Chapter 210 - To Safety (3)

I woke up, feeling a bit drenched. I tried to sit up on the bed before stretching my limbs. The rows of empty shelves and wide windows that revealed the gates in front of the mansion showed that I was back in the room I was confined in. When I managed to get up, I faced the people in front of me, finding where the drops of water came from. It was Shelly's tears that made my clothes wet. I studied her as it was my first time seeing her cry this hard.

"Why?" I asked the people in the room.

"It's nothing," Shelly started to wipe her tears.

"I'm just glad, we finally managed to find something that got rid of everything this time," Shelly couldn't stop her tears.

Get rid of everything this time? One of my eyebrows went up before I realized it probably had to do with my hand. My hand had finally returned to normal as I could move it the way I desired. Sienna passed me a small hand mirror as I appeared weak, but much healthier than before. My eyes weren't hazy anymore as it was clear as glass. However, my skin became flawless and pale as an albino like Luke.

'Was it just me, but was I losing a part of myself every time I recovered?' I shot a look at Luke.

The first time, I lost my hair colour to resemble Luke's brilliant silver hair. This time, I lost enough weight and porcelain skin to bring out my features even more than before. I studied Luke even further as I looked for more similarities between us. Fortunately, this was where our similarities ended as my bright orange-speckled eyes were reflected through the mirror.

"It's because the medicine contains a small part of the Roselia family's essence," Luke answered.

"Essence?" I asked.

"Like the core of the Roselia family's construction of mana. Someone's essence can affect your own mana, which can affect your appearance in exchange," Luke explained.

Well that did explain a lot. Feeling depressed for losing another part of myself, I looked outside the window. My vision was sharp and clear as I noticed the ball full of corrupted mana come closer to the window by another meter after passing the mirror back. There was only so much that could be done by slowing time down. How was the barrier even doing?

I silently asked the people in the room to discover only the boy was missing amongst them. Was he still on that metallic table? It was too cruel as I kicked the blankets away to get up from the bed before Alex revealed, "he recovered and is back at the orphanage."

My eyes widened from the news. But I guessed it was better than being one minute away from your death. At least the orphanage didn't have a S-class monster trying to get in like the mansion. Seeing that the rest of them were still here, there must have not been enough mana to get all of us back to school using the teleportation gate.

"Do we not have enough mana to use the teleportation gate?" I turned to Luke.

For the first time, I studied everyone's condition inside the room. Both Sienna and Shelly appeared exhausted with tiny signs of dark circles beginning to form. Meanwhile, Cillian leaned against the wall, not having enough strength to stand on his own. Even Luke and Alex appeared exhausted as their perfect posture was shaking and barely maintained.

"I can charge the teleportation gate!" I answered from his silence.

"It's fine!" Shelly grabbed both of my hands.

"We don't want to push you any further when you've just recovered."

"But what about those corrupted fire balls?" I pointed to her, feeling worried about the barrier.

"We still have a few days left," Sienna added to support Shelly.

None of them appeared like they would recover enough mana to use the teleportation gate within a few days. It was obvious they were overworking themselves as they checked on the status of the barrier while helping me recover. I closed my eyes and drifted in to check how much mana I had leftover.

I smiled as I discovered that I currently had enough to teleport all of us out. Although I would probably faint afterwards, I would have the luxury to rest without any worries compared to now. If I rested for one more day, maybe the possibility of fainting would be a little lower.

"How about we use the gate tomorrow then?" I suggested.

"I really have enough," I tried to assure them when everyone stayed silent in disapproval.

"That's not the problem," Alex broke the silence.

"One of us has to break the teleportation gate right afterwards to make sure that the monster won't be able to use it after us."

What? That monster could also use the teleportation gate? I shuddered as S-class monsters were truly frightening on a whole other level. But how would we break the teleportation gate after all of us escaped to school? The only way I could think of it was if one of us stayed behind. And that one person would have to also destroy all those teleportation gates inside other mansions as well.

It was truly dooming that one person to his or her death.

"Do one of us have to stay behind?" I shivered from the thought.