77 A Typical Day 2

I was gathering a lot of attention as I miserably begged Luke to let me read my manga in peace for an hour.

"You know it's been two whole years since I was able to come to this place," I continued sobbing as if Luke truly did something wrong to me.

Luke sighed as he heartlessly gave me two choices, "We're either going to study here for the rest of the day as we have originally planned or we're going back to your house."

When I didn't respond and started to cry harder, Luke dragged me mercilessly back to the entrance of the library.

If I was in the eyes of the public, Luke couldn't continue his intense study sessions for a long time as it wouldn't fit with the mannerisms within the third district. However, if we went back home, Luke had the freedom to basically do anything.

I stopped crying as I returned the book back to the librarian who seemed to pity me as Luke ignored her compassionate gazes towards me and like everyone else watching this scene.

"Let's head to the study area," I miserably whispered to Luke.

I obediently followed Luke as the librarian guided us to the empty study area as she occasionally looked back to make sure I was fine.

Luke finally stopped when it was around lunch time as it would be weird for young children at our age to continuously study without a single break.

"We should go out for lunch," Luke suggested as he pointed to a fancy hotel that was a ten minute walk from the library on his map.

However, when Luke wasn't looking this morning, I grabbed two sandwiches from the fridge and put it into Luke's bag so that we wouldn't have to eat inside another fancy restaurant.

"So we're having a break?" I carefully asked Luke.

Luke nodded as he opened his bag to pack the textbooks. However, before he could put the textbooks in, I grabbed the sandwiches out of his bag.

"You could go to the restaurant while I'll stay here and eat my lunch," I immediately headed to the manga section again after greeting Luke farewell.

However Luke sighed as he grabbed two more sandwiches from the front section of his bag (which I didn't pack).

"Just a hour Rika," Luke gave me his permission to read the towering collecting of manga and light novels on the numerous shelves.

It was really just an hour as Luke didn't give me a second more nor did he give me a second less from enjoying my life in manga and light novel paradise.

And until around dinner time, Luke didn't stop as many passersby looked at us curiously as we've been studying continuous for hours on our own.

"They're definitely from the first district," One college student whispered.

"And the content they're studying is the same level that my upperclassmen learn from their professors," Another college student pointed out.

Thanks for finally noticing. The level of difficulty of this textbook was already masters level in the third district and my past life.

This was why my grades were never able to improve without Luke's intense study sessions.

I happily closed our textbooks as I knew we were finished for the day. The library was about to close in one more hour as well.

We headed home as I devised a plan to escape from the study session tomorrow.

* * *

Today was July 8th of 3020 when I woke up from the soft vibration from my marble.

I painfully woke myself up at four a.m. Since I knew that Luke woke up at five a.m. from yesterday's conversation, I knew I had to wake up earlier than him to get out of the house unnoticed.

When I carefully opened Luke's door, I found him still sleeping.

I sighed in relief as I changed into the newly hung clothes from Luke's suitcase. He must have placed it in my closet last night as there was only one outfit and pyjamas for me to wear in my closet yesterday.

Today's outfit was another dress but made out of bright pastel pink silk with a tight ribbon around the waist.

Again, it was casual enough to wear outside like a walk to the local park, but it wouldn't feel out of place when I would have to attend an informal event.

I carefully put on my dark pink sandals that I wore yesterday as I tried to open the main door as quietly as possible.

I silently cheered when I made it out of the house without Luke noticing. I walked to the bus stop to try to make it for the next bus that would drive me to the train station where I would catch the next bullet train that would place a large distance between Luke and me.

I have already put a note on the dining room table so my parents would know where I was.

My destination was the largest library in the country. I was grateful that I would get there by transferring from a one hour bus drive and then a three hour train ride.

I didn't mind that my commute was four hours overall, as I could sleep on the train.