❝DÉVOUEMENT❞ ; twst.

✦ chapter one hundred fifty seven.

ೃ༄ "mother will not be happy about this."
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as f/n returned to reality, malleus sighed in relief. "where were you?" asked the young man. f/n could only smile as she replied, "i went to check on the dorm leaders' dreams... still conducting a check." 

"i see..."

"...where's lilia? or rather, what happened with lilia?" 

"i sent him back to a deeper sleep," replied malleus as he gently wiped the tear blot on her cheek, "my dearest, it won't be long now until our dreams turn into reality."

instead of replying enthusiastically and supportively to his statement, all f/n could do  is smile a little, "...mm... i should go check on the others."

malleus nodded, taking a step back, "alright."

...

as soon as she was alone, f/n wasted no time summoning her crystal ball and continued monitoring the gang. they watched as vil joined the team and visited kalim and jamil's dreams, unable to find the right time to join them without gathering suspicion.

while watching them, her mind slowly drifted back to the last silver she had with silver.

...

"...silver, how come you can find the strength to raise your sword at him?"

there was silence that lingered in the air before silver let out a shaky breath, "i do not wish for malleus-sama to become the enemy of humankind... i do not want that for you either, and i am relieved to know you have regained your senses."

he then held her hand, "i don't know what is going on with your... supposed curse, but please don't make things difficult for yourself."

f/n hummed, "...i'm doing this for the sake of my mission, the very reason why i am in nrc in the first place. i admit i am one of the factors why mal fell into overblot, and i am willing to fix my mistake even if it means facing dire consequences."

"...wait, what?"

"...sil, i am tasked to oversee the overblots of the academy..." muttered f/n.

"wait, that's your actual mission...? how did you know there will be..." trailed the young man.

"...it's a long story, but please just think of it as me being here on an official capacity. however, seeing as our prince has also succumbed to this, i am clearly not doing a great job at this overseeing thing," spoke f/n, "and that would mean i'll be facing consequences... you know how the senate are... those pompous, snobbish, close-minded folks..."

"no!"

f/n flinched as silver suddenly yelled, quickly holding her hand as he said, "i won't... we can't let you get harmed. you did the best you could!"

she did not speak for a while, but she then smiled softly as she gently placed a hand on his cheek, "it will be okay... for now, let's focus on our lonely monarch."

...

with a soft sigh, f/n eyed her crystal ball once more as she watched them struggle to wake jamil up. she had wanted to tag along, but seeing as malleus was around, she did not want to raise any suspicion.

so she did the best she could in supporting them through summoning shields and buffing them up — which they had not noticed yet.

"scarabia... then that means octavinelle is next," muttered f/n, "damn it... my deal with azul... i hope he won't mention it."

travelling from one dream to another, f/n watched as they finally met with the octavinelle students — starting with floyd, who had a silly dream about azul and his brother.

"what the... why do they look odd?" muttered f/n with a soft laugh, "their imaginations are quite funny."

while watching, she had noticed silver directly eyeing her, which made her curious. "hm...? does he know i'm watching...?" muttered the lady before recalling that an owl would be settling in the areas she was watching over to act as her cctv camera.

"oh, haha, right... forgot about that," spoke f/n, "hm... pretty sharp of him to notice... silver is further developing into a fine man — ah, what am i doing? i need to focus."

and so, she settled down and monitored their moves. once they had jumped to jade's dream, she couldn't help but giggle at azul and floyd's physical appearances in his dream world.

"this is even more ridiculous..." muttered the lady, "it's like i'm watching a show."

of course, she continued to monitor them before sighing heavily, growing bored at just sitting around and doing nothing, watching as blot dripped on the floor.

"mm... haa~ another epic failure... mother will not be happy about this..."

before she could say anything, the boys had successfully awakened jade and she knew this was the time to head to azul's dream.

"well, it seems i can leave now..."

she stood up after making sure malleus was no longer keeping tabs on her. seeing as he wasn't around, he must be patrolling in other dreams.

"off to azul i go..."