Chapter 137 This Is A Setup
Pushing him away, Lumina's eyes searched the bed. Her brain zoned out for a bit at what she had seen.
She turned her attention towards Nix who had his mouth gaped open, as shocked as they all were.
"Mr. Gaviel!" Luka lightly kicked on his side, trying to wake him and minimize injuring him at the same time.
Lumina stood silent and confused as to why they were brought here. Looking around, the only normal thing that caught her attention was the hospitalized Gia. But where was Fae?
"Where is Fae?!" She hissed, her anger level rising, thinking he was playing some game.
"Something isn't right!" Lank yelled back at her.
This was much more complex than it was presented. Fae was gone.
'Did she tell me this to get me away from the environment?' He wondered, leaving an unconscious Mr. Gaviel.
Walking over to the nurse's desk, he slapped his hand on the tabletop. "Miss..."
No response.
"What is going on!" Lank pulled on his hair in frustration. Things had escalated more than they were supposed to.
"Lank!" Lumina yelled in rage, held back by Nix. "So help you!"
"Miss," he lightly tapped her cheek, her body heaved slightly. "Now isn't the time to take a healing nap, wake up."
"Let me go, Nix!" Lumina raged more, and slowly static energy began to pull towards her.
Alarmed, Nix let go. He couldn't contain her with his passive gift while Lank was present.
'Just great!' Nix raised his hands, taking a step back. With Lank present, he was as vulnerable as Lank is.
He could use neither of his gifts.
If his fire gift was used, he would risk burning the whole infirmary and the people in it.
If he used his passive gift, he would risk being put in a tough situation, one he wasn't ready to go on about explaining, or be more of a juicy target for the organization.
'I'm sorry Lank, but you're on your own on this. On the bright side, she won't kill you.' He reasoned in his thoughts.
Instead, he decided to warn his friend of the danger that lay if he didn't turn around soon.
"Get away from there!"
"Whaaa?" Lank had merely just turned when he was tossed aside by Lumina.
Her glowing eyes cast a look at the sleeping nurse. In need of answers, she gently placed her hand on the nurse's shoulder.
"Aaaak– Kkkk!" Miss Galena jolted awake with a body spasm.
Toning down on her powers, Lumina simply stared at the lady, waiting for her to settle her thoughts.
At that moment, she turned and gave a hard glare at Lank, making a cut-throat gesture as if he was lying about where Fae was.
Lank gulped and looked to Nix for help.
Nix closed his eyes and nodded, signaling everything would be okay. This time he could handle her if the need arises.
"What are you doing here?" Miss Galena questioned Lumina in front of her desk.
Gasp!
"Did you use your gift on me?!" She hissed, holding the side of her head as a throbbing headache followed instantly.
"I'm sorry, Miss Galena," Lumina replied in a timid voice, reverting to her normal self, forcing a grin.
'You two-faced devil!' Lank's jaw dropped in disbelief.
'That's pretty face alright.' Nix chuckled, shaking his head.
"You had been asleep, it looked almost like you were unconscious and that was the only way to wake you up," Lumina explained, batting her lashes and clasping her fingers.
"What brings you three here?" She pulled her hand away from her head so she didn't seem weak in front of them.
"Miss?!" Lank protested, she sounded like she had not remembered his visit. The hostility she had displayed earlier had also vanished.
Something was not right after he had left.
'Where the hell is Fae?! How could she be let out?!' He had a series of questions that needed answering.
"Yes," Miss Galena replied. "And you are?"
This dealt a blow to Lank. This was getting too chilly to imagine. If she couldn't remember who he was, then there was only one answer– her mind had been tampered with.
Lumina looked back at Lank with a frown, "do you think this is a joke?!"
"This is a setup!" Lank hissed, pissed off by how it all turned out to look like he didn't know what he had experienced a couple of minutes ago.
"I totally believe you." Lumina sarcastically replied with a roll of her eyes.
"What is going on with you all?" Miss Galena questioned, tilting her head she caught sight of Mr. Gaviel unconscious on a bed.
"What is he doing here?" She pointed, slapping her hand on the table.
Not waiting for an answer, she stormed her way to the side of his bed. "Gaviel, get the hell up!"
"..."
"Who brought him here?" She turned to the students, her growing anger increased as her gaze fell on Lank.
At first, she wondered why she developed some sort of rage when she had her eyes set on him. Nonetheless, she needed answers and from how it felt, this student knew the answer.
"It wasn't me. I swear!" He shook his hand, "he came in through that door with a bang– I... I mean with an emergency."
'Damn it, what am I even saying?!' He internally facepalmed at the stupidity that was said a few seconds ago.
"Miss Galena," Nix finally spoke after moments of silence and observation.
Even though things seemed rather unclear and suspicious, he believed in Lank. Something didn't feel right and it almost looked like the same way he had acted when he had woken up in this world.
Lost...
Confused...
The very action he had portrayed when told he was someone he wasn't.
"Could you tell us the last thing you remember?" He said calmly, hoping to appeal to reason, better than the other two could.
[Congratulations you have unlocked a new trait: Charisma. The ability to influence without the use of logic]
'Cool!' Nix thought with a smirk playing its way to his lips, it had been a while since he had seen another trait being unlocked.
[Trait usage: Charisma in effect]
Folding his arms, his eyes glowed momentarily, passing on the message he had just said as a signal, influencing her to relate as much as she could remember.