Chapter 464 - Again? (5)

"Five hits and a favour in the future," Henry decided.

"What's the favour?" I would try to negotiate with him.

"Or you can go with the drowning right now," he offered.

"I don't mind. We can go with the drowning and the five hits," I hoped I would be unconscious afterwards.

"Don't you think it's too much?" Sienna shook her head.

"I'll take a hit in her place," she begged Henry for me.

"It's fine, I deserve them," I knew his anger wouldn't fully be resolved this way.

"Get up Rika, you don't need someone like him to forgive you," Luke walked towards me as he couldn't continue watching anymore.

"I do need him to forgive me," I decided to stay on my knees.

"Hit me right now!" I shouted before Luke could drag me away.

"Should I hit myself?" I warned him Luke was close to ending his chance of getting his revenge.

"Try it," Henry decided to count one of them as a hit.

Slapping myself on my cheek as hard as possible, my hand became red and numb. The crowd gasped as I heard something cracking from within. Luke appeared horrified, frozen from how much strength I placed in hitting myself. All of Henry's anger disappeared, not knowing how I was serious about the hits. Splattering some drops of blood from my misplaced jaw, I tethered back and forth until I fell onto the grass.

"This is the chance to carry out the rest of the hits," I managed to squeak out.

"We'll carry this out privately," Henry dragged me on the grass.

"I didn't think of actually hitting you. I was just seeing how far you were willing to go," he lowered his voice while he managed to find a relatively unnoticed place.

Healing me since I was unable to speak, I didn't need to lean on the bushes anymore once he was finished. I sighed in relief since he was a lot easier to convince than Luke. This hit was nothing compared to begging Luke if I could leave the infirmary. Brushing the grass off my uniform, I found nothing misplaced while moving my jaw. I had suffered from much more pain from all the medicine I had to drink.

"Do you forgive me?" I wanted to confirm.

"I do," he nodded his head.

"I have a tent for us to sleep inside," I decided to reveal my backup plan.

"I used the room Cillian shared with Michelle," Henry revealed.

"A tent isn't that bad," I walked to the place where I hid them.

"This really isn't bad," Henry was surprised how luxurious they were.

Inside the small tent, the space expanded once you were inside. There were two large king-sized beds with two closets for each of us to use. There was even an attached bathroom inside with a large tub. With all the furnishings, it could be better than the room that I used with Cillian. Henry had never experienced this, not a part of the circus incident that happened during the summer.

"It's better than the bas.e.m.e.nt," I agreed.

Unpacking the things inside his inventory, Henry quickly settled into the tent. Since it has been a long day for me, I decided to take a brief nap before going to the club room to deliver the good news. But I had forgotten how these tents were once spelled to harm me. Once I woke up from my nap, my arms and legs were in pain, my eyes struggling to open, and I couldn't get out of my bed. Looking in a mirror, I found that I had a black eye, both my arms and legs covered in large purple circles.

How did the spell from the circus become like this? My face also had some scratches, oozing blood as I wondered if I had some bandages in my inventory. Maybe it was better to go to the room that Shelly used with Cillian. Shaking Henry awake since he also decided to take a nap, he was shocked when he took a look at my face. Thankfully, nothing had happened to him like I was the spell's only target.

"We should abandon the tents," I warned him to pack his stuff again.

Henry nodded his head, quickly transferring all his items into his inventory. When he stared at me to ask why I wasn't leaving the tent, I gestured to all my bruises and scratches that made it hard to walk. He sighed before deciding to carry me in his arms to escape from this place. While he walked towards the infirmary, many people chattered, wondering what had happened when he dragged me to a private place.

"I think he hit her very hard," a person whispered.

"I don't think it ended with a drowning," another person agreed.

Sadly, Henry was being misunderstood as he ignored all the gossip around us. Everyone thought the circus incident was over, including me. Maybe I would give the tents back to the teachers, hoping they would clean up the rest of the mess. Even Shelly and Delia stiffened when they noticed me, limp in his arms. Cillian went speechless with Sienna, being the closest to him.

"I can't believe you would hit her this hard!" Sienna yelled at Henry.

"Rika's too nice!" Shelly scanned my injuries.

As usual, Luke had to walk into us with Alex at the most terrible timing. I didn't know how he had the perfect luck when he tried to find me.

"Rika?" Luke couldn't stop staring at me.