As Glory saunters through the halls, Glory leans towards the water fountain and took a sip of water until she hears a familiar voice.

"My my, there's a firefly roaming around in the halls~."

The ravenette perks up and the grey gremlin shrieks. Recognized that smooth mysterious voice, Glory grins and spun around to see the grown faery standing before her with his arms folds and grins widely at her. Grim growls lowly at the older fae.

"It's the guy who appeared out of nowhere back at the cafeteria and from Magift Tournament!!" Grin hisses, but Glory wasn't bothered by the older fae. Instead, she let's out a chortle and folds her arms.

"Well if it isn't Lilia Vanrouge himself. It's been awhile since the Magift Tournament. How are things with your dorm recently?" Glory ask with a grin.

"Diasomnia dormitory has been peaceful as always. Malleus is doing fine at the dorm. Silver and Sebek are tending the horses at the horseback riding club." Lilia informs causing Glory and Grim to curl their brows at the older fae.

"Horseback...riding club?" Grim mutters tilting his little head with a puzzled look.

"They have a club filled with horses?" Glory ask curiously with Lilia chortling.

"Indeed Glorious firefly. And little do you know, dorm leader, Riddle Rosehearts from Heartslabyul is also in the same club as them." Lilia told him with a bright grin. Glory chuckles at his new nickname for her as she crept a small smirk and curls her brows.

"Firefly? That's rare." Glory remarks with the older fae grinning merrily.

"Fitting isn't it? You were shining like a firefly at yesterday's performance." Lilia compliments.

"Eeh?! You were there?" Grim ask with a surprised look with Lilia smiling cheerily.

"How can I not? And I wasn't alone. Malleus, Silver, and Sebek were with me. I must say, that was a spectacular performance you did at the Mostro Lounge just like at the Magift Tournament. You have a lovely voice after all." Lilia praises. Glory giggles and grins softly at the older fae.

"I appreciate the compliment. I used to have stage fright when I was a child, but now I'm more comfortable with my voice thanks to my friends in Night Raven College. It made me become a confident woman than before. It's nice to have many people praising my voice in such a positive light. For that, it made me love singing even more." Glory expresses. The older fae grinned warmly.

"Well you certainly are a talented singer. Even Malleus believes that too. That is something that you should cherish and be proud of." Lilia reassures making her giggle.

"Thanks Lilia." She replies with a grin.

"Speaking of Malleus. How are things going between you two? I heard that you and Malleus exchange numbers last weekend. From what I've seen, Malleus is quite fond of you." Lilia said with a huge grin making the ravenette giggle softly.

"Mal and I are doing well. Mal is quite a genuine and kind man to talk to, but also introverted. But that's mostly because he's been misunderstood by other people. I don't blame him, I get called "Gothel's blood" 24/7 by other people everyday. Least I earned the trust of three dorms in this campus." She mutters with a pout.

"Oh yeah I almost forgot about those two guys from your dorm." Grim said with his ears droop down when thinking about Silver and Sebek.

Lilia nods at her with a tired look.

"Couldn't say I agree with you. Both you and Malleus are alike. Sebek and Silver were constantly warning me and Malleus about you, but mostly Malleus. They are afraid that me or Malleus will get captured and locked up in the tower just like that infamous crone from the kingdom of Corona." Lilia explains with a tiresome look as if he's done with dealing with his two nagging soldiers. Soon he lets out a sigh.

"Honestly, those two can be overreacting at times..." Lilia sighs with Glory snickering and nodding at him in agreement of his statement.

"Yeah. I find that unsurprising, yet it's funny that those idiots would think I would do such a nonsensical thing. Me locking them in the tower? Who said that? I live in an abandoned dorm with a big-headed cat raccoon and three devious ghosts that love to tease me 24/7." Glory informs irking the grey gremlin and turns his head to the ravenette with a frown.

"I'm not a cat or a raccoon!" Grim chides with a tick mark throbbing from his head.

"You're not a cat, you're not a raccoon. What in the name of crow's ass are you then? A gremlin? A rat? Or just a loudmouth moron who won't admit that he's a cat?" Glory snarks knowing that she won the argument just by looking at his reaction when his eyes widen staying silent while clinging on to her shoulders before he frowns at her.

"S-Shut up henchman!" Grim retorts.

"Someone's receiving a ticket to Mr. Frying Pan." Glory threatens smiling innocently with eyes that shouts "Imma-hit-you-with-a-frying-pan-if-you-keep-on-calling-me-henchman" flinching the gremlin as hell cowers over her shoulder.

"Eek! N-No, I'm good!" He stutters making her smirk in victory.

"That's what I thought." Glory boasts with the older fae chuckling at their banter.

"You two seem to share an interesting bond. It must be tiring to look after that troublesome creature. I can't imagine the pain that you're enduring while looking after that devious cat." Lilia sympathizes.

"For the last time, I am not a ca-! Mmph!?"

Glory cuts Grim off when she covers his mouth with her hand.

"He's a pain in the ass, but I'm quite used to looking after him. After all, it's my responsibility to keep an eye on this sneaky furball since the moment I magically transported to this world." Glory reassures with Grim muffling in objections.

"That is true. I've been taking good responsibilities of keeping an eye on Malleus and the others back in Diasomnia; including Sebek. He can be overdramatic at times." Lilia sighs before reverting back to his smile.

"I would love to stand and chat with you, but I have to head back to my dorm to check with Malleus. However before I do that, I would like to exchange numbers as well." Lilia suggests surprising the ravenette.

"Hm? What for?" She ask curiously.

"So we can chat or text of course. Isn't wrong to ask a girl my number? After all, I want to join the chat as well. That way it'll be three of us." Lilia assures.

"So you want a group chat between you, me, and Malleus?" Glory guesses.

"Indeed Glorious. That way it'll be fair for both me and Malleus because I took an interest of you since the moment we've met and I want us to get to know more as friends." Lilia reassures with a smile.

"Friends you say? Hmm... I'm not so sure..." She teases making him pout playfully.

"Oh come now, you're not actually questioning my sincerity are you?" Lilia ask with a teasing pout.

"Mmm...Well you don't seem too bad from what I've seen back at the stadium." Glory mutters with Lilia chortling with a grin.

"So we have an agreement then?" He ask curiously. Glory ponder for a second before shrugging her shoulder with a chill smile.

"Meh. I don't see why not." Glory said shocking Grim.

"Mmph?!" Grim lets out a muffled shriek when she accepts his offer; much to the elation of the elder fae.

"Splendid! Shall we exchange right here and now?" Lilia requests with a cheerful grin.

"Sure." Glory replies as both of them pull out their phones and exchanged numbers. Once they've exchanged numbers, Lilia grins merrily as he lets out a hearty chortle.

"Now we're officially text buddies." Lilia chirps as he grabs her hand and plants a kiss on her hand.

"See you next time, my Glorious Firefly." Lilia said giving her a wink as he releases her hand and he walks off with a grin leaving her blink her eyes twice. Soon she let's go of Grim's mouth as he gasps and turns his head with a shock look.

"Now that old man faery is into you?!" Grim shrieks.

"I guess...but hey at least I have a group chat of him and Malleus." Glory points out.

"Speaking of which, we should get going. I wanna see Ace and his basketball skills on action!" Glory chirps.

And Lilia said something about Riddle being part of the horseback riding club. Now that's an interesting fact I learned. Maybe I'll visit him right after my training with Merlin is done.

Glory thought as she lets out a giggle.

"Let's go Grim!" Glory cheers as dashes through the hall along with Grim who is clinging on to her shoulder with a cheery grin feeling excited of seeing her best friend playing basketball.

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Meanwhile at Horseback Riding Club, Riddle is grooming his horse with a brush right after he got back from galloping with his steed until he heard a soft yet stern voice from behind.

"Riddle."

"Hm?"

Riddle spun his head to see his two club members standing before him.

"Aah Silver. One of Malleus's two loyal knights from Diasomnia. Pleasure seeing you here." Riddle greets them politely.

"It's Great Malleus Draconia-sama, human!" Sebek bellows with his hands on his hips with a frown. Riddle sighs at his usual dramatic ways and turns to Silver.

"You guys have finished riding with your horses?" Riddle assumes.

"We just got off out horses yeah." Silver replies.

"Our horses are just as strong as ever!" Sebek boasts with a bright grin.

"Heh, make sense since both of you are knights after all." Riddle point out with a small smirk.

"Of course we are! As a knight, I must work hard to the fullest to became the strongest knight for the Young Master!" He exclaims.

"That I can understand, yet...you sounded pretty dramatic a bit." Riddle said with a sweatdrop dripping from his head before letting out a sigh.

"But either way, I must get going. I love to stay and chat with you all, but I must head back to my dorm to keep an eye of those ruler breakers." Riddle informs, but as soon as he turns his back on them, he heard this from them.

"By the way. I saw a bunch of fan boys chasing after that only girl throughout the halls and there are a few students from your dorm who are part of this fan club that they've formed last weekend." Silver points out causing the redhead to froze and stop his tracks.

"Huh? You mean that only woman who is the dreaded reincarnation of Mother Gothel?" Sebek curtly ask and a the tick mark throbs from his head when he hears him calling her 'dreaded'.

"Don't say dreaded, Sebek." Silver ceases shaking his head at his fellow green haired solider.

"Since when did you take a liking towards that reincarnated crone?" Sebek questions with a frown and unbeknownst to them, Riddle clench his fists tight feeling his blood boiling through his veins when he hears the green haired knight spewing harsh words to his precious rabbit. Silver sighs at the hard headed knight.

"I'm not saying that. I just said don't call her 'dreaded'. Why even call her that?" Silver ask curiously feeling irritated when talking to him.

"Honestly. Have you not seen the look on her face? She has the same hair and same eyes as that wicked crone. I told you, Lilia, and the young master many times that before, Silver. That woman is going to be the next Mother Gothel and someday she's going to reveal her true colors to you and lock you guys up in her-."

As soon as he was going to finished his sentence, Riddle stomps to the ground stunning the Diasomnia students as they both became wide eyed when they saw the redhead dorm head stood silently for a minute.

"Sebek. If you dare to finished that last line...."

Riddle then turns his head to Sebek with a dead serious glare with silver eyes flaming in rage.

"It'll be off your head, GOT IT?" Riddle warns him making Sebek shudder deeply before he could comply.

"...My...My apologizes." Sebek apologizes not wanting to ignite his wrath making Silver sighed and turns to Riddle with a sympathetic look.

"I'm so sorry about Sebek. He can be reckless with his words." Silver reassures him, but Riddle lets out a scoff and turns his head.

"I'll be leaving now...but one more thing before I do. Be wise to look closely at girl you're perceiving because I've been there before and she's not as bad as I expected..." He reassured as Riddle glance at Sebek with a serious expression.

"She's more than meets the eye. Good day." Riddle informs as he saunters off leaving them speechless. While marching back to the campus, clench his fists as he furrows his brows with silver orbs blazing with fury in his eyes.

"Ridiculous...How dare he spew such nonsense about her? He should keep his mouth shut while he's at it and take a good look at Rabbit..." Riddle grumbles while stomping through the halls with a scowl annoyed with Sebek's harsh words towards Glory.
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Later at the gym, Glory and Grim opens the door and enters the gym with Grim awing at the gym.

"So this is where Ace practiced huh?" Grim mutters while clinging on to her shoulder.

"Pretty much so." Glory replies. As they roam around the gym, both of them spotted the boys practicing hoops at the court when they notice Ace scrambling through the court while dribbling the basketball with scurrying around Ace.

"Hey there's Ace!" Grim shrills pointing his paw at him with Glory nods at him and she strolls up to the bleachers and sat at the end to watch them play. As soon as Ace sprints passed the players, the ginger glance and notice Glory sitting at the bleachers where she crept a bright grin and waves gingerly at him. Now the ravenette is here at the gym, this is his chance to impress Glory with his basketball skills as he kept dashing passed the players.

"Ace! Pass it here!"

Soon the two glance and Grim widens his eyes to recognized the guy with the long braids from the cafeteria and the Magift tournament when they saw Ace passing the ball to Jamil as he starts dribbling the ball through the court.

"Ffgya! It's the guy who was absent from the Magift Tournament!" Grim shrieks.

"...Yeah.." Glory mutters as she looks back on Vivien's warning.

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"You'll be facing bigger adversaries than before. You've seen the dorm leaders overblot with negative energy, but the next one will be much worse. Because during winter break, a viper will strike underneath the sands in the desert. So beware of the outcome my dear child."
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Vivi told me to stay away from Jamil, but...what kind of threat does he pose?...

Glory ponders curiously until her thoughts got interrupted when he hears Jamil's voice.

"Floyd heads up!" Jamil shouts as he throws the ball at Floyd with the eel smiling manically.

"Hehehe~ Prepare yourselves!~" Floyd coos as he throws the ball at the hoop without fail, but accidentally hit the ball to the other player's nose shocking the opposing team. Soon Vargas blows the whistle at Floyd with a frown.

"That's a foul play, Leech!"

"Yeah I know that, sorry. It was an accident. No need to blow that annoying whistle at me like that." Floyd pouts.

"Eeh?! Floyd's in the club too?" Grim shrieks with his eyes widen, but Glory covers his mouth with her hand to shush his mouth.

"Sssh quiet Grim." Glory mutters. Vargas lays his hand on his forehead letting out a sigh and turns to his team.

"Alright bean sprouts take a break! I'm going to take short break of bending my muscles and you should go to the nurse to have that nose treated!" He advises and the injured player nods sheepishly.

"Y-Yes coach!" The player complies while holding his bloody nose with the eel rolling his eyes. Then their coach instructs as the buff coach left to blow some steam off leaving the team sighed and shake their heads at reckless Floyd.

"Jesus...would it kill you to be so mindful for once?" Jamil sighs shaking his head at the eel making Floyd scoff at his comment.

"What? I just said sorry? He doesn't have to be so annoying with that damn whistle." Floyd grumbles folding his arms with a scowl.

"Cuz he's the coach Floyd." Ace informs him with an irked look.

"And here I thought I was going to show off my skills to Glor...Ugh what a waste..." He mutters but soon regrets what he said when the eel heard his mutter.

"Eeh? Lionfish?" Floyd then turns his head to notice Lionfish sitting at the edge of the bleachers. At instincts, Floyd crept a huge smile.

"Aah~ Lionfish!!~" He glees as he rushes up to Glory and lifts her up to give her a big hug.

"Lionfish~ What are you doing hiding at the corner like a guppy? You don't have to be so shy to approach me~." Floyd reassures with Glory letting out a giggle smiling sheepishly.

"Hi Floyd." Glory greets him with a coy smile.

"Glory?..." Jamil mutters when he saw the ravenette in the gym. Soon the players flinch to see Glory sitting at the bleachers.

"Huh?! It's Gothel!"

"Gothel's blood is here!"

"Aaah! Don't let her lock you up in the tower!"

Soon the players started screaming and fleeing outside to the door leaving Jamil, Glory, Floyd, Grim, and Ace unsurprised by their reactions.

"Idiots..." Ace scoffs.

"You got that right." Grim agrees making Glory sigh.

"Who cares? I'm not even that shocked anymore." Glory mumbles with a blank look.

"Aww don't be sad Lionfish! I can cuddle you all day until I turn that frown upside down!~" Floyd reassures with a perky smile. Glory sweatdrops when he mentions "cuddle".

"Floyd...I-."

"Soon the door burst open when the group turns around to see the same tanned guy with dirty blonde hair standing between the doorway where he pants heavily and glance to spun his head left to right.

"Where is she?..." He mutters until his eyes spotted the ravenette. Finally found her, the dirty blonde Scarabia student perks a smile and dashes towards her freaking the ravenette out.

"Aah! Thank god you're here!"

"Eeh? What do you mean?" Glory ask while gently shoving by Floyd away.

"It's Jamil...he's-."

"Iman."

Soon the Scarabia student froze and shifts his eyes to see Jamil sauntering towards him where he and Glory faced the vice dorm from Scarabia.