Once they arrived at the VIP room Jack and Glory were in awe to see the inside of the VIP room.

"What's with this place?...Are we still in school?" Jack questions while stunned by the VIP room.

Damn, it's like I'm in a mafia boss's office except it's the little mermaid version and the mafia boss is an octopus in disguise. No wonder why Leona called him Octopunk back in the meeting.

Glory thought. Soon she notices a large vault behind the desk and lightly nudge her arm to Jack.

"Jack look." Glory whispers and points her finger at the vault as Jack follows where her finger is pointing until he spots the large vault.

"Holy hell. There's a big vault in the back...Looks like it's blank." Jack mutters and she nods agreeing with him.

I bet there a bunch of contracts in that vault.

Glory ponders while staring at the vault until they heard Azul clearing his throat.

"Don't just stand there in the door. Please take a seat." He insists with a grin as Glory and Jack walk over to couch and sat down.

"So. What did you want to discuss with me?" Azul ask curiously smiling politely at them. Glory blankly stares at him aware of his fake facade so she mimics his polite smile.

"Simple really. I want you to remove the anemones from their heads and set all of them free. The ones that you tricked." Glory requested making Azul chuckle.

"How vicious of you to deemed me as a villain, dear Glofish. You want me to release all 225 students I've already made contracts with?" Azul ask curiously stunning Jack.

"225 people?! You've made that many?!" Jack shrills.

"You sure are a fine gentleman." Glory sarcastically snarks.

"Oh please, I'm the most generous man you ever met." He reassures with a fake smile making her roll her eyes at his bullsh#t excuse. Glory fold her arms.

"I warned you three that I want nothing to do with you. You violated that warning and I wasn't surprised to see you tricking your guests into signing contracts for your own personal gain." Glory bluntly snaps.

"My goodness. You've wounded me, Dear Ophelia my Glofish~. It's my job to help those poor unfortunate souls with their needs. I wouldn't even mind if it were a woman like yourself. ~fufu~." Azul assumed letting out a creepy chuckle. Glory remains unfazed and stares at him blankly.

"Riiight...." Glory dryly replies as she tucks her raven bangs to her left ear while half smiling at him.

"Continue." Glory insists with a side grin and Azul kept his charismatic grin on tact.

"This year Jade and Floyd were extremely thorough with their work...Thanks to that, I was able to make deals with so many clients." Azul informs.

"More like tricking them as bait to luring me into your domain." Glory directly points out.

"How harsh. And you said you want me to set those students free? I'm not making them do any work that goes against labor standards." Azul reassures.

"Mhmm continue." Glory sassily insists.

"They agree to my terms before signing the contract. Contracts aren't something easily nullified because someone else thinks they're 'pathetic'. In other words...you're already too late." Azul reassures but Glory won't back down and slyly grins at him.

"If that's the case, why not make a deal?" Glory suggests shocking Jack.

"Hey! What are you doing, Wildcat?!" Jack shrieks and Azul is amused by the request.

"Oh? That's an interesting idea. And what's the deal I wonder?~" Azul ask curiously with an obvious knowing smile.

"Aha. Lionfish, you got guts." Floyd compliments with an amused smile.

This guy thinks I'm going to be the collateral? Heh think again slick bastard.

Glory thought with a blank look before smiling coyly at the shady dorm head.

"The deal is that I'll use the ramshackle dorm as the collateral." Glory informs shocking Jack and the Octavinelle boys.

"What?! You're using your dorm as the collateral!" Jack shrieks.

"Why else? It's better just to allow myself to be the collateral for his sick desires." She whispers before glancing back at him as Glory let's out a low giggle.

"What? You're expecting something else from me?" Glory ask as she stands up from her seat and waltz over to Azul where Glory grabs his necktie and pulls him towards her face.

"You have no idea what I'm capable of, Azul. I rather used the ramshackle dorm as the collateral than putting myself as the collateral." Glory directly points out to him.

"It's a risky move, yes, but I'm willing to do anything to save my friends from a conniving mastermind like you." Glory acclaimed making the dorm leader sighed at her stubbornness.

"Very well, then. The ramshackle dorm will placed as the collateral." Azul reluctantly complied before creeping a smirk.

"After all, we do need a second lounge for Octavinelle. Matter of fact, you do have a beautiful voice despite coming from another dimension." Azul compliments.

"And what's the catch?" Glory ask curiously, but soon that question was cut off when they hear a loud boom from the door and they all turn to see Grim panting heavily soaked in water and soap before lifting his head and glare at the Octavinelle boys.

"I HAVE HAD IT WITH YOU THREE JERKS! I WILL NOT BE A SPONGE HERE ANY LONGER SO LET ME JOIN ON THIS F#*KING DEAL HERE!!" Grim demands making Glory face palm.

Goddamnit Grim.

Glory thought with a face palm and Jack just shakes his head at his troublemaking antics.

"Grim. I am not impressed with this troubling behavior of yours. Floyd, squeeze him out." Jade orders and he smiles widely.

"Hai." He complied was about to squeeze him until Azul extends his hand to them.

"Now hold on twins, we have a meeting right now so let's not cause a fight here understood?" Azul reassured.

"Understood." Jade replies.

"Kay." Floyd nonchalantly complied with a cheery smile that had Glory weirded out. Afterwards, Azul turns back to the ravenette.

"Here's the deal: You must come to the Octavinelle dorm to perform tomorrow at 6:55 am but this time with a different song. That includes cutting off your early morning training with that small nurse from the infirmary." Azul instructs.

"What!?" Glory shrieks.

"You heard what I said or do you changed your mind about our deal?" Azul ask curling his brow. Glory glares at him before letting out a reluctant sigh.

"Very well. Please continue." Glory assures and he smiles.

"Splendid. While doing that, you must go to the Atlantica Memorial Museum and retrieve a certain photo within the next three days." Azul suggests.

"Tomorrow morning?" Glory curls her brow.

"Yes. You did a spectacular performance tonight and I want to hear your beautiful voice again. It really brightens up the mood here at the Mostro Lounge." Azul informs.

"And you want us to steal a museum exhibit?!" Jack yelps causing Jade to widen his eyes and Glory shift her gaze at him to notice his reaction.

"No, it's not an art exhibit." Azul assures.

"What I want to steal is a photo taken ten years ago commemorating Prince Rielle's visit to the museum." Azul explains.

"A prince's commemoration photo?" Jack ask curiously.

"It is a plain photo panel lacking any historical value displayed near the entrance. Simply borrowing it won't cause a big fuss." Azul informs.

"And why would you want us to get something like that?" Glory ask curiously.

"Yeah. I wanna know why too." Grim agrees making him smirk.

"This wouldn't be a battle of whits without some sort of challenge right? If it's too simple then it's unprofitable for me." Azul said.

"We're not a charity." Azul points out with a frown.

"The Atlantica Memorial Museum holds many national treasures of the Coral Seas like the 'silver dinglehopper'." Jade explains.

Aka the fork that Ariel used to comb her hair...

Glory thought while listening to Jade.

"The cultural heritage from the Mermaid Princess's Cornucopia and her 20 thingamabobs are collected there so it's a famous sightseeing spot. It won't be like trying to find a piece of gold dust at the bottom of the ocean." Jade informs.

"Sounds like a popular spot alright." Glory mutters.

"Oh yeah, didn't we go there once in elementary school?" Floyd ask curiously until Jack cuts in.

"Hold on. The Coral Sea is a country located at the bottom of the ocean." Jack points out causing Glory to widen her eyes remembering what Vivi said to her two nights ago and the dream she had last week.

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"Once it glows, it will lead you to the path of the Moonstone Opal."

She reminds her.
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My left hand will glow if the moonstone opal is near by and that place happens to be in the Coral of Sea meaning in the bottom of the ocean.

Glory thought as she glance down and clench her fist before lifting her gaze back up.

I gotta find that moonstone before Azul and the twins find it!

Glory ponders.

"For those of us without gills or fins just going there is difficult. Isn't this condition too extreme?" Jack ask questionably.

"Yeah yeah. I can't breathe underwater, y'know." Grim told him.

"Figure out a way to overcome that challenge is what I'd like to say, but please relax. I shall provide you two potions that will allow you to breathe underwater." Azul informs making Glory curl her brows when he said 'two potions'.

"Wait two?" Glory ask in disbelief causing the twins to chuckle softly and Azul to smirk. Their eerie chuckles and his smirk makes her grimace. 

Okay I don't like where this is going....

Glory thought with a sweatdrop.

"It's a special potion for you Ophelia, but first let me give this to your mutt friend of yours." Azul stated.

"I'm a wolf!" Jack corrects him.

"Yes yes I get it. Here's the potion for you." Azul pulls out the green potion and gives it to Jack.

"Because it's said that the Sea Witch even provided the unfortunate mermaid princess with legs to meet her human lover. It's important to be benevolent...You see. Fufufu." Azul chuckles and turns to Glory.

"And as for you..." Azul then rummages through his drawer until he pulls out a small bottle of blue potion with a pearled necklace wrapped around the bottle with a lilac shell in the middle and a small brown conch at the lower middle.

"Here's a special potion made for you." Azul said as he gives the small potion to Glory.

"It'll definitely make you look alluring~." He informs making her stare at him blankly.

"I'm gonna turn into a mermaid when drinking this aren't I?" Glory guessed with a blank look.

"You'll see, my darling.~" He coos with the twins chuckling softly with their sharp teeth expose causing a red vein to throb from her head.

This boi, I swear! He's so shady AF!!

Glory thought before letting out a sigh.

"I suppose I can keep this. You got yourself a deal." Glory accepts and he grins with satisfaction as he snaps his fingers with the golden contract appear before her.

"Excellent choice, Glofish. Now sign this contract here." Azul insists as Glory nods and grabs the pen next to the pencil holder and signs the contract. Once she's finished, Azul grabs the contract and smiles triumphantly.

"~fufu~. Now that I have received your signature. This concludes our entering into a contract." Azul chuckles with a triumphant smile.

"If you come back to me with the photo from the Atlantica Museum by the time sun sets in three days, I promise to release all 225 of my anemone servants. But if you fail to retrieve it...." Azul then lifts Glory's chin with a grin gazing at her with lust filled blue eyes.

"The Ramshackle dorm will be mine and you will have to move to the Octavinelle dorm as my darling." Azul informs with a smirk, but she scoffs and folds her arms.

"Not in your dreams, boi." Glory retorts with a bold smirk crept form her cheeks.

"Oh we'll see about that dear. Jade, Floyd. Send out guests off. I'm looking forward to three days from now on." Azul informs with a smirk.

"Hai." They both complied as Glory, Grim, and Jack were escorted out by the twins.

Once they left, Azul let's out a sigh and push his glasses.

"My goodness. I was expecting her to comply and use herself as the collateral...." Azul mutters but crept a smirk.

"But I don't mind. She'll definitely crawl back to me once she fails to retrieve the picture for three days and I have just the plan once the twins get back. ~fufufu~" Azul chuckles lowly with a smirk as he plots a new plan once the twins got back from escorting Glory.
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Meanwhile at the infirmary, Merlin is caressing his white bushy mustache letting out a sigh when witnessed the whole scene from his crystal ball.

"Oh my sundrop. I'm so relief that you didn't use yourself as the collateral, but I also fear for you child!!" Merlin shrills before letting a growl and smoke coming out of his ears.

"Grrrrr! That slick slimy twat! How dare he cuts off my training with my dear sweet sundrop!?" He bellows.

"Ooooooo! When I see that swindling little octopus, I'll turn him into fried calamari along with those devilish eel twins!!!" Merlin rants fuming with rage where this is a frustrating night for the poor little wizard. But soon let's out a sigh.

"But..."

Merlin then glance back at the crystal ball when he watches Glory and her friends being escorted by the twins.

"At least she's not putting herself as the collateral for the deal...Oh dear Avalon, please guide my sundrop and her tsundere wolf back to their safe homes." Merlin prays hoping for Glory and Jack to stay safe and kept fighting against the Octavinelle dorm.

Hey guys thanks for reading the new chapter of the Reincarnation of Mother Gothel and before we head straight to the next chapter, I have received a fan art yesterday from a follower of mine.

Today's fan art is.....

My OC Gloriane "Glory" Corbett!

Shout out to DreamScapeEden for drawing a fan art of my OC from Twisted Wonderland's Reincarnation of Mother Gothel!

Thanks for reading and I'll see you guys in the next chapter! Bye bye!