The Consequence (1)

"Finally!" I whispered due to the lack of energy.

I spotted Daniel while he patrolled around campus under the bright warm sun. His eyes widened when he exclaimed, "Rika! Charles! Ben?"

"They were in the sixth district," Ben offered as an explanation while looking equally tired.

Daniel momentarily froze before he immediately dragged Charles, Ben and I to the ever so familiar dean's office. Surprisingly, both Luke and Miliana was already sitting down on the comfy couches with untouched snacks on the table. Meanwhile, the dean sat down in his usual chair behind his desk.

I grabbed a seat on the empty couch where I faced Miliana. The delicious smell of the cookies led my hands to quickly hover above the plates. Before anyone could respond, I stuffed the cookies into my mouth before anyone could stop me.

After my occasional visits to the dean's office with Luke, I knew the snacks were only a formality. But, I couldn't care less about everyone's disapproval after eating flowers for the past three days. I quickly chewed as everyone inside the room looked at me in utter amazement.

"Continue?" I asked.

"Can we hear the situation from you?" The dean turned to Ben while ignoring me.

Both Charles and Luke stiffened as Ben's explanation got longer and more detailed. Although, I was thankful I left many things out when I met him in the sixth district. He could only explain up to the extent he knew about our situation.

"Anything else you would like to add to the explanation Charles?" The dean faced Charles while he blushed heavily in embarrassment.

"No, I believe Ben covered everything sir." Charles meekly added.

The dean glanced towards my direction for the first time as part of a formality.

"It wasn't my fault," I replied.

Both Charles and Luke glared at me to stop talking while Ben's eyes lit up. Meanwhile, Miliana stared at the floor as if she was not part of the conversation.

"It was the school's fault for allowing the hover buses to go haywire in the first place. I clearly remember teleporting Charles and I onto a hover bus that on the way to this location." I tried to shift the blame.

"Shouldn't the school take some responsibility as well?" I pretended I was the victim.

Steam came from Charles' head like he was fuming in anger while Luke looked like his world was toppling down.

"I recall you never had the permission to leave the campus Rika Roselia Shanes?" The dean questioned with his eyes narrowed.

Yikes. That meant the dean was truly angry now.

"I was on campus, but it was the hover bus that took us off campus. Meaning the fault lies in the hover bus that took us off campus without the school's permission!" I declared.

There was no way the school knew if I teleported onto the hover bus while it was actually on campus. Meaning if I twisted the facts a little, I could shift more of the blame to the lame hover buses that kicked people out in the snow in a desolate place!

"Is this true Charles?" The dean asked as if he had given up on me.

Charles stayed silent as he started to drill a hole at the ground just like Miliana.

"I will re-educate Rika so events like this do not occur again, so please look favorably on this incident," Luke pleaded after a moment of silence.

Re-educate me? Please, this all happened because of a faulty hover bus.

"This isn't fair!" I exclaimed.

"This all happened because of a faulty hover bus and this is not the first time it happened!" I defended myself.

"When I was missing in the first district during the practical assignment, it was because of a faulty hover bus that led me to a strange place!" I blurted out.

"We need these junky hover buses to take responsibility so these events don't happen again!" I confidently declared.

'Well this should do it,' I thought.

However, Luke followed Charles and Miliana as he stared intensely at the ground like he had given up on me.

"If that is the case, we must not punish Rika and Charles for the faulty hover buses on campus," Ben added with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"I agree, if there was supposedly no fault with the junky hover buses, Charles and I will take all the responsibility for the consequences of our actions" I added.

Both Charles and Luke stopped staring at the ground and abruptly looked up.

The dean, astonished from my statement and with nothing more to add, dismissed us out of his office. He immediately ordered his subordinate to prepare to investigate the faulty hover buses due to my constant arguments about the junky hover buses.

"See, it worked!" I faced Ben, Charles and Luke.

Miliana constantly murmured in a daze, "I've never been to the dean's office before."

"Well this was an interesting conclusion," Ben added after a moment of silence.

"Who are you?" Luke asked with his eyes narrowed.

Charles tugged Luke's sleeves while shaking his head. "This is Ben de Nuelle who you supposedly met before in the second district. He is our upperclassman as he attends the high school division in our school," Charles introduced Ben.

"I would like to thank you for helping Rika in the sixth district, Ben de Nuelle. However, I need to talk with Rika right now so if you would excuse us," Luke politely responded.

Luke quickly grabbed my hand and dragged me to our dorms. This was a sign for a long scolding to come.

"Seriously Rika? Junky hover buses?" Luke shouted once we were inside our dorm.

"Oh please, the best choice we had was to shift the blame to those pieces of junk anyways!" I yelled back.

"Rika Roselia Shanes! You will see that you will never enter a hover bus without me ever again." Luke continued.

Yikes. It seems that this lecture will be a long one. Better ask some questions to distract him.

"That reminds me, Charles pulled out a sword from the air. When I asked him about it, he said that every heir from the top five supposedly families has one. So, can I see your sword?" I asked with great enthusiasm.

"He showed you his sword?" Luke asked like he was in disbelief.

Great! I got him distracted.

"Yea with marigolds around the handle. It looked similar to Alex's sword except Alex had gold and silver lilies around the handle instead. Ben also pulled out his sword too, but it had peonies instead," I added.

"You saw both the swords of Alex and Ben as well?"

"Yea, but I was only able to touch Alex's sword"

'All the way back in kindergarten' I thought.

The only reason I remembered it was because it was very heavy unlike its appearance that looked fragile when decorated with flowers.

"Can I see yours too?" I asked again.

Luke gave in from my pestering as he whispered, "Excalibrent!"

The katana like sword glittered with its sharp white blade and white roses decorating the handle.

"It's like it's made out of crystals or diamonds" I commented while my eyes dazzled from Luke's bright sword.

"The blade came from polished diamonds and the roses are from mana crystals" Luke nonchalantly responded.

Wow. I wanted to hold it too. This sword seemed more impressive than both the swords of Charles, Alex and Ben.

When I tried to grab Luke's sword from his hands, the sword suddenly vanished.

"This sword is way too heavy for you Rika." Luke predicted my complaint.

"Anyways, you must not tell anyone about these swords. This is a secret between the people in our inner circle." Luke warned me seriously.

Sure. Why not. I shrugged in response.