- "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Another day, another double life.
My name is Kasumi Miyazono…I was born into the Miyazono clan…a secret clan that works under Yggdrasil to protect the world from evil…I am now 19 years old…about to turn 20…and during this short life…I have been in countless life and death situations…
Taking for example this past months…I met the legendary Charro Negro who I stupidly fell in love with…then I fought a Chupacabras…secret agents and a Skinwalker…and that’s just the beginning…
But oh well…no one said it would be easy being a leader…right? Sometimes I feel that I’m useless…and get into depression…I mean I was kicked out of Japan and sent here to die…
I already lost Jairo…and I constantly have nightmares where I see everyone around me die…it’s just too much...I wish…I can just take a day off…
March 26th
(BEEP BEEP BEEP)
Once again, the alarm clock went off…it was 5 am…I only slept for 4 hours because I was hunting down some “KAGE”...thank goodness I have more people helping us out…because I wouldn’t sleep all night…
I took a shower, put on my office clothing and started grading papers from yesterday's exam…Oh yeah…there is one more annoying thing in my life…
I’m a teacher…I spend my days in a classroom, surrounded by kids who depend on me... These students need me to be patient, focused, organized… perfect, really…
“Ms. Miyazono, may I go to the restroom?
Ms. Miyazono, may I do this…may I do that?”
Sometimes I have almost 10 students asking me things at the same time…
I give them my all—lesson plans, grading papers, staying after school to help the ones who struggle… It’s exhausting, but I love it. I really do….I really love helping those who are in need…
On top of that, I have to be always on alert because the Principal is Olivia Lucifugus…one of my enemies…
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And also…today…I saw something that really pissed me off…I saw Uriel walking with that witch…Marjorie…
Now I know what you’re thinking…
“He’s underage…why are you hitting on a student?”
For starters…he is a being that’s beyond human comprehension…he doesn’t have an exact age…so don’t judge me…
But it really pissed me off seeing him all lovely dovey with that girl…doesn’t he know that she has a boyfriend?
Sorry…that really got me out of character…
Back to the subject…
Only a handful of people know that when the last bell rings, when the school hallways empty and the lights go off, my real work begins. That’s when evil comes out.
The “Kage”...The kind that hide in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike…
And it’s my job to stop them. Most people wouldn’t believe it if they saw it—wouldn’t want to believe it. But I don’t have the luxury of pretending it’s not real…. I’ve seen too much. Fought too many battles…
So here I am, grading papers…and monitoring Sun City…luckily, I have Rosa who is always helping me…
I have Chelsea, Carlos and Shion who are in high alert…and now out alliance with Uriel and Tiwa made things easier for me…Plus now I have Alejandro…who is making incredible progress…he took down the Boogeyman…a powerful mythical creature…I am so proud of him…
But to be honest…this situation…it’s wearing me down, more than I’d like to admit. Sometimes I’m up until dawn, chasing after things most people don’t even know exist…
Then I roll out of bed two hours later, throw on my “normal” clothes, and head into school like I didn’t just barely survive another fight…
I’ve gotten good at covering the bruises, the cuts…And when I’m tired—so tired I feel like I could collapse; I just tell my students I stayed up late grading. I mean, it’s not a total lie, right?
There are days when I wonder how much longer I can do this… How much longer can I keep pretending that I’m just a teacher, that the worst thing I have to worry about is a kid not doing their homework…or receiving a report from Heidi-san or Allan-san…
As I am on the verge of collapsing…I closed my eyes and remembered my purpose…that’s when I lift my head and continue doing my best…
But the truth is…The truth is, I’m scared. Scared that one day, I’m going to make a mistake...just like what happened to Jairo…
That I’ll be too tired, too distracted, and I’ll miss something…a student who needs help, a kage I didn’t see coming. I’m scared that one day, one of those worlds is going to collide with the other, and I’ll lose them both…and I’m afraid that it’s closer than I think…
However… I can’t stop…. I can’t walk away from the fight...I am an Elite Root…I am the strongest member here…so as the bell rang…I decided to unite with my team and show them that I am a true leader…
Because if I don’t stop these creatures, if I don’t do my job, people die…and I will lose everything… And I can’t live with that….
I just hope I can make it through another day without falling apart.
And if I don’t keep hunting, if I let even one of those monsters slip by… then what’s the point of all this pretending?
THE END…