Thursday march 30 2027
THIRD PERSON.
As dusk fell, students began to return to their individual rooms, with some of them going to the library or the art room to complete their own schoolwork. Even the class zero members have chosen to return to their dormitory and get ready for their night classes.
The pupils look to be typical college students; some of them are studying, others are hanging out with friends, others are practicing swordsmanship and other martial arts in the practice room, while others prefer to be by themselves.
They might appear to be normal, but. Since this is Pappilion Noir Academy, a school for murderers, that is in no way the case. It is a school where killing other pupils is permitted; the students there are people who are used to killing; they come from a family of killers, assassins, and even yakuzas.
however.. There are others who are far worse than they are, and those are.. the supreme 10 and nobody is aware of the identity of the top top 10!
meanwhile, You will see a man in his 20s standing in front of the massive fountains holding a black fan and wearing a red montsuki. He has curly black hair and black fluffy eyes, and his face resembles the face of an angel as he glances at the three enormous holographic billboards floating behind the fountains. On those billboards are 300 codenames and their points, and these were the top rankers of the P.N academy!
The students' wristwatches, which the headmistress gave them as soon as they transferred into the school, are linked to the holographic billboards, which keep track of their overall points. Students who manage to place in the top 300 will be referred to as top rankers or top climbers, and their names will be inscribed at the 'hall of fame,' which was the holographic billboards. They can use codenames or their real names, depending on whether or not the pupils desire to do so.
The wristwatch you were given will serve as a reminder of your rankings after you join the top rankers. You can think of the wristwatch as a "game system" because every time you level up, it will show how high your stats are and what kind of abilities you are good at. The only difference is that there are no magics or HPs or MPs; instead, the watch only focuses on human strengths like agility, intelligence, and flexibility. as well as the arts, sciences, and physics.
However, the golden holographic billboard on top of the three enormous billboards with just ten codenames on it caught the students' attention the most. Despite the fact that there were only ten codenames on it, the students knew that these ten students were the monsters and devils of the battlefield, the supreme 10!
'Supreme 10: Cosmos.. 100, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 9: Snake.. 243, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 8: camellia.. 400, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 7: Hermes.. 500, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 6: Twilight.. 700, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 5: kitsune.. 750, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 4: Nemesis.. 834, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 3: Serene.. 900, 000, 000, pts
Supreme 2: Sonata.. 2, 000, 000, 000, 000 pts
Supreme 1: purple hyacinth.. 5, 000, 000, 000, 000 pts.
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The man, who was still standing in front of the fountain, observed the students as they wore their admiring expressions and smiled while gazing at the golden holographic billboard, while some of them were conversing about how powerful the supreme 10 were. The man couldn't help but smirk as he opened the fan he was holding and covered his face.
"The student council election.. I'm looking forward to it." He was about to leave when he saw a mysterious girl who stopped walking and turned to stare at the golden billboards with a poker face. He soon gasped when he saw her smile meaningfully, so he couldn't help but approach her in a gentle manner and say,
"The supreme 10 are very haughty, right?" She gives the man a confused expression, but he just laughs at her and introduces himself as he notices how stunning she is by staring at her ash-gray hair in waves and her pinkish lips.
"pardon me, my name is Rufus benedict marshall by the way, the president of marionette theatre club, as well as the president of Class A-2, if you want to join in my club, feel free to call me." rufus introduce his self before held out his hands Infront of the girl, the girl just glance at it with her expressionless face but soon after she accepted it and give the man a simple smile.
"nice to meet you, my name is elyze moriarty, from class-zero."
rufus gasps upon hearing what she said; he had no idea that he would meet a student from class-zero, known as the "classroom for murderers," and that an innocent girl like elyze was one among them. However, he couldn't help but feel delighted anyway.
"I see.. from class-zero, huh?" He simply replied, seemingly hinting something, and Crystalle gave him a wary look before turning her attention back to the golden holographic billboards in front of her.
"they are indeed arrogant.. that it even makes you want to steal their seat, don't you think?" she replied in half-joking manner, so rufus just laugh.
"is that the reason why you went here?"
"..not at all, I'm just curious about them as to why they called as the supreme 10, now it already answers my curiosity, whoever these people are, they are surely a worthy opponent."
elyze smile meaningfully while staring to the supreme two's codename, she already knew who could that person is, but she decided to pursed his lips then she added again, "... a truly worthy opponent."
As soon as rufus noticed how elyze smirked, he gasped once again and began to feel nervous for an odd reason, as though she was threatening the members of Supreme 10, warning them to prepare for an impending massive storm, however for Rufus who loves to seeks fun and amusement, he thought this to be interesting.
"if someone from supreme 10 heard your words, they will surely felt enrage and kill you for taunting them."
suddenly, another smirk form from crystalle's lips as he gaze at his black fluffy eyes and said with unperturbed manner, "ah, you mean, just like you?"
that makes Rufus almost show his surprise expression to elyze, but as soon as he realizes that she's just testing him, he just calm his mind and wear his usual carefree expression.
"hmm.. you're a funny girl elyze! I like you already!"
"right..? did my jokes almost caught you off guard?"
"It almost makes me believe that I'm really part of supreme 10 actually! hahaha!"
seeing rufus laughing casually makes elyze felt irritated to him, but she didn't show it rather, she also laugh together with him, until she stop and asked.
"Then, let's say that you are part of supreme 10 and hear my words, will you feel enrage as well?"
his smile eventually disappears and he stops laughing, he smiled, opened his fan, covered his face, crossed his arms, and looked directly into Elyze's eyes before speaking.
"no.. rather, I will be interested on you. after all, I like ambitious people."
They are enveloped in a deafening stillness as if they are attempting to outwit one another in their minds, but soon a familiar voice calls Elyze's name from behind. She turns to face him and sees Rhyne approaching her.
"There you are cou- I mean Elyze! the others are finding you—ah, rufus? what are you doing here?" Rufus glance at rheyne and smile plainly to him.
"I just happen to passed by, well then, I'm going now, let's meet again, Ms. elyze."
Rheyne simply nods at him as Rufus turns away from them until he is no longer visible. Elyze simply sighed before turning to look at Rheyne.
"you know him..?"
rheyne shrugged his shoulder and said, " I'm member of marionette theatre club and he's our president, so yeah. but.." he pouted at elyze and added, "I don't like him, he's giving me a chilly feeling, although the girls in our club likes rufus because of his kind and gentle demeanor, he's a freaking psychopath deep inside!"
elyze just nods to him again and didn't reply on him, rather, she just keep walking but she stop when rheyne calls her with solemn expression.
"there is a mission waiting for you. father just send a letter to me earlier, what will you do?"
by the time rheyne said those words, elyze started to walk again without looking back then she give him an instruction,
"Once night fell, write another letter and send it to my lockers with the letters your uncle gave you; it would be preferable if you delegated this task to the other students."
Since they were in an enemy's den, where there were many eyes watching the students' movements in the shadow, they had to be careful and cautious of their surroundings because one wrong move would mean their demise. This is why they had to go this far. The Queen was the Academy's deadliest opponent, and since this mission came directly from her, if the higher-ups learned that Elyze was the Queen's covert assassin and spy, she would undoubtedly perish.
Because it was linked to the P.N. Academy security room, they couldn't use technologies including making or receiving calls or sending messages. The security guards were all keeping an eye on it to ensure that the students wouldn't say anything negative about them. Sending letters is therefore the best course of action because, if anyone were to observe them doing it, they would only interpret it as someone wanting to confess their feelings by writing a few love letters to the person they like; they would view this as typical of students and not report it to the higher-ups.
rheyne just scratch his head and let out a snort. "Cold as ever. tsk."
...
There is a large mansion with tall pillars and white concrete walls in the south wing of the academy. It is surrounded by large oak trees and has a variety of dazzling lights coming from it. This was the A-class dorm, also referred to as the "midnight star dormitory."
A giant sofa in the centre, a flat-screen TV, couches, a contemporary glass table, antique cabinets, and many replicas of well-known da Vinci paintings can be seen inside the midnight star dorm. The white ceiling has large chandeliers, and the walls are painted peach.
The kitchen and dining room were located in the left wing of the mansion, and a large white-gray winder staircase in the side leads to the second floor, which has at least 10 rooms, five to the left and another five to the right. There is also another winder staircase at the end of the hallways that leads to the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, all of which have 10 rooms each, with the exception of the first and sixth floors.
On the sixth level, there are only two rooms, a living room with a bar counter at the edge, and a tiny kitchen. The first one is for the president of class A-1, who also served as the resident assistant for the dormitory, while the second one is for class A-2
Since the A-class includes two divisions, the class A-1 and class A-2, unlike the royal knights dormitory where class zero is housed, the midnight star dormitory contains two classes. There are only 20 students in class A-1 and 20 more in class A-2, making up the total of 40 A-class pupils in the entire academy.
the class A-1 are, obviously, they are the group of skilled people who's just next to the class-zero, while the class A-2 are the third's.
meanwhile, On the sixth floor, there are two young men in their 20s enjoying dessert and tea while seated at a white-gold sofa; one has black curly hair, while the other has green hair and green narrow eyes with long eyelashes and is wearing a full P.N. academy uniform, then, a woman with black colored hair and orange eyes is silently standing next to the dignified man.
a few minutes of silence, the man in curly black hair spoke, "today is quite peaceful, isn't it, akihiko?"
then the man named akihiko just twitched his lips, "I have told you so many times already, rufus, just call me fynn, fynn clemency."
Yes, the one he is referring to is none other than rufus Marshall, the president of the marionette club and the individual that Elyze previously met in the hall of fame! Because of the influence that their families had in the underground society, Fynn and Rufus—who had been friends since they were young—joined the P.N. academy together.
so rufus just laugh at him, "ehh.. but I like that name, especially your surname, Izumi isn't it? pfft."
"you, I will kill you.."
"hahahahaha, sorry about that, akihiko-chan~"
"..."
Rufus just keep teasing him but not long after, he stop from laughing before wipe his teary-eyes as he change their topic.
"by the way, akihiko, you are planning to run as president in election this year, right?"
"Fynn. fynn clemency."
"yeah, yeah, so what are you planning to do, akihiko? I heard from edwin moran that keir and damion will run as well, they are quite hard to deal with, especially this damion. he have the most connection here rather than us."
fynn just let out a sigh while massaging his temple while looking hopelessly to rufus who was just sipping some tea and eating desserts, rather than having a fight with him, he just decided to answer his question.
"Indeed, keir and I lose to him in last election and now, he wanted to run again, what a greedy guy, the headmistress backing him up secretly after all." fynn sighed again, so rufus just smirk.
"will you going to give up this year?"
fynn just frowned to him and replied, "huh? where the hell did you get that idea? why would I give up this opportunity? this is my last chance to become the president of student council, we will graduate after four years, therefore I wouldn't let this last chance slip."
Fynn's expression carries a sense of determination, and at the same time, an evil smirk appears. He then takes a classy sip of tea before look to the woman behind him.
"caitlyn, you're also running this election right? as a secretary?"
the girl replied with a smile, "rest assured, there's no reason to think about it for now, this time, Alexandra mendez won't be in election."
"that's good to hear, now the secretary position will be secured by us."
soon, rufus laugh that makes fynn frowned again so he asked him, "what's the matter?"
"Well, If I were you, I wouldn't let my guard down.. other than Alexandra mendez, there might be a promising students planning to run as secretary this year.. we don't know what will happens."
Fynn's face turns into serious expression and glance straightly to rufus, "like who..?"
another smirk formed to rufus lips before he look at him, "who knows.. I'm saying that there's just a possibility. nevertheless, no matter what happens, I will keep supporting your faction, so if you want something, feel free to call me, akihiko!"
"like I said, call me fynn, fynn clemency."
"all right, akihiko~"
"damn you, really!"
fynn let out another long sigh, until his expression changes into calm and serious one as a simple smile formed on his pinkish lips, "ah, now that you mention it, Given that you previously informed me that certain promising students would be interested in running for secretary, perhaps you could obtain some information on them? Before the opposing group outsmarted us, we ought to have already secured Caitlyn's triumph."
"sure. that's not a problem, I will going to lonely panther club later."
The lonely panther club isn't just a typical journalism club like the others; this is where the majority of students gather information as well. Of course, they have to pay it back by learning something that the lonely panther's didn't, which is why only a select few frequently visit the journalism club since they are already familiar with all of the information about the academy, be it rumors or supreme 10 members.
"just make sure that edwin won't fake the information he will give to you, although you've known him since then, and he often hang out with us, I still cannot trusted him. he always keep sticking to his neutral principle, which I found it suspicious."
"No worries, No worries, I've been known edwin since then, just like you, he doesn't want damion to be the president of the student council, although he always says that he keeps maintaining his neutrality toward the students, he's actually making his move behind damion's back to kick him out."
fynn nodded to rufus, "well, nonetheless, I've been trying to win him on my side since he's an important asset to us, that even damion were so wary to him, but he just keep declining me, telling that he have his own ways to kick damion del luna in president's seat. it's just truly a waste you know, I mean, if we manage to get the lonely panther journalism club on our side, we will have a huge chance to win. sigh."
rufus laugh to fynn out of amusement as he drank his last tea, " you surely fired up this time, huh?"
"This is my last election, furthermore.." Fynn gets up from his seat, looks out the window, spreads his arms wide, and smiles a little before turning to face the sky with his narrow green eyes. There's a trace of seriousness in his eyes.
"I hold the Izumi clan's crest, therefore, I always had one goal and that is to..." Upon seeing Fynn turn around on him and place his index finger on his lips, especially when he murmured certain words, Rufus grinned broadly.
"devour everything in the most calm and.. serene manner."
...
Inside of the office of student council..
You will see Damion sitting in a black swivel chair with some papers and a ballpen while there are stacks of folders and envelopes in the desk. Next to him was Alexandra, who was dozing in the desk, and Chauncey, who was about to give up due to the piles of papers he needed to review and stamp for the impending student council election and a party to welcome the newcomers.
"damion~ It's fucking 9:00 pm in the evening, can't we just continue this tomorrow? we still have a night class after this~" chauncey complains while pouting.
"It's still early, don't complain."
"huh?! this was your work and you'll throw it to us?!"
"tsk. I'm busy too."
"so what?! this is your work!"
damion just let out a heavy sigh and didn't listen to chauncey's complain, he nudge the bridge of his eyeglasses as he started to read the papers on his minds.
'a banquet must have three courses, the hors d'oeuvres (gustatio), the main course (mensae primae), and the dessert (mensae secundae).'
"Seriously! this is so tiring! hey! I want to leave!"
'I might as well add elyze suggestions, since the upcoming ball is masquerade party, I think rose-gold is the perfect option to be the theme of the party.. right, this is better.'
"Amadeus~ Can I leave now..?"
"then.. the emcee—!"
"Heyyooo! president! look at me!"
"the next on the list is—"
"Damion! damion! damion! dami—!"
"AHH, shut up damn it!" Damion calmed himself down and just clasped his hands together after giving Chauncey a gaze this time that caused him to stop speaking. Alexandra also woke up as a result, and her spectacles nearly fell to the ground if she hadn't fixed them.
"well, anyway, speaking of election.. have you ever gathered the students who will run this year?" Chauncey's pout gradually disappeared as it changed to a serious expression before he straightened himself and gave him a quick glance. While this was happening, Alexandra didn't mind them because she knew how crucial this election was for Damion. As a result, she chose to remain silent and continue reading the documents.
"yeah, Keir Samael Xenon and Fynn clemency, they are the people you need to becareful of, while the rest, these are the names." chauncey open the small cabinet Infront of him and took out a brown envelope before give it to damion.
"Fynn clemency, huh? not surprising at all. rather, I'm more surprise seeing keir on the list, planning to run as the president of student council, well, I already have a hunch but to think my hunch would be right in the end." Then, as he began to read, he opened the envelope. There are 10 students who plan to run for president, including Fynn and Keir. Next, there are 11 candidates for vice president, including Chauncey. Finally, there are 11 candidates for secretary, none of whom were known to Damion.
"they are nothing to write about, I didn't even know them, for now, there's only two people we need to be wary of, keir xenon and fynn clemency." damion declared in serious manner, suddenly, chauncey cut him.
"ah, there's another person who wants to run as secretary, although this papers is just a copy and not yet fully verified by principal, it will still help us."
"then? who's the other person you're talking about?"
"right, I just heard this from elyze but she says that, devian xenon is planning to run as secretary of the president of student council as well."
and that stops damion and gasps as soon as he heard devian's name, 'he will run? as a secretary of student council?' that's what he thought as he started to tapped the desk using his fingers as though he was anxious of something.
this is bad.. I've been keeping an eye on him ever since they enrolled in the academy. Although his grades are not that high, the way he interacts with people are in top-notch, and he can manipulate the media just by using his sweet tongue in a snap! If Devian is really planning to run for secretary of the student council, Keir's reputation will rose up as well! plus.. Since Devian was Keir's older brother, Keir's reputation may have also been impacted by Devian's influence.
and if devian manage to win the secretary's seat, keir's chances of winning will rose up.' that's what damion thought, still tapping the desk with his fingers.
"but what is his reason..? was it only because of his greed for power and strength? damn it.. this doesn't make sense at all.. as if like someone was purposely controlling them in the shadow." he joked to himself while shaking his head.
"...hmm, we can't ruled out that possibility, what will you do if that really happens?"
Damion nudge the bridge of his eyeglasses as a small smirk curved on his lips and sighed. " we will let them for now, just keep an eye to devian in secret."
chauncey nodded, Then, shortly after, he recalls elyze and their unexpected encounter from yesterday, which caused him to worry about whether or not to tell Damion. Part of him felt that it was risky, while the other part felt that it was okay. Ultimately, he chose to simply issue a caution to Damion.
"Well, actually there's another one I suspect, but I don't have an enough proof that it was her, even so.. I wanted to remind you at least.. be careful to elyze moriarty." He purposefully kept those remarks from Alexandra by whispering them to Damion, but Chauncey was surprised when he noticed Damion's icy response. Damion was giving him a gaze that would cause someone to shiver in their seat, Chauncey felt confuse at all, but one thing he was sure..
'I'm fuckin' dead..' that's what he thought.
the corner of his lips twitched slightly, " w-well~ that was just my hypothesis, it's up to you if you will believe me or not.." he laugh anxiously and decided to shut his mouth.
when damion notice chauncey's weird behavior he calm his self down, " don't just spout nonsense, besides.. if it was really elyze moriarty, I wouldn't let you deal with her."
"What..? why?"
a sweet smile formed to damion's lips before he clasped his hands together once more and said simply to him.
"No reason, I just... like her. that's all, and you know what will happen if someone trying to touch the person whom I likes..
they were all dying in my hands."
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from this moment, I will use Third person Point of view from now on.
happy reading~
THIRD PERSON.
By this time, it is after 10 o'clock, and Crystalle is glancing up above the starry sky while wearing a red ring-linked halter bikini swimsuit and having a swim in the rooftop swimming pool of the Royal Knights Dormitory. From here, she can see the dazzling stars and the pale-white moon in the sky. She chose to go swimming in the pool first to calm her mind before the remaining two hours of the night classes starts.
She neglected to take breaks since she was so preoccupied with devising a strategy for ousting Damion from the presidency, Another one, she was still annoyed with Rufus Marshall before. If Rheyne hadn't shown up, she definitely would have snapped in front of him.
She had just gotten into the pool and was floating when, using her peripheral vision, she noticed that someone had entered inside, she turned to look at the person and saw a familiar man with brown hair that was disheveled and a polo shirt collar that was unbuttoned. he was also holding a pack of cigarettes and smoking as the wind blew his hair out of his face, so he just closed his eyes. this was none other than damion del luna himself who just got back from his office earlier!
Damion just gasps when she looks up at Crystalle, so she smiles plainly before going up to the deck, where he saw her sexy slim body and loosen ash-gray hair that was soak in water and dripping down wet. Crystalle took out the red robe on the beach chair and covered her body, and in the meantime, Damion just avoided her gaze to her by closing his eyes.
"what are you doing here, Mr. president?" asked crystalle meaningfully.
so damion just replied simply to her and keep smoking, "to rest."
"I see.. it must be hard, huh?"
"indeed it is. you have to do everything perfectly or else students will only treat you as a trash, one small mistake and the eyes and ears of academy would write it to their papers." damion said as though he meant something.
"if that's the case.. then why wouldn't you give up? is there a reason why you must not give up the president's seat?" crystalle asked out of the blue so he couldn't help but to stare at her, after a few minutes of silence, he spoke.
"probably because.. it was my obligation to do so. If I were to give up easily, people would started to treat me differently and look down upon me, and I don't want that to happen, it makes me want to, how do I put this, ah.." another sneer formed to damion's lips while looking straightly to crystalle's eyes.
"It makes me want to.. trample them so badly." you see.. what I hate the most about the humans are those people who keep looking down someone as though they are more superior than them."
there's a hint of coldness on damion's eyes which make crystalle found it rather interesting, so she couldn't help but to laugh inwardly as she crossed her arms together, still looking to damion with an amusement expression on her face.
"you and devian are really alike, you don't want to see people looking down on you that's why you always makes the things to be perfect as it is, but you love to mock the people itself, unable to feel remorse at all even though you two knew that you were the one who's at mistake. a truly prideful and.. greedy man."
"what..? are you saying that.. I'm a bastard like him? you're being frank." damion give crystalle a serious gaze that makes her giggle once more.
"I'm always been a frank person, besides..
you two are really alike.. your reaction was just the same as him."
When Damion saw Crystalle's pose, he couldn't help but nudge his eyeglasses before taking them off, throw his cigarette on the ground, and step on it. Crystalle was sitting in the beach chair next to damion, leaning her elbow against the handle and placing her hands on her cheeks before crossing her legs like she was sitting on a throne like a queen. damion, on the other hand, then curled up his lips into another grin as he gently walked toward Crystalle.
"maybe you're right about that, as much as I wanted to deny it, I couldn't do it because we are indeed same, be it in terms of personality, nature, on how our mind works, and even our taste when it comes to girls, however.."
When Damion held Crystalle's chin and forced her to look closer at his lovely face, Crystalle merely gasped. He then trapped her in the beach chair and muttered something into her ear loudly enough to send shivers down her spine.
"there is one thing that makes us different and that is.. I'm greedier and more prideful than him."
Damion looked at the sliding door while he was saying those things and saw another person hiding inside of it, showing his murdering intent towards him, which caused Damion to sneer even more. He then took a small step back and looked at Crystalle once more before giving her a heartwarming smile.
"I heard from chauncey that devian will run as a secretary of student council this year, please do tell him goodluck and be careful, this is an election for student council seats after all, some candidates might use dirty tricks just to win."
"u-uh, yeah.." it took awhile for crystalle to gather all her thoughts and replying to damion in stuttering manner, then after that she just diverted her gaze above.
'fck.. the hell is that? it surprises me as hell!' crystalle cussed on her mind and bite her lips inwardly, when damion notice that, he laughed silently and turn his back.
"Then, I will go back now, prepare for the night classes."
"A-all right."
Damion then turned to leave the pool and return inside when he abruptly stopped in his tracks upon hearing a chilly, monotone voice emerging from the shadow.
"I didn't anticipate that you would show interest in my fiancée since I assumed that you weren't the kind of person who would want to date women. I commend you for your good acting, Mr. president."
damion look seriously to the shadow as devian emerge on it with a smirk on his lips while clapping elegantly as though he was provoking him.
"why? I thought that doesn't matter to you? you've been hooking up with girls in the bars along with rheyne and chauncey recently, isn't it?"
"now that surprises me as well! "I didn't expect that you were such a 'caring' person, Mr. President," he then said in response, causing Damion to simply throw him a chilly gaze.
"you.. did someone already told you that you have a talent for provoking someone?"
"I've always been showered by praise since I'm still a child, so pardon me but I didn't know that."
"so that's why you're full of arrogance to yourself."
As they exchange frosty, cold responses with each other, an eerie calm falls over them as their atmosphere grows thick. Devian then breaks the silence.
"you also have a talent for provoking someone."
"oh? I'm sorry about that, I didn't know anything about it at all."
"you.." devian reveal his killing intent towards damion but damion didn't yield in rather he give him a cold gaze in response as though he was trying to challenge him.
"what? do you want to fight?"
".. I have been really hated you ever since then, those personality of yours."
"Thank you for telling me, now I already have a reason to kill you whenever I wanted to." said damion using his icy and Monotone voice.
"hoh..? kill me then, I'll welcome you always." Devian just twitched his lips in irritation as he stared directly into Damion's eyes, but Damion simply shook his head and giggled at him before continuing to enter.
on the other hand, devian let out another sigh before he leaned against the pillars as he covers half of his face.
"..I have to calm down."
...
Around 11 o'clock at night, you can find Keir in his room, lying on the bed with a serious expression on his face and contemplating the offer that Crystalle had made to him earlier. It takes him a few minutes to get up from his bed and head to the dressing room, where he changes into a white polo shirt, red blazer, and slacks before tying up the white silk hair that reaches his shoulder. then left the room and continued to make his way down the hallways until he arrived at room 08, which was crystalle's dorm.
he let out another sigh first, before knocks on the door, a few minutes later, he heard a voice from the girl coming inside, "Come in."
Keir simply opens the door, revealing a white-gold theme to her face. There are two white modern couches facing each other, followed by a gold sofa, where a stunning girl in a uniform was sitting and enjoying a glass of wine. In addition, there is a round glass table in the middle with a vase of red roses on it. A king-size bed with a white, nicely folded comforter, a lamp, and a sliding door leading to a balcony are located behind it.
as soon as keir sees crystalle sitting on the sofa, keir also sat on the couches as he clasped his hands together with a serious expression on his face.
"I'll accept your offer, as long as I would win this year's election." when crystalle heard those words, she stop sipping her wine and grin inwardly.
"a clever decision.. indeed." she replied, so keir just sighed and crossed his legs.
"well, There is no other option for me; it's either you control me now or I control you later. besides.. like you said, We will both benefit from this, but let's not pretend to be in the dark about the fact that you will gain the most. Knowing that many opponents would materialize in front of you if you choose to be in the spotlight, you made the decision to remain in the shadows. which is why you made the decision to find a valuable pawn who will serve as your shield in order to save yourself. With that, you are free to roam around as much as you like because the suspicion will be directed towards the other students who are more stronger and more powerful than you. so I'll gladly accept your offer and form an alliance with you because you truly did an excellent job of manipulating us so that everything happened the way you intended it to.
Although Crystalle knew this was going to happen, she still couldn't help but feel surprised by him. She just laughed out loud. She believed that Keir was just a simpleton who wanted to have some fun and demonstrate his abilities, but who would have imagined that he was more intelligent and perceptive than his brother? She had previously believed that Devian was the only person who could comprehend her thoughts, now there are already two of them.
"Very Impressive, you're way smarter than devian."
keir shrugged his shoulder and half close his eyes, "Of course, who would you take me for? you should try to read lonely panther's Newspaper sometimes, so that you would understand why the students, including the higher ups, are afraid of me."
Crystalle smile to him again, "I know.. Edwin Moran gave your information to me yesterday, 'The first placer of grand concours de requiem au clair de lune', 'God of arts and creativity,' 'The grand champion of swordmanship Competition', 'Second placer of Bloodbath Warfare, ' and the newest-yet-famous of all.. 'The angel of Madness', aside from that, there's still an interesting news about purple hyacinth which was your alias name."
keir couldn't help but to gasp because of that, "you're well-informed."
"I wouldn't get you on my side if I don't know anything about your skills or strength." she then smiled again and added meaningfully, "well, that's all what I want to hear from you, you should leave by now to avoid suspicion, after all, It would be rude if someone found you out inside of a woman's bedroom, much less it's your soon-to-be-sister in law, isn't it?"
Keir sigh for the last time and stand up while scratching his head, "How cautious, ah.. by the way, in case you didn't know, but tonight, we will be having a joint classes with some A-class students, some of them might be part of supreme 10, so you better be careful."
"A joint classes? with A-class? Damion didn't told me anything.." crystalle just hold her chin while thinking something.
"Probably because the student council were so busy, Since our class is more advanced than the other section, the headmistress allows the other students an opportunity to study with class-zero, but a night session is a joint class with the other students who wished to learn class-subjects. zero's Night classes are a special class after all, so only students from A-class or B-class have a chance to join in. It would take a lot of money or points to do that. The Night class was specifically created for Class Zero exclusively, and Damion himself proposed this to his father, the founder of the academy and leader of black butterfly organization, which is why we don't have to pay anything."
As soon as crystalle heard what keir did say, she couldn't help but to look at him seriously especially when he heard the name of black butterfly organization, but there's another one that makes her surprise even more.
"Damion's Father..?" He asked out of curiosity, keir nods at him.
"Damion's Father was none other than the founder of P.N Academy, that's right.. he's none other than the son of the leader of black butterfly organization—!" Keir gasps as soon as he heard the sound of wine glass fell on the ground causes it to shatters into pieces, he just frowned when he notice crystalle's shock expression as though she seen a ghost just now.
'don't tell me.. she's chasing the black butterfly?' he thought and decided to purse his lips, suddenly, he felt a sudden chill down to his spine when he heard crystalle burst out into laugh like a psycho.
"I see.. he's the son.. huh? interesting.. very interesting!" she said like a person who lost her mind, but soon after, she stop grinning when she realize that keir was still Infront of him, wearing his surprising face, so she cough two times, before change it into a noble and aristocratic manner and smiled to him sweetly.
"ah, Sorry about that.. thank you for that information you revealed to me, and by the way.." crystalle's smile turns into cold one as she leaned his elbow to the sofa and Cross her legs and said in icy and cold voice..
"You better not to tell everything what you've seen tonight to damion, or else, a consequences will happen."
for the second time, keir felt another chill running down to his spine before gulped, then after that, he decided to keep walking out of elyze room before replying to her, "I wouldn't."
he then open the door as he started to walk downstairs then whispered something, "That girl.. Brother's Eve is fuckin' a psychopath! I would never wanted her to become my soon-to be sister-in-law!"
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Some students are fully awake for their night classes by 11:30 p.m., while the rest of the students have fallen happily to sleep in their different dorms. On the other hand, in the music room, you will find fynn clemency playing the piano while grinning and touching the keys in a soft manner, as if he were dancing in the pouring rain. His every movement leaves a soothing and serene sound that is sufficient to clear your mind and make you forget all of your problems.
When he had finished playing, he heard applause from behind him. He turned to see two elegant men smiling and applauding him.
"Amazing! I would never get tired of listening at Akihiko's Music!"
"It's fynn."
"Yeah, Yeah, But you really never failed to surprise me! as expected to the king of music of the Academy."
Fynn just smile to them before stand up on the piano's chair. Fynn Clemency is the head of A-class and the president of La Fantasia Music Club, which won the Grand Concours de Requiem au clair de lune, commonly known as Moonlight's Requiem Grand Contest, last year. One of the biggest events takes place during the fourth week of January, which was the month of the school's music festival. It is a festival to remember Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the founder of the academy's favorite musician, and students are allowed to participate by playing various musical masterpieces created by renowned composers and musicians from around the world.
and the music piece that the la fantasia music club choose that time was mozart's concerto, reason why they become the champion of grand concours de requiem au clair de lune, and why fynn became famous as the king of music of P.N academy.
meanwhile, a man in blonde hair spoke, this was none other than, edwin moran, "Indeed, so now that you have finished playing, can't we just go back in the class? the others was already there."
rufus, the other man who have black curly hair just give him a wide smile before put his hands on fynn and edwin's shoulder.
"you're such an impatient person, edwin! is there a reason why you badly want to go in the class right now? tonight's class was a joint classes with class-zero you know." the corner of edwin's lips just twitched while looking to rufus.
"it's already 11:45 pm, we're gonna late."
"Rufus pouted at him and sighed, "all right, all right, tsk."
they started to leave on music room, while rufus just put his hands on the back of his head, meanwhile, fynn just put his hands on the pocket.
"by the way, the class-zero has a newbie right?" fynn asked out of the blue to rufus, edwin just silently listening to their conversation with his poker face.
"Yeah, I actually met one of them."
"heh.. is it a worthy to look out for?" fynn give rufus a small smirk, so he just laugh.
"you'll see her soon, but for me, she's quite interesting."
"so it's a girl huh? well, if you say so, then I will believe in you, you always have a keen eye to someone who have a special skills after all."
as soon as edwin heard the word 'girl', he immediately realize who could be the person they are talking about, but he didn't butt in and keep listening to their conversation.
"by the way, edwin, didn't rufus told you anything to find some information of the students who will run in student council election as secretary?" edwin look at fynn, and when he notice his smile, he couldn't help but to scratch his cheeks while smiling awkwardly.
'right.. I almost forgot that I've been surrounded by psychopaths who were hungry for power, what a pain.' he thought while shaking his head inwardly.
"uh, yeah, I'll send it to you later."
"good, good!"
In the end, Edwin just sighed heavily as he began to consider how to explain everything to Elyze. He was unsure whether or not to tell them because he knew that Elyze's fiancé, Devian Xenon, would run for the secretary's seats. However, if he didn't tell them anything or gave them some false information, he might pass away right away; however, if he revealed anything about Elyze, he would also perish.
in other words, it's a dead end for him.
'guess I'll just have to ask elyze later.' he thought.
when they reach at the elevator, fynn press the fifth button and as it was about to close, someone dashes Infront two feet suddenly block the closing elevator that makes the others gasp and as the elevator opens, they saw two handsome men, one is slightly small than other one then it have a white silk hair and golden eyes that is very familiar to fynn, while other one is the man with handsome face with black silk hair and red eyes, they are looking each other as though they are clashing on their mind as they started to give a glare to each other.
" how surprising.. this is the first time I saw you being late in classes, brother!"
"thanks to a certain four-eyed person that have a brown neatly comb hair for pissing me off, now will you please get on already?"
"You don't need to order me, stupid!"
"look who's talking, you're the stupidest being I ever met in my life!"
"Ha! read some newspaper sometimes, fool!"
"I don't need to. it's just a waste of time."
"Do you wanna fight?!"
"Feel free!"
the two young men stop fighting as soon as they realize that someone was watching so they look at them together and there they saw fynn, rufus and edwin looking at them confusingly, suddenly, keir, the man with white-silk hair spoke.
"ahh! Fynn! are you three going to the class?! let us join as well!" he said happily before hop inside of the elevator, meanwhile, devian, the person beside him just let out a sigh and enter inside as well before he leaned against the elevator and press the fifth button again.
a deafening silence re-engulfed to them, and only keir's humming voice you will hears, meanwhile, rufus just observe devian, and there is only one thing that appears on his mind, gentle-yet-dangerous.
he have an elegant aura like a prince, however behind on it, there was a bloodlust lies beneath. like a demon, hiding behind the face of an angel.
when devian notices that rufus was staring at him secretly, he glance to him and ask, "do you perhaps want to say something?"
but rufus just shake his head and smile, "Nothing, I'm just amaze by your gracefulness, what's your name? you must be one of the newcomers of class-zero, I haven't seen you here."
then devian also replies with a smile, "It's devian.. Devian Laxius Xenon."
fynn and rufus just gasps, while edwin just pretended as though he's looking at his cellphone that he was holding. "Xenon? you mean.. keir was your brother?"
"correction. my half-brother, we have the same father but different mother." devian added, while looking to keir who was still humming using his angelic voice as though he didn't care any less.
then rufus speak, "but your gracefulness is completely opposite to him.. how come?"
"Ah~ that's because he was born and grow up in the middle of forest, infact, I didn't know that he was studying here, he doesn't know anything about proper etiquettes at all!"
"Hey! that's not true!"
".. so that's why."
"don't believe in him! I'm always a top scorer when it comes to etiquette class!"
keir pouted to them so rufus just laugh, " how envious.. you're so close to each other~"
suddenly, rufus stop laughing when keir and devian gave him a cold glare and say, "We're not."
In the end, Rufus quickly covered his mouth as a heavy atmosphere suddenly enveloped them. When the elevator stopped and opened, they saw a girl with brown long wavy hair, ocean-blue eyes, a white pale face, and round eyeglasses holding a book. All of the girl's textbooks nearly fell to the ground as she blushed and hesitantly entered the elevator after spotting five elegant men inside.
suddenly, edwin smirk, "Heh.. a girl huh? it's passed midnight already, where are you going at this hour, miss?" he softly asked to the girl, meanwhile, the girl Started to look around anxiously as she replied to him in stuttering manner.
"w-well, Uhmm, I'm taking a night class like you guys, haha.. hahaha.." not long after, keir butt in as well and went closer to her, causes her to blush awkwardly.
"heh.. but I haven't seen you in night class~"
"t-t-that's because this is my First time taking a Night c-class.." the girl started to felt dizzy when keir went to her closer even more, as the girl just block him using his hands, suddenly fynn speak.
"You're making the girl feel uncomfortable, keir."
devian sigh as well while shaking his head before grabbed keir's collar without hesitation, still shaking his head inwardly, 'seriously.. this is the worst timing ever.' devian thought while looking to keir with a hopeless manner.
"top scorer of etiquette class my ass, then you should know how to talk with ladies when first time meeting them. tsk." he whispered.
the girl didn't speak up again and just say thank you to fynn, not until, rufus talk to him with a smile.
"What's your name, miss?" and that stops the girl from talking, she just clenched her fist secretly, but she immediately open it and replied.
"Dawsyn.. Dawsyn Arianne Del-luna, you can call me aria in short.. I'm from B-class."
edwin's eyes widened and said, "..Eh?"
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