Maria P.O.V Dream

Another strange dream?

"Your Majesty indeed. Why you're not a queen! You're just pompous, bad-tempered tyrant!" The little girl with blond hair said to the queen

"Fufufu. What did you just say?" The queen asked

"She said you're a pompous, bad-tempered tyrant!" The purple cat said with a grin on its face

"Off with her head!" The queen demanded and the card soldiers begin to charge at the little blond girl

"You heard what Her Majesty said! Off with her head!" The king said to the soldiers

Dream end

I woke up from my small dream I just had 'I wonder... Why didn't anyone stop her? She should've been stopped before it gets too far' I thought to myself, and I slowly started to wake up

Morning~

"Oh! You're already up" Grim said as he was sitting on my stomach

"Today is the day! Let's get going" Ace said as he started to leave my room

"Ace" I called out to him and turned his head to look at me "Please knock next time, what if I was changing?" I said and Ace's face went red, and he ran off. I couldn't help but chuckle, I was about to change clothes when I heard the same dripping noise again

Drip Drop

'Why do I keep hearing and seeing the ink?' I thought to myself and continued to change my clothes

Heartslabyul Dorm - Rose Maze

"Hey, did you hear? There's some guy challenging the Dorm Leader Rosehearts to a decisive match"

"To 'that' Dorm Leader? I'll believe it when I see it. They'll lose their heads in five seconds"

"This is the first challenge since Riddle became dorm leader. Let's go watch how it goes"

I heard the Heartslabyul residents talk about the challenge, and I couldn't help but sigh. I heard footsteps from behind and saw Trey-senpai and Cater-senpai

"Ace and Deuce are fighting for the seat of dorm leader and challenging Riddle to a decisive match!? Are you for reals?" Cater-senpai said who couldn't believe it

"I tried to stop them..." Trey-senpai said

"They sure are reckless~ I hope it doesn't end up causing more trouble" Cater-senpai said

"Yeah..." Trey-senpai agreed

Cater-senpai saw me and hugged me from behind

"Maria-chan! You could've tried to stop them too" Cater-senpai said while hugging me

"I know, but knowing them they'll probably won't listen to me either" I said and I looked at Ace and Deuce who are getting ready for the match

"Shortly, the decisive match for the title of Heartslabyul Dorm Leader will begin. The challengers are Ace Trappola and Deuce Spade. Defending his title is the currant dorm leader, Riddle Rosehearts. In accordance with the rules of this decisive match, please remove the magic sealing collar handicap" Crowley said to Riddle-senpai, and Riddle-senpai removed the collars off of Ace's and Deuce's necks

"Sigh... That collar is finally off!" Ace said

"Don't worry, you'll have it back on soon enough. Savior the taste of freedom while you can" Riddle-senpai said with a smirk on his face "I couldn't believe my ears when I heard you wanted to challenge me. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"Most definitely" Ace said

"I wouldn't challenge you as a joke" Deuce said

"Hm. Whatever. Let us begin" Riddle-senpai said and Cater-senpai released me from the hug and headed towards Riddle-senpai

"Riddle, what do you want to do about the afternoon tea?" Cater-senpai asked

"That's a silly question. The rule state that my teatime always happens at 4 pm on the nose" Riddle-senpai said

"But it's already past 3:30..." Cater-senpai said as he looked at the time on his phone

'I remember Cater-senpai told me more about the phone, not only do they let you communicate and message, but they can also show you the time as well' I thought to myself

"Do you think I'll ever be late? This ordeal will be over shortly. Also make sure to invite Maria as well" Riddle-senpai said as Cater-senpai started walking back to where Trey-senpai and I are

"As you can see, I am short on time. Dealing with you one at a time is troublesome. Both of you come at me at once" Riddle-senpai said

"Fight on! Dorm Leader! Put them in their place!" The residents cheered but they sounded fake

"They sure know how to run their mouths" Deuce said as he creaks his knuckles

"Kaah! Now I'm mad!" Grim said as I held him in my arms

"We made sure to put a plan together and Maria helped us train too!" Ace said getting pumped including Deuce

"Headmaster, if you will" Riddle-senpai said to Headmaster Crowley as he took out a hand mirror from his pocket

"The match begins after the hand mirror hits the ground and shatters." Headmaster Crowley said as he stretches his arm while holding the hand mirror "Get set... Ready, fight!" Headmaster Crowley let go of the hand mirror and it shatters when it hit the ground, but the match didn't take long to end

No One P.O.V

"OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!" Riddle casts his unique magic on both Ace and Deuce who didn't have time to use their magic

"Uuwwaaaah!!!" Both Ace and Deuce screamed as the collar are back on their necks

"Ugh... Shit! We didn't have time to get our magic materialized!" Ace shouted

"We come this far and not able to do a thing..." Deuce said

"They didn't even have the chance to use their magic yet" Maria looked shocked at the outcome, except for Trey and Cater who knew they wouldn't last a minute

"Strong magic comes from strong imagination. The stronger your ability to accurately imagine magic, the stronger and more effective it will be. Mr. Rosehearts has polished his magic to a beautiful shine" Crowley said

"Ffgnaa... The level gap is too wide" Grim said as he started cry a bit, Maria tried to calm down the fire cat

"Huh. It didn't even take 5 seconds. And you thought to challenge me with those skills. Aren't you embarrassed? This just proves that rule violators are always wrong. Just like mother said" Riddle said

'His mother? What does she have to do with this?' Maria thought to herself

"Guuh... You're right, rules should be followed, but enforcing absurd rules just makes you a tyrant!" Deuce shouted and Maria's eyes widen when she heard the word tyrant

'Tyrant...? Why do I feel like I heard someone say that before?' Maria wondered

"Ha? Rule breaking has consequences. And in this dorm, I am the rules. Those who refuse to obey don't get to complain when I take off their head!" Riddle said and that made Maria angry

"That's completely wrong! You shouldn't get to do whatever you want because it's the rules!" Maria yelled which shocked everyone in the Rose maze and Riddle looked at Maria with anger in his eyes

"What is wrong is all for me to decide!" Riddle yelled back "I'm disappointed in you Maria, I thought you're the type to follow rules but seems like I was wrong. Just what is your education like? You were probably born from parents that can barely use magic and didn't receive much in terms of schooling before coming here. I bet that's why your parents left you to rot in that coffin" Riddle said a sadistic smirk, and his words shocked everyone. Trey and Cater were about to say something but they heard sniffling sound

"What do you know...?" Maria said with tears falling from her eyes and she looked at Riddle with anger in her teary eyes "Tell me what do you know?!" Maria shouted, surprising everyone including Riddle himself "You know nothing about me or my parents! Hell, I don't even know about them or if I even have parents! How about you stop acting like a selfish brat for once in your life! Or why I was even in that coffin in the first place!" Maria yelled as she fell on her knees and continued to cry, Grim tried to calm her down, along with Trey and Cater, while Grim started growling at Riddle

"Why you..." Deuce looked at Riddle full of rage

"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!!" Ace charged at Riddle and punched him in the face, surprising everyone once again

"Riddle?!" Trey and Cater exclaimed

"Mr. Rosehearts!?" Crowley exclaimed as well

"Eeh! He punched the dorm leader!?" The residents looked shocked

"Ace..." Maria looked at Ace as she wiped away her tears from her face

"He hit him right in the face with a beautiful right hook!" Grim said with amazement in his eyes

"A-Ace!?" Deuce looked surprised at what Ace did

"Ahh, I don't care about the dorm leader, about the duel, or any of it." Ace said

"Ow... He hit me...? Riddle touched his cheek from the punch

"Kids aren't parents' trophies, and kids' achievements don't determine parents' worth. The reason you're such a bastard isn't your parents' fault; I finally understand that! You didn't make a single friend to tell you off for being a tyrant in the past year, this is your own damn fault!" Ace shouted

"What... are you saying?" Riddle asked still looking shocked from the punch

"Growing up under your obsessive mother was probably some kind of hell. But all I hear you say is 'mama this' 'mama that' Try thinking for yourself! You're no 'Crimson Ruler'! You're just a baby that's good at magic!" Ace shouted again

"A... baby? Me?" Riddle looked surprised, but turned into anger "You don't know anything... You don't know anything about me!"

"Ah, I've got no idea. There's no way I would! Do you think I'd know with that attitude? I'm not letting you off the hook" Ace said and that made Riddle even angrier

"Enough, enough, enough, enough!! Shut up!! My mother was correct! That means I'm correct!" Riddle yelled

"Riddle, calm down. The duel is already over!" Trey said

"It is as Mr. Clover says. The challenger is disqualified for his outbursts! Continuing to escalate goes against the school regulations!" Crowley said

"The freshman is right! I can't handle this anymore!" The Heartslabyul resident said, when suddenly someone threw an egg at Riddle

"Is this... an egg? Did one of the residents... throw it?" Trey looked around to find the culprit that threw the egg

"Who did it?! Who threw the egg?!" Riddle demanded an answer, but no one said anything

"Hmm... Hahaha, A HA HA!! You can't handle it? I'm the one who can't handle it anymore! No matter how many times I take off your heads, no matter how strict I become, you all keep breaking the rules! This guy, that guy, you're all selfish idiots! Fine, have it your way. If you won't come forward, I'll just punish all of you! Then it's off with all of your heads! OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!" Riddle casted his unique magic on the residents, sealing their magic and they started to run away

"Waaahhh!! Let's get outta here!"

"Guwah!! This collar...!"

"Ahahaha! How's that? None of you can touch me! Strictly enforcing the rules does make me the most correct!" Riddle said as he continued to collar the residents from left to right

"Stop this at once Mr. Rosehearts! This isn't like you at all!" Crowley shouted

"Trey, this is bad... If he keeps casting magic like that..." Cater talked to Trey as he helped Maria stand up

"Grrr! Riddle! That's enough!" Trey shouted at Riddle

"Hey, you! Not everything is going to go the way you want! Throwing a tantrum when things don't go the way you want, is what makes you a baby!" Ace said making things worse

"Ace! That's enough! Please stop!" Maria pleaded

"Take that back this instant! Do you want to be run through!? " Riddle said as his face turned red from anger

"No way! Absolutely not!" Ace said and Riddle is fuming with more anger

"This is seriously bad! Everyone get outta here!" Cater told the residents as they started to evacuate from the dorm and the sky turned dark

"What's happening?" Maria asked worriedly

"Waahh... The rose trees are all starting to float around the garden...!" Grim said

"This is a huge amount of magic! Is he really going to come after us with all that!?" Deuce asked with a scared look

"Rose trees, heed my call! To pieces with all of them!!!" Riddle casted his spell and the rose trees headed towards Ace

"This is bad! Move away!" Crowley shouted at Ace to move

"Oh no! Ace!" Maria rushed towards Ace

"Maria! Come back here!" Trey shouted but she didn't listen, she ran towards Ace hoping to push him aside in time, when Maria got close to Ace, he covered Maria in his arms and bracing for impact from Riddle's magic

To be continued~