130 Family Gathering 3 (1/2)

”The whole estate has been stopped in time.” Lucius opened the curtains to reveal the whole estate had a barrier around it.

Each barrier could be spelled to have a different purpose. The one I planned to create was to prevent strangers from coming in by controlling who had permission to come in. However, the barrier that surrounded the property was spelled to stop the time in the entire area inside it.

But what was the purpose of this? Luke had never mentioned anything like this before. It was clear this was truly a family gathering with most of Luke's family members present with their partners. Shelly got up from her seat once she spotted me standing in the middle of the room, confused from the whole situation.

”We're gathered to plan our next actions,” Shelly explained.

”Well, this whole meeting did happen because our current position was about to be threatened by Rika,” Alex mumbled quietly.

What? What did I do except for trying to skip classes for a day? The school would have never noticed one of its many students taking a day off. It was almost like faking sick to spend the day inside the infirmary room. And what did they mean by current position? How was I even part of it?

”He means the family politics inside our school,” Shelly whispered into my ear.

I almost scoffed from the mention of politics. It wasn't that I didn't notice how polite the other students were as they remembered to politely greet me in the halls. But that was common courtesy in the first district.

”What did I do?” I rolled my eyes.

I didn't know what fraction I was in, but I was certain that it was whatever fraction Luke was in. In fact, I had ignored the existence of the different groups and fractions formed within the school since I was too busy just trying to survive. Earning a stable amount of points wasn't an easy feat. Politics was something that could only happen if someone had enough time to care for it.

”During social week, going to the sixth district, getting minus points,” Alex started to list all the events off his hands.

”But that doesn't have to do anything with you, does it?” I casually shrugged.

All of this only soiled the ever so great Roselia name that I was forced to possess. From what I knew, Lucius, Alex and Jules was the heir to another family with their respective partners. Luke seemed unsurprised by my response with the amount of time we spent together.

I got most of my information from Luke who drilled in all the latest news into my head. Nowadays, half of the time during the intense study sessions was spent on the common sense in the first district. But knowing this information wouldn't be on the exam, I stopped listening at a certain point when my brain was fried.

”We're all in the same fraction,” Jules explained.