89 The Last Day

There was no time to attempt to escape from Luke's mansion again.

William and Joanna attached servants to us to make sure we were strictly walking to the next room where another tutor waited for us.

Under the servant's watchful eyes, both Luke and I didn't dare to take another detour again.

We studied when we were told to study and ate silently with no energy during mealtimes.

Luke never spoke to me as I never spoke to him.

We were trying to retain as much energy possible to somehow survive through the next lesson.

This explained why Luke was very capable ever since kindergarten.

I had no energy to rebel as I struggled to stay awake to concentrate on the lessons today.

I flopped onto my bed at the end of the day today.

Who cared about escaping, I just needed more sleep these days.

This was why I was glad I was going back to school tomorrow morning after breakfast.

"I don't think I can ever marry you Luke," I mumbled with the last bits of my energy before blacking out.

* * *

Luke shook me awake as usual the next morning.

It took him more time than usual to wake me up.

Even the bright sunlight that filled the room couldn't wake me up due to my pure exhaustion from yesterday.

I didn't know how Luke's parents could come up with these cruel schedules in the first place and didn't want to know.

I finally got off the bed when Luke gave me hints of the possible dangers of not waking up.

"After breakfast, we're going back to school. But we might have to go at lunch if we miss-"

"I'm awake," I almost yelled as I interrupted him.

I wanted to leave Luke's family estate as soon as possible. I never thought I would think this, but I actually missed school.

School was almost nothing compared to the intense schedules that were given out by Luke's parents.

I quickly got ready with Luke's help as I changed into my uniform this time.

I sat in my usual seat in the parlour as Joanna and William waited for us to come as the food in their dishes were left untouched.

'Why were they here earlier than before?' I feared.

Usually both Joanna and William showed up late for mealtimes except for the first day when we arrived at Luke's family mansion.

We all ate in awkward silence as sound of utensils and servants replacing the dishes were the only sounds made.

When we were all finished eating, Joanna made a announcement.

"So whose house are you visiting after you graduate from middle school?" Joanna sweetly smiled.

"What do you mean?" I asked her for clarification.

"After you graduate from middle school, you choose to visit either my son's house for a week or your house in the third district for a week." Joanna answered.

"My house," I said with no hesitation.

Joanna and William seemed pleased with my answer while Luke tried to hide his happiness as well.

What was with this family?

It was like we were unwanted here. I was fine with being unwanted here, but I hated that they would not let us outside the mansion.

Instead, the days were filled with intense schedules that no human being would have to suffer through.

I ran towards the hover car that was parked near the gates when William personally escorted us out the front door.

* * *

Daniel was about to project the results of the midterm exams onto the board.

Surprisingly, the class material seemed easier to understand for once.

The problems and questions on the exam were also not that hard as I thought it would be even without Luke's intense study sessions.

After I left Luke's house, Luke didn't drag me to his intense study sessions as usual to my surprise.

It was like I was reviewing all the class material that I had learned at Luke's house.

I shivered as I recalled the bad memories there.

Results:

Rika and Luke: 600,000 points

Michelle and Alex: 90,000 points

Helena and Alan: 5,000 points

Miliana and Charles: 15,000 points

I got all my tests back electronically through my tablet.

I gasped as I realized I have gotten every test in the midterm completely correct.

I grabbed the tablet in Luke's hand as I checked his results.

Luke had also gotten every test correct as usual.

This meant that we got the most points since we didn't make a single mistake or point taken off on our tests.

"How is this possible?" Charles stumbled.

Even Ellen and Shelly looked surprised from the results as they congratulated me a bit late as they were frozen momentarily from the shock.

This was the first time where Luke and I were able to get perfect marks in every single subject.

Since I couldn't use the dimensional library for all the numerous subjects taught at this school, I could never achieve the results on the board today.

"I spent three days at Luke's house," I answered Charles question.

Alan joined Charles as they both were unable to stop talking about how I was able to not make a single mistake.

However, Alex was the only person in the room that didn't seem surprised from the results. It was like he eerily knew what we went through at Luke's house.