Magnus Academy: The Cursed Blood

Chapter Ninety-Five

Under The Glowing Lights

"Let's cut your hair."

Hindi ako nakasagot ng ilang segundo sa sinabi niya and remained that way for another minute, I was too surprised to say a word. Cut my hair?! Ano na naman ang kinalaman ng buhok ko dito? Yes, I am aware na may kinalaman ang buhok na ito sa ability ko, and even my own spiritual energy, I'm not that stupid not to notice all these time. Pero ang sinasabi ko lang ay bakit? Why must she need to involve cutting down my hair? Is she simply running out of options o may iba pa siyang pinaplano?

"Siguro naman ay may nalamaman ka na sa sekreto ng pagkatao mo." She said as she circled around me, her fingers brushing along my braided hair behind. "Your ability allows you to control emotions, but thanks to your unique blood, it is enhanced. Making you absorb energy through how people feel and can even alter those emotions. Hindi lang iyan, makakaya mo din magbigay ng enerhia just like how you can easily take it away." She then paused, bumalik ang tingin niya sa nagliliwanag na tower na nangangalang Etherion.

"Dahil sa ability mo, ever since you were born your energy capacity was forced to widen its energy storage to keep those amass energies. Lahat ng katawan ay may tinatawag na limiter which holds the energy in place to make sure a user doesn't overuse their power."

"Almost all those who broke through their limiters barely survived, dahil kahit nagawa man nilang mapalabas ang kapangyarihan nila na wala na ang limiter, mamatay parin silang mamatay dahil sa pagkaubos ng life force, a will that generates mana, and that's what limiter is." Tapos ay agad bumalik sa akin ang tingin niya, seryoso ang tingin sa mukha niya.

"Pero matagal ng nawala ang limiter sa katawan mo Ke'ala. Your power was too great na hindi na ito kinayanan ng limiter mo." And that's why I was confined in a room which blocks energy from coming in and going out simula nung bata pa ako sa isla. "Pero matagal ka na sanang patay kung ganoon, but you lived, that's why your body unconsciously created another limiter which prevents all your bursting energy from going all out. And that is your hair."

"Dahil sa nasira mong limiter, you can freely generate all the energy you want and store any amounts of energy if you wish, but your hair controls all of those energy flow, pinipigilan ng buhok mo ang ganyan kalalaking enerhiya na lumabas mula sa katawan mo otherwise you wouldn't handle it." Nagulat ako sa mga sinasabi niya.

Alam kong may hindi tama sa katawan ko lalo na sa enerhiya ko, pero hindi ko alam na kaya pala ganoon ako kagaling kumontrol ng daloy ng enerhiya, it's all because of my hair which served as a limiter that my body unconsciously created when my original one was already broken a long time ago.

"But imagine what will happen if your hair was cut off, the world will be dancing unto the palm of your hands sa laki ng enerhiyang matatanggap mo. Even that temporary limiter, that ring, of yours wouldn't be able to suppress it. Imagine absorbing billions of energy from the people all over the world! Hindi mo parin ba naiisip kung ano ang pwede mong magagawa sa kapangyarihang iyan? Only a very few knows your true potential, Ke'ala, and I don't want anyone else to have you."

"So you want me to cut my hair and power up Etherion? With what exactly? You say this power is too great, but wouldn't I just be absorbing your world making, theoretically, all your spirits one by one suddenly disappear?"

"At kung noon man ay nawasak ang limiter sa katawan ko ay muntikan na akong mamatay, what difference would it make now? My body made another limiter to suppress this energy, at ngayon sisirain ko na naman? What if my body can't make another limiter then in time? I may not fully realise my own body's full potential, but I'm certainly not risking my life for you."

"At simula pa nung una, bakit ang dami niyo naman yatang alam tungkol sa buhay ko?" It's unsettling now that I think about it. Bakit pa ba ako? At kahit mga Spirit Keepers man sila, imposible namang malalaman na nila agad ang katotohanan tungkol sa akin na pati nga ako ay walang alam sa unang beses palang na umapak na ako sa mundong ito.