Chapter 605 - Same Past and Present (6)

"I would rather live in the streets than to continue living here. I don't like your food anyways, starving won't make a difference. I'm sick of being a doll for the Roselia family. Wearing rags is more comfortable than the dress I'm wearing right now," I wanted to rip my dress.

"Why can't you let me go? If we broke this engagement, everyone would become happy," I honestly thought we were a horrible match.

"You know we can't break the engagement anymore. Everything is already sealed," Luke reminded me.

"I can't let you out with the criminals after you. They fought amongst themselves to kidnap you," he pointed out one of the reasons.

"What about the entertainment devices? The bans from entering certain places. All those settings you placed on my marble to control what I could access," I wanted a better explanation.

"It's because you're not ready for them yet. You don't deserve the entertainment devices," Alex supported Luke.

"This is why I keep on running away. I don't want to suffer under both of you anymore," I crossed my arms.

"Then show us that we can trust you. Instead of crying to us everything is unfair. You're less than a kindergartner to us right now," Alex blamed everything on me.

"How can I show you?" I would do anything for more freedom.

"You can start by finishing everything on your plates. I currently have to spoon feed you for almost every meal to get you to eat. Try waking in time for classes or events in the mornings, I always have to wake you up. And listen to us during the study sessions instead of crying," Luke didn't have any expectations.

"Then you won't burn my usual supply?" I found the conditions to be not bad.

"I can give you more space," he carefully chose his words.

"You mean the bans and adjusting the settings?" I wondered.

"I can reverse them," Luke agreed.

I never realized some of the things I wanted would get resolved with a simple conversation. Both of them wanted very basic things. Was I supposed to be glad that my childish acting had worked during the time I was pulled out from school? It was mostly for revenge, but it lowered their bȧrėly present expectations for me into the ground even further. Although the study sessions were extremely miserable, I could tolerate the rest.

"I can eat and wake up on my own. I won't cry during the study sessions anymore," I accepted the deal.

"Will you stop trying to run away from us?" Luke got to his original purpose.

"I can try," I had no guarantee.

"I'm the leader of a large criminal organization, I can ask for more information," I offered.

"You will not contact them without our supervision anymore, do you understand?" Luke heard the story from Lucius.

"After the last kidnapping, the first time was yesterday," I nodded my head.

"We're going to change for our next event now. Since we trust you, we won't make you follow us around during the event," Luke gestured to me to follow him to the walk-in closet.

This was how I found myself admiring Yulee's family mansion. After learning from the previous year, the entire event was held outside. No signs of fire were seen, beautiful lakes with lily pads mystically floating around. Many people talked to each other on large luxurious boats, making me feel excited to join them. Resembling small cruise ships with the performers doing water-based tricks while servers walked around to offer more drinks. I couldn't stop staring out of the window, never expecting the mansion grounds to be transformed this way.

"How long are we staying here?" I wanted to explore this place.

"Around four to five hours," Luke had it as the last event of the day.

"Can we stay longer?" My eyes glittered.

"I can extend it for an hour," he didn't mind.

The hover car landed near one of the grassy areas, filled with various blooming lilies. It resembled the other dimension, everything looking unreal with land and water very closely mixed together. I stepped out of the hover car once Luke gestured to me to follow him. Unlike the previous event, there were many groups crowded together. Was it because the neutral fraction cancelled all their events?

"It is. A major fraction cancelling their events makes a large difference," Alex noticed my curiosity.

"You're here," Shelly walked towards us.

"I heard about the attempted kidnapping and the information leak," she lowered her voice.

"Already?" I thought it was fast.

"Everyone knows about it. A major fraction collapsed," she nodded.

"Do you remember the rules?" Luke wanted to confirm.

"Don't talk to the other guests, meet you for lunch, and contact you if I start feeling unwell," I repeated.

Lunch time was an hour away, enough time to get a gist of the entire area. I separated from Luke and Alex, running towards a beautiful lake, absent of any other guests. Unfortunately, Shelly was busy as one of the sub-hosts, many people gathering around her. I didn't want to talk to other people even if it wasn't a rule. It was annoying since all they would talk about were more business deals that I had no idea on.. I grinned when I found a twinkling object near a lily pad, finding something interesting to fill my time.