2 Chapter 2
Aether POV
Helllllloooooo guyz!!!!! Wasssssuppppp! I'm sure you know me already so I don't need to introduce myself once again. I'm sure she lied. The word savage won't be leaving in her own vocabulary on its own.
So awhile ago, I was called on by auntie for us to talk. This is the real scenario...
Flashback...
SFX: Knock knock knock
I knocked on the door where auntie had delegated me.
"Come in!"
I made myself comfortable right after she ushered me right in front of the drawing area.
"Ano pong kailangan niyong sabihin tita?"I asked her.
[What do you need from me, auntie?]
"Maghanda ka na. Kailangan niyo na bumalik kung saan kayo nanggaling. Nagsisimula na silang hanapin kayong siyam. Hindi nila kayo papangalagaan kundi papatayin kayo isa-isa. Kailangan mong protektahan si Tyche. Hindi pa niya natutuklasan kung ano ang kapangyarihan niya."
[Get yourselves ready. You need to go back to where you really came from. They are already starting to find all nine of you. They won't be taking care of you but they will kill you instead. You need to protect Tyche. She haven't discovered her supernatural abilities up to this point.]
"Hindi na kayo dapat mabahala sa pag protekta kay Tyche. Pero ang tanong ko lang po, paano kayo nakakasiguro na malapit na sila?"
[You don't have to worry about me protecting Tyche. But I just want to ask you something, how did you know that they are already dispatched and near from us?]
" Sa totoo lang, may mga umatake sa amin na mga lalaking naka-kapa ng itim. At nakaka-siguro ako na mamayang gabi sasalakay sila dito sa bahay."
[To be honest, someone with black robes had already attacked us. And I'm sure they will be coming back tonight and will attack us once again.]
If you are so oblivious about we are talking about. This is fantasy story so what do you expect us to talk about besides that? So yeah, I'll be serious mode then.
In this kind of situation, auntie is the one who gave birth of Tyche but she is somewhat like a surrogate mother. She is some other entity's daughter. Uncle and Auntie are like the protector of Tyche, since they have been given an order by her real parents.
As for me, I knew my identity ever since I was a child unlike Tyche who doesn't know anything at all what kind of creature is she. I was raised with me knowing my own identity, responsibilities, who I can trust and who should I protect. In short, I'm an all around maid, bodyguard and a mistreated goddess.
Oh yeah, you still don't know what is my role in this story. I am Aether [Rui] The daughter of Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness), the goddess of heaven before Zeus take over the throne. Like Tyche, we both undergo reincarnation. In my case, I regained my memories of my past life and awakened my power when I turned 18. For us reincarnated deities, in the age of 18, we regained everything in crucial and painful way.
"Inatasan kita para protektahan si Tyche kasi alam kong di na namin siya kayang protektahan."
[I am giving you the order to protect Tyche because we won't be able to protect her afterwards.]
"Wag po kayong magsasabi ng ganyan."
"Inihahanda lang kita sa kung anong posibleng mangyari sa amin. Ah nga pala *inabot niya yung dalawang duffle bag na leather ang texture nandiyan na ang lahat ng kakailanganin niyo. Magic bag yan."
[1. Don't say it like that.
2. I am just giving you the heads up on what will happen to us. Oh by the way,*reaching out the two duffle bag that has leather texture everything you need is in there already. That's a magic bag.]
"Thank you po tita. Wala na po ba kayong sasabihin?"
[Thank you auntie. Is there anything you want to say?]
"Wala na anak. Makakaalis ka na."
[That's just it, my child. You can dismiss yourself.]
"Sige po tita"I said and went out the room.
[Okay auntie.]
End of Flashback
"Hoy! Kanina ka pa nakatunganga diyan tara na kakain na daw sabi manang." Ty said towards me.
[Hey! Your head had been flying for a very long time. Let's go and manang had already called for dinner.]
"Oo nandiyan na!" [Okay, coming!]
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Right after we ate, we went to auntie's study room. Everyone in the room is all tense.
Not being able to keep herself still, Tyche broke the deafening silence that is prevailing inside the room.
"Mommy, ano ba ang dapat kong malaman?"
[Mommy, what do I really need to know?]
"Umm....paano ko ba ito I-e-explain? Ikaw na lang kaya dad?" auntie said in mumble.
[Umm...How do I even explain this? Why don't you do it instead, dad?]
" Ikaw na lang mommy!" uncle said.
[It should be you mommy!]
"Ikaw na lang."
[Do it instead.]
"Ikaw na!"
[It should be you!]
And they said that for hundred folds. Until I spoke.
"Tita tito tumatakbo ang oras kailangan niyo nang sabihin kay Tyche ang totoo." I told them.
[Uncle, auntie, the time is running out. You should reveal the truth to Tyche immediately.]
"Ano ba ang totoong sinasabi mo Ae?" Ty asked me out of oblivion.
[What truth are you talking about, Ae?]
I nodded towards auntie, as if telling her that she should be the one who should reveal it instead.
"Lahat ng sasabihin ko sayo anak, ay pawang katotohanan walang halong biro. *buntong hininga wag ka sana magagalit sa amin. Gusto kong malaman mo na hindi kami ang tunay mong mga magulang. Ang tunay mong mga magulang ay sina Zeus at Aphrodite. Isa kang reincarnated full blooded deity"
[Everything I will say to you baby, are all truth and kidding aside. *sigh I hope you won't feel angry towards us. I want you to know that we are not your true parents. Your true parents are Zeus and Aphrodite. You are a reincarnated full blooded deity.]
Tyche's POV
Everything mom said doesn't feel right and it is making me question everything. I'm at some point of trance and doesn't want to believe what I have heard but mom said that everything is all truth and nothing but the truth. I can't even feel anything at all.
"Anak alam kong naguguluhan ka sa kung anong dapat mong paniwalaan. Pero nauubos na ang oras."
[Baby, I know you are still in state of trance, but we don't have much time.]
When I am about to say something, some mysterious people covered with red cloak abruptly came in.
"Aether! Ikaw na ang bahala kay Tyche! Kami na ang bahala dito." Mom and dad faced the enemies right after that.
[Aether! Please protect Tyche! We will be the one handling this one.]
"Tara na Ty! Pumasok na tayo sa portal bago huli pa ang lahat!" Ae said while she is dragging me along.
[Let's go Ty! Let's get in the portal before it's too late!]
" Ayoko! Di ko sila iiwan dito!"
[I don't want to! I won't leave them here!]
"Pero kailangan na nating umalis. Masasayang ang sakripisyo nila pag di pa tayo umalis! Tara na!"
[But we need to go. Their sacrifice will be in naught if we don't leave! Let's go!]
[At the time I looked at them for the last time, I witnessed them bathing with their own blood. I heard mommy saying something for the last time. She said....
"You have to search for the eight goddesses, our precious child. It's the only thing that you need to avenge our death."
And with that I surrendered and I just let Aether drag me into another world.
