Celestine got out of his orbal car and opened the trunk. It was filled with plastic containers, hot with food. Principal Aurelia, in a very meek voice, asked Celestine to cook some lunch and bring it to school because, for some reason, none of the instructors and some of the students have yet to eat.

He was sure that Aurelia and the others were involved in the double explosion that happened in the forest. It was a good thing a rain, that fell in a clear sunny day, doused the flames there before it became a forest fire.

Whatever the case, Celestin is happy to cook for them, especially when it was way past lunch time. They must be starving in there. The plastic containers were all tied with ropes, so Celestin can pull them out with each hand.

He heard the front door opening.

"Hey there!" Celestin said as he struggles to pull out the containers. "I've heeded the call—"

"That won't be necessary," Rean said in a curt tone, coming next to him.

He took the stacks of containers from Celestin's hands.

"Thank you for service, Mr. Celestin," Rean said and sharply nodded. "I shall take these inside. You may go back to the dorms."

"W-Wait!" Celesin said as Rean started to turn around. "Let me set up the tables."

"We do not wish to bother you any more than necessary. I am sure you have many chores to do, so please, leave this to us."

He started walking back to the building.

"Um, do you know what happened to the forest a while ago?" Celestin asked.

Everybody in Leeves is freaking out and the butler wanted to get some early information in order to dissuade their fears… unless something really bad has happened and the Imperial Government wants to keep things under wraps.

Rean slowly looked over his shoulder and gave Celestin a stare.

"There will be press conference tomorrow," he said. "But rest assured, nothing out of the ordinary is going on. It is just… Aurelia…"

"I see," Celestin quickly said and gave him a weak smile.

As soon as he heard her name, it all starts to make sense now. Better let sleeping dogs lie.

In the clinic…

"You better be grateful that you're in Kurt's body, Ash," Musse growled as she cracked her knuckles. "I would've start pulling out your teeth. With a plier."

"Honestly, Ash," Juna said, rolling her eyes. She crossed her arms gave Kurt a stink eye. "Don't you have anything better to do other than pursuing your petty rivalry against Kurt?"

"Hey, he started it first!" Kurt said.

He was sitting against the wall with zip cuffs on his wrists.

"Like I care," Juna said. She shrugged and shook her head. "Boys."

"Erebonian boys," Musse growled.

"That does not make sense, Juna," Millium said as she worked on a table nearby.

Towa and Kurt were unconscious when they were brought in, but when Juna and Musse was informed that it was Ash that is inside Kurt's body all along, they ripped the clinic apart in order to find some smelling salts. Rean asked Randy to control his students.

"Sorry, I'm a more hands-off kind of guy with these kids," Randy said. "The true punishment will come later."

The two girls have been questioning Kurt ever since while Altina and Jessica fetched some stuff from the hangar. The instructors were left behind to tend to the wounded and to wait for Celestin to bring lunch. Millium was doing something with the artifact and everybody is happy to stay away. Towa is lying down on the bed next to Ash. She has bandages all over her.

"We're back!" Altina said as she entered the clinic.

"We found the items that you have asked for us, Altina," Jessica said to Millium.

Juna and Musse forgot Kurt and ran to the new arrivals.

"What did you get?" Juna asked Jessica.

Jessica opened her palms. They were glass vials.

"Glitter?" Musse asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's silver sepith powder," Jessica said.

Inside the vials is silver powder. They shine brightly under the fluorescent lights.

"Argem powder, is the technical term," Millium said as soon as she approached them. Jessica and Altina handed over the vials. "Thank you."

"What did I miss?" Rean asked as he entered the clinic with stacks of plastic containers.

"Ah, you have arrived." She nodded at Rean. "Gather around, everyone. We shall eat later. Right now, we must end this nightmare."

Everybody gathered around the beds of Ash and Towa, forming a tight circle. Jessica stayed behind but she kept a close watch on them. Juna and Musse glared at Kurt, but for the most part, everybody was quiet. Millium handed the vials to them.

"Sprinkle some powder on your palms," she said.

They did as they were told. Aurelia had to put the powder on Towa's and Ash's palms herself.

"Now," Millium said, raising the titanium box, "the moment of truth."

She opened the box. Everybody wanted to walk away, but they have to stay brave for this one. The silver king piece was inside, but there was something attached to it.

Millium pulled the king piece out of the box, from a thread. Tied on the king piece are black cotton threads, eleven overall. Millium told them to pick a thread and hold it.

Juna, Musse, Altina, Millium, Rean, Aurelia, Randy and Michael carefully grabbed one. Kurt struggled to grab a thread through his zipcuff, but he got a hold of one. There are two very along threads left. Aurelia and Michael took them and tied them on the hands of Ash and Towa.

They all pulled the thread and the king piece was raised in the middle, like it was caught in a spider web. They all felt something tingly on their palms.

"Now, what next?" Aurelia asked.

"Where's Instructor Rean?" Millium asked.

Everybody looked around.

"Wh-Who's Rean again?" Musse asked.

"I am!" Randy said. He sighed and looked at Millium. "What do you want me to do?"

"Can you please send an energy pulse down the thread?" Millium requested.

He scrunched his eyebrows. "That might be difficult with this body. I could do it, but it will be very weak."

"That is fine." She nodded. "Please, make one."

Randy breathed in and looked at everybody.

"Everybody ready?" he asked them.

They all affirmed. Jessica gulped.

"Right," Randy said. "Here goes nothing."

He closed his eyes.

The rain fell down in a steady pace. Kurt was cold and wet, but he is strangely not tired. He has been walking for hours, days even, but it is as if that he did nothing at all. He was still nursing his injured hand.

His eye was twitching too. There was a dull ache, like his eyeball is drilling itself into his socket. It was annoying.

"…rinkle some…" a voice said.

Kurt turned around.

"Is someone there?" he asked.

He could only hear the rain and the wind. His eye ached. Kurt sighed and walked on, hoping to find the dorms soon. He is in sore need of a bath.

He yelped when someone touched his hand. He looked around, but there are only the plains.

"I need to get out of here," he mumbled to himself.

When he turned around, he blinked. It was a door. Kurt smiled because he recognized the dorms' front door. He was finally here. A warm supper, a hot bath, a fresh set of clothes and a bed to sleep on. All the exhaustion suddenly fell on his shoulders.

Kurt opened the door and entered the dorms. He could hear the students arguing at the dining hall. Which first? Supper or a bath?

"Kurt?" Juna said. She came out of the dining just in time to see him. Her face fell with worry. "Why are you all wet?"

How could Kurt explain this? He was chasing Prince Cedric out in the fields? He forgot his umbrella?

"I'll tell you later," Kurt said instead, smiling to calm her down.

He started taking off his jacket as he headed towards the stairs. Fresh clothes first, supper second, and then a bath. He winced when he used his injured hand.

"Let me get that for you!" Juna said, running up to him.

"Juna, don't—"

Kurt started blinking. Everything was going dark all of a sudden. The world started to melt away. A bright light blinded him and then he could hear cheering.

After a moment of dizziness, everybody dropped the thread. The king piece clanged against the floor. They all started touching their faces and looked at each other. A pause.

And then a cheer. They were all finally back in their bodies at last!

Juna and Musse hugged each other and Jessica hugged them both from the side. Altina quickly bent down to put the king piece into the titanium box. Millium then tackled her to the ground, giving her a bear hug.

Rean and Randy gave each other a high-five and went to the plastic containers and prepare for their late dinner. There is no better way to celebrate but to feast.

"Are you okay, ma'am?" Michael asked Aurelia, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"…Have at thee?" she said. She was staring into nothing.

She remembered cleaving a Calvardian airship in half and the next thing she knew is that she is in the clinic. Michael patted her shoulder and pulled her to where the food is. She must be hungry right now.

Towa and Ash were asleep.

"Kurt?" Juna called.

He was the only one who never left the circle. His head spinning. And for some reason, his hands were bound together.

"…Where…?" he groaned.

Juna closed the distance and placed herself against Kurt's back. After seeing Musse's stunt back at their first period, she grew jealous. She wanted to be closer to Kurt for a long time, ever since their trip from Crossbell. She does not want to be outdone by Musse of all people. She put her head against his back, her cheeks heating up.

"Welcome back, Kurt," she said.

Musse and Jessica looked at the two and they were stunned. Juna finally found her courage. Maybe—

"J-Juna," Kurt said, shaking his head. "You don't have to take off my clothes."

"…Huh?" Juna sounded, her eyes wide.

"I can take them off mysel—"

"It's too soon for that!" Juna screamed, drawing her fist back.

Kurt realized he was at the clinic and he heard Juna's voice. He blacked out soon after, for some odd reason. Everybody saw Juna punching Kurt, launching him against the wall between Towa and Ash, leaving a crater against the concrete. A cloud of dust fell over them.

Juna was crouching at the corner of the room, far away from Kurt and was covering her burning face with her hands. Musse put her hand on her shoulder.

"Look at the bright side," Musse said. "At least he is fantasizing about you!"

She laughed while Juna screamed.

Kurt woke up with an earthshattering headache. He groaned as he sat up. He looked around and he found himself in his own bedroom. It was dark.

"Kurt?" a girl said.

Kurt turned his head to the side and saw Juna getting up from her chair.

"…Juna?" Kurt said. "What are you… doing in my room?"

Juna covered her mouth and looked away, hiding her blush. Kurt noticed that it was nighttime. Sydney was wide awake right now and could not sleep, so he left for the training hall. The two were alone.

What in Zemuria happened? Kurt thought.

"I… I was assigned by Instructor Rean to take care of you!" Juna lied. She grinned at him. "It was really terrible on what happened to you this morning."

"Wh-What?" Kurt shook his head. "What do you mean? What happened to me?"

"The shelf you were carrying fell on top of you."

That is the story they will be sticking on. No need to involve Kurt in this body-swapping nonsense.

"Damn Ash," Kurt cursed, punching his knee. "Huh?"

Kurt remembered that this hand was hurting before. Now… it is healed? He reached up to his head and felt a bandage wrapped around his crown. His eye also stopped hurting. Nonetheless, Kurt swore to never help Ash ever again.

"What happened to Ash?" Kurt asked, just in case he needs to ask him for another duel.

Juna looked away. "…He's hanging around," she said.

Ash is hanging upside down at a tree in Thors. He was tied up tightly and has a gag on his mouth. At first, he does not know how he got there in the first place, and then he remembered.

Those damn girls! Ash angrily thought. His stomach growled as he only ate breakfast.

He shook around, but there is no possible way he can get off. This was Class VII's trademark punishment, after all.

They will let him go tomorrow, before class.

Kurt placed a hand over his stomach as it was growling.

"Oh, wait right there!" Juna said as she walked to a table.

Not like I'm going anywhere, Kurt thought.

He felt unbelievably weak.

Have I've been asleep all this time?

"It's a bit cold, but it's still delicious," Juna said as she brought a tray.

She put it on his lap and went off to open the lights. Kurt could smell it. Beef Wellington, one of his favorite dishes. The lights were turned on and Kurt could see the knife and fork. He sliced off a piece and popped one into his mouth.

Juna pulled the chair over.

"How is it?" Juna asked, smiling.

It was indeed cold, but because of his hunger and his body was starving on protein, it was the best slice of beef he had ever eaten.

"Delicious," Kurt replied, smiling back.

The two chatted all night. Juna dodged a lot of questions concerning what happened this morning, but Kurt was pleased to see her back to normal. He does not know if he could survive another day of Thors with the previous Juna.

While he ate, he contemplated on his dreams. He asked himself on what he will do with Cedric from now on, and what his path in the future should be. However, that is the problem of the future. He is just happy to be talking to Juna for now.