Chapter 24: Book 1 - The Rose-Red Tyrant: Chapter 4; Student Multiplication
The screen turns on as the chapter title plays "Chapter - 4; Student Multiplication".
It opens on the Heartslabyul rose maze, the same one that it had ended on before. But this time it was towards the end of them painting the roses.
Deuce tried to use the spell that Cater taught them, thinking aloud "Red… Red… Bam!" finally casting the spell, but when he looked at it he shouted "Wh-whoa! It turned blue?!" It then switches to Grim using the spell saying "Change, o foul color! Change! AHA!" But instead he let out a burst of flames and the bush caught on fire as he screamed "BWAH! The rose caught on fire!"
Cater, who ended up sticking around seeing how incompitent the group was with the magical change of rose color and a little bit to help out the normal painters with tips. Putting a hand to his head he said "Wow. You're even less competent than I thought." Ace, who was holding a paintbrush as he painted the roses, trying to ignore the other two able to use magic to paint. But with that comment he turned around and started to wave the paintbrush, that luckily didn't have much paint left on it, around as he said "Yo, maybe you should just leave the roses white! They look perfectly pretty n' stuff to me."
But Cater shook his head as he explained "It's a matter of tradition. You can't have an unbirthday party without the roses being red. And you can't play croquet without seven-colored flamingos as mallets and a hedgehog for a ball." Cater was done but then thought of something else as he waved a finger around remembering, continuing "Oh, but of course, the roses need to be white when the garden flowers put on their spring concert. That's absolutely crucial."
Grim slightly pouts as he tells the Heartslabyul students with them "All your rules are completely insane!"
But Cater shrugs as he says "They say the Queen of Hearts made up these rules herself – she was one of the Great Seven, you know."
Then seemingly knowing that they most likely would want some info on the housewarden he continued with "And Riddle is all about tradition. Probably more than previous housewardens, t-b-h."
Now also thinking about how Riddle acts he admits "I'll admit that he's, well…a bit extra." Ace agrees as he says "Yeah, no kidding. I sure don't have time for this nonsense. Is Riddle here? I gotta talk to him." wanting to get back on track to why they originally visited the dorm. Cater, taken out of the mood, answers "Yeah, probably." But asks them "But are you sure that's wise? Did you even bring an apology tart to replace the one you ate?"
They are a little confused as Ace answers "Uh, no…? I came here first thing in the morning!" Cater nervously laughs as he says "Ah ah ah… That could be a problem."
Before telling them "Have you forgotten rule 53?" He then quotes "Stolen items must be replaced."
Before telling them some bad news, with little guilt on his face "If you're not in compliance, I can't let you in." Ace then yells "Are you serious?!" it's impossible to tell if the question was rhetorical or not.
Cater simply tells them "All dorm residents must obey the rules. If I let you slide, it would be off with my head next!" He then shows them a bitter smile with little sympathy as he says "I hate to say it, Ace, but I'm gonna need you to leave before Riddle spots you. Thanks!"
Ace then turns to the group saying "I…think this guy is for real. You guys, do something!" turning to a panic towards the end. But Deuce just tells Ace "Why should WE do anything?" But Ace begs "C'mon, please! I can't use my magic! Hurry, he's –"
But is cut off as the group in the end starts to fight with Cater, in an forced attempt to help Ace.
But they ultimately lose as Cater pushes them out of the rose maze saying "Do make sure you bring that tart next time, m'kay? Buh-bye now!"
All of them are now at the front of the dorm as Ace complains "Was that guy for real?!" But the other three are more interested in what happened during the fight itself.
Deuce comments "We hit him over and over, but he just kept coming. Maybe he was using some kind of illusion magic?"
But Ace ignores Deuce still complaining "So lemme get this straight: we walked in there, totally tartless, but this dude still made us do that whole song and dance before throwing us out? He just wanted to make us paint his stupid roses!" At the end his hands were in front of him, in a position that made it seem like he was squeezing something invisible. Grim also complains "We sure look like a bunch of chumps."
Deuce no longer contemplating says "I guess we'll just have to get an apology tart and come back. Maybe after class, we can – Oh no!" But he cuts himself off as he realizes something and Yuu thinks 'What's wrong' before catching on and also shouts "Oh no!"
While the other two are confused Deuce shouts "We already missed the first bell! We're gonna be late for class!"
Grim also notices as he shouts "Myah! I don't wanna get a blemish on the first day of my glorious Night Raven education! Shake a leg, chumps! To the classroom, pronto!"
Now fast walking towards the mirror, so that they can head to class Ace asks the two "Hey, so what class are you guys in, anyway? You're freshmen too, right?" Grim answers in a slight panic "The headmage said we're in Class 1-A!" Deuce tells them "Hey, that's the same one I'm in. We got potionology for first period." Grim celebrates a little saying "Oh ho, yeah! That sounds awesome!"
Ace is worried as he thinks aloud "M-maybe I don't need magic for that?"
The screen then fades to black with "To be continued" as it fully turns off.
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