JACK OF ALL TRADES: Mage without Magic

7: WHO AM I

Chapter 7: Who I really am

Jass

Everyone went crazy over the complete appearance of the Royal Siblings. From the oldest to youngest, they're all present. However, the appearance of a single unfamiliar new face brought confusion to the citizens.

The one who caused the sudden change in temperature, that person who possess ice magic. I can't actually define what I felt, but he oddly feel familiar. It strangely feels like we've met before.

"Nice seeing you here. You look terrible"

"Wah- Iris?!" I jolted.

Napatingin saakin ang mga tao dahil sa pagsigaw ko. Tinakpan ko ang bibig at bahagyang yumuko, buti nalang at abala si Erwin sa pagkamangha doon sa mga prisipeng kakadating lamang kaya hindi niya napansin ang aking pagsigaw.

"What are you doing here?" pabulong kong sigaw. She just looked at me with her 'duh' look at tinuon ang pansin sa harap.

Her slightly natural curled hair with light brown ends already grew long. Her lashes are still dark black as well as her eyebrows. Her eyes always reminds me of a parallelogram, and it's color is neither cyan or dark red, but a perfect balance of the two. It has spiky bloody red color in her inner iris then gradually spreading into cyan. But sadly, no matter how beautiful her eyes are, it always shows no emotions in it. Which made it dull to look at.

She has dotted nose with light freckles spreading across her rosy cheeks. Her chin is cute, and it highlighted her thin but pulpy pink lips. Her overall appearance can literally make me ask, 'How does it feel to be God's favorite?'

"Done checking me out?"

Agad akong napaiwas ng tingin.

She looks so feminine, yet she's very very scary. Can people's appearance just match their personality? How can someone who looks this fragile, can also be someone who can choke you to death? How?!

I cleared my throat and watched the children in front silently, ignoring the scary goddess beside me. Maraming dismayadong mga magulang dahil sa pangyayaring ito. Marahil, ito nalang ang iniisip nilang maaaring hihila sa kanila palayo sa kahirapan.

"Who is organizing the evaluation this year?" tanong ko kay Iris.

She scoffed, "Why should I tell you? You're just a commoner, anyway" tiningnan niya ako ng nakakaloko at ngumisi.

I gritted my teeth. Naikuyom ko rin ang kamao ko at napaiwas nalang ng tingin. I can't argue with that. Her appearance doesn't really suit her attitude.

Ang tanging nagawa ko lang ay pagmasdan ang malungkot na expresyon ng mga batang hindi tumuloy dahil sa binagong mga patakaran. I can't even help. I'm so pathetic.

It's always like this. It's always the weak against the powerful, and we always get beat up at the end.

Iris and I, we both watched there in silence. Tahimik lang rin si Erwin sa kabilang gilid ko, at nagmamasid ng maigi sa mga kalahok. The one on one battle started, and each of them has unique magics. They all fight like adults, and I'm starting to get insulted.

I mean, what? How can they fight seriously like that when I can't even look serious 'cause my face is a huge joke.

"Yeah, that's true"

"WHA-?! Did you just read my mind without my permission?" hindi makapaniwalang tingin ang iginawad ko kay Iris.

She just shrugged. "Who knows"