Existence Of A Peculiar Lady

Chapter 5

A DUEL TO VERALTA ACADEMY

Morgiana

"Uhm. Morgiana, I know this sounds absurd but... I-- I'm challenging you into a duel." sabi ni Ezio.

Napa-nganga ako. Literal na napa-nganga. Like heck, this is my first time doing that thing!

"Wh-- What?!" nagtaas din ang boses ko. This is also the first time I lose control.

"No way! How could I even fight you?! Napatay mo nga ng ganun kadali yung higanteng halimaw kanina and now you're asking me to fight you?!" tuloy tuloy na dagdag ko.

I can't do that! Ipapahamak ko lang ang sarili ko pag ginawa ko 'yon.

Ezio chuckled.

"Relax. I would go easy on you, babe." sabi niya tas kinindatan niya ako.

And because of that, I kick him! And he easily managed to dodge that. Heck, how could I defeat him?

"Wait wait! Di pa start!" sabi niya tas tumatawa.

"I told you jerk there's no way I would have a duel with you!" sabi ko tas pinagpatuloy ko ang pagsipa ko sakaniya.

Ilag lang siya ng ilag.

"Then, I won't bring you to Veralta academy." sabi niya habang tumatawa pa rin.

Napatigil ako sa pagsipa sakaniya. No way. Kailangan ko siya. I need to spy before planning. Kailangan ko ng kaalaman tungkol sa mundong to bago ko ito tuluyang masira.

"Fine. Let's have a duel." saad ko. Talo na ako.

Napa-ngiti siya.

"Wag ka magalala, Morgiana. You won't die. After our duel, everything will go back to normal. Na para bang hindi tayo nag-duel. Trust me. It's just so damn boring!" pagrereklamo niya.

"And how is that going to happen?" nagtatakang tanong ko.

"That's why I bought this device," saad niya at inilabas ang rectangular device na may dalawang button. May design ito ng mga puno at araw.

"This is a device used for duel. Once the duelers clicked those buttons, they will be put into an illusion. But once na someone is knocked down, the game is over. And both of us will return in Utopia safe and sound without the scrape we had during the battle. We might feel the pain during battling but once we're done, it will all be gone. Amazing, right?" pagpapaliwanag niya.

Okay naman pala e, besides he didn't ask me to win. All I need to do is fight him.

"Sounds exciting."

"Oh. You look really excited!" sabi niya with so much full of sarcasm in his voice tapos tumawa na naman siya.

"Morgiana, there's only one rule," saad niya. I gulped.

"Win." sabi niya tas pinindot na ang isang button. Bigla siyang nawala sa harapan ko.

Napa-buntong hininga ako tapos napa lunok. Kung tutuusin, pwede akong tumakas. But the probability that someone will help me the way he did is 40 over 100. At tsaka wala namang mawawala, this also sounds fun.

Pinindot ko na ang button na naka-tapat sa'kin.

Napunta ako sa isang gubat na ma-araw. Kung tutuusin, alam kong hindi talaga siya lalaban sa'kin ng buo. Kasi nasa gubat kami, he can't use teleportation. Diba?

Naramdaman ko nalang na nilalamig ako. Napa-tingin ako sa paanan ko, at nakita kong binabalot ang buong damuhan ng yelo. Unti-unting nawala ang mga damo at napalitan ng yelo.