"Remember, Yuu-chan. You must not tell others about the things that you and I see."

"Why is it, grandma?"

"Because, Yuu-chan. People fear the unknown."

"Why would they fear the unknown? Sawa nee-chan who is living in your house and Hanako-san who I often met at the school's toilet are nice!"

"…Yuu-chan, listen carefully to what grandma is about to say, okay?"

"…Okay grandma."

"Alright, now Yuu-chan-"

I blearily opened my eyes towards the wooden ceiling above me.

I looked at the alarm clock at the table to see that it was 5:30 A.M.-

Wait, this isn't my room-

Oh.

Oh right.

I got Isekai'ed.

This is my new reality now.

I slowly woke up from my sleep and thought back to the dream I had.

It was of a girl who looked like a younger version of my current reincarnated self with an elderly lady whom she called as "grandma".

…Or should I refer to it as a memory instead?

It feels more like a memory than a dream.

…If I dreamed of a memory just now, then am I starting to slowly merge with my current identity?

…Reincarnation and identity merging is weird.

I shrugged off that thought as I hopped off the bed.

I looked for Grim who slept at the sofa. Sleep-talking and snoring;

…I'm honestly glad I told him to sleep at the sofa because I don't think I can tolerate the snoring.

…Maybe I should ask Sam for some bed for cats so Grim can sleep somewhere and not jump onto my bed in the future.

Anyway, since I woke up now, I decided to get the towel and new set of clothes for myself out of the closet and head my way for the bathroom.

Or at least I would have been, if not for the fact that I think I hear some noise as I walked a few steps away from my room and into the hallway.

I thought it was my imagination at first, so I kept walking towards the bathroom.

And then I saw blurry figures of three along the way as I kept walking, complete with creepy gigling.

And that giggling slowly stopped when-

"Our first guest in such a long time…"

Oh.

There are three ghosts who popped up in front of me

How creepy… if it weren't for the fact that their appearance are more cartoon-like than actual ghosts.

"Oh, hi;" I casually greeted the three ghosts that appeared in front of me.

"Hope you don't mind me staying here for an indefinite time. It's a long story but the Headmaster decided to let me stay here for the time being." I explained my reason.

The three ghosts looked at me, eyes blank at my lack or reaction. The small one among the ghost spoke. "You're very unfazed for someone who saw three ghosts lassy."

Lassy?

"How could you tell that I'm a girl?" I implored.

"Your voice might be on the lower end compared to a typical young lady, but it's still distinguishable from a boy's voice."

Ah.

Boys usually had their voices crack around puberty after all.

…Though not a lot of people would care about that detail in this school.

…Hopefully.

"Like I said, it's a long story. But I'll indulge in that later once I had a good shower. Also, there's an arsonist cat monster freeloading in the estate together with me so unless you want your haunting grounds to get burned down, please prank, possess or do what you want to intruders later."

Hearing my nonchalant reply, the three ghosts stare at me quizzically as I was about to walk down the hall.

A warm shower or a bath in the morning sounds nice-

"You're an odd one lassy." The slim looking one of the ghost appeared in front of me. I stopped my advances for the door.

"Most people would have been scared witless at a ghost appearing." The round chubby ghost joined in.

I answered. "I used to live in a place where a majority of the schools are haunted and the ghosts there are far more volatile than you three. So pardon me if I'd rather not unleash the rage of a bunch of dead people with a grudge on my own person by acting panicky."

Well, Asian ghosts are at least more volatile.

The many times I hear my peers at school talking about their ghosts encounters secondhand in my first life…

I don't know about much about Japanese ghosts but ghosts in Southeast Asia are terrifying. And in some countries like Indonesia, where spiritual belief is at an all high, Djinns are an actual thing.

Enough about scary ghosts for now;

"By the way, what are your names? I can't keep calling you as Ghost A or Ghost B in my head forever." I decided to ask politely.

The three ghosts looked at each other before smiling. The smallest of the trio started. "The name's Louie!"

"I'm Sanders! Or Sans, for short!" The tall and slim one smiled at me.

"And I'm James!" The round looking ghost introduced last.

I introduced back, saluting at them. "The name's Shiina Yuu. Or Yuu Shiina, if you go by given names first before the surname; pleased to make your acquaintance;"

"Oh, we're aware." Louie told me.

"The Headmaster told us about you while he's cleaning up and fixing some of the facilities last night." Sanders continued.

"But since we never had a guest in such a long while, we thought we could prank you a bit!" James finished.

"Unfortunately for us, you are too calm at the sight of us ghosts so that puts the pranks in a backburner." Louie looked downcast as he looked at me.

An idea popped up in my head.

"…How about you prank at Grim there to wake him up?" I turned and pointed the direction where my room was at.

"I'll be heading to the bathroom for a shower before breakfast, oh but remember that he has a habit of resorting to arson so make sure that neither you three nor Grim burn anything."

The three ghosts grinned mischievously at me in return after I gave the suggestion. "Will do, lassy!"

So I walked down the hallway to avoid the incoming chaos.

I exited the bathroom feeling refreshed and promptly ignored the loud racket of Grim possibly fighting off the ghosts.

It's unconventional but it's a way to wake him up.

And I don't have to deal with ghosts trying to possess me because they haven't filled their quota of terrorizing people in their own way, so it's a win for them and for me.

Sorry Grim.

I told the ghosts about your arsonist habit at least so they shouldn't have scared you badly... hopefully.

Anyway, I wear the comfy outfit coordination that is a shirt, pants and sweater hoodie. Hoodie's are nice, poofy and warm to wear. Nothing can go wrong with wearing comfy casual clothes.

It's not like I'm officially a student here anyway so I'm free to wear what I want.

After some laundry work done, I decided to head over to the kitchen.

It's one of the facilities that were repaired beyond the bathroom, lounge, the bedroom, laundry room and some rooms I forgot about when he briefed to me yesterday.

He was willing to provide me some food supplies from Sam's store when I mentioned about wanting to make some food myself once in a while.

I'm decent at cooking at least.

Anyway, I entered the kitchen and find myself slowly floating from the ground just a bit.

I was confused to why this occurred before I looked around the room.

Some of the kitchen's appliances, like the blender and over are also floating and at the center of it all, there's this silver haired boy wearing a white blouse with suspenders hanging under a black cardigan jacket and black pants.

He was waving his hand around and as if on cue, some of the floated items float their way to his position.

I hope he's not about to break them all or something.

With that in mind I called out. "Hey, please don't break the appliances by making them fall from above."

At that moment, the boy turned to my direction in surprise and the items fell were about to fall but he regained composure quickly and made the items float once more.

I walked, well, float towards him. "Sorry about that. For calling you out of the blue I mean."

The boy stares at me with wide eyes but now, I had a good look at his face. His left eye was covered with bangs but he has heterochromic eyes. One purple and the other blue hidden under the glasses he wore;

"…You can see me?" He asked, as if it looked like that I grew a head just by talking to him.

"Who else was I talking to?" I raised a brow at him.

He still stared at me for a good moment before he motioned his hand and lower down all the floating objects slowly. My own self included.

Well, at least I can still use the appliances…

"…Who are you?" The boy scrutinized me.

"A new resident who will be freeloading at this dorm for an unforeseeable future;" I replied promptly. Concluding my introduction with, "If you don't believe me, you can find the headmaster."

Silence passed for a few moments before he snorted at me.

I didn't show anything outwards but I feel myself wondering if I said something wrong.

He then said, "Never thought I'd meet someone who could actually see me after all these years."

…What?

He keeps saying about someone who can "see" him… that implies he's either some spirit or some ghost.

But then there's Louie, Sans and James whom I met earlier…

I think I'm going with the latter. He's probably a different kind of ghost.

"How long have you been here?" I implored.

"Sixty years, give or take." He answered. "Still, who are you, really? That crow is barely of any help most of the time." He questioned once more.

Huh. That's a fair point.

It's not like the headmaster knew about him either.

"…Would it be easier if I say that I'm some kid from another world with no magic to speak of that somehow got punted into this new world because the Ebony Carriage says so?"

Silence passed between us which was broken when he started laughing out loud.

"Hah, that's rich!" He wheezed. "A magicless kid from another world who got chosen by the Ebony Carriage… This is starting to turn into an interesting year."

The heterochromic boy catches his breath as he stepped at my right, I can't see what his face looks like then but I can tell he's grinning from the way he spoke, "Well then little stranger, I look forward to your endeavors."

Then he's off, like he was never there in the first place.

…Considering how long this dorm has been inactive, I really shouldn't be surprised that this dorm is haunted.

But that doesn't really explain why Louie, Sans and James look completely different from that one ghost earlier since he looked more… human.

…I'll think of that later. It's not like I'll be seeing him again anytime soon.

Time to check the kitchen;

Beyond the appliances working well enough, there is nothing in the fridge or anything.

At least I knew that I can use the kitchen in the future.

So I went towards the hall and saw Grim in view from my left as he is running away from the three ghosts following after him.

"Hi Grim." I greeted the cat monster.

He stopped running as he saw me. Is it just me or does he looked like somebody dumped water on him? "Hear me out! These ghosts-"

"So did anything get burned?" I asked the three ghosts.

Louie went forward with a grin. "Don't worry lassy! We made sure to use water magic on him most of the time. Don't want fire first thing in the morning, you know?"

Ah.

Poor Grim, no wonder he looked like a soaked cat when he arrived here.

"Alright then; Thanks." I nodded my head to the three ghosts.

"No problem lassy!" Sans smiled at me.

"Why are you talking to them!?" Grim exclaimed at me.

I turned to Grim, shrugging my shoulders as I said, "They aren't trying to kill us at least."

"What;" Grim stared at me with the flattest look ever.

"Compared to what I saw back home, they're at least tame." I elaborated, walking away from the kitchen and beckoned to the cat. "Come on, I'm getting you dried up from all that water."

Grim obliged and followed after me.

The headmaster arrived when I properly dried Grim up. The three ghosts decided to do their own business since they now had their fill of pranking Grim.

He brought breakfast.

"Good morning! Did you sleep well?" The man asked.

"Well enough to not be sleep deprived." I replied before asking, "So what is it that I need to do?"

When he mentions "task", I got a feeling that he ask me to do something in exchange. I can't just freeload forever after all.

"Since you have no magic, I was originally thinking of making you both act as the academy's handyman."

Ah.

"Basically, we're janitors." I concluded.

"Fnah!?" Grim exclaimed.

"That's quite a rude term but technically, yes." The headmaster admitted before he elaborated to us. "Grim-kun over there is still not off the hook due to his stunt from the entrance ceremony and despite Yuu-san's help to extinguish the flames, she is still technically magicless."

"But why do we gotta be janitors!?" Grim complained. I sent him a frown in response. "You promised yesterday Grim."

Grim's ears flattened and he relented.

The headmaster smiled. "Good! Now I shall inform you of your task… after a good meal, of course!"

The job was first to sweep the Main Street where seven statues stood.

I was quietly doing my job when Grim started to marvel at the statues.

"I didn't get to see it clearly yesterday but what's up with these statues? Especially that snobby looking lady with a wand over there;" Grim pointed towards the statue where the Queen of Hearts stood.

I gave Grim a pointed look. "That's a rude thing to say."

"Why!?"

"I may not even be from here but even I can tell that these statues are about important people to the ones living here."

And part of it is because of the fact that I knew Disney.

Well, before I reincarnated as "Yuu".

The Queen of Hearts, Scar, Ursula the Sea Witch, Jafar, Queen Grimhilde, Hades and Maleficent;

They're all the figures of the seven statues that stood here.

...That said, beyond being aware how the movies would end due to knowing the original adaptation of those movies, I never actually watched the movie's for some of them.

Hercules, for one, was a movie I never watched beyond knowing how it ended via playing Kingdom Hearts and the fact that Hercules apparently took way too many liberties with Greek mythology. I'm not even a big geek for Greek myth but I knew enough at least.

I didn't get to watch the Sleeping Beauty movie either so just like the case with Hercules; I barely knew anything about Sleeping Beauty beyond my knowledge from Kingdom Hearts.

I'm still aware about the original source the movies are adapted from to know some of the differences and how they ended.

"You look like you know them for someone who isn't even from here with the way you're looking at these statues."

…How do I explain this to Grim without coming across as somebody who is completely nuts in the head?

…Ah, that could work.

"…It's a vague feeling from me, but I know some of these figures back in my home." I started.

"So you really know them?" Grim tilted his head in wonder.

"…A little." I nodded at Grim and clarified. "What I know might be different to what people in here knew so do keep that in mind when I start."

Grim nodded and urged me to continue.

I took that as my cue to start and gestured my hand towards the statue of the Queen of Hearts.

"This lady here is the Queen of Hearts… or at least I think she is the Queen of Hearts."

"You think?" Grim furrowed his brows at me.

"…My world's Queen of Hearts doesn't look like her."

Or at least, if I based it on what I could remember from the original Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll;

"Then what is she like then?"

I nearly jumped at the voice of the newcomer.

I didn't let it show and instead, turn towards them… him.

There stood a boy about my current age with spiky red hair and a heart-shaped mark at his left eye;

He wore a black blazer on top of a white shirt and a red vest. He's probably one of the official students here.

"You're…"

He smiles and started introducing himself. "The name's Ace. Ace Trappola; I'm a freshman here."

Grim took that cue to start introducing himself. "I'm the Great Grim! This one here is Yuu and-"

"Grim, if you dare finish that sentence by calling me underling, you're officially non-existent to me;" I lightly kicked his hind leg just to make a point.

Grim grumbled. "Fine… What's wrong with you being the Great Grim's underling anyway, you should be honored…"

"Because you're still on thin ice to me added onto the fact that we only just met yesterday." I gave him my blunt opinion.

Ignoring Grim gaping at me, I turned back to Ace. "Anyway, you were saying something?"

"You're saying something about how Queen of Hearts in your world doesn't look anything like our Queen of Hearts?" He implored.

"What does your Queen of Hearts do?" I questioned back instead.

And honestly, with Twisted Wonderland having a cast inspired from Disney villains, I'm curious to how the original events were perceived in this world.

Ace, to his credit, answered me. At least;

"Oh, our Queen of Hearts here single-handedly ruled Wonderland and applied strict rules that brought order to the mad Wonderland. Well, if you don't obey her rules otherwise, it's off with your head!"

…Brought order?

"That's scary!" Grim exclaimed, seemingly escaping his stupor earlier.

"I thought it's cool though. Nobody would listen to a queen who is nice all the time, right?" Ace commented.

"I guess a strong leader would have been better if you put it that way." Grim agreed.

"So what about you though? What do you think? What does your Queen of Hearts do?" Ace questioned me.

…Well.

"…It's true a strong leader is someone that people would listen to," I paused, staring back at the statue in front of me. "But what people perceive as a strong leader is pretty objective."

I turned towards Ace. "That's all that I have to say without coming across as being completely biased."

If I start talking more, I might end up going on a tangent.

…Is it just me or does Ace look like he is scrutinizing me from head to toe?

"…If it helps, the Queen of Hearts I knew back home has a similar role as yours." I added.

Ace still gave me a look as if he's still trying to gauge me.

…I should watch my words.

"Hey, what about that cool looking lion statue over there?" Grim spoke and changed the subject by pointing before Ace could continue.

And so Ace explained. "He's the King of the Beast that ruled the Savanah. However, he was not born to take the throne, but was able to become king through thorough effort and elaborate planning."

…Discounting the fact that he probably murdered his brother and attempted to murder his nephew as well?

"After becoming the king, he allowed the Hyena's who were previously loathed to live in his kingdom without any discrimination."

…Huh.

The Hyena's are barely mentioned in the second Lion King movie but I don't think I ever knew if they were ousted again or are part of the new Pride Rock.

...Then again, it's been ages since I last watched Lion King when I was younger.

"Does your home have somebody like him too?" Grim wonders.

"…I don't think so." I replied.

Hamlet ended with everybody dead and Ophelia going insane.

Lion King ends with Simba and his friends surviving.

So yeah, nope;

"The lady with Octopus legs there…" I shifted my attention towards Ursula's statue.

Ace perked up. "She's the Witch of the Sea who lives in the deep cavern. Her purpose was to help all unfortunate merfolk. For a price, she'll help you out with your problems ranging from simple desires and love;"

Ace continued. "There is no wish that the Witch of the Sea can't grant, but the price depends on the weight of the gravity of the request. Since they say she can grant anything, it's natural that it's the result."

Equivalent exchange huh…

"Did you have a Witch of the Sea too back in your home?" Ace questioned me.

"…We do."

And the Little Mermaid ended up turning to foam than having her happy ending like Ariel did.

Before Ace could ask another question, Grim took the cue to ask. "Hey, what about that man with the big hat there?"

Grim's curiosity of the other statues won over as he diverts Ace's attention from me and Ace explains the rest of the statues history to him while I kept my silence following that as Ace didn't try to ask me about my opinions anymore.

Thank you Grim for not getting Ace to ask more about my opinion;

I don't want to explain the absolute mess that is Greek mythology if I have to talk about Hades.

Let's also not talk about how utterly morbid some of the original fairy tales that Disney adapted from can be.

Like the "Sun Moon and Talia" rendition of Sleeping Beauty?

Good grief… It's a blessing that the "Sun Moon and Talia" rendition isn't as well known as the one by Charles Perrault.

That's not getting to the fact that I have barely a lick of knowledge about the original Aladdin.

Plus, the more I hear about how the villains are seen in this world, the more I'm starting to think that this is some deliberate villain propaganda.

Jafar taking the throne as the Sultan of Agrabah after exposing Aladdin's lie as Prince Ali?

The Queen in Snow White doing everything in her power to stay as the most beautiful person in the world?

Maleficent being looked up to as the most powerful?

The bit with Maleficent may be true in a sense but all those left out the fact that they're all making the villains sound heroic is…

Hades here sounds more inline with the actual Greek Hades that he is just chilling in the underworld. But this is Disney Hades, not Greek Hades so how much of that was true is up to debate.

Anyway!

While I kept my silence, Ace broke the mood by saying this to Grim, who was marveling at Maleficent right now:

"...unlike a certain racoon."

"Fnah!?"

At Grim's exclamation, Ace started snorting… before that snort evolved to a cackle. "Pfft… Ahahaha! I can't ignore this anymore!"

After he had his fill of cackling, his expression morphed into a malicious looking grin. "Hey, you're both the ones that brought some chaos during the entrance ceremony right?"

He pointed at me. "You're summoned by the Mirror of Darkness even though you can't use magic," and then at Grim. "And you're the monster who trespass the entrance ceremony even though you were never called into the academy."

He placed a hand at his hip, smiling, "Maaan, it took everything in me to not lose it during the ceremony."

…Was there even somebody laughing?

He's probably one of the new students who were safe from the chaos and observed from the sidelines.

"Wha-!? You're being rude!"

"And now you both were not allowed in the academy as students and regulated as a janitor?"

He snorted. "Haha, how lame;"

I look over at Grim who is slowly growing angrier the more Ace talked.

"Plus, you didn't even know about the Great Seven at all. How ignorant can you be?" Ace showed of his gloved hand and raised his head up, a prideful gesture.

…That's what they're calling them?

The Great Seven?

"Well, the kid is interesting at least that he has his own version of the Great Seven back where he came from but I'd recommend you to start from Kindergarten."

…Oh wow.

He just wants to get a reaction from either one of us, did he?

"Man, I thought I'd mess with you two a little when I saw you here but you really blew my expectations away!"

He then walked away, waving his hand at us. "Unlike you two, I got classes to attend so good luck with the clean up there~!"

I had a bad feeling about this-

"This jerk! I'm angry now!"

Oh no-

Grim sent flames to Ace's way in his rage. Ace only barely managed to avoid it.

"Hey! Watch it! What are you doing!?" Ace exclaimed.

"Heh! It's what you get for making fun of the Great me! I'm lighting up that fire head of yours!"

...God fucking dammit.

Grim, why?

Why, why did you decide that this is the right time to let your ego speak for yourself and get into a freaking fight?

A crowd is starting to form around us and I had the feeling that they're excited for a fight when they saw Ace and Grim about to throw down.

At the middle of the street, no less!

Grim, why.

Why do you have to break your promise yesterday just to satisfy your ego?

I let out a sigh at the situation at hand.

I only have a broom at my hand-

No wait.

It's a broomstick.

…It's better than nothing.

"That kind of flimsy flame can't even hit me." Ace taunted Grim.

"What!? You-"

I stepped forward and slammed the broomstick at Grim before he could fight Ace for real.

"Ow! What was that for!?" Grim groaned, turning to me.

"For attempting another case of arson so soon;" I stated bluntly.

"But he-"

"I know." I gave Grim a frown and then stepped forward. Ordering, "Grim, stand back and get the other tools we got away, I'm handling this."

Grim gawked, before exclaiming. "Wha- why would you-"

"Grim, no offenses but you're likely to burn the statues at your current level with magic if you're still going to fight him and an angry Headmaster would be the last thing that you need."

Grim was about to argue more but relented after he listened to my reasons. "Fine."

Grim obliged and stepped back.

"You sure you only met him just yesterday?" I hear Ace talking to me; I turned his way to see his lips forming a smirk.

"Yes I'm sure that I only just met that gremlin cat from hell yesterday." I answered him, I hear Grim exclaiming "Fnah!?" in the distance.

Ace snorted at me when he hears my reply.

"Hah! Wouldn't have guessed with how you both are together right now." Ace snorted. His eyes still held a malicious glint as he taunted.

"What could you even do to stop me huh? You don't have anything!"

The crowd laughs, clearly cheering on Ace.

I only responded to Ace by having two fingers tap my cheek twice, staring at him dead in the eye. "Try me."

For a moment, Ace looked utterly flabbergasted at my lack of reaction at his taunts; his smirk was curved to a frown.

"You asked for it then!"

Ace's pen glowed and a wind strong enough to cut through cloth blowing my way.

I stayed at my spot, waiting for the attack to subside before I made a move.

I didn't even blink.

I just stare straight ahead.

When the wind subsides, I switched my grip on the broomstick as if I'm holding a blade-

Why a blade-

I ran and hit Ace with the broomstick.

"Ow! What the-"

I didn't give Ace a chance to breathe as I keep hitting Ace with the broom consecutively.

One, two, three, four, five-

"Gah!" Ace ducked and rolled left, avoiding the next hit.

He regained his balance and stood, his hand still holding his pen.

Ace's pen glowed with magic once more, ready to send another attack.

And then there was a bright light blinding the whole crowd for a moment and at the next moment, there stood a white haired boy with a turban at his head wearing a white cardigan, rolled up pants and shoes that look like they came from Arabian culture.

…I don't know what they call it okay?

The white haired boy stood in front of me, back facing me as he commanded. "That's enough."

Ace paled and stopped whatever it is that he planned to do.

The crowd burst into murmurs.

"Isn't that…"

"That's Scarabia's Dorm leader, Kalim Al-Asim!"

Ah.

So this person is Kalim.

I couldn't see his face clearly from all the commotion yesterday beyond remembering what he looked like from the pre-release trailers so this is the first time I could see him clearly.

Kalim turned, scrutinizing me with his crimson eyes for a moment before his eyes show a glint of familiarity at my appearance.

"I knew you look familiar!" Kalim smiled. "You're the kid who took charge and extinguish the flames during the entrance ceremony yesterday, right?"

I nodded at him in response instead. I didn't think he'd recognize me when we just met yesterday.

Right in front of me, Ace gawked. "That was YOU!?"

More murmurs erupted from the gathering crowd.

"That magicless kid was the one took charge during the entrance ceremony?"

"He didn't seem impressive to me from how tiny they look."

"Dude, did you miss the look on his face when wind magic was thrown right at his own face? He didn't even bat an eye! He even managed to get a hit on the Heartslabyul newbie with that broom he was holding!"

"For real…? What kind of person is this kid…?"

Ignoring the crowd, Kalim still kept a smile up at his face as he talked to me. "Usually, I don't remember people that well but I remember you being the one kid brave enough to take things to his hands yesterday!"

His hands now fall onto my shoulder. "So, why are you here? Are you going to be one of the new students too? Oh, have you eaten breakfast yet?"

…Too bright.

Too much energy;

And his face is way too close for my comfort.

"…It's a long story." I started. "And yes, I've eaten breakfast."

"I see, I see! That's a good thing!" Kalim's grip at my shoulders grew tighter. "…You were hurt though."

"…Was I?" I wondered.

"There are some scratches on your cheek that is dripping out blood and your jacket and pants sleeves got slightly torn from the wind earlier."

…Huh.

I honestly really don't feel anything when the wind magic hit me earlier…

Then I felt myself getting dragged away from the area as Kalim's hands left my shoulder, one hand holding onto my arm.

"Kalim-san-"

"Don't worry! I'm getting you to the infirmary to get you patched up! Trust me!"

"H- Hey! Wait up!" I hear Grim from the distance calling out for Kalim and me.

Grim is likely following after us and catch up but as I recall Kalim's words at me, I spoke. "…Lead the way then, Kalim-san."

I can trust him.

Just as Kalim promised, he brought me to the infirmary. Grim caught up in time and joined us.

Kalim had me seated at the infirmary bed as he brought the first aid kit from one of the shelves, Grim sitting next to me.

"We do have healing magic but these kinds of injuries can cause infections if it bled out blood so infirmary it is!" Kalim elaborated as he opened the box of first aid kit and took out the disinfectant and a cotton bud to apply the disinfectant on.

"Alright, stay still now!" Kalim told me and I complied as Kalim treated the injuries on my face.

In a blink of an eye, Kalim informed me. "And done!"

He used his free hand to hold his pen adorned with a dark red gem, the gem glowing and at the next moment, there was a glow surrounding me.

"With that, you're healed! I also used magic to fix the torn parts of your clothes!"

At Kalim's words, I looked at my arms and, as he said, the tears at my clothes were fixed like they are good as new.

Including the pants;

Kalim took the cue to sit at the chair in front of me, his body vibrating with anticipation and excitement. "So! Why are you here? I thought you were sent back home after yesterday since you're magicless and I was about to talk to the Headmaster to let me find you today."

Oh.

"Well, long story short, I can't go home because my home doesn't exist, according to the Mirror of Darkness. The Headmaster let me stay here for the time being. Grim is here despite his actions yesterday because I vouched for him so he wouldn't do anything dangerous."

I turned to Grim and frowned. "And of course this gremlin cat from hell decided to break the promise he made to me in order to let him stay here and nearly got us both on the verge of getting kicked out."

Grim looked at me and started to argue. "But that guy was rude and he made fun of me!"

"I know." I reminded Grim, still keeping my frown up. "But when you make a promise, you have to keep it. Not break it just after you promised by yourself. A person who can't keep a promise will be seen as someone who can't be trusted on their own."

Hearing my words, Grim shut his mouth, and then harrumphed. "Fine…"

"Oh, he seemed better-behaved compared to what he did yesterday!" Kalim commented.

"Only because he promised me;" I told Kalim, "And despite some ups and downs from this morning, he's trying and I accept that, at least."

"I see, I see!" Kalim nodded at my words.

Kalim stayed at his seat, hands crossed and humming in thought before he exclaimed. "Oh!"

Then asked; "By the way, what pronouns are you going by?"

"…If it helps, I'm a genderqueer person going by "She" and "Her" pronouns." I answered, and then added. "I don't mind "They" and "Them" pronouns too, just that I mainly prefer "She" and "Her" pronouns."

Kalim nodded in understanding. "So how do you want to approach this from here on?"

"...I'd like to wait for a bit before I get called with the actual pronouns I go from here on out."

"Why not just go ahead and say that you're a girl?" Grim piped in.

I gave Grim a look. "Grim, that is a disaster in the making. Especially this early in the term; also that is terribly rude. You don't say that to just about anybody."

Grim crossed his front paws, looking thoughtful before he said. "You humans are weird."

"I don't think you need to worry too much about that." Kalim interjected. He then started explaining.

"Night Raven College might be an All-boys school, but after the entrance ceremony, any gender is free game because everyone's still exploring things about themselves, that kind of thing, even in Scarabia, there are some dorm-mates I know who identify themselves differently!"

Kalim gave a sheepish smile. "I've only learned about this during my first year in this school so I definitely still got a lot to learn but I want everyone to be happy with who they are as a person!"

…Kalim is really a bright person.

"…Thank you, Kalim-san."

Hearing that, Kalim smiled. "No problem!"

Kalim then told me. "If you need anything, just tell me! I'll give you my phone number if you need it!"

…Ah.

"Kalim-san? I don't have a phone."

Silence passed between the three of us.

Kalim grabbed my wrist and dragged me away.

"Kalim-san, where are we going?" I couldn't help but ask, worried with what Kalim is planning to do.

"To Mister S's Mystery Shop! There should be a phone you can buy there!" Kalim explained in a cheerful manner.

"Wait but I-"

"Don't worry, trust me! I'll pay for it! I got time before classes start too anyway!"

And thus I was brought away from the infirmary, Grim following after Kalim and I as we head for Sam's store once more.

black or white chapter 3, Abridge edition:
Exhibit A:
Yuu (Rei): (Casually talking to the ghosts of Ramshackle dorm like its Tuesday)
Grim: Did you just have tea with Cthulthu?
Yuu (Rei): Hey, they're friendly and courteous at least.
Exhibit B:
Ace: I'm asking for your opinion.
Yuu (Rei): Well-
Ace: Alright, I'm NO LONGER asking.
Exhibit C:
You have now reached Social Link Rank 9 with Kalim Al-Asim! Kalim Al-Asim will now die for you!
Exhibit C (Alternative):
Kalim: I've only had Yuu for a day and a half. But if anything happened to her, I would kill everybody in this room and then myself.
This took a while to finish but we're on track with Chapter 3!
Abridge Exhibit B was in credit to a conversation with a friend at Discord about the Exposition of the Great Seven with the SI and Ace. The alternate version of Abridge Exhibit C is also in credit to my conversation with my friend as well who mentions that Kalim's reaction to Yuu (Rei) is like Diaz with Arlo from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
The Ramshackle Ghosts are named because they simply can't be Ghost A and Ghost B forever. So Louie, Sanders (Nicknamed Sans) and James.
And yes, the majority of the student body thought that Yuu (Rei) is a boy due to her appearance. Only Crowley, Lilia, Grim and Kalim, at this point are aware that Yuu (Rei) is a girl.
My personal voice claim for Yuu (Rei) is Kayano Ai, specifically, her voice acting as Platinum from Arknights.
That's it for now; do feel free to leave a comment!
See you next time!