Twisted Wonderland: Glorious Masquerade - Let the Bell of Solace Ring

Chapter 0: Prologue

Do you hear the pealing of the bell?

Loud as thunder, soft as a whisper...

The Bell of Solace rings out

Now, allow me to share you a tale...

... About a monster who dwells in Fleur City.

One night, at an unknown location, there is a fire crackling in the fireplace.

Soon, there is a voice, " Patience... Soon... Just a little longer, and I will finally be rid of those abominations. Then we will be free. I shall bring peace to everyone!" and lets out a laugh, "Hm... Hmhmhm... HAAAH HAH HAH HAH!"

Suddenly, they hear a knock at the door, followed by a voice, "The visitors from Night Raven College are here. We should go receive them."

The person in the room calms himself, "I'll be right there."

Then he says to himself, " Hmph. Look at how giddy with excitement they are. Embarrassments, the lot of them. No matter, though... I'm also quite eager to meet him, and his special little friend."

And soon, it's revealed to be a tall young man with a pale complexion. His hair is gray with streaks of white, and is styled in front with short, choppy bangs following longer sections framing his face above his ears, which lead into thin gray sideburns. His nose is vertically long and flat, and his eyebrows are dark-gray, furrowed and s-shaped. He has sanpaku eyes, which are a pale forest-green with tints of deep blue framed with dark-gray, thick and upturned eyelashes with large hoods above them. His lips are thin and pale, darker on the upper lip and paler on the bottom. His heavy eye-bags are particularly striking, being a deep gray and even coloring the hoods; because of them, his eyes are creased at the bottoms.

He is wearing what appears to be a uniform. With small berets, simple and short black robes, hoods, and small ribbons, his uniform is much more intricate. He dawns a tricorne, calf-length robes, heeled shoes, and curtain-like fabrics on the back of his coat. His purple and black striped cap with maroon accents has golden buttons mirroring each-other on its top, having an ankle-length red ribbon which is cut unevenly at the bottom attached to it. On his innermost layer he wears a button-up white turtleneck shirt, white opaque stockings, and calf-length black pants with purple cuffs. His second layer consists of black robes with long sleeves that are puffed below his elbows and slimmed at the wrists. The robe has two triangular cuts below his knee, splitting them into rectangular sections with creases that trace up to his waist. Atop that lies black padded fabric with stripes of purple and maroon that frame it which dangles below his chest and lies on either side of his white shirt. From the fabric, maroon tassels hang down to his waist, and rounded, black and red shoulder-pads point from both sides.

Right below his shoulder-pads are symmetrical golden cuffs carved out in the shape of vines and one large fluer-de-lis on either side. Extending from the padded fabric atop his robes falls a large black fabric with a red inner color and lined with gold accents, being embroidered with golden vines and lilies, which wraps around his elbows and connects behind him in a half-circle. On the backside of his padding falls two large, rectangular red fabrics with golden lining and a triangular-cut fabric in the middle, each one having maroon tassels extend the height to his ankles. Above the robe on his waist lies a purple, golden, vine and flower embroidered corset lined with maroon and buttoned in the middle. Below the corset hangs a purple slash at his hips, lined on each side with gold, extending into golden tassels at the ends. Below the middle of his chest lies a large, golden bell surrounded by lilies connected to two thick fluer-de-lis pointing outwards. His shoes are black loafers with buckles adorned with three golden lilies on each side. The underside of his heel is a deep purple.

With a sinister expression, " Just you wait... Malleus Draconia and Briar Rosetta Seerwood!"

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