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My ear is still ringing from what has been said amongst everyone. Family secret? I have never thought that even if this blood family has been surviving for years has its most treasured secret. It wasn't as easy as a carrot in a stick, this is damn rare. This is not even a vacation. My instinct is already telling me that it isn't. A curse or even any other stuff cannot be used if this plausible place is even existing.
"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘈𝘹𝘪𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥." Ate Iris said while still focused on the main road.
Tailing us at the back is Kuya Urse's car containing Ate Illa, Eura, Ivie and Isla. Next to that is Kuya Aché's car, with Ate Eves, Ate Asha, Elys, Exie and Iver. I could see them from here. Hence my vision being enhanced, I cannot comprehend who was tailing the last car.
Smirking and shaking my head from what's going to happen. "𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚗 40 𝚔/𝚖𝚙𝚑. 𝚆𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍. 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍'𝚜 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍. 𝙶𝚘!"I said before taking out a gun from the car compartment. Sometimes, eliminating an old enemy is much better than meeting a new one. Or maybe replacing a head for the monster to bite.
Enhancing my vision towards the last car who's tailing us, I fired three bullets towards their tire as I rained for more towards their front. It's not as if everyone's going to take it as a bloody shot. I was greeted by a vibrating phone, and as expected, the caller ID itself is revealing their intention. It's either making all of us vanish or be exiled.
Everyone is calm and silent as if nothing happened. They all know that entering this kind of wealth-based rankings inside the society will let us kiss death's lips. Well, maybe Lucifer has a VIP service for my family. I shrugged the thought of it. The whole ride was silent, everyone kept their mouth shut, even their eyes or so. Damn, I wanted a good nap, but I cannot. Is it seriously necessary for me to be awake?
I was about to drift off into dreamland when our car suddenly swerved its phase. What now? All I can see is nothing since we are not in the City and basically not in the main road. No one is absolutely making this up right? Turning left into a unknown road, or maybe it was never unknown, the clock inside my mind is slowly whispering 'it's time.'
"𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘈𝘹𝘪𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘰, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴." Ate Iris said while she earned a groan from me. Eiah and Eros are now awake. They're like babies who are now basically looking at what I am supposed to do. Gritting my teeth, I heard Ate Iris said Go, making my eyes glow, I opened a realm that is basically against everyone's knowledge that I have nothing to lose at this point. Family is family, it will always come first. "𝚂𝚘, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗? 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝. 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚠?" I asked and in just a snap, I earned a laugh.
"𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦.. 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." Ate Iris answered with conviction but I can tell there's something more to that.
Nothing was funny actually. If my guess is right, this is not a vacation, but to your nearest bloodbath. To kill or not to kill. But it's forbidden if it's family. You'll break the sacred oath of all ancestors disclosing every war that has to emerge. It cannot happen again, ever.
We all heaved out a deep sigh before shaking our heads. I am hoping nothing shall happen. "𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍. 𝙽𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝." I said before closing the realm with much force that I could handle. Ate Iris nodded and shrugged afterwards. This is going to be a long stride.
𝗔𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗺, the only word I could see in that book. I never knew I would be back here just for that secret.
"𝙽𝚎 𝚎𝚡 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚊 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚑𝚒 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚖 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊." I muttered under my breath before going out of the car when it stopped.
Seeing my other siblings anxious, worried, fidgeting. If my speculation is right, this is gonna one hell of a secret to find out even though I already have an idea and a simple hunch, it's not enough. No concrete proof so, it can't prevail.
"𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙢!" Ate Iris suddenly shouted with glee, but that glint in her eyes, I can tell, it is not just that simple.
"𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗺?" Iver asked while looking at the place. Vigilant, I smirked without everyone noticing. As expected towards our detective, maybe he sensed something is somewhat off too.
"𝖨'𝖽 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖠𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺 𝖬𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗆." Isla seconded as everyone nodded with her response. Nice nice. This game of chess for revealing that secret would seriously impart on everyone's mind. Protecting and pawning the King, I see. Let's see who's unveil the secret first.
We're to launch our so-called adventure when Exie suddenly spoke. "𝑺𝒐, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏?" Still the clueless one of what is happening. I immediately facepalm because of what she asked. Oh for love of mercy, why?! Maybe she thought we're going to the beach. Wait, is it intended to be?! I looked at the three instigator of this whole so-called trip. What the heck is going on?
"𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠." Kuya Urse and Kuya Aché said in unison. Both of them laughed and I cannot even find the humor in it. Why did I ever have siblings like this? I'm also questioning it.
"𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑜𝑠! 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛!" Ate Eves announced before hooking her arms from Ate Illa and Ate Iris, leaving us all behind. I could hear complains about "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐝." "𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔." I sighed while shaking my head before walking with the pact. This is going to be one hell of a headache or maybe body ache.
While our way towards no-ever-where, I could hear curses at the back, complains that they are already hungry plus the never ending complain of their feet hurts because they are wearing heels. Who wears heels in such a crucial time? If I could check it right, it has been, I don't know, time being that we have been walking. There's no night or day here. Just a neutral weather that everyone could maybe be deceived.
The surroundings can extract magic so, it is prohibited to use it. It's like saying it is not a feign assumption because it is already true. If you make a plant eat a portion of the ability you released, danger is the worst thing you can care less, the rest? It's chaos. Well, chaos is our middle name so, yeah, maybe the worst has yet to come.
