My Royal Lesson (Kingdom University, #4)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Invasion

"Oh, so that's what it means," I muttered as I scribbled words on my readings.

He chuckled. "Yup. What else?"

"Panitikan . . . wait, you already said this a while ago." I tried remembering the English translation of the word and I flashed a smile when I finally recalled it. "It's literature, right?"

"Good job," he commended.

We were sitting next to each other after he volunteered to help me with my reading assignment, and I chose the best hidden spot in the library so we would not attract any attention. Somehow, this reminded me of our Kas1 class during our first year but he might have already forgotten about that.

"Try reading the next sentence," he said.

I felt a wave of nausea after hearing those words but he continued encouraging me until I gave in.

"Please don't laugh," I pleaded, worried that I'd just embarrass myself.

"I won't," he replied.

Taking a deep breath, I started reading. "Ang mga uri ng panitikang sumibol sa Pilipinas noong sinaunang panahon ay ang alamat, kuwentong bayan, epiko, mga awiting bayan, salawikain, karunungang bayan, sawikain, at bugtong."

It took me a minute to finish a sentence and it felt humiliating because I got tongue-tied and stammered a lot even though I was reading too slow.

"Hmm, you'll get better after a few more practice, I think," he noted with a serious expression on his face.

I didn't respond and just focus on understanding the words I just read. Translating and comprehending the sentences were harder than I thought they would be but having a dictionary and him by my side made them easier.

"Ah, didn't you have a meeting?"

Looking at his face, it seemed like he had forgotten about that.

"You should go," I said. "They are waiting for you."

"Yeah."

He stood up and grabbed his things, but I called him before he walked away. He turned around, curious as to why I stopped him.

"Salamat," I mouthed.

He grinned widely and waved at me. "Walang anuman."

I watched as his figure gradually disappeared from my sight. Looking at the scribbles and notes on my readings, it felt like I did something Steff or Jess would do. This was the first time I had spent this much time in the library but it was worth it.

My phone vibrated and I saw unread messages from our chat room.

mugiwara: have you seen the top articles today?

moonlight: oh wow, puro sa batch nina Darryl

mugiwara: but Gewena wrote another one about that Alice

cafemocha: ah, we approved of that since it was a lot better than the previous one

kingtrex: seems like Kevin's the hot topic this week

I hurriedly checked what articles they were talking about and saw that the first and second spots were about Alice and Jess. Gewena wrote another article about Alice entitled, Alisson Jane Diaz: A Commoner turned Princess Consort and a picture of them holding each other's hands was used as the cover photo. On the other hand, the story about Jess was about her height compared to Patrick's, which was cute and funny, and how he continuously teased her about it.