"Abducted!?" Lucas yelled.

"That's right." Ortho said, "Take a look at this footage! It's a recording from the school's security cameras from last night." Ortho shows a holographic screen on the wall.

"Hold on! Please don't go around casually hacking into the school's security system!" Crowley told the boy.

"That doesn't matter right now, headmaster," Y/n said.

"Qu-quiet, please! I'm starting the recording." Ortho said he played the video record.

Static crackling...

The footsteps show that Idia was seen in Main Street, last night. He seems to be angry at that time.

"I can't believe the next volume of one of my favorite manga won't arrive on release day... I even preordered the special set that comes with a bonus mini shikishi!" Idia said. "My rep as an otaku will go down if I can't get it on day one. I don't sense any people around, so I'll just make a quick trip to the student store and..."

"Found you..." A female voice suddenly appeared.

"Eh? Who's voice... was that?" Idia said, looking around.

"Finally... I found you..." It's that voice again. The screen went static before revealing the face of a female ghost wearing a wedding dress. All of the boys in the headmaster's office jump back, surprised like they just watched some horror movie. "MY PRINCE!!!!!" The female ghost said, smiling at Idia.

'My prince? So, that ghost bride is the princess.' Y/n thought to herself.

"GYAAAAAAA!!!" Idia screams, before disappearing into the area. The footage soon ended.

Bsst!

Sssssaaaa

"That ghost..." Grim said, with his eyes widened.

"Aaah... How could this happen? The ghost bride has finally found her ideal groom!" Crowley stated.

"Her ideal groom is... Idia!? No way is he a 'prince', y'know" Grim said, "He's all lanky and he's always inside so he's never been touched by the sun, plus he's always got this weird look in his eyes and smile on his face..."

"...Wait?" Grim and others realized something.

"He's fairly tall, his skin is untouched by UV rays, with almond-shaped eyes, a smile that is... charming in a way," Crowley muttered. "Shiny... well more like burning, hair and an impressive lip color."

"When we list it all out, he does check all of her boxes," Y/n said.

"Yeah. No matter how you look at it, my brother is very handsome. The ghost has amazing taste!" Ortho nodded.

"I'm still not convinced..." Grim crosses his arms.

"This has really gotten out of hand. The ghost bride has chosen a groom, which means..." Crowley was cut off by someone yelling out of the office.

"THIS IS BAD!!!"

"What is going on outside?" Crowley asked, Everyone left the room and took a look what is the commotion.

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"What is all the fuss about!?" Crowley chimed. They saw Ace and Deuce running towards them with a panic reaction show on their faces.

"Headmaster... Ah, Y/n, Felix, Lucas, and Grim! This is bad!" Ace said.

"Some ghost we've never seen before all of sudden burst into the cafeteria saying, 'This is going to be the wedding venue!'" Deuce told the headmaster what was happening. "Of course, we did our best to put up a fight, but the ghosts kept coming back no matter how many times we took them down..."

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Suddenly, a few ghosts appeared and it seemed that they were chasing Lilia and Sebek.

"Sebek? Lilia-senpai?" Y/n tilted her head, confused. She gazed at the two running away from the ghost. 'Why are they running away?'

"All I did was tease them a bit, these ghosts are so touchy." Lilia chuckled.

"Geh, they're Diasomnia! Why'd they run this way with those ghosts after them!?" Ace yelped.

"How dare you bare your fangs at Lord Lilia, incorporeal swine. I shall exterminate you all!" Sebek stopped running and went onto the battlefield, pulling out his magical pen.

"Oh dear," Y/n mumbled.

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"Hmph. Had enough!?" Sebek smirked.

"This is not the time to gloat! The next ghost is coming!" Ace told Sebek, with a panicked expression.

"There is no end to them," Crowley said.

"Yare, yare," Y/n mumbled out, taking off her left glove. She reached her hand at the ghost, "Chains of judgment." Golden chains rose from the ground and wrapped around the ghost.

"Wh-what? I can't go free." The ghost tries to break free. "What is this?"

"Chain of judgment. It doesn't matter if you are dead or alive, once you are tied up with the golden you can't longer escape from the judgment that you have to pay." Y/n said with a straight face.

"J-judgment!?"

"Wow~" Everyone gasped.

"Everyone! Let's retreat from the headmaster's office for a moment!" Crowley quickly said.

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Everyone stopped at the Sports Field to catch their breaths, as they huff heavily.

"The ghost shouldn't follow us all this way," Crowley said, checking the area for any ghosts.

"My sides hurt..." Ace huffed.

"Isn't that Ace and Deuce? Did you all evacuate out here too?" They heard Riddle's voice, everyone turned their head to see Kalim Azul, Riddle, and the three Pomefiore residents.

"Y/n, I'm so glad you're safe." Azul softly smiled, seeing the girl was safe.

"What happened to you guys?" Y/n asked them.

"We were chased out of the lecture hall by some ghost all of a sudden," Kalim explained. "Even though we finally got together to study."

"Kalim, isn't it correct to say Riddle and I were teaching you?" Azul said to him.

"And Kalim was so close to finally understanding to work...!" Riddle sighed.

"We were forced out of the classroom by a ghost saying it was to be the 'Bride's room'," Vil explained their part.

"Which is too bad because I was looking forward to hearing more of Vil's lecture on fashion." Rooy sighed.

"The ghosts just kept coming at us..." Epel added.

"I got told 'Out of the waiting room!' and tossed out of the lab," Cater said, walking at everyone with Leona followed behind.

"Yeah, and I was just walking down the hall when they kicked me out," Leona said.

"These guys all came here after getting the boot, y'know." Grim yawped.

"It seems the whole school has been taken over by those ghosts in white," Deuce said, gazing back at the school.

"The hell's going on here, Headmaster!" Ace asked Crowley.

"Allow me to explain." Ortho steps in. "So, umm, yesterday my brother..." He began to explain what had happened and the cause of this event.

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"I see." Riddle said after Ortho finished explaining to them. "You're telling us that... the ideal prince that the ghost bride has been searching for is Idia?"

"............." Everyone found themselves silent for a few minutes, before bursting out laughing.

".....Pft. Ahahahahahahah"

"That Idia, an ideal prince... Pff hah! Seriously!" Ace laughed.

"The bride has extraordinary taste!" Cater added, laughing.

"The fact that Idia chose now of all time to leave his room is hilari..." Azul felt an intense aura coming from the girl. He cleans his tongue. "Horrible."

"This is no laughing matter!" Crowley told everyone, "Are you all unaware of what being chosen as the ghost bride's groom truly means?"

"What's the matter, Headmaster? You're making a scary face." Deuce said, with a sweat dropped.

"You guys, seriously have zero idea." Y/n sighed, she gazed at her classmates with her arms folded. "If you marry a ghost you are forever bound as husband and wife to the dead. So, you become her groom then..."

"YOUR SOUL WILL BE REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE OTHER SIDE!!!" Crowley added.

"Eeeeehhhh!" Everyone except for Y/n and Crowley yelled.

"I let down my guard thinking that there would never be a man that would meet her standards." Crowley whimpered out.

"My-my brother... is going to become a ghost...!?" Ortho yelled.

"Yep, 100% positive he will be," Felix said, nodding his head. Lucas smashed his forehead knowing that what the wolf boy said, didn't help them at all.

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