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Perspective of an Outsider at NRC

”𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨?”

𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙒𝙊𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘿 & 𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍.

𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎: Swearing, Slightly(?) graphic descriptions of injuries, mentions of nsfw, spoilers for book1 and book2.

𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨: Reader is absolutely an asshole, reader has a plot armor greater than tanjiro and yuu combined, chaos everywhere, reader is an 2nd-year Heartslabyul student that loves their oshi a bit too much, has some memes references, characters might be ooc.

I'm guessing this is like 5000 words or even more, I wasn't able to copypaste it so i couldn't check the wordcount.

Dorms included: 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙎𝙇𝘼𝘽𝙔𝙐𝙇 & 𝙎𝘼𝙑𝘼𝙉𝘼𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙒

Enjoy! - Iwa

Sometimes, all you need in your life is a sprinkle of drama, chaos, and nightmares to ease your boredom.

You were simply a student studying in one of the most prestigious academy, Night Raven College.

Or it's well-known term;

𝗔 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀. (AKA filled with emotionally repressed mage nepo-babies that can't buy therapy even with mommy's money.)

You weren't exactly rich, nor famous.

You just got here by the entrance exam, which you 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 got a slightly above-average score.

Despite that, you were just another NPC in a school full of promising prodigies.

And now that you were assigned to the dorm of the strict queen that once reigned her land dutifully, Heartslabyul, everything in your life seems to be going smoothly....

*𝙎𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍*

It seems.

You were standing at the frontlines, watching as your batchmates threw an egg at your 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 house-warden, 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨.

From a duel between two mere 1styears and housewarden to straight up rebellion against Riddle's authority.

Murmurs filled the garden as they watch their housewarden, utterly speechless as he pick up the cracked shell of an egg out of his hair, eyes wide open with an unreadable expression.

Man, the freshman just had to slap the housewarden too. You won't be surprised if he starts crashing out.

The situation before you almost feels like you were witnessing the French Revolution all over again. But in a magic school filled with rich kids that had a weird system of social monarchy...

Riddle Rosehearts is the Dorm-leader of your dorm, 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙮𝙪𝙡. Similar to the Queen Of Hearts herself, he enforces strict rules that bestows negative consequences once you break them.

Even you broke the rules multiple times, causing the house-warden to make a certain expression once he lays eyes on you.

Not like you care about getting punished for the rules, in some way, despite your normalcy, you were quite rebellious.

In fact, you find Riddle quite annoying, getting worked up by simple rules. Like imagine eating hamburger steak on a tuesday would get you collared?

(Ignoring the fact you broke almost half of the rules without anyone's acknowledgement and got away with some if you were lucky)

.... Ahem.

Despite his petite physique, Riddle is pretty tense and intimidating to interact with. Top student and all, he studies so much that he has little to no Internet knowledge! Talking to him is similar to interacting with a privileged victorian child that knows nothing of modern technology.

Despite that, he had also another title.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙮𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩.

Known for his top skills in almost every subject, Riddle was also known for his tyranny, everyone who breaks the rules, would be disobeying him. Whoever disobeys him, results in punishment and loses their magic until he says so.

Despite his stern exterior, he is hardworking and harsh with himself as he is with others. You noticed after a few interactions with him, that made you 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 respect the tyrant.

Seeing him trembling pathetically like a stray cat getting splashed in water almost made you feel an ounce of pity for this housewarden, until he suddenly bursted out in anger—

"𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗!"

Just one command and a terrifying amount of people were being victim to Riddle's Unique Magic; "𝙊𝙛𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙"

A spell that constricts your magic, almost like getting your head cut off. A way to get people to beg for mercy. Truly terrifying. Magic is as important as a mage's life. Without it, you were merely a downgraded version of a human itself— like pre-historical homosapiens with no intelligence nor consciousness whatsoever.

Oh shit, did you just had a shallow foreshadowing?

As the surrounding people falls victim by the red tyrant's outrage, you close your eyes as you brace for the impact of Riddle's Unique Magic.

Oh....

Seems like he missed. You sighed in relief, putting your hand to your chest. You really thought that the collar would be aiming for your neck for like, the one-hundredth time since Riddle became housewarden. Plot armor is the best protection. :)

As chaos starts unfolding before your eyes, something strikes within you, a certain instinct rising from the depths of your body.

Ah.

You had to take a quick shit.

Feeling your lower-body rumbling, not from hunger, but from the absolute urge to let out a big fat lump of poo, you slowly walk away from the crowd that was currently full of collared people.

Now you successfully escaped from enemy territory!

What could possibly happen after this chaos? You wonder as you casually stride away from the Heartslabyul portal, like your body wasn't rushing you to hurry up and go to the bathroom.

After taking a big fat pile of poo, you walk towards your beloved dorm that 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘺𝘺 isn't flooding with students vacuating, sliding between a crowd of collared students as they run out of the magic portal, what disaster shall your eyes feast upon today?

You gently enter the portal...

What the fuck.

The sky was suddenly darker in comparison from before, the garden maze that was once neat and tidy— now filthy and covered in thorns. The bushes that was tamed and properly cared of— now rotting and dying. It was like some type of change in genre from a casual RPG MMORPG game— to a psychological horror game about escaping your near-insanity-mentally-unstable-tyrant-housewarden!

The flamingo crochets are trembling in fear, feeling the bad vibes in the air... and the hamsters probably got squished into mashed bloody pool of potatoes or whatever.

Then you hear manic laughter, of a voice that was familiar, and had a certain tone that you always known.

Riddle Rosehearts, becoming a literal ink monster, fighting his own kind. His hair transformed into a darker hue of red, ink surrounding his whole body as his eyes went from cloudy grey to crimson. From behind, was a giant ink figure that seems to be consuming all of his magic. Did stress from studies turn him into an over-powered prodigy demonlord? You wonder.

"RIDDLE!" The students cry out.

This looks straight out of a shounen anime fighting scene... You deadpanned in the corner of a tall bush near the group of students.

An idea popped up, and your hand hovered to your pocket, getting your phone as you zoom in the camera to the housewarden and the heartslabyul students knocking sense into eachother.

Welp. Gonna make your time here worthy, atleast.

Hiding in the bush, you angle your phone towards certain dormmates..

One was a dude with a heart on his face. He was the one who challenged the dorm-leader to a duel. Ace Trappola. You heard that he was almost expelled along with Deuce Spade at the first day.

The other had a spade this time, and beautiful blue-colored hair. He also challenged the dorm-leader to a duel for his status along with Ace. They certainly got guts for sure, challenging Riddle Rosehearts out of all people...

Though it was low-key funny that they both lost within a few seconds, not even one foot away from his position, the tyrant had already caught the two mice in a bind.

The third had a half-up hairstyle, with bright orange hair and a diamond on his right cheek. It was Cater Diamond, one of your friends. Not close enough for you to call bestfriend, though. You two would chat about magicam and stuff. The most memorable moment with Diamond was just the time where you lended him your spare tripod.

The green-haired dude, who you remember to be the vice, was Trey Clover. He seemed to be the closest to Riddle. Sometimes you see him soothing the dorm-leader whenever he was getting off-hand. He was a peace-maker, thats for sure.

And here's the last, the person that piqued your interest the most— 𝗬𝘂𝘂. The one that sort-of invaded the opening ceremony, the magicless human. Who somehow enrolled in the school due to the Headmage's "kindness". They seem pretty 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸. Why exactly is there a magicless human in a magic school? If you had to describe them with one word, it would be 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

They also got a pet weasel with them, though you don't even bother knowing the pet's name. You'll stick with fire weasel. How efficient, though the prefect has no magic, no use whatsoever, they could always use the weasel as a magic fire cannon.

You continue hiding in the corner of Heartslabyul, confident that your presence will not be found out due to how little your presence is, you were a non-playable character in a school full of main-characters.

And you are absolutely taking it to your advantage, for the sake of entertainment.

Almost everything that was in the garden maze was floating. Like Riddle's magic had some type of upgrade in anti-gravitational spells and decided to apply it to all of the dorm. Riddle threw the throny bushes towards the group in anger, emotions all jumbled up like a sticky pile of goo.

He certainly is 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 to think rationally right now. It was the first-year duo's fault for pushing him to the limits. You thought.

You were glad that you knew how to nullify the magic. Every bush was floating— 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯.

Seems like they didn't notice, much to your benefit. Ignoring the shouts of battle and dodging the small thorny roses that almost went straight to your face, You will definitely entertain some people and post this later.

After the group finally defeated the housewarden, they all come together near the currently unconscious dormleader, who got bonked in the head by the magicless prefect using some kind of.... wooden sword? You would ask why they would bring it in the first place but even so, the people here are crazy. So if someone who was magicless was able to enroll here, then they must be crazy. That was the conclusion you got from studying here for a year. (Ignoring the fact you are probably one of them, Laugh-out-loud.)

You'd admit, you didn't expect that from the prefect. It 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 changing your views about them being '𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴'.

"Riddle." Trey called out.

In response, the rose tyrant flutters his eyes open, then he suddenly woke up in a bolt.

"Gah!" Riddle quickly sat up.

"He's back!" Ace said, a mix of relief and irritation in his tone.

"Well, finally... we were close to losing our heads here cause we thought you weren't gonna wake up!" Cater sighed in relief.

"What exactly happened here?" Voice still breathy from all the blot his body 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 consumed.

"Ah, Rosehearts-kun has regained consciousness." Crowley walked in, eyeing the boys to check whether they were injured.

Was it just you or you didn't notice the headmage there until now?

"Don't worry, Riddle. Just rest up." Trey reassured.

"That is just the pampering that made him crash out in the first place! The garden is destroyed from top to bottom, and we almost died!" Ace contorted as he crossed his arms.

They continued chatting, until your ears pick up on a certain person's voice.

"The truth is, I wanted to have the chestnut tart. And I don't care if the roses were white, nor the flamingos being pink. And I like honey and sugar cubes in my tea, and milktea is much better than lemon tea." Riddle continued, then a sudden burst of emotion that seemed almost uncharacteristic consumed him.

"A-and after every meal, i want to sit in the table and get along with e-everyone else.. A-and i really want to play with trey and chenya more..." As he continued, the dorm-leader's stern exterior crashed out. He let out a heartbreaking cry, much like his inner child was finally coming out after suppressing it for years.

"Riddle Rosehearts in tears at 4K.... #WOW" Cater said sarcastically.

You almost thought of the same sentence mentally, you swear.

Seeing the group all together safe and sound(except for one person), you wondered if you were the audience of a fairy-tale live adaption, watching the ending where they defeat the villain.

That being said, you 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 expected Riddle to be like that. Though you aren't empathetic nor sympathetic much, you could tell that anyone in the tyrant's position would be suffocating and suffering.

*𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠!*

What the students didn't know was that in a click, the video has been recorded.

Satisfied with the entertainment you've watched, You walked away carefully to escape the dorm premises, making sure they wouldn't notice.

*𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸*

......Until you suddenly step on your precious keychain of your Oshi.

The sound echoed throughout the garden maze, in a flash, you quickly hid in the nearby bush, heart jumping from surprise.

𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵! You wish you were permanently bonded with the grass right now. Fuck life.

In response of the sound, the group turned their heads hearing the noise.

"Is it me or my ears picked up on somethin'?" Grim asked.

"I heard it too. Probably the hamster escaping out of the cage due to all the chaos and all." Ace joked, looking at Riddle with a sarcastic look that screams "It's your fault" all over.

"Wah! Then shouldn't we check on them?!" Deuce said, concern visible in his expression.

"Dude you can't even tell it was a joke?" Ace deadpanned.

Phew. Seems like they didn't notice you. Thought your lovely keychain had to be sacrificed. You'll just buy another one at Sam's shop.

Escaping the Heartslabyul dorm with a dissapointed expression due to stepping on your beautiful oshi's keychain, running away from Enemy Territory: Part two is mission success! You left in a rushed fashion, holding back a smirk. You really can't wait for the drama you will soon implement.

You shut down your phone and hid it in your pocket, hoping that they won't notice the keychain left in the middle of the ground and find the owner(AKA YOU.)

For the action you are about to take, will soon to be the talk of the whole school.

After Riddle was done with his outrage, the whole dorm was in shambles. The Vice Housewarden nearly worked you and the other dormmates to death, cleaning up after the aftereffects of a disaster.

Though you don't know what exactly happened on how Riddle became some type of anime final boss with maxed out stats, I think they mentioned it and called it... 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘁? Not your business anyway, you sure had a fun time watching the show!

It was quite adrenaline-pumping to try not to get caught by the group—Even if they did found out it was you?

It makes the thrill even better.

The only suprising thing is that the first-year duo, vice, and the ginger-haired guy managed to not get too heavily injured..... 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻.

The magicless prefect, who got enrolled with no background or status— the mysterious first-year, that was apparently from another world.

They fainted after their battle, and despite their inability to cast magic, they contributed the most by bonking the shit out of Riddle.

....

That human gotta have bat-shit strength. Would be risky to get on their bad side.

After cleaning and fixing the whole dorm, you were excessively fatigued. Worked down to the bone. Even doing your homework took up some of your stamina. Like overworked corporate slave to your company.

Changing into a simple T-shirt and shorts, you plop to bed, face down to pillow. Arms and legs sore from fixing the broken furniture, destroyed bushes, and also looking for the dorm's beloved pet hamster.

To be honest, you were kinda expecting to see the hamsters squished corpse, with blood splattered in the ground. Knowing how small they were and the amount of students evacuating the premises, a foot as big as 5 inches could instantly kill a small creature.

You let a sigh of fatigue as you continue lying on your stomach in bed, scrolling through Magicam, you decided to open a certain website; 𝙉𝙍𝘾 𝙉𝙂𝙇.

It was a website made for NRC students to rant and vent their frustrations, and also confess hidden feelings, as anonymous users.

In a blink of an eye, your post receives multiple views from almost all of the school.

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Anon789: 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲.

Anon669: 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚! 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚:) 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳!

Anon456: 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗴𝗴. 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺...

Anon997: 𝗜𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹? 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻𝟳𝟳𝟳. 𝗜𝗳 𝗶 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗶 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘀.

Anon211: 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝗶 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟭𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘇 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀

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Look at 'em go.

You snickered behind the screen, still plopped in bed.

The video posted by Anon777, AKA 𝗬𝗢𝗨, is viewed by almost all of the school.

The students, staff, and even the headmage are looking for whoever posted this video, inspecting and demanding it to be taken down even.

You were wondering why the staff didn't ask the website to be taken down. They probably rant there too or whatever.

Every recess, you could hear students whispering bench-to-bench about the overblot incident. Sometimes, even the Vice-housewarden and Diamond-san steps up and defends our Housewarden whenever they hear bad rumours about it.

Even you suppress a smirk whenever someone mentions your alias; Anon777. Knowing that you were becoming of influence and fame, felt good. Though you will definitely be a target of doxxing now.

At first, the video was reported by the kind fellow heartslabyul student. Reporting it to the teachers, it eventually went to the headmage's ears.

You know damn well it is a breach of privacy to post shit like this.

But that what makes it even more fun. The rush of adrenaline knowing that you were sought by others, how can one resist?

You were bored with life, sure. But who cares? Being the adrenaline junkie you are, the thrill, anxiety, and stress does not strain you, instead— 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

Do you have a motive for why you are doing this? Nothing. Just bored with your life.

With your luck (that is definitely not your forgettable presence) you were able to get out of trouble easily.

You were already on your path to become a hot topic in school.

"𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻777?"

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲?"

Looking for this exact user, they continue to bare questions in mind.

Do you have any "I feel" statement?

Yeah, you feel like a mastermind in a school-life melo-drama anime with 100+ episodes and a dream.

Another average school day has passed. Good thing there was no homework for today. You blended in the crowd like the NPC you are, walking in the school street as you let out a yawn. Despite the whispering and gossiping of the students, it was definitely just another 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 day. Even when you joined in the gossip-spree, it only got interrupted by the Vice Housewarden and Cater, to your dissapointment. It was all going to a dramatic conclusion, too. You sighed in dissapointment.

Drowning in your thoughts, you walk and walk, spacing out with no sense of surroundings, until you bumped into two first-years.

"Deuce, relax! Not like Riddle will know if we sneak one of these babie— KAK! " The orange-haired freshman wobbled as you crashed behind him. He fell onto the blue-haired first-year's shoulder, both of them comically falling to the floor.

"Oi! Watch where you guys were going. 𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴" You cursed under your breath, patting your uniform to check whether there was dirt on you.

"Hey! 𝙔𝙤𝙪 should be the one to apologize!" The first year said, he seems to be the same dorm as you, based on the heart on his face and the ribbon on his sleeve. While the blue-haired first-year below him was struggling for life, he was sitting on the poor dude...

"Hey Ace! Get up for a sec, I'm struggling here!" The blue freshman coughed, desperately trying to get up and breathe.

You scoffed at the scene, then walked away. How irritating. Your day is ruined now. Why can't freshmen respect their upperclassmen? (Like you weren't the one that bumped into them in the first place...)

From behind the scene where you left, two first-years slowly get up, body absolutely aching from the impact they fell.

"Ughh! That second-year thinks they are all that just because they enrolled a year sooner than us!" Ace complained, putting a hand to his shoulder to massage the pain away.

Deuce poked Ace's shoulder, trembling as he pointed at the mushed-up body of what seems to be a deflated...hamster? "H-hey.... Ace...!"

"What now, Deucey—"

......

Shit. Deuce picked up the deflated hamster, hesitantly poking it to check whether it is still alive.

"Bro, why are you 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 it?!"

"I'm making sure it's still alive!!"

What would Housewarden Riddle react after knowing the dorm-pet got smashed by two big-asses?

Goodluck, Adeuce...

— 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙮𝙪𝙡 𝘿𝙤𝙧𝙢; 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 —

Yet another average, long, and tiring day, you plop into your bed again, continuing your doom-scrolling in Magicam.

𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰.... 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪.... 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵... 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳...

Scroll. Scroll. Scroll. Yeah, just an average page.

A notification from your NGL popped up.

It was a private message from someone called "Anon334"

You click on the chat.

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𝘕𝘙𝘊 𝘕𝘎𝘓

Anon334: 𝗵𝗶! 𝗜'𝗺 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘆𝘂𝗹. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝘇 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱? 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝘅!

Anon777: 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮

Anon334: 𝘂𝗵𝗵𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹;;;

Anon777: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗶 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁?? 𝗔𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶 𝗮𝗺 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗹 𝗴𝘁𝗳𝗼

Anon334: 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂, 𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁.

Anon334: 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹. 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁— 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗽, 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀!

Anon334: 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝘇 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗣𝗹𝘇? 🙏

Anon777: 𝗡𝗮𝗵 𝗜'𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳.

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Boom blocked. Why is he negotiating with you like he has something to gain from this?

Maybe he was a close friend with Riddle?

Oh well, you will just take a quick nap. Too tired to even function.

Your eyelids slowly surrender to your fatigue, still holding your phone in hand, without knowing it, you fall asleep in a diabolical, yet comfy position.

What could exactly happen after this?

— A certain magicam addict's POV —

It was just his average day. Going to class, assisting Riddle and Trey with dorm-associated business, and doomscrolling through Magicam.

Though, after going through the NRC NGL, he took it back.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

.......

𝘈𝘩.

He can't believe it. His eyes was glued stuck to the screen as the furst thing he saw in his feed was a video of the heartslabyul overblot incident. With 1K views too! Almost all of the school, possibly even outsiders!

A video, of Riddle's Overblot, was 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱!

Whoever did it gotta be nuts. In a flash, he shared the video to the GC containing Trey and Riddle.

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MESSENGER

✨Cay-Cay✨: [Video] uh oh guys seems like someone managed to record our fight - ˢᵉᵉⁿ ᵇʸ ᵗʳᵉʸ-ᵗᵒʳ

😡Trey-tor😡: what?! Do you know who posted it?? We have to get it deleted before it spreads!

✨Cay-Cay✨: its too late man it got like 1K views almost everyone in the school probably saw it

😡Trey-tor😡: still, what would Riddle react if he saw this?

✨Cay-Cay✨: who knows lets wait for him to get online first

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Though Riddle was annoying to deal with sometimes, he still respected him. And that feeling strengthened, from today's events.

All Cater can do right now, is just pray that the anonymous user will take down the post.

Well, in some sort of way, Cater felt kinda indebted to Riddle in a way. Especially after seeing him.... crash out.

So, why not do a favor for his cute housewarden? Not like Anon777 will know who is behind Anon334. Cater sends a message to the mysterious Anonymous User, in an attempt to bring down the video. He doesn't really think that the Anon777 will bring down the video simply cause someone requested but, think positive I guess. We'll never know until he tries, atleast?

— POV END —

You woke up, with your notifications filled, not from the video, but from something else.

So basically, you probably clicked on random things while you were sleeping.

And that ended up posting your precious horny-postings fanart of your oshi.

Great! Now you will face more punishment for posting inappropriate imagery in a NGL for college students. Though certain people will probably enjoy it....

Your eyes were glued to the screen, your expression being something that would give a forensic pathologist nightmares.

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𝘕𝘙𝘊 𝘕𝘎𝘓

𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒏𝟕𝟕𝟕: [insert mouth-watering, oxytocin-inducing, temperature-rising fanart of your oshi idek]

Anon763: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼? 𝗛𝗼𝘄'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆? 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲? 𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝗽 𝘃𝗿𝗼💔

Anon235: 𝗟𝗠𝗔𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦?? 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗥 𝗨 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢??

Anon556: 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹!! 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲!!

Anon889: 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻🤤🤤🤤

Anon765: 𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝘀𝗳𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 [𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿] 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗥𝗖 𝗡𝗚𝗟 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗺 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴'𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗷𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟳𝟬 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗲 😭😭🙏🙏

Anon004: 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱:((

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What seems to be a few hours later, you seem to be getting even more likes. A part of you is debating whether to be happy that people like your art, or that your simping-spree should be something to be ashamed of.

— After school —

Today was the compensation Unbirthday party. It was an apology from your housewarden on how he behaved last time.

The dorm seems to forgive him, despite attempting mass murder...

It was a pleasant day. Boring for you, though. "Atleast they enjoyed it!" would be one of your thoughts, but you aren't feeling sweet. You are absolutely craving stimulation!

You use magicam in the middle of the party, not caring for whatever the party is doing right now.

"Hey, it is pretty disrespectful if you did that during parties... Especially Unbirthday parties!" Cater smiled.

In surprise, you exit magicam and went to your home screen to cover whatever you were doing. You didn't notice he was there! In an attempt to regain your composure, you gave a smile back.

"Oh hey, Cater! Fancy meeting you here.." You give a friendly but bland response.

He eyed your screen suspiciously, staring exactly at your website browser.

"Hey, could I borrow your phone for a bit?" Cater asked. Before you could 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 decline, he already impulsively snatched your phone, checking your website browser for your NGL account.

......

Cater checks your account, it was a simple, unregistered user.

"Diamond-senpai." You glared at him as he continues eyeing your NGL. He snaps back to reality as he makes eye contact with you. Realizing what he had done, he immediately gave back your phone.

"Ah! Whoopsies! Got a bit too carried away now, was I?" Cater scratched his neck awkwardly. He was behaving oddly, 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗼𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁. Probably his late-night doomscrolling messing him up... Maybe? Or was it simply 'instinct'?

"Well, Got-to-go! See you!" Cater left awkwardly, leaving you confused and pissed.

𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥... The exact thought you two had.

You put your hand in your chest, heart pumping like crazy. It was a good thing you owned two phones, with different accounts and internet connection. Otherwise, you would have been doxxed and people would find out your identity at this point.

A week before the anticipated 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! You were excited to get your skills to use, as you were looking for new entertainment to stimulate your bored thrill-seeking ass.

Walking to your dorm as you finish the day, you hear a voice that signals you to turn around.

It was your Dorm-leader, Riddle Rosehearts. After all this time, he seemed to have lightened up a bit. Seems like he learned his lesson.

Though you two weren't exactly close, he sometimes gives you small tasks like "Could you carry these to ____?" And others.

"[Name], could you give these papers to Trey?" Riddle said, not breaking eye contact. After his Overblot and the compensation unbirthday party, you swear you could slightly feel an atmosphere of guilt and awkwardness lingering in the air. But atleast he got some character development.

Currently, he was asking you to deliver the papers to Trey. So you simply nodded obediently and went down the stairs.

......You were definitely not cursing your beloved dormleader under your breath as you go down the stairs each step.

But suddenly, you found yourself—

*𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗛!*

....down the stairs, neck craned to shoulder. In a not-so-human position.

Did the universe heard your thoughts on how you would reverse the status between you and your housewarden, imagining the scene of making him beg under your feet as you make a mess of him into nothing but a dog slaved to you?? Yeah, that's overload.

The pile of papers that you were once holding were flying all over, and you were laying in the floor, an inch close to death.

You debate whether to move and risk snapping your spinal cord, or just lay still and pretend to be dead.

Oh well, you shut your eyes close, savoring the chaos that unfolded as you continue laying like a ragdoll, looking like someone had forcefully dislocated your neck and attempted murder.

Ignoring the calls of your House-warden as he runs towards you, calling for help, you force yourself to faint, not wanting to deal with your embarrassing position.

Maybe next time, learn to respect your Dormleader?

It was night. And you woke up in a familiar room.

That's right, it was the Heartslabyul Dormroom. Though you don't recognize this room. You are guessing it is a spare room.

You seem to be in a tatami bed. It was quite comfy despite the fact you were in the floor.

Sighing as you slowly get up, you notice that your neck injury was lifted, thankfully. But the real problem was—

Your feet. It was twisted like lotus feet of imperial china.

Yeah, this would serve as a great excuse to skip class.

Though you doubt you can enter the Spell-drive tournament now.

Ughhh. You let out a groan out of mental defeat. Wishing you could reverse time and beat the hell of whoever did this to you.

"You okay, [Name]?" A voice from the bed beside you asked.

You turned around, thinking that god was about to fly you back to heaven and judge you for every little sins you did in your lifetime, you comically put your hands up in the air, signaling you don't mean any harm. Until your eyes come in contact with a familiar green-head.

"You scared me, Trey." You sigh in relief, suppressing the shock written all over your face.

Trey let out a chuckle, then reassured you.

"Seems like I startled you. I apologize for that."

Eyeing his twisted ankle, you let one of your thoughts slip through your mouth;

"Seems like we are twinning, huh?" You thought out loud.

"Well, I was supposed to participate in the upcoming spelldrive, but it seems like i won't be playing this year." Trey said, slight dissapointment in his face.

"That being said, how in the world got you injured like that?" You asked, eyes still glued onto his injury.

"That is what i should ask of you too...You were brought here by Riddle, with your neck disfigured." He deadpanned, staring at your injury back.

"So basically, Riddle was about to fall down the stairs, so I caught him but now my ankle's all messed up." Trey said.

"How terrible..." The sentence that came out of your mouth, knowing that you don't feel an ounce of pity to your 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 housewarden.

.....In fact, you 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 suppressing a smile from the fact that Riddle was supposed to be the one to get injured.

But even if he was about to fall down the stairs, he would probably use flight magic as a reflex...

"Riddle said you had the same situation as me. Though your injuries was worse.." Trey pitied.

You comically looked away from him, feeling odd from the pitiful look he gave you.

"Nah, this is fine!" You turned around to face him and gave Trey a reassuring smile, despite the rage inside you wanting to hurl up in a washing machine and inhale the bubbles to calm your anger of being unable to participate in the tournament.

Seems like Diasomnia and Savanaclaw will remain the highest this year.

A day later, you were still resting on the tatami bed, feet aching from the pain of healing magic tingling your senses.

Your roommate, currently, was simply reading a book. Wasn't he atleast bored of that?? As for you and your doomed attention-span, the only thing close to stimulation was the healing magic that the school nurse was applying on you, stretching your feet to it's normal position.

A portion of your feet where the three small toes lie, was arched to the back. Even yourself wonder how in the world was possible for this to happen.

You let out small and quiet groans of pain as the nurse slowly pull your toes back. It was a long, small, but painful process. The nurse had to do it everyday, stretching it little by little.

This was worse than the time where you entered a contract with Octavinelle's Housewarden for your Oshi's merch.

..... In exchange for your physical labor at Monstro-lounge.

Your roommate, Trey, that was currently reading a book to ignore your cries, gave you a pitiful look as you tear up from the burning sensation.

God, When will this nightmare end exactly?

A week later, it was the all-anticipated Spelldrive competition!

During your stay-cation with your roommate, the Vice housewarden, you were hearing rumours from the NGL such as;

"These accidents weren't merely a coincidence. It was staged by someone!"

"It was because of an instigator!"

To be honest, you noticed that alot of students beside you also got injured. If it were the cause of someone, you 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 be incredibly pissed.

The fact that Trey and you, who were both players of Spelldrive— were injured, doesn't seem like a coincidence at all. Like you both were targets from the beginning.

You admit, It really 𝘪𝘴 Suspicious. You get where the rumours come from.

If you think about it, it got to be someone from one of the dorms.

..... You don't have time to think about this. Shaking the thoughts out of your head, you think towards something else.

Thankfully, your injuries was good as new. Your toes, that was once curled to the back like lotus feet— were now back to normal with the use of modern healing magic!

And you got 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 closer with the Vice! (Who barely remembers your name after you both got discharged)

You ignore your negative thoughts and let out beaming energy as you happily take steps to the ground, finally savoring the touch of earth after what seems to be a long time of a nightmare.

You walk towards the place where the SpellDrive Tournament will take place, a crowd of people from different nations all together to watch, and multiple foodstalls with an irresistible amount of snacks waiting to be bought. An exciting sight to see before your eyes.

Oh well, even though you can't participate in the game, atleast you can enjoy the show!

Carrying a mountain of food you bought from the stands, you hear the PA system.

"Welcome everyone! To the Night Raven College interdorm SpellDrive tournament! Thank you very much for waiting. The players shall enter the stadium soon."

As soon as the system finishes their sentence, a wave of anticipation shakes up the whole ground.

"The first dorm to enter was last year's champion. Though will they be able to keep the title? Cheer for the Raging Winners, DIASOMNIA!"

Another cry of excitement bursted from the crowd from seeing the participants this year.

From the corner of your eye, you could see a stillhoutte of a beastmen.

"What a nice crowd! Should be large enough sheheheheh!" The hyena said. Judging from the fact that they were a beastman, you could tell they were from Savannaclaw.

What is a dude from Savanaclaw doing here? You thought. Something's telling you that he has to do with something sneaky.

From afar, you watch the hyena with eyes wide open.

"Now, to drink Azul's potion..... Urk!" He let out a disgusted yelp as he drank the potion.

You nearly pissed yourself as the hyena mentioned Azul's name. Reminiscing the hell you've experienced with that man, you let out a shiver. What could be the potion he's drinking though? You wonder.

"Bleh! The taste is just awful! It is like someone put their unwashed sock in an expired smoothie. Ugh, time to use my Unique Magic."

Preparing for the action he will do, he pulls out his magic pen.

"Time to create a running-man stampede. Let's go! 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲—!"

Then, he ran.

.... And so did the people surrounding you.

The crowd from the stalls grouped together, following the beastman's actions.

"Agh!? My body!"

"Stop squishing me! Help!!"

As the swarm of people starts reaching your destination, you quickly hid inside the stalls in reflex.

....All while carrying the pile of food you bought.

Feeling the vibrations and stomping of multiple people at once, it was like an earthquake was going on.

What the hell is he exactly doing?? You thought as you continue hiding underneath the tablecloth inside the stall. Placing the food beside you, covering your ears as a loud wave of cries was the only thing you heard.

You, out of curiosity, decided to check onto the crowd. Peeking out of the small curtain in the bottom. You could barely see the hyena-guy now.

What benefit does he receive, to initiate all this chaos? You thought, deep in wonder.

Maybe he is doing it for his housewarden? Leona Kingscholar? Savanaclaw had always been 2nd place in terms of SpellDrive, it wouldn't surprise you if 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 was the cause.

Though, Leona? To stoop that low and cause chaos? What happened to his pride?

Oh well, you get out of the stall and climbed on a tree, hiding somewhere where you can see anyone, but nobody can see you.

"The stampede is rushing towards the Diasomnia players! I urge the remaining spectators to run away!!" The PA system cried out. Only for helpless shouts and screaming to be heard and the rumbling of ground as the crowd starts rushing towards the Diasomnia group.

You see two Diasomnia Players, one with beautiful silver hair like a knight, and one with striking facial features, exuding tough and strong aura. They shield the tall horned figure, who you recognize.

It was Malleus Draconia, the mage with superior magic compared to all of the school. He was stunning for sure, but incredibly hard to approach. He was otherworldly, like a precious ancient artifact. To think he was a housewarden in the school, makes you think he deserves far more, in terms of his status.

You've heard he was also a prince! Even though you've seen alot of terrifying nepo-babies in this school, this exact man, surprised you out of all people.

The two men guards Malleus, but they ended up being crushed. Can they just use a flight spell to escape from the swarm? You thought.

To your suprise, the Diasomnia players got squashed by the swarm of people. For Diasomnia, the dorm filled with magic-prodigies, to be simply crushed by a group of mere mortals?

Hah.

You don't believe the sight before your eyes. Must be someone's Unique Magic or whatever.

In the corner of your eye, you spotted the hyena beast-man. He was running out of the crowd in a hurried fashion.

You decided to trail him, making your footsteps lighter each step.

"Leona-san! I did it! Did you see the broadcast?" Ruggie rushed over to Savanaclaw's Housewarden; 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿, who was standing at the corner outside the stadium, along with his Savanaclaw group.

Leona Kingscholar, dormleader of the lion king that eliminates his enemies with cunning and precision. He ruled his land greatly with his hyena subordinates.

Though, the dorm that was supposedly representing the great lion king, had a quite lazy mess of a housewarden...

Hearing rumours on how he almost 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 attends class and is often seen in the botanical garden sleeping, you find it pretty 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤.

One time, you saw him there. At the botanical garden. That was a memory you didn't want to relive...

But you did anyway, much to your dismay:)

— FLASHBACK —

You were trying to look for a blue strawberry. It was your project for Potionology. Knowing how scary your teacher was, you 𝗵𝗮𝗱 to finish this 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸!

Then, you see the rumoured Savanaclaw Housewarden, arms crossed to the back, lying down peacefully.

Knowing the rumours of him roughing up anyone who dares disturb his slumber, you make your footsteps lighter.

But your own phone had backstabbed you.

”𝑶𝒋𝒐𝒖-𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒅.”

If it was possible to lock yourself in a dark room and hide for an eternity, you would do it exactly at this moment.

Your alarm— that reminded you to go to bed whenever you were binge-watching a melodramatic K-drama, trashtalking your newbie teammates in MOBA VC, or creating delusional fanfics of your oshi— was blasted at 100% volume, jerking the once sleeping lion, 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦.

You two make eye contact for what seems to be long enough for your whole uneventful, pathetic shit-of-a-life flashing before your eyes, you ran away without a word, not minding the blue strawberry you were holding to fall off your hands.

In the end, you got an one-hour long lecture from your potionology teacher, nagging you due to the fact you were missing a week-long pileof homework 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 in his subject.

— FLASHBACK END —

Your body jerked as you found yourself back to reality yet again.

In an attempt on focusing on the scene before your eyes, you pinch your knees hard.

"Yeah. Good work, Ruggie. So long, Malleus. This year, the champion will be us." Leona smirked.

"Long live the king! Sha hahaha!" Ruggie exclaimed in victory, followed along by their other dormmates.

"𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝." A sharp voice interrupted their cheery celebration, footsteps slowly going forward towards the group.

It was your Housewarden, 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙝! What was he doing here, with his dorm-group? And the magicless prefect with a 1st-year from Savanaclaw to be exact!

Shock was written in the whole Savanaclaw group, only the hyena and the lion switching composures to not show weakness.

"Well, well, The Heartslabyul group. With our lovely 1st-year, Jack? Did ya really transfer to Heartslabyul, Freshmen?" Leona let out a growl. He slowly approached the wolf, eyeing him like a predator that stood in his territory.

"Nah, I just didn't want to celebrate the victory seized with underhanded methods of a bunch of cowards." Jack said sharply, not breaking eye contact.

𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘕𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥.

"You filthy traitor!" Leona scowled, pointing his staff towards Jack's forehead.

Damn. You were really feasting your eyes on this drama. Good thing you brought your phone with you, it was recording the conversation from start! But your phone will probably lose a good amount of storage later.

You watch the scene before you, munching on chips as you angle your phone in the other hand.

As they converse with eachother, each line filled with tension, you focus on them, making sure the video is of good quality. You wouldn't want a single second to be of low quality, no?

They initiate a fight, but in a second, the Savanaclaw group besides Ruggie and Leona, got collared up by none other than the Heartslabyul housewarden, Riddle.

Yeah. This was good sign not to rebel against Housewardens. You mentally deadpanned, reminiscing the multiple times you got collared as you touch your neck like the feeling was deeply embedded within your muscle memory.

"Damn, housewarden are no joke..." One of the collared students groaned in pain.

"Tsk, knew those kiddos wouldn't stand a chance against Riddle." Leona pinched his nosebridge in dissapointment.

"Shyheheheh! Doesn't change the fact that they were too late to save Diasomnia." Ruggie sneered.

Only to be interrupted with another plot twist AGAIN.

"Oh my? That's quite the interesting claim." A short fae-like student appeared out of nowhere infront of the hyena, upside down as the fae looked at the shocked beast-man with a sly grin.

"Seems like they went right on time to me." The tall green-haired guy with striking features said, putting his hands on his waist while furrowing his eyebrows.

"Indeed. It was thanks to them that nobody in Diasomnia didn't get hurt." The silver-haired guy accompanied the green-haired boy as they walk towards the group.

You recognize those two! Not the eccentric fae that was floating upside down though...

You knew that it got to be a sick joke when you saw them completely crashed in the crowd like scrambled eggs. Diasomnia was a dorm full of magic-prodigies, after all.

"What?! How?! I saw you get crushed up by the swarm!" Ruggie flinched and took a step back in shock.

𝘼𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙮𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩-𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩.

Will there be a plot-twist that they knew you were trailing them or what? You deadpanned.

Nobody— none other than a certain gingerhead, Cater Diamond had appeared.

"Oh! About that... It turns out these were actually my clones of me, made with my Unique Magic; Split Card. I admit, I really slayed those Diasomnia Dorm Outfits. They're so stylish!" Cater explained, revealing the trick in his sleeve.

"Riddle told us everything. So we had him put a little charade for us." Lilia said.

"Waka-sama has been clearing up the chaos, using his magic to guide the people safely back to the stadium." Sebek stated.

Silence filled the space between the two groups. It was dreadful, sharp, and painful to see before the eyes. Until a certain housewarden broke the tension.

Actually... More like he 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 the tension.

"Tch. Whatever. At this point, I don't even care anymore. I'm done. It's over." Leona surrended, switching back to his apathetic facade.

The hyena's eyes widen, a wave of shock splashing throughout the two groups.

"Boss, what are you saying?!"

"Were you even listening? If Malleus is able to participate, then we've got absolutely no chance of winning 1st place."

"𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗜'𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁."

Leona said sharply, without batting an eye, he walked away in defeat.

In the midst of the moment, Ruggie grabbed his wrist, a desperate attempt to stop his tracks.

"Malleus might still be in the game, but we took out all the other dorms' best players right? Without you in the field, I don't even know if we'd have a shot at the top three! You're just gonna abandon our dreams like that?"

"For all the talk about "the world watching" this is just some schoolkids playin' a game. All you doe-eyed tenderfoots yappin' about your dreams... Pfft. The whole thing amused me, so I threw a bone. That's all this was.

"What do you mean? What happened to all the talk about "turning the world upside down"?

"Are you 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 still going on about that?" Leona grabbed Ruggie by the collar of his shirt.

"All right, fine. You wanna hear the truth? You're a hyena who grew up in shitty dump, and I'm a secondborn prince who will 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 be king."

"𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙!"

The lion let go of Ruggie's collar, a sour expression written in his face.

"I'm out." He said sharply.

Ruggie stood there, gripping his fists until it became pure-white.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯... 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐..." He mumbled, looking at the ground. Rage coming to boiling point, he popped his head up, brows furrowed, lips pursing in an attempt to quell his anger. But it was no use.

"𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝙍𝙐𝙉 𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙔! 𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙇 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙀𝙉𝘿!" Ruggie unexpectedly shouted, running after Leona as he walked away.

"You can't do this to us, Boss!"

"You're gonna play, even if we gotta drag you out there kicking and screaming!"

The surrounding Savanaclaw students join in, switching sides on their housewarden. They are absolutely against Leona's decision.

"How irritating. I'm so sick of this shit. Shut 𝙐𝙋 you nobodies!" Leona let out a growl, shoving the group of students away using his Unique Magic; 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴'𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗿. It is a signature spell, that turns everything the lions touches, into nothing but sand. He makes a windy barrier of sand to send the group flying back.

No way...

"Gwah!!" Sand was swirling around everywhere, like everyone including you were inside a sandstorm. It was an uncomfortable feeling, the sand drying out your eyes and nose, the itchiness of sand going through your skin, and the wind making it harder to spy on them.

"Ack! M-my nose is drying out!"

"Everything Leona-senpai touched is turning to sand?!"

"That'd would be my Unique magic; 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜'𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙧. Ironic, isn't it? Nothin' the savanna despises more than a drought. Yet it's prince dessicates everything— reduces it to nothing but sand."

As the surrounding Savanaclaw students gets wrapped in a storm of sand, all of a sudden, a certain someone jumped forward and tackled Leona.

"Boss! Snap out of it!" Ruggie desperately clung to the housewarden, in an attempt to shake him out of his outrage.

But unfortunately, it just made him a victim.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥, 𝙝𝙪𝙝?"

He grabbed Ruggie by the neck while using his signature spell, causing the poor hyena to dry out as his skin visibly cracks.

"L-Leona-san.. It hurts!" Ruggie was desperately trying to get away from his housewarden's grasp.

"Kingscholar! I do not tolerate this behavior! 𝙊𝙛𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙!"

....

Riddle's collar flew off..

"Huh?! Riddle's signature spell flung out!" Grim surprised.

"Maybe you're some type of magic prodigy, kid. But don't underestimate your seniors."

Leona lets out a laugh as he keeps his grip on the hyena's neck. Not the 'happy' type of laugh— but simply pure anger and manic.

"Hah! How you like that Ruggie? Is your mouth too dry to keep licking my boots? That was your best talent, too."

"If this keeps going on, Ruggie is gonna-!"

Before Jack could even finish that sentence, the Ramshackle prefect was already seen running towards Leona in an attempt to stop his act of violence.

"YUU!!"

"You got some guts for a herbivore, huh?"

"𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩!" Jack transformed into a gray wolf, running towards Yuu as the swirl of sand was about to hit them, he grabbed the prefect before it could hit them. While Leona was distracted, Riddle immediately used his signature spell on him.

"𝙊𝙁𝙁 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿!"

"Gah!" Leona yelped as he got collared, dropping Ruggie in the process. "No! You can't collar a lion! And Jack! Transformation potions is forbidden! Where did you get that?"

"That isn't a potion, it is my signature spell, 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩. I can transform myself into a wolf. Dormleader Leona, I want you to know... I only came to this school because of how I admired you!"

"Shut up... Stop pinnin' your dreams on me! What do you know about how I feel?!"

"Would that the Lion king of the savanna would witness this farce. No, if you ask me, a collar suits you far better than a crown. You may lament the fact you're not higher in line to be king..." Lilia stepped in. "But with that sensitive ego of yours? That quickly lashes out petty anger on your retainers... Well, the idea of you ever standing face-to-face with a REAL king like our Malleus— is absolutely laughable. Even if you COULD defeat Malleus, so long as that's how you conduct yourself?" 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜!

Dreadful silence was followed as soon as the fae finished his statement. Until he laughed. "Hah.... Haha. You are probably right. No, you are EXACTLY right! Ha ha ha ha!" A dark aura was slowly releasing in the air, blot was gathering up behind the lion. "𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙮."

"Myah!! My fur's standing on ends!" In a snap, Riddle's collar was flung away, again.

"I've been loathed since the day I was born. I never had a place, never had a future! None of my hard work is ever rewarded! How could any of you understand?! My lament! My pain!!" The housewarden let out a roar as the blot slowly consumes him. No way...

There stood Leona Kingscholar, in extreme final boss with maxed out stats. AKA; 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙩. He was in a completely different outfit resembling drought of a savanna, his right eye glowing wild-orange, a scar on his face, and a huge blot figure behind him, that was consuming his life force. You were only focusing on his snatched waist, though. Your surroundings was going through anti-gravity, again. But you remained unaffected cause you were hiding in the corner. If you were asked what was your special trait, it would definitely be your invincible plot armour. The others get evacuated by the fae as chaos unveils again, the group knocking sense onto Leona as he continues his violence. You, on the other hand, were simply watching. Don't ask about the chips you were holding earlier, the sand got to it..

"I dunno what's going on, but if we hit Leona hard enough, maybe we can snap him outta it?" Jack, despite the situation, was a bit... too calm? Or is he simply confused?

"Yuu, if we beat Leona to a pulp, maybe they'll let us play in the Spelldrive!" Grim said in fighting stance, ready for battlefield.

"Let's do this!"

They dodge the incoming attacks, sand piling up the whole ground as the storm shows no mercy towards the group. Jack, Cater, Silver and Sebek, are the frontliners. Ace, Deuce, Ruggie, Yuu are in the back, and Riddle serves as the finishing blow.

How about you? What is your purpose? Recording all this while eating the fried tempura chips you found on the ground? While waving a flag that says “MAKE PEACE NOT WAR” with uncanny emojis that looks like it had been made by a drunk middle-aged business man that thought children would love it? Yeah, that was exactly what you were doing right now.

Hurry up and finish the battle already.. Your storage is about to die..

After what felt like an eternity, Ruggie n Cater served as distraction to break Leona's focus, then Riddle collared him. Yuu did the final blow by handchopping the lion's head. Talk about too much. They both lost consciousness, just like the last time. At this point, you aren't even suprised if Yuu was connected to them by fate.

Leona let out a groan as he slowly awakes from his slumber.

"I did it! He is awake! Now hurry up and confess." Grim said, putting his paws on his waist like a demanding familiar he is.

"Kingscholar. You're negative energies accelerated your blot accumulation, inducing an overblot episode. Do you not remember?"

"Wait, ME? I overblotted? No way.."

"I need you to confess that you're the culprit so I can enter!" Grim nagged.

"Heh. If this is a joke, I ain't laughin'."

"The headmage got Yuu's group to investigate the accidents in exchange for letting them compete in the tournament." Jack said.

"WHAAAT? Thats all this was?" Surprise written in Ruggie's face.

"You bet it was! And EXCUSE you!? You were the one pushin' people down the stairs for the chance at a little fame and glory!" Wait. 𝙍𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙚 was the one that caused you to fall down the stairs?! It seems you got hit by the shockwave, too."

"Very well. Then to begin with, Savanaclaw will be disqualified from this year's tournament. The rest of your punishment will be decided after I discuss it with the victims. Are we clear?"

"Understood." Leona accepted his defeat.

"Wait." Riddle and a few 2nd-years interrupted.

"Mr. Rosehearts? And I see you are with... Ah." Crowley approached the group, along with some students that was supposed to participate. How come you weren't invited? You negatively deadpanned.

"Correct. They are the victims in this incident."

"Headmage, I got a request for you. We would like you to permit Savanaclaw to play in the tournament despite their crimes."

"What?... You wish to forgive their actions?" Crowley questioned the group's motives.

"No. That's the last thing we want." The vice housewarden of scarabia student said sharply.

"If Savanaclaw is disqualified, then we'll lose our chance at revenge.

"WHAAAT?!" Said Jack and Ruggie, in unison.

"I understand where you're coming from, However, the question is: Are these Savanaclaw students even capable of taking to the field?" The headmage contemplated, cupping his chin deep in thought.

Leona lets out a laugh as he slowly gets up from his position. A positive one, this time. "Heh heh... Hahaha! Don't you underestimate me, Headmage. I don't need to be awake to handle these feeble pack of herbivores."

"And 𝙮𝙤𝙪, the one hiding in the corner eating tempura chips.... Stop hiding like a weasel and show yourself."

Ah.

Alas, you got caught.

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