closing the ever never handbook atsushi sighed it's not like he doesn't want to attend... well actually he really doesn't want to attend these conflicting thoughts swirled into atsushi's head with every days passing he was turning 14 yrs old in a week the age where you can apply to the school for good and evil.

he wants to go because he wants to meet his hero dean sophie of the school for evil many years passed since the end of the tale of sophie and agatha and that other book you can call that book the sequel to the tale of sophie and agatha, that mess with the school master and the snake was long over it's what 5 years ago.

dean sophie was his hero she is atsushi's favorite he understood her feelings and why did she do what she did in the story because if atsushi was sophie even if agatha was her bestfriend at that time and point in the story he would also want to kill her many times over no questions asked, that way of thinking always make atsushi think that for sure if he applied he would land to the school for evil and be a never, well he really is confused if he applied to the school for good and evil what school would he belong to? the one for good and be an ever or the one for evil and be a never? either way he doesn't care

he didn't feel himself as particularly evil but he doesn't feel himself as good either he just feels that he is fine the way he is now and the reason he doesn't want to is
because he always felt that living an ordinary life suited him best and fairy tales pirates and adventures and whatnot are not suitable for him it's too troublesome and if he gets hurt it's painful fairy tales are dangerous he learned that much from reading the tale of sophie and agatha and he sure doesn't want to be written and stalked all day by that magical pen the storian just imagine your every action even if small or large will be written by the storian, well everyone says that if you were selected by the storian and can have your own fairy tale and that was a dream come true well for me that was just an excuse to have that pen stalk you so no no being a baker or the successor of the bookshop sounds more like a dream come true at least he can read books all day.

so really he shouldn't be worried when he turned 14 he didn't apply anyway and he doesn't have the plan to. even though being in the orphanage is not exactly a luxury it's not unbearable anyway he is not going to be there forever.
whoops time to help the other kids plant the seeds. getting up from his comfortable position by the large tree atsushi ran just three more days he thought and by the fourth day he will still wake up to his ordinary days.

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2 and a half days went by and it was night, time to sleep he murmured he thought about the children who applied and who would be the 2 lucky children who would be chosen to attend school well whoever they are they sure is lucky besides ever since dean sophie was made into a dean readers can go home on christmas and meet their families again. another good change brought upon by dean sophie he thought while smiling.

his sleep would be a good one if he hadn't suddenly felt a shadow pass by was that his imagination? atsushi scratched his head is the method for bringing children to the school still the same kidnapping? but i thought the old school master was the only one who did that although the children always vanish when morning comes but atleast the parents knew about it they would always find a sparkly envelope in their child's bed and doesn't the stymphs always the one to get the child? o well maybe a change in routine its not like he would get kidnapped.

back to sleep atsushi murmured to himself and felt himself yawning...whoosh! there it is again! ok whoever is pranking me come out! is it you harley? dave? this isn't funny! he said almost yelling but he didn't dare to really yell or it would wake the whole orphanage up and getting the rod is really not worth it over these pranksters it hurts getting the rod.

a shadow leapt down to the side of his bed the outline was human atsushi was on the verge of getting angry he really would pinch to death the other party for daring to prank him in the middle of the night the shadow was coming closer he could see that this is definitely not dave or harley. he was about to scream when the shadow man covered his mouth and carried him up his head was in the shadow man's chest he still doesn't see any features like he is a literal shadow man of course he's using magic atsushi scolded himself and also complained about the shadow man in his heart and as if the shadow man could hear his complaints he chuckled and started rising in the air the things he could see was only limited because his face was being pressed to the other party's chest but he could see in the corners of his eyes a sparkly envelope was dropped in to his bed a child was chosen and he was one of the two his eyes widened in horror.

when the man rose high enough his hands that was covering his mouth was finally gone so he went and speak to the man, why the hell am i being kidnapped? i did not apply for anything atsushi screamed let me go back now atsushi demanded, now the shadow man started to speak his voice was unrecognizable muffled by magic but it was not unpleasant to listen to but it was not good either,

didn't you read the tale of sophie and agatha? the shadow man said

of course i did! who doesn't know or haven't read of the most famous fairy tale ever atsushi said

so you should know about the poem it's in the first page of that book right? you read them so you should know atsushi couldn't see any features but he could feel the shadow man grinning.

his face turned pale t - the poem! atsushi gasped as if run out of air

and what would that poem be? the shadow man was still grinning?

atsushi really wanted to punch his face to wipe off that stupid grin on his face but atsushi at the moment isn't feeling it he weakly said the poem

In the forest primeval
a school for good and evil
two tower like twin heads
one for the pure, one for the wicked
try to escape and you'll always fail
the only way out is through a fairy tale

as atsushi recited he felt like a deflated balloon no longer speaking

that's right so you do know the shadow man said and grinned.

Actually this is based on a book I'm just borrowing the settings and some characters are only mentioned this is still BSD.

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