𝓣𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 || Shattered Glass

《 3 - 2 》

《 A Week Later... 》

"Stop right there Grim! I'm not gonna let this slide today of all days!" Ace exclaims as he chases after Grim. "Haha! Sucker! You should've put your name on it!" Grim taunts as he tightly kept the pastry in his grasp. "Why you---!!!"

"Damn...what happened?" I ask with a deadpan expression, quite used to this already, as I drink from the tetra pack of banana milk. "They never will give it a break, will they?" Deuce sighs as he handed me a snack from the cafeteria.

"Ah! Azuma!" I turn to Ace who called out to me "You're technically Ramshackle's Dorm Leader, right? Ya gotta discipline your students better!" He points his finger to Grim, "This jerk stole the bread I bought, AGAIN!"

"That's a rude accusation. I just happened to pick it up and eat it after it fell on your desk." Grim stated proudly with his paws on his hips. "You don't pick up things that fell on desks when they're supposed to be there! If you keep running away, I'll show you my wind magic!" Ace exclaimed as he grabs his magical pen from his breast pocket. "Oh? Ya wanna go!? I'll hit right back at ya with my fire!"

"Ah...!" The two stop as if they had just realized something. 

"On second thought...let's knock it off with the magic. It'll be a pain to clean windows again as punishment." Ace said as he pocketed back his magical pen. "Heh heh. You say some pretty smart things every once in a while. Using magic like this is a bit childish so I'll let you off the hook this time." Grim stated.

I was about to spit out my banana milk, "Wait WHAT!?" I exclaim. "It's pretty rare for the two of you to stop fighting on your own." Deuce added. "Am I missing something here? Who are you two!? What did you do to the real Ace and Grim!?" I exclaim, exaggerating the fact that I needed to know what's up with them. "Azuma! Chill! Chill!" Ace says trying to calm me down.

"Ah! The test results are gonna release today right?" Grim exclaims, changing the topic. "Oh right! Break is almost over so we should head back by now." said Deuce. "Heheh. I can't wait to show off my grades to you later." Ace chuckles as he, Deuce and Grim start heading to our classroom.

"A-Am I missing something?? Hey...! BITCH DON'T LEAVE ME!!!" I cry out as I chase after them.

■ ■ ■

We all settled down on our designated seats as we waited for Professor Crewel to start. "Alright puppies, class is about to start. Sit like good little pups. First, I will be returning your test papers." Professor Crewel state as he tapped the stack of papers on the desk.

"It's time." Deuce mutters as he cracks his fists in anticipation. "Nyahaha! Test return! Come on teach!" Grim exclaimed. "Grim, calm yourself. Stay! Stay!" Professor Crewel, taps his pointer on his palm. "I'll return your tests in student number order. Number One!"

And as we all finally got our papers, we all started sharing them to each other. "Hooray! 92 points!" Ace cheered. "88 points!? I-I can't believe there would be a day that I scored over 80..." Deuce muttered. "Look, Azuma! I scored 85 points!!!" Grim exclaimed as he shoved his paper on my face. "For real!?" I snatch the paper from his paws and read through it while comparing it to mine. "The fuck...I thought you would've failed." I said. "Hey you're being mean!" Grim huffs.

"What's your score Zuma?" Ace asks. "82...I suck at memorization of all things." I sighed as I neatly placed my test sheet in my bag. "It seems that you all studied well for this exam. Completely different from your quizzes...No, it's strange for the average to increase this much." Professor Crewel said. "What do you mean???" I ask.

"The average test score for Potions is over 90 in all grades. I heard from Professor Trein that your scores in Magical History are also fairly good." Professor Crewel stated. 'Am I the only one who got the worst score then...?' I turn to see my party and they looked like they were panicking or worried. 

"The top 50 students with the highest scores will be posted in the hallway so look forward to it."

■ ■ ■

Once class was over, everyone took a mad dash to the hallway to check the results. On my way there I bumped into Jack. "Any idea what's going on?" I ask. He shakes his head, "No, but I'm guessing that something's up"

By the time we arrived to check the results, a crowd of people were surrounding the posted results. "My name's not here!!!" Grim cried out. "My name's not here too..." Deuce said. "W-Wait a sec. Uh...More than 30 of them got a perfect score of 500!?!?" Ace exclaims. "This is too weird..." I mutter. "More than that, if I'm not in the Top 50 I'm breaking the contract!" Grim cried out. Ace and Deuce's eyes widened. "Eh...Contract? Grim, did you?" Ace said in realization. "Ace..you too!?" Deuce added. 

"I knew something's up! Eh?" Anemones suddenly appear on their heads. The baka trio start panicking and try to take the anemone off but it won't budge. "What's going on here?" Jack asked. "Jack! Did you make a contract- There's no anemone on your head." Deuce stated. "You don't look like it but you're pretty studious, huh?" Ace added.

"What are you talking about?" Jack asks in confusion. "Well you see..." Before Grim could explain, the anemone on his head moves "Fungya!? My head is being pulled by the anemone!" he cried out. "Owowowow! It's pulling my head off!" Ace exclaims. "Shit. Is this what they meant by absolute obedience???" Deuce winces.

The three of them suddenly got dragged off somewhere as me and Jack watch them, dumbfounded. "The hell? They looked like they were being pulled along by the anemones on their heads." Jack says in shock. "Yeah no shit...Should we check up on them?" I ask as I turn to Jack. "Why are you asking me? I got nothing to do with this." Jack crosses his arms. "Ack! Ouch... looks like my foot still hurts after that incident." I hissed 'in pain'.

"Tch, You really do fit into this school." He lets out a sigh, "I guess I'll tag along with you for a bit. I'm only curious about the cause of this. I'm not concerned about them at all, got it?" He says. I grin, "Sure sure..." "Oi. Don't laugh!"

'New Quest! Follow the Baka Trio'

■ ■ ■

A/N: Man...I miss seeing my friends irl and we just have fun in school...
Anyway!!! For this arc, I'm planning to reveal what dorm Azuma could've been in if she already knew how to use magic from the start. (though it might be obvious aiwdjaiodwjaiwa)

Also, I can't believe I low-key predicted what was gonna happen to chapter 6 LIKE HOWWWWWWWWWWWWWIODAJDOWIAJDOAW (specifically what happened in 2-23 and 3-1)