Jack's tail is much worse than Leona's tail... I mean, look at it. Does chicks have that kind of tails and his ears? But I don't care, because he's adorable!
[Seems that you all have been suspecting the SON of the Headmaster as the MC's grandfather. Well, he 'does' have a very special part in this story and you can guess if he's the 'you-know-what' or not.]
~ 3rd Person's Perspective ~
"F-Fiancée?!" Ace and Deuce choke on their own spit.
"Fiancée's the only one that could put an engagement ring on their lover's left finger, was it not?" Azul stated, pushing his glasses upwards.
"But she already chose Idia as her ideal groom!" Ace complained.
Loke smirked, placing his elbow on the arm's couch, "Unless, if we become her fiancé now..."
"We'll have to steal her love!" Lilia continued, leaping in the air with his arms above. "Kufufu~! Stealing away the ghost bride, sounds quite dramatic and interesting~!" He chuckled.
"Propose to the ghost bride, put the ring on her left ring finger, and finally get Shroud back. The title would be 'Operation Propose'." Crowley clapped his hands. "It's the next time mission I'll impose upon you. To make this mission successful, we'll need..."
"A 'what'?" Loke asked.
"That's right!" The Headmaster snapped his fingers. "Mr. Loke, if I have a favor, if you please?"
Loke raised his eyebrow, "As long as the exceeds of my Mistress, well more like niece, are in the plan's goal."
"Of course!" Crowley assured. "Just gather the students I'll mention here."
~ 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒'𝐬 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 ~
"All of them are here, right?" Crowley asked the celestial spirit, receiving a nod. "Trey Clover, Jack Howl, Jade Leech, Floyd Leech. Then Kingscholar, Schoenheit, and Zigvolt." (I still can't spell Vil's last name manually) He declared.
"Yep!" Loke gave a thumbs up.
"So you all get kicked out by those ghosts and come here for refuge, if I'm not mistaken." Trey summarized Riddle's explanation.
"Yeah." Riddle nodded.
"I'm glad that we all meet up." Jade smiled.
With all the 7 people, what would the Headmaster, Dire Crowley, do? If magic is gonna be the basis, then maybe he wants to ambush the castle to get Shroud. Oh? They don't stand against these ghosts. So what?
"Headmaster." Vil called. "With these 7 people, what is your plan to do with us?" He asked.
The Headmaster chuckled, "I'll have these members to propose to the ghost bride~!"
"E-EH?! PROPOSE!!! W-What do you mean by that?!" Jack gasped, completely surprised.
"H-Headmaster!" Trey horrifyingly uttered.
"Wait a minute!" Riddle interfered. "I couldn't just sit down and watch our vice dorm leader challenging this operation. I'll earn a shame from being the dorm prefect of Heartslabyul. I'll go, too, Headmaster!" [Reasons why I love Riddle...]
"You can't, Rosehearts." Crowley denied immediately.
"Eh? Why?"
"The 7 people who gathered here have one thing in common, that is..." The Headmaster breathed in and out, he's gonna blow the fuse out of Riddle. "... THEIR HEIGHT IS ABOVE 180 CM!"
That's it for Riddle, "Does that mean..." His face started to get red. "Are you saying... THAT I'M SHORT?!" His face turned into red strawberry tart.
"A-ha~!" Floyd chuckled, patting Riddle's head. "How sad because your height is not enough, little goldfish (kingyo-chan)~!" He teased. "Do you want me to give you a part of my tail fin~?"
"No need." Riddle declined, turning his attention back to the Dean. "Choosing the marriage partner by height? Are you saying 'as long as he's tall like Floyd's, even his personality is absurd, it's fine'? I'm not ok with it."
"Now, now Riddle..." Trey consoled, stopping Riddle's insecurities' anger mode. "Height is one of the characteristics of the human individuals, too."
"I also know about that." Riddle huffed.
"It's fine for little goldfish to be short—Hm?" Floyd suddenly stopped, looking around. "Little goldfish? Where are you? Did you disappear?"
"Huh?" Riddle look confused on Floyd's moves. "What kind of tricks are pulling, Flo—..."
"Ah! Found you!" Floyd giggled. "You're too small, I can't see you clearly~!"
"UGYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!" Riddle fumed in anger, his face turning dark red.
"R-Riddle! Calm down!" Trey panicked, pushing Riddle away from Floyd.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
The boys all turned around and saw a running (Name). Her face was messed up, she even miss her left shoe on the door of Mr. S's Mystery Shop...
"GAHHHHH!" She hit her face right on the tree trunk. "OWWWW!"
"(NAME)!" Loke yelled, panicking. "Oi! What happened?!" He took her shoulders.
"A s-scary m-mask... A-And... I-It l-looks s-so s-scary... A-And I-it cha-chased me... T-Then I-I h-hit m-my head..." (Name) stammered.
"Ooh~! Look at that red lump on your forehead~!" Floyd pointed out, appearing behind Loke. "Gonna leave a mark on her face, haha~!"
"Is she ok?" Ace asked.
"I-I'm fine!" (Name) squeaked, giving a thumbs up. "A-Anyway, why did Riddle-senpai yelled earlier?"
"Floyd called him short." Trey replied, calming the angry Riddle.
"Why does she like tall people?"
"The ghost bride has been searching for her ideal partner in this whole life." Crowley replied. "She won't give up easily even if we beg her. Her terms and conditions for her ideal groom is someone with handsome looks and a very-well built figure. I understand Rosehearts' enthusiasm, so..."
"So, you thought of considering one of one of the characteristics, which is the tall one or 'Above 180 cm', to make this plan a success." (Name) stated, fixing her clothes.
"Yes." Crowley nodded. "You're such an intelligent woman, (Name) Heartfilia-san~!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah." (Name) deadpanned.
"Since this the best idea I have left, please hold it through time." Crowley apologized.
Loke, being the Mother Lion he is, helped (Name)'s clothes while the other love interest like... Yanno... Were jealous at them. One things missing: HER LEFT SHOE!
" Princesse Cendrillion*, may I?" Rook appeared, her left shoe on his right hand.
"What are you doing, hm?" Loke firmly asked, crossing his arms. His eyes glaring at Rook.
But because they're both '177 cm' in height, an electricity wave through their eyes. Rook smirked and Loke twitched his eyebrow. (Name) in between has no idea what's going on...
"Can I put this shoe on her, if I have the permission, Monsieur Leo?" Rook favored with a very suspicious smile for Loke.
"But you better not do anything to my niece..."
Rook knelt down, slipping her shoe. Ace and Deuce were chewing their sleeves from the anger by just watching the scene. Riddle, Cater, and Trey look calm, but they're really angry...
" Un ajustement parfait !**" Rook exclaimed.
"Ha?"
"Like 'Cinderella'!" The huntsman clapped his hand.
"So it's not Reine-something, something-like that." (Name) sweatdropped.
That's when (Name) get the reason why Rook called her Princesse Cendrillion, he based her to the fairy tale princess: Cinderella. Her life was also like that, minus the prince and the stepmother and stepsisters. Let's just say, (Name)'s life wasn't that great...
"But if were basing on the height, isn't Malleus also tall? He's pretty tall." Vil stated. "Why isn't he here?"
"Indeed, he's a prince in both title and appearance. He might succeed in this proposal." Lilia piped. "But even if we do this for just saving Idia. I can't let a rumour about the soon-to-be-king of the Valley of Thorns proposing to the ghost bride spread out."
"Hm... I still have no idea who's Malleus Draconia..."
"Proposing to the ghost bride, will have diplomatic issues, ruining the name of Lord Malleus." Lilia added. As his replacement, let Sebek go. This time please let it slide."
"It's my honor to become young master's replacement!" Sebek proudly declared.
"Hm... Stop talking big. You can't make sure that Malleus would be chosen for sure." Leona proclaimed.
"Fu~! Lord Malleus is the rarest good-looking man in the world!" Sebek boasted. "BASTARD LIKE YOU CAN'T EVEN REACH HIS FOOTSTEPS!"
"Hah..." Leona crossed his arms. "Such a proud talk."
"How funny." Vil uttered, unamused. "You guys are just same to an unhealthy pumpkin."
"We don't need Malleus to participate." Leona added. "I'll be the one to succeed in this plan."
"I don't care if the others fail, I'll make this plan a success!" Vil remarked.
VIL & LEONA: "I'LL MAKE THE 'OPERATION PROPOSE' SUCCEED!"
"Well, well. I'm glad to see the Pomefiore and Savanaclaw Prefects motivated!" Crowley clapped his hands.
"I'll use telepathy if you guys need something." (Name) declared. "Just ask something by putting two finger on your forehead and that'll contact me."
"I'll output the video of security cameras through my monitor." Ortho also entered. "We'll watch over the condition progress status of our plan."
" Rois de poisons*** will get chosen for sure!" Rook enthusiastically cheered. "A good-looking groom like this, there's no second one in the whole world." He added. "Don't you think also, Epel?"
"Eh!" Epel look surprised, hearing his name. "I-I guess!" He stammered. "I'll get shivers down to my spine if I were to say these kind of love words... I believe that Vil-senpai will succeed in this plan!"
"Epel, I hear it all." Vil glared at his junior.
"Vil! Go show everyone the glowing of your visual!" Rook added.
On the other side, Leona placed two fingers on his forehead. A *ting!* sound was followed...
'Oi, Herbivore... You hear me?' He spoke in his mind.
(Name) looked at Leona's direction, he was smirking and testing the telepathy. Putting two fingers on her forehead, she replied, 'Really, Leona-san?'
'Just testing the magic. We need to make sure, so don't worry about it.' Leona assured, but he's still smirking.
'Don't try yelling at your mind...' (Name) demanded.
'Oh yeah? Make me, herbivore.' Leona challenged.
'I'll cut my connection to that dumb big skull of yours!' She threatened.
Leona clicked his tongue, putting his fingers down, "That herbivore... How irritating..."
"I CAN HEAR YOU, LEONA-SAN!!!"
𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 . . .
~ 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 - 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 ~
Center of attention? Princess Eliza, also known as the ghost bride, and her Ideal Prince or Idia that is know tied in a rope beside her. Eliza was so happy, while Idia is crying crocodile tears. The Princess is holding the three cats between her arms, all of them has the 'magic-restricting cuffs'...
"(Name)! PLEASE SAVE US!!!" Happy cried on Eliza's arms.
"Her hands are so cold as ice..." Pantherlily commented, shivering from the touch of the princess.
"(Name)..." Carla silently muttered.
"Today is a very lovely day~!" Eliza exclaimed. "I have never been so happy before... Because I finally... I FINALLY FOUND MY IDEAL PRINCE~!"
"SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!" Idia cried.
Ghosts were guarding each opening of the cafeteria, including windows, Idia was held by a chubby ghost. The chubby ghost seemed to be the head of all the guards or the General...
"I suddenly get surrounded by ghosts, get tied up, and how did I get involved in an enforcement marriage?!" Idia yelled. "There's no way a student wants to get married!" He suddenly jumped away from Eliza and the chubby ghost.
"WE WANT TO GET OUT HERE!!!!!!!!" The exceeds yelled.
Eliza laughed at Idia's yelling, "Oh come on, Idia. You don't have to jump around, I know you're happy, too~!" She chased the Ignihyde's Prefect. "This cheerful part of yours is also lovely as well~ ❤!"
"Finally, you found your ideal gentleman, Princess." Another ghost appeared. "That's really great to hear, your Highness! Getting married to an Ideal Prince is the dream come true of every Princess!"
This seems to be the handmaiden or nanny of the Princess...
"I didn't expect both your dream and life would end that day..." The nanny ghost suddenly felt sad, recalling the past. "Fate is such a terrible thing. Ah... If I could arrive more early to your room that day, I could've let you run away..."
"Really, nanny?" The Princess chuckled. "You still talking about the story of the past? Stop recalling the old memory and move on. I'm fine." She assured. "No matter how sad or painful the past is, it's what worth for meeting Idia!"
"Oh, you Highness! How courageous you are!" The nanny ghost clapped her hands.
"No no no no!" Idia yelled. "Stop making the decision by yourself, do I have the right to reject?!"
"We're hold captive here against our will, you know that!" Happy shouted, wriggling free from the Princess' tight grip.
"We want to get back to our original owner!!!!" Pantherlily sobbed.
"Eyyy! You're all noisy!" The chubby ghost. "You should be happy to be the Princess' pets! And you too!" He pointed on Idia. "You should be grateful to be the Princess' groom!" He emphasized the grateful.
"Be happy?!"
"Be grateful?!"
The chubby ghost really looked like he's gonna explode in anger. Truth is, he's been hiding this 'love' to the Princess. Well, she just sees him as a 'friend', 'an older brother', and 'a family to hold on'. But because he loves her, he should be happy on the Princess' happiness... Even it hurts him...
"You're telling me to be happy when I'm being forced to get married to a ghost without asking my permission?!" Idia remarked.
"You never know..." The chubby ghost murmured. "How blessed it is to be together with that innocent and cheerful princess forever..."
"Are you fighting now?!" Princess Eliza asked, sassing-ly putting her hands on her hips. "Chubby, you can't be mean to the talking cats and especially Idia!" She chided. The exceeds were on the hold of the nanny ghost, "BECAUSE HE'S SOON TO BE MY HUSBAND!"
Ah~! Chubby ghost's name was also 'Chubby'... Haha😅... My bad...
"Yes, I'm sorry..." Chubby bowed, keeping a 'smile' on his face.
"YOUR HIGHNESS!!!!!" Another ghost suddenly barged inside the cafete— Ehem! The place where the Wedding is settled in. "Something bad had happened!"
"What's wrong, Uncle?" The Princess Eliza asked. "What's with the rush?" [I can hear her innocent voice from the screen...]
"There are reports from the security guard." Her Uncle declared. "THERE'S SUDDENLY SO MANY PEOPLE APPEARED THAT WANTED TO PROPOSE TO YOUR HIGHNESS!!!!!"
"Propose to me?!" Princess Eliza stammered.
"Yes." Her Uncle nodded. "Just like Idia, they're students from NRC."
Idia and the exceeds looked at each other...
"I have no idea what's going on." Idia and the exceeds said in unison.
"But maybe this is the chance for our freedom!" Happy exclaimed. "I already missed, (Name)!!!"
"Hihihi~!" Idia chuckled, his smile is so scary indeed. "The students from NRC are all highly competitive. There are guys who are rich, cheerful, awesome, cute, smart, aleck, b-beautiful, and many more!" He declared, for the Princess to hear. "There are so many people that's suitable on becoming a better groom than me!"
"Don't worry, Idia. No matter how they look like, I'll reject them!" Princess Eliza held both of his hands. "Just wait for me!"
"YOU DIDN'Y EVEN LISTEN TO HIM/ME!!!!" The exceeds and Idia yelled.
~ 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 - 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ~
"I can't believe there are a total of 7 people that came to propose to your Highness..." The Security Ghost declared.
"I'm the most suitable person to become a groom~!" Vil suddenly changed characters.
"EH?!" Jack gasped.
Because Vil always refer to himself in a gentle girly way, but this time he used the gentle manly way...
"She will definitely fall inlove with me." Vil added. "Please let me meet her."
"Oi, your character changes too much." Leona called.
"I'm a model, at the same time, I'm also a pro actor." The Pomefiore's Prefect stated. "I could change my appearance into something that matches into something that matches the situation. She wants someone princely, right? Then we must answer the request of our client."
"Vil-senpai... Does that mean you decide to cheat on someone's feeling who you don't even love?" Jack asked. "I think... Love is something that you should take seriously."
"Woah~! You know how to say wise words, little sea urchin." Floyd teased.
"I-I just don't feel so well for lying to someone's feelings..." Jack admitted, scratching his head.
"You're to naïve, Jack-kun." Vil declared.
"J-JACK-KUN?!"
"This is a challenge. A battle where only one of us could attract the ghost bride." Vil added. "And I hate losing in battle. That's all."
"Gross af. You sound better when you act like your usual self." Leona conceded.
"Leona..." Vil's face turned to his smirk, "Are you perhaps afraid of losing to me?"
"THE F*CK DID YOU SAY?!" Leona growled at Vil. "Oi, ghost! We came all the way here. Just let us meet the princess!"
"What's with the rude way of talking?! I can't trust you since I have no idea when you guys came from. If you guys are desperate to propose to your Highness... Then show me your real power!" The Security Ghost yelled.
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* - Princesse Cendrillion = Princess Cinderella
** - Un ajustement parfait! = A Perfect Fit!
*** - Rois de poisons = King of Poisons
(Too lazy to make the Battle Sequence, hehe~!)
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冥婚