Chapter 417 - Turns (8)

"The club room is so nice!" I had survived another day of attacks.

"We did it," Sienna flopped onto a sleeping bag.

"I heard about your fights," the president came in after us.

"I think everyone in the school knows by now," Oili was the one to unlock the room.

"We tried to keep it hidden," Henry wondered how it spread so fast.

"We did," we agreed with him.

"There's no way you can hide that," Oili had seen one of our more intense fights.

Grand explosion spells were used in the abandoned part of the courtyard while the people taking their turns were using barriers to defend themselves. Most of us were covered in scratches or bruises from our physical brawls. All our clothes were ripped and barely hanging together. It was almost like a fierce battleground as we chased each other, using different spells like ice to freeze their feet. But we always made sure to leave enough time to repair the area afterwards.

"The teachers will find out at this rate," he warned us.

"Why are you taking turns?" The president became more curious.

"We have our own circ.u.mstances," Shelly sighed.

The once abundant closet of uniforms was cut by half, costing a fortune to continue these fights. The uniforms were more expensive than the school tuition, making students try to keep their uniforms neat and well maintained. However, this didn't apply to us since each of us had similar closets, letting us destroy the uniforms without any hesitation. When Luke had opened my closet the other day, he ordered more for me, recalling the fights.

Luke couldn't interfere in the fights, finding Alex a few days ago almost about to cry. Cillian accidentally threw an ice spear in his direction when it was meant for Henry. Meanwhile, Delia used the earth shift spell to make the grounds uneven. Since Alex was close to Luke, it was the perfect time to release some of our frustrations on him. Not managing to avoid all the attacks aimed in his direction as we didn't like him interrupting us, he sprinted to his room without a shirt and barely hanging pair of pants.

His forehead was dripping with blood, knees plastered with bruises while his pride hurt from all of us telling him to close his mouth. Luke used heal on him while cancelling their usual spar together. Delia had thoroughly threatened him if he reported any of this to the teachers, none of us would let him go for it. Henry added to her warning by telling Alex that there's more that we could have done to him today. Seeing how all of us were serious, he turned away from us, running to Luke, not telling him the entire story from our warnings.

Alex understood if he left us alone, nothing would happen to him. Even Allan made sure to avoid us like we were a plague inside the classroom. Meanwhile, both Charles and Miliana had heard about the rumors about our fight as well, staying far away from us to not get involved. I pulled the headgear from the shelf, knowing Oili was right. We really needed to get rid of taking turns or even I wouldn't know would happen.

"It's so hard to come into this room," I envied Oili.

We all spun our heads towards the door when someone knocked on the door. The president opened the door, finding a fellow high school student waiting to come in. The high school student fidgeted with her hands before asking, "I was wondering if I could join the ancient artifacts club."

"I apologize but we are not accepting any new members," the president sadly smiled.

It was the tenth time that someone had directly come up to him, wondering if they could join when I was inside the room. The president had more than a hundred messages coming into his marble from people who didn't have the courage to directly come to the club room. There were more rumors swirling around that this club was starting to become more exclusive than the larger clubs in the building. Ever since the president publicly announced that Oili had joined the club, others wanted to join to become closer to him. And since the president rejected every one of their requests, it was proven true.

"It is nice," Oili smiled, not having to hide his hobbies anymore.

"But it's the other four people's turns tomorrow," Sienna became depressed.

"I know," I entered the game to cheer myself up.

Once one of the original members shook me awake, Shelly had to drag me and Sienna out of the room with her. Meanwhile, the president and Oili pulled Henry out of the club room, locking the door behind them. The reason why we were more hesitant to leave was because we had to take turns. The keys given to us were taken away since our fights over them were getting intense. Part of the reason the president didn't want more members was that he didn't want more trouble than there already was.

I miserably entered my dorm room, not able to enjoy the games since the door was locked. Luke noticed my frequent mood changes every night. Sometimes I would skip into my bedroom, all rosy and happy. Other times, my face would be drenched with tears from staying at the café or being interrupted in the middle of the best part in the game.