Chapter 551 - Continuing Winter? (10)

"It was an experiment. We wanted to see if fairies could control their powers better with your methods of teaching. Many fairies possess the same problem as her," the gatekeeper explained.

I couldn't close my mouth, all my sufferings coming from a failed experiment. I instantly turned more cold, not able to forgive him. However, it was a good chance to ask for compensation for the damages. Unfortunately, one of the many things I learnt from living with Luke.

"Remove the seals first," I wanted my mana back.

The gatekeeper immediately snapped his fingers, releasing all my mana. Feeling a grand wave of energy releasing, I gasped as I had much more than I imagined. Filled with more than triple of the amount of what I had previously possessed. It was separate from the unlimited amount of mana I currently used like two different battery sources.. The gatekeeper waited for me to come back to my senses, gesturing for me to follow him once I noticed he was studying me.

Following the gatekeeper towards the ground, I stared at the utterly raging landscape swirling with fire and erupting volcanoes. The air was deadly to the point I had to place a barrier around myself to filter it. I felt a little guilty when I saw Charlotte abandoning fighting back my spells to place a flickering barrier surrounding the students. As I came closer towards the ground, I started to sweat from the burning temperature. Craters formed from the parts of the stars, tall blazing swords stiffening into peaks.

"I am going to start restoring the damages," the gatekeeper waved his hands around.

My eyes went round as I watched all traces of the spell disappearing, replaced with more life sprouting, unraveling to come back. Although the snow came back to cover the ground, it wasn't to the point it reached other people's knees. The deadly air turned into a more refreshing one, slapped my face to let me taste a wisp of light wind from the signs of winter about to end. He was turning back time before the fight started to reverse all the damages.

Once the gatekeeper was finished, he flew towards Charlotte. He tapped on her shoulder to show her the area was safe now. I hid behind the gatekeeper as Charlotte spun to face him, stopping her spell while she gazed at the normal landscape. Although the barrier protecting the student has shattered, there was no danger surrounding them anymore. The gatekeeper was lukewarm towards her, "the overseer asked me to fetch you Charlotte."

"Am I leaving this place?" Charlotte seemed to recognize him.

"Your time is finished here," he opened a portal.

I brightly smiled as I watched Charlotte fly into the portal, disappearing with the gatekeeper. When the portal completely closed, I noticed the crowd that had increased under me. I knew I would get in trouble if Luke figured out from the rumors. I summoned some light to announce to the crowd in front of me while continuing to fly, "thank you for enjoying the next episode of magical girl Rika. She has saved the world after defeating the villain again."

I made sure to add some fancy twirls and winks while cutely posing. Continuing to send more finger hearts before I landed on the ground. Thankfully, most of my fans appeared spell bound, taking more pictures. Although some people were stunned, frozen from the absurdity, I could deal with them later. I could blame everything on the fairies if I got summoned to the dean's office again.

However, I had totally forgotten about the possibility that Luke could have chased me to drag me back since I was too focused on fighting Charlotte. I didn't expect him to push through the crowd to directly face me. When I noticed the dried traces of his furious tears, I shuddered while regretting that I didn't continue to stay in the sky. Slowly turning my head, I found Alex and Charles not far behind him.

"We're going back to the mansion," Luke grabbed my wrist.

"We don't need to go back there anymore. This place is safe now," I tried to shake his hand off.

"My plan was successful," I had saved everyone from the harsh winter.

Pouring some mana into my hand, I had the strength to break his grasp on my wrist. It was nice when you had a luxurious amount of mana, able to substitute for my weak body. I wasn't under his mercy anymore and we were in front of a crowd of people watching our every move.

Shaking my hand again, I was surprised when one of my bracelets fell onto the ground. I smiled from the gatekeeper doing more than he had promised, pulling out the rest of the disgusting accessories. I was never wearing any of them again, reminding me of the seals.

I threw each of them onto the ground, stomping and twisting my foot to destroy all of them. While many people started to gossip, I ignored them. I had enough of Luke, who was silently watching me since he couldn't reveal his true self here. This was one of times I was glad that he always had a mask on his face towards others.

"You can go back alone. I'm staying here," I stood firm in my position.

"I can pull you out of school for another month," he lowered his voice so only I could hear.