The Merchant of the Deep Sea: Part 31

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*Third POV*

"I'm...sorry?"

"What are you prepared to offer me if I return these contracts to you?" Leona questions


"I-I'll do anything. I'll give you all the study guides you want. I'll write your graduation thesis. I'll pad your attendance. Anything—just name it!" Azul offers to him.

"Interesting. That's a pretty tempting offer." Leona stated

"Then—" Azul gets cut off by Leona, who waved him off.


"Here's the thing, though. No offense, but none of that's gonna be enough to justify me returning these contracts."

"What?" Azul questions


"See, Ciel's got me over a barrel right now. If I don't help Team Ramshackle dispose of these contracts, they'll make a huge racket outside my room every day until morning." Leona explains as Azul was more confused.

"Huh...?"

"Basically, if you take their dorm away from the, they take my good night's sleep away from me. I want them gone from Savanaclaw, so these things have gotta go." Leona states

"THAT'S what this is all about?!" Azul exclaims

"Sorry, Azul. You're just not quite as dastardly a villain as Ciel is." Leona says.

"R-ridiculous... Don't do it!" Azul pleads

"Now... 'Kneel before me!' King's Roar!" Leona shouts

"NOOOOO!!!" Azul cries out in horror.

Leona's hand touched the contracts before Azul could move from his spot to stop him or use his magic. The all of the contracts began to turn into a pile of sand thanks to Leona's signature spell. And since they were made of paper like material, they turned into sand pretty fast compared to human skin. Azul was could only watch as all of the contracts that he had collected were nothing more but sand. And once all of the contracts were just a pile of sand, Leona retracted his hand before looking towards the other housewarden with a smirk.

"Ah... Aaah... Aaaaah! My... My... My golden contracts... All...reduced to dust..." Azul says in horror.


"Azul's signature spell, It's a Deal... Once the contract scroll is signed, it cannot be damaged, regardless of how many people try." Ruggie informs Leona.


"You made a show of how unbreakable it was several times, just to hammer that impression home... But there's no such thing as a spell that's completely flawless. From what I saw, it looked like they were impervious to damage only under specific conditions. Namely, either being in the VIP room, or being in your hands. And judging by how easily my magic turned them to sand, I was right. The contract scrolls themselves are no stronger than any other sheet of paper." Leona explains as Azul stared in disbelief.

"I... I don't believe this..."


"Shyeheehee! You could just knock Ciel into next week for trying to blackmail you. I've been wonderin' why you'd go to all this trouble, and I think I've finally figured it out." Ruggie states

"Oh yeah?" Leona questions.


"You've made a contract with Azul before. This whole thing is a way for you to conveniently get rid of it." Ruggie answered as Leona smirks.


"Hah... Nobody likes a snoop, y'know. I'm just a nice guy who can't ignore a friend in need, that's all. Heh heh."


"Haw! Listen to you, laughin' at your own jokes. I should've taken a peek at what kinda contract you made before you sanded 'em down." Ruggie smirks

"Ah... Ahhh..." Azul mutters.

"Hm?" Leona hums in confusion.

"Aaah, aaaaah... NGAAAAAH! I HATE THIIIS!" Azul shouts in anger.

"Huh?!" Leona and Ruggie exclaims in shock as they took a step back.

"It's gone. My carefully amassed collection of magic... My omnipotent power..." Azul states, as if he's out of it.

"What in the world?" Ruggie questions with wide eyes

"Talk about changin' your tune..." Leona states as his eyes widen.

"All of it, up in smoke! How could you DO this to me?! Without that, I... I... I'm back to being that 'silly little octo-twerp' again! That's the last thing I want... I refuse, I refuse, I REFUSE! I don't WANNA go back to being my old self again!" Azul exclaims in anger as a black aura began to surround the area.

"What's going on?! There's a black aura growing..." Leona states in shock as they both looked around.

"This is your fault for gettin' his hopes up and then dashing 'em on the rocks, Leona! Okay, Azul. Let's all just...take a deep breath and chill for a second. Okay?" Ruggie tells Azul, in an attempt to calm him down, only for it the seem to be failing.


"SHUT! UP!!! You don't know me! You don't know my life! All that time I spent being roundly mocked for my weakness... My intellect... Nobody could EVER understand! ...... Heh. Heh heh heh. Of course. It's so simple. If you lose something... just take it back. Give them to me. Come on. I want your prowesses... GIVE THEM TO MEEE!" Azul exclaims with a crazy look on his face as he held a hand out towards the two.

Elsewhere as the chase continued, Ciel felt pain in his head as he stopped attack the twins but kept a strong grip oh the sword's handle. He watched as his vision grew dark before he saw the area was a grayish purple with a black fade like last time. Then he saw three more ink droplets fall from above and combined the big ink puddle in front of him. Then it proceeds to fade away as his vision became clear again. He placed a hand over his head and rubbed it to relieve it of any left over pain from earlier.

Then he felt someone about to attack as he used his sword to deflect it. He saw that Floyd had tried to attack while his guards down, after he recovered from that, he began to attack once more. He sent his attacks at the twins to prevent them from catching Jack, who was holding the photo. But he thought back to what had happened while his guard was down, if made him feel worried and fear. He hoped that Leona and Ruggie are okay because if that vision appeared all of the sudden at this moment, then it meant something bad was going to happen.

'Leona, Ruggie, I hope you both are okay!'

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