Chapter 302 - The Note (9) (1/2)

”What were you thinking Rika?” Alex added to Luke's lecture.

Unfortunately, the three of us ended up inside the self-driving car together. My ears were already hurt from Luke's long lecturing. However, things were just getting worse as Alex supported his cousin as usual. I regretted not jumping into a car with Ellen and Allan when we were close to the bottom of the hill.

”I told you, I'm sorry!” I apologized for the nth time.

”Didn't everything turn out fine in the end?” I grumbled.

”We're lucky that everything turned out to be fine,” Alex crossed his arms.

”Is there a special room we can use?” Luke turned to Alex.

”What do you need?” Alex asked him.

”A room where I can keep an eye on Rika,” he was thinking of confining me.

”I'm really sorry, I won't use my mana like that again,” I started to plead to change his mind.

”It's only until we move into the competition arena,” Luke looked like he was set on his decision.

I clenched my fists since it wasn't fair. The sunlight drifted into the windows as I placed my life on the line to help everyone escape during the night. Everyone would be able to relax and have fun in the second district while I would be excluded from that list.

”What if I'm not willing to go in that room?” I avoided their line of sight.

”You don't have a choice,” Alex answered for him.

”How are you going to make me?” I squeezed my nightgown.

”Rika,” Luke warned me.

”We can teleport to that room first and leave Alex to return the car,” he told me another option.

Luke knew how I enjoyed looking outside the car window to look at the scenery in the second district. I couldn't give that up. I gave up and continued to look at the people enjoying their weekend, starting to make the streets busier.

The hotel towered over us as Luke pulled me out of the car. Alex picked up the hotel card and gave us all the information as we entered the lobby. As I expected, everyone seemed to be using this time to enjoy all the luxurious amenities inside the hotel. Luke had to drag me to the elevator as the students roamed around the lobby, chattering about where they should go next.

He only let me go once we entered the room at the top floor. It resembled the luxurious dorm, except the technology hasn't reached the same stage. There was no way I could stay here for the entire day. My ears already heard about the waterpark also inside the hotel. I didn't even want to explore the area outside the hotel anymore, I wanted to explore the hotel now.