Twisted Wonderland | Mickey's Print

26. Curse

During the afternoon after the incident, Trein was walking towards the school infirmary with Lucius resting in his arms and found the headmaster standing in front of the open doors.

Crowley had asked the teachers to go back to their duties after making sure the girl was okay, so Trein did not hear much more about the situation. "Good afternoon, headmaster. Do we have any news about the girl?" He asked.

"Good afternoon. She stopped producing blot and has no more abnormalities, but she is still unconscious since Vargas brought her here. The incident left her exhausted."

"It is good to know she is fine... And what about him?"

"He's much calmer now, but still shaken," Crowley sighed. "He came running when I told him he could see her now."

The teacher glanced inside and observed compassionately the prefect sitting in a chair next to one of the beds. "Poor boy... He gets transported from another world, and when he finally gets to see his family, it is in this unfortunate way," he whispered ruefully. "If something like this happened to any of my daughters..."

"We can tell he is trying to be strong," Crowley said. "I told him he could skip classes today if he needed it, but he decided to go anyway from his third period."

"His last class today was with me, I could tell he was trying not to think too much about the situation to focus on the lesson."

Lucius mewed as if he wanted to corroborate that fact.

"I remember you telling me that he made a quick progress in your subject of History of Magic, right?" Crowley asked.

"Yes, he made good use of the book about basic History I gave him on his first day, he always asks questions when in doubt, and he never fails to do his homework. He is a dedicated student in the subject, I wish I could say the same for Grim, but I trust Oshiro to help him improve."

"I'm sure of it," Crowley agreed before looking back at Yuu. "I took a look at the security camera footage after the young Shroud explained everything, we could see a Black Carriage entering school last night. Nobody noticed this arrival, nor we were informed about it."

"It is already the first time in years since a Black Carriage brings a girl here. How is it possible that her magic got out of control without even using it?"

Lucius groaned softly and closed his eyes. He had noticed nothing strange in that nice girl in whom he had felt some good vibes.

"Let's not forget the crucial factor that she came from a world where magic does not exist. She should be magic-less like her brother, but that's not the case. There have been cases where people develop their magical energy later in life, but this is as sudden as it is strange."

Trein remembered that morning trying to stop that frightened girl who ran down the hall. "Could I ask if something was discovered?" He asked. "Any possible cause for what she has just experienced, for example?"

"The answer for that is in the anonymous letter that our young Yuu received. It does not explain how or why this happened, but it is made clear that this girl has certainly come from another world, and unlike her brother, she has magical energy. But it is so intense that she can't control it, and her body is unable to take it, so it does something like turn against her and hold into her insides, endangering her health."

Trein blinked a couple of times as if he wanted to make sure he had heard correctly. "What?"

"As a consequence, her body produces internal accumulations of blot by itself to the point of falling into Overblot," he looked at him. "It is even described to us as if a machine were turned off, but a powerful internal energy source forces it to work on its own without stopping until it deteriorates with its own waste, can't take it anymore, and ends up exploding. It's truly disturbing..."