The Crescent Moon

Chapter 3

Luna Nueva’s POV

“Luna!” Akma akong dadambahin ng yakap ni Rin ngunit naunahan siya ni Alicia na yumakap sa akin. “Alicia! I should hug her first.”

“Shut up, Rin!” singhal ni Alicia ngunit nananatili pa din siyang nakayakap sa akin.

“Luna, anak.” Bumaling ako sa nanay ni Sina na siyang itinuring na din akong anak kahit alam niyang ibang kaluluwa ang may kontrol sa katawang ito. “H-how are you?”

“Lucky, I guess.” Hinaplos ko ang buhok ni Alicia na agad din namang kumalas ng yakap sa akin. At bago pa ako makakilos ay agad na ding yumakap sa akin si Rin. “Seriously, I am really okay. You don’t need to hug me just to check on that.”

Yeah, niyayakap nila ako upang makasigurado sila na maayos lang ako.

“How did you manage to take that body back?” tanong ng Reyna.

“Sina got caught up with something while she was in control,” I said while caressing Rin’s back since he still didn’t want to let go of me. “She got tied up in the throne of Aquamarine castle by a thamanian rope and she was forced to let me out again.”

“Does it mean we have to get back to the fountain of memories again?” Rin finally let go of the hug but he was still holding my arms. “You want to know what Sina did before giving it back to you, right?”

I nodded. “I am sure, she cast some spell for her advantage and I had to know what it is to counter it.”

Rin’s memories were also protected though he doesn’t really need it because Kronen was not like Sina. He cannot just take his body back against Rin without Sina’s spell. But we still need to be on guard to make sure.

“But first, we have to lessen Eleanor’s monster.”

I looked back at the Aquamarine Kingdom. The castle was empty and there were no monsters inside it. All of them were scattered in the streets around the city.

“Though…” I looked at them back. “Getting back the fallen kingdom can wait. Let’s go back home first. We need to gather more supply before going out of here again.”

“Are you sure about that, Luna?” paniniguro ni Alicia. “Kung babalik tayo ng Diamond Kingdom, magsisimula tayong muli sa umpisa para mabawi ang mga kaharian na ito.”

“I am aware of that,” I said. “But our force was already exhausted. Kailangan nating magpalakas bago humarap muli sa pwersa ni Eleanor dahil pare-pareho lang tayong mamamatay kung ipagpapatuloy natin ang labang ito.”

Iginala ko ang tingin sa mga kawal na kasalukuyan ngayong nagpapahinga.

Bakas na sa kanila ang pagod at hirap dahil sa sitwasyong kinakaharap at siguradong mapapahamak lang sila kung patuloy kaming lalaban nang ganito ang sitwasyon nila.

“If that is your decision,” sambit ng reyna at agad na nagpatawag ng meeting para sa lahat ng squad leader pagkuwa’y bumaling sa akin. “Magpahinga ka muna, Luna. Maghahanda pa ang lahat para sa pagbalik natin sa palasyo.”

“Okay.” Hinila ko na ang kamay ni Rin papunta sa tent na siyang pagpapahingahan ko. Nang makapasok kami doon agad ko siyang itinulak sa kama tsaka ako nahiga sa tabi niya at yumakap sa kanya ng mahigpit.

Ramdam ko ang pagkatigil niya. Siguro ay hindi niya inaasahan ang gagawin ko pero gusto ko magpahinga ngayon sa tabi niya.

Hanggang sa naramdaman ko na lang na hinahaplos na niya ang buhok ko. “You got scared?”

Sumubsob ako sa dibdib niya tsaka tumango. “I didn’t know what happened. Tuwing naiisip ko na nagawa ni Sina na makuha ang kontrol ng katawang ito nang walang kahirap-hirap, binabalot ako ng takot.”

“Because you don’t want to leave us without saying goodbye?”

Tumango akong muli. “Ayoko pang mawala sa mundong ito, Rin,” mahina kong sambit. “I still have a lot of things that I want to do. Together with you. With the people who accepted me despite my real identity.”

But do I really have that kind of choice?

I mean, this body is not even mine. Sooner or later, magagawa ng babaeng iyon na mabawi ang katawang ito at wala akong magagawa para pigilan siya.

“I want to own this body, but what rights do I have?”

“You already have the right to do what you want with that body when Sina lets you use it,” he said. “She basically abandoned it when she let herself be killed by the people that she hired and asked Hunter to put you there. She brought you here to inhabit that body so you can do what you wish to do with it.”

Inangat ko ang ulo ko para tumingin sa kanya. “You think that will be okay?”

Tumango siya. “But you know that it will not be an easy fight, right?”

Bumuntong hininga ako. “Yeah, I am aware of that.”

Sina brought me into this world by manipulating Hyun and Hunter. Isa sa mga rason niya ay ang proteksyon na bumabalot sa kanila ni Eleanor.

Sina and Eleanor can’t kill each other.

It appears like despite what Eleanor was doing against the Thamani, Hunter doesn’t want to harm the woman that loves him so much. Kaya naman ang ikulong niya ito sa underground kingdom of Black Crystal, binigyan niya din ito ng proteksyon laban sa mga Thamanian na magtatangka sa kanyang buhay.

Ganoon din ang proteksyon na ibinigay niya kay Sina dahil nga nais niyang bumawi sa mga Crisiente nang mawala ang nakatatanda nitong kapatid dahil sa pagiging pabaya niya.

And that made Sina get the idea of bringing me to this world.

Hindi ko alam kung bakit ako ang napili niya dahil wala iyon sa mga alaalang naitala ng fountain of memories. Pero sa tulong ng kakayahang aksidenteng binigay ni Hunter upang makita ang hinaharap ay nakita niyang isang luna del cacciatore na nasa katawan niya ang nag-iisang paraan upang tuluyang alisin sa landas nila si Eleanor.

She just wanted to use me and once I was done with that, she planned to seal me deep inside her consciousness for her to still continue using the power that Hunter gave to my soul.

She has a way of doing that and I am not sure how to counter it. Kaya mahihirapan din ako kung pipiliin kong tuluyang kunin sa kanya ang katawan at buhay na ito.

I think the rope managed to weaken her and that is why I managed to get back but I am not even sure how long it will last for me to stay with them.

Natigil ako sa pag-iisip nang biglang halikan ni Rin ang noo ko kaya muli akong tumingin sa kanya.

“Don’t worry, Luna,” Hinaplos niya ang pisngi ko. “You have been doing everything to fight for us and for this world. So, I think it is my turn to finally do something to help our situation.”

Kumunot ang noo ko. “What do you mean?”

Ngumiti siya. “Don’t worry, wala akong gagawin na makapaghihiwalay sa atin.” Niyakap niya ako ng mahigpit. “So, please trust me on this.”

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