Through the Wings of Timeless Love - Chapter 33：The Guardians

” Have you slept well?” Seb asked her.

” Yes, and who is that sitting down there? you have a visitor.”

” It’s a long story but…it’s Nomin in Godem’s body. He had been helping us, without us knowing. Banli sent him to closely protect you too.”

” So that’s Godem and she looked at Seb. Hmm…I wondered why the angels are protecting me. Grateful but just confused if who am I to have this special treatment from heavens.” She smiled yet sighed.

It was a heavy afternoon to all of them as they ended up vigilant to the prying eyes of ghouls and dark shadows, probably spying. When the night came on and after dinner, they had a very lengthy chitchat at the receiving area.

” Hmm…just curious about me you three are protecting. Is it not a crime if you share me some secrets of your mission.”

” It is a crime. We’ll be punished.” Nomin commented.

” Ah..I see. I was just very curious but it’s just okay, no matter what, I will cooperate, if this is all the will of heavens. Since young I noticed several events happened, mysterious people I stayed with and episodes of in between life and death experiences. I have not known my biological parents but raised by an old innkeeper. He had so many affordable rooms that various naive and decent people just come and go, that place was very peaceful, things were too organized and he only had me. I usually sat down at the receiving area where I see one leaves and arrives and he welcomed and bade goodbye to everyone by name, it stunned me as they knew each one. He don’t receive payments, that’s something I wondered but we survived till I reached grade 5. There was a fire in our inn, our guests were very busy looking for my father but he was gone. Then a couple arrived and took me out from my room and flew me on the higher part of an acacia tree, covering me. In a while, they told me to stay and musn’t move. It was very noisy in the inn enveloped by fire and they got back there. While waiting and it was so dusky I noticed there was a crow, it sniffed right to left and approached to me slowly and to my surprise, it became a dark man that I could not see any face. It was a man’s voice and was very happy seeing me. Though I was very scared from head to toe but I backed off right away on the space behind me where I can still put on myself. It was slippery so I fell down but a beautiful woman flew to catch me up and the man she was with sued the dark man. I was so nervous and scared but the woman embraced me and brought me up in their place, their portal. They we’re angels, the woman said. When I was in their portal, our regular guests in the inn have I seen transferred there, most of them could really recognize me because of this mole beside my nose. I could still recall when she beautifully smiled at me saying that I must leave to the place what I have seen and the time will just keep it for me to recall. The place was indeed foggy. She sat down beside me on a bench, hummed a little for me to sleep but when I woke up I was already beside the lake, by the city. I actually missed her, so much. A rugged lady saw me chilling and she brought me to her small place but his husband saw the mole beside my nose so he suggested her wife to send me back because he said I was carrying a bad luck. I was kicked out that evening and tearfully walked on alleys and big roads to streets and stayed in empty houses for several days. No one adopts me due to the mole beside my nose. I missed the decent life I had in the inn that even strangers smiled and respected me just the way I am and more so they felt amazed and happy to see my mole, so ironic. They got closer to me, looked at it smilingly and told me I was someone gifted and being loved. Hmm…but when finally I was adopted by a family after such long months of being a street girl, my real suffering plainly started. They had a ‘puto-maya’ business where I had to stay awake until morning, had to finish all the packaging of each order or else, I can’t go to school the next morning. I loved the task they have given me where they thought difficult and were even impressed by how I packed all those. They never knew that the couple, who were angels happily helped me finished my daily packaging targets. Not until the husband died the following year when someone from their family concluded me as a bad luck, the mole again was the reason. I was kicked out by the family again and that time I was in high school. I applied as a working student in the school ran by the Monk Sisters and made me as errand. They were very nice to me. After years of stay, the superior died and then again when one of the families visited the monastery and saw me, she was very mad and suggested to the sisters to oust me. However, I knew the sisters won’t do it so I myself decided to get out. They gave me money plus my savings. Eventually, I stand on my own, rented a room and continued my studies in college while I was part time employee of a certain food chain at night. I prayed every day that people around me must be very healthy.” She smiled.

” Now, it’s a girl-to-girl talk even if he knew already about her past she makes our girl go tired of sharing her life, but at least he’s helping her speak out.” Godem in Seb jokily thought with Seb in Nomin.

” Yes, they continually followed. I kept asking them why, but to no avail, they just keep silent.”