Chapter 325 - The Magician (6)

"What if I would rather stay in school?" I came up with the third option.

"You're not staying in school," Luke narrowed his eyes.

"I thought we used all our days of leave!" I wondered what happened.

"Do you think the teachers can resume their lessons?" He pointed out all the destroyed buildings.

"That's only in the high school section," I refuted.

The hover car began to drift near the ground, showing I didn't have much time left to decide. Meanwhile, Luke firmly held onto my wrist, preparing to drag me into the car. Deciding it was better to confess everything than to be tortured under his schedule, I quickly blurted everything out.

"Fine! While the magician's target isn't me, the s-class monster who planned the entire thing has me as the main target. The magician did search for me from the sky but didn't think I was the person the s-class monster was looking for since my appearance has changed," I slowly looked up at him to see his reaction.

Everyone didn't seem surprised from the news, used to something like this happening. However, Luke viewed me in a new light, processing all the information. This wasn't a good sign since it was looking like he was considering taking back what he had just said to me with the two options. I was totally going to be confined inside his mansion, not able to travel between them like the others.

"But I messed up on the disintegration spell. The magician signalled to the s-class monster to take care of it while I created a mana path to lead it to the rest of them," I hoped it wouldn't make him change his mind.

"You can have your freedom inside the mansion," Luke finally decided.

"But I told them they could do much more damage if they set the stage to your mansions since I didn't want to go there," I finally revealed everything I had on me.

Everyone went silent from my last confession. There was a possibility now that the mansions wouldn't be safe as well. But Luke still pulled me into the hover car, feeling most of his generosity towards me gone. Maybe I shouldn't have added that last part in. With only his family inside the hover car, he opened his mouth to begin the lecture.

"Seriously Rika?" He coldly stared at me.

"The magician just responded that the s-class monster wanted the school to be their stage," I told them it was likely they weren't going to change the place.

"But he never said they weren't going to change it in the future," Lucius pointed out.

"Fine, I'm sorry. I hope your mansions are still safe," I mumbled, not looking at them.

"I'd rather be with the magician at this rate. Why couldn't you just leave me there and escape on your own?" I inaudibly grumbled.

"Do you know how much all of us worried for you?" Lucius heard my complaint.

"So what if I die?" I had the second chance card with me.

The hover car went silent from my comment. Luke angrily trembled as he had really almost lost me last night. Belle helped in calming him down while I pretended to ignore everyone in the car. I reminded myself that I would only have to suffer until I graduated from school since I didn't sign their stupid contract yet.

"Rika, although Luke made you the promise you would have some freedom in the family mansion. I didn't. You won't be leaving my sight until you properly reflect on your actions," Lucius supported his younger brother.

"Yea, it's always my fault. Rika always causes every accident making it all her fault," I squeezed the edge of my skirt.

"I can do things on my own too. I can survive the attacks alone just fine by myself," I had helped them before in getting rid of the monsters.

"What if the magician figured out you were the target before the sun came? How about all those times when you became sick? Who took care of you then?" Lucius tried to make his point.

"I could have somehow fought him. I could have used heal on myself those times as well," I mumbled.

"You know when I turn sixteen, three years from now, I'll have an unlimited amount of mana with me. I can do anything after then that monsters will become nothing," I continued.

"You're not sixteen yet. Even when you possess an unlimited amount of mana, if you don't know how to use it properly, you can land yourself into trouble," he perfectly argued.

"That's why Rika always needs to be confined," I hated this family.

"I can't go anywhere I want without getting permission. I can't play any games or read the books I want. I don't even have the ability to eat and drink what I want or dress in the clothes I want to wear. I always have to act a certain way to not blemish the Roselia family name. I'm sick of all this!" I couldn't help but yell.

"I don't want to live a life like this anymore," I cried.

"You know how frail your body is. You can't stand going to places with different air quality than the one you're familiar with. You'll get sick if we let you eat or drink whatever you want. Your skin is too sensitive that you easily get allergies from poor fabrics," Lucius knew about my health records.