Ben had an expression like 'oh, so we start from there'. "Well, each partner can track where their partner is as an emergency precaution with the marble you were given. You will get many dangerous a.s.signments in the future so they train you to use it at an early age."

And why didn't I know about this? Maybe I should have payed more attention to that lecture in the beginning of elementary school when they explained how to use the marble.

Sigh. No wonder Luke knew almost where I was all the time. I felt like he was using the tracking device almost everyday.

"Is there any way to stop the tracking as it can get a little bothersome?" I asked to sustain my private life.

"Well, it's not recommended, but you can turn the tracking off by blocking the person you visualize with your mana and pour it into the marble. However, it's only temporary as you can do it for 24 hours." Ben responded back.

24 hours would be enough. I closed my eyes and visualized Luke as the person I wanted to block. I then poured my image I had in mind into the marble with my mana and my marble glowed a hint of white light instead of its usual translucent blue.

"Like this?" I asked.

"Yea. Exactly like that." Ben said as he strangely smiled.

It was about this time that our order finally came out. Ben ordered us two pieces of tender steak with mashed potatoes and a shrimp salad as a side.

It looked appetizing. Now in order to enjoy my meal, I used my mana again to block Alex from the tracking just in case he would be able to use it as well.

"Rika if it's ok to ask this, can I ask how much mana you have? Normally people at your age wouldn't be able to do what you did, as they don't have that much excess mana." Ben asked hesitantly.

"The teacher said that it looks like I almost don't have a limit on how much excess mana that I have." I replied while eating a piece of steak.

Ben looked utterly shocked at this point. Oopps. Did I reveal too much about myself?

I looked outside the window to hide my fl.u.s.tered face, as I saw a group of young children asking the people around them if they saw a 'young child with gradient red hair and orange pupil eyes wearing a pink lace dress'. This couldn't be good news could it?

And they were frighteningly close to where I was now. When Ben noticed my gaze towards the window, he said, "I think it's better you get back to them now. It looks like your partners are quite worried about you since you put the tracking off."

No way. I can imagine how bad their lectures are going to be. When Ben paid for our meal and we exited the restaurant, the 'frightening young group of children' spotted me almost right away.

Sh.e.l.ly ran to hug me and said, "We were worried when both Alex and Luke suddenly couldn't track you!"

Sob. Sh.e.l.ly, you're such a nice person trying to buy me some time before my doom, as I saw some eerie smiles on two children behind her.

When Ben looked at the horrible reunion, he said to me, "I'll get going now. It was nice meeting you Rika."

I nodded back. It was nice knowing you too before I get killed at any moment here.

"Rika!" Two voices simultaneously said.

"Let's remain in a calm manner," I replied while slowly turning back.

"In a calm manner you say. At this point, I feel sorry for Luke who has you as his original partner!" Alex almost yelled while raising one of his eyebrows and crossing his arms.

"At this rate, we're going to get the attention of people nearby. Look! They're already starting to stare!" I pointed out.

Alex angrily grabbed my hand and said, "We're going back to school. Now!"

Sure why not? At least it was better than this place. I reluctantly let Alex drag me back to that cliff for one hour while we exchanged no words among us.

Wow. Today was going to be a long day. Wasn't it?