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"Oh! You guys are still up and playing?" Kalim appeared, along with (Name) and Jade behind him who gave them a smile, but Jamil's focus is on Kalim who gave a shock sound. Then Kalim turned his sight on the floor, "Ohh, Mancala~! Brings back memories when we played multiple times when we were young, didn't we?"

"I thought you were sleeping," Jamil stood up. "What if you get kidnapped again? You shouldn't wander around at night--"

Kalim cut him off, "You're too worried for me, Jamil. Chill, Jade and (Name)'s been with me the whole time, I'm perfectly fine."

"Wait, JADE?! (NAME)?!" Jamil said in shock, looking at the two individuals behind his master. Jade, on the other hand, smiled and said, "Yes, it's certainly is me, Jamil-san. I've been accompanying Kalim-san. He's such a sweet thing, teach me a lot of things I say."

Jamil pointed threateningly on Jade, "YOU! What did you do to him?! Answer me truthfully."

Jade pointed to himself with an offended look on his face, "Me? I didn't do anything, of course. I couldn't even hurt a fly. We were just having a very pleasant conversation." Then he looked at Kalim, "Isn't that right, Kalim-san?"

Kalim happily nodded and beamed, "Yep! I was just showing him the storeroom." Jamil took Kalim's hand, "We're leaving, Kalim."

"What? Why?"

"Back to your room! NOW!"

"Whoa, whoa! Okay okay, I understand. No need to remove my arm out of my shoulder, it hurts you know." The white haired boy said sadly while waving goodbye to the others. "Good night to you all, I'll give you both the carpet next time!!!"

(Name) waved goodbye as Jade chuckled, "Certainly, we'll see each other more soon."

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Azul gave Jade a smile while the others huddled up together, looking at Jade and (Name)'s report, "So Jade and (Name), how was your talk with Kalim-san?"

"Seems like Kalim-san is manipulated by someone, just like you predicted, Azul. He's magically controlled into making him do things he shouldn't have." Jade reported, (Name) nodded. "It seems like it, Azul."

"Is that even possible?" Grim asked.

"Of course it is, dumb cat!" Carla smacked Grim's head. "It's very much possible because magic exists."

"Exactly, Miss Carla. Do you remember Ruggie that can manipulate someone's body? There's also such thing that can manipulate someone using hypnosis magic, it's target is the mind of the person. It's a very difficult magic to tame, only such magicians can do that." Jade explained.

"Like Azul, you should be the same level as him~," Floyd snickered on the other hand. Azul shook his head, "Even I had a hard time trying to control living creatures. The mind is strong, so you can possibly avoid it."

"I don't even think half of Scarabia is good as you, Azul," Happy stated. "Even their dorm leader Kalim's unique magic is just holy water. And the vice leader Jamil said that he got 5 out of 10 across the magic grading scale."

"You're really stupid, aren't you?" Azul mocked Happy, making Happy fly towards him but was stopped by Carla. "It's wise to not release your unique magic after all or else, someone will use it against you."

"So who's mind controllin' Sea Otter? Do you know, Jade~?" Floyd asked, while Jade shook his head in concern. "I'm afraid not."

Floyd widened his eyes in surprise and laughed, "That's surprising, Jade~. Even with your unique magic, can't even figure who's mind controllin' poor Sea Otter~. Poor you~."

"Wait a minute, we don't know exactly how your unique magic works, Jade." Pantherlily stated. The other exceeds nodded in unison. Jade slapped Floyd's mouth and said to them, "I'm afraid I couldn't tell you." Then looked at Floyd. "What did we say about telling each other's magic if someone who we don't trust is near?"

Azul smiled, "I don't see any harm telling them either, (Name) already knows too and managed to not let you control her. The exceeds and Grim seems to be a keeper of secrets too, so I'm guessing it's safe to tell them."

"No way, we're harmless that's WHY it's safe to tell us. Good job, Azul, makes me feel better actually." Grim grumbled and stuffed himself on (Name)'s lap.

Jade sighed and said, "I guess it's fine to tell them. My unique power is focused on 'telling someone the truth'. People in this school wondered what's my unique magic, they wanna know, so you lot are lucky to know it. Even avoid it actually, but I'm not a fan of revealing it. It's shock the heart, used it once on Miss Heartfilia. I can only use it once each person, I cannot use it again on the person again."

"Myah! So they wouldn't be able to lie?!"

"Mind you, my unique magic is limited. One target is equal to one use of my magic," Jade explained. "It only works for such people as Kalim, open-minded, vulnerable/mentally vulnerable, afraid on such small things, etc. It doesn't work with someone who has a fake eye and wary people like Azul. In other words, it has limits."

"It only works for cowards like Sardine and Earless Seal, hehehehe~," Floyd mocked, making a crying face at the two exceeds. Jade smiled, "Yes, it summarizes my explanation."

"These two smiles are really creepy," Happy stated while hiding behind Azul. Jade cut the scary vibe, "Kalim-san is the example of the one's I can control. Hence, my magic worked flawlessly." Jade recalled the happenings inside the storeroom as all of them are paying attention. "And that's it."

Azul covered his mouth to laugh, "Funny, your magic was repelled because of Kalim's character. He's trustable after all, he doesn't seem to blurt secrets out."

"As much as I don't want to admit it, yes, Kalim-san's attitude is such a nuisance to our investigation. Thus, that leaves us clueless to who's behind of this," Jade stated.

"And here I thought Sea Otter is such a noisy guy who'll blurt out secrets, guess I was wrong there, ehe~," Floyd chuckled. "It must have been a promise that he chose to not tell any soul," Jade added.

"Now that we know what's our situation here in Scarabia, that leaves us is the dessert. Let the culprit fall down to our trap where the bait is in, wherever he is, he is around us." Azul said (Among us). "Now let's see..."

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