Princess of Villainy

Roses to be Painted

The group traveled to the Mirror Hall and entered the one to Heartslabyul Dorm.

[LOCATION: Heartslabyul Dorm]

"Whoa~! This is super fancy! It's completely different from our dorm!" Grim said in amazement

"Well, we can't all afford a fancy decorator Chernette said.

"Oh, no. I gotta hurry and paint these roses red." They heard someone say

"Oh, someone's over there." Grim pointed out, gaining attention of the guy.

"Whoa there~ If there are some left unpainted, it's off with my head."

'I feel like I've seen this scenery somewhere...' Chernette thought as she sees the orangette man painting roses.

"Hm? Did you guys need something?" He asked.

"What're you doin'?" Ace asked him.

"Painting the roses red." The orange-haired man said

"Eh!? Why do such a thing?" Deuce asked in confusion.

"Hm~ Your reactions are so fresh it's kinda cute~!" The orange-haired male said in a teasing voice as he looked at the group. "Hey I know you. You're the super sinful kid who stole the Prefect's tart! I'm so lucky to meet the rumored freshies so early in the morning~♪" He said gleefully.

Then the orangette spots Celeste and puts on a charming smile walking up to her.

"And you're the first girl to be admitted here! Hey, can I upload a picture of you guys? I wanna put hashtags so tell me your name." He asked as he took out his phone.

"I'm Deuce Spade."

"Ace."

"I'm Grim and that's my-."

"I'm not your henchman. I'm Chernette Duskstone.

"Alright, upload done~♪...Oh, I'm Cater Diamond, a 3rd year. That makes me your senior~ Call me Cater-kun, okay? Cate's fine, too~♡" He said taking Chernette's hand and kissing, making her flustered.

"Oh, I shouldn't be standing here and talking! The party's the day after tomorrow. It's off with my head if I'm late." Cater said to himself.

Then he turned to the freshmen and looked like he had an idea.

"Hey, hey, freshies~ Can you help me with painting the flowers?" He asked nicely.

" Why're you doing somethin' so strange?" Deuce asked.

"Aside from coloring the roses, I also have to color the flamingos for the croquet match~" Cater explained.

"The flamingos?! Those are weird jobs." Grim said incredulously.

"So, the tarts that Ace ate were to be used for the Prefect's birthday party? I see now. So that's why he was so mad..." Deuce theorized.

"What? That's not it." Cater said taking them by surprise, but he explained. "It's no one's birthday. You see, the day after tomorrow is our Dorm's legendary [Unbirthday party]. It's a tea party that the Prefect felt like doing, so he chose a day that doesn't fall on anyone's birthday."

"The hell's that!?" Ace asked incrediously

"In any case, the reasons can wait! You just have to help me paint the roses! Celeste-chan, Deuce-chan and Grim-chan can use magic, right? Ace-chan can't use magic, so here's a paintbrush~" Cater said as he got them to the bushes.

"Ch-change the colors with magic, you mean...?" Deuce said.

"I haven't done anything like that before, yanno." Grim said nervously.