Entering the Competition (2)

"You can come to our room," I looked at my supply disappearing fast.

The doorbell was immediately rung. Luke opened the door before we were able to walk out of our room. I wondered if it was only Ben taking back the pillows and blankets. Each of us needed two blankets since one of them acted as a mattress.

"Does Alice also need any?" I dashed towards him.

"She prefers to keep up appearances and sleep on the bed," Ben took a few of his supplies back.

"I apologize, but can I also use your blankets and pillow?" Luke noticed the Nuelle family crest on them.

It appeared that all of us would rather sleep on the ground. Ben nodded, giving both Alex and Luke the permission to borrow them. He walked out of the room as he went to set up the makeshift bed in his own room.

"We should clean the floor first," I frowned.

I sneezed from all the dust in the air. I couldn't help being sensitive to the tiny things since I was used to living in a place where everything was perfectly cleaned to the point they sparkled. It was also like this in my parent's house. I coughed so frequently that my family thought I had a bad cold. However, when I was in Luke's villa, all the symptoms immediately stopped.

"We need to filter the air first," Alex coughed.

We began to open all the windows as fresh air came in. Alex used the spell to try to get rid of the dust by sweeping it outside. I shuddered when a few bugs came out of their hidden spots in the process. Although it wasn't perfect, I instantly felt like I could properly breathe again without sneezing every few minutes.

"It wasn't this bad last time," Shelly closed the window.

"Really?" I didn't believe her.

"The teachers came to inspect our living space before we moved in," she explained.

But this time, all the teachers were busy. I screamed when I noticed some bugs Alex couldn't get rid of from his spell. There were some signs of spider webs under the bed. The only reason I noticed was because of my enhanced eyesight. It was stuck onto the bed frame with some eggs attached to it.

I wasn't going to stay inside the room with bugs inside them. I gulped before I took out a spare cage I had from Ethan. I didn't hesitate to use my mana to scan for bugs and placed every single one I could find inside the cage. This would be good to use to ask Ethan for a favour in the future. However, it was still disgusting to have something like this in my inventory.

"I think I got rid of most of them," I didn't dare to lay the blankets on the floor yet.

"I think you got rid of all of them," Shelly confirmed with me when she did another scan.

"Can you also check?" I asked Luke who was starting to reopen all the windows.

"Alex is getting rid of the rest and I'm going to do another sweep," he sighed.

My shoulders relaxed as I started to feel more assured. Time quickly passed as we finally faced a decently clean room after all our efforts. The beds were also set up and temperature regulated to keep us warm. It was almost time to attend the orientation. Once I walked out of the door, I dusted off everything off my uniform.

"You too?" I faced Ben who was in the room next door.

"We didn't think the rooms would be this dirty," he coughed.

"We also installed a barrier and another spell to keep things the way they are," he recalled.

It was just like us. Everyone who came from our school also appeared equally exhausted from doing the same thing. Unfortunately, we had the last room, making us beside the students from another school. We needed to soundproof the rooms as well as they wouldn't keep quiet.

The middle and high school competition uniforms were a bit different from each other. Although the overall design was the same, the colours were different. Ours was striped pink and white while the high school colours were striped blue and white.

I found myself in a dining room where we were the closest to the stage with the table with our names on it. It appeared like they were holding lunch and the presentation at the same time. At least the food would be better, wouldn't it?

I frowned as I regretted not eating that yogurt in the car. The food given to us was different from other schools. I knew they were trying to match the prestigious name of our school, but it was a failed attempt. I turned to Luke to give me the yogurt he placed into his inventory.

"Was it like this last year as well?" I asked Shelly.

"It was just like the food we usually ate at school," Shelly frowned.

Luke passed me the small container of yogurt. He didn't touch the plate given by the waiters as the fruits didn't appear completely ripe while some parts of the food weren't completely cooked. In fact, both Shelly and Alex sighed in relief when Luke passed them more cups of yogurt. It was just like Luke to be this prepared.

"I brought enough food to last for today," he explained.