Morning at Reikosha Academy.
Kairo is inside the storage room, looking around in confusion. "Uh…"
Suddenly
THUD!
"AHH! WHAT WAS THAT?!" he shouts, stumbling forward. He quickly turns around and sees Kimimaru standing there calmly, as if nothing happened.
"I'm here to tell you that Yura and Tyouro are awake. We have a meeting in the clinic room."
"Clinic room?! A meeting? Are you crazy? We should go to the meeting room then"
"Just listen to me, idiot," Kimimaru cuts him off coldly. "Now let's go… or I'll kick your ass again."
Kairo pauses. "…Alright!"
Inside the clinic room, everyone is already gathered.
Reji, Seiyan, Dracula, Tatsuo, Sensei Shougo, Sensei Griffin, Sensei Tine, and Sensei Judas are all there. Yura is standing now, though she looks pale and a bit weak. Tyouro is also standing, smiling like an idiot the moment he sees Kairo.
"TYOURO!"
Kairo rushes toward him, but suddenly
THUD!
Reji kicks him.
"Hey. Quiet. We have a meeting."
Kairo groans on the floor.
Suddenly, the door creaks open behind them.
"Yayayayaya! Oh, I'm back~"
Lady Chõko walks in, laughing as usual.
Kairo raises his eyebrows and glares at her. Seiyan steps forward. "Hey, lady. What's your name?"
Lady Chõko pauses, then smiles proudly. "I am Chõko Elvador. I live in Grimreach, and I'm here to team up with you all."
Dracula laughs. "Grimreach? That's far from here. And besides… are you going to betray us?"
"Oh, I would never do that. Besides, I'm here because I'm pretty and beautiful," she says confidently, stepping closer. "I represent the title of Beautiful Lady."
Everyone looks at her strangely.
Shougo shakes his head, slightly annoyed. "Enough. We're here for a meeting, not for some stupid stuff."
Kairo glances at him, surprised, his mouth slightly open. "Woah… Sensei Shougo seems different now…"
Kimimaru watches everything silently, leaning against the wall. Ishika stands beside him, lightly touching the Zweihander on his back. "This is cool…"
Tyouro leans closer to Kairo and whispers, "I think she likes Maru."
Kairo glances at them then bursts out laughing.
Yura watches them quietly before shaking her head and sitting down on a chair. Tine notices and looks at her with concern.
Lady Chõko smirks and suddenly winks at Griffin.
Griffin looks uncomfortable and quickly adjusts his hat.
Tatsuo notices and smirks, elbowing Reji. "Seems our teacher is having something with this lady."
Reji glances at Griffin and smirks slightly. "I guess so."
Shougo clears his throat and speaks in a more serious tone. "Our meeting is about that lady… I forgot her name…"
Griffin continues, adjusting his hat again. "She confessed that we never faced the real her from the start. There was no real Himiko… what we thought was real was just an illusion."
The room grows quieter.
"We're now wondering… how powerful she really is. If that wasn't even her true self…"
Shougo nods. "I was about to warn you all about facing someone like her… but you all have already unlocked some hidden abilities. Still, we need to continue training and take missions to protect the village."
The students nod, more serious now.
Griffin speaks again. "That lady is creepy and dangerous. She could return to us… or attack other places. For now, go get some rest."
Noon.
Outside in the yard, Judas is restoring the broken area, carefully fixing what was destroyed.
Shougo stands nearby, watching her work. He slowly looks down at his own hands.
The world is becoming more dangerous than I thought…
All I do is talk… telling myself things… but I can't take action to truly save them…
Inside the school building, in the meeting room
Kairo is throwing a box toward Tyouro.
"Catch this!"
Tyouro laughs, catching it clumsily.
Kimimaru sits against the wall with his eyes closed, clearly annoyed by the noise. Yura sits quietly, watching them.
Meanwhile, Dracula and Seiyan are arguing loudly.
"Hey! That should be mine! I'm the one who saw it first!"
"I'm the one who took it, not you!"
Suddenly
Kairo accidentally throws another box, and it smacks directly into Dracula.
THUD!
Dracula freezes… then slowly turns, his expression dark.
"Kairo…"
Kairo gulps.
Yura sighs softly and stands up, feeling tired. She walks out of the meeting room, closing the door behind her.
Afternoon.
The door opens again.
Tine walks in, holding trays with bowls, plates, spoons, and forks. The smell of food fills the room onigiri and macaroni with cheese.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I prepared your lunch and drinks."
Everyone instantly rushes toward her.
"FOOD!"
They grab bowls, plates, spoons, and forks, quickly sitting down and starting to eat, the room filling with noise again.