Book 4 - Schemer of the Scalding Sands: Chapter 39; Invitation Exclusion

The screen turns on as the next chapter title plays "Chapter 39; Invitation Exclusion".

There is then a time-skip to about evening later that same day of the party. Yuu and Grim are going back to Ramshackle, which is heavily snow covered.

Grin seems relieved almost as he says "Phew… We finally made it back to our own dorm." once the old building was fully in sight and they had entered the gates. Yuu nods and with a bitter-sweet smile says "We've been out for a while, huh? It's good to be back." The back to their current home part is left unsaid as the two continue to walk to the old dorm.

Just then one of the ghosts seems to rush towards them shouting "Hey, you two!" It is then seen that it is ghost A.

Grim chuckles before commenting "These ghosts are a sight for sore eyes."

Just then ghost B and C also appear. Ghost C tells them "You've been gone for so long, I started to wonder if you were GONE gone, you know? We worried ourselves half to death! Get it?" Ghost C then started to laugh at his own joke. Ghost B then told them "But hey, glad to see you're okay."

Ghost A then informs the two "We took care of tending to the fire fairies in the cafeteria fireplace while you were out."

Both Yuu and Grim's eyes widen as they remember their forgotten duty. Grim then exclaims "Myah?! Oh crud, I totally forgot about that!"

Ghost C tells them "Hey, nobody wants to spend the holidays frozen over." Ghost B then adds on, telling them "By the way, there's a bunch of food waiting for you here, courtesy of the headmage!"

Grim cheers at that "Mya-ha! Dudja hear that? We're getting our feast!" He then starts to run off towards the dorm while shouting "C'mon, Yuu, let's go check it out!"

Yuu smiles fondly as she watches Grim and the ghost start to head inside, waiting for a moment.

Just then someone appears upside-down over her, hanging off of a tree branch, saying "Ah, you're back."

Due to the sudden head in front of her she takes a step back in surprise, but quickly recollects herself, and just asks "You're from Diasomnia, right?" due to the green on the uniform.

The student, Lilia, seems disappointed in her having such a quick recovery time but seems to brush it off. He then reintroduces himself "Indeed I am. I'm Lilia Vanrouge, vice-housewarden of Diasomnia."

Lilia then explains why he's there "I came to deliver a holiday greeting card from a certain somebody."

He then hands Yuu an envelope, with the letters M.D signed on it, while inside is a card with a forest and black silhouette of a castle with the words 'Happy Holidays' in fancy text on it.

After looking at it she then puts her attention back on Lilia, as he tells her "He's a bit peeved that once again nobody invited him to any festivities this year… So if you happen to hold any with your friends, it'd be nice if you extended him an invitation too."

He then finishes his job and waves while telling her "Anyways, that's all I came for. I bid you all a pleasant holiday." before disappearing in a cloud of white sparkles.

Yuu then looks at the, most likely, initials on the card before mumbling "The sender's name is…M.D? Who's that?" while trying to think of who she knows that has those initials.

Just then Grim called out to her, having no idea about what had just happened, "Hey, Yuu! You better step on it, or I'm gonna eat the whole feast without you!"

The ghosts then cheer "Ho ho ho! Happy holidays!"

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