Chapter 218 - Charity Ball (2)

"I am Luke de Roselia, and this is my partner, Rika de Roselia," Luke smiled like an angel.

"Hello," I awkwardly waved to him.

Oili momentarily paused like he was processing all the information in front of him. He clumsily grinned when everything started to click into place inside his mind. Almost everyone here had some kind of relation to the situation that we escaped from yesterday. The unique decorations hung all over the walls started to make sense.

Not many parties had a metallic theme. Most families preferred to show something magical and enchanting to show off their wealth. Oili nervously entered the banquet hall as his partner became confused if she was missing out on something that everyone was getting. It was clear he was thinking that maybe the monster incident wasn't entirely over yet.

Thankfully, nobody noticed Oili's secret relationship with us as Jules stayed silent. Unexpectedly, Ethan was the next guest to arrive. Why did Charles invite the people that I exactly didn't want to come? Ethan was another person who didn't know my true identity. I stared at my marble for a long time yesterday, wavering whether I should've blocked his number the moment we came back.

His partner left a considerable amount of distance from him like they were having an argument. I immediately pitied his partner as she seemed to have a hard time hiding her disgust towards him. If it was hard for me who was forced into helping him during elementary school, how much worse would it be for her?

"Rika?" Ethan repeated Oili's confused actions.

Was it really that surprising? Even though this wasn't how I normally appeared, under all those accessories and makeup, I was still myself. I wondered if there were quite a few people who had the name Rika in the school. I didn't think it would be such a common name.

"Thank you for coming," I walked a few steps back.

"I never imagined you would be here," Ethan stared at my appearance.

"Do you know how much trouble I got in yesterday?" He complained.

"Are you familiar with my partner?" Luke brightly smiled.

Ethan shrank as his partner shot him some threatening glares. I guessed it had something to do with Sprinkles. His partner shot an apologetic glance towards us before introducing herself and Ethan.

"Please ignore my partner. I am Flora Enchantres Yueria and this is my partner, Ethan de Enchantres," She slightly bowed to apologize for Ethan's behaviour.

"Please enjoy the event. I am Luke de Roselia, and this is my partner, Rika de Roselia," Luke's smile made her cheeks blush into pink.

"You're from the Roselia family?" Ethan muttered.

I stepped on Ethan's foot to warn him to stop. At this rate, I wasn't sure if I would be able to keep Sprinkles' existence a secret anymore. I started to regret not bringing gloves as I pushed him towards the banquet hall. Instead of pointing out I was breaking the etiquette, his partner shot me a thankful look.

This was going to be a long night if these things kept on repeating. I smiled as my feet were starting to get numb from the boots Luke chose for me. Endure it Rika! These will become helpful when you start fighting for your life again!

I finally entered the banquet hall as Alex and Shelly switched places with us once Luke noticed I was starting to get tired. Strangely, only five pairs were here when ten were supposed to already arrive by this time. Luke started to check if any messages came through as they were late.

It wasn't like one of them encountered a monster outside, would they? I immediately got up from my chair near the entrance when a loud scream was heard near the mansion. Both Henry and Delia looked like they were about to cry as a mutated bird flapped its wings right in front of their hover car. I reached out my arm as I yelled towards the bird, "Ice spear!"

The bird crumbled into ashes as both Henry and Delia sprinted towards the mansion. Why was that bird here? Wasn't this mansion located exactly at the opposite side of that neighbourhood in the entire first district? One bird was nothing compared to the swarm we had to run away from.

"Are you okay?" I escorted them inside the banquet hall.

Both Delia and Henry couldn't stop shivering like Sienna and Cillian a few days ago. When Oili mouthed 'monster' in my direction, I nodded my head. Maybe the rest of the guests were also encountering monsters on their way here. It had to be the explanation why they were late.

It was just then, another couple jumped out their hover car as the vehicle crashed towards the ground. They were being chased by the furry monster that could jump well. The wind whooshed through my ear as they flew past the entrance of the mansion. This time, I yelled towards the monster, "laser beam!"

The monster immediately disintegrated as I smiled from knowing their weaknesses in advance. It was like a little game compared to the s-class monster we escaped from. I brought out a bright smile as I calmly reached out my hand to ask them, "are you okay?"

"We have some weapons here, if you need them," I showed them the decorations when they stared at my face.