"Yo, man, how's it going?" Ace asked while barging into the room. Y/n, who was sitting by Trey's bandaged ankle, glared at Ace. "Learn how to knock." she scoffed.

Ace ignored her, as Deuce would only sweatdrop. "pardon our intrusion" he said as Yuuna and Grim walked inside of the room, seeing an injured Trey, with his ankle on a pillow and Y/n's feather wings were out, but something seemed wrong. Y/n had injured her left wing. "How are you guys feeling?" Yuuna asked.

Trey shifted a bit in a sitting position, grunting a bit. "We came all this way just to see your sorry face. It's cool- don't get up!" Grim said, scolding the older student.

"Well, if it isn't Hunting Season! And Grim and Yuuna too! You're rolling deep today" Cater grinned as he saw everyone.

Ace raised an eyebrow. "Hey, Cater...I'm lost. Whaddaya mean by 'hunting season'?" he asked.

"I mean it's you guys! You're Ace, he's Deuce- that's what you call an Ace Deuce in poker!" Cater explained.

"Don't give us a couple nickname!" Deuce exclaimed, glaring at Cater.

Y/n chuckled. "Riiiight...Anyway, how d'you feel, Trey, Y/n? And how'd did you guys get hurt?" Ace asked the two.

"He slipped on the stairs and I fell with him" Y/n spoke.

Trey smiled a bit. "I couldn't catch myself, and my ankle got all messed up when Y/n tried to catch my fall, injuring her wing in the process. I'll be on crutches for a while"

"Yikes. Those sound pretty bad!" Deuce winced at the thought.

"Yep and the nurse is running low on phoenix tears. Looks like I'll be warming the bench at the Spelldrive tournament this year. After all, we can't just make our only phoenix cry, it has to be natural" Trey says, sighing in disappointment. "Feel better, Specs," Grim says, hopping into Yuuna's arms.

Y/n looked towards Trey, summoning a strawberry, and giving it to him. "I'll give you this strawberry only if you agree to rest, Senpai" Y/n said. Trey let out a chuckle, taking the strawberry from the Levia-fae, "Heh, Thanks" he thanked both Y/n and Grim.

"Ugh" Cater groaned. "Hashtag fail! Now that we've lost a power player, we have to redo our team roster!"

"wait, what?!" Ace and Deuce seemed to be excited about the possibility of having tryouts. After all, they want to be part of the team.

Soon after, the door opened again, revealing Riddle who frowned towards Ace, Deuce, Yuuna, and Grim who were crowding the room, around Trey. "Why are there so many people in here? Trey is supposed to be resting! Y/n, you're also supposed to be taking an ice bath to heal your wing!" Riddle says.

"Haha, sorry about that Riddle. I wanted to check on Trey first. After all, I'm an expert at healing" Y/n winked towards Riddle, having a grin.

Riddle nodded, sighing a bit. "Myah! It's Ragin' Riddle!" Grim shrieked. Riddle looked down at Grim, glaring at the poor raccoon. "I am not 'raging.' I will perfectly pleasant if you obey the rules!" he scoffed. He walked next to Y/n and sat next to her at the end of Trey's bed. "How are you doing, Trey? Can I bring you anything to eat or drink?" he tone soften a bit, worried for his friend.

How course, he was worried about his soulmate, since she got injured as well, but Y/n managed to convince him that she'll be alright when she dips her injured wing in ice water to heal.

"I told you, Riddle: you don't need to fuss over me like this" Trey reassured the red-haired boy.

"But...it's my fault that you two got hurt" Riddle mumbled, looking down towards the floor.

"Riddle..." Y/n rubbed his back. "What? He didn't tell us that part!" Ace says.

"I met up with Y/n, we met up with Trey. I needed to have a talk with him, so we went to the junior classroom at lunch. And then..."

Riddle walked down the flight of stairs next to Y/n, and behind them, Trey, trailing behind. "I'm going to be late today, so go ahead and start practicing without me." Riddle says.

"Sure, will do" Trey nodded.

"I can't wait to see the results for the team. I wish you all the best of luck" Y/n smiled.

"All right, I'll see you later, Trey. Thank you Y/-" then Riddle felt his foot tense up from beneath him, and suddenly fall forward. "Wh-whoa!" he yelped. "Riddle, look out!" Trey shouts, grabbing Riddle before he could fall, but he ended up falling with Riddle to the ground. In a blink of an eye, Y/n flew down quickly, catching both Trey and Riddle, in return for having her left-wing injured. The scene ended with Trey and Riddle on top of Y/n and her wing. Trey ended up injuring his ankle when they landed.

"Y/n never would have injured her wing...and Trey never would have slipped if he hadn't caught me when I was about to tumble over," Riddle said, sighing.

"Yeah, but if I hadn't, you would have just broken your fall with a flight spell or Y/n could have caught you since she has wings. It was stupid of me to intervene. So you don't owe me anything" Trey said, laughing a bit.

"Still, I..."

Ace leaned over to Yuuna. "Hey, Yuu, d'you think...?"

Yuuna seemed to have taken the hint and nodded her head, "Yeah. This may not have been an accident."

"Riddle, come on! It's not gonna do anyone any good to have you harshing the vibe here. It's lame that Trey and Y/n got hurt, but you'll rock the field that much harder to make up for them, right" Cater asked, grinning a bit.

"Well, I suppose that's true..." Riddle said, sighing. His head still dropped down towards his lap.

"All right, peeps, we should let Trey get his rest. Out, out, out!" Cater says, pushing everyone out, leaving Trey alone in the room.

Everyone had gathered around the common room. "All right, Cater. Was there something you didn't want to tell me in front of Trey?" asked Riddle, crossing his arms a bit.

Cater let out a smirk "You're always a step ahead of me, Riddle" he says. He then turned towards the two idiots and the Amaryllis students. "I get the feeling Y/n, Yuuna, and co. know something about it. Want to fill us in?" he asked.

"Right, so..." Yuuna began to explain the details of their investigation as Y/n's suspicion of these incidents aren't just normal carelessness and clumsiness.

"Ah..." Riddle muttered. "so the headmaster asked you to investigate?"

"I knew it. Grim coming by for a get-well visit? That's just plain sus" Cater smirked a bit, leaning towards Yuuna, hugging her from behind.

Yuuna blushed for a bit as Y/n laughed. "I'm sure that Yuuna was the only one with pure intentions"

Riddle seemed to be deep in thought. "I must admit that I found the circumstances odd as well," Riddle says, standing next to Y/n who twirled a lock of his hair. He didn't seem to mind though. "I've had Cater looking for it for me."

"And I found out that all of the victims have been talented players like Riddle and Trey." Cater explains.

"To be clear, it wasn't as if I had been pushed, or that I had tripped," Riddle says. Y/n agreed. "He is right, after all, Trey was the only one behind us, he wouldn't have tried to injure Riddle. It's too obvious," she said.

"Indeed. But...I did feel a peculiar sensation, like...my body was moving of its own volition" Riddle added. "The other victims said basically the same thing," Grim said, remembering about the other students.

"I believe we can safely surmise that potential Spelldrive tournament players are being targeted," Riddle concluded. Y/n agreed.

"You think someone is causin' accidents to take out the threats from the tournament?" asked Ace.

"Indeed. After all, the whole world will be watching, remember?" Y/n said to the boy.

"A good performance and Camelius acknowledgment can make a player's whole career. It's no surprise that some would resort to underhanded methods to even the odds" Riddle continued.

"Sure, but it doesn't make much sense. I mean, you'd know if you got pushed off the stairs by a gust of wind magic or somethin', right?" Cater asked Riddle who shook his head. "Certainly...but I felt no external force, and it differently didn't feel like any sort of Permafrost's dark magic either"

"Permfrost's dark magic? What do you mean?" asked Deuce.

"Permafrost's dark magic, huh. Well, dark magic users are quite rare throughout the world, but dark magic is just as common as having other elemental power of creation. But dark magic is dangerous if in the wrong hand. One of its abilities is that the user can control the shadow of another. In this case, whoever is behind this would have controlled their victim's shadow like a marionette without strings" Y/n explained.

'wait, how do I know this?!" she thought, completely surprised that she knows such information.

"Indeed, but due to the fact that it's rare for those without Permafrost blood to even control Dark magic, it is unlike for our culprit to even have such power," Riddle says in agreement.

"What about the students who had accidents in the classroom?! How do you explain that?" Cater asked.

"The culprit can tell us all about it when we capture him. And we intend to help you do that." Riddle said, with an anger look on his face. He couldn't believe someone who even dare to break the tournament rules right under his nose.

"Myah? YOU'RE gonna help us? What's your angle?" Grim asked, crossing his paws. Cater placed a hand over his chest dramatically, "You offend us, sir. One of your housemates was injured- why wouldn't we help find find justice?"

"We're all house-buds here. Count us in" said Ace.

"He's gonna pay for what he did to Trey!" Deuce said, pumping his fist.

"You two seem awfully enthusiastic about this" Riddle and Y/n questioned in unison.

"Ahhh...I get it." Cater smirked mischeifously. "You're running for that open spot on our team, aren't you?" he asked.

"Heh. Was it that obvious?" Ace asked, scratching his nape.

"Wow, you said it with no shame either" Y/n dumbfounded.

"N-no! That had nothing to do with it! I just want to avenge our housemate!" Deuce exclaimed.

"Calm down, Deuce. We get it" Yuuna smiled at the boy.

Riddle let out a sigh. "Fine...Your performance during the investigation will be taken into account."

"Woo-hoo!" Deuce and Ace cheered.

"hmm, now, if we're going to apprehend this culprit, we need to stay a step ahead of him" Riddle adds.

"And we're going to do that HOW, exactly?" asked Grim.

"By predicting which student will be targeted next and covertly following him" Riddle explained. Y/n nodded like it was simple. "Should the culprit strike, we will protect the target and then immediately pursue the attacker" Y/n continued.

"A stakeout, then?" questioned Yuuna.

"Bingo!" Y/n grinned.

"But how do we know who will be targeted next?" Yuuna asked.

"I've got this, Yuu" Cater winked. He took out his phone and explain. "I've already identified a number of potential targets from among the most promising players. I'll form a group on Magicam so we can coordinate our efforts and then give you access to the album."

"Whoa, Cater, this is a ton of information!" Deuce was amazed by how fast Cater was able to get the information.

"Let's nail this creep!"

Y/n had dragged Yuuna along with her since the human girl was distracted by Magicam and became a blushing mess on how many people had followed her from her posts about Y/n doing weird but funny things.

Like this is this one video of Y/n crying on the couch while eating chocolate ice cream. Why was she crying, well, she was crying because she found out Grim ate her last cookie.

Certain housewardens thought it was adorable of her crying over a small thing. Maybe it was because a certain event was coming up.

The post that gave Yuuna the most likes was a video of Yuuna taking a selfie with an unprepared Y/n, who looked dead tired since her h/c side bangs were over her face.

The group had turned to the Pomefiore mirror after walking out of the Heartslabyul mirror.

As soon as they walked through a mirror, they met with a big fancy castle. When they entered the mirror, Y/n and Yuuna's school uniform changed to that of the style of Pomefiore. Y/n made a comment on how Amaryllis was far more beautiful since it reflects the sun and moonlight, making it sparkle as they walked inside.

"Let's start here, at Pomefiore. There's a junior named Rook Hunt who's caught my eye." Cater spoke as the group hid, but Y/n didn't hide too well, causing her horns to be seen. "He has a blond bob cut and a fedora- you can't miss him" Cater pointed out.

Y/n turned to see the Pomefiore trio. Vil seemed to have noticed the Levia-fae's presence and gestured for her to come over and join. After all, Vil and Y/n became friends when filming for Rebirth's music videos, maybe because Vil seemed to have new that Y/n was Rebirth and quickly became friends. Vil seemed to be happier that he was ahead of his long-time rival.

Y/n shook her head in decline, as she listened to her other friend's conversation, in which they were whispering. "Rook is an exceptional player. He performed extremely well in the last year's tournament. But he is of an...odd duck, one might say" Riddle trails off a bit.

"Oh, is that him sitting over there," Deuce asked, as Y/n nodded.

"Whoa. That dude's, like, a glitter bomb in human form. He's basically sparkling." Ace mentioned.

"Non, Epel, non. When you lift your teacup, do not insert your fingers through the handle. It is most inelegant" Y/n heard Rook speak.

"Oh...right. I'm sorry" Epel frowned, obviously not happy about the lessons.

Vil let out a sigh. "I just cannot decide how I want to do my makeup on tournament day! I'm thinking maybe that new foundation from Felicity Cosmetics or...perhaps Aqua Cosmetics from Permafrost?"

"Oh ho ho! Mon Belle Vil, the Roi du Poison...Surely your beaute is not so faint that you need makeup to shine?" Rook asked.

"Of course, I don't! But I don't dare miss an opportunity to accentuate it further!" Vil says.

"I admire that passion. Magnifique! Tres Magnifique!" Rook exclaimed.

"uhhh...And you're sayin' this guy is some kinda incredible athlete? Somehow, I doubt he's gonna be a target" Grim said.

"I agree. I'm not sure if the culprit will be able to escape once he is in Rook-senpai's vicinity..." Yuuna mumbled.

"Next on Cay-Cay's big list of potential targets are Jade Leech and his twin brother, Floyd. They're both sophomores at Octavinelle House." Cater explained. "Word is, they work so well together on the field that other teams don't know how to counter them." he continued.

The group decided to investigate the twins who were wandering around the courtyard.

"Whoa! They have, like, the exact same face! Like Y/n and that other Fae!" Grim pointed out.

"Her name is Yuma, Grim" Y/n said. "Ya! That!" Grim shouts.

"Is it just me, or do they make all the other students look tiny in comparison? They're giants!" Ace exclaimed, trying to measure their height difference.

"I could see that being a big advantage for 'em," Grim said.

"So what do we think? Could they be in danger?" asked Deuce.

"Not if the culprit is an idiot." Y/n huffed.

"I agree. If I were the culprit, I'd save them for last." Riddle spoke, shivering a bit from the thought. "Just took at those two. I wouldn't want to get anywhere near them- especially Floyd" he made a sour expression.

"Oh ho ho!~ What is UP, Lil' Goldfish? Ooooh! And lil' angelfish is here as well~"

'ah-' Y/n thought

"Bwah! He spotted us!" Riddle sqeauked and immediately hid behind his precious future wife, Y/n, using her right wing to cover himself a bit more.

Yuuna sweatdropped a bit. While Y/n paid no mind about being used as a Meat shield. Or that is what she displayed.

"What brings you to our humble abode, huh? Playing hide-and-seek? Sounds like fun~" the eel cooed, teasing Riddle.

Riddle peeked up from Y/n's angelic wing towards Floyd. "F-Floyd...I've asked you several times to stop calling me by strange nicknames" he spoke, blushing from embarrassment. Espeically since his lover that he has to share with six others was there.

"But you're so small and red! How are you NOT a goldfish?" Floyd asked. The eel tilted his head when Yuuna moved in front of Y/n who was shielding Riddle, gulping in response.

Floyd let out a grin, leaning his face towards the human female, "aw! Your so cute!~ Can I give you a little squeeze?" he teased.

Yuuna's face became a bright red, due to how close Floyd was too her. "U-uh...can you give us some space?" she asked. She was back against Y/n, pressing up on her chest. Floyd looked like he was about to say something but was interrupted when Grim spoke, "This guy seems like he's a few cans short of a tuna casserole"

Floyd's attention turn to Grim, turning his attention to the raccoon. "A talking cat? Now THAT'S something you don't see every day! Can I squeeze you 'til you pop?" he spoke with a mischievous smile, making poor Grim uncomfortable.

"Uh, no?! Stay away from me, werido!" he shouts. Y/n held Yuuna's hand, and gently pushed Riddle back to create space between them and Floyd. Grim immediately jumped in Yuuna's arms to hide.

"My, it would appear a contingent from Heartslabyul House has paid us a little visit." a voice spoke. It was Jade. He sauntered over to the group, smikring at Cater, Riddle, Ace, and Deuce. "Here to assess the competition in advance of the Spelldrive tournament, perhaps?" Jade asked.

Cater flinched in panic, "Nah. We...can't really go into it, though" he stuttered.

"We take a dim view of spying at Octavinelle. I would ask you to justify your actions, suspicious as they are. And please, spare no detail" Jade spoke, he then turned towards Y/n and Yuuna.

"Ah. You must be the first female Housewarden of the new Amaryllis dormitory, the famous Y/n Chione, and the other female, Yuuna Enma." he bowed towards the ice queen and Yuu.

"I don't think we had the chance to meet just yet. You might know who I am, but I shall reintroduce myself before our frost queen. I'm Jade Leech of Octavinelle." he introduce, taking one of Y/n's hand and giving a kiss on top.

Floyd then took Y/n's other hand, doing to same thing. "And I'm Floyd Leech~ It's a pleasure to meet you, your majesty~"

"Likewise" Y/n said. She didn't think anything of it, after all, men from the Land of Permafrost do this sort of greeting according to Imperial Etittque. Kissing the hand of a lady is quite common in the noble world, especially if such women is highly respected, like Y/n, who serves as the Empress. But Riddle didn't like that.

Riddle placed a hand on Y/n's waist, pulling her away from the Leech twins, glaring at them

"Ara?~ It seems we made Riddle angry" Jade chuckled.

"It seems that the rumors of them being soulmates were true. Sea Dragon must share~" Floyd spoke in a sly manner.

"This guy sure talks fancy, but man, his eyes are stone cold" Ace spoke, sweat rolling down his face.

"Man, would you look at the time?" Cater spoke, getting in front of the group. "Gotta run, guys! It's been real fun! Byeee!" he shouted, pushing everyone to run away