"Hey hey, Headmaster! We found the culprit just like asked!" Grim said facing Crowley proudly, "You're gonna let us play in the tournament like you promised, right!?"

"Eh!? Ahh~~ I did promise you that." Crowley stated, "It's most definitely impossible, we've already announced the tournament lineup. What should we do about this?"

"Eeeeeehhhh!!!!" Grim and Olivia screamed. "That's cruel! Your scammer!!" Y/n just stayed silent.

"I'm gonna light your lying ass on fire! Ffgnaaa~~~~~!" Grim growled.

"Wait wait wait! Pause in your light thing on fire. I'll come up with an idea. Hmmm Hmmm..." Crowley placed his index finger on his chin, as he went through his thoughts. "I know! How about playing in a special exhibition match? It will be like the opening act before the main event. I'm sure you'll be able to show off!"

"Show off!?" Grim inquiry.

"Why, of course." Crowley nodded.

"I'm good to go as long as I can show off!" Grim said, then raised his fist in the air with a smile. "Yay~! I'm gonna get a bunch of scouts after everyone sees my greatness on TV!"

"What about the extra team members?" Olivia asked.

"We need 7 people for magift... We need two or three more members in order to play." Y/n said.

"Eh!? Three!? I thought we are missing one more member." Grim gazed at the girl.

"I didn't agree to join in the game, plus Felix doesn't want to play in the magift tournament." She spoke.

"Extra members... Hmm, what to do... And we need a team for you to play against, maybe I can get a staff team together..." Crowley mumbled.

"Ffgna!? Did you forget that too!?" Grim flinched.

"That is the NRC headmaster for ya." Olivia pulls out her tongue.

"Headmaster, Dire Crowley." The birdman along with other students flinched as they heard Y/n out to Crowley in his full name with a deep tone. Everyone slowly spun their head towards the girl with a dark purple-black aura surrounding her body with a devilish smile. "You have 5 minutes to find my darling Grim and Olivia extra members before, I turn you into a roasted crow for dinner."

Crowley quickly moves kilometers away from Y/n, "Y-y-yes, Ms. Kambe. I-I-I'll try to find you a-an extra member. R-right a-away." He stuttered, sweat rolling down from his face.

"Now, that's more like it," Y/n said letting her aura vanish away.

"Damn. Even the headmaster is afraid of her." Ruggie mumbled in shock.

"You can say that again." Jack whispered, terrified. 

"We heard everything," Ace said as he and Deuce entered the scene.

"For extra members, we'll take those spots," Deuce added.

"What are talking about? Aren't both of you on team Heartslabyul?" Riddle asked the duo.

"There's no rule that says you can't join another dorm's team," Ace stated with a smile.

"Haha!" Trey let out a laugh, "I've never thought about it before but you're right."

"That sounds like fun! I wanna join the princess team too~" Cater said.

"Cater, you're one of our regular members!" Riddle told Cater.

"Tch!"

"Just cheering for our classmates from the side would be boring. I'll do whatever it takes to play." Ace said then everyone turned to Deuce.

"I-I'm not like him! I purely want to help out my dear friends." Deuce answered.

"If it's an opponent you're looking for, Savanaclaw will take you on," Jack said with a smile.

"Ffna? You guys will?" Grim asked.

"Would you rather play against the teachers?" Jack gives a question back.

"You're actually a pretty cool guy," Ace said to Jack.

"D-don't get the wrong idea. I just don't want to be indebted to you!" Jack said then, scratching his hair. "You guys fine with that?"

"Uughh~ We're already about to keel over but you want to throw on one more game? Jack, you're a demon..." Ruggie sighed.

"Huuugh. This is a pain. Whatever, just come at us all at once, damn herbivores. Even if it's just an exhibition it's still a match. Be prepared. Dragon Lady" Leona said as he gazes at the h/c girl then walk towards her ear and whispered. "Or should I say, princess of darkness" Y/n grinned.

"You know, what. I think I might be playing in the magift after all." Y/n gazed at Leona with shape of dragon eyes.

"Pew... What a relief. I was about to get another three-hour-long lecture from Mr. Train... And– becomes Ms. Kambe roasted crow dinner." Crowley mumbled the last part while his teeth are shaking. "Your team has gathered eight players. All you need is play."

"Hey, it's still not enough!? We even got people from another dorm to join us!" Grim asked.

"Now that you mention the dorm..." Y/n had an idea.

"...Ah! That's right! Residents are those who live in the dorm, right?" Grim asked.

"Well, yeah, that's what it boils down to," Ace said.

"Then there are more than just us living in Ramshackle Dorm!" Grim said to light up.

"The ghosts!" Olivia exclaimed.

"Eh? You're going to enter the ghost as the other players!?" Crowley exclaimed.

"They said they were pretty good back in the day, so this is great! I'll go get them! Yahoo! I'm gonna be on TV~!" Grim screamed in joy.

"Does anything go... Can ghosts even play properly?" Jack mumbled. As everyone was busy chit-chatting Y/n was walking around the area, looking for a black stone. Soon after she saw it and grabbed a few of them then placed them inside her pocket.

"I think it's fine?" Ace said.

"I realized I'm going to be on TV and now I'm nervous..." Deuce said nervously.

"Let us head back to the stadium... But before that. Everyone, did somebody see a black rock drop somewhere around here?" Crowley asked.

"EH? Black rock?" Ace asked.

"Did you drop something, Headmaster?" Deuce inquired.

'Oi! Stupid headmaster, why did you mention that?' Olivia thought to herself, as Grim's ear perked up.

"No... If you don't see it, then it's fine. Let's hurry to the coliseum." Crowley said to everyone.

"Y/n, Let's go," Jack said.

"Oh, um. You guys go on ahead without me. I still have to check on something, before heading out." Y/n said then turned to Olivia. "Look after Grim and try not to get in trouble." Olivia nodded.

"Off to the Magical Shift Tournament!" Olivia shouted. As everyone is walking straight to the hall of mirrors.

Y/n whispered a spell that goes to the Heartslabyul, Savannaclaw members placing one strong shadow solder inside their shadow if ever this would happen again. Afterward, she starts to walk back to where Lucas, Felix, Celestia, and Magnus were.

The moment she arrived, Magnus have already been pressed to the ground by Felix, while the yellow-haired male has blood flowing throughout his body and head. While Lucas and Celestia are standing at the side when their eyes saw Y/n walking back to them. The dragon male and snow wolf kneel towards her, as Magnus tried to gaze up.

"You... you won't get away from this," Magnus spoke up, and Y/n crossed her arms. "This... is not... the end. More of us will come... and... we will... make sure... to kill you, we won't... stop... until your dead... Monster."

Y/n placed her left hand on her mouth, and she began to laugh. She laughed so hard, that tears come out of her eyes, causing Magnus to be confused. "It comes to my attention you don't know who I am... You are all so the same, you don't know when to give up, don't you?" Y/n smirked, and suddenly two pairs of black with purple horns appeared on her head. As her eyes turned purple with purple thunder struck down.

Y/n kneel and grabbed both of Magnus's cheeks, with her right hand. When Magnus look into the girl's eyes, he saw thousand screaming soul's different kinds of species. "The type of species like you, looking down on someone you think they are weak. Is what I hated the most."

"What... are... you?" Magnus stuttered.

"What am I? While that's a difficult question." Y/n let go of Magnus and raised. "People from other kingdoms refer to me, as the Mistress of Darkness, lady of the Night, Goddess of Dreams, the Scarlet assassin and others but the famous one they call me the shadow witch. Though people in my kingdom refer to me as the moon princess, crown princess, or the warrior fairy... and students here refer to me as a human that was born into a billionaire family. But for me, I refer to myself." A wind blows through her hair back, and instantly Y/n's pointy ear was shown in Magnus's eyes. "As the 'nightmare' of every villain and hero... To be honest, I go by many names. So many that I can't even remember the rest."

"Your... you are a faerie."

"Half... faerie. I'm a half-faerie and half-fairy and 10% human actually." Y/n correcting him.

"That's impossible." Magnus started, couldn't believe what he is hearing.

"What's wrong? You expect that I have only human blood... While I have to admit, my father is a human, and my older brother is a half-fairy and a half-human. That is because he was his blood, while I have my mother's blood. She is also a half-faerie and half-fairy, because of her parents."

"Human, faerie, fairy. I don't give a damn thing about what blood you have. BECAUSE IN THE END, YOU WILL END DYING EITHER WAYS." Magnus gets up causing Felix to fall back, then the yellow-haired male runs towards the girl for a punch. Y/n sighed; tired.

"As I said, you are all the same." Before Magnus could even hit a punch on Y/n, a slash from the katana cut a line on Magnus's shoulder.

The beast's killer stopped and placed both of his hands on the shoulder. 'So fast, but how?' Magnus thought to himself, as he faces the person who held the katana, and it was Y/n. The blood around Magnus's shoulder and from the katana drops to the ground. Y/n gazed at Felix as he responds with a nod.

Felix walks towards Magnus from behind, "I am the 4th Sinister; I'll be made sure... No, we, the sinister will make sure that your precious family, will bleed to their last breath." Magnus tried to threaten Y/n so she could stop Felix from killing him. But the girl just stared with cold eyes, while Felix still walking toward him. Magnus takes a step back from everyone. "Stop! I order you... You. Filthy rats!" Magnus screamed then run to Y/n. The black wolf takes one step forwards, and before he knew it Felix went past him. As Magnus's head fell from his body. 'W-what? This is impossible... I am... the strongest killer, in a twisted wonderland. How did a little two wolves, a human, and a princess defeat me? This is unfair, THIS IS UNFAIR...'

"Is he dead?" Celestia asked while Lucas's gaze was closer to the head than to the body.

"He seems to like he's dead," Lucas replied, as Y/n close her eyes and change them back to e/c. A few seconds later, Magnus's eyes suddenly showed 5 minutes and it starts to count down.

"LUCAS WATCH OUT, HIS HEAD IS COUNTING DOWN," Felix warned him, Lucas jumped back.

Tick... Tick

"He... turn his body into a ticking time bomb?" Celestia said with her eyes wide open.

"I think, that's his plan B." Felix guesses. "If he didn't complete his mission, then comes his body into a bomb."

"This is crazy."

｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡🦁 [ FLASHBACK] 🦁｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡

Magnus and Liam talk inside her laboratory, "Are you crazy?" She asked. "Putting a time bomb inside of you is a crazy move, Magnus. Sure, putting it inside your head is easy for me. But you decide to give up your life, so sure to kill that Y/n. And here I thought I'm the crazy one."

"It's our mission to kill her, so I will do anything to make that happen," Magnus said it determining. Liam pushes up her glasses with a wicked smile.

"Fine, fine!! Let's get to work." Liam jump down from her seat, "By the way, in the bomb how much time would you like, before it explodes?"

"5 minutes will do." He replied. Soon two hours have passed, and Liam finishes placing the bomb inside Magnus.

"Alright, it's done," Liam said as Magnus raised. "Careful, one wrong move and that time bomb will instantly explode."

"Sure sure. Thanks, crazy doctor." Magnus said then lift the laboratory.

"Why did you do that? Ms. Claudette," A voice appeared behind the water tank. "You know, Mr. Li is a stubborn man. He just going to take his life for nothing--" Liam cut in.

"Well at least he did something," Liam turned to face Raizo "Unlike someone who is quickly judges on someone else decision, Raizo." Raizo grits his teeth.

"He's just wasting his life on an idiotic plan. You shouldn't too." He said, then teleport away.

"Gosh, why is have to be he so noising?... Magnus, don't you dare fail." She mumbled.

｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡🦁 [ FLASHBACK END] 🦁｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡

'I won't back down! I won't back down.' Magnus thoughts. As the time counts down to 1 minute. 'I must finish the job, which I started. Even if it is giving my life away.'

"Ah, what are we going to do?" Celestia asked.

"Damn it, there's no something we could cover it," Felix said while looking around.

"What should we do?" Lucas asked himself.

The time in Magnus's eyes counts down to 10... 09... 08 'This is farewell to you, brat.' 07... 06... 05. 'Her Majesty's, forgive my stubborn actions... but it's over now, I will finish off our mistakes.'

When Y/n is about to use her shadow magic to teleport them inside the shadow. So, that they won't get exploded, but suddenly the dark mirror and her mother's words coming back to her. 'Sayuri wants her children to be kind, helpful, and brave. Just like her, and not a killer.' The dark mirror said through her head. 'Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.' Her mother's words go back to her.

"Damn it!" Y/n clenched her teeth and then walks to Mangus's body.

"My lady, what are you doing?" Lucas asked in a half-shout.

Soon as she is in front of Magnus, Y/n pulls out her right hand in front of her. 04... 03... 'I'll leave everything up to you, everyone.' 02... 01...

["Shadow Monarch; Arise"]

Y/n e/c eyes glow at the same time, and the white moon mark glows too, slightly changing into black. Three species covered their arms around their head while kneeling. But soon realized that the body didn't explode, nor do the head. They gazed at the beast's killer's body and saw Magnus's head had been healed and knocked out, while their master is standing in front of him.

"My lady?" Felix mumbled in shock.

"His head...? You heal it." Celestia said in shock.

'Why? Why did she bring him back to life?' Lucas asked himself.

"You guys may ask yourself why I decided to save him instead of letting him end his life. Right." Y/n said without turning around. "The truth is I don't know as well. But something what the dark mirror and mother once told me, just make me stop this blood shuttered."

"Y/n," Celestia mumbled.

Y/n summon two shadow army to take Magnus at the deepest prison of Andalasia where the dangerous villains were hidden. "Either way, he might be useful to us to get closer to finding my ancestor." Y/n appearance changes back to a human. "We should get going, the magift game will soon begin."

"Yes, your highness" Trio replied, then they walked out of the Savanaclaw dorm and went to the festival.

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