(DISCONTINUED) The Celestial Wizard | 𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗

Ortho Shroud

     "I did invite him, but he rejected it~. He's busy helping Riddle-kun with the upcoming VDC, since he's one of the Event Committee," Cater answered. Lilia just patted Cater's head, earning a giggle from the orange-haired, "Anyway, since we got rejected by our besties then why don't we take a pic to remember this day?" He pulled out his phone.

Cater and Lilia pulled the freshmen to take a pic with them, posting it in Magicam. In any case, Lilia is suspicious of (Name), considering that her smell doesn't belong here. He knows that she's hiding something, too and almost everyone is dying to know it. "Tsunotaro" hasn't visited her ever since the last day of the Octavinelle incident, she wants to ask who's Malleus Draconia since he's from Diasomnia...

Then there goes with the Princess, she's also cautious around him. He may be outgoing and cheerful unlike the other students, but she can sense he's cunning. Crux, one of her celestial spirits, told her that he was inhumane and probably knows her lost relative here...

And Carla's clairvoyance, another Overblot student. She now has an idea about the pattern here, she's not dumb after all. Out of one in every dorm, someone will go berserk, but it's not just anyone in this case. Every dorm leader, except Jamil, is meant to Overblot because of something that'll trigger them...

Heartslabyul, Savanaclaw, Octavinelle, Scarabia, Pomefiore, Ignihyde, and Diasomnia, she's sure that Vil Schoenheit or Rook Hunt is meant to go berserk. She needs to do something before he gets consumed by his emotions...

     "(Name), you're thinking too much," Lilia whispered, interrupting her trance. "Speaking of Ignihyde, they have similarities with the Diasomnia students. They always shut themselves in their dorm, avoiding crowded places. I think they've left the dorm to audition here, too."

     "Really? Oh, look it's the dorm leader's younger brother," Cater pointed to a robot kid, specifically Ortho Shroud. "It's rare to see him by himself."

     "Ortho, hi!" (Name) ran towards the kid and hugged him. Ace checked Ortho's outfit, "He sure looks like the younger brother of Ignihyde's dorm leader, but he looks like a kid. What's up with his outfit, too? He looks like that kid shows that's a superhero."

     "Oh yeah, you guys don't know the rumor," Cater laughed. "Ignihyde's dorm leader, Idia Shroud, and his brother, Ortho Shroud, are accepted at the same time. That explains why they're in the same year," he stated.

     "Big sister!" Ortho hugged her back. "How are you? I'm so glad you're here. Big brother said that he wants to hug your cats," he laughed. "Of course, he can. Has he been locked up inside his room again?" She asked.

     "Yeah," Ortho replied. Before (Name) could ask another question, Ortho snapped his head toward Grim's direction, "Don't say that to my brother!" He yelled.

     "My big brother replaced my hearing aids and I can hear whispers from 50 meters away," Ortho told Ace, who was whispering about how Ortho heard it from here. "That's truly amazing. I didn't know that someone other than us fairies and hybrids has sensitive hearing."

     Ortho giggled, "I know, right? My big brother's amazing!" Then he cleared his throat, "I mean, I and my brother are permitted by the Headmaster to attend classes together. It's not that he's lonely, so he took me here!" He told them.

     Cater rubbed his nape, "Sorry about that. It's just you and your brother are like one of the Seven Mysteries in this school. I think I said too much," he apologized. Ortho smiled at his apology, "Don't worry! It's fine as long as you understand our situation. Forgive me for shouting as well and I just don't want people thinking bad things about my older brother."

     "Wow, he's nice," Deuce commented. "Are you also here to audition for the upcoming VDC, Ortho-chan?" Cater questioned the kid robot.

     "Yes!"

Grim said Idia isn't good as an older brother, causing Ortho's sudden outrage. (Name) just stared at them, don't wanna bother them anymore. She left the dorm to go to Leona's dorm and get the documents she needs. Yes, he forgot to give her the documents...

- Savanaclaw Dorm -

     "Leona-san, you forgot to give it to me again," (Name) muttered. She was brushing his ears for him to doze off, "Come on, Leona-san. Give me the documents before it's too late," she hissed.

     "It's not easy. Seems like your grandmother did something here before she left," Leona stated. "Heard from my brother someone left a prophecy here. I didn't hear him until the very end, of course. Like I cared about what he says."

(Name) just sighed at Leona's attitude. I mean he's helpful and all that, but he doesn't know what's needed and doesn't need at certain times like this...

- Flashback, Ignihyde Dorm  -

     Idia was sitting in front of his computer, typing something, "I did promise Riddle about practicing my speech for the event, but talking in front of a lot of people is impossible even though I kept imagining it!" He yelled, frantically on the verge of ripping his hair off. "In any case, I don't want to attend any of his scoldings and I plan to record my voice for the speech!"

     Ortho, who doesn't understand what his brother is planning, just nodded, "Yes! I've finally finished installing the program to record my voice, so I can just type the words I want to say and it'll process to talk in my voice in real time!" He cheered. The Ignihyde dorm leader then smirked, "This is such a blessing at the point I didn't notice my voice is so good! I'm 100% this will run smoothly! Don't you think, Ortho? Isn't your big brother a genius? No one will notice it's programmed, right?"

     Ortho nodded once again, "Yes, big brother! It sounds convincing!" He exclaimed, listening to Idia try the software. Idia chuckled, "Right? Dude~, I have a pretty nice voice. Using the software, I can easily answer anything! Work smart, not harder~! I'm a genius into these kinds of things!"

     "Yes, even Riddle-kun will praise you if you did that—"

     Idia immediately covered Ortho's mouth, "Shh, Sir Riddle mustn't know about this. We'll be keeping this a secret until the event is over!" He whispered to his brother. "I'm gonna wait until he says about See? I know you could talk if you tried it. Then I'll be like Ha! You didn't notice I'm lip-syncing?! Fool! Isn't it a genius plan?"

     Ortho laughed nervously, "You should calm down, big brother. He's still your junior after all," he said to his brother. Idia scoffed, "It's fine. He's only a year below me, but he's been a dorm leader longer than me. So technically, he's a senior to me."

     "True," the kid robot nodded. Idia stared at Ortho's face, "Still, the world of music is pretty deep. I've heard virtual streamers are getting famous lately, so maybe I could try to give you some vocal adjustments, too..."

     "I want to try singing, too, big brother!" Ortho exclaimed. "Alright~! Leave it to your brother!" Idia grinned.

- Current time, Pomefiore Dorm -

     Ortho giggled, "My big brother's been interested in vocal synthesizers, so here I am! He said he wanted me to try it out!" He told them. "That's why I'm here!"

     Ace gasped, "Is it possible to make songs using that?!"

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