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[Enter, The Crimson Tyrant! Episode 7]

                          


                          
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"Lilia...hello,"
                          
"Hello icey," Lilia purred near your ear and put his face on top of your head.
                          
Both Ace and Trey showed surprise at Lilia's sudden intrusion. But Trey's eyes...
                          
they held something else, something bitter.
                          
"Th-this guy teleported here!" Grim sounded shocked.
                          
Lilia had an amused smile. "Fray tell, are thou interested in my dorm members? Fufufu, it is true that I might resemble a sprightly and endearing young boy. However, just like that man in glasses has said," Lilia pointed at a stilled Trey, "I am a child no longer."
                          
"Sprightly..."
                          
Lilia still kept himself comfortable behind you and you made no effort to move. "Frithee, why not approach us instead of simply watching from afar? Are we not comrades from the same school? We, from Diasomnia, will welcome you anytime."
                          
Lilia leaned closed again and whispered in your ear, "The same goes for you, my dear... maybe even more than welcome if it means Malleus and I get to snuggle with you all over again."
                          
You closed your eyes and hummed. From behind Lilia stood Sebek, a first-year with lime green hair and Silver, a second-year with...well, silver hair. Both of them only stood in silence while Lilia babbles and teased the others all the way.
                          
Deuce looked at Sebek and Silver's stoic faces. "Those two completely look like they don't even want to be bothered though..."
                          
"Fufu. Pardon me for appearing from above while you dined. We'll be taking our leave now." Lilia looked at you. "Would you like to join us, [m/n]? Our little dragon has been missing your every form for some time now, and so am I."
                          
"Um, I-"
                          
"We are so sorry, Lilia-sama... But Riddle has been trying to find [m/n] for a while. Something about a class project that both of them would be working on." Trey cut you off.
                          
We had a class project? "Um, yeah...sorry Lilia, maybe some other time?" you smiled unsurely.
                          
Lilia stared for a few seconds before dramatically sighing and nodding. He walked away with Silver and Sebek. You could faintly hear Silver muttering; "We don't have one though?"
                          
Huh.
                          
Ace whispered. "Our seat is practically 20 meters away from theirs...but you're telling me he heard us that distance?! Scary..."
                          
Trey pushed the bridge of his glasses and coughed a little. "W-well... That's how it is. Diasomnia's got a lot of very special students. Their dorm has a lot of members that are pretty gifted. Their Prefect, Malleus Draconia, is said to be one of the five greatest sorcerers of our world."
                          
Cater hummed. "TBH, Malleus is sorta like, the awesomest of the awesome! Well, our Prefect's pretty dangerous too~ so is our lil ol' [m/n] right here~"
                          
"You're telling me! He puts a collar on someone just for eating his tart? He's the worst...um, [m/n], no offense..." Ace apologized sheepishly.
                          
What he didn't know was that your focus wasn't on him anymore, it was behind him.
                          
"Hm~? I'm the worst?"
                          
Riddle.
                          
Ace continued, oblivious to the fact that everyone was eyeing him to shut up. "Yeah. Only a tyrant will keep up with those kinda rules. Gimme a break~!"
                          
"Ace...Ace! Look behind you!" Deuce shook him.
                          
"GEH! Prefect?!" Ace spun around and saw Riddle glowering at him.
                          
"Ello, Riddle," you idly waved.
                          
"Hello, [m/n]."
                          
"Hey there, Riddle! You look super cute today too~!" Cater greeted.
                          
"Hmph! Keep talking like that, Cater, and it'll be off with your head too." Riddle crossed his arms.
                          
Cater pouted, 'Eh~ Come one now, go easy on me~ Your favoritism is showing!"
                          
Grim pointed at Riddle, "Ah?! This is the guy who put that weird collar on me during the Opening Ceremony!"
                          
Riddle looked at Grim and Yuu. "You two are the ones who caused a ruckus yesterday, aren't you? Would you refrain from referring to someone's unique magic as "a weird collar"? Good grief, the Headmaster is too soft. Letting someone off the hook for not following the rules once will break the foundation. All those who don't follow the rules should just say goodbye to their heads."
                          
"Calm down riddle, your words don't match your cute face..." you gently said.
                          
Riddle's cheeks flared a little but not enough to be noticeable while Trey's face seemed to drop into a scowl.
                          
Riddle coughed, "The Headmaster may have forgiven you, but the next time you break the rules, I won't let you off so easily."
                          
Ace tried to butter up to him. "Um...by the way, Prefect? Is it possible for you to remove this collar on me now?"
                          
Riddle chuckled. "I was thinking of removing it once you've repented, but judging from what you said a while ago, it seems like you've yet to do so. I'll have you walk around like that for a while longer. You don't have to worry. The 1st years' lessons are focused more on classroom learning rather than magic training. If you can't use magic, then something like yesterday's ruckus should be impossible. It's perfect, isn't it?"
                          
"Now, if you're done eating, hurry and go to your next class. "Rule #271 of the Queen of Hearts: "You must not spend more than 15 minutes sitting at the table after you've eaten." You know what happens when you break the rules, don't you?"
                          
"Aw man..."
                          
"Answer me with "Yes, Prefect!""
                          
Both Ace and Deuce straightened up and chorused, "Yes, Prefect!"
                          
Riddle nodded sternly, "Good."
                          
Trey tried to calm him down too, "Now, now. I'll see them off, don't you worry."
                          
Riddle didn't let Trey escape his stern scolding. "Hmph. You're the Vice Prefect, so you better do your job properly. As stated by the Queen of Hearts' Rule #339, "After-meal lemon tea should have nothing more or less than 2 sugar cubes in it.""
                          
"In order to protect that rule, I shall need to buy more sugar cubes at the school store. I'll be taking my leave now." he looked at you like he wanted you to follow.
                          
"You want me to come to buy with you, Riddle? I think I should also buy a few sugars because our bakers are running out of sweets to feed the snow pets..." you stood up and grabbed Riddle hand, leading both of you out of the cafeteria.
                          
Both of you were oblivious to Trey's jealous stare.
                          


                          
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[HECK YEAHHHH! QUADRUPLE UPDATEEEEEE WOOOHHH!
                          
also, reminder that next chap is off the plot and a headcanon i personally made for readers to enjoy some small fluffs with riddle while both of you go date- i mean,,, buying sugars...
                          
it seems as if Lilia is also a bit clingy to our dear MC~~
                          
and what is up with trey~~?
                          
;))   ]