Chapter 11
“Eh!? You really went to Dwarfs' Mine to find a magic crystal?” Crowley actually looked shocked.
“Eeeh!?”
“But that is exactly what you manipulated us into doing” Roxana said as she scrolled through her phone.
That was an arrow to Crowley’s heart. “M-manipulation ? I honestly did not !”
And I am Godric Gryffindor. Roxana though.
“I really didn't think... My word, I never actually thought you'd go... You'd not only go but then come back with a crystal in hand. I completed the paperwork for your expulsion in solemn silence.” Crowley looked a bit sheepish, or he was faking it, you never know with this guy.
“Nnga! The nerve of this guy!” Grim frowned. “While we were off fighting some crazy beast!”
Crowley paused. “Beast?”
“There was a monster there! It was super gross and crazy strong. It was awful!” Ace said.
Crowley’s golden eyes looked intensely at Ace. “Could you explain in more detail?”
The conversation went like in the game, Ace explained, Crowley cried.
“I am overwhelmed with emotion. This incident confirms it, Roxana ! Without a doubt, you have talent as a beast tamer!” Crowley said.
God give me patient ! Roxana closed her eyes.
“Anyways ! Students of Night Raven College are budding mages chosen by the Dark Mirror. But due to their excellence, many of them turn out to be prideful, egotistical, and self-centered individualists who never give a thought about cooperating with others.”
“Like you” Roxana said, and that ladies and gentlemen was an Emotional Damage to Crowley.
“You're really not saying anything good.” Grim pointed out.
“He's not saying anything nice is he!?” Ace said.
“I have no doubt that your existence is essential to the future of this academy. So says my intuition as an educator. Along with rescinding Mr. Trappola and Mr. Spade's expulsion, I shall give you the qualifications to attend Night Raven College as a student!” Crowley said.
“About that ! This girl right here seems to have magic ! The mirror said she’s magicless !” Ace said.
Crowley looked surprised. “Really ?”
Roxana gave him a flat look. “If this school relies on a magical artifact that cannot differ between a magician that hides their magic and a magicless person then that’s the school problem, you should check if that mirror is even working properly”
Crowley looked at her without any emotions, it was a silent battle between the two.
“The tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife” Ace whispered to Deuce.
Crowley gave a fake smile.
“Before I forget here is your schedule” Crowley said. “Make sure to attend all classes Roxana”
“I sure will Professor Crowley”
Crowley finally dismissed them; he also gave Roxana a ghost camera.
Roxana made her way to Ramshackle, now that Crowley knew she had magic, she was able to finish the full decoration and renovation of the dorms, along with enchanting the gargoyles around the building with protection wards and other nasty things.
“One can never be too careful”
***
Roxana frowned in her sleep.
“Hurry and paint the roses red ! Hurry before the flowers wither !” Card soldiers said.
“Hurry, hurry! We have to paint them all red!” The Ace of Clovers said.
Roxana snaped her eyes open. Right…I remember now, Riddle overblot.
She sighed, thankfully she did not wake up Grim, Helia was sleeping in her nest, and Sally was under a big fur blanket in the corner of the room.
Roxana closed her eyes to get back to sleep only to hear knocking on the door, she snaped her fingers and casted a wandless Tempus.
2:00 am
I am not opening the door.
“Mmm… Hey, Roxana… Sounds like we've got a late-night visitor… What? Is it those ghosts again? They don't know when to quit.” Grim sleepily said.
“Shhh, go back to sleep”
Grim purred at the pat he was giving on the head before drifting back to sleep, she activated the wards put on the gargoyle door knocker, which was connected to the mirror in the Lounge, Ace appeared in the mirror with a heart shaped colar on his neck.
Roxana glared at the mirror like it was the cause of her misery.
“I am not opening the door”
She made her back to the bedroom and casted a silencing spell around the room and drifted back to sleep, Ace can sleep somewhere else she’s not his mother and it’s not her responsibility.
***
Roxana woke up from Sally stinky breath, that basilisk was breathing in her face on purpose !
Roxana pinched her nose. “I seriously need to brush your teeth”
“Hehe” Sally laughed before slithering away.
Roxana got up went to the bathroom took care of herself then summoned her modified Slytherin uniform and put her hair in a bun.
“ROXANA AM HUNGRY !” Grim screamed from downstairs.
She quickly put her uniform on, even the ribbon on her left arm had the emblem of Slytherin on it.
Two dorms can have the same color theme as long as they are not the same shade. Roxana though about while the rules of the school came into her mind. Good thing I read the rule book, you never know with a headmaster like Crowley.
That is the case with Scarabia and Heartslabyul and the case with Diasomnia and now her dorm Slytherin.
She grabbed her things and lifted Grim in her arms.
“Let’s go” Roxana said.
“About time !”
“Someone is cranky~”
***
The cafeteria was full of people thankfully there was still open spaces, the boys looked at her weirdly, some of the Savanaclaw members did a double take to make sure that yes there was indeed a girl here and that they saw it right.
Roxana took her food and walked up to Deuce and Ace, the later was sulking.
“Good morning” Roxana smiled at them.
“Morning” Deuce said.
Ace didn’t respond, he glared at her for a bit with a pout.
“You didn’t open the door for me yesterday” Ace said. “Why !”
Roxana blinked and looked at him. “Pardon ?”
“You heard me !”
“Ace, I did not hear you” Roxana lied but it wasn’t obvious. “At what time did you get to Slytherin ?”
“It was 2 am”
Roxana looked at him.
Ace looked at her.
She looked at him.
And he looked at her.
“Are you serious ?” Roxana said. “A sane person will not knock on people’s door at 2 am, I was sleeping at that time”
Deuce looked at him. “I told you so !”
“Whatever !” Ace looked the other way.
Grim finished his breakfast and was going to eat the extra portion on the table, only for Roxana to slap his paw away from her plate.
“No” She glared.
Grim pouted and looked the other way before he turned to look at Ace. “That's the same collar that that red-haired senior put on me during the entrance ceremony. What's it doing on you?”
It’s the Queen Of Hearts all over again. Roxana though while taking a bite of her croissant aux chocolate.
Ace looked the other way. “I ate a tart”
Grim looked at him in disbelieve. “Huh ?”
“You heard me. Literally just that got a bit puckish, so I wandered down to the dorm kitchen and found a whole tart just chilling’ in the fridge—”
Roxana decided to cut him off. “So you ate something that wasn’t yours to eat, and you got punished for it by your housewarden, I see no problem with your punishment”
“You kind of deserve it” Deuce agreed.
“Why are you two agreeing with this !!! Don’t you think it’s a little much to seal my magic just because I took a tiny bit of tart?! I’m a mage! This is basically like having my arms and legs all chained up. And anyway, there were three whole tarts in there! There's no way he could eat them all by himself! How narrow-minded can one guy be?!” Ace screamed in frustration.
“That will teach you to steal something that isn’t yours” Roxana said. Like am one to talk, I did worst than stealing a tart.
Grim gasped. “Hang on... If there were that many tarts, they could’ve been for some party or something. Y’know, like a birthday party. I'm a master of deduction, I tell ya!”
“A birthday party?” Ace raised an eyebrow.
“Close, but no” The trio looked at Roxana. “If you read the Heartslabyul rules like you were supposed to” The concerned ones didn’t look at her. “You will find out that those tarts are for the Unbirthday Party”
“Great, another stupid rules” Ace rolled his eyes.
The witch glared at him. “You will go and apologies to your housewarden or I will do to you what I did to the monster in the cave”
Deuce pat Ace on the shoulder. “It was nice knowing you”
Ace hid his face in his hands and groaned.