Library

Another day at 'Luna-Nova', the Academy for young witches.

The Red team [Atsuko Kagari (Akko), Lotte Jansson, Sucy Manbavaran], and Green team [Amanda O'Neill, Jasminka Antonenko, Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank Albrechtsberger], has been spending some time in extensive library. As the hall has been occupied by lots of girls, both teams (as totally unexpected by them) studied from the books.

Amanda's who have talent on athletic stuff, just as expected, after a while she get to point when (learning) was too annoying, and she gave up with a groan. "Agrh!-- That's it! I'm throwing my towel onto the ring! I do not care about it anymore. Any way this entire study is only a waste of time." With her hands behind her head, the short orange spread herself on a chair in a nonchalant relaxing pose.

Lotte, the short haired blonde bookworm with glasses, was the first one to respond. "Amanda, you are aware of the exam period? You cannot give up, just because it's not something from your favorite adrenaline discipline."

Medium long brown-haired impulsive Akko Kagari [protagonist], which in the usual way of learning was never sufficient enough, start twitching her eyebrow in annoyance. "Hey, Amanda. Where has gone your determination to, at last try to study on 'Luna-Nova' [New Moon]? Or do you want to say, that your statements have only this low weight? I remembering, that you always used to said: (That's it. I'm packing it tomorrow! I 'm really packing it tomorrow!) Whoever…" She tried to look both offended and sublime. "Just look who is still sitting here with us. So much for your own words, that won't last to the next day."

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Amanda remained surprised. "I cannot believe, that of all the people around, you are the one who lecture me about bad approach to study. When you said: (We're going to the library.), I was first thought, its somehow prank, or we were going to some other adventure. But,-- On the other hand, if I remember well, that my statement included that we packed it out of there together. I later adjusted it to: (I'll wait for you, because I want to see you fly out.)" [Get kicked out form school.]

The dirty-pink medium-long-haired Sucy, who looked bored as a toxic poisonous toadstool, joined the conversation with a sarcastic comment. "In that case you drag overtimes here, because on a couple occasions, they fired her out. Then miraculously take her back, again and again. Exactly as cockroach on certain room. They just cannot get rid of it." She bored looked on brow-haired girl. "Akko, are you even a human?"

That touched Kagari, so she must speak up. "Let's glance at who's saying what here. Shall we?" She gave both of them a stern look. "If we want to ask whether is someone a human, or not, then the first person we shall look on is a certain mushroom witch. The only thing you haven been interested at all, were poisons and mushrooms. On other hand, Amanda dint show any interest at all. Both of you dint event desired to go here in the first place. Do not try to tell me, that you two remains here only to have fun on my account. If that the case, you should level yours effort and start really trying, because I will not go down! And if somehow will happen that you two fail on exams, and still wanted to fulfill your 'promise to see me to be expelled', then the only place where we meet each other will be the canteen, when you two will dispense the food to us."

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As aspiring entertainer of audience, the Kagari get into the performing mood, putting herself in the role of acting out a situation where she stands before mentioned kitchen workers with tray in her hands. And enthusiastically asks them: "So what we have on today's menu?"

And the two of them [as cooks], answer her seem totally bored: "(Our perennial specialty: crushed boiled potatoes ala Amanda.)"

"(As for side dish, Sucy mushroom sauce. Good appetite!)"

At that moment, both of them use their ladles, and pour into her food plate a full amount of those referred, too dubious substances. Into her petrified expression together loudly call: "(Next!!)"

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As group response, the other girls at both tables imagined the nonchalant and tasteless situation, and some of them turned blue faced for a moment. Additionally, they have not been alone, some girls at other tables have the same fate.

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But Amanda dint like the idea at double. "Eh-- Filth-- The whole fact, that you described the scene so detailed, sort of scares me." She shook herself from the blue. "Speaking of remembrance, something come to my mind, that's are worth of mentioned it. Akko?--" The American girl asked the Japanese one, and waited until she answered her: (What is it?) "Well, now when I recall things, there is something I definitely need to know. More specifically, I want from you, that you clarify something for me."

The brown-haired did not show any interest at first, trying ignore that request. But she feel that stare, so she finally asked with a sigh, what she wanted to be explained.

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"Akko--" O'Neill spoke in a tone that meant to be extremely serious. "In retrospect, when we sneaked into that boy's academy, Andrew immediately recognized you despite yours metamorphosis into a mouse. Not only he prevents our cover to blow up, he picks up a talk with you as you two has some old acquaintances. Lately he even stood up to help us." Her speech had attracted the attention of the girls sitting even at other tables. "So, from where you each know? If am correct, you missed that Banquet at 'Luna-Nova', in which he was a guest. He lately left with Dianna on a tour around the school, bud I doubt she's introduced him to our 'muddy jewel' of our class."

Hearing that, Kagari got stunned for a moment. Then, realizing that all her friends were staring at her, she turned her gaze to the ceiling. "He, he, a real mystery..." Her very stupid expression revealed, that there's definitely something, behind the connection between her and the 'Prince', but she definitely doesn't want to say what.

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Even Sucy joined this attempt for detective story revealing more evidence behind the mystery. "That reminds me of certain peculiarity that happened when the tree of us self-invite to the party on their mansion. Andrew and Diana talk to each other with a smile on their faces, so he had no reason to leave her company. But, the moment Andrew and Akko gazes meet, he immediately headed to her and started the conversation, (I don't remember inviting you.), on which she responded: (You shall.) That little talk was definitely beyond the level of common acquaintance. Especially in that snobbish society atmosphere."

The expression of the brown-haired girl was already a mixture of dismay and panic. But she was still thinking that if she doesn't react, they got bored and let it go.

Lotte suddenly realized something, "Oh--", and enthusiastically joined the conversation as if they talking about the details and theories of her favorite (and popular) book series. "We should not forget, that Andrew used Diana to sent to Akko a message, that he wants to meet with Akko in city, because he wanted to give her something back. Akko got instantly hurry, leave everything to be and run off to meet him."

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Sucy put a gleeful smile on her face. "Obviously Akko dint noticed a certain detail, but in both cases, Diana has acted jealously. Not only is our Diana, usually ice-cold statue to everyone, but to Akko, she is extremely open and competitive since their first clash on 'Luna-Nova' in which supposedly introduced each other. If we join the clues with how jealously Diana reacted during the party-- Then there is no wondering, that she steps out from her comfort zone, and spoken 'that famous', super embarrassing confession, which left Akko with dropped jaw."

Sweat flows from the brown-haired girl.

"Oh my, are you trying to say, that..." The blonde with glasses, due to her astonishment, covered her mouth with a palm. Romantic blush has spread over her checks, when pink-haired confirmed the case: ('I'm afraid so.')

"What did you say?!" Amanda full of enthusiasm, barely balanced on Inclined chair so much that it required so little and she will fall back. "Diana, not acting like an 'Ice princess' who can do everything?! Now I'm so interested!" Suddenly, her enthusiastic mood passed to irritability. "Damn! - Even if you tell me now, from word to word, it just can't be enough to imagine it. I bet I have to be there, and see it for myself." Jasminka and Constanze nodded to her statement.

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Sucy giggled like an old witch: ("Eh, he, he."), drawing at her attention of others. "If you want to see it that much, then I can show you." She got up from her seat and withdrew a few steps away from the table. Then with the help of magic, casting a spell on herself; ('Metamorphose foshes!'), she transforms to be exact copy of Diana Cavendish with a nice, but cold face, platinum hair and the amazing noble party dress.

That has attracted the attention of the couple who is in the Blue team with mentioned Cavendish. Black haired Barbara Parker and brown haired Hannah England, has been not just Exemplary female students, but also been a deep admirer of Diana. They spoke up from another table so hastily that they had unknowingly sealed the fact that Sucy in the form of Diana was for now the center of attention for the whole hall. "Sucy!! Do not dare to discredit Diana!!" "That right!! We will not allow you to gibberish anything you want, while disguised as her!!"

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She reassured them by wave of her hand. "Do not worry! I will be as credible as possible." Then she putts herself in the role of a noble lady testing her [Diana] voice. The preparation for the live scene has gone so far, that she uses magic to revived present broom, which then transformed into a form that resembled certain brow-haired impulsive girl. Although the form of Diana was perfect, the form of Akko had on purposefully serious errors. (It was a broom.)

Roommates of Cavendish went into a slight panic. "I don't want you to be credible in any way!!" "I'm just going to faint away, just remembering the memory at the ruined party." Whoever the platinum lady [Sucy] politely reply on dry, that she can do only one of those request and they shall chose carefully which option she shall follow. That make them to shut up.

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But their objections have no effect, because they foresaw that the shocking scene from a Handridg's party, has going to repeat itself right before their own eyes.

Diana [Sucy] kneel down.

Akko [broom] step close to the white-haired girl. She successfully attracts the attention of Ice Princess.

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Embarrassed, Diana gently gripped her own blushed face with her own palms by the cheeks, and softer her voice to a warm tone. "How--" She smiled, looking at her side. "How could I have been so cold to you, for so far? The truth is-- I love you." She stands up, she twists on her hell, and start running away. "Oh no!! What you have made me to say?! It's so embarrassing!!"

Akko [broom] remained petrified with a shocking expression, jawbone dropping down.

On the other hand, roommates of platinum blonde were in mental break down. The first one look like her own hairs start to fall out, due to the extensive amount of stress. And she starts crying and screaming. "No-oooooo!!! Why-yyy??! Why did you have it to repeat so accurate??! Have you no heart??!!" The other was crying and sobbing with her face hidden in her own palms. "Such a tragedy, such a tragedy. The main character, fall so low."

However, the real brown-haired girl still sitting on table gets pale.

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Amanda almost fell from her chair, disbelieving what she had just now saw. "Hey, hey, are you serious?" Her face faded in a combined expression of astonishment and terror. "Normally, I put the money on vote that this testimony, was made up! But seeing how Barbara and Hannah react to this, it's made me unease." Even her roommate Constanze and Jasminka had shocked expressions, so she went to find out more about it. "What about Andrew? How did he react to this nonsense?"

Diana [Sucy], 'grinned' very mischievously. "His response was the best."

A certain pair has immediately stand up, moved a little from their table, toward the platinum girl. "Sucy, do not dare!! It's enough!! Please!!" Pleadingly cried Diana's team. "I don't want to see it again!!"

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Except they were late. In this moment at the center of everyone attention has standing handsome Andrew Handbringe [Sucy] in tailor-made business suit. With unshakable determination he stands up in front of Akko [broom], he knelt on one knee and grab one of her hands/palm, holding it in his palm. "I, sending you home? Heh… Something must be wrong with me, because I don't see why I shall ever send you home. I feel like I get really crazy, because from the first moment I saw you, you settle down in my heart." With the last words: ('Please stay with me forever!'), the young man kissed her hand.

The entire audience of the library received a shock. This scene boiled up blood in many young maidens so up, that with a right push, their passionate emotions, will escalate to full riot.

Barbara and Hannah looked so devastated that their own souls seemed to escape from their opened mouths. However, this time they did not faint away from the shock, which was not twice as good for their mental health, because they could see with everyone else what came next.

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Akko [broom] in panicked state put a retreat. With reverse gear set, she hastily marches backwards, but her back was suddenly stopped by appropriately levitating table, representing the wall her back hits.

Andrew [Sucy] introduced a legendary method of 'girl picking': (He slap his palm against the wall next to the girl's face.) With his free palm he took her chin between his forefinger and thumb. Eventually their faces came close. "Akko, express your love to me, by placing yours lips on mine!" The young man tried to kiss his 'chosen one', but she full panicked, she pushed out the suitor, and started to run away.

Barbara Hannah petrified, both palled to color of white. With empty circles instead of eyes, they gave the impression that they would scatter into dust as statues of white sandstone in wind.

Even the whole hall fell from the shock into a grave silence.

Sucy has canceled her and broom transformation, she looked in certain direction, and then stealthily [bored looking as ever] withdraw herself from the scene, slowly walking to her seat, putting away any 'evidence' of her work.

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The real brown-haired girl, still sitting at the table, was so out from the shock, that she couldn't even notice what was happening around her. Her spirit [ghost balloon bubble] came from her mouth and hovered over her head.

('Akko!!...') Someone called on Kagari…

When she didn't respond for the first time, the second call was a direct shriek that restored the escaping soul back to her body.

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That woke her up and for a short moment she tries adjust her eyes to see who calls to her. She realizes that in front of their team desk [Akko, Lotte, Sucy] standing something like Andrew and Diana, shoulder to shoulder, both with a serious expression on their faces. They haven't even managed to finish their question: (What going on this time?) When that imaginary barrel of gunpowder known as impulsive Atsuko Kagari, finally exploded, and she was hasty on the feet, but her head still hanging down.

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Kagari was angry and she released her leash to lash out. "That's enough!!" She shout out onto the whole hall, slamming vigorously on the table. "Are this still all about how I lack in skills, style and etiquette? Do you really find it so hilarious to see me triple, mess around and be unlucky in my own pursuit to be a fine witch? Then, I have a news for those of you who probably missed it, because I am already a great and excellent witch!" She looked at the couple next to her table, revealing her desperate blush combined with anger. "But what about you? Do you even count, how much hardship I have gone through because of you?!!" The addressed couple stunned up, but her outburst-screams continued. "I risking my own life on a tasks that I can simply ignore, because they are not my busies anyway. But I do it and save the day. Because every day, I try to be better than I was day before. Can we say the same about you?! Every single scratch and bruise on my body is the undisputed evidence, about who here has the real courage to face what stood before him. So, can we?!" She was so emotional and fired up, that her own manna, deep inside her, start to boiling/ igniting, as there was some kind of drive/engine that getting to turn on. Her eyes starts glowing white light [sparkling], and her hairs began to whiff as if they were in the breeze, or rather in pool below the surface where the water steams flows. In a second, she steps up, with one foot on the chair and the other on the table, to a flaming speech pose. "Although, even if we have a different perspective on what a success means, I will not allow you to say that I have none, as if I was not even be there! So, finally; (Drop up, those excuses of yours!)!!" With a battle shout, she pointed her wand, at the couple.

No one was able to respond, or even notice what kind of spell-chant she speaks out. What they all saw, was a massive green ball leaving the end of her wand and firing toward the stiff pair. Before the two ever get hit, the ball swelled up like a balloon beyond their height and burst like a soap bubble. What came next was, sort of explosion and something like a pure wind magic shock wave, which hit the whole library hall, but with no destructive explosion push.

In fact, most of present girls realize, that Kagari just cast something like a mass spell dispel. It expels the manna out from entire area and in forcefully, violent way cancels spells, enchantment's and curses. It was like a get hit with sudden wall size gust of wind that expel the manna out of the body. Many felt it right inside of them, like if something was washed away from them. It successfully emptied the manna storage batteries that was in their wands. Even every working goblin, that only moved thanks to the magic from 'Magic stone' on top of 'that Tower', collapsed immediately. She successfully cleared the area.

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Andrew and Diana had wide open eyes and were derailed, stoned from the sudden lecture from Kagari. They were unable to speak up and just silently watched the brown-hair girl, which, even after her spell-casting, she retained a sparkle in her eyes and a brilliant [underwater] dancing hairstyle as if there was a self-sufficient engine inside her.

But Kagari hesitated for a moment. She was in surprise, that she failed to break Sucy's transformation spells. "What's going on? Sucy,-- you and you poisonous mushrooms!" She got angry again and shriek: "'Aaaaaghr!!'-- I don't care anymore, if you want that, you get it! 'Metamorphose foshes!!'" On the mark of her mental 'last stand', she cast this spell on the two in front of her.

The whole audience in the library drop theirs jawbone looking at: 'Handsome Andrew, with the ears and tail of the mystical Satyr.' and 'Lady Diana, with the bunny ears, nose and bushy tail'.

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The Pink haired Toadstool witch, who sat on her place try to get Kagari attention, she pulls on caster sleeve. "Akko,-- I am aware and very well know you feelings, and I really thankful for that. So, I want you to know, that what I'm doing, has occasionally help you to claim out from yours own shell, so you can finally become great and respected witch in the eyes of others. Your missteps are really amazing, and that is why you are our best." She giggled like a two-hundred-year-old witch. "Che, che, che."

But Lotte warn her pink team mate. "Sucy!" Then from other side of the brown caster, she pulled Kagari sleeve, to get her attention. All that, because the main protagonist of this show, obviously don't get what's going on. "Akko,-- these two are the real Andrew and Diana!" She pointed on the couple in front of their table.

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It took a few seconds for main hero, to realize what was going on, before her comb and shoulders fell. And with weeping eyes, she looked at the couple in front of her.

The young man rubbed his eyebrows. "I understand, I understand-- you don't do it on purpose. Just don't cry here. Okay?" He sighed in an attempt to maintain his rational profile, but his pale childhood friend caught his attention. "What's going on, Diana? Are you not feeling well?"

"What?" Platinum blonde was torn from her dismayed expression. "Oh, nothing. I just-- For a moment I thought she was saying those things to me-- Not that she was wrong about anything, but-- I was taken aback by how quickly she unpacked it." A sad smile settled on her face, remembering her own troubles, that no one except Akko and Andrew knew.

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Kagari faded for a moment, but then finally began to think about what had just happened.

But the boy has still preoccupied from Cavendish comment. "So, neither of us has as stable step as we have thought, and only Kagari sees through our pretense." He sighed again, and his female friend gave him a weak yes by nod. She lowered her head, and her long rabbit ears has caught her friend's gaze and interest. "If you allow me, may I touch them?" He pointed to her ears, and with a surprised look on her face she inadvertently flicked them. She was panicking for a second, but on next one, she was able to maintain her subtlety by simply stooping as a raised lady and tilting her head to him, offering her new hair accessory to show. Unlike Kagari, whose bunny ears he gripped as if he wants to pull the hidden rabbit out of magician hat, he touches Cavendish bunny ears with the utmost care. Carefully smooth them, and gently ran his fingers, perhaps after each fold. He has so careful with his fingers, that Diane was struggling to maintain her composition identifying good ladies. Her blushed face barely kept a cold expression, showing signs of embarrassment. And jiggling her body as character reveals about as how much she like the 'petting'.

The audience watched it with the jawbone fallen down, that if they can, jawbone will hit the tables.

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Kagari had a suspicious expression at first, but when she noticed (How) Andrew touching Cavendish's bunny ears, she was suddenly red with anger. Without being noticing by them, she walked from the table to them. "Wait a minute!!" Furiously snapped at them from close, as she stares at Handbridge face. "What is with this difference in treating between me and Diana?" She rolled on him so close that he must back a little.

"You told me yourself, that it hurts, if I pull them strongly." He answered her immediately trying to look calm. But then, he realizes that he shall not say that out loud. Therefore, he immediately left Dianna's ears, adjusting his tie, moving into the pose of a reserved gentleman.

Diana blushing even more, remaining respectfully as perfect ice Lady, untouchable and blind to her surroundings.

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Trembling Barbara and Hana approached the trio with a wavering step. From their horrified expression one could read that they were not far from falling apart. "Wait for moment, please! What are you trying to say with all of this?" They look moor terrified from moment to moment, that they need to catch one to other hands/palms, crossing theirs fingers, to not instantly faint off. "So, Akko and Andrew??..."

Sucy make gleeful giggle like a real witch from old stories, and certainly did not hide her gleeful smile. "It is not unusual: That poor girl who was going to oversee to study, and needs quickly earn cash for it, will join some infamous reputation business. Working there, she will on certain evening, meet a certain rich boy, who decided to lose some steam, with his hero-party-group on weekend nigh trip."

('A bunny girl?') Barbara and Hannah certainly imagined Akko as a hostess in a sexy casino bunny dress, as she honoring Andrew siting on sofa: (My honorable master, may I offer you a drink?) But their imagination quickly did not end with only the drinks and went into spicy area. With the last effort of their sanity, they put out words: ('Akko and,-- and Andrew????') They finally reached their limits of senselessness, and same as was on the 'Handbridge's' party, they both faint off, fell back, literally reaching out on the floor like a pair of logs.

Andrew sighed. "And you asking me, why the today world has such a negative public opinion on witches? There!; this is a prime example of what one can expect from then, and mostly get it." He commented, while Cavendish put her palm on her weary forehead. [Elegant Face-Palm]

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The brown-haired girl pulled out her checks in irritation and turned herself to her desk. "Sucy!! - This is all your fault!"

But Manbavaran waved her pointing finger, in (No, No!) gesture. "Tcs, tcs, tcs. Akko,-- you cannot avoiding the main question of the day forever. I can read from their expression, that neither of them has yet received your answer to their love confession toward you."

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The Japanese girl, was instantly blushing from ear to ear. "Are you a complete fool? It's all yours fault and your stupid bee."

Mushroom girl dint back down. "Excuses!! Why do you think, that bee is not illegal to ship? The requirement to overcome the spell in standard way, is that enchanted person must overcome or make peace with his own feeling toward the person on which one he has a crush. Both of them did it. What's more, both of them have a plentiful amount of time and opportunities to withdraw their confession. They dint do it on party, and as I see, not even to today. That all means; (That it is you!), who letting these two in dark. So, who will it be? Andrew or Diana?-- Or,-- do you want both of them?-- Or, are you hesitating, because you are basically a 'bold log' when it comes to 'that certain question'? So, you basically panicking because you have no experience and are afraid of post refusal?"

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Protagonist in this love novel shout back. "Sucy-yyyyy!!!! You blabbing craps, exploiting to the fullest a fact, that I know about that bee only the little of what you told to me earlier!! But you will not get out of this one!!" Kagari has already about to go on offense, but both 'suitors' grab her by shoulder with their palms and shout her name. 'Akko!!' They were so vigorous that they pulled her back to them. She lost balance as she flies back, lightly slamming into them. But that was enough for her to get shocked. And she hiccup. Without any intend to do, and without any incantation she transforms into her 'bunny girl' form. Almost as if it was somehow preset, like a fast dial of certain someone number on her phone.

Of course, viewers immediately notice, that she did it without any incantations, chanting or similar to Spell-casting. Then the crowd get again triggered, angry, and the flames of public uplift spread up. Disorder was going around the theme, what is true and what is not, about the statements displaying a love triangle 'Akko, Andrew, Diana.'

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Akko, who was no longer able to withstand the growing turmoil and unpleasant comments from the audience at her person, and the 'look of pressure' from the two behind her. She gets dizzy. Her eyes began to spin like she was drunk. It was not sure if the pair behind her, held her to prevent her fall to ground, or to prevent her from another uprising. Or they simply went silently demanding 'her answer'.

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At some point, the pressure was to much for her and she could no longer withstand it. She exploded with a growl. "I've had enough!! Casino Bunny [bunny girl] here, sexy bunny [bunny girl] there!! I'll will grant bunny [bunny girl] ears to everyone!! Try it yourself, how much you will like to flick them around, and get pulled on them by someone!!" She exclaimed, then she flung her wand to the sky, shouting a chant: 'Metamorfose phoses!!' Her magic summoned rabbit portrait [ear, nose and bushy tail] not only to other female students, but for everyone in the library, including goblins, which had already managed to wake up. (Because the magic flow from the magic stone on tower and the previously expelled magic was still near.) Except Andrew, which remained as Satyr.

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The whole library turns into giant loudly mess. Some were panicking. Some were in shock. Some were amused and laughing at each other, when they looked at each other in closely. Others looked in amazement or shock at their own reflection in the mirrors. Also found someone like that, who just for fun has biting carrots like a real bunny, entertain whoever looked at them. However, a certain group of professors, that came there to ticked off the mischief, had not a friendly expressions, because they also received this 'bunny improvements'.

The dwarf headmaster on the crutch, was amazed at how young Kagari was, able to summon the same change to everyone in one go.

The strict teacher, on the other hand, was already at short of her patience, because the trouble making girl are on it again. This was not at all beneficial to her health, when even Diana was unable to prevent this foul-play, when there was Andrew as a quest.

Third among them, was also quite young long-blue-haired professor Ursula Callistis, who without any urging start walking to towards the trouble makers to disciplining them. Though the expression on her face was obstructed by the witch hat pulled forward to her face, on her bent down head, her body speak a lot of how much its boiled inside her.

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...But in Ursula case, the boiling was a little different...

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With every step, teacher appearance changed a little bit. Due to excess of manna that nearly reek from her, her usually purple-blue robe slowly changed to snow white with a red pattern. Her long blue hairs, began to wave as they are in a breeze or under water surface swayed by river currents. Step by step, they turned to fiery red color. [fire] At some point, they was so wild or irrepressible like a fire, that they dropped the hat from the professor head, revealing bunny ears. Trio in question paused they quarrel as she approached them. "Akko!!" She stood right there, staring down at the brown hair girl as some predator on its prey.

Japanese girl, like a caught mischief, tried a runaround approach. "Oh, Professor Ursula, hello." But as soon as she noticed that her teacher is already into 'her Idol form', she immediately panicked and scream: "Chariot??!!" She suddenly, had an acidic embarrassing smile because, perhaps to her remark, it had to be realized that Ursula was actually, a well-known street wizard and entertainer: 'Chariot-du-Nord' But at the moment her kind-hearth mentor looked like she was at the edge of sending hell on earth, pure on whim. Any fool who will try to challenge her, to a fight, will receive a hard time.

Andrew and Diana, despite their wide eyes, were on blink of the eye, already two steps away, right behind Kagari. The brown-haired girl noticed that despicable move and address them as a traitors.

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The redhead's eyes flared by mysterious flame through the overflowing manna. "Akko!!-- Instantly calm down!! You're unnecessarily burning down to much of emotional manna!!" Ursula, as a former user of this type of manna has a lot of experience with it. Bud because she was so fired up, she currently fails to recognize that for now she running on same drive as her disciple, but on much higher gear level.

"Eh? Sensei? Are you sure, that it's me and not you, who need to calm down a lot? You are so much fired up, that if that manna around you burst-up, I think you can go to the moon and back, like a rocket." She tried pretending, that she calms down. But Akko was more freak of that ever, clearly seeing that current state of her 'Idol' is similar to derailed polar express still running at dashing speed. If Ursula cast even the smallest spell, it will be massive random disaster, while the teacher will don't even notice the difference.

During fired up interview between Chariot and Kagari, the pair behind brow-haired girl, quietly exchanged small debate, questioning if those two have a common family roots, since they already have shared other common traits and similarities.

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But Callistis dint like her student answer. "The heck are you talking about?!!" She stomped the floor so hard, that it creates a naval wave of magical energy accompanied by a gentle shaking of the very ground on which everyone stood.

As if was commanded, the large ceiling of the library disappeared. No, it was more as if magical window has opened. It looked like it led onto space on this planet orbit, or as if astral image of the moon appeared over the entire ceiling. The white-gray satellite seemed so close, that one can think, that even Witch on broom can reached its surface. Or on other hand, one can think that this space body is ready to fall on them. But then the whole hall was filled with his white blue light, reflected from its surface.

On the surface of the moon was a canyon in shape of giant cross or X. From this close distance, it was clearly seen that there was a green manna glow on deepest part of that canyon. As if there was aurora, or something magical or extraterrestrial, and it was preparing to take off, to Earth.

Kagari was staring at the (sky/moon?), with [WTF] expression, unable to speak a single word.

The audience, however, was in utter astonishment, and some were applauding by hand clapping. Even the couple behind Kagari honestly clap for recognition.

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For the red-haired woman, this had to be as playing on a familiar string, because, except for the response from the audience, she began to noticing her surroundings. Suddenly, she freezes in surprise, realizing that she has forgot where she was. Her eyes widened, when it occurred to her, that everyone around, not perceived her as Ursula Callistis, but as 'Chariot du Nord'. With a drop of sweat on her face she respectfully bowed to audience without intending to do.

Looking at her idol, Kagari realized something, and she seized the first thing that came to her mind at that moment. She shouts: "Ankore!!" [addition] "Ankore, ankore!!" She began to chant, to amend the mood of her instructors. Or she hoped for some unique show, when she was already on the best spot to see one.

Even some other students were enthusiastic for encouragement and join Akko in shouting.

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Confused Chariot not knowing what to do next, facing the pressure from the crowd, she gives up and subject herself to undertake some improvised performance. One of the long hairs from her screaming rabbit mane loosened and sailed in wind breeze to front of her. As she stared at that hair string, a seven stars flied from somewhere into it. Flash appear seven times as one by one hit it and the hair itself has turned into a long sorceress staff with seven ornaments, which resembled stars. (It was by no mistake that this staff resembled certain artifact previously in Akko position.) The stage magician grabbed it and twirled her stick-staff around herself like a majorette girl. As she was doing it, she sprayed around a quite number of sparks to the air. As for the finale, she strokes the lower end of the staff on pavement, pausing in her trademark 'cool' pose with big smile on her face.

Spectators dint catch when, but suddenly all around them began to fly a tiny winged fairies with different colors and appearances. Whom they sat down on, either on their own initiative or for having them attracted or invited, the fairies turned clothes of that person into something that must originated from all sorts of imaginable fantastic stories. It was not mattered if it was armor, fur, uniform, costume or dress for nobility and princesses.

Soon, it looked around as if there was a carnival under the 'moon' sky. Decorations was hanged from the walls and columns. Glowing colored soap bubbles fly's trough air as if they were balloons. Between them the fairies who have not yet found 'partner' to sit down, and convert them. Many of the students in the fancy dresses started to dancing. Even the goblins couldn't hesitate twice when some girls take the initiative and invited them to the dance. Of course, everyone with a fairy sitting on his shoulder, on his head, or on a bunny ear, hat, or just peeking out from some fold of clothes like pockets. One fairy danced, on the head of a student who remained sitting, with her bunny ears as those two was her dance partners.

On the other hand, Director and already the rest of the teaching staff, (who arrived there in the meantime), was helplessly watched the carnival of jolly eared bunnies, which before were exemplary student of 'Luna-Nova' engrossed in study. Luckily for them, the 'help' was on the way.

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Constanze, as an aspiring 'techno-mage', realized from the very first moment when she saw Ursula's in her hot Chariot form, that something went wrong. She used her magic smartphone to contact her own mentor, 'messaging' what to do. When the moon appeared, she already convinced her team [Amanda, Jasmine] along with Lotte and Sucy to help her with the summoning spell. The group of five with rabbit-ears, surrounded quickly prepared magic circle and began the summoning. During a minute, a certain witch who has her short purple/lavender hairs in a wavy hairstyle, and has name Croix Meridies, raised from the ring.

The declared inventor and trafficker of 'techno-magic' is skilled enough to be able compete with a chosen Chariot, when she was on her top condition. With a 'friendly teacher' face she observed the situation. "'Ara, Ara,' rabbit party? To where I was invited? To a Carrot Fairy tale? I don't think so." She looked at Ursula. "So~o, this is how a 'hard-core', 'cold turkey' [drug withdrawal effect], from the lack of action in front of an audience, probably looks. She was complaining at her best friend, rival and accomplice, all in one person. Next, she thanked to students around her, for their adequate and quick response to this problem. Then, she makes silly expressions. "The world's most powerful magician, using his spells to amuse the masses of people." She sighed wearily, but suddenly became serious as she looked onto the moon. That green glow, was magic that was in Chariot-du-Nord possession, and the red-hair send it to the moon feeling unworthy for it. But for now, it began to rise from the crater as if was desiring to return home, where it belongs. "Bu~ut, if that magic returns to her, we can expect a real problem."

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Teaching staff did not take long, to noticed the presence of Croix, and soon it went to meet her with a pleading expression on their faces.

Lavender expert response to them without a hesitation. "Do not worry madam director. I will take care of Chariot. The girls really do well, when they decided to summon me." She reassured the professors, as she sideways enthusiastically showed the raised 'OK' thumb to the five girls to point out, to who the teachers should then thank.

Though Constanze, with all seriousness, responded enthusiastically with a raised thumb, the other four raised their thumbs with an absolute lack of enthusiasm.

The scene made the professors nervous enough to start asking themselves if it was really okay to leave the incident to the Croix and the party of well know troublemakers.

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But the purple wavy haired witch was acting like she was already in charge. "Hmm, let's see." She turned her gaze again on Ursula, who was in center of attention of many and she was casting a one-party trick after another in front of a certain threesome as if it was a stage. "Chariot nor Kagari, are not the main problem at this stage. The 'problem' is the scene itself." She analyzed it, thinking out loud. "I think we have here an excellent example of why, magic in past, got into disfavor on public option. That's a 'manna berserk'!" She pointed out at the whirling manes of redhead woman and brown-haired girl. "By using this age standards, about normal manna, this situation would not happen. But as I have spooked, these two are exceptional for today's standards and can accept manna generated by the emotions of the surrounding people. They literally took the emotions of others, transformed them into manna, and are now drunk from the excessive volume of such manna in their bodies. In this state the smallest spell could unleash a devastating disaster, and neither would find it odd, or how deadly they can be for the surroundings. In past, (The help), most time dint arrives in time or dint arrived at all. The irony of this situation is, that they're both crazy about party tricks, otherwise this place has been turned into ashes long before my arrival. In current age, and usually in this case, it will be enough to just wait until the two get tired and use up all that excess manna. Bud…" She sighed, again looked up, on the crater at moon. "That one above us, is an emotional manna of the size of a stadium where she performed. Chariot in panic, tried to get rid of this, shooting it all at moon. But even over the years, it still bursting with great force, so you can make a picture of what it must have been when she holds it at hand. Even I got nuts for a moment. If it falls down, on any of the two, it could cost them theirs life, or everyone around them."

The teachers were horrified, but some of the girls from the gang had suspicious expressions about the truth in some of those claims.

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Expert continued. "The best solution would be, get these two out of the scene. Then the enchantment loses its anchor point. But in this state, reproach and normal talk will not be valid. Spell casting don't help either, because it would only encourage the opening of the cage in which impatiently falters furious beast. And I can imagine the situation got to this point because someone already try those two approaches. On the other hand, the solution can be to become part of its performances, and simply redirect their attention to something else, lure them out and let them calm." A foxy sparkle flashed in her eyes. She steps out towards the red-haired girl. Instead of wand she pulled out her magical smartphone, setting her transformation spell. Soon, she was in costume of some mysterious or dark hero, who hiding his identity. But everyone could instantly know who it was, as it was some eccentric who tried get more eccentric. Or as a main villain in a musical Opera. "If we think about it, then there's one effective way, how to tame the wild ferocious magic beast. By attacking her lust/ libido." Croix licked her lips. As she walked towards her target, her body language talked about her strong determination. To get noticed she in theatrical tone loudly shout as they were actors in real theater, and she was the villain who approach the heroine to introduce itself. "Chariot-du-Nord!!-- We finally and again meets. If you allow me, I have come to ask you for a longing romantic dance, and kidnap the attention of your libido." With a deep bow/obeisance of a gentlemen, she waited until her redhead counterpart shows to her adequate honour/bow, accepting the challenge for a dance.

The audience was expecting a dance, magic show, or some actor's performance.

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But, instead, Croix opened her arms in big hug gesture, in direction of Chariot and exclaimed with a loving expression on her face. "Hone~~ey!! ♪, aim coming for you~u!!" That, caught the attention of the whole ball.

It surprised the 'target female partner for dance' to a point, where she fails to respond when white-haired girl dashed/ launched-herself towards her with deviant expression on her face, running in a crazy speed. The 'dark hero' sweep the 'heroine' from her feet's. In blink of the eyes, she got grabbed by her waist and draped over the villain shoulder. The kidnapper dash out through library doors. The last thing, the spectators could see, before they were both lost in the hallway, was a mixed confused expression under the red rabbit's ears asking: 'What's going on???'

Nearly all present on the masquerade ball, fell for it. All of them had their jaws dropped to position of fully opened mounts.

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But the first one who react was of course, Akko. "Wait a minute!! Those attacks on desire and libido, are clearly not the things that I think they are?!! Are they??!!" Full blushed she turn around to Andrew and Diana and step too close into they personal space, that she was practically on them. "We clearly cannot let it be, as it is! We have to immediately go after them! And I have quite some idea of where they are heading. If it is the abducts scenario, she will definitely go to 'that Tower'. The two with blushing faces asked why they shall engage themselves in this case, but this complain was too much for the impulsive girl. She grabbed the two by hands, and with the battle cry, she pulled them, and they run through the library door. As they start their pursuit in hijacker case, they leave the blooming masquerade behind, which perhaps lasted until midnight before its participants began to diverge.

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As Croix had predicted, without Chariot and Akko in the hall, the green aurora glow from the crater on the moon had calmed down, sting back into the dark bottom of the X-canyon. And the magic of the fancy ball had begun to fade by the approaching midnight. Of course, the mascara costumes were a great hit and have great popularity not only among girls, goblins, but also teachers. Thus, except for the strict one [Anne Finnelan], whose authoritative aura discouraged any fairy that got close, from even thinking about siting on her. Barbara and Hannah, on the other hand, eventually woke up, covered with fairies, whose think about those two (during their mental absence) as a good resting place. Since when those two woke up, it was still during the ball, and they were unable to take the bizarre nature around them. And again… they faint off.

By striking midnight at local hours, the headteacher [Director] invited the students to raise their wands to the astral image of the moon. When chanting together, the white-blue glow and the fantasy rabbit fancy ball disappeared. Everyone headed to theirs room, leaving the empty hall of the library behind.

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The next day, professors summoned the rioters and considered to punish the culprits of this incident, or at least Sucy. There was even a word of exclusion. Except certain characters were missing. [Akko, Andrew, Diana, Ursula, Croix]

But pink-haired swim off the hook, when she referred to the fact: That it really not matter to her, whether she is student at 'Luna-Nova' or not. Plus, she not alone int this opinion, and there is quite a number of girls who dint care if they stay or leave. But more importantly she doesn't see how exclusion shall be a punishment for her when the very purpose of why she went to the academy was full-filled by Akko before they even arrived. And again, she not alone in this opinion to. She could even leave on herself if that what the professors wanted. But she pointed out that it would probably cause an avalanche of negative publicity for the school, after which many other students would decide to leave, because for now: (Nobody want to be the one, who will get kicked before Akko.). Since she mentioned some 'nine witches', bound by fate, to become a big names, the leadership poured cold sweat because 'the ones in question' were the biggest troublemakers on the Academy. Moreover, Sucy stated, that the carnival was exactly what all those tired and stressed out students, before assay currently needed. Because the stress itself, was created from unreasonable claims on curriculum. And that's was exactly what caused the incident in the first place. After she explained that the problem with emotional manna was (by Croix analysis) destined to eventually occurred, even without presence of the nine witches, and the mascara was solution for that crisis (Chariot save the day), the Director swept away from the table the whole incident.

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In the following days, Sucy smirked at every time, when anyone mentioned the incident.

Amanda was not at all satisfied how the whole thing ended up, being swept under the carpet. Not answering the really important questions. For the few days, after that incident she were trying to get to the bottom on the case of 'The love affair Kagari Akko.' and her surroundings. As if she was some experienced detective, she made a cork table of investigation. On that table she pinned photos, newspaper snippets, witness testimonies and other reports. She linked the clues with fibers, to create a web net of evidence. But eventually, she gave up on it, and threw it all out of the window.

Constanze constructed a sort of device that caught some mysterious signals from space and spent a lot of time analyzing them. But the fact was, int that evening of incident, she quickly remade one of her robot's helper into space probe. Unnoticed by anyone, she smuggled him through the astral window, sending him directly to the moon. So, it was true that someone really could reach the 'Luna' on the sky. Now Constanze played with the data of the mystical crater and green aurora glow, rather more like a scientist than as a traditional Witch.

When the missing Croix and Ursula finally appeared in a few days latter, they did not avoid questions about the topic of their wedding and how it was their honeymoon, although they were still not at all devoted. Almost every evasive answer ended with a blush, a giggle or an embarrassing laugh, a nonsense, or simply a silent smile at a stupid question.

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Trinity [Andrew, Akko, Diana], not only have not caught up with Chariot and Croix, they did not reach even 'the Tower' or rooms of any of them. But mysteriously [By help by some/ someone magic, but nobody ever figures/ made stamen, by how or who.], they stray to an unknown place, the moment they left the carnival party. It took them some time to finally acknowledge, that they were not on 'Luna-Nova' grounds anymore, but has been actually in another country. Moreover, their return was slowed by the fact that for some reason, the trio didn't have enough money for the flight, other fast travel, or separate accommodation. Even none of them bothered to call home or friends for help and support. (Each of them has they own personal reasons, why they don't want to do.)

You can imagine the embarrassment for the two, when Kagari pull them to travel by hitchhiking. Its pass a half of the day, until they resolved to say to her, they are going in the wrong direction. However, In the end, they managed to return before the 'exam's period' begins.

The teaching choir wanted to turn to them with punishment, but they came out empty handed again when they heard and learned about their adventures: About solving a mystical mystery. Saving an important person's life. Denouncing a difficult case over which the local's authorities did not know what to do in the first place. --and other heroic stuff. Last straw was a news report speaking about 'extraordinary representations' not only their school, but the whole country for which they received not only foreign honors. All that just on the way back.

Whoever tried, nobody managed to pry from the trio, what was the final answer of Akko, that was given to the lad and miss for their love confession toward her. But considering that the trio started to spend together more time, and began be more open to each other. What was the 'answer', many guessed themselves.

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Finally, after some time, the romp of the witches from 'Luna-Nova' got, so into public awareness, that the school management had to give up to pressure for proceeding with the current age, and include the magical carnivals in their regular traditions. Even making adjustment in one regular public big show in city. They tried to pluck out from the responsibility for this, by simply throw all duties about it on the problematic girls, hopping that due some fails, errors and complains, they will learn some dignity about being a proper witch. But suddenly it turned out that certain girls, knew more about entertainment and its organization, than a conservative hart would have survive without a heart attack. News from these parties shakes the entire world 'petrified view on witches', that they are 'boring insidious witches.' The Croix studies about safe use of 'emotional manna' opened for witch-crafts door to many economic sectors like special effects in movie industry. Those and other warm news become for years, a strong pull that attracted new faces from the entire world to come at the Academy for young witches know as 'Luna-Nova'.

--- End --- By Dretnoth 2020, Edit: 28.-29. Aug 2024 (Damn those Typos.)