The Birth of Venus || Various!TwistedWonderland X Siren!Reader

✧28. Red. ✧

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"You shut your spoiled little mouth!" Ace shouted before reeling his arm back and striking Riddle in the face. YES! Beautiful! Deserved! You cheered internally. Riddle stumbled back, putting an arm up in defense. "Riddle?!" Both Cater and Trey yelled in shock. "Mr. Rosehearts?!" Crowley stared in shock. Riddle clutched his face as the crowd began to erupt in shock at the violent events. Whispers of "He punched the Housewarden!" Traveled about the crowd as the spectators looked on in awe. "A-Ace?!" Deuce looked at the ginger with wide eyes. Ace put a hand on his hip, still wearing an angry expression. "That's all I can take. Forget Riddle. Forget the duel. I'm done." Riddle held his now reddening cheek "That hurt! You... p-punched me?!" His face was painted with a mixture of surprise and anger. 

"Kids aren't trophies for their parents to flaunt. And the accomplishments of a child aren't determined by the worth of their parents." Ace began. "It's not your parents' fault you became a tyrant - or anyone else's. You've been here a year and haven't even made a friend who will tell you you're outta line. And that's on you." Riddle was astonished. "What are you even talking about?" Ace continued with his harsh reality check. "Yeah, maybe you had some rigid upbringing from a relentless helicopter-mom." He rolled his eyes. "Is that all you are? An extension of her? Can't you think for yourself? You call yourself the "red sovereign"? You're just a baby who's good at magic." Ace pointed at Riddle.

"Baby...? Did you just call me a "baby"?!" Riddle spoke, offense lacing his tone. "You don't know anything about me! You don't know anything about anything!" His face was starting to become redder, not only from being punched but from anger. "Nope, sure don't. And I don't need to." Ace stated. "Your attitude tells me all I need to know - that you're nothing but a spoiled brat!" Your gut feeling began to get worse. 

"Shut up, shut up, shut UP!" Riddle practically screamed at Ace. "My mother was right! And that means I'm right too!" It's almost like he's throwing a temper tantrum. Trey crossed his arms. "Riddle, calm down. The duel is already over." Crowley agreed. "Mr. Clover is correct. The challenger has been disqualified due to physical violence. If you do not cease your conflict now, I'll have you written up for breaking school rules!" The headmage threatened. Yuu grabbed onto your sleeve, his nerves increasing from the ongoing tension.

"Ace is right, though! I've had enough of Riddle!" A Heartslabyul student yelled from the crowd, followed by the sight of an egg being thrown right at Riddle. It landed square right onto his head. "An egg?" Trey mumbled in shock, staring at the housewarden. "Who did that? Who threw that egg?!" Riddle yelled into the crowd, barely even bothering to remove the egg goop that ruined his hair. The crowd was silent. Nobody dared to step forward. "Heh heh... Ah ha ha ha! You say YOU'RE fed up?! I'M the one who's fed up with all of YOU!" Riddle pointed at the crowd of students. "No matter how strict I am, no matter how many heads I remove, you keep breaking the rules!All any of you care about is doing what YOU want to do! If the guilty party won't come forward, then I'll pass judgment on all of you!" He seethed. "Clearly, none of you value your heads! Off With Your Heads!" He screamed the last part. Every single Heartslabyul student suddenly acquired a fancy new collar. Yours seemed to get heavier. Something is wrong.

Students began to flee, loudly yelling and making a commotion. "Ah ha ha ha! How do you like that, hm? Now no one can do a thing to me!" Riddle crossed his arms, now looking smug. "Do you see now? My strict adherence to the rules was clearly the correct path!" He deduced in the midst of all the commotion. "Cease this improper behavior now, Mr. Rosehearts. I expect better from you!" Crowley attempted to step in, but Riddle was too far gone. He casted spell after spell, sending students fleeing and overworking his magic. "Trey, if he keeps using his spell... This could get ugly, fast!" You heard Cater stress to Trey. You furrowed your eyebrows with concern. "Riddle, stop this!" Trey yelled out to no avail as the redhead continued his reign of terror. "Wow, way to totally prove me wrong here, pal!" Ace yelled, fueling the fire. "I call you a baby, and you immediately throw a temper tantrum!"