Book 1 - The Rose-Red Tyrant: Chapter 8; The Legendary Seven

The screen turns on as the chapter title appears on screen "Chapter - 8; The Legendary Seven''.

The chapter opens with them still at the table in the cafeteria talking.

As a small recap Grim once again asks "So what are the other dorms like, then?"

Trey starts to explain "As Cater mentioned earlier, the dorms of this school are themed after the Great Seven."

The background changes to the front of Heartslabyul house with the Queen of Hearts statue in front of it. Trey continues "We have our dorm, Heartslabyul, modeled after the strictness of the Queen of Hearts. To run down the rest of them for you, we have…"

The background and statue changes, the statue to the King of Beasts and the background to what is most likely the front of the King of Beasts dorm. The dorm seems to be made into a stone rock. Trey continues "Savanaclaw, based on the persistent spirit of the King of Beasts."

The same thing happens again but this time it's with the Sea Witch and her dorm. This dorm appears to be underwater. Trey explains "Octavinelle, based on the benevolent heart of the Sea Witch."

Now onto the Sorcerer of the Sands and his dorm, which seems to be based in a desert. As Trey explains, "Scarabia, bases on the mindful personality of the Sorcerer of the Sands."

Now the Fairest Queen, who's dorm looks like a giant castle. Trey explains "Pomefiore, based on the tenacity of the Fairest Queen."

The King of the Underworld's dorm was next, and the main thing that stood out was that there appeared to be a bunch of giant skeletons as pillars holding the dorm up with blue glowing eyes. Trey explained "Ignihyde, based on the diligence of the King of the Underworld. And finally…"

Now moving onto the last dorm switch, there was the Thorn Fairy. Her dorm looked like an old haunted castle with a bunch of thorn bushes growing all around. Trey explained "Diasomnia, based on the noble spirit of the Thorn Fairy."

It then switches back to the cafeteria as Yuu is trying to take in all of that information with the other first years. She thinks aloud as she says "No way am I ever going to remember all that." Grim slightly panics as he says "All those names are way too long! How's anyone supposed to remember 'em?"

Cater just laughs as he says "Well, you get the idea. Want to or not, you'll learn them soon enough." Trey then offers them some more information as he says "At orientation, the Dark Mirror picks a dorm for you based on the essence of your being. As a result, each dorm ends up with a distinct sort of…flavor, we'll call it." Cater agrees as he says "That is sooo true. I totes see it."

Deuce questions "'Flavor,' huh…?"

Trey then says "For example, look at that guy." as he points towards someone. It's a boy with silver-white hair with wolf ears and a tail to match. His eyes are gold and he's wearing a choker style necklace that has a claw hanging off of it. He is on the darker side of the skin tone as well. After looking at him Yuu fangirls slightly as she exclaims "He has dog ears?!" Trey smiles slightly as he says "That rough-and-tumble vibe he's got has Savanaclaw House written all over it." Cater agrees as he continues Trey's point "No doubt. That dorm is full of scrappy guys who are into, like, working out and fighting. How should I describe the vibe…? Macho dudes? Gruff big brothers? Something along those lines. The black and gold armband is another giveaway."

Grim starts to have a kinda understanding as he asks "Huh. All right, so what about that guy with the gray and purple cord wrapped around his arm?"

It then shows Azul, from orientation, who helped catch Grim although this time in his school uniform. Trey says "He's gotta be from Octavinelle House. And the student sitting in front of him has a red and gold armband – Scarabia colors." It then shows the white haired boy from orientation, who's butt caught on fire. Next to him is a boy of darker skin tone, black eyes, with dark brown hair. Instead of a proper undershirt he has a red hoodie.

Cater tells the group "Those dorms are for the smart students. They're always neck-and-neck in the academic rankings. Ah, but the current housewarden of Scarabia doesn't seem to be all that great of a student…"

As Cater continues to talk lost in his own world Ace says "And there Cater goes, off on some tangent." Trey lets out a small laugh as he says "You learn fast. Let's get back on topic."

He then points to someone else as he says "You see the flashy one with the purple and red armband? Those are Pomefiore colors." There are two students. One has blonde hair in a face level cut, green eyes, and a big brown hat that has a large white feather. The other boy is shorter and has lavender hair that fades into a much lighter almost blue color. He has blue eyes and appears to be on the softer side with his tie instead being bow.

Grim then says "Whoa! The girl with the potions books, I really like her!" Deuce then exclaims "What's she doing in a boys' school?" Ace rolls his eyes as he says "You two are such morons. There aren't any girls officially enrolled here."

Yuu's face turns to one of confusion as Grim and Deuce shout "WHAAAT?!" but quickly realizes that they don't realize she's a girl. As she covers some laughter with a coughing, and decides not to tell them and only much later surprise them. Trey looks at her slightly concerned about the coughing but she just gives him a smile and a thumbs up to show that she's fine.

The student they originally thought was a girl looks over having heard the noise of Grim and Deuce's shout.

Cater switches the topic as he says "Speaking of girls, there's a portrait in the west hall who's a real beauty. Name's Rosaria. If you'd like to meet her, I'd be happy to introduce you. Maybe we can set something up?" Ace shakes his head and hands in protest as he says "A painting? Hard pass! I don't care how cute she is if she's two-dimensional!" But Cater protists as he says "Come on, man. Who cares how many dimensions she's got!"

But seeing as he's not gettin through he moves on saying "Anyway, they take vanity pretty seriously at Pomefiore. It's basically a dorm full of models. Their housewarden has 5,000,000 followers on Magicam." Trey then also makes a point saying "Hey now, they're not all just pretty faces. The students at Pomefiore are among the best at potions and casting curses." Cater laughs as he agrees "True dat."

Cater then scans the cafeteria before saying "Next, we have Ignihyde… Their armbands are blue and black, but I don't see any around here. They tend not to be the most outgoing of students. Even I don't have a single friend from that dorm. They're kind of the polar opposite of us sunny, fun-loving Heartslabyuls." Grim then asks "So they're gloomy and miserable?" Trey then says "Hey, no need to put it like that! They just have a reputation for being quiet and serious, is all. That dorm tends to attract magical-energy engineers and students who are good with tech."

Deuce then says "And that just leaves… Diahonyalara, was it?" Ace rolls his eyes as he corrects Deuce "You were off to a good start, and then you rammed right into the guardrails. It's 'Diasomnia.'" Deuce panics slightly as he says "I know that! I just misspoke, all right?"

Cater decides to move forward the conversation as he says "Diasomnia House is, hm… Ah, look over there. Those guys in the special seating area." Pointing in a certain direction before continuing "You can tell from the neon green and black armbands. They're basically campus celebrities. The vibe they give off makes it real hard for regular schmucks like us to even approach them. And their housewarden is that times a thousand."

It then shows the three students they were talking about. One has silver hair and eyes. The second is the one who showed up to lead the Diasomnia students to their dorm during orientation. The last one has green hair and golden-green eyes.

Ace then says "There's a little kid in that group!" Trey smiles as he says "Ah, we do get some child prodigies here. But that guy is no kid. He's a junior like us. Name's –"

But is cut off by the same person appearing above then levitating as he introduces himself "Lilia. Lilia Vanrouge."

This surprises everyone as they shout "BWAH?!" Grim is surprised as he stutters "H-he just teleported!" Lilia seems to have heard everything as he says "I understand my apparent age interests you? As this bespectacled fellow accurately noted… Despite my fresh-faced, boyish good looks, it would be inaccurate to call me a 'child.'" Trey's eye twitches as he says "'Fresh-faced' he says…"

Lilia then tells the group of freshmen and Cater "You need not gawk at us from afar. You may feel free to speak with us directly. We are schoolmates, are we not? All of us at Diasomnia House welcome you without reservation." The other two are quiet waiting for Lilia to come back to the table. Deuce comments "And yet, those guys over there aren't exactly rolling out the red carpet in terms of approachability…" Lilia chuckles before saying "Forgive me for appearing above you during your meal. I do hope we can speak again."

Ace then whispers to them "Their table has got to be over twenty yards away from ours. And they overheard our conversation? That's WAY creepy!"

Trey rearranges his glasses as he says "Well… Diasomnia House does have a bit of a reputation for having lots of special students. Some of them are extremely talented at magic. Their housewarden, Malleus Draconia, is considered to be one of the five best mages in the world." Cater then says "Malleus is reeeeeal bad news. Though I suppose the same could be said of our own dear housewarden."

Ace then complains "No kidding! He collared me for eating one slice of tart! All his rule obsession is outta control!" Then behind him appears the very same housewarden, Riddle Rosehearts as he asks "My 'rule obsession' is 'outta control,' is it?" Ace not realizing it's the dormhead behind him he continues to bad mouth him saying "You bet it is. Riddle's just a petty tyrant who leans into the whole 'rules' schtick as a pretext to keep everyone under his puny thumb!"

Before someone finally tells him as Deuce yells "Ace! Behind you!"

Ace then looks behind him as he screams "Bwah?! Housewarden!"

Riddle crosses his arms as the screen fades to black and "To be continued" shows before the screen fully turns off.