(✔︎) ❝𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐑❞

21 | Clone

*I'm watching every comment, I also see that one person caught simping to the MC

*Luke, ☠ —I mean Ortho, and Cheka is the adoptive children (I love my baby Ortho, shhh, I'm facing the fact)

- Heartslabyul Dorm, Rose Maze -

In Deuce's case on painting the roses, he accidentally turned them blue, causing the senior to panic and immediately turn it back to white. Grim's case, on the other hand, is worse than Deuce's since instead of painting it, he accidentally burned the rose. (Name)'s case is going smoothly since with one snap, the roses turn red on her accord...

     "You guys are worse than I imagined..." Cater smiled forcefully, looking at the tired teenagers. "Why do you need to paint the roses red? They're prettier in white," Ace stated.

     "Since you're new, you don't know that the roses are needed to be painted red for our traditional Unbirthday Party!" Cater clapped his hands as he told them. "The flamingos are used for the croquet match, while the hedgehogs will serve as balls. The red roses are also used for the winners' confetti!"

     (Name) didn't expect that either, looking at the hedgehog she found under a tree. She's planning to take it with her, "None of these chores are normal! You're not even normal!" Grim yelled at the "deranged" Cater. "It is said that these rules are made other than the Queen of Hearts herself. If you compare Riddle-kun to other dorm leaders, he's the only one who obeys it wholeheartedly. Even I knows he can get too far because of it," he explained to them.

     Ace threw the paint on the floor, "I don't have time for this nonsense," he went near Cater. "Where's the dorm leader? I want to talk to him."

     "Yeah, I think there's time before he leaves," when he heard that Ace was gonna leave until Cater grabbed his shoulders, stopping him to enter the dorm. "Ah, ah. Mr. Tart thief, have you got a tart as an apology?" He asked.

     "No, do I need to do that? Plus, I came here first thing in the morning," Ace replied. Cater placed a hand above his mouth, taken back, "Oh, dear. That's a problem, you see... As stated in the Laws of the Queen of Hearts #53, One must return what they stole. I'm afraid you're going against and I must have you leave the dorm immediately," Cater told Ace.

     "The fuck?! I wasn't warned about that rule!" Ace complained. Cater took his magical pen out, pointing it at Ace, "Since you're a part of the Heartslabyul Dorm, I couldn't let you bypass me because I pitied you for not knowing that rule. If I let you in, our heads will be gone," his attitude turned into a different one.

     "Holy shit! Guys, you gotta help me here!" Ace immediately hid behind Deuce. "Hey! I didn't want to enter this commotion, bro!" Deuce tried to wriggle Ace's hold off from his back. "C'mon! I don't have magic, right now! He's coming now!"

(Name) watched from the sidelines as Cater and the juniors fought, she doesn't want to fall for someone's obvious tricks. His attacks are no doubt strong, but anytime they try to hit him, it just goes through him as if he's a poltergeist. Forming a red circle on her hand, she touched the floor to know who was real or not. There she saw a lot of Cater, but one of them stood out because he has a white outline...

     "I see, so this is the real you," (Name) appeared behind the real Cater. It caused him to take his magical pen, pointing it towards her, "Oh my, how rude. Please put that down, you don't want to get hurt, right?" She said, placing her hands together while smiling at him.

     "How did you know it was me?" He asked. "Simple. Magic," she answered. Then she heard a loud bang from the other's location, followed by a shutting gate, "I see that your clone has defeated my juniors. Might as well take my leave then, farewell," she waved goodbye before disappearing in thin, black smoke.

     "She's so cool~!"

- Hall of Mirrors -

     "What's up with him?!" Ace complained, coughing from the impact. "No matter how many times we try to hit him, it just goes through his body. I think he's using illusion magic," Deuce stated.

     "I'm afraid that's not the case. He's using his magic to create clones," (Name) corrected Deuce. "There's not only one Cater within the maze, to say the least. The real one is chilling on the southwest of the maze," she smiled at them.

     "I don't care if the one we fought is real or not! We should not have bothered entering this dorm without the tart! That guy used us so we can paint the roses!" Ace gave a tantrum, crossing his arms in disbelief. "Sure, he got some nerve using us," Yuu and Grim said at the same time.

     "Guess we need to buy a tart, so Ace can remove the collar on his neck," Deuce said and pulled out his phone to check his phone. "Yeah, we should go after—WAIT! CRAP!" He gasped as he looked at the time. "What's wrong?" Yuu asked the stress-deprived Deuce.

     "The school bell must've rung earlier! We have to go to our class now!" The blue-haired panicked. Grim gasped, "My first day as a student is destroyed! Let's go before we're too late!"

     "Wait, what class are you guys in?" Ace asked. "Headmaster told us we're in 1-A!" Grim answered. Deuce gave a sigh of relief, "Great, we're in the same class! The first class is Potions!"

     "That sounds fun!" Grim chortled. Opposite of their reactions, "I can't use magic for the whole period... I'll be fine, right?" Ace asked, feeling bad for himself.

     "How about teleporting to your class?" (Name) offered, earning questioning looks from the four. "Here. Hold my hand and I'll take you to your class," she told them. With second thoughts, they took her hand and immediately everything around them turned into black.

- Class 1-A -

     "There you go. Have fun with your class," she waved at them before disappearing, leaving wisps of black smoke. "That made me dizzy..." Grim almost puked.

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