Chapter 580 - New Roommate (7)

"I can continue this for the rest of middle school. You can attend social week alone," I bluffed.

"You don't have a place to stay," Luke was unfazed.

"I have several buildings under my name in the first district," I had a hideout.

I could always go back to the criminal organization since I was the chairwoman. There was also the option of staying with my friends in their mansions. The last resort would be to use the apartment that Shelly had transferred to me as my birthday present. I smiled as I had many places to stay while social week was happening. All of this didn't include everything the Roselia family was placing under my name under the control of Luke.

"I don't have to stay with you. You drag me to stay with you," I flipped my hair.

"So leave me alone," I coldly faced them.

Luke began to check all the properties I owned under the Roselia family. I slightly smirked since I was able to smartly hide everything by using another alias. Shelly knew something like this would happen, using many channels to hide it. If I escaped from the first district before social week started, there was the alternative of staying with my parents in the third district. With enough help from my friends, I could create a separate bank account to use in the first district.

"It's not any of them. You know I don't touch them. And what is there from keeping myself from creating another portal into the fairy world?" I liked Charles' method of negotiating.

"How many things are you hiding from us?" Alex was surprised.

"I have connections," I shrugged.

"More connections than both of you," I thought it could be possible.

The room went silent from my confession. I had to admit my acting was improving when you mixed some lies with the truth. I didn't need Luke anymore to survive in the first district. I like going outside of the school and his mansions, it gave me a chance to meet more people. I wanted to expand my world instead of being inside the cage they carefully created.

"I've been here for around ten years," I smiled.

"So how about that trade?" I proposed.

"I want to know everything," Luke pressured me.

"Everything is too much. Three specific questions limited to a categorical subject matter each," I offered.

"Did you teach her this?" Alex was impressed.

"I didn't," Luke wondered how my negotiation skills improved.

"Five questions pertaining to your mentioned conditions," he turned to me.

"I'm glad we have a deal," I crossed my legs.

"Where is the exact location that you stayed during the nights?" Luke began.

"The high school dorms," I kept things vague.

I was glad he couldn't dig further since this subject matter was finished. I hoped the other four questions would be similar. Maybe I would ask Charles to help me improve my negotiation skills again later. It was much better than the usual begging. I liked how he made me start off with how I usually faced them. The impact was better, making them a bit flustered in the process.

"Where are the buildings you planned to stay during social week other than me taking you to the usual mansions?" Luke was trying to confirm the facts.

"I don't know the locations for some of them. One of them is an apartment inside a middle-class neighbour," I knew it would be hard to find with little information.

"How did you escape from the room?" he continued.

"I climbed down the walls," I left out the rope.

"How do you have more connections than us?" Luke was good at avoiding the same topics.

"I'm the chairwoman of the criminal organization. I'm friends with all my past kidnappers," I recalled.

"How many times did you visit the other dimension?" He asked his last question.

"Around four times," I counted.

"This is why I can perfectly survive in the first district without you. I don't need money when I have an abundant amount without the Roselia family. I have multiple places to stay and people willing to serve me," I tried to conclude our conversation.

"You're still in contact with criminals?" Alex knew the story from Lucius.

"Why not? I'm their superior," I had memorized all their contact information.

"I'm tired. I'm going to my room now," I rose from the couch.

"Give me your marble," Luke grabbed my wrist.

"Sure, but you won't find anything in there. I'm not that stupid," I smirked.

I passed him my marble and walked into my room. Everything inside my room didn't change from the previous dorm I had stayed in. I flopped onto my bed and sighed in relief. I was glad that I had deleted all my message history. He wouldn't be able to find anything inside there. Charles was a great friend once you became close to him. My ears perked as I listened to their conversation.

"She deleted everything," Alex noticed.

"Rika should have learnt this recently. She didn't know how to negotiate like this inside the mansion," Luke knew too much about me.

"She didn't," Alex agreed.

"I think I can find out where the apartment is and who she got it from. There weren't many times we were separated. Plus, there's not many people willing to let her stay in the high school dorms," Luke had a countermeasure.

"She also can't climb the walls if we lock the windows," Alex suggested.