Bewitching Hearts: Ground Zero

Thirty - Xavier being her Knight and Calvin's Kiss

We talked about different and random things after that. Nagkanya-kanya na rin nang ginagawa. Ngayon ay nagpapahinga kami sa sala, and we are waiting for dinner time. Seth is cooking again, he's being helped by Xavier. Gutsto kong tumulong pero sabi nila, kaya na nila. E 'di ibigay ang hilig. Priam's whereabouts... hindi ko alam. Hindi ko na napansin kanina.

Masyadong masakit sa ulo ang pinag-usapan namin sa Hidden Room. And that room kinda feels stuffy. Kaya nang wala na kaming mapag-usapan, bumaba na kami.

Hindi pa lahat ma-digest ng utak ko lahat ng information na binahagi nila sa akin. But I feel somehow relieved. They are opening up what they know. Sabi rin nila, some facts are meant hidden by the eyes of everyone. Hindi lahat may magandang dulot sa bawat isa. At iyon ang hindi ko noon maintindihan.

Isang mahalagang impormasyon lang na may kinalaman sa buong realm ay pwedeng magdala ng takot at pangamba. Dahilan para magkagulo ang lahat. That is why there are Guardians, Ministry at High Council, to avoid disarray. Lawlessness means chaos and turbulence. Magiging magulo ang lahat at kailanman ay hindi magiging payapa ang buong real, that's why gumawa sila ng batas. Ngunit minsan, ang mga gumawa pa nito at nagpanukala ang hindi sumusunod.

Tsk. Sabi nila, every being must live with harmony. Ang alam ko noon, payapa talaga ang lahat. Walang dark sorcery, walangㅡ

"E 'di ba wala namangㅡwait, I remembered that one of my professors back in Aurswalt na wala naman dating dark elements 'di ba? Paano nangyari 'yon?" Pagsasatinig ko ng iniisip ko. Napatingin naman sa akin si Clydeus na ngumunguya ng cookies at si Ivo na naibaba ang phone dahil sa tanong ko.

"Just like humdrums, our kind has evil traits too that lead them to do bad things. Envy, jealousy, greed and hatred is one of the most root of it. Or the seven deadly sins too. Ever heard the story of Hera Geneva?" Ivo asked me.

"Hera? You mean, yung natitira at makapangyarihang white sorceress noon? Totoo ba sila? Akala ko kwento kwento lang e." Sagot ko. Well, hindi gaanong nasabi kung bakit ganoon ang nangyari sa kwento dahil walang makakapagkwento nito dahil ipinagbabawal ang pag-usapan ito ang nangyari sa Great War. Malaking lamat ang nagawa nito sa kasaysayan.

"Storytelling. Yeeeeey!" Masiglang saad ni Clydeus na pumapalakpak pa. Inabutan ko naman siya ng panyo na nasa bulsa ko para magpunas siya dahil ang dungis na naman niya. Hindi ko na talaga alam kung saan pa niya nilalagay lahat ng kinakain niya.

"As what we know, hundreds and thousands years ago, there is no such thing as dark elements and dark sorcerers or such. But things changed when a beautiful maiden named Hera falls in love and got her heart broken." Paninula ni Seth. This is hmm... cringy. Love is. I sighed at pinakinggan muli ang sinasabi ni Ivo. "She was engulf by her hatred and envy on her best friend. Some says that she was betrayed by her own best friend and took the love of her life from her. But no, Hera and that man was on an arrange marriage to begin with. But Hera loves that man from a far even before they got arranged. Until her best friend came and the man she loved dearly fell in love with her best friend. And that hatred caused her to awaken and possess the black magic that is hidden in the depths of our souls. Just when she received a gift from different deities for her wedding. The prophecy told her that one of the box shouldn't be opened when she's in grief but she did not believe it. But among the boxes that Hera's godparents gave her, she opened a black box from her Godparent Pandora and the seven deadly sins were born."

Right. Every one of us possesses a black magic buried deep within our souls. And that will be awaken by such unworldly sins. There is no such things like dark elements, not until you were swallowed by darkness in your heart. That is where it starts, within every being. Mukhang malaki ang galit at poot ni Hera na kinain na siya noon.