Chapter 582 - New Roommate (9)

I didn't want to continue to listen to Luke about to find out about my secret hideout. I slipped into my blanket, going to sleep earlier than I usually did. Five questions were all Luke needed to start his new investigation. I started to consider meeting Charles in secret more often, wanting to have a higher chance to win against Luke. I closed my eyes, falling into a deep slumber.

"You wanted more power and I gave you more mana before the actual date," a voice rang in my head.

"Didn't I suffer from the pain as the price?" I opened my eyes.

I was inside a dark room, unable to see anything. I knew I wasn't on my bed anymore, not feeling the soft mattress below me. A bright light filled the room, displaying my surroundings. I shivered as I watched several fairies gesturing to me to join them for tea. How was I inside the fairy dimension again?

My toes wiggled around the soft moss, my hair slightly moving as I found myself walking towards the table. I couldn't control my limbs, the fairies smiling and clattering. I kept my face neutral as I sat down on the chair, a small tree clunk. The table was actually beautiful glass, showing the brilliant flowers underneath. The teacups were delicate flower petals plastered together. When I looked at the drink, the water was brutal red, resembling blood.

"We want our borrowed power back," One of them turned to me.

"I didn't borrow anything," I was confused.

"Your mana came from us. Choose us as your contractors," he explained.

"You willingly gave it to me. I never asked for it from you," I thought it was God who gave it to me.

"You forced us to give it to you. The ruler of the land forced us to give a portion of our mana to you. In return, he told us we could get our payment from you at the decided date," he revealed.

"Am I in the other dimension?" I wondered.

"We're inside your dreams," she smiled.

"How can I return the mana to you?" I didn't want a contract with them.

"There is that option. However, we will have to reverse the process. It will be extremely painful and damaging to your body. You can die," she pointed out.

"When am I not dying?" I was used to it.

"If you end up choosing only one of us, you'll suffer through the reversal anyways," she added.

"Try it. I'm only giving up when I can't handle it," I would need some painkillers from the infirmary afterwards.

"If you say so," she snapped her fingers.

I opened my eyes, finding myself back in my bedroom again. Before the reversal would start, I needed to run to the infirmary. The bright light that consumed me for a month that time. I rose from my bed, ready to sprint outside. However, my head throbbed, my vision wobbling in the process. I held my head, screaming using all my lungs. Luke instantly opened the door, watching bloodied tears streaming down my face.

My ears had the same vicious red dripping down onto the bed. Everything was filtered into red, struggling to breath with the same liquid gushing through my nose and mouth. Maybe it wasn't so bad to have a contract with all of them. Luke went pale, running to bring all the usual machines. I felt so much mana leaving me, trying to drain me from everything. I didn't think the mana mixed inside would be instilled into me this much.

"Why is there mana leaking everywhere?" Alex studied me.

"Someone is draining her mana from her," Luke transferred some of his mana into me.

"I knew something would have happened during the time she ran away," Alex helped Luke with the machines.

"She's dying," Alex froze.

"I can save Rika," Luke tried to stay calm.

Although my vision was wobbling, it was strange how I could slowly begin to clearly hear everything. In fact, my vision was slowly improving as time passed. The pain gradually lessened as more of the borrowed mana separated from the original that I possessed. My eyes widened, discovering it was the separation process that caused the pain. I crazily began to laugh, trying to drown out the idea I would continue to suffer through this. Maybe it was from becoming numb from everything.

"Her condition is suddenly improving. We just need to handle the blood loss," Alex adjusted the settings.

"I went into the other dimension today. They want to be my contractors or else they will suck my mana out," I coughed.

"What is she saying?" Alex couldn't understand me.

"You don't understand what I just said?" I was confused.

"I don't know that language," Luke listened to me.

"I'm sorry for running away," I tried a different topic.

"You better be. Do you think your health will recover on its own?" Alex wiped the blood off my ear.

"What exactly happened during that week?" Luke seriously faced me.