Chapter 410 - Turns (1)

I looked up at the sign in the club building. Smiling in front of the ancient artifacts club room, I opened the door. Instead of meeting the others at the café today as usual, I decided to come here to test out my chances. If everything went as planned, then this would be where we would be meeting from now on. Ignoring the club members staring at a person oddly entering the room without knocking, I searched for the headgears.

"Excuse me, may we ask who you are?" A club member politely interrupted me.

"Do you have any headgears here?" I turned to them, not wanting to go through all the shelves.

"It should be on the second shelf from the right beside where the gaming consoles and comic books from the third district are located," another member cautiously answered.

My eyes instantly spotted the shining gaming supplies and entertainment devices on the shelves. How could I not discover this place sooner? It was my mistake for spending all my days at the café. I brightly smiled while walking to a high school student, "can I join this club? Do I have to submit an application?"

"Are you sure you have the time as a middle school student- ."

"I have the time! Please let me join!" I interrupted her, holding both of her hands.

"Please? I never knew such a club existed or I would have joined earlier," I had tears welling in my eyes.

"Here's the application form," a member sighed.

Surprisingly, all I had to do was to write my name and what class I was in. It was simpler than I thought it would be, not having to write the reason why I wanted to join. I quickly handed over the form after signing everything, wanting to be a part of the club as fast as possible to use the headgears inside this room.

"You're from the Roselia family?" A member looked shocked.

"No way! Give me that form," the other members didn't believe her.

"She's also the leader of the Impalia fraction!" another member gasped.

"She actually is!" A member's jaw almost dropped.

"Isn't she the one engaged to the heir of the Roselia family? The ones inside the four most powerful fractions?" another member whispered to the rest of them.

"So can I join the club?" I interrupted them.

"Of course you can join," they looked at me in a new light.

"Am I officially a member now?" I tried to confirm.

"Yes, would you like to join us?" A member gestured to me to sit with them.

"Can I use some of the artifacts in this room?" I wanted to use the headgear.

"Please go ahead," the members nodded their heads.

"And also the keys to this room?" I wanted access to this room at all times.

"Here," the president of the club passed them to me without any hesitation.

"Don't you think this room needs some renovations?" I couldn't find a place to lay down to play the headgears.

The room was large, expanding for more than tens of metres even with a small number of members. Modern small chairs for the members to use with a wide table were the only practical furniture for them to use. The shelves took up most of the room like it was a storage room. There were no signs of any beds or plushy couches. It was almost like their job was being a librarian with how nicely they organized all the artifacts.

"What do you need?" The president couldn't find anything wrong.

"A large bed," I wondered where I would fit it inside the room.

"A bed?" All of the club members raised their voices.

"There's not a single place to use the artifacts themselves," I explained.

"It may be dangerous to use the headgear on a chair," I pointed out how someone may fall while playing.

"We have a sleeping bag from the third district," a member understood what I was talking about.

"That works too!" I thanked them.

"Can you wake me up about two hours from now?" I couldn't return to the dorm room too late without making Luke suspicious.

"We'll wake you when we're about to leave," she passed me the sleeping bag.

I happily hummed while putting on the headgear. I wouldn't ever have to worry about the headgears being gone from my life anymore. This was why I readily woke up once one of them shook me. With the president locking the door behind me, I skipped towards my dorm room. Before I opened the door, I tried to keep my expression as neutral as possible. The best was not to let Luke take a glance at my face.

Ever since Claire and Yulian graduated, all their fraction work went to Luke. Fortunately, since Luke was too busy with finishing everything required from him from all the fractions we joined, he didn't pay attention to me after we finished our intense study sessions together. Tiptoeing into my room, he instantly noticed me coming inside later than I usually did.

"I heard from Alex that Michelle returned three hours earlier than you," he asked me why I was late.

"I was in a deeper conversation in the café with Sienna and Delia," I had the perfect coverup story that I had told the others about.

"I want you to be back an hour earlier next time," he warned me.