Fall of NRC!?

The Regards from Other Dorms

Since the day of Ace's attack, all students of NRC have become extremely cautious and were always looking around themselves to make sure nobody can attack them. 

And of course, the policies suggested during the staff meeting were implemented, and no one dared to try and bring any weapons to school. 

Additionally, students were prohibited to use the dorm kitchens unless under the supervision of ghosts to prevent them from taking knives away.

The news of the horrible incident quickly spread to the other dorms, and all of Ace's friends were worried about him.

During break time, Anna was resting under an apple tree, holding the red hairband she always wore tightly in her hands. Then she saw the trio from Savanaclaw running towards her.

"Anna! I heard something dreadful happened to your brother!" said Jack.

"Is he alright?" asked Leona.

"Well...he's currently on life support. The doctor said he lost too much oxygen, therefore fell into a coma, despite his wounds being treated," answered Anna, lowering her head.

"That sounds awful. We're sorry that your brother had to go through that," said Ruggie.

"Thank you for your regards. My brother would appreciate that," smiled Anna.

The trio then noticed Anna playing around with her hairband.

"You seem to care about this hairband a lot. Is it your treasure?" asked Leona.

"It is indeed. Well, I also got seven other hairbands, it's just red is my favorite color," said Anna.

"Wow. So you have eight hairbands. What other colors do you have?" asked Jack.

"I also got orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and black, which I am wearing now. Ace nii-san bought all eight of them as one set for my 13th birthday. He saved up a lot of money just for that."

"I never knew he's such a great brother," said Ruggie.

"Great? He's more than just great! He's...he's just awesome!" said Anna. " Whenever hanging out, he'll never return without buying something for me, like cakes or perfume. When we were younger he always takes me to places during free time, such as the rose fields. He also performs magic at every single of my birthday parties...well, you can say he dotes on me....nope, he spoils me quite a bit."

The bell rang.

"I guess I'll return to my room for now. Thank you for your regards!" said Anna, waving at them and running towards the main building.

"I hope her brother recovers soon," said Jack.

"I know it's not like me to say something like this, but seeing a sweet girl like her being upset is really heartbreaking," said Leona.

"Kishishishishishishi! Don't tell me you have a crush on her." laughed Ruggie.

"Shut up!" shouted Leona, slapping Ruggie's back.

During lunchtime, the trio from Octavinelle sat near Anna.

"I'm really sorry about your brother. I still can't believe something like this would happen at this school," said Azul, placing his hand on Anna's.

"This is really creeping me out. I don't want anyone to become the next victim. We don't even know if the attacker will strike again," said Floyd.

"Does your family know what happened?" asked Jade.

"Of course they do," said Anna with a sad look on her face. "Big brother was really furious. When I face-timed with him last night he went berserk, yelling and shouting and threatened to kill whoever did it."