Chapter 517 - The Cold (6) (1/2)

”We apologize, we only came for a brief greeting,” Luke was beginning to turn back.

”Didn't you come for a safe place to pass the storm?” She got confused.

”We have another place to wait inside,” Luke abandoned the shelter.

”Wait. I have strawberry shortcakes with me. There are also strawberry macaroons, strawberry ice cream, and milkshake with the same flavour,” she blurted.

”They have strawberries in everything!” My eyes glittered.

My stomach started to grumble from only drinking snow. I wondered why we couldn't accept her generosity. If we knocked her unconscious, all those strawberry desserts could be mine. Before Luke could drag me away, I started to search for her pressure points. I brightly smiled when I found she was mostly unguarded. Trying to find a good angle to do this, I broke Luke's grasp to swing a powerful kick to her head.

Lifting my leg while switching into a fighting stance, I poured some mana into my feet to increase its impact. But I briefly froze when she was able to grab my ankle with her hand, pulling me closer to her before my leg could come near her face. Alex immediately gripped her arm, breaking her hold on me, squeezing her flesh to the point that blood couldn't flow. This gave Luke the chance to pull me behind him, increasing the distance between me and the door.

”How violent,” she seemed disappointed.

”I only wanted to help. All I want is Rika and I can stop the snowstorm,” she stated her terms.

”Are you my stalker?” I wondered.

”I'm just a fan club member,” she denied the claim.

Taking a closer look at her, she didn't seem to be much older than us. Around the age of Lucius, her features weren't mȧturė enough to be an ȧduŀt. I wondered if she could be a student at our school, the fan site accessible only by its students from what I knew. The high school worked differently from the middle school section. There was an income of more students, the strict requirements loosening a little.

Although the class size remained the same, many of the other things were still unknown other than the fact the classes were getting a bit easier. I looked forward to graduating middle school, around a half a year away from it. I wanted to go on more missions, being stuck at school all the time was a bit suffocating. Luke would have no choice but to give me more freedom as I grew older. In elementary school, he didn't even let me leave the first district.

”You're a student at our school?” Charles realized.

”Not everyone is affluent enough to live inside the dorm building,” she revealed we were inside the school grounds.

”Even the basement?” I started to pity her.