Chapter 316 - Competing (3)

"I'm still alive," I sadly smiled.

"Are you sure?" Evan fidgeted with his hands, appearing a bit nervous.

It was lunchtime. Evan walked with us to where we would eat lunch together. Shelly generously let him join our table even though we weren't on the same team. None of the organizers pointed anything out as we were letting them to continue this competition with all these dangerous accidents.

"I was surprised how you knew the answers to all of those questions we got wrong towards the end," Evan changed the topic.

I knew he was silently implying my horrible grades that Luke showed to my family a few months ago. But he didn't know how the education in the first district was on a whole other level. Luke passed me another bottle, which was altered from last time. Evan watched our exchange as Alex placed some of my plates of food that went to him instead.

"It's nothing compared to what comes out on our exams," I recalled.

"Do our parents know about the engagement?" He finally asked.

"They accepted our engagement a long time ago. This is my cousin, Alex de Monete and his fiancée, Michelle Monete Locast." Luke formally introduced his family to him.

"I am Luke de Impalia Roselia and your sister is Rika de Impalia Roselia," he told him our new names.

"Are you perhaps related to the owner of the famous Monete hotels chain?" Evan asked Alex.

"It's one of the many lines of businesses my family owns," Alex admitted.

"And the Roselia International Bank?" He turned to Luke.

"Another business my family owns," Luke revealed.

I didn't know all the businesses their families owned. There were too many for me to keep account. Evan processed all the information and realized everyone sitting on this table was related to each other by some kind of family ties. It was nice information to know that the Monete family owned more of those hotels with many attractions.

"Are you not royalty?" Evan imagined all the wealth their families owned.

"We're just normal people," Shelly smiled at his innocent thoughts.

We walked towards the ballroom as dance was the next event. This time, we had to stay for the entire event as we needed to watch how our opponents would perform. I sighed as it was lackl.u.s.ter compared to what we came with inside our rooms when we had the time to rest.

We instantly grabbed everyone's attention with our costumes. For us, it was another ordinary piece of clothing we wore when we weren't wearing our uniforms. My dress was covered in pink and white diamonds from the start of my skirt. I wore a white gold jewel attached to a bow as a collar. Even my headband was created from rubies on the silken roses. Meanwhile, my uncomfortable dress shoes were white leather.

Luke nodded his head to signal to start the music. We would start off with a simple waltz mixed with flashy techniques. The violins started to play as we began to move in perfect sync from all the practicing that started since kindergarten. This entire competition was made for us to win.

My eyes widened when a sword rushed towards my heart. I jumped high into the air instead of moving to the side as planned. With my jump, I was able to step on the flying sword to step onto the next one heading towards my ankle. My heart almost skipped a beat as I scanned the entire area. I was metres into the air as I used the swords as stairs. Everyone was stunned as I added some twirls I learned from ballet.

I had to make it appear like it was nothing or everyone might start panicking, making the situation even worse. When I shot them a look that I needed help, Shelly and Alex placed their hands together to help Luke jump into the air to join me. With one powerful jump, Luke kicked another sword heading towards my leg by soaring into the air. I felt my wounds reopening again as I avoided all the flying swords.

"Shelly!" I whispered soft enough only for them to hear when a sword started to dash towards them.

Shelly twirled to avoid the sword from my warning. Instead, Alex jumped on the sword to join us to send all the remaining swords in the marble tiles. Shelly, getting the cue, jumped on the sword to follow him. The four of us were in the air, adding some fancy turns as we tried to crush the incoming swords from increasing where we were. With every step, a sword plunged towards the ground, digging into the marble tiles.

What were the host and staff doing, watching us in awe like they were enjoying a circus show? Didn't they know these were actual attacks, trying to kill us? I lost all my hope in them as I focused on avoiding the rest of the swords.

I held in my pain as I felt blood seeping into my costume. When another sword dashed towards my head, I ended up doing a backflip by accident, making my wounds even worse. I started to pant as my head became dizzier from the large amount of blood loss today. My vision wavered as I couldn't continue these extravagant movements anymore.

Giving up from losing all my energy, my body rushed towards the ground with the swords right above me.