Chapter 554 - Melting into Spring (3)

"I can contact the gatekeeper. He should be older than you. You can talk to him instead," I bluffed from desperately not wanting my mana sealed.

I had portals with me to go into the fairy world. Although I didn't know how to use it, I had more mana than normal to try it out. Fairies had a large amount of mana, meaning if I concentrated on pushing more mana into my wrist, the bracelet may appear again. The level of mana in the air was different between the two dimensions. It could be due to the lack of mana that I couldn't summon the portals.

I gasped when the tattooed bracelet actually appeared on my wrist. Taking this chance, I quickly tapped and desperately poured the remaining mana I had before anyone could think of sealing it. Visualising a portal into another land inside my head, I smiled when the portal began to open, creating almost a mirror image of where I stood. On the other side, all the technology was replaced with more moss while the extravagance was replaced with blooming flowers..

"I can step into the portal and you will never see me again," I began to threaten them.

Grandfather couldn't hide his surprise, studying the portal inside the room. Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper was seen walking towards us on the other side. Although it was risky, I knew he would come to me with an unauthorized gate open. I smiled while welcoming him inside the office. Turning to him, I began to accuse the people in this room, "these monsters are thinking of sealing my mana because of your experiment. It would break your promise of removing the seals since they would be brought back as a consequence of your carelessness."

"I had an agreement with her, you cannot seal her mana for this incident," the gatekeeper was on my side.

"She is my granddaughter," grandfather managed to keep his composure.

"I have a contract with your father, you cannot touch her," he surprisingly revealed.

"And add the condition that they can't confine me anywhere from now on too," I tried to add.

"That wasn't a part of the agreement," the gatekeeper didn't fall for it.

"Confine her inside an anti-mana room instead of sealing her mana," he betrayed me.

"I can follow you into the portal," I warned everyone.

"I will not guarantee your safety," the gatekeeper didn't care.

"It wouldn't be fun if you did," I grinned.

"My demands are simple. My mana stays unsealed while I get more freedom in the things that I can do," I had the upper hand.

"Define freedom," grandfather started to negotiate with me.

"I can go anywhere on the weekends and holidays instead of being confined to your mansions. I can change my appearance to how I want to look regardless of the Roselia family image. I can eat anything I want without having them confiscated. I can wear the clothes and shoes I want," I listed out everything I could think.

"Can you close the portal with the promise we will not seal her mana?" He faced the gatekeeper.

"I can and prevent her from going inside, please sign the agreement here," the gatekeeper made a sheet of paper appear.

My mouth wouldn't close as grandfather signed the agreement, making the gatekeeper disappear with the portal. I didn't have the chance to run into the other side, everything happening too quickly. Sadly, I bȧrėly had any mana leftover to teleport to another location. Dealing with fairies quickly drained all my mana. I had to deal with these monsters alone now.

"Is it wrong for me to want more freedom? I want to go to the amusement park, zoo, and waterpark like the others too. I never get the chance to go travelling," my knees collapsed onto the floor.

"It's always another day inside the mansion. Always more studying!" I had tears streaming down my face.

These heartless people continued to watch me, not feeling anything from my tears. I hated that they didn't agree to a single demand in the list I gave them, not giving a chance for more freedom. It was hard trying to please grandfather so he would teach me more spells later on when he thought of sealing them. His personality was awful, more than I could handle. Alongside the rest of the people in this room, all on his side.

"Freedom must be earned. With your actions, we cannot give you any. Especially with your health worsening. You won't be able to eat normal food for the rest of the week due to it," grandfather had a solution to my inability to eat any food.

While Luke listened to all the instructions his grandfather explained to him, I was under the watch of his father. Stuck inside the office for the entire time, I watched some people going in and out. I puffed my cheeks, feeling it was unfair I was suffering for saving everyone from a dangerous fairy. By the time everyone seemed to be finished, Luke's grandfather faced me.

"You never told us about your ability in summoning a portal," he began to focus on me.

"I'm not obligated to tell you anything," I wasn't going to expose my trump cards.

"One day of going outside wherever you want sometime this month," he offered.

"I have nine remaining portals with me, but they only help me channel my power to create one," I knew one day was better than nothing.

"How did you manage to source those portals?" Luke's grandfather tried to sneak in another question.