The Not-So-Mighty School (2)

"Does this mean I'll have to do all the fraction work with Luke after you graduate?" I frowned from the thought.

"It isn't as bad as you think it is. Just throw occasional parties here and there while doing a few missions given by the other members," Claire tried to comfort me.

"You'll be helping me until I graduate," she held both of my hands.

"Just make sure you throw those parties in mansions owned by the Impalia fraction to separate it from your partner's fraction," she lightly squeezed my hands.

"And make sure you also find a successor before you graduate," Yulian added.

"Are those missions dangerous?" Luke interrupted us.

This was the question that truly mattered. Seeing how their fighting styles were well-defined, they had to struggle as much to get to where they were today. There had to be a reason why people only started to volunteer once they joined.

"It's basically the same level of difficulty of what Rika has been doing in elementary school with her other friends," Claire hinted my secret.

"Ok! I get it!" I accidentally yelled.

No wonder they were an information guild. The level of difficulty depended on how hard to was to get someone's information they wished to cover up. In a sense, I was their perfect successor since I already knew the security guard's patrol routes from the back of my head.

"The important thing is that nothing gets out of whatever is discussed in our meeting. No matter what," Yulian gave us a firm warning.

"This includes your family's fraction," Yulian turned to Luke.

Luke nodded his head like it was something he expected. But all I imagined was sneaking every night to gather more information while sacrificing my sleep. How was I ever going to survive when I struggled to stay awake during the classes in the morning?

"But there's a big problem," I raised my hand.

"I don't exactly have the best grades and I'm already barely awake in the morning," I showed them I might not be able to do the missions.

"Well, that is a problem, let me look at your grades," Claire took out her tablet.

If I didn't make it to the high school section of the school, I wouldn't be able to succeed her anyways. Both Yulian and Claire slightly gasped from the record of my grades from who knows where they got the private information. A record was filled with rare As and more common failing grades that Luke would have to get perfect scores to average out.

Yulian took another scroll through my grades since elementary school, not believing his eyes. My grades got worse as I went up further in school since I couldn't rely on what I studied before my reincarnation anymore. Claire froze in her spot when she noticed the -100,000 points when I didn't study with Luke.

"Rika and I study for around twelve hours after class to get these normal grades," Luke pointed out the regular Cs and Ds.

Their eyes started to well with pity as they compared Luke's perfect grades with mine. They suddenly began to study our pitiful room we were placed in after we moved out of the luxurious dorms. It was a small one bedroom and bathroom layout with a separate bed and closet for each of us. No decorations were seen, making the walls seem extremely bare.

"You're right, it is a problem," Claire awkwardly looked around.

There was no way I could complete the missions given by the other members. Unless they had enough power to change my grades. It was a miracle how I was getting no Fs these days.

"Can you change my grades?" My eyes glittered.

Luke elbowed me to stay quiet as the room shifted into silence from this unexpected situation. I guessed they didn't have enough power to change my grades.

"Or as an information guild, can you give me the answers to the upcoming tests?" I asked for something easier.

"All we can do is to help tutor you,"" Claire coughed.

"And we may have to put everything on the line with the dean who's planning to summon you to his office tomorrow," Yulian adjusted his plan inside his head.

"Isn't she from the Roselia family?" Yulian whispered into Claire's ear, ignoring the fact both Luke and I were listening.

"I never thought she would have these terrible grades as well," Claire pinched his arm.

"I actually came from the third district. Let me introduce myself. My name is Rika Shanes," I reached my hand out to shake their hands.

"Do you still want me in your fraction?" I smiled, hoping to get out of this mess.

"We can't change the successor," Yulian sighed.

They couldn't hide the regret on their faces for choosing me as their successor. Claire's eyes turned down, disappointed while contemplating on how to fix this mess. Meanwhile, both Luke and I knew we would be in trouble with them if their missions took up too much of our time. This was why they shouldn't have chosen a successor out of nowhere and should have gave their help out of goodwill instead.

"Let's focus on what we can do for now," Claire brought out some content that the dean had prepared for tomorrow's meeting.

"We can place you guys at an advantageous place to earn more points to get into the high school section more easily. We just need to bring out some counterarguments at these certain points and hope it works," she pointed.