Chapter 182 - No More Other Districts (2) (1/2)

”Shelly~” I ran to hug her.

Luke and I were the last ones in our group to arrive on campus. I wasn't surprised he was trying to keep me confined inside his mansion as long as possible for me to 'recover'. I rubbed my face into her chest for comfort.

”Are you ok?” Shelly appeared to be afraid of touching me back.

”What do you mean? I'm fine,” I looked up to her.

”I heard what happened in the fifth district,” she frowned.

”The school was in a panic and apologized tremendously to our fraction,” Shelly explained.

”It wasn't that big of a deal…”

”It is, I heard you could have almost died,” Ellen walked towards us with worry.

”I'm so glad you don't seem seriously injured,” Ellen held both of my hands.

”Like I said, it wasn't that much of a big deal,” I recalled suffering under Luke for the past few weeks.

I didn't suffer from my injuries, but from the contract I signed. It was just like school, but worse. I had the same never-ending study sessions and books Luke assigned me to read if I wanted access to my supply not even a metre away.

Whenever I refuted I felt perfectly fine, Luke would pull out another bottle of erigent and pour it over my supposedly wound. Every time I suffered from the pain, I started to think that erigent was actually a scam. It was probably a potion that made someone feel excruciating pain as its intent.

”Nobody thought a simple mission would put anyone in danger,” Charles walked up to us.

”Now, the school has declared that there will be no missions outside the first district for the rest of the year and each mission will be done in two pairs,” Charles revealed.

”You're saying it like it's my fault,” I clenched my fists.