Tales Of The Supremes 41 True Identity 1

"What are you looking for?" A soft voice suddenly sounded that made Tala's heart skipped.

She hasn't felt someone approaching the library. Even if she was just using earthly energy to ward her surrounding, it was enough against normal astral master in the kingdom, but she didn't felt the lady's energy at all!

She glanced at the person who was leaning at the side door.

It was Salina!

Salina has just pa.s.sed by when she heard footsteps to the normally quiet library. She thought that it was amiss, so she discreetly approached the library.

Students were more inclined in strengthening their body than sharpening their mind, so the library was left empty all these years that the higher ups did not even bother to put a guard on it.

When she saw who was inside, she casually leaned at the side door.

"I'm looking for a map," Tala's voice was like a normal 14-year-old little one.

"What kind of map?" The lady approached her with a smile decorating her face.

"A map of this kingdom," she didn't hide her purpose for she was confident that no one will know her reason.

"Oh! Right! You're the new student here. You might find out it hard looking for some places," the lady a.s.sumed.

Tala just nodded.

"Didn't you remember me?" The lady chuckled.

"How can I forget teacher Salina. Sorry for not greeting you sooner." Tala clasped his fist. The only cla.s.s she attended to after she descended was the cla.s.s of Salina.

Salina approached a shelf on a corner and grabbed a scroll.

"Here's the map."

"This student thanks you a lot," after receiving the scroll, Tala immediately place it on a table and opened it.

"If you have something to ask, I am just here." Seeing the young man being so obsessed on the map, she thought that the young man really interested in knowing the kingdom more.

"Then I will make trouble for teacher," Tala said sincerely.

"It's nothing. I'm your teacher after all," Salina's smile did not fade a little bit.

Tala pointed out places outside the kingdom and asked how to get there easier and faster. It was the same distance from the midst of the kingdom to the cave they stumbled with.

Tala had just pointed fourth of the places she needed to find out when she noticed the deepening of furrows brows of Salina. She suddenly said, "That's all, thank you, teacher, for the help."

Tala's voice made Salina snapped out. "It's nothing much," she chuckled gently facading her true emotions. She was in deep thought that moment that made her realized, she wasn't taking attention.

"I'll make my leave first," Tala unhurriedly walked out bringing the map with her.

Leaving the premise, Tala twisted her lips. "I let my guard down," she sighed inwardly.

...

Inside the library, only Salina was left. She materialized a map of the kingdom. It was the general map of the place, much more detailed than on Tala's hand. Using the palace of the kingdom as the midpoint, she drew radii after radii to the locations Tala have been pointed earlier.

Using it as a reference, she connected the line into diameters. When everything was done, her hand trembled until she loosened the grip to her pen.

The pen fell on to the ground as it let out a soft sound.

She looked intently to the map full of lines with her face in shock.

Connecting the lines, she has drawn 12 straight lines representing each number in time.

12 hours of death!

Salina couldn't help but quiver in fear. Her knees became limp that she fell onto the ground.

As what it sounds, 12 hours will it take to claim the lives of many without them noticing as it will immediately suck up their life energy until there's nothing left with no exception. That's how powerful it is.

She hardly tidied up herself before she called her subordinate.

A blue-clad old man suddenly stood before her, and fall into his knee like a knight. "You subordinate is here."

"Send someone to investigate the places highlighted on this map," Salina ordered. She threw the map towards the man, and the man caught it easily.

"Your subordinate understood," the man vanished in a flash.

'That kid isn't simple. Gonna find out who is he,' Salina walked out the library silently.

...

Kalispi looked for Tala's whereabouts but to no avail. He'd been searching for Tala the day after they've returned, but a day has pa.s.sed and he hasn't seen Tala's shadow.

"Uno, did you see Tala?" Kalipsi asked.

"I haven't. I've been looking for him too." Uno scratched his head. He wanted to ask Tala about the compet.i.tion. His energy achieved a sudden breakthrough and that made his energy to be unstable a little. He couldn't fight with his unstable energy.

Kalipsi felt the dilemma Uno was facing. He threw a book to Uno and said, "Use this. It will help you a lot," He then continued ahead.

Uno blink in puzzlement. He flipped the book. "Why would he give me such a book? Did he think that I don't have a purification method?" He casually looked at the content of it. Reading a little bit, his brows knitted in bafflement. Some incantation words written weren't familiar to him.

"What is this thing?" Uno exhaled. The more he read the more his breathing hastened. The content was way more depth but clearly stated. Just reading it made his energy reacts.

He ran to his courtyard and begun to purify his energy while mumbling the words he had memorized.

...

Kalipsi continued his search.

"Senior Kalipsi, right?" Out of nowhere, a young man approached him. His glowing eyes looked eagerly at Kalipsi as in seeing his idol.

"Uhm, yes. Who are you?" Kalipsi was surprised by the sudden approach of the young man.

"I'm Kuko, a warrior from the east side." He introduced himself. But Kalipsi's brows just knitted in puzzlement. The young man hurriedly said what he was told, "Teacher Salina ask me to fetch you."

"Me? Did she tell you the reason?" Kalipsi asked.

"She didn't," the young man lowered his head.

"Okay. Lead the way."

Seeing Kalipsi didn't put up a resistance, the young man heaved a sigh of relief. Walking with Kalipsi, the young man felt great happiness as his cheeks were blus.h.i.+ng. To be able to walk side by side with his idol was worth the task.

Students that they b.u.mped into were surprised to the appearance of one of the most popular students on the west side.

They suddenly had the urge to be able to be close to him if they had given a chance. This was in Kuko's mind too.

Along the way, Kuko asked, "Didn't you need some a.s.sistance?"

Kalipsi shook his head that didn't show any annoyance.

His respond made Kuko's confident in starting a conversation heighten.

"If you need some a.s.sistance, I will do anything to help."

"That's kind of you."

"Wouldn't it be a bother if I visit your residence once a week? I can clean every corner of it," the young man has antic.i.p.ation looked on his face.

Kalipsi chuckled before he said, "You don't need to clean. You can go to my residence whenever you want, but I am not sure if I will be always there."

Kukos widened his eyes in surprise.

'Is he inviting me? His words saying it so,' Kuko was rooted to where he stood unable to digest his words.

His action made Kalipsi realized how heavy his words were. He forgot the fact that he became popular, but he could not take it back.

Kalipsi just brushed it off for he thought that a person wouldn't pose a problem at all. He continued his way. The young man followed suit.

The young man halted in front of a room.

"Teacher Salina is inside," the young respectfully bowed.

Kalipsi nodded. He took a slow pace as he entered the room. Teacher Salina was sitting on her chair, scribbling.

"Have a sit," without even taking a glance at him, Salina said.

Kalipsi sat to the chair reserved for visitors. He might look calm but in his mind, a lot of questions running inside.

How did she know him?

Why did she ask his presence?

What is her purpose?

"Did you know the whereabouts of Tala?" Salina did not beat around the bush.

"May I know the relations.h.i.+p between the two of you?" Salina continued to ask.

"We're friends."

"Where did he come from?" Salina didn't hesitate to ask.

Kalipsi kept his mouth shut. He was baffled to her query.

Is she trying to gather information about Tala's origin?

Why would she do that?

He took a moment before he tilted his head. Teacher Salina's action of calling his presence made him thought something was amiss already, so he carefully answered every question raised by Salina. He might not know her reason, but he wasn't naive.

Salina wanted to know Tala for some reason. That's for sure.

Salina fell into a dilemma. According to her investigation, Kalipsi was the only person that was beside Tala all this time. She couldn't think another person that knew a lot about Tala. If Kalipsi didn't tell her everything, she wouldn't get the detail she needed.

'Is he truly just a 16-year-old boy?' Salina was being impatient as Kalipsi only nodded, shoke his head and sometimes, no reaction at all in answering her questions.

"You can go," Salina waved him out knowing there's nothing to be squeeze anymore. She asked a lot but the young man just kept his mouth shut.

A certain old man on the corner, listening to their conversation couldn't stop twitching his lips as he listened to their conversation. 'Our young miss really doesn't know how to deal with a child.' He could only slap his forehead.

Kalipsi bowed before he left.

Unknown to the two, a young person in black cloak was observing them from the roof of a wall.

'I better show up. Kalipsi will be caught in a dire situation if I keep this way.' Tala jumped out and head to her residence.