" O, how the sun has disappeared. A lonely and dark sky... Exactly the visage that Vil has presented us with," Rook frowned sadly.
" Jamil, we have to evacuate the students and the staff! Wait, what...? Where did all the people go...!?" Kalim asked.
"Just how many years do you think I've been following you around, huh? I've already had them evacuated," Jamil said simply.
"You did, that is amazing Jamil. I knew we could trust Scarabia's meticulous planner!" Y/n praised.
" I had a bad feeling after seeing Vil-senpai's reaction to Neige's performance. I anticipated that a certain someone would try and stop him before he could do something inexcusable," Jamil glared.
" Wha—?! Why do you make me sound like the bad guy?! I couldn't leave him alone, okay!?" Kalim gasped.
" Whether it was with good or bad intentions, the wasp's nest has already been broken. All I could do was wait for the results," Jamil explained.
" But you saved our butts! Thanks, Jamil!" Kalim grumbled.
" Really, if we had kept quiet, Neige would have been the only victim. Why do something uncalled for...?" Jamil asked with a sigh.
"That would still be awful Jamil, and Vil would have to experience horrible ramifications for his actions," Y/n glared.
" Marvelous, Jamil-kun! Your sharp eyes surely do not miss anything that Kalim-kun might attempt. A deep bond that could only be harbored by an attendant for his master... How truly beautiful!" Rook smiled.
" Please stop. That's not the case. I've just been used to it. Plus... All my plans to redeem myself would have been for nothing if I left him alone!" Jamil shouted.
As Y/n sighed, she could hear a couple of footsteps heading towards them.
" Jamil-senpai! We managed to evacuate the other people loitering around by saying whatever, but... When we went out to confirm that no one's around, a purple fog covered the Coliseum," Ace explained.
" That mist... Just touching it made my skin hurt. We couldn't do anything... What is that!?" Deuce asked.
EPEL: What the 'ell's happenin'!?
ROOK: King of Poisons has fallen into Overblot.
ACE/DEUCE/EPEL: WHAT?!
JAMIL: We'll leave the explanations for later! Get ready!
ALL: WHOA!!
(flutter...)
" You will not escape... Everyone who has seen my unsightly image will not leave here alive! AHAHAHAHA!!" Vil laughed.
" The festival is ongoing. Strong magicians are gathered around the campus. Surely, someone has noticed what's happening. But, for reinforcements to reach here safely, we need to hold him back. It looks like we're in for a fight," Jamil glared.
" Yeah, if we let him run wild like that, Vil's life will be in danger. We need to slap some sense back into him!" Kalim smirked with confidence.
EPEL: Today... I will not lose today!
ROOK: Vil... I promise to rid you of your pain.
While the others fought Vil, Y/n focused her magic to try to deal with the poison around the stadium. As the battle continued Y/n began to merit a light blue mist around her and the others.
" Ah... What bothersome potatoes you are! You've forced my hand... I will take you all down with me!" Vil growled, " What is this strange mist?!"
" Vil, that's enough!! Your life will be in danger at this rate...!" Kalim shouted.
" Ugh... We were so close to removing the blot, too..." Jamil gasps.
ACE: (panting)...! I don't have enough energy left!
GRIM: Me, too... Even a small fireball's impossible for me now...
Rook breathed in the blue mist and sighed in relief as it seemed to soothe his lunges as the poison effects seem to be fading. Vil glared at Y/n as he realized where this strange mist was coming from as his enemies seemed to be recovering from his poison.
DEUCE: All of you, get down!
GRIM: Wha—!?
EPEL: Ah... I see! Everyone, do what Deuce says! Hurry!
ALL: EH!?
" I'm bad at using my head to think. I can't understand everything no matter how much I try to, But... There's something I've always known I could do!" Deuce said as he focused his magic.
ROOK: What... Deuce-Kun's magical energy is growing...!?
ACE: What?! Wait, don't tell me...!
" What did you say...? Where were you hiding... such a powerful magical energy...!?" Vil gasped.
" This isn't my magic... It's a magical energy that you've thrown at me, Schoenheit-senpai! And this is the power that only I'm capable of!! I'll have you regret everything you've done! Grit your teeth right now! BET THE LIMIT!!!!" Deuce shouted as released a powerful burst of magic at Vil.
Everyone watched in awe as the powerful magic slammed into Vil. He stumbled back as he lost his strength to stand, but as he turned to look at his enemies, his eye's landed on Y/n as her Strange eye's locked eye's with his.
Suddenly it seemed the ruined purple stage seemed to disappear and found himself in some strange void as his memories seemed to play out in front of him.
"I thought that being beautiful would grant me anything. Harsh training and troublesome treatments were nothing if it meant I could be beautiful. And yet... Why...? Why am I the only one not chosen!? I only want one thing... I want to stand on stage until the very end," Vil sighed to himself.
" But the sad truth is that no one is guaranteed anything, no matter of how hard we work," A voice behind him said.
Vil quickly turned to see Y/n's figure, her upper half was obscured by a shadow of a cherry flower tree that she stood next to.
" Are you just here to mock me?" Vil asked.
"No, just glad that your story didn't end like I thought it would," Y/n said.
"Even if it didn't, I should the ugliest side of myself. I almost committed murder, how could I continue one like this?" Vil asked as he hides his face in his hands.
"Well, for one needing to find confidence in yourself," Y/n said.
"What do you mean? I am the Vil Schoenheit the fair- second most beautiful," Vil sighed in shame.
"why second?" Y/n asked.
"As long Neige around he will be deemed the most beautiful," Vil growled.
"I'm assuming that this is tied to the magicam things and Mira right?" Y/n asked, " Why do you need the constant approval of people you don't even see?"
"Because it can make or break a person's career. I wouldn't be a model or influencer if I was unknown," Vil glared.
"Alright, that has to do with your career. People who aren't as beautifully blessed as you can still have many followers, because of the good they do or other reasons. You constantly talk about being proud and self-confident about your great efforts, yet there are some aspects that you don't really follow. A self-confident person doesn't need to harm rivals, or drop the towel before even trying?" Y/n said.
"Though I can see where your anger and mindset comes from. We can always look at the bad side of life and all the things we want but don't get. Yet that makes us blind and unsatisfied with the things we do have or the things our efforts brought us. Vil you are someone who has many great accomplishments, very praise-worthy ones," Y/n smiled as she stepped out from the shadows.
Vil's face didn't show it, but he was somewhat touched by those words. Just seeing the serious yet gentle look in her eyes, he could tell her words were genuine.
"Even I, embarrassed to say, Am envious of you at time. I wish I could be so well-loved and praised as you, by so many. I wish I could have such good knowledge of beauty products, since my understanding of even my own time's products, is quite lacking. I wish my only concerns in life is school, beauty, and a great career," Y/n sighed sadly.
"Well... If you ever have time. Then You could come over to Pomefiore and I can show you how to apply makeup," Vil offered slowly.
"Well, thank you. I don't know how much my words actually mean to you, but I do truly think you are the fairest. But If you can't see that in yourself, then you will be chasing after an empty for a very long time, thou I think it's about time to go," Y/n said.
"Go? Go where?" Vil asked.
"Well, You have a show to put on, and your fans to appeal to. We can't do that here," Y/n said, " So let's get going, your highness," She smiled.
"Alright, but you better put on quite a performance yourself," Vil smirked.
"Of course,"
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