102 Engagement 2

"I really never thought everyone would already know it," I blushed as I confessed to Shelly and Ellen in our usual café.

"It's a pretty engraved rose," Shelly swept some of my long hair that covered my neck.

"Should we call you Miss Roselia from now on?" Ellen teased me as if I didn't feel horrible enough about it already.

I promised myself that I would try to listen harder in class next time as I didn't want to miss out on important information such as this issue again.

I was clearly missing out on some of the important things that were only known to people who grew up in the first district as Ellen and Shelly clearly seemed informed about everything in their lives.

I didn't take a bite of my favourite strawberry shortcake today as I moped about everyone knowing my new identity.

I explained what happened yesterday to Shelly and Ellen that created this miserable mess I was in as I stirred my straw in my milkshake.

"You should've just stuck with your other plan," Ellen advised.

"I feel that Luke would have listened to you more if you acted the same way as you did to Alan," Shelly agreed.

And I really should have stuck with acting spoiled instead of making excessive skinship with Luke.

Maybe I was too impulsive that day.

* * *

I groaned as Luke shook me awake as part of our daily school routine.

Instead of getting up like usual, I tugged my blanket to get few more minutes of sleep.

However, Luke and I began to wrestle over my blanket as I refused to get up today.

"Ten more minutes!" I whined as there would be two more hours till class started today.

"We need to start getting ready now," Luke argued as he started to pull the blanket away from me.

I waved my hand as I put a barrier over my entire bed that wouldn't let in anyone except for those that were already inside.

I quickly pulled the blanket that was in Luke's hand as he momentarily halted from the unexpected barrier.

Success.

I covered my head with my blanket as I focused on fortifying the defenses on my barrier.

"Are you really to be like this Rika?" Luke cringed at me.

"Yes," I added the sound nullifying feature on my barrier.

Going to class had nothing to do with the amount of points you earned even though it would help with the scores you got on the exams that translated into points.

I barely paid attention in class anyways as Luke would reiterate most of important information during our intense study sessions after class finished.

It wasn't that I didn't want to pay attention in class, but more like I couldn't.

As the hours in the space-time room increased, I naturally couldn't keep my focus up for long periods of time.

Although the only exception to that was when I had to go to extra classes in Luke's mansion not too long ago.

I happily grinned as I set my alarm on my marble to wake up 1.5 hours from now.

Getting ready in 30 minutes would be easy as I always got ready even faster when I was in the third district.

However, when I woke up, I found my reflection in front of my small mirror.

Luke was brushing my frizzy half-curled hair as they became silky smooth after he made his final touches.

How?

I was pretty sure that Luke had almost used all most of his mana when he turned back time.

There was no way that he had enough mana to break my barrier. Even my mana that was considered to be limitless in the future only recovered to half of its original power.

My face glowed as it appeared fresh and energetic as if a combination of skincare products was already applied.

Only my clothes and shoes didn't match my perfect exterior as I was still wearing my nightgown and slippers.

I checked the time on my marble to find that I have only slept for an additional hour.

"How did I get out of my bed?" I refrained from yawning as it made me seem less intimidating.

Luke didn't answer as he completed adding the finishing touches to my hair by tying a yellow silk ribbon to create a sophisticated ponytail.

"Well, I'm going back to sleep now," I pointed to my bed.

Before I pulled the nicely tied ribbon in my hair, Luke pushed me towards my closet.

My closet was filled with my numerous school uniforms as well as my fancy dresses and accessories that were gifted to me by Luke.

I reluctantly put on my middle school uniform as Luke threatened me with his cold stare.

I could wake up even later if I made most of preparations right now to go to class.

I headed towards my lovely heavenly bed before Luke guided me out the dorm room as he pushed my back.

"Hey!" I complained as I hesitantly said my farewells to my bed.

Luke blocked me from opening up our dorm room.

At this rate, there was no way I could initiate my plans of acting like the most despicable person among the group of elites.