english translation chapter 16

"Professor Manlio! No!" yelled Kaye as she ran to where he fell on the ground while holding the dagger. Everyone was in a state of shock of what the professor just did. Liber, Hoax and Reyes disappeared while everyone else's focus was on Kaye and the professor.

"Kaye, I'm sorry that it turned out this way, but I knew what the consequences were when I left here." said professor Manlio as he was gasping for breath.

"Professor, don't talk. You have to conserve your strenght, please hold on don't die. Sage!" yelled Kaye as she kept her eyes on the professor. Sage ran over to where Kaye and the professor were on the floor, he was getting ready to heal him when professor Manlio shook his head showing to Sage that he didn't want his help.

"Sage what are you waiting for? Help him!" asked Kaye angrilly.

"No Kaye, there's nothing that he can do to help me now. My time here is over ab actu ad posse valet illatio." replied professor Manlio weakly.

"What, professor what does ab actu ad posse valet illatio mean?" asked Kaye as tears were coming freely down her cheeks.

"It means from what has happened can be reasoned what will happen." replied professor Manlio as he slipped farther away.

"Professor, explain what you mean by that. Professor?!" asked Kaye.

"Kaye there is one more thing that you should know before I'm gone." replied professor Manlio.

"I'm listening, what did you want to tell me?" asked Kaye quietly.

"dum vita est, spes est." whispered professor Manlio as he finally passed away. The professor's hands fell away from the dagger that was still in his heart. His face was showing an expression that he finally made peace with what he has done. Kaye stayed by the professor's side, Sage was kneeling by Kaye's side while the others were slowly making their way to where Kaye, Sage and the body of professor Manlio.

"Kaye, what did he say?" asked Mia quietly.

"He said dum vita est, spes est. It means while there is life, there is hope." Kaye whispered back while silent tears were falling from the corners of her eyes.

Not too far away, the two seers Tobias and Teofilo just realized what happened and ran to the place where Kaye, Mia, the Ronins, the two tigers, and professor Manlio's body were. "No this can't be, it's too soon." said Teofilo in denial.

"What do you mean by it can't be and it's too soon? You two knew that this was going to happen?" yelled Kaye as she threw a cold glare at them.

"We are sorry for your loss, but he was our friend too. To an answer to you questions, yes we did know about this." replied Tobias.

"You knew, and you didn't do anything to prevent it!?" yelled Kaye as she got up and started to go after Tobias and Teofilo.

"Kaye stop, we won't get any answers if you hurt them." said Rowen as he stopped Kaye from charging them.

"Rowen, let go!" yelled Kaye angrilly.

"No Kaye, I'm not going to let go until you calm down." replied Rowen as he motioned for Kento to come over and take Kaye.

Kento carefully laid his hands on Kaye's shoulders, turning her around so she would be facing him. "Kaye, come on let's get this blood washed off of ya." said Kento as he lead Kaye to a nearby fountain.

Knowing that Kaye was far enough away from the two seers, Rowen decided to see if he and the others could finally get some answers. "Alright you two, we want some straight answers to what's going on around here." said Rowen sternly.

"It's none of your business." replied Tobias coldly.

"None of our business, you have to be kidding right? We just barely survived the gauntlet trials, watched the professor here take his own life, and you have the nerve to tell us it's none of our business?!" asked Cye angrilly.

"That is correct outsider, it's none of your business. Now if you don't mind we'll take professor Manlio's body and prepare it for a decent funeral." replied Tobias as he started off towards the professor's dead body.

Kaye and Kento were coming back from the fountain, they noticed that Tobias and Teofilo were about to walk off with the professor's body. "Get away from him!" yelled Kaye as she began to run towards them.

"This is no longer your affair, so I suggest that you and your friends leave." said Teofilo as he pushed Kaye backwards into Kento.

Kaye was beyond angry at this point, "try that again, and I swear that you will regret it. We are not going anywhere until we get some answers. Now talk!" said Kaye angrilly.

"I would listen to the lady, if I were you." warned Sage as he threw a cold glare in their direction.

"Fine, if you want answers, then come with us and we'll tell you everything." said Teofilo as he and Tobias again started to walk off with the professor's body.

"It doesn't look like we have much of a choice here do we?" asked Ryo as he began to follow Tobias and Teofilo.

"Just for the record, I don't trust them as far as I can throw them." replied Kaye as she reluctantly followed Ryo's lead.

While everyone else followed, Liber, Hoax and Reyes watch as they were leaving the square. "Why don't we follow them?" asked Hoax as he looked at Liber.

"We don't have to, we know exactly where they are going." replied Liber as he continued watching them.

"Alright then, since you know everything, where are they going?" asked Hoax.

"If you would shut your mouth and open your ears you would know exactly where they are headed." replied Reyes as he was starting to get annoyed with Hoax.

"Hey, touchy, touchy I was just kidding. Sheesh you have no sense of humor, why I joined up with the two of you is a wonder to me." replied Hoax sarcastically.

"Enough! I grow tired of your constant arguing, now I believe it would be wise to follow them to the temple before those two fools spill everything to those outsiders." said Liber as he began to make his way down the hill.

It didn't take long for everyone to make it to the temple. When they got there, a secret door opened and they all followed Tobias and Teofilo down the tourch lit corridor. "We have arrived." said Teofilo as he and Tobias laid the professor's body down onto a stone table. Tobias covred the professor's body with a white sheet while Teofilo started to fill eeryone in on what's going on.

"A long time ago, our city was once a place of peace until somehow the Tree of Life began to for some reason started to become ill, and that's when our city began to fall apart." said Teofilo as he began to tell them their story.

"How can this, what you call the Tree of Life possibly sustain a city like this? I mean it's not possible for a single tree to support a city, can it?" asked Rowen as he looked towards Teofilo.

"If it was any ordinary tree, then no you are correct, but this Tree of Life is not an ordinary tree. The Tree of Life along with the amulet and the white book are what I guess you could call it some type of powerful life source." replied Teofilo.

"What, you have to be leading us on? How could those three things possibly give off that kind of power?" asked Sage as he eyed Teofilo.

"As you have already witnessed, the amulet and the white book are not just what they appear to be." said Tobias as he finally joined everyone.

"It seems like nothing here is what it is suppose to be, now is it Tobias?" asked Kaye in anger.

"I would be careful not to threaten us if I were you girl, unless you were willing to back them up." said Tobias as he glared at Kaye.

"I would be more than happy to show you." replied Kaye as she and Tobias stood up and faced off with each other.

"Enough! I will not have fighting in this temple. Is that understood?" asked Teofilo sternly.

"Understood." replied Tobias as he went to sit by Teofilo. Kaye went to sit beside Kento, but neither of them took their eyes off of each other.

"Now, if I may continue. As I was getting to my point, the amulet, the white book and the Tree of Life are all connected by some type of mystical power. But that power we're not totally sure of how it works." said Teofilo.

"Wait a minute, these three items' power support the city, but you don't know how they work?" asked Mia.

"Yes that it correct, you see those powers were here in the city well before anyone set foot in this place." replied Tobias as he finally broke eye contact with Kaye.

"Alright then, I have a question." said Ryo as he looked into the fire.

"What is your question young one?" asked Teofilo.

"Why now, why did the professor take the white book and the amulet away from the Tree of Life, knowing that without them that the city would possibly crumble?" asked Ryo as he kept his gaze onto the fire.

"I wish that I knew, but the only one that can give us the answer to that question is dead." replied Teofilo as he looked over to where the professor's dead body was laying.

"There has to be someone else that knows what's going on around here, there just has to be." said Kaye quietly as she slowly got up and walked over to the professor's dead body.

"For the time being, I would suggest that all of you would stay here, this temple is a sanctuary from anyone that intends to harm them. So you will be safe for now, just as long as you all stay inside." replied Teofilo as he got up from where he was sitting and started to light some more tourches.

"Teofilo, do you understand what you are suggesting?" asked Tobias in outrage.

"Calm yourself Tobias, yes I do understand what I'm doing. It is the least of what we can do for them at the moment. So I would suggest to you that you keep your temper in check and remember that they are our guests." replied Teofilo as he looked at Tobias straight in the eyes. Tobias quietly nodded showing that he understood fully of what Teofilo was saying to him.

"Kento, I think that you better keep a close eye on Kaye, I think that she might try something tonight." said Cye as he kept his eyes on her.

"What do ya think that she might do Cye?" asked Kento.

"I don't know, but stay close to her just in case." replied Cye as he and Kento walked over to where Kaye was standing.