Untouchable

🐙The Merchant from the Depths pt.2🐙

|Hall of Mirrors|

Jack and Yuu stopped. "Oh, it's the Hall of Mirrors... The place that leads to every dorm."

"I was so sure I'd make the top fifty!" A Heartslabyul Student whines

An Savanaclaw student growled. "Blast it all, I've been had! That cheating cephalo-punk!"

A Scarabia student cried. "My school life is doomed now. Doooomed!"

"Huh? It's not just the three stooges... There are other students here with sea anemones coming outta their heads." Jack examined the crowd.

"I'm seeing some sophomores and juniors in here, too. And they're all going through the mirror leading to Octavinelle Dorm."

"Who's this 'cheating cephalo-punk'?" Yuu asked

"Let's head over and see what's up." Jack followed the students through the Octavinelle mirror

|Octavinelle Dorm|

"Wow, the whole dorm is underwater!" Yuu exclaimed

"For real?! Night Raven College is so cool!" Jack's tail was wagging

"*Ahem* Just remember we're treading on another dorm's turf. Keep your wits about you." He regained his composure

|Mostro Lounge|

"Look at all these people." Yuu stared at the sea of students

"There's gotta be a hundred-no, closer to two hundred people here. What is this place, anyway? Some kinda coffee shop? 'Mostro Lounge'? Where did Ace and the others go?" He looked around the dimly lit room

A spotlight turned shined on a boy with glasses with the Leech twins behind him. "Well, well. What have we here? A band of misfortunate souls who failed to break into the top 50."

"Welcome to the Mostro Lounge.
I'm sure you're all WELL aware of who I am, but let's go over it again anyway. My name is Azul Ashengrotto. I am the housewarden of Octavinelle Dorm, the manager of the Mostro Lounge cafe, aaand...
...as of today, you have to listen to everything I say."

"Say what?" Jack exclaimed

"You made a bet with me and subsequently lost. As per terms of our contract, you are to devote yourself to my service until such time as you graduate." Azul smirked

'Hey, hold on. This is all a huge scam!" Ace's voice was heard from the crowd

"You're...Ace Trappola, a freshman, if memory serves. Your accusations are insulting, frankly."

"I upheld my end of the bargain and provided you with an impeccably flawless study guide for your exams.
If you used it properly, you should have scored at least a 90."

"Yeah, and I did. I got a 92!" Ace said

"Why, that's wonderful news! I'm delighted to have been of service."

"But you never told me you'd given the same study guide to this many other people!" Ace yelled

"Yeah, Ace is right." Deuce joined in. "No study guide could help us break into the top fifty when the deck's this stacked!"