Merciless' Vice Versa

VIII

Isang mabilis na palaso ang dumaan malapit sa pisngi ng isang babaeng may kulay lilang buhok, lahat ay nagulantang sa nasaksihan ngunit namalayan din nilang tumama ang palaso sa isang makamandag na ahas na malapit ng tuklawin ang tao.

"Jill! Ayos ka lamang?" Tumalon pababa sa isang malaking bato ang pinakamalapit niyang kasamahan at agad siyang dinaluhan.

While others who can use teleport, teleported in front of her. Their eyes are full of worry while checking her if she had an injury.

"A-ayos lamang ako, salamat. Ngunit saan nanggaling ang palasong iyon?" Saad niya habang may kinakabahang tono.

Napatigil ang lahat nang mapagtanto iyon. They were immediately alerted and all of them touched their weapon in defense. Lahat ay iginala ang paningin.

Ang tanging kanilang nakikita ay mga naglalakihang puno at ang masukal na kagubatan, they were all on top of the big round stone while alertly observing the surroundings. It was hard for them to locate someone when all they can hear are the loud snapping of the trees and the chirping of the birds.

Ngunit sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon, lahat ay nakarinig ng isang malakas na pagbagsak na parang mayroong isang bagay na nahulog.

"Is that an assassin?!"

"Master! You caught the assassin!"

Hindi pala isang 'bagay' ang bumagsak, kundi isang 'tao' na may suot-suot na kulay madilim na berde, so, that's why they are struggling to locate that assassin! It blends on the tree leaves!

The said assassin was lying on its chest, while its hand were locked in its back. Ang nakahuli rito ay ang tinawag nilang Master na ngayon ay mabilis nilang pinupuntahan.

"You're not a fallen mage so who are you? And who sent you?" Puno ng panganib ang boses ng matandang lalaki.

Hindi naman nagsalita ang taong iyon na patuloy pa ring nakadapa sa lupa habang nasa likod ang mga kamay.

"Master! Just kill that assassin so we can avenge jill! That assassin tried to kill her!" Saad namang ng isang lalaking may pulang buhok, the immaturity in his face can't be hidden.

"Tama ang sinabi ni Gav, Master!"

The master shook his head and glared at them. "Shut up for a seconds and let me talk to her!"

"Her?!"

Kasambit nila nito ay nakarinig na lamang sila ng isang mahinang tawa. Lahat ay napatutok ang tingin sa kanilang bihag.

"Oh my.. release me, please. I'm not an assassin nor a wicked person."

Ang master nila ay napakunot ng noo at mas hinigpitan ang pagkakahawak sa kaniya.

"Believe me."

"How? You tried to kill my student."

The woman went silent for a second before responding after with a tired explaining voice.

"I.. am not trying to kill her, I even saved her so why are you like this to your saviour?"

Tumalim naman ang mata ng isang estudyante. "Savior?! You're just trying to kill her! Don't use the snake as a scapegoat!"

Napailing naman ang sinasabing assasin at bahagyang natawa. "What an airhead.."

"Airhead ka raw, kreo."

Namula ang buong mukha nung kreo at susugod na sana sa sinasabing assassin nang patigilan sila ng kanilang master.

"Tumigil kayong lahat!" He shut them up and turned to his other student who's been quiet the whole time. "Blaine, is she lying?" Tukoy niya sa bihag.

The handsome man looked at the said female assassin and shook his head. "Na kreo's airhead? No."

Napatampal lahat ng noo at hindi makapaniwalang nilingon si Blaine. Si Blaine naman ay walang paki alam na umiwas ng tingin sa kanila.

"Blaine naman! Isa ka pa-,"

"Quiet!" Huminga ng malalim ang kanilang master at nagtitimping nagtanong ulit. "What I'm talking about is if she's not lying that she is not an assassin and she's not trying to kill any one of you."

Blaine can sense if the other person is lying or not, sa lahat ng human lie detector ay siya ang pinaka accurate. He did not looked at them but spoke in a languid tone.

"She's innocent. She never tried to kill jill nor try to kill any one of us. And she's saying the truth about saving jill. Correct me if I'm wrong."

Napahinga lahat ng malalim at napapikit sa inis.

"Para namang matatama ka namin, you're the only person who can sense if she's lying or not, huy."

Bago pa magsalita ang iba ay agad ng binitawan ng kanilang master ang babaeng kanina pa nakadapa sa lupa.

"Omg, so, we harmed jill's savior?" Bulaslas ng isa at mabilis na nilapitan ang babae.

Ang iba ay tinulungan itong tumayo at ayusin ang suot. Pinagpagan nila ito dahil sa lupang dumikit sa kaniyang suot.

However, the cloak that she's wearing suddenly dropped, revealing her beautiful light blue long hair.

All of them suddenly gasp. Nanlalaki ang mga mata ng iba habang titig na titig sa mukha nito.

Gumuhit sa isang ngiti ang labi ng babaeng iyon at nagpakilala. Tucking her beautiful hair behind her ear.

"Greetings. Maze Everred is the name."

The accused assassin and the owner of the arrow was no other than the ethereal beauty, Maze Everred.

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This chapter was kinda short (⁠'⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.̫⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠'⁠) I wrote this when I'm in my class so bear with me.

I also noticed that I've mention quite a lot of name in this chapter like blaine, jill, gav, and kreo. Honestly, I really really don't know if I can include them in the next chapter since they're not really on my plan ( I wrote a plot in my notebook, lol) but maybe.

Oh my, struggle is real ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ