Chapter 574 - New Roommate (1)

"We have no other choice. Start using spells. I can mess up everything later and you can blame it on me," I suggested.

"Most documents are spell proof," Jules was thinking along the same lines.

"We're not going anywhere at this rate. You're the one who said Luke goes through everything at an inhumane speed," I pointed out.

"What do you think if we burn all of them?" I knew it was a last resort.

"It won't work," Jules shook his head.

The room went silent again as we desperately searched for the documents. I wondered how Luke organized the documents. If I knew the method, searching for the papers would be easier. I turned to them, "do you know how Luke organizes everything? He should have placed them together when he reorganizes them every day."

"The way Luke organizes them isn't normal. He does it by a combination of deadlines, importance and subject matters. The problem is how he sorts them by different languages to make it more confusing. Normally, everyone sticks to one alphabet, but he uses everything," Jules explained.

"You should have told me! I know which ones and the order he uses them in," I memorized the pattern in the miserable workbooks.

"What?" Charles was stunned.

I wrote down a list, the way I thought Luke would have organized everything. Living with him around ten years made me familiar with how his mind worked. It was unfortunate that it was one of my tactics to survive with him. By the time I was finished, both Jules and Charles looked impressed. I urged them to search for the documents with this new method. Although the list wasn't completely accurate, it brought some results.

"I found the ones from December all together," Charles laughed.

"Ten more to go," I adjusted the method through trial and error.

"How do you know about this? Luke doesn't let you touch the documents," Jules wondered.

"I had to survive through all the study sessions together with him for ten years," I revealed.

"The workbooks?" Charles gasped.

"He sorts them very similarly," I sadly smiled.

"I don't think I'll ever see them the same way again," Charles mumbled.

"You have to be careful around Luke when it comes to Rika," Jules warned him.

"I didn't expect you would be joining us for the two hours next weekend. You know it's a way I use to torture them when I can," I searched for the remaining page.

"You don't actually play with dolls with them, do you? You'd rather play games," Jules knew my preferences.

"Do you think there's any games in this mansion? Luke confiscated everything. I needed my revenge. Don't get too surprised when you join us. I got desperate to stall for time," I sighed.

"I found the last page!" Charles almost yelled.

"Seriously?" I started to get excited.

"Are there any remaining?" I desperately hoped there wasn't.

"We covered everything!" Jules brightly smiled.

The sun rose into the sky, showing the daylight was coming. We had made it in time. I was too busy high-fiving with Jules and Charles, I didn't notice the new audience behind us. I couldn't help but to hug Jules, almost about to cry. Charles' eyes were filled with tears, finally finished with the search. I offered him a handkerchief from my inventory, which he accepted. I was stunned when actual tears streamed down his face.

"You worked really hard," I patted his back.

"We're never going through this again," Jules comforted him.

"I'm going to work harder to prevent the same thing from happening in the future. Give me the times you're available," Charles turned to Jules.

"I'll send you my schedule later. You can join the informal club me, Rika and Oili started together since elementary school," Jules ruffled his hair.

"You knew each other since elementary school?" Alex found it strange.

Jules froze from noticing Alex and Luke behind us. The karaoke club couldn't be revealed, or our efforts would amount to nothing. Charles' tears immediately stopped as he didn't dare to look at them. I glared at Jules for being too reckless, telling him to take care of his own mess. Jules quickly wiped his emotions away, "we're cousins. There was a high likelihood we would have spent time together."

"But Oliver?" Alex pointed out.

"He was interested in similar things," Jules kept things vague.

For the first time, Jules ran away from them. Luke was in shock, feeling the teleportation gate being used from the high mana levels in the air. I clenched my hands into fists, not believing he left me alone to handle them. I was only letting him go since he was helping with moving everything into another room. I was filled with even more betrayal when Charles teleported away from the room.

"You traitors!" I yelled, hoping they would hear it.

"What's going on Rika?" Luke crossed his arms.

"Do you really want to know? Do you want to join us in catching more bugs in our spare time?" I warned them.

"Seriously?" Alex was disappointed in his cousin.

"Why else would Jules join us? He was searching for the rarest bugs with me and Charles. Charles is the newest member to the club. We couldn't reject his enthusiasm when he began to cry from his first catch," I knew they wanted nothing to do with bugs.

"Congratulations, there are officially no more bugs in this mansion now," I gestured to the office.