Chapter 553 - Melting into Spring (2)

"It's an unreliable card that gives her a second chance at life," Luke didn't consider it as an option.

Alex couldn't talk anymore, completely in shock. While Charles seemed to wonder how the abilities I revealed to him came to me in the first place. Thankfully, Luke was able to calm down from Alex saying everything in his place. He steered the conversation back to its proper track, releasing some of the tension inside this room.

"How often can the restraints on your mana be released?" Luke knew there had to be a limit.

"One more time until I turn sixteen," I thought the limit was too cruel.

"Using my dimensional library," I hesitantly revealed.

"You didn't have mana with you back then," Alex narrowed his eyes..

"My dimensional library uses close to no mana or doesn't use it at all," I was doomed if they knew how to counter this in the future.

The room went silent again from figuring out what I was doing while confined to my room. I took this chance to drink some tea in front of me, trying to avoid answering more questions. However, I started to cough the drink out, finding it tasting horrible even with several packages of sugar added. I wondered if this was the price of releasing the restraints. I was going to have trouble eating more food later on with its disgusting taste. Luke passed me his handkerchief, which I accepted while abandoning the drink.

"Your dimensional library is different from others," Charles muttered.

"It could be," I shrugged.

"But the school is a safe place now. The gatekeeper took Charlotte with him and restored all the damages," I wanted to show we could return to school earlier.

"They failed in an experiment, so they probably won't be doing this again," I explained.

From my stomach grumbling, I decided to order some cake. This conversation was likely going to last for a while. After being forced to reveal everything that I knew, my eyes glittered when a plate of strawberry shortcake finally arrived at the table. I needed food to console me from all the cold stares in my direction. I scooped a big piece with my fork, anticipating the light creaminess of goodness. But I ended up spitting the cake back onto the plate, finding it to be too bitter. I wondered if the robots were making a mistake with the level of sweetness today.

"What's wrong Rika?" Luke noticed something strange.

"I think the robots made a mistake. This doesn't taste the same," I slid the plate far away from me.

"Everything is the same," he went through the order in more detail.

"You can't eat sweets anymore," Alex arrived at the conclusion.

Luke ordered a variety of more dishes, trying to cover everything. Passing me a spoon with a tiny portion, he made me try each plate. However, there was nothing I could eat, finding the flavour disgusting. The supplements were worse, not able to stand the smell from a certain distance. Luke's eyes flickered with worry as he decided to give me raw sugar as the last thing. When I tried to wash out the sugar with water, his face was plastered with fear. Wasn't this too heavy of a price for releasing the restraints?

"I didn't know this would happen," I found this situation scary.

"Is it because all her accessories are off?" Charles noticed.

"The accessories are mostly for fatigue and low stamina," Luke shook his head.

"We're going to the infirmary," he decided to continue this conversation later.

"Is it because the gatekeeper lifted all the seals?" I wondered.

"It shouldn't matter even if the seals are lifted," he began to thoroughly check everything.

When Luke couldn't understand the results, I knew it had to be something serious. He pulled out his marble to send some messages to his parents, a place I didn't want to visit. Unfortunately, a response came almost immediately, Luke turning to me, "we're going to visit our parents."

This was how the four of us came to be inside his father's office. I didn't think Charles would follow us, being a distant relative of Luke. I found it strange Luke's family was welcoming towards him while almost ignoring Shelly during the family reunion. After explaining everything and showing the video of the fight, William's face turned more serious. He quickly moved on to gesture me to turn while he began to scan my body for any abnormalities. Unexpectedly, he frowned before asking, "did you carry your marble during your fight?"

"I did," I passed him my marble.

My eyes widened as he tapped on some features I didn't know about. Revealing all the spells I used during the fight. For the first time, I saw William freezing, not believing the display on the screen in front of him. I guessed I went overboard in some of my attacks, not wanting to lose against Charlotte. I also wanted to do all the things a cheat character could do, trying to enjoy the time I had an unlimited amount of mana.

"We'll have to visit your grandfather," he gave up.

"I only used half of what I originally intended," I blurted from the awkward silence.

"Rika, we will have to pull you out of school for another month," he activated the teleportation gate.

The next time I blinked, I found myself in another cheat character's office. Since William didn't return my marble to me, he directly passed it to Luke's grandfather, showing the history of spells. While Luke's grandfather got an explanation of all the events, he compared the spells I used compared to what was seen in the video. After grandfather finished the video, his face was emotionless while turning to me, "using mana is a privilege. We will have to seal most of it since you have broken our trust in you."