Chapter 594 - Exposed (1)

"You can't tell anyone about Micah. Do you understand Rika?" Luke couldn't trust my friends.

"Why can't I summon Micah?" I was disappointed in my fairy.

Micah spent more time with them than he did with me. While I was forced to study with the family tutors, Luke and Alex would learn more about mana from him. I felt greatly betrayed by Micah since he always took their side, ignoring me until he absolutely had to talk to me. It was obvious they wanted to hog Micah for themselves. I looked outside the window inside the hover car, finally returning to school before social week started.

"You can summon him inside our mansions or the dorm room," Luke set the rules.

"You make an agreement with him then," I found them to be a perfect match.

"We already have an agreement with him," Alex joined in.

"How?" I never knew.

"We had some conditions added during the negotiations," he revealed.

"We can cancel your summons," he warned me.

Maybe it was better not to summon Micah. I stepped out of the hover car, finding it land near the dorm building. Social week was three days from now, not letting me spend much time with the club room. Reflecting back on my last year of middle school, I realized I stayed at the mansion longer than I did in school. My last remains of hope went into the summer vacation that had somehow extended into two months before transitioning into high school.

Since Oili didn't possess the same break, I knew it had to be a recent addition. But it was a chance to spend more time with my parents. Luke never broke his promises, always fulfilling them in some form. Instead of going to the topmost floor, I stopped at the second floor, the place where Sienna and Delia lived. I didn't know where Shelly's new dorm room would be, never getting the chance to be invited.

"Why are you stopping?" Alex urged me to continue walking up the stairs.

"I want to visit Sienna and Delia," I walked towards their room.

I knocked on Delia's dorm room, finding it to be closer to me. Surprisingly, Delia was with Shelly when she opened the door. In fact, Sienna was seen to be inside her bedroom when I peeked through the slight opening in the door. Delia gestured to me to come inside, letting me join them. A smile instantly grew on my face, about to spend time with my friends for the first time in weeks. I was never allowed to visit other people's dorm rooms except for when I switched partners.

"We have to catch up on school Rika," Luke stopped me.

"But we've been studying with the family tutors for the entire time," I pointed out.

"You should let my friend go," Delia was hostile towards them.

"You're too controlling," she seemed to be sickened.

"Thirty minutes," I pulled out my most pitiful eyes.

"Decrease it to ten," Alex suggested to Luke.

"Fifteen minutes," Luke gave into me.

I nodded my head, finding it to be better than nothing. Unexpectedly, as soon as I came inside, Delia almost slammed the door on their faces. I had to hide my smile, cheering inside my heart until the door was entirely closed. My friend had somehow changed when she used to be more friendly towards them. I wondered what could have happened during the time I was sleeping. The club room could have been the only place where they would have met.

"How do you live with people like them?" Delia showed me where the snacks were placed.

"I don't have a choice. They made new arrangements so I would live with them into high school," I turned to Shelly.

"Really?" Shelly was excited.

"I mean, I'm sorry," she noticed I was a little depressed.

"I think you'll join me during social week. Alex made adjustments to his schedule," I let her know.

"He sent me a message about it. We'll be attending separately when we have events that don't match," she revealed.

"This is pretty unusual," Delia brought more snacks.

"You have packages of pudding and jelly!" My eyes glittered.

I was impressed by all the snacks on the table. I didn't know Delia would know about fried chips, cup noodles and cheap pastries. There was a variety of desserts, not caring about the price. My mind melted when I ate a package of sugary jelly into my mouth. The last time I was able to eat this was when Jules snuck some packages for me into the mansion. My heart warmed from our strong friendship, touching everything on the table.

"Take everything you want. I know they control everything you eat," Delia pitied me.

"How much do they control?" Sienna was the same as Delia.

"Everything they can? I dyed my hair once and they spent the entire day trying to erase the dye as soon as they figured out. I have to get permission to make minor changes on my appearance from now on," I recalled.

"That far?" Shelly gasped.

"And how do you like the salon? It's a miserable place," I wondered if my experience was abnormal.

"It's fun to choose which treatments you get," Shelly explained.

I sadly smiled, knowing the reason why I hated that place now.. I never got to choose anything for myself, making the entire experience miserable.