"Damn it!" The first student from Scarabia cursed. "Go back and regroup!"
"We're no done with you, yet!" The second student yelled as they scrammed away from the underwater dorm.
"Get lost, you poor guppies~!!!" Floyd waved his hand and chuckled. "Ahahaha~!".
"We shall be awaiting your next visit," Jade called as he bid goodbye to the defeated Scarabia students.
From the looks of Azul's face, (Name) knew very well that he'll use this opportunity to get money: Capitalism is the dream of this guy. Not to mention, he also used her status to blackmail her once...
Grim jumped in victory, "We did it! Did ya see that, huh?!" He asked (Name) and Carla.
Azul smirked, "It is great that you seem energetic... However, the tables and chairs you have broken during that fight... I would like to know how you will pay if for involving us as well."
"Azul-senpai..." (Name) gave him a warning look. "Do we need to pay you?"
Azul merely caressed (Name)'s cheek, "Well, (Name)~, I helped you because of my heart's graciousness. It is a simple deal, isn't it?"
Carla huffed, "Just when we just escaped that Prison Dorm, this Octavinelle Dorm gave us another headache... Just how many disputes do we need to experience? This school had a lot of no-good students."
"What did you say...?" Azul asked Carla. "What did you mean? Is there any trouble that Scarabia had? And you guys are involved again?"
"Uh... You could say that," (Name) nodded. "It might be a long long story, so..."
(Name) explained everything to the Octavinelle Dorm. Starting from how did they get there in the first place, Kalim's bipolar attitude, the students suffering, and Jamil's weird attitude towards this event...
"The Scarabia Dorm Leader is acting like a tyrant...?" Azul repeated (Name)'s explanation.
"Yeah! Kalim's being a strict leader who's making his students suffer in a tough training, yanno!" Grim exclaimed.
"I can't imagine Kalim-san doing such things," the light lavender-haired male affirmed. "I wonder..."
"Eh? Sea Otter had that kind of personality?" Floyd asked.
"He does not seem like a type at all, however..." Jade said. "It's very weird to say at least."
"The Vice Dorm Leader of Scarabia... Uh, Jamil! Yeah, Jamil's been so troubled about it," Grim declared openly. "I'm completely sorry for him 'cause he's a rare breed of a nice guy, yanno? Unlike some other persons... Then we couldn't also contact the other exceeds and the Headmaster! He's irresponsible, yanno!!!"
Azul felt something is wrong with Grim's character description for Jamil. Scarabia is in fact in trouble under some traitor of that dorm. Then "capitalism", he could use this advantage to get a lot of money again...
"You are in the same class as Jamil-san, are you not, Azul?" Jade called his attention.
"Yes, we take a lot of classes together, so we see each other a lot," Azul replied. "There's no doubt that he's a rare student like what Grim had said. He doesn't make any demands... He's plain."
"Ah, I'm in the Basketball Team with Sea Snake-kun, but he haves the impression that he plays nice. I'm not interested in guys from other dorms, so I didn't notice that he's the vice dorm leader of Scarabia," Floyd shared.
"Why do I smell something wrong from you three?" (Name) asked.
"Ah, (Name), we're not gonna do anything!" Azul hugged the Princess, assuring her. "The Vice Dorm Leader is troubled because of the Dorm Leader's behavior... Hm... Then, I would gladly offer you my gracious hand!"
"Huh? What'd you eat that you made you wanna say something like that?" Grim questioned.
"How rude," Azul hurtfully said. "I have simply exchanged my mind after experiencing something so troubling not too long ago. Since I'm the dorm leader of Octavinelle, I shall help my schoolmates the same way how the Benevolent Sea Witch helps the Mermaid Princess, you see. At this moment, Scarabia is in deep trouble and the Ramshackle Dorm I troubled not too long, needs help. There's no way I'll tolerate this!"
"Hm~?" Floyd smirked.
"Oh-ho~?" Jade snickered.
"There's no way in my life I'll like you," Carla stated. "Ugh! I want to go back to our hometown!"
"It is a bit tiring to be surrounded by the same faces every year, don't you think?" The Octavinelle Dorm Leader added. "Starting tomorrow, the main students of Octavinelle and the present Ramshackle students shall infiltrate the Scarabia Dorm."
"EH?! WE JUST ESCAPED AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO THAT MADHOUSE?! I DON'T WANNA!" Grim shouted.
"There, there, Earless seal-chan~," Floyd cooed, patting Grim's head. "Don't be like that~!"
"He's right. I am sure that we will have a very fun holiday if we let Azul handle it," Jade assured. "(Name), Carla-san, please change your clothes as well. We don't want to be not-looking properly groomed in front of such dorm, right?"
"I have a bad feeling about this..." (Name) stated as she took Jade's offered dress. (* picture above, not the cursing Jamil)
"What is this exactly?" Carla asked, raising the dress.
"An exclusive female dorm uniform of Octavinelle," Jade replied. "Professor Crewel specially made those designs, since (Name) had been too often visiting every dorm."
Carla's relieved that they're out of the dorm of Scarabia, but the Octavinelle boys don't want that to happen. The way her hand trembled from her recent clairvoyance. I mean, it's too sudden for another clairvoyance sighting once again, not to mention Azul's recent Overblot...
"Visiting empty-handed is simply rude," the lavender-haired male added. "Jade, Floyd, please prepare some house-warming gifts."
"Yes."
"Yes~!"
"Spending a holiday in a very hot desert does not sound so bad at all. Oh, how exciting! Fufu~..."
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Meanwhile, in Scarabia Dorm, the students are having a gathering due to the Ramshackle students' jailbreak. While (Name) is having a hard time carrying such a heavy load of a variety cake that was specially made from the sea...
"I didn't think that those three would escape to Octavinelle at all..."
"They even stole the magic carpet... What will we do if the Dorm Leader finds out?"
"Let's discuss with the Vice Dorm Leader first..."
"Hello, we have come to visit," Azul greeted as he entered the dorm with the magic carpet on hand.
"Ah, it's so hot~! It feels like summer here~. I hope that you're feeling better to that uniform, Little Shrimp~," Floyd commented, patting (Name)'s head.
All of the Scarabia students gasped at the sight of the Octavinelle main students, "It's the Octavinelle students who beat us yesterday!"
"What do you want from us?!"
"Ah, I'm very sorry what happened last night," Azul apologized. "It looked like as if you're bullied, helpless animals. I decided to give my students a good sermon because of the goodness of my heart."
"When did you even become so good?" Carla questioned in her human form, ready to slap the life out of Azul. "You even made (Name) carry a heavy load, you bastard."
"Ah, ah, Carla-san~!" Azul shushed her. "You guys deserve what you're experiencing since you three are guilty of stealing the magic carpet of Kalim-san. Knowing the whole story, I am nowhere to return the thieves where they belong. As well, the magic carpet."
"Ugh..." Grim sighed. "We're not here because we like it, yanno." The magic carpet nodded.
"Th-That's..."
"Thank you very much for helping us?"
"Hey, you guys!" Jamil entered the scene without noticing the other guests. "It's almost time for morning training. Kalim will get mad again if you guys didn't show up in the right ti—?!!!" He gasped as he saw the other guests.
"Oh, hello there, Jamil-san!" Azul greeted. "How do you do?"
"The Leech Brothers and Azul Ashengrotto! What are you doing here with the Ramshackle students in your uniform?!" Jamil asked.
"It is unfavorable for us to be returning to our hometown during winter," Jade stated.
"We spend our winter holidays at the dorm every year~! Aha, ~!" Floyd added.
Jamil widened his eyes, "Come again?"
"By the way, where is Kalim-san?" Azul asked as he passed Jamil without answering his question. "We have come here to return his magic carpet, but—"
"Eh?" Jamil gasped lightly. "Ah, I'll take it to him—" He tried to take the magic carpet from Azul's hands.
"Oh, but don't bother!" Azul swatted Jamil's hand away. "This magic carpet is an exceptional piece of treasure, as you know. It would be troublesome for us if we get blamed for tarnishing it, so I would personally hand it to him and explain how it got in Octavinelle Dorm."
"Kalim's not the type to be bothered by that," Jamil assured, his oh-so-nice smile is twitching. "So I'll go and—"
"Be at ease, I will not charge anything for returning something that is lost!" Azul reassured.
"We would also like to apologize for getting in the way of the Scarabia students' work last night," Jade added.
"We brought some seafood pizza and the signature cake of the most exquisite chef in the ocean as a gift, too~!" Floyd smiled.
"In any case, I would like to hand it to him directly. I assume that he's already awake, isn't he? Come along, Jade and Floyd," Azul called as he passed Jamil again.
"We should go as well, Carla-san and (Name)," Jade added.
"You don't need to repeat it!" Carla hissed.
"Don't fall back, everyone~!" Floyd chortled.
Grim and (Name) looked at each other, knowing the Octavinelle main students for quite some time, they're very good people to trust in plans; whether it's a surprise plan or not...
"These guys have something up in their sleeves," Grim stated. "Right, (Name)?"
"Indeed."
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