Chapter 11

Chapter 26: Soul Switching Plant My eyes widened when we saw the surroundings. W-w-what ?! Omg- this is literally paradise! This place Basta! There are large plants surrounding the place, he is not full! But large plants and flowers! I looked down, a swamp. Large plants were planted on a swamp. I wonder if there are large animals living here? I feel like we"re small right now because of the plant man. Wait, are we still in the cave? Underground? This doesn"t look like one, I looked up, it was also lit up. "Wow, this looks like a fantasy novel." Fallon commented. We all agreed, it's really true. "Did you see the village here?" Nyphe asked. "Wow you got so far." "No, this is not the place I saw." -Fallon. "Let"s just explore. We might find something interesting here. " We all nodded at the same time. So accordingly we explored the place. Super amount of plants, vines and large flowers. "Wow he's as big as when Lady Dethyria used magic." Fallon spoke again. "What-" the older brother didn't finish what he was going to say because Nyphe immediately intervened, phew! Saved by Nyphe, when older brother found out what happened- He will definitely kill me. We didn't explore the place much because mostly swamps are here. "Let's just fly-" "Wag, these plants are still unknown headmaster. Maybe if we can, let"s be cautious and walk on the swamp. " Fallon suggested us, since he is an expert on plants. He has the plant blessing anyway. "I got boots." Nyphe replied and gave us one one. I handed one to Lyf. He was staring at the swamp, he seems pale too. "Do you want me to lift you?" none of my own said to Lyf. "I can"t believe you"re still pursuing the prince after being rejected. You have guts. " I immediately looked at Kuya. "Oh Prince Lyford has fear of water." We looked at Fallon at the same time, fear of water? "Aquaphobia." (Ok Aquaphobia is a fear of water itself and Thalassophobia is a fear of deep bodies of water. I used Aquaphobia because she can both -QUEEN.AM) "Then what are we going to do? And no Lady Dethyria you are not allowed to carry the prince. " I rolled my eyes at what Nyphe said. Does he really know? "I'll stay here and guard." We looked at the speaker at the same time and it was Lyf. So we all looked at each other. I would like to stay in case I need to explore the place, maybe I can see something. So okay, we started walking in the swamp. I waved at Lyf and he just looked at us without reaction as usual. We walked and saw another land… but there was a tunnel to where. Since I couldn't wait, I went in first, my older brothers didn't notice me. It's not dark inside and I thought I'd see something beautiful… But all I see is a dead end and a drawing? I observed the drawing… there was a man in the middle and the rest bowed their heads. What is this? Is this supposed to be God and his worshipers? But… the person in the middle, doesn"t looked like God. It has a halo… atsaka horn. He has two horns and a mixture. What is this? I looked around and found a small book. It looks old so I took it and kept it. "What is that?" I almost jumped in panic when suddenly someone spoke next to me and it was Nyphe. I thought she was referring to the book but her eyes were on the drawing, so she didn't see the book. "I also don't know, it looks weird." My answer. "Is that an angel and a demon? Wait, who are those who are bent over? Angels and demons ?! Are they worshiping this weird person? " -Nyphe. "An angel-demon." I curiously whispered once holding don to the person in the middle. It wasn"t showing any gender ... while I was observing I noticed something. There were two people standing, one in both sides. They weren"t bowing but seemed to be bowing so I didn"t notice. It has the same figure as the person in the middle, an angel-demon like figure. "F-CK! NYPHELE! DETHYRIA! YOU"RE OUT- THERE"S *COUGH *" At the same time, Nyphe turned to us to call, it was brother! Before I left I used magic to copy the drawing. Then we ran out of Nyphe, when we came out we saw pink smoke. PINK !? DAFUQ IS THIS ?! "What the * cough * smells sweet though." Nyphe says, we can't see older brother. So we have no choice, we have to use our wings. "* Cough* cover your mouth and don't sniff! Let's find my brother and Fallon. " Nyphe and I used both our wing to get rid of the smoke. We saw the older brothers lying on the ground, Fallon was on the verge of collapsing. I immediately caught him and Nyphe took my brother. "No choice, let's fly. It looks like we disturbed a plant that caused the smoke. " Obserba ko. The smoke came from a flower and it wasn"t the only one. Soo we both flew, case we were having a hard time because of the weight of what we were carrying. Seriously, how much did they inhale and what could it have caused? Death? Probably not, Nyphe and I would have been dead anyway. But my vision is getting blurry too… Just a little patience and- and… (BLACKOUT)
"Nyphele! Nyphele! " I immediately woke up because of the strength of the shout, it was… Fallon ?! Huh? Teka- he was holding me in his arms- I immediately pulled his face away. The closeness is what it is. "What are you shouting for Fallon ?!" does he call me Nyphele? What is he shouting, that's not my name. "What Fallon, I"m Dasher, wait. THIS IS- "we both looked at each other and looked at our own bodies, this is so not my outfit. "THIS IS NOT OUR BODY !!!" we shout together. I immediately looked around, my older brother's body and my body were still lying. My body. "OMG, where is it? With all of Nyphe's body really? " confused I ask, ack I have a problem now how to get back. I touched my body and… NYPHE"S ‘WHAT" IS GREAT! SHE WAS HIDING THIS LARGE CHEST OF HER ?! I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST NORMAL SIZE BUT- THIS IS UNFAIR. "Why are you touching her chest?" my older brother asked, I just stared at him. The older brother who was in Fallon's body now approached his body. Who knows who"s inside that body right now. I approached my body in the corner, far away from my older brother's body. I saw Lyf in the corner near my body. Drenched and wet, teka why is he wet? I immediately approached him. Is he trembling? His eyes were trembling- teka don"t tell me? I immediately touched his shoulders. "YOU STEPPED IN THE SWAMP ?!" I said loudly to her, I touched my body which is Nyphe"s body. I'm not wet but when I touched my body… Wet… Lyf right now is not responding. Just opened his eyes, trembling like he"s scared. His phobia is probably kicking in now. I was shocked in my mind, he saved me and Fallon"s body. We probably fell in the swamp when I lost consciousness. Nyphe reached the ground with her older brother and they are not wet now. I looked at Lyf again, he should have saved us. The swamp is not that deep. But ... he saved us and now his phobia is triggering him now which makes him unresponsive, shivering and scared? (Again, I used Aquaphobia because Lyf has a fear of bodies of water. Aquaphobia can be both, fear of water and what is in it. Thalassophobia is just fear of what is in the water -Queen A.M) What could have happened to him? Why does he have a phobia of waters? when I was with Lyf, we didn"t encounter any water so… I didn"t notice. Fortunately, there was no water when we hunted in the underground cave where we were trapped. Also when the plant ate us, it wasn't water. It"s just slimy fluid that melts clothing. I guess pure water is really his fear, now that he has stepped into the swamp and tried to save us. "Prince Lyf, calm down." I calmed him down. I don't know but my brain immediately flew how he bathes if he has fear of water. She's not taking a bath? But ... he always smells good? Looks fresh and everything. Smells like coffee all the time and he still looks good. I sighed, is that really what I thought about Lyf's situation now? Maybe he doesn't know what's going on right now. Since I'm in Nyphe's body now, maybe I can use her blessing? She probably has a blanket. but how will I use his blessing? So I focused and closed my eyes, trying to figure out how to use her blessing. When I closed my eyes, I saw things… Items placed on shelves. Whoaaa- is this how to use it? Super amount of items placed on the shelves. Mostly books and foods, I found a blanket! but how do i get? I tried to reach out and- my eyes opened. "WHOA!" amazing I said, I already have the blanket in my hand! I immediately put you on Lyf's body. He seemed surprised at what I did, he grabbed the blanket I put on his body and forced it off. This is the first time I've seen him like this, like scared like a cat. "Lyf! Calm down!" he didn't listen and still tried to remove the blanket. "No, no, please I won't do it again." I was surprised by his whispers. "D-don't d-drown m-me." He said in a low scared voice. I have no choice but to cupped his face and force him to look in my direction. "Prince Lyf! It"s me, Dethyria. Kumalma ka na, no one"s gonna hurt you. it"s me, calm down. " He was not crying. But his eyes really looked pitiful. I don't know but he suddenly hugged me so I was surprised. "Uh-UH" ‘Master Dethyria, please let my master hug you for a few minutes." I looked up and saw Grimm flying with his candles. ‘He will come back to his senses, he just needs a hug now." Grimm added worriedly. ‘Also, don"t let anyone see him like this." I nodded at what Grimm said. Yeah, Lyf is not the expressive type. When someone sees someone else with him, they might overthink it. Because he hugged me now like a child. I decided to cover his head with a blanket. "It's okay, aren't you- what are you doing?" Grimm immediately disappeared like a bubble, I always think if Lyf shows Grimm to others? Grimm only talks to me. I didn"t ask anyone about Grimm too, maybe I"ll ask Grimm later when I have time. I turned around and saw Fa- I mean brother. He is now carrying his body. "Phobia." I just answered, he easily understood that and nodded. My older brother didn"t ask further because he already had an idea. "Only Prince Lyf was not affected by the soul switch." I told my older brother, I felt Lyf's hug tighten. He"s probably closing his eyes, but I covered him with a blanket so my older brothers couldn"t see. I felt something in my heart. Tsk, Nyphele's body is Lyf's hug now and not my body itself. Psh- "The flower that released the pink smoke is the cause." His older brother replied. "Because Prince Lyf is far away, he couldn't inhale the smoke. Which is good- " "The f-ck?" At the same time, we looked at the one who cursed, it was my body… it looked super bad and giving cold glares… ah "Lady Nyphele." My older brother and I said at the same time "Of all my switches, Lady Dethyria really is." Nyphe complained, I raised an eyebrow. Dasher"s body which is probably Fallon right now is still unconscious. Maybe it's because my older brother inhaled a lot of that smoke. Not to mention my older brother's body also fell to the ground first. Kuya which is in Fallon"s body has already prepared a fire. Lyf fell asleep on my lap and still hugging my waist like a child. Who would have thought that this man looks mature… Still has a childish side inside of him. I mean I have one too, but Lyf just hates to show his weak side. Fortunately, Nyphe didn't ask about it. They were quick to understand and chose not to meddle inside a person"s life. "Eh what do you want? Can you switch on your brother's body? I didn"t know you"re much of a pervert. " I whispered to him. Is he the only one in a bad mood? I also don't like this body what? Apart from his big ‘what". Lyf"s hugging this body comfortably! Instead of my body! I'm soft too ah! So what if I don"t have a chest !? I have a pretty face and a pretty body! I still have a fight- Or Lyf just prefers people with chests? Ediwaw sakanya, so Lyf likes people with large chest. I puffed my cheeks and at the same time thought badly of the sleeping Lyf. "What pervert are you talking about? I just don"t like your body because it"s small! You have small legs, how can I run fast? " Nyphe replied. "And why are you looking at Prince Lyf like that? He did nothing and the man was sleeping. " He added. I just didn't answer. "Also what about Lord Dasher? I can also switch with Lord Fallon"s body too. Not only-" "What?" Nyphe turned to the speaker at the same time. Kuya"s voice right now has authority and a little scary… w-maybe I didn't say anything wrong? Nyphe is the only one talking nonsense. "W-nothing." Nyphe and I said at once. Seeing Fallon"s body with the older brother inside is a little… eh. I prefer Fallon's innocent look to Kuya's scary look. Also seeing my body talking in front of me right now also feels weird. "What plant caused it?" pagche-change topic ko nalang. "It's the soul switching plant." My eyes widened when my older brother's body stood up and spoke. This is Fallon, alright. Fallon grabbed her head and massaged it. "Soul switching plant? Is there such a thing here? " Nyphe asked. "No, it's a rare plant… I just read that in a history book." My older brother sat next to me, looks like we"re going to listen. "History book, isn"t that one of the forbidden books?" I raised my eyebrow, forbidden? Is everything related to the past forbidden? Truth is my brother is right, we don't have history books because they are banned. Actually, I used to see those before. Especially when mama and papa are talking, the love reading history and would tell me about it. Case I can no longer remember their stories. The history books were banned recently. I don't know what the specific year is but it was after our parents died? About one year later ata. No one opposes those since history books doesn"t give much details anyway. So they let the history books go. "Ah I meant history books about plants, I don't know if it's forbidden but I just read it in the library." Fallon explained. "Well, only history books related to events are forbidden so plants or animals may be considerable." Kuya remarked. Pwede pala yun? Sadly in our Academy, I didn't see anything related to history whatsoever. Puro lang holy stuffs on God or how great we are as an angel chuchu. Just cringey stuffs. "Soul switching plants allow you to switch souls, I don't know how long it will take. It was written in a weird text. " Fallon continued. I was wondering, weird text? "It looks like Headmaster Ares showed the letters. I always thought it was familiar and thought I saw it somewhere. " He added. "So an ancient text?" -Me "Yes, these plants are not that bad. It's good that we didn't encounter the deadly flowers. " -Fallon. "You should have told me about those plants, should we observe them too?" Fallon immediately shook his head. "No, it's a good thing you hit that flower." By the way, the reason why the smoke went out is because my brother accidentally bumped into those flowers. And because one became alert. Everyone became alert, causing them to spread faster. "What are we going to do? We shouldn't return with our appearance like this? " Nyphe asked. "Well we need to go back, Prince Lyf's condition is not good. Also I think Fallon"s injured. " What I meant is my brother's body was injured. Nyphe immediately looked at the body of her older brother Fallon. "We both fell in the water and my older brother fell first." "I think I fell on him which results in his head injury, besides I don't think he inhaled some swamp water too." I will add to my explanation "That's why I feel like I'm coughing up something any minute now. That also explains why I have a splitting headache. " Fallon replied. "So we need to go back, we will ask Princess Lamia for help. I bet she can do something like this. " And so… we decded to head back. Before that, my older brother marked this place so that it would be easier to find if he ever came back here to investigate. I looked back at the other side of the land, the land where there is a tunnel. I thought I was mimicking, but I saw someone… smiling from afar. We got back to school quickly. We only stayed in the cave for like a day, it took a little longer because we lost consciousness. By the way, the sun has not yet risen. We haven't slept since our trip, so we rested. We"re here at Demonique Academy, in Headmaster Ares "big room. I think it"s a personal room? As long as there are rooms with beds, labs, reading stations- it's all here. We sat on the sofa and rested. We already got refreshed of course. The stench we could, I saw Fallon sitting right beside me. The original Fallon in my brother's body. "Aren't you close with Prince Lyf?" I whispered softly to Fallon, he nodded in response. I would like to ask what happened about phobia- But it could be a little personal so I just changed the question. "How can Prince Lyf take a bath if he's afraid of water?" "Oh…" Fallon didn't seem to expect my question, I bet he thought I was going to ask how did Lyf get his phobia. "He showers of course, he"s indeed scared of water but he manages it anyway. What he"s really scared of is a body of water, like bathtubs, lakes… etc. " Fallon explained. Ohhh it's good and he can handle that. "When he was young, he"s really scared of water itself. But he slowly overcomes his fear, so his first step is touching waters until he is no longer afraid. " "Of course if he sees anything that has a large body of water, that's when his phobia triggers again." Fallon added. So I just nodded, I really want to know his reason. But maybe it"s not yet time, he"ll tell me maybe? Maybe not? But if I keep engaging, maybe he"ll tell me. So let's just chill first Deth… I wish I could sleep like my older brother and Nyphe. (in Fallon and Deth"s body) In case I'm not in the mood, my body has been drinking a lot of coffee so I can't sleep. I remember the little book I saw. Headmaster Ares is not here because Fallon (Dasher"s body) has left. Nyphe, brother and Lyf are sleeping on the beds in the bedrooms. Nothing is written on the front page and it's super old. so I slowly opened it, I did not understand what was written. But when I turned a few pages, it started giving me the language we use and the words I didn't understand. Feeling ko translation to, so I read it. Ancient book of spells is included. So it contains spells? I feel relieved because he already has a translation. So… these are spells, as I read him I was amazed. These are the spells that I didn't learn in the academy because they only give a limited amount. But I"m not sure if it"s legit, maybe it"s just a made up spell book. Hmmm? I'll try it later- "Sh-t everyone! Wake up! " at the same time we turned to the caller. Of course everyone woke up because of the loudness of the voice even when they were in the rooms. Well except for Lyf. (Btw Lyf has already taken a bath. Don't ask who or what, I don't know either. Queen A.M) "What's up?" Kuya asked just waking up, Headmaster Ares immediately grabbed him. Headmaster already knows what happened to us. "W-we need to attend school right now, the higher ups are suspecting and they are calling you too." The older brother immediately nodded, he was about to leave in case Headmaster Ares stopped him. "Are you insane ?! Your body, not Fallon's body. " We all looked at each other. Sh-t. Headmaster means that we will enter this body which means we have to act. "O-ok, maybe it's not that hard, is it?" -Kuya. "It"s almost 6 am, we need to get ready. Also, act good. We will find the solution this afternoon. " He added. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "
"I can"t believe you glared at the students! You smile! Smile! You are in Lady Dethryia's body ok ?! " I complained angrily to Nyphe. Eh pano ba naman, she keeps glaring at the students. Fortunately, we"re done acting, we"re heading now to Demonique Acadmey. I swear, the difficulty of what we do. The teacher called Nyphe and my body answered, we almost messed up. "Tsk, then stop smiling with my body too! The weird look, I don"t smile sweetly remember ?! " he also complained to me. According to our quarrel, when we arrived at the Headmaster's large room, we immediately saw the bodies of my older brother and Fallon. They looked so beat up and stressed, as if they hadn't eaten in a day. "What happened?" I will ask. "Don't even asked, Headmaster Dasher almost beat up a student." My eyes widened at Fallon's answer. "Using my body of course." "Is it my fault that they take so long to understand?" my older brother replied, of course. Fallon is acting as a teacher in the early years. We never asked for full details and we also sat on the sofa. We saw Lyf come out, he just woke up… "Are you okay?" I will ask. "Yes, Lady, Nyphele." -he replied, I immediately raised an eyebrow at him. He didn't even know. So accordingly we explained to him "Oh." That"s just his comment, Lyf didn"t come in because he"s asleep the whole day. So Lamia and Headmaster Ares made a way. "Yes, so when you hugged Lady Nyphele's body. It means I'm the one you hugged, me. Not Nyphele ok !? " -Me He just looked at me and didn"t talk, a few minutes later Lamia came. "Where's Headmaster Ares?" Fallon asked. "Oh he"s making the higher ups busy. I"m here with a spell, I"m not sure if it will work. " Lamia started chanting the spell and we just listened. For some reason, I remembered that spell. For the same as Lamia's china-chant spell, but I was wrong… so wrong. I just whispered the spell but… smoke started to break out and- "Princess Lamia ?!" disappearance of smoke. We will see what we should not see. "Who's this child?" older brother asked. 3 kids? To be continued...