Chapter 239 - The Not-So-Mighty School (3)

I sat in the dean's office beside Luke on one side of the couch and Shelly on the other. The four of us were summoned this morning like Claire had mentioned last night. This time, none of us were at fault except for skipping classes for several days to focus on our mission.

"I just wanted to apologize and thank you as I heard you were the ones who recruited the high school students in helping to maintain the barrier," the dean started off.

"This is why we made the decision to give you more points than what is supposed to be rewarded for successfully completing your mission."

"Is this all?" Luke began.

"Is there anything else to give?" The dean narrowed his eyes.

"This mission was very dangerous to the point that everyone could have lost their lives with one mishap. Although the school may not know, s-class monsters attacked the barrier with a whole army of monsters behind them," Luke pointed out.

"At the end, the barrier was destroyed, giving the monsters the freedom to explore the school grounds," Alex added.

"Is the school this lacking to not provide enough security for its students? Exposing us to danger?" Luke continued.

"This is why we will make sure to make changes to our system so there are teachers patrolling and fortifying the barrier at all times," the dean stayed stubborn on his position.

"In fact, my fiancée almost died as she got infected by a monster," Luke stared accusingly to the dean.

"Your mission almost killed all of us as we were forced to stay in a mansion overrun by monsters with no help to be given to us," his voice hardened.

"What do you want the school to do?" The dean stiffened.

"We want the school to give us deserving rooms and meals to help us recover from our exhaustion from fighting the armies of monsters for the past few days with no break," Luke laid out our first condition.

"Until when?" He shifted in his chair.

"Until the end of middle school."

"We did put our lives on the line," Luke reminded the dean.

"If that's it- "

"And we also want to get early admission to the high school section of the school for our bravery," I repeated one of Claire's points.

"As the middle school students of this school, we placed our lives on the line to protect the high school students who resided inside the barrier," I showed how our practical skills were superior.

"Look, I'm afraid that part is impossi- "

"We're willing to maintain a certain amount of points per month to get this early admission," I was stunned inside my head of how Claire was able to predict everything.

"It would be sad if the news went out to all the parents in the school, wouldn't it?" I imitated Luke's bright smile.

The dean shivered in his chair, forgetting the fact that the monsters were the ones that followed us to school, placing all the students in danger.

I closed the door to skip outside the dean's office after Luke took over the conversation with Alex to pressure the dean into agreeing to our demands. It was our victory! The dean's face went blue as he nodded to all the threats Luke and Alex fiddled between them.

"If you think about the end result, this week wasn't too bad, was it?" I teased Luke as we walked towards our new room.

"We were one step from our deaths Rika. This was the only reason why the dean agreed to all of our conditions with no choice," Luke repeated how dangerous the situation had been.

"It's almost a miracle of how things turned out this way," he turned to me.

When I tilted my head in confusion, he sighed, "There's more to the incident than you know of."

Did something happen during the one night I slept in his mansion while everyone was out destroying the teleportation gates? I wondered what I missed as I went through all the events in my head. I shook my head as I found myself in front of my new dorm room.

"Didn't you say you wanted to hold a mini funeral for that boy?" Luke pushed the door.

He was right. Someone had died in the process for us to get out alive. I could never or was willing to forget that boy who was the start of the incident. The orphan who desired to escape from the caged destiny he lived in. He was so similar to me, who wished to escape to the third district.

I held a white rose in my hand as I stared down at a rock that was engraved with his name. We all gathered in the school courtyard to mourn for his passing. The rock was surrounded by white wildflowers that bloomed near the place where he took his last breath. Although none of his friends were here as they were still unconscious, those who participated in the battlefield came to his funeral.

I placed the rose on his stone since we couldn't retrieve any of his remains. I clasped my hands into a prayer as I hoped he would reincarnate into a better life. If god was still watching me from above, I wished he would answer my prayers.

'Please let him live a free life in his next life,' I gazed into the blue sky.