Twisted Wonderland x (Todoroki) Reader

Schemer of the Scalding Sands

-3rd POV-

"Seriously? Why even ask for advice if you're gonna immediately reject it?!" Grim exclaimed, "What's your issue with my suggestion, anyway?"

"The Viper family has assisted the Asim family for generations. How could I betray our history like that? It would be beyond the pale. Not to mention the lecture I would get from my parents...I'm sorry, but it just wouldn't be right." Jamil said, shaking his head as he frowned.

(Y/n) nodded to herself, "I guess you make a good point..."

"It is what it is."

"Okay, I get why you can't challenge Kalim to a duel. But if the housewarden keeps actin' like this, he's gonna make life totally miserable for everybody in the dorm. Riddle was bad enough, but this hot and cold thing Kalim's doin' is making it way worse." The feline said.

"Yeah. He's not acting like a housewarden at all!" The golden haired male exclaimed.

"He's not even meeting the job requirements. This goes against our Scarabian spirits!" The purple haired male said.

"Eh? What requirements?" The dual haired girl asked, tilting her head slightly.

The black haired male looked at her, "To be a housewarden of one of Night Raven College's seven dorms, you must be the most befitting of the dorm's spirit. Anything less, and you are unqualified to be housewarden. Dueling is essentially an easy way to determine this. The seven dorms each have their own different spirits, and their own ways of determining who befits it. For example, tradition in Pomefiore states that the housewarden is whoever can make the most potent poison."

"Gah, that's nightmare fuel! So how'd Kalim get picked to be the head honcho of Scarabia?" The tanuki said.

"He was nominated by the previous housewarden. Through his prior work and virtues, he cultivated a reputation as the most befitting in the dorm. I'll never forget how proud I was at his nomination." He smiled.

"But he wouldn't have half that record if you hadn't been helping him! Everybody in the dorm knows it."

"Why didn't the last housewarden choose you instead?!"

"Don't blame him." He scolded them, "For a relative of the Asim family to choose me over the main house's heir would be...Ah!" He said, his eyes widening, realizing what he just revealed.

"Seriously? Again with this Asim family stuff?" Grim said, frowning.

"So that's what was going on. I had no idea. That sounds like blatant nepotism!" The golden haired male said.

"Man, the Asim family plays way too dirty!" The purple haired male said.

"Please, I implore you. Forget what you just heard." Jamil said.

"Night Raven College is known as a big-name university precisely because it's a meritocracy. Getting special privileges because of your parents is something that shouldn't fly here!"

The red haired male nodded, "He's right, Vice Housewarden. We won't stand for this!"

"Social status and wealth aren't supposed to matter here on campus. We're all supposed to be equals!"

"But, ah..." The black haired male said, trailing off.

"Scarabia is a dorm build around the Sorcerers of the Sands' spirit of mindfulness. I've always felt that someone thoughtful like Jamil-senpai deserves the seat of house leader way more than Kalim-senpai." A silver haired male said.

"Slow down. I'm not special or superior to anyone else. My grades are dead average. On a scale of one to ten, mine are fives across the board. I'm not fit to be housewarden."