Time has passed from the 10 km march, and everyone is able to get back to the dorm and have some breakfast. Grim, Briar, and the others are also having breakfast close to Kalim and Jamil

Eating, Grim turns to Briar, "I know we gotta stage a prison break as soon as possible, but man..." and continues to happily eat with a smile, "As much as I hate to admit it, this food is to die for. Or, well, to be Grim-napped for."

"I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I'm glad you like the food. Have some more!" Kalim says and presents Grim more food, "Try this blue cheese made from cow's milk for starters. It's great on a cracker. Here!"

"Uh, nah, I'm good on crackers..." Grim nervously says.

"Please, no need to stand on ceremony! Ah hah hah!" Kalim says and shoves it into Grim's mouth.

Soon, Grim has his mouth stuffed, "Mrrrph?! *Homph* Mrrrph!"

Jamil says to Kalim, "Kalim, don't stuff Grim's mouth so full of food. You'll make him choke."

"Oh, sorry! Please, take your time. There's plenty more where this came from," Kalim apologizes with a grin.

Grim chews on the food and swallows it.

Then says, "I think you're missin' the point, pal...¦"

We've still got ice cream left over from yesterday. I always like to set out lots of different flavors, and then take a big spoon and scoop out however much sounds good of each one," Kalim happily says

"Y-yeah? You got a whole system for that?" Grim asks, a little confused.

"Sure do! No matter how full you are, there's always room for dessert, right? Hold on, I'll go fetch you some," Kalim says, and walks off to fetch some.

Jamil followed soon after, "Kalim, wait! I'll get it. You stay seated."

"I don't mind, really! All you have to do is get it out of the freezer, right?" Kalim says.

But Jamil says, "You don't work as a servant, Kalim. At least TRY to remember that you're the heir to the Asim family. If word got out that I allowed you to do this, my parents would never let me hear the end of it."

"You're too serious about servitude, Jamil. We're just classmates here at Night Raven College. Can't we act like it?" Kalim says.

Jamil sighs, "Fine. Just let me handle the actual scooping. Would you help me carry it out to everyone?

"Easily done!" Kalim happily says.

Meanwhile, Grim is busy with something.

Kalim notices and asks, "Hm? What is it?"

"What's what? Nothin' to see over here," Grim quickly says with a smile.

"Okay. Hold on, I'll be right back with dessert!" Kalim says and leaves the scene.

Jamil soon follows after.

Once they're gone, Briar and the others gather together to discuss the situation.

"...Y'know, I'm really startin' to get baffled here. The way Kalim was talkin' just now, he wasn't exactly respectin' others' points, but he meant well enough," Grim says.

"Maybe, but I'm starting to think something strange is going on here," Briar whispers.

"Why do you say that?" Sereia asks.

Trinket tilts her head in reply.

"Don't you think it's odd how Kalim acted harsh and demanding one minute and acted sweet and chipper the next?" Briar questions.

"Come to think of it, that is rather strange," Tanzanite says.

"Now that you think of it, Kalim does seem to be kind of dazed before he acts like a tyrant, and I noticed him looking a bit weird yesterday as well," Sereia says.

"But what could this mean?" Grim asks.

"I don't know, but there has to be a logical explanation for Kalim's mood swings," Briar says.

Suddenly, Kalim walks back and questions, "Well?" Then shouts in an aggressive tone, "How long are you going to sit around eating? Do you fancy yourselves royalty?!"

"Whaaa?!" The students and Grim exclaim in shock.

Then Kalim commands, "Get these dishes washed and put away, on the double! And get ready for afternoon training!"

"Y-yes, sir!" Scarabia Students answer, frightened.

Then they begin to work, "

Grim and Sereia hug each other in fear.

Grim panics, "Erk! We're back to scary Kalim again."

Then Kalim turns to Briar and says, "Briar, you and your group aren't getting out of this. We'll be doing defense magic training until evening. To the courtyard!"

The group flinches in fright

Briar says in thought, "This is going way beyond mood swings!"

Suddenly, Briar notices a strange look in Kalim's eyes, but decides to think of it later before Kalim says anything to her.