Chapter 23
The Lion, The Wolf, The Monster, The Sand, The Death and Life.
Roxana looked at the cards.
The Lion.
Leona.
The Wolf.
I don’t remember a wolf, but I will see later, most of the times wolves mean a loyal soldier or a future aid.
The Monster means another overblot.
The Sand.
I wonder, this time there isn’t a lot of cards, which means that I am close to the end of this whole thing. Roxana though.
She walked down the Main Street while Grim was in her arms.
“Morning, Roxana !” Cater said with a smile.
“Good morning to you too” Roxana smiled before she turned to her favorite red head. “Good morning Riddle”
“Good morning” Riddle smiled.
“So, where's Ace and Deuce?” Grim asked.
“In accordance with rule 249, it's their turn to wear pink clothes and feed the flamingos. By the way, it seems there was another incident last night.” Riddle said.
Grim blinked in surprise. “Myah?! Really?!”
Cater nodded. “According to a portrait who witnessed it, the victim was a sophomore from Scarabia House. His name is Jamil Viper. It appears the accident happened in the kitchen, and did you know ? Apparently someone is poisoning Savanaclaw students, there’s a students who got sick with Diarrhea two weeks ago it was so bad ! He still didn’t recover from that ! Apparently he can’t sit or walk right, and he’s still dealing with the side effects, he doesn’t go to the toilet just as frequently but still more than normal”
Roxana bit her lower lip to not burst out laughing.
Riddle grimaced. “Don’t talk about it, anyways it's breakfast time, so Jamil may be in the cafeteria. Let's go see.”
*Cafeteria*
“Jamil has long, black hair. Let's see... Ah, there he is!” Cater said as he pointed at Jamil.
Grim walked up to the guy. “You're the guy who got banged up in the kitchen yesterday, right? Mind if we chat?”
“What is this? An inquisition?”
Kalim looked at Grim. “Oh, hey! That's the weasel who set my rear on fire at orientation!”
Oh ! Roxana looked at Kalim.
“Grim. You need to work on your tone. Tact is important for these sorts of things.” Riddle sighed. “Forgive us for interrupting your breakfast.”
“Wow, the Heartslabyul housewarden and the fire-spitting weasel. Ahaha, what a fun combo!” Kalim laughed.
Puppy … Roxana smiled.
“I ain't a weasel! The name's Grim. And this is Roxana !” Grim said.
“Huh! Well, I'm Kalim, Scarabia's housewarden. And that's the vice housewarden, Jamil.” Kalim said introducing himself and Jamil.
“Roxana Lestrange a please” Roxana said.
Jamil looked at him. “So, why are you asking about my accident?”
“We were asking by the Headmaster to find who’s the one behind this ‘accidents’ that’s why we are asking” Roxana said.
“The headmaster ?” Jamil looked surprised a bit. “Huh…well. Okay, last night, I was in the kitchen frying up some lamb rolls at Kalim's request.
Kalim eyes brightened at that. “Oh man, you guys have NO idea how amazing Jamil's lamb rolls are. You've gotta try 'em one day.”
Jamil looked annoyed but he did not let it show. “Can we stay focused here, Kalim?”
“Ah, right. Sorry!”
“When I was chopping the ingredients, it was like my knife hand went wild and cut my other hand all on its own.”
“It makes no sense! Even the dorm's head chef can attest to Jamil's legendary knife skills. Were you tired from Spelldrive practice, maybe?”
Jamil shook his head. “No. Not so tired I couldn't control my hands. But at one point while I was cooking, I did feel kind of light-headed.”
“Like you were controlled by someone, and your actions aren’t your own right ?” Roxana said.
Jamil nodded. “Yes, I think I was feeling the effects of someone's signature spell.”
Everyone besides Roxana looked surprised at that.
Kalim made an ‘O’ with his mouth. “Oh, right! Because your signature spell is—MMMPH!” Jamil put his hand on Kalim’s mouth, the white haired boy pushed his hand away. “Pffff! Why'd you put your hand over my mouth?!”
“Because we're not talking about me here.” Jamil said. “Anyway, my theory is that someone was controlling my movements with magic.”
“Interesting... That WOULD be a way to hurt people and have it appear like it was nothing more than the victim's own carelessness.” Cater said.
“And if it only lasted an instant, even the victim might perceive it as his own mistake.” Riddle said. “When I nearly fell down the stairs, I never felt as though I was being controlled against my will.”
“Well, I guess this is kind of a lead? What's our next move, guys?” Cater asked.
“I figured out who it was, it’s Ruggie Bucchi from Savanaclaw” Roxana said.
“The small dude ??” Cater looked at her.
“Let's track him down and see what he has to say.” Riddle said.
Cater scrolled through his phone. “Hmmm... Looks like Ruggie's in class 2B.”
Riddle looked at Jamil. “Thank you both for your cooperation!”
Kalim nodded with a ‘I don’t know what happened but am happy’ expression. “I'm still kinda lost here, but good luck!”
Roxana pat him on the head. “Good boy”
“Eh ?” Kalim blinked.
***
“I will wait for you on the other side, lure him out” Roxana said.
Riddle nodded. “Alright”
Roxana waited down the hallway till she heard running footsteps, the hyena was running at his top speed, he was Roxana waiting for him down the hallway and decided to run to the left to dodge her.
Only for him to slip on ice and fall down his face, Cater’s and Riddle’s pen fell down on the floor and Roxana grabbed them, she did not waste any time and entered his mind.
Leona’s plan is..
Malleus Draconia !
Injured.
Spelldrive
Shishishi Laugh With Me !
She went down deeper into her memories but quickly got out of it when she saw what she wanted, Ruggie stood up quickly before he run away.
Roxana only spared him a look. “Hmm, that child…”
Ace and Deuce came right after out of breath. “Wehhhhh Where is he ?”
“He ran away” Roxana said.
“And you let him ???” Ace said.
“So you guys are still on the hunt, huh?” A wolf beastman said.
Roxana smirked. I got what I wanted. She walked away leaving A-Deuce to deal with that wolf
***
Lilia turned around when he heard the familiar sound of fire, Helia put a letter on his lap, he opened it.
Ruggie Bucchi, Second Year, Unique Magic : Laugh With Me.
His magic allows him to control the movements of others by forcing them to mimic his own movements, It's possible to use this spell on multiple people at once but he rarely does that.
Leona’s plan is to make Ruggie use his magic on many people at once to guide a troupe who will hurt Malleus by “accident”, Leona made a deal with Azul to get a potion that amplify the drinkers magic for a period of time.
Be careful.
Lilia gave a dry laugh. “Something is telling me that this isn’t going to end up in a good way”
Helia gave a sad chirp.
The old fae sighed. “We can only hope for the best”
***
“Roxana !” Grim called, but there was not any response.
Jack looked around the inside of the dorm. It’s bigger on the inside…
Grim turned to look at the Portrait for a snake. “Do you know where Roxana is ?”
The snake pointed at the Dungeon with his tail.
“Thanks !” Grim went and knocked on the Dungeon door without opening it, a moment later Roxana came out.
“Yes ?” Roxana looked at the wolf beastman. “Why is he here ?”
“He woke me up cause today is Spelldrive Tournament ! Come on ! We will be late” Grim said.
Jack nodded politely at the woman. “I'll see ya at the tournament grounds.”
*Side Streets – Festival*
“Myaaah! Get a load of all the food stands! They got churros and funnel cakes and... Ooh, is that jerky?” Grim said while looking at the food.
“Man, I can't believe I didn't make the team after all that.” Ace pouted.
Deuce looked defeated too. “Me neither...”
“Maybe next year” Roxana said.
“Well, we have an important job to do anyway. We should focus on that.” Deuce said.
Ace nodded. “Yeah, good point. Focused. That's us.”
“Whoa, what's a corn dog?! I wanna try one! Come to papa, whatever you are!” Grim called.
Ace bonked him on the head. “Eat later! We need to go!”