I shake my head and walk to the lounge room and lay on the couch. I turn the TV on and watch a bit of news until dinners ready.
"So when do you two plan to go back to school?" Damien asks eating.
All five of us sit at the dining table and eat the chicken stir fry Theodore cooked up. Asra eats her food at my feet since she didn't want to eat in the kitchen.
"2 weeks. It'll give time for our 'wounds to heal'." I answer with sarcasm.
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Beatrix mumbles staring at me with her eyes glowing white.
My eyes flicker in surprise. 'Friends close but enemies closer' I think. Who's my enemy? Old or new? Have I made any enemies since I've been here?
Beatrix comes out of her possessed look and eats like nothing happens. Seers I tell you.
We all go back to eating like nothing happened well all except Ren who hasn't yet seen a seer in action.
"What was that?" He asks.
He thought he knew everything about his bosses but he doesn't have the faintest idea. Poor dude. I pity him. "She's a seer." Is my nonchalant reply. He's about to speak again but a book slams down in front of him. "Read it and you'll know."
"Okay." Ren takes the dusty book opens it which more dust flies out. "Cough! Cough! What is this?" He coughs dusting the dust off the book cover.
"Yo! Don't do that!" Damien scolds him taking the book away from him and holding it in his arms like it's his child.
"What is it?" Ren asks.
"It's the most ancient book on Renata. Everything that lies their has been recorded since my family over threw the first royal family which was just after time started." I explain eating.
"It's an artifact." Damien says putting the book back on the table. "Won't you get in trouble by Edith?"
I shrug my shoulders not caring.
"Why would she get in trouble?" Ren asks confused.
"That's supposed to be in the Yukimura museum in Renata since it's such a treasure. At least once every month someone tries to steal it but the castle is so heavily guarded that they barely take a step and they're arrested." Theodore explains seeing Damien looking at the book with a loving expression. 'I'm going to ask Master Bai to check him when we see him next.'
"A museum. You have museums in Renata?" Ren asks turning to me.
"Yes. Although they're only openly displayed once a year." I answer. My god this is so frustrating explaining everything to him. I wonder if this is what teachers feel when teaching a class. "Just read the damn book first and when you're finished I'm giving you a copy of the Renata history book."
I stand up and wash my plate in the sink. I grab a cream cake out of the fridge and take a slice out.
"Oh~. Give me some!" Beatrix squeals when seeing the cream cake. She loves cream especially vanilla. She takes the cake off of me which I was about to put back into the fridge. She puts it on the dining table and cuts a perfect sized slice out of it while I grab mine and sneak upstairs with Asra behind me.
"Phew!" I sigh closing the door. I look down at my cake and pout. "I have to share my food!" I sulk.
Asra barks and hops onto my bed. I laugh and sit beside her. I look at my room to see that it looks plain compared to the rest of the house which I love since it looks like a normal teenagers room.
"Normal life is hard!" I whine and eat the cake slice but my mind is still on Beatrix's words. 'Keep your friends close and enemies closer.'
What is it supposed to mean? Is there someone who's close to me that's actually an enemy? No. All the people I'm close to have been around me since I was young and have seen my lowest times.
My eyes widen in realization. "New friends. I have to be wary of new friends in the future." I gasp possibly finding out the meaning behind her words. I make a small laugh before Asra growls. "You are right." I tell her and immediately stand up.
I take off my shirt to show my exercise bra and clear the boxes to a corner. I do a handstand and start pushing my body up and down all while upside down. After 20 push ups I switch to one arm and put the other arm behind my back.
"Hey. Adira do you have- What the hell are you doing?!" Ren shrieks looking at my position.
I look up at him in the middle of a push up. "Exercising."
"Why?" Ren asks.
"To be ready for anything."
This time Beatrix walks into the room. "Hey look Adira is better at doing push ups than you." She says nudging Damien who's behind her.
Damien scoffs. "I'm still a lot fitter."
"Actually if I had the weight I'd probably be more built." I say switching hands.
Damien looks offended. "Oh yeah." He says taking his shirt off he does a hand stand and I immediately know what he wants.
"On your marks! Get set! GO!" Theodore and Beatrix says which Damien and I do push ups.
A few minutes the scores in and it's 150/221.
I look at Damien who collapsed on the floor covered in sweat. "I win every time." I shake my head and start collecting clothes for a shower because I don't like being covered in sweat. It's disgusting. "Out." I tell the others who actually walk out. I walk to the bathroom and lock the door even though I trust them to not peek, Damien and Beatrix have such bad memory despite being super smart. And because Asra has learned to turn door knobs.
Lucky me.
I finish my shower and go straight to bed.