Senju Fanah Point Of View
Nawala ang labis na pangamba na naramdaman namin ni South sa pag-balik ni boss sa bahay. Hindi siya umuwi noong nakaraang gabi at nawala ng isang buong araw.
Nabahala kami na baka kung ano ng masama ang nangyari sa kaniya, napawi lamang ito nang kumatok siya sa pinto ng bahay ni South kaninang alas-siyete ng umaga.
Matamlay si boss na umuwi sa amin. Halata sa kaniyang mukha ang pagod kaya naman pinapag-pahinga namin agad siya ni South sa kaniyang kwarto at hindi na muna namin siya kinulit ng mga tanong namin sa dahilan ng kaniyang pagkawala.
"I will stay here to guard her." Anunsyo ko kay South.
"Aabsent din ako para sa boss. Maiwan ka muna dito sa bahay, maghahanap ako ng doctor na maaaring kumunsulta sa kaniya."
"Bakit mo gagawin iyon nang walang paalam kay boss?"
"She's too frail to complain, halatang may problema ang boss sa katawan niya." Katwiran niya sa akin.
"TSK! Bahala ka. Sige tumawag ka ng doctor, babaeng doctor hah! Ako na lang ang magluluto, baka kasi isda na naman ang lutuin mo."
"Ulol!" Pabagsak na sinarado ni South ang pinto sa kaniyang paglabas.
Napatapik naman ako sa aking noo at nagtungo sa kusina. Nagluto ako ng lugaw na para kay boss mamayang gumising na siya.
Tapos na akong mag-luto. Nagtungo ako sa kwarto ni boss para icheck ang kaniyang kalagayan.
Hinawakan ko siya sa noo upang alamin ang temperature ng kaniyang katawan, baka kasi mayroon lang siyang lagnat.
Normal naman ito, salamat. Pero nakakabahala na nanhihina siya at parang pagod na pagod.
"Xebec." Nanindig ang mga balahibo ko sa katawan ng marinig kong banggitin ni boss ang pangalan na ito.
(Sino kaya ang Xebec na 'yon?) Takang tanong ko sa aking sarile.
Inayos ko ang kumot na nakabalot sa kaniyang katawan.
Umupo ako sa upuan at pinagmasdan ang mahimbing na tulog kong boss.
"You really look like her. Even the personality really were the same." Sabi ko sa hangin.
I have a friend named Diane. She was a strong willed person. She was the closest and only friend I have in my fuckup previous life.
Flashback
Ipinanganak ako sa isang normal na Probinsya sa Philippines. Simula pa lang kindergarten, wala akong kaibigan na nakakalaro dahil lahat nandidire sa akin. Ipinanganak akong pangit, maging ang mga magulang ko ay nandidire sa akin at palaging kinukwestyon ang Diyos kung bakit pa nila ako ginawa.
I endured the pain, the emotional damages that I always get, day by day.
I just promise to my self na balang araw, tatanggapin din nila dahil papatunayan ko sa kanila na mali ang panghuhusga na ginagawa nila sa akin.
Nag-grade 4 ako, sa school year na ito, dito nagsimulang magbago ang buhay ko. Dahil nakilala ko si Diane Obalan, isang famous na studyante sa campus.
"Hoy halimaw, kambal ng bakulaw, huwag ka ng mag-abala pa na magpakilala sa amin sa harapan ng lahat dahil kilala kana namin."
"Halimaw!"
"Halimaw!"
"Anak ni Satanas na naligaw sa ibabaw ng lupa!" Panunukso sa akin ng mga kaklase ko.
"Class, silent." Saway sa kanila ng teacher namin. "Mr. Senju, simulan mo na ang pagpapakilala."
Umiling ako at umupo na lamang ulit sa aking upuan. "Huwag na po ma'am. Kilala naman po nila ako." Katwiran ko sa teacher.
Mabilis lang tumakbo ang oras. Lunch break na, kailangan kong lumabas ng classroom at sa garden kumain, malayo sa mga mapanglait kong mga kaklase.
Nakarating ako sa garden, akmang kakain na nang biglang lumapit sa akin ang isang babae, ang babaeng iyon ay si Diane Obalan.
Nakangite itong umupo sa aking tabi. "Pwede ba akong makisalo sayo sa pag-kain dito?" Tanong niya sa akin.
Nahiya ako sa kaniya at agad na napa-distansya.
"Pasensya na, huwag mo akong isusumbong sa mga fan boys baka bugbugin ako." Nagmakaawa na sabi ko agad sa kaniya. Akmang tatakbo na ako ngunit nagulat na lamang ako sa bilis na taglay niya. Naabutan niya agad ako at napigilan sa pamamagitan ng paghawak sa likuran ng damit ko.
"Bakit ko naman gagawin iyon?" Tanong niya, nawala ang kaniyang matamis na ngite. "Huwag mo akong itulad sa mga nanlalait sayo, mister."
"Bakit? Sa ganda mong iyan hindi ka nandidire sa akin?" Pwersahan kong inalis ang kamay niyang nakahawak sa damit ko. "Kung isang uri ng prank 'to, pakiusap, tumigil ka."
"Hindi. I want to be your friend, Senju Fanah." She insisted. "Please let me by your side, I need someone like you who experience the same fate I did." Naguluhan ako lalo sa aking narinig na sinabi niya.
I was intrigued. So I asked her. She didn't hesitate to tell me about what she's saying.
Biktima siya ng bullying from grade 1 to grade 2 bago Siya mag-transfer dito sa school na pinapasukan ko. She was bullied because of her ugly face. Her parents are rich business people. At a young age of 8, they force Diane Obalan to undergo a plastic surgery. The operation miraculously went successful but Diane Obalan was not happy on what her parents did to her.
She's pissed that she have the face that is not her own.
Diane and I became really close friends since then.
She's protecting me whenever I am being bullied by our classmates. She's willing to sacrifice her fame for me.
I constantly drive her away from me but she keeps on clinging to my life. Whenever I'm being beat up because I'm always with her, Diane is there to treat my bruises and cuts in my body.
Because of this, my life became focus on making Diane Obalan happy. But some things really won't go smoothly. As I lost her in a blink of an eye.
Diane Obalan was gang raped by people who ambush us one time after school during our 2nd year in high school. Seeing my hero being violated and killed in front of me while I'm unable to do anything for her because I'm weak, I wanted to be dead.
All I was able to do was to hold her in my arms and cry as the rain fell heavily.
I was the one framed for what happen to Diane and was sent to jail. There, another hell awaits me. I was always being beaten up by the other inmates.
I died in prison because Diane's parents hired a inmate there to kill me. I was stabbed to death in my chest 10 times.
Having my self get killed makes me feel at ease and happy. Not only I am free from the judgemental world but I'm also going to see Diane again and will be able to apologize for not being able to protect her.
Pero nagkamali ako na inakala kong mamamatay ako.
I woke up one day, I saw my surroundings that seem to be big. I found out later that I became a baby, I was reincarnated.
No matter how much I try to speak, I can't do it. My memory of my previous life remain to me. This new house I got reincarnated to was weird.
It looks to me that I'm not in the Philippines anymore.
As time goes by, I found out I was not in Earth, but in a different world. A world that has magic. A world with no high-technology like electricity.
I thought I can start off my life in this world, because I got reincarnated with a beautiful woman face despite the fact that I'm a man. I was wrong again, my parents sold me to a Noble family to be their slave.
It was another hellish life.
It's like my punishment for not being able to protect Diane.
I was forced to always pull a carriage that have a lot of iron plates inside, roaming in the city to be sold.
I almost died in my first week of doing such job because my feet became so numb and my head ached extremely because of the heat. My feet was broken for many times. I became so used to it though.
I at least got a break from this hellish life, when I met South who was also sold to the same Noble house that I was.
We became friends and always consulting one another whenever we are feeling down.
Together, we accepted the life of being slaves and became contented with it.
South and I just mark to ourselves that in our next life, we will surely become someone people will accept and admire for.
One day, a girl named Shannon Petrini came in a Smithing Shop where South and I are delivering iron plates.
At first I thought Shannon Petrini was just a hubris Noble but she proved me wrong.
She punch the owner of the shop who insulted me and South.
"Kung ikaw kaya ang malagay sa sitwasyon nila? Kakayanin mo kaya manong?" Tanong ni Shannon Petrini sa owner na hindi na nakasagot dahil nawalan ng malay.
The expression, the face, the body language are the same with Diane Obalan except for the hair and eye color.
"You two, wanna join me?" As we are leaving the shop to sell iron plates, Shannon asked us.
"Go ask other people young girl."
"We're not allowed to join you miss, we're owned by Nabac Noble Family."
"Get lost brat!" Pahabol na sabi ni South.
"Ang yabang mo ahhh." Angal naman ni Shannon pabalik. "Dyan na nga kayo."
We thought Shannon Petrini will stop pestering us about joining her on the said gang she wants to create as we always sent her away but we are proven wrong again.
Shannon Petrini brought Magic Knights of the city to the Nabac Noble Family to arrest them because of the family's illegal businesses. Shannon showed all the proof she have against the family, enough for the Magic Knights to arrest the Nabac Noble's and made us slaves free.
With a sweet smile on her face, Shannon Petrini made South and I follow her.
The three of us founded Havoc Gang afterwards. The longer we Hangout with Shannon Petrini, the more attached we became towards her. Her personality, values and ideals are amazing enough for us to always follow her.
The three of us destroyed half of Weal Region just to free up more slaves and make such slave driving region to stop enslaving commoners.
She even bothered to make South and I attend to Asteromagus Academy for us to have an education that she said we deserve to have.
End of Flashback
*****
"My hero, please get well soon." Hindi ko alam kung ano ang pumasok sa isip ko at lumapit ako sa tulog na si boss at hinalikan ko siya sa noo.
I'll fucking get killed if someone found out about this.
To be continued.
An; Baka may nagtaka sa inyo kung bakit may na-isekai na kagaya ni Senju sa Elementacia pero hindi naman siya yung bida. May paliwanag ang pangyayari na ito, kaya keep reading lang po hehehehe.....