Chapter 144 - The Party (5)

"The neutral fraction and our fraction have been working together to cover for you," Jules explained.

"Are our fractions that powerless?" I tried to comprehend the situation.

"Even though we do seem insignificant compared to your fiancé's fraction, we are the third most powerful fraction," a member seemed offended.

This was unexpected. Joining a fraction was easy, but leaving was hard. Once you joined a fraction, you were tied to them like you were one big family. It did make sense that Luke's fraction was actually his family, but I couldn't see the same connection inside the neutral fraction.

"It's like each fraction is one big family," I came to the conclusion.

"We are. Sienna and I are second cousins while Henry is cousins with Eliza and Cillian." Ben revealed the family connections webbed inside.

Right. The partner system was calculated to maximize the best results from considering factors such as politics and wealth to make a family more powerful. But why did Ben let me into his fraction easily like I was his younger sister? I wasn't related to them like Luke.

"We accepted you since you knew too much," Alice answered my question while glaring at Ben.

"Plus, it would be nice to have some support from the most powerful fraction," Ben added to cover for his mistakes.

I coughed for them to stop before Luke figured out they were hiding my collection. At this rate, they were going to reveal almost everything that happened. Now that I knew I couldn't leave either fraction, I sat back into the couch.

"I still get to continue with my naps on the weekends?" I tried to confirm with them.

They didn't have to know that these naps only happened a few times a year. All I wanted was to be free from more obligations that piled onto each other like mounting weights. I didn't want to attend more of their frequent meetings that pulled my free time away. I was even willing to allow Luke to attend their meetings in my place if it allowed me to get more naps.

"Rika," Luke warned me.

"I don't want to attend those meetings anymore!" I revealed my true intentions.

"I'll go in her place," Luke asked the members for their approval.

The members immediately approved since Luke was definitely much more useful as he was trained for this from the moment he was born. In fact, they appeared happy from Luke attending their meetings. Wasn't this fraction supposed to be hard to join by Lucius' words?

"So please tell me everything that happened," Luke demanded as a member.

I knew Eliza would never reveal she was a fan of BL on her own or Sienna with all my cheap clothes and shoes. However, my collection with Ben and the vocaloid merchandise was likely a goner. I shot a look to threaten him that I would reveal what happened in the second district with Shelly and I if he gave away my collection.

Ben instantly seemed to understand as he stayed silent while the members complained about keeping my vocaloid collection safe. After they finished complaining about struggling to hide a few items in the pile in their large mansions, Luke turned to me like he was holding his patience. I instantly felt betrayed from the neutral fraction.

"Seriously Rika?" He appeared to be suffering from a massive headache.

"What other choice did I have? I know you'll burn them like all my other collections," I argued.

"I can't believe you hid all your stuff to a fraction you barely knew," Yulee struggled to hold in her laughter.

As expected, my secret hideout was the safest place to store my stuff. Who knew I would get betrayed by my fraction as soon as Luke joined. I needed to plan another outing soon to transfer more of my stuff there once Sienna gave me my collection back.

"So you won't burn them this time?" I knew he had to collect them all first.

Luke face palmed like he didn't know what to do with me. He didn't answer me as we got ready to go back to school. He silently passed me a light blanket to hide all the blood stains on my clothes. This definitely meant the lecture would start once we were inside our dorm room.

Once we arrived in our room, instead of lecturing me as usual, he reported everything that happened to his fraction. Maybe this meant I wasn't in trouble? After changing back into my comfy pajamas, I reluctantly asked him, "why aren't you lecturing me as usual?"

"Our fraction is much more powerful now with two major fractions supporting us. The neutral fraction never sided with another fraction before, but now we have their weakness. Plus, that other major fraction possesses a quite amount of power themselves," Luke summarized the results of today's event.

It was hard not to feel sorry for that couple since it was technically my mistake for not testing the drinks enough. I guessed no one was bold enough to make another fraction indebted to them by intentionally injuring themselves. Luke didn't scold me, but he didn't praise me either.

It did make sense he was loyal to his original fraction. But I didn't care what happened anymore as I slipped into my bed. My priority was to gather more points and safely graduate school to live in luxury full of naps.

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