Key of Souls: Twisted Wonderland

Chapter 62: The Rise and Fall of a Prince

Dawn's POV

"OFF WITH YOUR HEAD", I heard Riddle shout as he used his Unique Magic to place collars on the remaining Savanaclaw residents. Me, Ace, and Deuce rushed back to where Riddle, Grim, and Jack were; the trio was finishing off the remaining residents with some of them getting collared by Riddle.

"Grr... He's strong...", said one of the residents.

"The Dorm Head class is crazy...", another resident said.

"Hmph. You're nothing worth mentioning. Ace, Deuce, can you continue?", Riddle asked, concerned about how his card soldiers took quite a beating.

Despite his beating, Ace gave his Dorm Leader a bright smile and said, "Good to go."

"Of course!", Deuce answered; both he and Ace were ready to deal some payback for the thrashing they received earlier.

Leona glared at the fallen dorm members before setting his sights on us; his face showed a mixture of anger and disappointment that his dorm members lost to our group despite their larger numbers and that Riddle had taken out most of his men. "Tch... These guys don't stand a chance against Riddle.", Leona said.

"Shishishi! But even if you beat us here, you're too late to help Diasomnia!", Ruggie smugly said with a laugh. Of course, we didn't forget that they were also responsible for causing that stampede that Diasomnia was swept up in. But just as Ruggie thought that everything was already played in their favour...

"Ho hoh? What a fascinating conversation.", a new voice suddenly said.

"Who is too late?", said a bold voice.

"It's true, there is not a single injury among the Diasomnia players. Thanks to all of them.", a smooth-sounding voice said.

We all turned around and to Leona, Ruggie, and the rest of Savanaclaw's shock and utter disbelief, standing there were Lilia and two other members of Diasomnia, all of whom were completely unharmed; I was a bit shocked as I recalled the two teens who were standing right behind Lilia from the cafeteria. But I smiled to myself knowing that our plan to save Diasomnia worked and now Leona and his dorm would face the consequences for their actions. Ruggie, who looked like he had seen a ghost exclaimed, "Eh!? How!? I saw you caught in the stampede..."

"Too bad!", a familiar voice said. Stepping out from behind the tall, mint-green-haired boy and standing right next to Lilia was Cater with a coy smile. "That was a bunch of "me's" in disguise thanks to my Unique Magic "Split Card".", he told the hyena-eared boy with a wink.

"Come again?", Leona questioned him with a glare.

"I'd always wanted to try on the Diasomnia uniform~. I guess I got pretty lucky♪. I've got to put it on Magicam.", said Cater with a bright smile. Lilia looked at Cater with a bright smile and said, "Well now. If that's the case, I would have lent you my uniform anytime."

"Hmmm, Lils, your uniform would be a little tight on me...", Cater said as he scratched the back of his head; obviously, Lilia's uniform is much smaller and that Cater would not fit well in that.

As I looked at Leona, I saw the pure look of rage on his face; it was given since everything he had planned out for the attack on Diasomnia was all up in smoke. For a moment, I felt his glare set on me and felt a chill down my spine but I stood my ground; I knew he would have it out for me since I learned about his plan when I overheard him talking to Ruggie last night. "Hey, what is this farce?", Leona questioned.

"We heard about it from Riddle. So we put on a little performance for you.", said Lilia with a small smile.

"Th-then... Malleus is?", Ruggie studdered, his eyes widening in realization.