Snow (Part Two)
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Unlike the other schools, this institution announced the passers -- as well as the rooms we're designated -- a month earlier than the norm. All of us who went here are wearing civilian clothes.
Ah, I'm the exception though. I entered the school with special privilege, something that only the chairman knew about. I only came here to see which class I'm in.
I smiled while looking at the new institution I'm about to attend. I wonder if I'll make friends, and am hoping that my academics would go smoothly.
But as soon as my foot touched the school grounds, my prized protection jewel -- an item that nullifies any abnormal conditions imposed by a rune card -- just cracked and shattered.
"My protection jewel!?"
"Is something wrong?"
A concerned citizen -- someone who's around my age, I think -- approached me and asked about my condition. I hid the now shattered jewel, which was attached to a bracelet, with my hand.
I put a service smile and responded with "Yes, I am", and went to the announcement board to see if I passed or not.
I can't shake off this uneasy feeling though.
I secretly peeked at the people of my sorroundings to see if they noticed but they're just acting normally like any other being would do.
Did I bought a defective product, perhaps?
No.
It's not that. The store where I got this jewel is well-known for producing high-quality stuff. There's no way that that place is a fraud.
In th end I could only trust my gut instinct, just as what my mother told me before.
"Remember Snow. You should trust yourself first before anything else, especially in this world full of crap. There are people who would lie, people who are opportunistic, and much more. I your gut instinct screams that there's something going on, believe it. That's how I survived the outside world when I'm at your age."
My mother's teaching reverberated in my mind.
I decided on that moment to investigate this matter.
For a month, I acted as if I'm having a normal life of a student. However, I kept on looking for clues and searching for anomalies. I recently learned that the chairman is "off-duty" and there's someone he asked for to do his job.
But that's certainly not possible.
The chairman I knew, asked me to become a student secretary -- to which I happily accepted -- would tell me about it beforehand. The reason I thought about that way is because the chairman here is courting my only living sister and we're close enough that we often chat a bit in malls.
My sister started to worry about his well-being, and asked me what's going on. I told her that I also didn't get any response from my messages.
What I knew on the next day unveiled the mystery.
I was caught off guard while roaming around the school premises. I told those students who cornered me that I'm just doing my usual leisure walk since there's still time before classws resume.
Though reluctant, they accepted my alibi.
But of course, it's not for free.
They used a rune card on me that allowed them to pinpoint my location. They could also hear what I say or see what I see if they wanted to, something that I find very disgusting and horrible. Since then, I could no longer communicate with my sister using normal means. I only say that I'm fine and well but in reality, I'm not.
The acting chairman got the wind of my recent actions and he "deployed" someone to act as my watcher. It's the same girl who approached me before after getting concerned when I exclaimed about what had happened during that time.
"Hey, don't leave me behind!"
“Huh? Do you want me to get trampled to death by your fan club?”
I finally knew her name. She's Solice Garrison, the school idol.
I almost spewed out my soda at her face as soon as I faced her. What I discovered is shocking.
Her eyes...are "dead".
There are various reasons that this condition happened, but the most common fact is due to hypnotism. If that were the case, I could say that I'm impressed -- I've never seen such dominating hypnosis that could even make the personality intact.
My problems keeps on rising.
I’m with a stranger who does mess my inner peace right now. Most guys look at it as some sort of her charm. For me it’s a pain. AN ABSOLUTE PAIN in fact. She’s with me during lunch break for three days straight and her chest is pressing on my arm as she hugs it…with her snot dangling about.
Be aware of yourself, woman! Well, I'm a girl too, but still...!
Why would she even communicate with me in the first place? This is strange. Is this another command of the hypnosis?
“Okay, and so, what’s the next thing that happened?” I said as I’m about to eat my lunch.
Ugh, getting the attention of that chairman brought me to this situation.
I need to lay low for now.
Afternoon on that same day, when I’m walking towards home, I saw some figures ahead of me walking like a moving corpses one could see in the movies, dragging a bag like some dog owner taking a dog on a leisure walk. The sun is blocking my vision with its rays, and so I didn’t get any further details. I am concerned about it but more importantly, among those guys is a familiar figure. I could recognize that bulky-sized individual.
It's the acting chairman.
Without putting much thought, I tried to avert my gaze and pass by. However, I felt a painful grip on my left arm.
“What do you want?”
"Stop acting tough. I know you're up to something. If you think that I don't know that you're sniffing around looking for clues, you're mistaken."
I tried to escape from his grasp to no avail.
They tortured me 'til I could barely stand or even sit.
I could only hope that someone would come and help me.
As if the gods listened to my prayer, Yukti came, under direct request from my sister, to save us from this miserable situation.
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