"Alright, let's get into business!" Grim cheered, rubbing his paws together as he stared at the rice omelet in front of him. After catching Grim, the gang continued their class until lunchtime. The cafeteria was full of students a line already formed in front of the counter when he arrived. Jonah tried to strangle Grim when he tried to cut in line, but he did keep his promise to buy a chocolate croissant for Ace and café latte for Deuce. Grim tried to buy everything on the menu but Jonah ended up only buying a rice omelet for Grim and bonzabeast stew for himself.

"I'm digging in~!" Grim scooped up a spoonful of the rice and omelet and up it into his mouth, humming in delight. "Oh! This is so good! The omelet is so fluffy, and the cheese is so melty~!"

"Thank you for the food, Captain!" Ace laughed, taking a bite at his croissant. They could hear the crunch and the chocolate syrup dripped down his hand.

Deuce sipped on his café latte. It was slightly bitter and there was a touch a sweet. A perfect balance. He glanced at Jonah. He wasn't eating his food. He was looking around the cafeteria, brows frowned. "Are you looking for someone?" he asked, making Jonah turn his head to him.

He shook his head slightly. "Not really." He paused for a moment before speaking again. "Hey, do you guys know where is 'Monstro Lounge'?"

"That's a cafe at Octavinelle."

All four of them turned toward the voice. Standing near their lunch table, stood two students with red vests, carrying their lunch tray. One of them had short green hair and gold eyes. He had a black clover motif located under his right eye and wears glasses. While the other had orange hair, the top portion tied back into a ponytail while the rest hangs straight. His eyes were green and under his left eye, he had a small red patch shaped like a diamond.

"It's run by Azul Ashengrotto, the prefect of the dorm," the green-haired boy said. "Do you want to go there?"

Jonah shrugged. "Sort of."

"Wait a minute…" The orange-haired boy's eyes lit up when he saw him. "You're the new prefect for Ramshackle Dorm!" he said excitedly, walking toward him. "I'm surprised you can live in a place like that~! It's so dark, and I feel like something's gonna pop out~ I feel for ya, man~"

Jonah winced, remembering the state of the dorm on the first night. Well, he's not wrong...

"This guy's being pretty rude," Grim muttered. But that went unnoticed by the orange-haired boy.

"Oh. Now that I look at you closely, you guys are the freshies who wrecked the one-billion-worth chandelier and caused a ruckus yesterday!" he said, watching the other three at the table.

Ace groaned. "I feel like they won't let that chandelier thing go until we graduate…"

"And you're the super sinful kid who stole the prefect's tart! I'm so lucky to meet the rumored freshies so early in the morning~ Hey, hey~! Let's take a pic together!" The orange-haired kid, ignoring the grumbling from Ace, took out his phone and turned around. He raised his phone to the air, putting it on selfie-mode until the whole kids on the table were in the frame. He put up a peace sign before clicking the button.

"Yay~!" The senior pulled back his phone. "Hey, can I upload this? I wanna put hashtags so tell me your name."

Deuce was a bit overwhelmed by his senior, but he answered nonetheless. "I'm Deuce Spade."

"Ace," Ace grumbled, still not over that he was known as the 'tart thief'.

Grim puffed up his chest seemed happy being "I'm Grim and that's my follower, Jonah."

"Alright, upload done~" There was a ping on the senior phone. With a shining smile, he slid himself next to Jonah, who immediately grabbed his bowl before the stew spilled anywhere. "Oh, I'm Cater Diamond, a 3rd year. That makes me your senior~ Call me Cater, okay? Cay's fine, too~ Heya, heya~" He gave the boys a wave.

"And my name's Trey, Trey Clover. I'm a Heartslabyul 3rd year alongside Cater," the green-haired senior said. Deuce, being a gentleman he is, scooted next to Ace, giving space for the senior to sit next to him. The senior gave them a smile before sitting down. He focused his attentions on the Ramshackle Prefect. "I've heard all about yesterday from Cater. Sorry for the trouble our dormmates caused you."

Ace was pouting next to Deuce. "We're right here, you know…"

Jonah shook his head with a genuine smile on his face. "It's alright. Yesterday was..." He let out a small chuckle. "An interesting adventure…"

Deuce couldn't help but smile too. Yesterday was the most eventful thing that could ever happen in this life. Maybe just below that time when the acceptance letter from Night Raven College arrived in his mailbox.

"Ooh~ We're in the same school so we should get along~" Diamond leaned in. "Give me your number~!"

Jonah gave him a sheepish chuckle. "But, I kinda... Don't have a phone."

Diamond's eyes widened and let out a loud gasp. "What?! That's crazy! You're like an endangered species!" His smile returned, though this time it seemed a little bit more… flirty? "I know a place to get the newest models for a cheap price~ How about we go on a date to choose one?"

Deuce probably imagined it, but did he just hear a small growl from-

"Cater, the newbie's backing away," Clover finally spoke up when he noticed Jonah was just staring at Diamond confusedly at the orange-haired. "Keep it to a minimum."

"Ahaha! Sorry, sorry~!" Diamond let out a laugh. "So, you guys were asking about the Monstro Lounge?"

Jonah nodded. "Yes. You see, Senior Azul sort of helped us with the Ramshackle Dorm cleaning." Deuce looked at Clover and Diamond's expression. They seemed surprised. "It's livable now thanks to him. And he kinda invites me to Monstro Lounge for coffee."

Diamond whistled. "Heh~ That was unusual for Azul."

Jonah tilted his head to the side. "Really?" He then shrugged. "Oh, and you said earlier about 'Octavinelle'. What is that?"

"That's one of the dorms in this school," said Diamond.

"Remember at the Entrance Ceremony, when the Dark Mirror decided what dorm you'll belong?" Both Ace and Duce nodded, though Deuce caught a slight frown from Jonah. "Well, there are seven dorms dedicated to the Great Seven.

"The first one is us." Clover gestured to them. "The Heartslabyul Dorm, founded on the strict spirit of the Queen of heart. Next is… Ah, look over there."

The first-years turned to the direction Clover was pointing. They saw a tall male with white hair and… are those wolf ears?

"Hybrid?" Jonah suggested.

"Judging by appearance, he looks like he's from Savanaclaw, the dorm founded on the fortitude of the King of Beast."

"They look like a dorm that's got a lot of athletes and guys that's good at scuffles~!" Diamond added. "They're all pretty buff, am I right?"

Then two tall kids walked past their table. It looked like they are twins, with two different eye colors and a black streak on their green hair, and… Wait a minute. Did the one with the goofy smile just wink at Jonah? Did the eye-patch boy notice that?

"Those kids are room Octavinelle, the dorm founded on the benevolence of the Sea Witch," Trey continued as the watch the twins was on a table, not far from a couple that looks like they're from the desert. One of them was laughing out loud while the other just sighed at his partner's antics.

"Octavinelle…" Jonah repeated. "You think they know about Senior Azul?"

"Of course," Diamond said. "They are Azul's closest friends."

"And not far from them are from Scarabia Dorm founded on the deliberation of the Sorcerer of the Sand," Clover continued.

"It's been said that both are dorms full of smart people," Diamond added. "When it comes to written tests, nothing can beat those two. Ah, but Scarabia Prefect's only so-so when it comes to studying~"

"Alright, I sense a red flag there," Ace muttered.

"Good boy~ You're adapting~" Diamond laughed and Ace looked like he wants to crush the croissant in his hand.

"Ah!" Grim suddenly shouted out, pointing at a group of students that had just arrived in the cafeteria, bringing sparkles as they walked. "That's the girlish-boy that caught me!"

Diamond laughed. "Aw~ Are you disappointed? If you want a girl, I can introduce you to Miss Rosalia's portrait in the West Building. She's pretty awesome," Diamond smiled at them. "I can introduce you if you're interested~ Want me to set it up?"

"No need!" Ace shook his head, sticking out his tongue a little. "Even if she's cute, she's not really uh… Three-dimensional."

"It doesn't matter, does it~?" Diamond laughed. "Anyway, those guys are from Pomefiore, the dorm founded on the strenuous efforts of the Beautiful Queen. Pomefiore's full of pretty faces who take their beauty routines very seriously. Their prefect's a pretty famous influencer who's got over five million followers~ They also got a lot of students who excel at alchemy and charms."

"Then there's the Ignihyde Dorm, founded on the diligence of the King of the Underworld. But…" Diamond looked around. "I don't see them around anywhere. The students from that dorm are all sorta private, so I don't have friends there either. I guess you could call them the complete opposite of Heartslabyul?"

"So, they are some sort of hermit?" Grim asked.

Jonah pulled the cat's ear. "Don't be rude."

Clover chuckled. "Though, it's true that they all seem pretty behaved and quiet. They've got a lot of members who have great magical energy and they're pretty techy, too."

"Those are six dorms. What about the last one?" Deuce asked. "I remember there were some kids got sorted there, but I didn't see the prefect at the Entrance Ceremony."

Diamond and Clover looked at each other as if they were having a telepathic conversation. Then, Clover answered him. "The last one is the Diasomnia Dorm, founded on the elegance of the Witch of Thorns."

"Those from Diasomnia are... Kind of the more exclusive group. It's pretty hard for us commoners to approach them. They have a special table and all." Diamond pointed at a long table at the corner of the cafeteria, separated from the rest of the world. Those who sat there had that mysterious aura.

"Hey, there's a kid there." Ace pointed at a member of Diasomnia, a young boy with pale skin and short dark hair with pink streaks that sticks out at the sides. He had large dark red eyes and pointed ears.

"Grade-skipping is allowed here, so that's possible," Clover shook his head, making all of them turned their head to him. "But, he's not a child, he's a third-year like us. His name is-"

"Lilia. Lilia Vanrouge."

"AHH!" All of them looked up and saw the young boy, now floating upside down above them.

"Th-this guy teleported here!" Grim shouted, nearly falling off from his seat.

"Are thou curious about mine age? Kufufu." Vanrouge turned around and slowly floated down, feet landed on their table. "I hast this baby-faced visage, yet as the sirrah with spectacles quoth, I be not at an age where one would speak to me a child."

"Baby-faced…" Clover muttered.

Vanrouge just smiled and looked at them one by one. When his sight landed on Jonah, Deuce could've sworn his smile widened. Why though…

"There's no want to look from afar, just join up and speak with us." Vanrouge continued, tearing his gaze away from the eye-patch boy. "Art we not all students of the like academy? We at Diasomnia shall aye welcome thou with ope arms."

Standing near their table were two teenage boys, one has light green hair while the other has silvery-white hair. None of them talk actually, which made things a bit uncomfortable.

Ace leaned toward Deuce. "Yeah, probably not," he whispered.

Vanrouge chuckled. "Fufu. Apologizes for dropping 'i thy meal. Till we meet again."

He jumped off the table. The two other students stepped aside when the shorter boy landed. Giving one final glance and a mysterious smile, Vanrouge walked away, and the two others followed him.

When they finally left, Ace let out a huge sigh. "Our seat is practically 20 meters away from theirs, but you're telling me he heard us at that distance?!" he exclaimed. "Scary…"

"W-well…" Clover cleared his throat, trying to regain his composure. "That's how it is. Diasomnia has many peculiar students. The students of the dorm are pretty gifted at magic in general. Their prefect, Malleus Draconia, is said to be one of the five greatest sorcerers of our world."

"Malleus… Draconia…" Jonah looked down as his stew. He looked confused, brow frowned as if he was thinking hard.

"To be honest, Malleus is sorta like, the most awesome of the awesome," Diamond added. "Well, our prefect's pretty dangerous, too~"

"You're telling me!" Ace yelled, crushing the croissant in his hand. "He puts a collar on someone just for eating his tart? He's the worst, no doubt!"

"Hmm? I'm the worst, am I?"

Ace huffed and nodded his head. "Yeah! Only a tyrant will keep up with those kinda rules. Gimme a break."

Deuce froze, pulling Ace's sleeve. "Ace!"

Ace turned his head toward him "What?" But then he looked up at the end of their table, where a familiar redhead stood there, crossing his arms in front of his chest and glaring at him, Ace immediately turned pale.

"GEH! Prefect?!"