Binigyan naman niya ako ng madilim na tingin. Bumuga ako ng hangin at walang nagawa kundi ang sundin siya kaya naman ay mabilis akong nagtungo sa bayan.

Nilibot ko ang paningin ko. Ang nakikita ko lang na mga kaedad ko ay mga pagala-gala lang, pumoporma ng mga babae at ang iba ay nagtatrabaho. I can't sense anything special about them. They can't catch my attention.

In society, there are two kinds of people for me. The normal ones and the special one. Normal ones are the ones who can't catch your attention. They're not very showy. Pag tumingin ka sa mukha nila, you can't see anything special kahit na maganda pa sila o panget pa sila.

Habang pag tumingin ka naman sa mga espesyal na tao, mapapasabi ka na lang na malayo ang mararating ng taong iyon. You can sense that he has talent and whatever they call it.

And as far as I can see, they are all normal ones.

Nagkibit balikat na lamang ako at lumapit sa isang stall na nagtitinda ng iba't ibang klase ng prutas. I'll just visit papa and tell Sensei Sinner that I saw no one.

Naglakad na ako patungo sa cabin ni papa habang kinakain ang isang ubas na kinuha ko mula sa mga pinamili ko. I can see many students wandering around, slacking off and just enjoying themselves.

Lucky them. They don't need to search for members.

Habang nakatingin ako sa mga estudyante, mabilis kong iniwas ang katawan ko noong may taong mabilis na sasalubong sa direksyon ko. I wasn't able to see his figure because of the speed but I sensed his presence.

Tumingin ako sa kaliwa ko noong malampasan na niya ako. He was shocked and look at me once again. He faced me and bring out a knife. A fabric was covering his nose and lips. May suot rin siyang bandana at may suot siyang wristband sa kanyang kanang kamay. He was short and that's what made his speed even faster, I guess. The smaller your body, the faster your body can be. I guess he's as tall as Trois and Layn.

"Give me those fruits" saad niya sa mababang boses. I looked at him from head to foot. He's indeed a plebeian. And yet he can speak the Patrician's language.

"Give me!" lumakas ang boses niya noong hindi ko siya inimik pagkalipas ng isang minuto. Nagsilayuan ang mga tao noong makita na may hawak siyang kutsilyo.

I looked directly at his eyes. I saw how desperate he is. But I also saw something different. My lips slightly formed a smirk but I immediately erased it.

"Then come and get it" hamon ko sa kanya na diretso lamang ang tingin. Wala pang isang segundo ay mabilis kong iniwas ang ulo ko at umatras ng isang yapak noong iwinasiwas niya ng kutsilyo niya sa mukha ko.

He didn't hesitate. I like it.

Nagsunud-sunod ang pagwasiwas niya ng kutsilyo niya at iwas lamang ako ng iwas noon habang hindi inaalis ang tingin sa mga mata niya. He really has those dangerous eyes. It was cold yet burning.