(✔︎) ❝𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐑❞

70 | Coral Sea

*When the unknown sender is more useful than the Headmaster

Bonus: 

     "Riddle-san, no need to worry about your diet," the demoness told the shy dorm leader of Heartslabyul that's having trouble looking at her prepared food. "Your mother probably made you eat a lot of unnecessary meals. Please enjoy the food," she told him.

     "Don't worry! (Name) is the best cook in our world!" Luke assured Riddle as he started to get his plate of food. Barbatos chuckled, "I'll take care of your mother if she ever made you eat meals that aren't necessary. Call me if she does that," she told the dorm leader. "You'll have a lot of strawberry tarts after dinner."

With that bargain, Riddle started to eat his food. Trey and Cater watched behind the demoness, amazed she managed to convince their stubborn dorm leader. Ace and Deuce are feeling jealous because of the food she prepared...

- Cafeteria -

They were finally eating after a long hour of practicing Magift, Grim was cheering and started to eat like the glutton he is. Leona asked what type of contract did Yuu sign that made him get kicked out of his dorm, the lion even blamed his room as cramped because of the heavyweights called Yuu and Grim...

     Leona chuckled, "So you made a contract with him to free the ones with an anemone on their head?" He repeated Yuu's explanation, earning a rolled eye from the said dorm leader. "Geez, herbivore. I like you! You send shivers down my spine, man!" He continued laughing.

     Ruggie placed his arms behind his head, "I mean, I'm not surprised honestly. Heard that Azul-kun's test reviewers are amazing," he stated. "Oh, yeah. You two didn't sign a contract with Azul for this test, right?" Jack asked the two seniors, earning shaking heads as a response. "Even though Leona-senpai looks like he would sign a contract to pass— Ah! Sorry, don't mind what I said," he apologized.

     Leona glared at the wolf, "Fool, no one in their right mind would want to octopus bastard. Even our Headmistress avoided making a contract with him. Let's say I did make a contract with him the last Tournament, but I paid with my money—not as troublesome as those anemones," he stated. Ruggie nodded, "That's true... You don't want to be indebted to Azul-kun for too long... Yes, he might be a formidable magician, but the huge the amount you want from him, the more bad luck for you," he explained.

     "Ruggie's right. Those foolish herbivores that don't know what's coming for them deserve what happened to them," the lion said, not feeling bad at all. "I don't know if I can win against him at all..." Yuu whispered, afraid all of the sudden.

     "I have a question, what are the conditions of the contract?" Leona asked.

Yuu told him about the Atlantica Memorial Museum and the connection of the picture Azul wants, along with the limited time to get it before the Ramshackle Dorm is fully his. Ruggie asked about how well they breathe underwater and that made Yuu show them the potion that Azul gave. He also explained Azul is trustable towards potions since if he messes it up, it only ruins his reputation...

     "Why not ask the help of the Headmistress, Yuu? I know for a fact something connects you and her," the lion stated. "She told me she's a demoness after all—"

     "A what now?" Jack asked.

     "She's not human, the Headmistress I mean," Leona replied. Yuu shook his head, "I don't want to bother her, she gave me this task in exchange for money from the Headmaster. (Name)-san is currently busy as the Headmistress and the Headmaster is currently missing, she's trying to find him," he replied. "No wonder he's not here," Ruggie whistled. "I'm glad she's the Headmistress, it's better~! Even tho she's scary."

     "True, she's terrifying somehow," Jack agreed. "The way she defeated Leona-senpai... I couldn't forget that."

     "What are you guys waiting for? The picture is not gonna come to you. Time is money," Leona told them. "Oh, right!" Grim snapped his fingers in realization.

Grim immediately took Yuu's hands, telling him that they should go before it was too late, with him telling them they should get Ace and Deuce with them. Jack followed to help the hopeless Ramshackle students, they can't afford to slack off because they only have three days to get the picture...

     Ruggie laughed, "Looks like they left already~! Man, Leona-san, you're mean to the bone!" He teased the lion. The lion smirked, laughing at their stupidity, "What do you mean?" He asked, acting like he didn't do anything wrong.

     "What did you two tell them?" The Headmistress appeared behind them. Ruggie and Leona slowly looked behind them to see a terrifying smile plastered on her face, "We don't want to stare at each other for the whole day, right?" That smile says otherwise, making the two of them tense.

- Mirror Chamber -

The troublemakers are looking at the potion Yuu gave them, inspecting if it's safe to drink it. Deuce was doubting it works, but Jack just gave him a growl saying that he should stop doubting it and drink it instead. Ace shrugged, wanting to test it—then they drank it all together...

     "What the fuck?!" Yuu cursed, tasting the potion. Grim was trying to cough the potion out of his throat, "Man, this tastes like a frog and rotten mushroom combined! I need water! Give me water!" He demanded, choking himself.

     "How did you know what those tastes like?! Damn, this has a strong taste," Jack uttered, coughing. Ace choked himself too, "BRO! THEY SHOULD FIX THE TASTE OF MAGICAL POTIONS! ADULTS ACT LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER!" He complained.

     "Geez... Either way, effectiveness is better than taste. It has a strong kick of taste tho..." Deuce commented. Then they felt their lungs adjusting, making it hard to breathe for them and they didn't waste any time complaining about it since Jack told the Mirror Chamber to take them to the Coral Sea, pushing the others inside the Mirror.

- Coral Sea, Atlantica Memorial Museum -

Everyone started to open their eyes, looking at their surroundings. Everything is filled with beautiful clams, colorful fishes, and more. They all admired the surroundings, enamored by it—not until Jack broke their trance and pushed them to find the Atlantica Memorial Museum. Once they arrived, they saw a bunch of people with fishtails instead of legs—making them surprised by it...

     "I didn't know mermaids exist underwater..." Jack commented. "They looked like they're edible..." Grim murmured, holding a spoon and fork.

     "Ah~! It's little shrimp with his little friends~!"

     "Hello, everyone. How's your stay in the world of the Sea?"

     "I know that voice..." Yuu muttered, turning around to be face to face with the Leech twins. "It's the shady twins!" Grim yelled, earning a clicking tongue from Floyd.

     Ace tensed, looking at the twins' mermaid forms, "YOU! WHY DO YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE THAT?!" He asked, afraid. Floyd chuckled, "Your reaction is cute~! But this is what we look like all the time, I mean we're merfolks after all~!" He stated, laughing at their feared expressions.

     Yuu went into a fighting stance, "Don't you guys have legs back in the school?" He asked them. Jade chuckled, pinching his chin, "Well, we drink a potion that can turn us into humans above the land. It would be hard to walk in this form, isn't it?" He replied.

     "Bro, you're so tall! Holy shit, how tall are you guys exactly?!" Ace asked, terrified from their humongous form as a human and mermaid. Deuce looked at their tails, "What's up with your tails...?  Are you guys some sort of a sea snake?" He asked.

     "Nuh-uh~! We're eels~!" Floyd replied cheerfully. Grim senses that something is fishy with them around, "Why the hell are you guys doing here anyway?!" He demanded.

     "Isn't it obvious~? We're here to be your problems~!" The silly twin exclaimed, twiddling with his magical pen. The others are ready to fight them, while Ace sighed since he knows this will happen, "We'll be your obstacle to prevent you from getting the pictures easily," Jade added.

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