Chapter 641 - Opportunity (10) (1/2)

”I told you guys to be more careful,” I mumbled.

Unfortunately, this was one of the few times Luke truly showed his talent in hide-and-seek. I was quickly dragged to join their conversation. I glared at both Ethan and Charles as I was unable to move. They have never been interrogated by Luke before, who somehow managed to squeeze every single information out of you. I would have never agreed to their plan if I knew it would fail this badly.

”As Ethan had mentioned, we had similar interests. You already know it. The bug catching club. We went through life and death situations together to hide them from the teachers and to prevent the bugs from leaking out,” I stuck with my usual cover story.

”Is this true?” Luke turned to them.

”It's hard to find bugs inside the school grounds,” Ethan sighed.

”You know how we had one of the club activities inside the Suilett family mansion,” Charles lied.

”So stop wasting time and collect more herbs,” I needed more ingredients.

”You're making us do all the work with your slow pace!” Ethan tried to become their superior.

”We can increase our pace,” Luke went back to work.

”You guys are a disappointment,” Alex looked down on them.

This was how Oili never came to visit the mansion. I was stunned by Alex's merciless actions in punishing them for the act. While I was forced to sleep at a set time, both Ethan and Charles were forced to pick the herbs for the entire night. They were only able to take a break once it was time for breakfast. Since I wasn't able to touch the knives and forks, I ate with a hybrid spoon and fork merged together.

Luke had to slice everything for me and place them on my plates. No one mentioned I was breaking my part of the promise since they knew I was hunted by the cutlery. With a new teacher coming to help me from Micah's connections, I was more confident to enter the usual time-space room. I had two more days to generate at least one product from my support items. It took Micah many hours to negotiate with the mediator to lower his expectations.

”Did you manage to succeed?” Ethan asked about the progress.

”Not yet. I'm trying,” I was equally exhausted.