131 Family Gathering 4

"But this matters because?" I asked them.

"We can use them to help cover for your mistakes while getting them on our side," Luke explained.

I couldn't possibly tell them about the blackmail or dirt I had on Charles or Ben on them now. It was obvious how they were going to use it against them. Plus, even though Cillian was a bit annoying during the field trip, he didn't deserve to be talked about his weakest moments when we tried to get back to school.

"But Elle, um Helena already helps out with that," Shelly pointed out her achievement.

"Then wouldn't all our classmates be on our side?" I quickly captured the pattern.

"Everyone except for Miliana and Charles. Most of the people in the other fraction are in the other class," Shelly softly told me.

And Miliana was close to the people in the other class. It did make sense when she shyly denied all our invitations and chose to hang out with her previous classmates now. I thought it was purely because she was friends from growing up with them like I was with Shelly and Ellen.

"Now, what do we need to cover for?" Lucius turned to my direction.

This obviously meant what troubles did I get into which they didn't know about. It was likely Alex and Jules already reported what happened in the second district. Plus, Luke had probably already told the entire group of my 'mistakes' when he was present for them. Although, I knew I could trust Shelly for not reporting to the group when we were in the second district with Ben.

"Nothing," I confidently declared.

"That's not possible with how much trouble you've caused during the last three days," Alex immediately accused me.

Wow~. How distrustful were they of me? At this rate, I really had to give them a minor event that happened between Shelly, Ellen and I. I couldn't possibly reveal the secret hideout or the ones that would really get me in trouble with them.

"Once every month, I sneak out of my room and go to the café in the middle of the night to eat some desserts?" I asked like it was no big deal.

"Where do you eat those desserts, and do you disguise yourself?" Lucius immediately tried to spot any issues.

"I just come out in my nightgown or whatever I sleep in and eat it in the courtyard on the ground." I remembered to not mention that I did it with Shelly and Ellen.

"Alone?" Lucius caught on to the missing information.

"With me and Helena," Shelly confessed under the stiff pressure.

Well that guilty pleasure was now gone. It was an open secret anyways as Luke was stricter on the days I binged on desserts in the middle of the night. Even Alex knew from Shelly's frequent outings with me.

"I should do that someday as well," Yulee patted me on the back.

"And that's really it!" I tried to look as convincing as possible.

This fraction was really tiresome. It was clear the neutral fraction was the best as they didn't have to do anything. I was really going to talk to Ben somehow to get him to let me join his fraction.

"The biggest thing I can think about right now is how I destroyed a part of the high school buildings to go on that mission with Jules." I revealed to them.

Alex instantly face palmed as he recalled how he helped in repairing those walls. Luke grimaced at the news while Jules just seemed apologetic. Belle sighed as she refilled the empty teacups with more tea.

It was such a waste that none of the plentiful desserts were touched on the glass table. They were so busy with the tiny details that they couldn't appreciate the small things beside them. I grabbed a cookie from the table since I didn't have breakfast. I preferred to have a slice of toast, but I had to make do with what was in front of me.

"Leave those biscuits since we're going to have breakfast soon," Luke reprimanded me.

Of course, those desserts were a form of decoration as usual while the tea was free to drink. It was such a waste of those perfectly delicious desserts. I couldn't understand that part of the first district to this day.

I obeyed Luke not wanting to start another fight with him when he had a load of supporters. I placed the cookie back onto its plate as I hoped the meeting would soon end. In fact, this meeting would go faster if I called Ben here.

He was the one who made me create that unintentional tornado in the first place. And it was a fact that most of the 'mistakes' that they didn't know about happened when I was with Ben. I was definitely going to use this against him to exit this stingy fraction.

I was glad I asked for his phone number when I first met him. I pulled out my marble and punched in his number. I had never called him before so I didn't know if the call would go through. Thankfully, Ben picked up the call at its first ring.

"What did you do this time?" Ben appeared to be in his dorm room.