The Spirit Martial

Spirit 20

I can't believe what just happened. Nananaginip ba ako o ano? Kailani wields the most enormous amount of magic molecules sa batch namin while I'm just below him. Well, honestly speaking- malaki na ang expectations sa amin ng mga tao and they were waiting for us to get low magic molecules amount para siraan kami but too bad we got the highest. The top 4 is us at wala ng iba. A part of me is actually proud and kahit konti lang, tumaas talaga yung confidence level ko dahil sa natanggap kong magic molecules amount.

The first part of entrance exams took us four hours and they gave us 30 minutes break for the second part. Out of 7,475 applicants, only 1,837 passed. It's actually a surprise daw to the school kasi usually, 800 yung makakapasa sa first part at walang babae pero in this batch, ang daming babae. This world is field with discrimination kaya masaya na rin ako sa resulta. They might not know it but women are powerful. Hindi pa lang nila alam but if ever I'll be sitting on the throne one day, I will empower gender equality in this country.

Nakaupo kaming apat dito sa napakalaking cafeteria at ang daming food stalls pero ang mamamahal. Buti nalang, libre kaming mga royalties kasi pag hindi wala talaga akong makakain. In games or movies, mayroon talagang royalties na abusive and we just saw one earlier. Dahil libre nga, one royalty- a Prince form the West, ordered all of the dishes and took only one bite. After taking a bite of each dishes, tinatapon niya ito kasi daw masayadong malinis ang school at walang tinatrabaho ang mga janitor. Sinubukan ko siyang pinigilan kaso Kailani stopped me from doing it. He said that I should not mingle to any business relating to people from the West because they actually have stronger forces compared to them. Hindi ito makatarungan pero iniiwasan ko na lang rin na magkaroon ng isang malaking digmaan sa Agartha.

"May ganon talaga Cygnus, hayaan mo na, I'll just give those vendors some money to repair the damages na ginawa niya," Kali said as he sipped his water bottle.

"Pero masama pa rin naman iyon, he need to learn his lesson," reklamo ko.

"Patience is a virtue. Wait for the perfect timing. Malay mo may surprise mock games ang entrances exams kagaya dati, pwede mo talaga siyang gulpihin," Kailani replied.

"Mock Games?" I asked and he nodded.

"Sometimes, those who passed are surveyed through mock games." Nieve replied. "The school actually has this games in the middle of the year where each representative from each batch and sections will fight. They call it Mahika Tournament and during entrance exams, may mock games na magaganap usually to see possible contenders," Nieve added.

"Mahika Tournament huh?" I said with a smile. I want to participate in that.

"Yeah and whoever wins will represent the school and compete to the Mahika All Stars Tournament where all winners from each country will be participating. Whoever wins will be called as Champions of Viola." Nieve said with a smile.

"Viola?" I asked.

"Viola is the name of our world- don't tell me you didn't know?" he asked and I looked away.

"W-Well, I'm from the islands so ..." I reasoned out at tumawa sila.

"Okay then, I guell I'll accept that reason." Nieve replied and he ate his remaining food.

When we were finished eating, an announcement was heard- telling the students to go to another room to do the second test but this time, each ranks differ in one room which means sa room namin, royalties lahat with the 3 commoners na napansin ko na nakapatong sa A Class. Although they were the lowest in our class in terms of magic molecules amount, being an A Class is still something else.

We all stood up at naglakad papunta sa assigned room namin. It's kind of awkward kasi nakasabay namin ang ibang royalties and yes, they do bow at us, pero based on their expressions, it's against their will. Alam niyo yun, yung tipong nagrerespeto nga sila pero halata namang hindi nila gusto. Is it because we're getting the attention that they wanted? Pinilit kong hindi pinansin iyon kasi hindi rin naman pinansin nina Kali so I stayed with my poker face while we were getting bowed by everyone. Kahit may naririnig akong mga whispers tungkol kay Kailani or sa amin ni Nieve bilang swerte nga raw, hindi na ako nanumbaling pa. We proved to them that we are worthy of being the Princes of Mainland Agartha's parter, our magic molecules amount says it all.

"I wonder what my specialty is," biglang sabi ni Kali. Now that I think of it, I've never seen his Spirit at pati na kay Nieve.

"I think you are specialized in attacking, Prince Kali," Nieve replied with a smile. "Redtail Family are always good at attacking," he added.

"You're from Redtail Family? Is it from the Queen side?" I asked and he nodded. "May I know what kind of spirit do you have?" I asked and he smiled.

"Although I did not inherit my Dad's blood, I am actually proud of having this," he replied with the most genuine smile I saw from him.

"Having what spirit?" I asked again.

"The Red Panther, the strongest spirit in Redtail Family," he said at napatigil ako. I've read that in books. They are very strong and very fast, alsthough cheetah is the fastest, mabilis pa rin sila. Even in waters, they shine. Kahit dalawang buwaya- hindi kayang patumbahin ang Red Panther.

"That's so cool, how about Nieve?!" I exclaimed out of excitement. From my observations, he has this unusual cold temperature and he even controlled my temperature back then, he must be connected to Ice Spirits, even his name means something about eyes. Nieve actually came from the word 'niebe' which means snow.

"My spirit is kind of rare and I also belong to Redtail family," he replied with a smile. "A Snow leopard," he added at napalunok ako. Jeez, these guys are strong. I did insult them at first pero kung alam ko lang na ganito pala mga spirito nila hindi na sana ako nag-abalang mang-insulto. Isang attacke lang pala ako nito. Nakakaawa naman itong spirit ko kapag dumating talaga sa punto na nakipaglaban ako, buti nalang wala.

"W-Well, wow," iyon lang ang nasabi ako.

"How about yours? Hindi rin namin alam," Kali said. "Although you mentioned you belong to Botanica Family, hindi namin alam kung anong spirit mo." Kali added at nagsimula siyang maglakad ulit kaya sumunod kami.

"W-Well, hindi katulad niyo na pinakamalaks or ano, mine is actually the most dangerous one. Nag-aalinlangan nga akong ilabas ito minsan kasi one wrong move, I can kill someone," I replied with a nervous smile.

"I heard the the Previous Spirit Martial holds the most poisonous plant all over the world, by the chance, do you wield the Queen of Poisons, Your Highness?" Nieve asked at napatigil ulit ako. So the spirit I'm holding is my dad's spirit. Guess I inherited his blood.

"W-Well, yes," sabi ko at naglakad ulit.

"It's fine Cygnus, you know how to control its toxins," Kailani said as he tapped my back.

"Hindi pa rin dapat ako kompyansa, we never know what might happen," sagot ko naman.

Tumigil si Kali na nasa harapan namin kaya napatigil kami. We are currently in front of a huge door and I think this is where we'll be doing our second test. Napahinga ako ng malalim at binuksan ni Kali ang pinto. The area is quite small compared kanina. Sumalubong sa amin ang napakaraming upuan kahit konti lang kami at isang circle center stage sa harap.

We walked forward at umupo sa pinakharap na parte. Another man wearing a different type of mask arrived at the stage.

"Welcome to the Second Part of the Oak Hills Casters Institute Entrance Exam!" he shouted. "This time, you will be summoning your spirits and this magic stage will identify your specialization. For instance, kapag ang lumitaw na specialty ay healing, hindi ibig sabihin na iyon na ang dapat ifofocus. Ang test na ito ay para lang malaman niyo kung ano ang dapat mong i-enhance kasi ito ay nagsasabi hindi lang bilang specialty niyo kung hindi kung ano talaga ang kapangyarihan ng spirit niyo," he added. "Again, this will not determine which classrooms you will be attending since over all scores will be finalized after everything else." he added again and a long wand appeared. He slammed the bottom of the owand to the center stage and the sound echoed throughout the whole room.

"Let us begin!" he shouted.

"Kailani," I called at agad siyang napatingin sa akin.

"What?" he asked.

"Do you think my specialty will be poisoning?" I asked and he smiled habang umiiling siya. "Why are you shaking your head? Ano ba dapat? Healing?" I asked.

"I don't know but if escaping was one of the specialties, I'm sure doon ka talaga." he said and he chuckled. I frowned at him at hinampas ang ulo niya.

"Sira ka palang kausap eh," reklamo ko.

"I'm kidding," he said and he tapped my shoulder. "But honestly, even though you belong to Botanica, I personally believe that your specialty is attacking," he added and my eyes widened. "You cannot have poisoning as your specialty, that's impossible," he added again.

"Bakit mo naman nasabi iyan?" I asked.

"There is no way you could poison somebody," he replied. "How can someone who can't poison can be have the specialty of poisoning?" he added again.

Tama siya. TAMA SIYA.