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That Butler, MAGIC TWISTED

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✦ summary : the first day of your odd job has finally started at Night Raven Collage. And when you wanted to experience a nice and calm day without any chaotic problems, it seems like fate disguised as two red and black card soldiers had other plans

You didn't know if it was because of your sweat and tiredness, but you were sure the sun emitted some extra hotness today. You looked up seeing the blue sky with a few tiny cotton candy like clouds, full and happy along the shining sun. It was early morning and Sebastian had insisted you wake up earlier so as you can begin your work in peace with not too many students loudly chatting all around ;

“My my isn't it such a nice day today?” The butler smiled softly as you scoffed at his unnecessary positiveness “I'm sure my lady agrees, don't you do so too, Grim?” —

Ah yes, one more detail that was forgotten to mention, the monster that had did ruckus in the mirror chamber at the ceremony last night had somehow made his way into the building. In the morning when you woke up and spotted him all Sebastian had to tell you was 'It was raining very bad you see my lady, he insisted to stay for the night' By looking at the cat you could easily figure out that he, in fact, did not insist, rather, it was clearly Sebastian who mustered up some unhinged thing to say to him to convince him to stay ( god knows what he said, you'd rather not know ) —

“Do we really have to do this? I'm hungry I wanna go eat! I don't have time for some stupid statues!”

“You just ate like 2 hours ago, not to mention half of my portion too...” You shook your head and motioned a hand toward the man

“Give me the bucket” His eyes widened in surprise before a smirk made its way to his lips “Oh? My, my, I had no idea you were so determined to get your so very delicate hands dirty while cleaning a statue”

Your eyebrow twitched at his remark before snatching the bucket yourself and settling it in front of the first statue. You looked up and down at it studying the structure : A woman. Her dress was big and classy, on her head rested a crown and in her hand she had a beautiful scepter. Your eyes then fell on the plate rested on the pedestal the statue woman rested, a text written in a very neat handwriting read :

〖 — A queen who ruled over a maze of roses and brought the rule of law to a chaotic kingdom.

Under her strict leadership, no rose was off-color, nor was any playing-card soldier out of step — 〗

“A queen...is that so?” Sebastian made his way to you, reading the text himself, you frowned in confusion “I don't get it... what's this about off-color roses and...and what? Playing card soldiers? What's that supposed to mean?”

“You mean you've never ever heard about the story of the Queen of Hearts?”

You jolted in surprise at the sudden voice behind you. Turning on your heels, your eyes made contact with two boys dressed in school uniforms, one with red hair and one with a deep dark blue. Both of them, to your curiosity, had makeup on their face resembling two playing card signs- Wait a second... A playing card...?

“Who the heck are you guys?” Grim's voice resonated from behind Sebastian's feet, looking at the two students with suspicion. The red haired smiled :

“The name's Ace! Nice to meetcha! This guy over here is Deuce! We're both first years at Night Raven” You scrunched up your nose when the boy Ace did a heart sign with his hands after his introduction

“It is nice to meet you gentlemen. I am Sebastian Michaelis, and this right here next to me is Yuu. And of course, Grim” You crossed your arms and looked them over, the boy named Deuce faltered a bit at your stern look but Ace didn't bat an eye, instead he laughed out loud

“Wait, so you three are the ones who trashed the entrance ceremony last night?! — he laughed even louder — I can't believe it! Bahahaha you guys are legends! Two magicless humans AND a monster! And even better, you are all on cleaning duty like some kind of janitors!” Grim let out a little growl at the insults that were thrown at him, while you and Sebastian, even if angry, thought the same thing : 'These damn kids are always so annoying' While the red headed laughed at his heart's content, Deuce ( who seemed to know more respect than his classmate ) was trying to shut him up,

“Come on Ace, kock it off! It's not nice at all to say this stuff you know?” The ginger put a hand on Deuce's chest, shaking “Come on dude there's no way you don't find this funny! I-I mean-this-this is so stupid it's hilarious!”

You glared at him in disapproval before turning your back at him ready to continue your work. But right before picking up the bucket, your ears picked up a loud snarl that quickly turned into a growl,

“Why you-! YOU DON'T GET TO SPEAK ABOUT THE GREAT GRIM IN SUCH A WAY! I'll show you what I'm capable of!” Before you knew it Grim was on his two back feet inhaling hard and determined. You knew what was about to happen : he was about to release a ball of fire directly in Ace's direction. Seeing Sebastian in front of you, you looked at him questioningly

“Aren't you going to stop them?” The butler's eyes narrowed “This soon? I am quite curious about what's to happen. Aren't you too?” He gave you a knowing look before you sighed and crossed your arms, looking back at the fight that was seconds away from advancing into something bigger.

In mere seconds, flashes of wind and fire blew in front of your eyes, like a dance. Ace and Grim had no intention of stopping, and if they continued longer, you were sure they could damage something around them.

“Can you guys settle down?!” Deuce's voice was heard from somewhere next to you, but it got quickly drowned by another gust of wind. The boy raised his pen with confidence before taking a deep breath, he raised it to the sky and sparklers started surrounding the gem : “I need to immobilize them, so I ask! Come forth! Something-...something heavy!”

It wasn't a minute before out of nowhere, a giant cauldron materialized in the sky and crushed Ace underneath it. “Haha! What a loser!” Grim's fire ceased before laughing hard and loud at Ace's predicament. The ginger turned red before starting to wiggle out of the cauldron's grasp

“Dammit-! Oi Juice! Stay out of this! This has nothing to do with you!”

“Why you- it's Deuce! With a D! And you should stop fighting! We need to get to class already!” As Deuce's voice got louder, so did Grim's laughter that fueled Ace further. In a second, he wiggled free from under that cauldron and sent wind magic back to Grim, to which the cat quickly countered with fire.

Unfortunately for them, the wind blew the fire in the wrong direction, and before you could blink twice, Sebastian moved you out of the way and the fire hit the statue of the Queen of Hearts, the previously shining statue now having black spots from the strength of the fire.

“SHIT MAN!”

“Oh dear, it certainly seems like you'll get in trouble now” Sebastian chuckled behind his fingers, panicking Ace more,

“You're not helping at all man!” The boy looked around, searching for a solution to repair the statue, but right before he could think of something a voice from behind spoke : “I can't believe this...I came to see what this ruckus was and this is what I find?!” The boy slowly turned around and came face to face with Crowley, the man visibly angry at what he saw in front of him.

“H-head-headmage...”

“You lot...you damaged one of the statues of the great seven!” Sebastian's head tilted at the same time as yours

“Great Seven? What's that?” Crowley's frown faltered for a second before he offered an explanation : “These statues represent the seven great figures who once graced our world with their amazing presence” You got on your tippy toes to whisper in Sebastian's year :

“Are they some kind of gods?” He whispered back, voice lacing with excitement : “I do not know my lady, perhaps they are. I would certainly like to know more that is for sure”

Crowley shook his head in disappointment, “Such blasphemy against our great figures will not be tolerated. And for that all of you are EXPELLED!” The shock was visible on all of your faces.

“E-expelled?! After all the effort...- No-! What do I tell my mother?! Headmage! — Deuce's agitated steps reached the headmage in a try to make the older man change his mind — You can't expel us like that! Please! I'll do-WE'LL do anything to make it up to you! Just tell us what to do!” The masked man stopped in his tracks, seeming to think for a minute before he spoke again :

“Is that so? Well then, I'll give you one chance to redeem yourselves. You see, the large chandelier in the dining hall is powered by a very strong magical stone called magestone. You can find them in the enchanted mine in the forest. If you can find one until tomorrow then I will let you stay”

You didn't even get to say your opinion on this before Deuce jumped right up at the offer. “Alright! We'll bring you a magestone! No biggie! We can do this!”

“Very well then — he said as he began to walk away — you can use the magic mirror to travel there. I wish you the best of luck”

As the man disappeared into the school walls, you, Sebastian, Grim and Ace looked at each other with puzzled faces. You didn't want to get dirty entering a mine at all, you hated dirt more than anything ( well, that and mismatched clothes and colors ) you crossed your arms

“I didn't even get to say my opinion on this...”

“...well, here we are. The Enchanted Mine...” It was way past curfew when the five of you managed to find the mine. Looking up at the mountain a shiver went down your spine,

“Euuhhhh, looks creepy as hell...” At your words, Sebastian snickered “Hoh? Are you perhaps scared, my lady?”

You side eyed him, your face twisting into a scowl.

“...say what is your guy's relationship exactly?” You gave Ace a side eye before you felt Deuce tagging on your sleeve, indicating for you to hurry, “Come on guys no time for chitchatting, we gotta hurry!” You shook your head and followed the two into the forest, making way to the mine.

After a while of walking in the forest, Ace was the first one to spot something : “Hey you guys! Check this out!” Looking in his direction, you saw the boy looking through an opening in the fluffy bushes. When you walked up to him, in the opening you spotted a cottage, looking old and abandoned.

“A cottage huh?”

“Perhaps we can look for information in there? Shall we check?” You all nodded at the butler's idea and made your way to the entrance.

You noticed the door had a small keyhole so you bent over to try and peek through it, unfortunately, it was way too small for you to make anything out. You waved a hand, “Sebastian” The butler smiled and made his way through the door as his gloved hands gently knocked on the door : “Is anyone there?” He tilted his hand and turned the door knob, “Strange. The door is unlocked already”

He stepped in the house, and when he opened the door entirely for the others to see, it was clear as day that the cottage was long abandoned. “This place really is abandoned huh. We can't get any help from here then...”

“Dude look at this! These chairs are super small! The stuff around too! You think this was a place where children lived?”

“Perhaps. — Sebastian looked around intrigued, running a finger over the wooden furniture — judging by the dust in this place, it must be abandoned for more than a decade”

“Well if that's the case then this place won't give us any clue about the mine. Besides, I heard it's closed too so I bet it's gonna be hard getting in it anyway” While listening to the chatting of the boys, your eye caught a candle on one of the rusty counters : “Well, if what you said is true — you gently picked up a candle — we're going to need something to light our way, I'm sure it's going to be pitch black inside”

You looked around you for something to light the candle with, but you spotted nothing. “Sebastian do you have a lighter by any chance?” The butler shook his head, “Unfortunately I'm afraid I don't”

“Aren't you guys magicians or something? Can't you light it?”

“It's not that simple Miss Yuu. To cast a spell you have to form a strong image in your head before the spell can actually materialize”

Ace joined is classmate, nodding along his explication : “It takes a pretty long time to learn allat, I mean, that's why we have Arcane Academies and stuff...You gotta practice lots before you can cast a spell exactly like in your head”

“Aha...” You looked up, closed your eyes then looked at the two again “So that means you're completely useless?”

“NO WE'RE NOT!”

“But you said you can't do magic?”

“We can! Just not as strong as this! I mean come on Yuu! — Ace smirked and put his hands on his hips puffing his chest — Didn't you see the amazing wind magic I used to defeat Grim?”

“And how did that go?” The boy shut his mouth completely after your remark, looking down with a disappointed look.

A hand gently patted your shoulder “Now now my lady, be less harsh on them would you? They're just children after all” You sighed just as a quick splash of fire flew directly to the candle, lighting it up with a small blue flame.

“Oh!” You looked down at Grim, staying right behind Sebastian's feet. “Hmph! What would you guys do without the great Grim!”

Sebastian chuckled “Indeed so mister Grim, we do appreciate the help of lighting the candle” You gave the cat a small smile “Yeah, thanks Grim”

The direbeast laughed in delight as Ace's shoulders slouched completely, “Yeah well whatever! He just lit a candle that's all! I say we stop this chitchat and just go to the mine already!”

Sebastian nodded in agreement “I agree with Mr. Trappola, we should leave. After all there's not much time until the sun rises”

It was late at night and the forest would be quiet this time around, only, if you'd get closer to the entrance of the abandoned mine, you could faintly hear the sound of digging and different sized stones hit the ground.

“Ughh, not this one either” Deuce dropped the small stone in his hand, reassuming his digging with little to no hope.

“All we find are dumb old rocks! At this rate, we'll be expelled in no time!” Ace sighed, disappointed “Maybe they really mined up all mage stones...”

“You'll jinx us if you keep talking like that”

“No offense Yuu, but you do not look like a person who'd believe in jinxing” Ace snickered at his own joke before digging harder along with a whiny Grim.

Rolling your eyes at boy, you turned back to Sebastian, who was way deeper in the walls than the other two, a pile of stones at this side, old and tiny, with no use. It wasn't long until you heard the boys bickering with each other about whose fault was the fact that you were all in this situation. You'd blame it on Crowley more than anyone else. After all, if the crow could be even bothered to ask, he'd find out you and Sebastian had nothing to do with this and you'd have no use of being here. But it seems like even in this world men are incompetent.

The sound of digging stopped, looking back at your butler, his head was turned towards the deeper part of the cave. He raised a hand and gave a warning : “Gentlemen! I think it's best we stop talking. I can hear something, and it does not sound pleasing”

The voices became lower and lower until they stopped. After a few seconds the floor started vibrating, a low rumble coming from the dark opening :

“...h...have it...rrgghhh...h...it...”

“...I'm not the only one who heard that... right?” Both you and Sebastian shushed Ace quickly. Your body instinctively getting behind the black haired man, seeking protection. Sebastian was still kneeling down, eyes fixed on the dark hole, you leaned to whisper : “Can you identify what that is?”

Sebastian looked back at you and shook his head “I can only tell it's big. And I mean as in as big as a tree, my lady”

You frowned at him, suddenly feeling the walls and floor shaking harder. A hand emerged from the hole, alerting the man. Sebastian turned quickly to the others, grabbing you by the arm, “Take cover. Now!”

You jumped behind a low steady rock wall. Deuce clutched the candle in his arms, as Ace did to Grim. Your hand came to your mouth, trying to steady your breathing as to not be heard by whatever made its way towards you.

Suddenly, from the darkness, a tall figure emerged. First it was the lamp it carried, then slowly the figure revealed itself. A big creature, resembling a puppet more than anything else, the only thing different, was the head that had the form of a glass cauldron carrying a mass of black goo that slowly poured from a big crack in the glass. The pickaxe in its hand rocked slowly as it kept muttering almost non-recognizable words.

Deuce looked back at the creature taking a different route going deeper in the cave. “Is it searching for something?...wait. Is it... searching for the mage stone?!” The blue haired got up abruptly to follow the creature, only to be grabbed by Sebastian

“Hold now, Mr. Spade. It is not a good idea to follow it if we don't know exactly what it can do”

“I agree with Sebastian! That thing is super creepy, what if it-like-like I don't know! What if it's gonna squish you with its pickaxe!? I can't have a death on my conscience!” Grim shivered at the thought

“I think we should get back — Ace suggested — I mean, listen, I know expulsion is bad but...I don't really think risking your life is really worth it”

“Maybe for you, I'd be homeless...”

Deuce clenched his fists, his breathing shaking “You shut your mouth” In a flash, his fist made contact with the wall next to him, making a hole and cracking it. “THE MAGESTONE IS RIGHT THERE AND YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU WANT TO GIVE UP AND GO HOME?!”

Upon seeing his reaction, Ace's and Grim's shoulders tensed and they could swear a shiver went down their spine. “If you guys are cowards then fine be my guests! Stay there, quacking in your boots!”

The boy turned to the creature, calling out to it : “Hey! Freak face! It's you and me now! Let's go one on one!”

The creature turned to him, ready to aim its pickaxe, “...stone..iz...IT'S MINE! GO AWAY!”

The floor rumbled at the hit of the pickaxe. The boy was faster than the monster, so he tried to do as many attacks as they landed.

Some landed, some didn't, but even so, the monster did not falter. It was dead set on protecting what it was its, and that was the mage stone. Deuce had no chance alone.

“We have to do something! We can't let him die there! Sebastian can you-” You didn't get to finish before a rumble of stone and dust came crashing down and from it the monster emerged, making way to you and the others

“It's coming this way! We gotta run!”

Your feet did not move from the first call. You looked back, no sign of Deuce, which meant he was still there. You called out : “Sebastian! You are not to come out of this cave until you save Deuce! It's an order!”

The butler reacted in no time and after exchanging positions you followed Ace's trail out of the cave, where you'd be safe.

The ragged breathing of you, Ace and Grim sounded in the valley. You were all sitting upright in the grass, catching your breath. Clothes, hair and face full of dust.

“Whe-*pant* Where's- *pant* oh man!...huff, where's Sebastian and Deuce?” You tried responding but only a ragged breath came out, your head facing the grass, trying to regain your energy.

Suddenly, another chunck of dust and dirt fell close to the entrance, startling both of you. And from it emerged an black dusted Sebastian with an equally dusted but a bit scratched Deuce.

You and Ace jumped to your feet in relief, “Are you guys ok?! Holy shit!”

“If it wasn't for Mr. Sebastian, I'd be part of the dirt now” Deuce weakly laughed before he kneeled on the grass.

Sebastian approached him, patting him on his back “Mr. Spade here deserves congratulations too. After all if it wasn't for his dodging we wouldn't have put our hands on this”

Sebastian revealed his palm, and in it, rested a beautiful and shiny mage stone, your initial goal.

Ace and Grim gasped at the man “No way! You actually managed to get it?!”

“Well unfortunately we could not get rid of the creature but — he threw the stone up and caught it again — as I said, if it weren't for Mr. Spade's dodging, the creature would've not hit the exact spot the stone was hiding in and taking it out for us” He chuckled in delight.

“Dude you guys are amazing!”

Ace went to take the stone and see it up close, but he barely reached for it when another roar rocked through the trees.

“N-n-no way!” Grim hid between your legs, shaking.

The monster managed to get out of the cave.

“HIDE!” Not a second passed before the boys registered your word. Picking up Grim and holding him tight, you managed to hide behind a tree just as the monster hit the ground with the pickaxe again.

You looked at the two boys as they looked back and all of you thought the same : If you want to defeat this one, you'd have to make a plan and work together.

Quietly, you moved to where the boys were standing, kneeling on the grass. “If we wanna make it out alive, we gotta make up a plan. We can't defeat this thing if we're all going about. We gotta think this through”

“But our attacks can't hit it. And I doubt it'll work if we hit it with a stick”

“Perhaps your attacks separately aren't working — Sebastian's hand went through the grass until he reached the dirt, drawing a symbol for fire and wind — But perhaps if we combine them we can make something strong enough to defeat it”

“Not a bad idea, and I think I know what you mean. Deuce, we'll need your magic too. Are you up to the task?”

The boy looked at you with shining eyes, fist coming to his chest, “More than ever, miss!”

You smiled and nodded ��Good, then here's the plan”

“Hey ugly! Over here!”

Ace was the first one to act, grabbing the attention of the monster “I've got a present for ya!” He raised his pen, the gem shining, “A large gust of wind just for you!”

The wind picked up and in a flash a tornado made its way straight to it.

“And with some spice too!” Grim growled and in addition the big tornado, a fire ball fused with it to make it bigger and stronger, akin to the phenomenon that destroyed the Queen of Heart's statue.

“Mr. Spade! This is your signal!” Sebastian gave Deuce the go.

The boy clenched his pen taking a deep breath. “Okay, deep breaths. You've gotta succeed or all this was for nothing. I need... something strong, the heaviest thing I can muster — He aimed his pen at the creature — Come forth...GIANT CAULDRON!”

And as on cue, a giant cauldron materialized in the sky, landing on the creature just as the fire tornado hit it, hard and strong. The monster wriggled in the strong grasp of the object but to no avail. The glass head shattered, all black goo slowly falling out of it and with it, the only thing that remained of the monster was its ragged clothes and the unusual smell of burned oil.

The two students fell on the grass, catching their breath “We did it...we did it! We're saved!” Ace let out a relieved laugh, Deuce and Grim joining in.

“Miss Yuu, your plan really saved us! Thank you!” You giggled at Deuce's shining eyes “Don't mention it. It was you guys' magic that did everything. The credit belongs to you”

He fell on his back looking up at the sky still giggling to himself. You looked at Sebastian who was still holding the mage stone in his grasp.

Now that this was solved, you'd certainly have quite the story to tell the headmage.

“And that's what happened, practically”

Your hands went behind your head as you looked at a very shocked Crowley. The man was in his office when you arrived back at school. The surprise visible on his face when you turned out to his office with a messy appearance and a shiny mage stone in hand. Not to mention the very late hour!

Grim was on Sebastian's shoulder trying his best not to fall asleep after the long day he had. ( and the snack he couldn't stop himself from eating ( even if it was from the floor ) ) The stone was also sitting proudly in front of the headmage.

“I-I cannot believe it! All of you truly worked together to return this mage stone to me and to defeat such a strong monster?”

You nodded your head as the man looked down to the floor. “Oh...ohh...OHHHHH!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!”

Both you and Sebastian flinched at the sudden outburst of what it definitely looked like a grown man and not a child.

“In the short years I've been to this school...never, NEVER! have I seen students of Night Raven Collage join hands and fight together to defeat an enemy! It truly brings tears to my eyes!”

Grim's ears flinched as he shouted back at the man : “Hey! The great Grim was there too! I helped and defended the monster with grace you know!”

“Why yes of course of course!”

Crowley nodded along “Now I see, I understand. Miss Yuu, you and Sebastian do not possess magic, and unfortunately that is a very bad thing to happen to a resident of Night Raven Collage”

You gave Sebastian a look as the man turned away from you.

“But! Now I see that it's precisely because of this handicap you bare-”

“Wait a second, did you say handicap-?”

“It's because of that that you've been able to unite our students and mister Grim here in order to defeat the monster!”

The masked man smiled softly, “People like you it's exactly what this school needs! Mr. Trappola and Mr. Spade will of course be allowed to continue their education here. And as for you, my dear Miss Yuu and Mister Sebastian — the man bowed his hat slightly — you shall be admitted here as official students of Night Raven Collage!”

You weren't able to hide your surprise at the man's words. A student? Here? ...what could he possibly be thinking?

“Hey no fair! What about me! I helped...too...”

The man raised his hand to stop Grim. “Miss Yuu and Mister Sebastian cannot use magic, and that is a heavy obstacle to have at this school. Therefore, Mr. Grim, you shall enrol with them, and the three of you shall from one whole student!”

Grim's ears picked up and his face lighted “Really? A real student?! I- I did it!”

Sebastian chuckled at the cat, giving him a soft pat : “I would seem so Mr. Grim. Now you can finally achieve your dream of being a mage”

The cat laughed in delight as the man smiled. Crowley tapped his staff and in a second a shiny purple stone adorned Grim's neck.

“Mr. Grim, what I granted you now is a mage stone. The students here all have one on their pens but since you do not have...hands...then this is a much better alternative. Ahh, how I take everything into consideration! How truly kind am I!”

“I did it, I did it yes! Yess!”

Crowley pointed a finger at you “Now Miss Yuu, I suppose you know the Grim has yet to learn about society. Therefore, you must keep him on a tight leash and teach him as much as you can! And of course make sure he stays out of trouble!”

You nodded, smiling, “We will Crowley sir. Don't worry”

“Very well. Now then, it is very late and way past the curfew, better return and get some rest! Tomorrow has much to reveal!”

The man ushered you out of his office saluting you goodnight.

You, Grim and Sebastian quietly returned to the dorm, more or less excited for whatever this school will have to offer in the future

Unfortunately for you, you'd never expect the consequences that will follow.

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