a dumbass gets isekai'd: the novella

15. why do i hear boss music?

Ace complained furiously as the collared trio and Yuu trudged through the garden maze.

"Shit! I'm so pissed off! That little red-haired menace! Does he plan on turning into the Queen of Hearts himself!?"

Deuce tugged on his collar of shame. "Getting thrown out for disobeying the prefect, I'm slowly drifting away from becoming a model student..."

Grim walked on all fours for comfort. "Agh, this collar is so heavy and suffocating!"

Yuu bumped into someone. "Oops, my bad-" They looked up to see a floating head. You know, the usual.

"What's up with nya? Wearing all those collars like that?"

"WHAT!"

Yuu observed that the head had cat ears with various piercings, and choppy purple hair. Grim shrieked as he jumped away from the person.

"GYAHH! A GHOST!"

"Whoops, forgot to show my body." the head said nonchalantly, as the rest of his body faded into view.

"What the..? So you've got a body...what's your name?" Deuce asked.

"I'm Alchemi Alchemivich Pinkaa. I got kitty magic, but also human magic. I also got some magical powers."

Ace buffered. "Alchem- Come again?"

"Ufufu, everyone calls me Che'nya. At the very least, I'm super different from those guys in there."

Yuu looked the strange guy up and down. "So, what dorm are you from?"

The guy snickered. "Try guessin' which dorm I'm from!"

"Oh, I got it! You're from the Banana...Savanya dorm!"

"Boo, boo, wrong! Bananas are fruit, remember? I'm a cat, so I'm not a banana."

"There are people who have different ears in the other dorms, you know?" Deuce told Grim.

"I'm in a bad mood 'cause that little tyrant was being unreasonable. Back off."

The catboy was unfazed by Ace's moodiness. "Riddle's a tyrant? Fufufu, well I guess there's some truth in that. That guy's been a stickler for the rules since he was little."

"Do you know something about it?"

"I guess you could say that I do, but at the same time I can say that I don't." he hummed.

"Woah, we're getting a little paradoxical." Yuu muttered.

"...Which is it?" Grim asked.

"What? Nya guys want to know about Riddle?" Che'nya asked like an over enthusiastic camp counselor.

"Hell yeah. I want to know who raised a little tyrant like that."

"Then, go ask the glasses guy!"

"Glasses guy? You mean Trey?"

Che'nya nodded. "That guy's known Riddle since he was a kid. If I were you, I'd ask him if nya want to know more about Riddle."

"So they're childhood friends?" Deuce recalled the master-servant dynamic they had back at the Unbirthday Party. "They didn't give off that kind of atmosphere."

"If that's what you think, then maybe that's what it is. I guess nya don't need me anymore, so I'll be on my merry way!"

"Hey, wait, how did you know Trey and Riddle were childhood friends? Are you even from this school?"

Che'nya gave Yuu a sly grin as he threw up a peace sign and slowly faded away.

"ayO- Get back here-!"