Book 1 - The Rose-Red Tyrant: Chapter 16; Hard Work Undone

The screen turned on as the chapter title played "Chapter - 16; Hard Work Undone".

Deuce is panting from having painted all of the roses he did as he says "Well, this is going better than before." Cater looking over says "Looking good!"

Cater then pulled out his phone and as he saw the time he said "Ooh, it's almost time! Okay, all you sexy body doubles, that's a wrap!" All the other Caters say "Aye-aye, Cay-Cay!" Before disappearing.

Now in the tea garden, which is a circular clearing within the rose maze near the main dorm building. There are multiple tables, all of varying shapes and sizes but all of them have a floor length white tablecloth. There are many different types of seats, some are normal while some are not, such as a stack of books with a tiny stool on top for seating. There was one other seat that would be classified as especially abnormal. It was in the normal chair style but the back was in the shape of a giant heart. Most likely due to it being but at the center of the table that was facing all the others at the front it was for the dorm leader. Or in this case Riddle Rosehearts. On top of the tables were a bunch of random things too, such as roses with vines, hats, and cards that were arranged in a way to make it look like they were floating.

Most if not all of the Heartslabyul students were sitting at these tables, at first talking a little and having fun with a tiny bit of relaxation involved. But then trumpets sounded and a student with green-ish teal hair stood up and said "All hail our leader, the red sovereign himself… Housewarden Riddle!"

The student was wearing a white, black, and red overcoat with a white shirt and black vest underneath. The coat was the thing with the most detail. It's opening at the collar was black on the left then red on the right with gold outlining everything. Then the collar went into a split heart shape, but now the colors were reversed. Having black on the right and red on the left. The right arm sleeve was black with the right sleeve being in a black and white checked pattern. Then on the red heart collar part of the coat there was a partially painted white rose, and under it on the actual white jacket part was in gold a heart.

Riddle then walked in with Trey following close by.

Trey's outfit was the similar to the student's but he didn't have the vest as well as kept his glasses and put on a white fedora with a yellow and black trim and a black club the left side of the fedora.

Riddle's outfit had the same base design but looked very different. Under the coat that all of them had, instead of a white shirt there was a white turtleneck. He also had a red and black ribbon around his neck, held together with a golden crown pin. The sleeves instead of having two different patterns were both white but had red cuffs that started a little after the elbow showing his sleek black gloves. Across his chest as the coat was closed, there was a band that had gold outer edges with a design in the middle in black and white similar to that of a checkers board. Then across his waist was a yellow and black band that was highest on the right and on the left further down there was a white pin with red fabric around it, that in gold had the letter 'H'. His coat was longer than the other's and after the band started to split and show that it was two parts. Although it still was mostly that base white color at the bottom edges it was red. The coat seemed to go down farther down but there were pink rose clips on either side to instead only show the longness at the back. It showed that the inside was red with shiny red hearts that blend in. A little bit of the white pants were able to be seen over the knee high heeled boots. The boots were mostly black but at the front top there was a heart design similar to the dorm crest but different. It was only raised in the front and was lower in the back. The heart was separated into four parts with gold detailing then on the right side for both boots it was still black but on the right side it was red in both the top and bottom sections. The toe of the boots was red with a bit of gold to detail and separate it from the rest of the black boot. Then the heel was golden. Now back at the top of the uniform outfit. There was a sideways cape, on the left. It had a thick line of white that went into a red that at the bottom faded more into a pink-magenta color. Although that was only the internal part of the cape as the outer part was all black. Riddle also had the same partially colored rose, it was atop his cape seeming to connect it with the sash across his chest. And finally atop his head was a golden crown.

The students seeing them coming in saluted them as they shouted to both the vice and dorm head "We salute you, Housewarden Riddle!"

Riddle then looked around as he commented "Hm. The garden roses are red, the tablecloths are white…"

He then paused, giving everyone else some anxiety that they had ended up doing something wrong and angered him due to this.

But he continued very quickly after "This seems a proper unbirthday indeed."

Now asking a few questions about things he couldn't see right away "Is there a dormouse asleep in the teapot, as there should be?" Trey answered "Of course. And should it become necessary, we've also prepared the jam to spread on his nose." Riddle nodded in satisfaction and said "Very good."

Cater, Ace, Deuce, Grim, and Yuu were in the back slightly hidden away by everyone else as Grim called out "Myah! Those are some fancy duds!" Cater tells them "These are the Heartslabyul dorm clothes. Aren't they fierce? At the forefront of fashion, and they look great on Magicam."

Cater then does a spell on himself that changes his clothes to the dorm uniform.

His uniform was exactly the same as those of that first student's but Cater had a red vest instead of black.

Cater after casting the spell then tells them "One of the Queen's rules mandates formal dress on party days."

Cater then smiles as he starts to point his magic pen at them as he says "As a show of kindness from a beloved mentor, I'll help coordinate your outfits." As cast the same spell on them as he did himself.

Ace and Deuce's uniform were the same but Deuce had a black vest while Ace had a red one.

Deuce taking a look at himself after he changed exclaims "Whoa!" Ace is excited and happy as he says "Lookin' sharp!" while still checking himself out.

Grim's bow is also now black on the left top part while the bottom left has a design of a red checkers board. While the right top side is red and shows the gold underside/internal of the bow as the bottom is that of a regular black and white checkered pattern.

Grim, also looking at his new bow shouts "Myah! So cool!"

Yuu didn't have any change in outfit, but she wasn't jealous since she knew Cater had most likely just made Grim's bow last night. Then Ace and Deuce's were already most likely made and already around since it was their dorm uniform.

So she just complimented them saying "You all look fantastic!"

Cater then starts to walk away, having done his part, while saying "Now, let's tear this party up! And don't forget to give Riddle the tart."

Now a little while later, during the main tea party part, Riddle hit a spoon to his teacup lightly as he announced "Before we begin the croquet tournament, let us make a toast. Does everyone have their teacup?" Seeing everyone raise their teacup slightly in the air Riddle gives the toast "On this most significantly unauspicious of days, I bid all in attendance…a very merry unbirthday!" And all of the dorm students shout out "To a very merry unbirthday!" Before they all take a sip of their tea.

Cater then nudges Ace as he tells him "Ace, this is your chance!" Ace nods as he says "Right…"

Before he stands up and starts to walk over he says "Uh, housewarden, sir…" Riddle just says "Ah, it's you. The tart thief."

Ace, now standing in front of Riddle, holds out the tart to Riddle while saying "Yeah, so, I wanted to apologize for eating that tart. We made you a new tart to replace it."

Riddle takes the tart as he asks "Hmm? And what kind of tart is it?" Ace then tells Riddle "I'm so glad you asked! It's a chestnut tart, and I swear, we weren't stingy with the chestnuts."

Yuu feels a pit in her stomach with a bad feeling, and it's immediately proving correct as Riddle shouts "A CHESTNUT tart?!" Ace is confused at the housewarden's anger as he exclaims "What?!"

Riddle now mad says "The Queen of Heart's rule 562: 'One must never bring a chestnut tart to an unbirthday tea party'." He then starts to yell "This is an utterly flagrant rule violation! Do you understand what you've done?! You've ruined an otherwise perfect unbirthday!"

Deuce who and the rest who are nearby as their table was close to the head table were also surprised.

Deuce then exclaims "Rules 562…?!" Yuu trying to stay calm asks Riddle "You have all of these memorized?" While shouting out in her head 'How many of these rules are there?!'

Riddle partially hears her and says "There are 810 rules in all, and as housewarden, I can of course recite each and every one of them."

Cater who was on the edge of the table close to Trey whispers over to him "Wow, T-I-L… This could be bad. Trey, were you aware of this?" But Trey whispers back "I was only able to memorize the first 350 or so." They then look back over at the first years and the angry Riddle continues "Well, we really botched this one. Big-time."

Now back over to Riddle and the first years as he says "As housewarden of a dorm established to honor the Queen of Heart's rigor, I cannot ignore this."

He then shouts to the rest of the students "Destroy the offending tart immediately! Then throw these rulebreakers out of the dorm!"

The screen then fades to black as "To be continued" plays before it fully turns off.