225 Charity Ball (9)

We moved to another room as the maids took our place to clean the room with the teleportation gate. This room resembled a large living room with many couches to accommodate guests and mini tables full of exquisite tea sets already arranged. Unfortunately, nothing like gaming computers and flat screen TVs were present to my disappointment. Many entertainment goods in general were missing from the Roselia family mansions.

I knew Lucius and Belle, the oldest inside the mansion, were going to hold another meeting to decide what to do. Rather than pretending to listen, I wanted to take a nap. If the meetings carried out like usual, it was likely they wouldn't listen to any of my suggestions.

"Can I just sleep for the rest of the night?" I complained to Luke.

"You're going to sleep right away after eating all that greasy food?" Ethan appeared surprised.

"Sprinkles may be in danger if you continue," I warned him.

"I apologize for my partner's behaviour," Luke glared at me to stay quiet while wondering what I was implying.

Ethan immediately shut his mouth as we all settled into the room. As long as I knew about Sprinkles' existence there was nothing Ethan could do against me. However, I didn't have the upper hand since he knew about how I snuck out every night to do something.

"We hope you decide to stay for another night as we will arrange some rooms for those who decide to stay," Lucius turned to Oili and Ethan.

Knowing that it wasn't safe yet to travel back to the school using a hover car, both Oili and Ethan agreed to stay for the rest of the night. Ever since Luke joined the neutral fraction, Ben collaborated with Lucius, so we were on the same side. I started to pay attention to the conversation again when Luke elbowed me when my posture started to slouch.

"But what matters now is what to do the next day," Ben brought up.

"How about we get some sleep first, then meet up in the day?" I stood up, tired of Luke's pokes in his attempts for me to maintain my elegant posture.

"We're obviously all too tired to think, or at least I am. It's not easy using that defective sword to scare away some s-class monsters," I defended myself.

I decided to leave the room while I had the chance to go to my usual room. Since the layouts in the Roselia family mansions were very similar to each other, I knew exactly where my room was. No one could refute the deathly amount of mana I used to save everyone's lives.

I flopped onto my bed, not bothering to change into my pyjamas. Luke wasn't here to scold me as I slipped out of my dress and kicked off my heels, wearing only undergarments when I glided into the blanket. I smiled as I had the luxury to sleep peacefully without any worries.

Maybe that was why I carefreely opened my door in the morning to get rid of the loud knocking, not checking if I was wearing clothes. Oili blushed as his whole face went oddly red. I wondered what was wrong, before looking down to discover I was only wearing my underwear and a thin translucent tank top. Before I could close the door, Ethan froze behind him, immediately looking the other way.

Unfortunately, Luke witnessed all this happening from behind Ethan. He ran to close the door for me as I almost jumped from the noise. My mind was still half-awake in the mornings like usual. This was why my wavy hair was tangled like a bird's nest without Luke managing my hair. I forgot what life was like without any of the maids or Luke helping me out.

The uniforms here had too many buttons and ribbons to tie like the other clothes in the first district. It was nothing compared to the simple clothing in the third district where you could dress yourself within a few minutes. I opened my closet to find a bunch of complex dresses for daily use. I sighed as I decided to wear a nightgown since I was planning to take another nap after breakfast.

I walked down towards the dining table, finding everyone perfectly dressed to go to a banquet. I yawned as they probably brought a second set of clothes for emergencies. Luke also prepared another coordinated set of outfits for both of us during social week. More like he always remembered to carry around some clothing in his marble that acted like an inventory.

I stretched my arms as I chose the furthest seat from Luke who sat beside Lucius. This meant I was sitting near Oili and Ethan who also chose to sit far away from Luke. I waved at Shelly to come sit near me when she walked down the stairs, which was my biggest mistake. When Luke noticed where I sat, he frowned before getting up to walk towards my direction.

"Do you mind if my partner sits in front of me?" Luke asked them.

Both Oili and Ethan frantically shook their heads like they had wronged him in some way as Luke dragged me to my new seat. Unfortunately, I was seated next to the exact people I wanted to avoid. Yulee sat beside me on one end while Alice on the other. Meanwhile, Lucius, Luke and Alex faced me from the other side.

"I don't want any breakfast," I shrank into my seat.