When the clocks on the large tower nearby struck eight AM in the morning, while the sun stood up in the sky, alongside the birds who sung their songs, and the bugs who did beautiful dances - it seemed as if all was peaceful and calm at the place of which the children had only up until now assumed was a school for witches. Soon, not by Witchie, but by a man in black robes, their guesses were proved right, and told off as correct. As, the man turned out to be a sorcerer, or male witch, who worked on the campus. Hence, at around fifteen past the hour, he prepared them all to get ready for the day - ordering for the brushing of teeth, and cleansing of faces.

In a separated females’ ladyroom, all the girls washed their faces together, and right after, began to brush their teeth as well. When they finished with that, they had small chats with each other, such as Ciel’s search for Charlotte, and Frankie’s interest in how the building felt like a royal building - or, as she directly called it, a chateau. But, once all that came to an end, they soon found themselves heading to the Breakfast Room, where they joined the boys around a long table. Earlier, the boys had also, just like the girls, cleaned off all around - though they were more rowdy and obnoxious with it. Given that, after she received her delightful looking food, Kraüter informed them of that very fact. “You boys were very loud!” she told Meishu, over the table, as if he represented all the boys. But, Meishu barely noticed - and, instead, continued to eat his pancakes, whilst sitting next to Lucette. Lucette herself, didn’t notice much either. For, just like Ciel was earlier, she was thinking about Charlotte - and where she could be. So, she decided to bring it back up. “So, where is Charlotte?” she asked everyone.

The sorcerer, since he was unfamiliar with the children, of course got lost inside of the conversation. “Who is Charlotte?” he then asked, hoping to find more information. Lucette looked over at the sorcerer. “Don’t you know - we’re not students here - we’re foreigners, it’s why we ask stuff like what we did earlier.” she spoke. The sorcerer frowned. “I guess I should’ve realised that.” he told the rest of the group before standing up. “So, how exactly did you guys get here then?’ he asked - as he had only met them this morning.

Yu looked up at him, “Our little friend here, brought us.” she answered, pointing over at Witchie, who was standing up now, and walking over to Meishu. Without taking notice of Yu’s reference to her, Witchie tapped on Meishu’s back. “Feeling any better?” she asked him, when he quickly turned around - finally having his attention stolen. Thus, he looked up and stared for a bit, before facing off again. Since the back of his head was now facing her, Witchie looked straight to see how the Hikidama was doing in there. “Oh - that’s right, since we’re here, I can properly patch it now.” said Yu to Witchie, upon seeing her scan over Meishu. “Right, then get to it fast.” Witchie then said, pointing to what looked like a black spot on the back of Meishu’s head.

So, Yu quickly stood up, and before she ran off, came to a sudden halt. She had stopped herself - as she knew nothing about this large building. So, she wouldn’t know at all where to find a single bandage. With this, she now faced the sorcerer who was standing up now as well. “Looking for something to patch it?” he asked her, to which she gave a fast nod - not wanting to waste vital time. The sorcerer smiled before he stepped in front of Yu, and led the way down a long hallway and stairs. After stepping through a few more, they arrived at what Yu was hoping was a sick bay of some nature. And to her fortune, when she made her way inside of it, it was. All around, the room, which was small in size, was decorated with nurse’s equipment of all backgrounds and fields - there were even custom painted diagrammes of things such as the human anatomy and more across the place. “Wow, beautiful!” Yu said in an airy voice, before thinking right back to Meishu. “That’s right, I’m here to get a bandage.” she told herself. Now, with the bandage back to head, she glared to and fro - trying to scout out the nurse who should be working here. There, sitting in a small seat, was the nurse. “Oh, hello ma’am.” the nurse said to her with a prepubescent voice. “Hello.” Yu said back, wanting to get to the subject already - “Do you happen to have any bandages?” Yu asked, now staring intensely at the nurse. The nurse, just as her voice did, appeared young, and had short, slightly curly, straight and messy blonde hair, with fair skin, and amber eyes. For clothing, rather than a nurse’s proper uniform, she wore some sort of white pyjamas with a falling purple ribbon at the down collared neck. Under, she of course had white pyjama pants - but no shoes and socks. Now, she stood up - she was quite short for a nurse when she did so. “Here you go.” she told Yu, handing her a bandage for Meishu. Yu accepted the bandages, and held them at her side. Shye knew she needed to leave fast, but still wanted to stay - and bring up a question she had. So, she did - “Are you… a child?” she asked the short little nurse, who smiled cutely. “Mhm. Not too young though!” she replied, with the smile getting larger. “Ah, ok - I thought suit, but felt it wasn’t appropriate to ask.” Yu said, before running out the room. As she ran out, the nurse waved and said “Bye bye!”, while the sorcerer struggled to keep up. Later, the two made it back to the breakfast hall, which by now, was empty.

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“I knew I heard the bell!” said the sorcerer as he looked out of one of the windows. You looked at him in confusion. “What bells?” she asked the sorcerer, still holding the bandage. The sorcerer looked back at Yu. “No, not bells - a bell - the bell!” he cried, before speeding away, now down a different hall. Yu jumped up, mistakenly dropping the bandage, and she ran after the sorcerer. “Hold up!” she said, as she barged into a large room right after he did. This room was full of multiple tables, rather than a single long one like the breakfast room. Here, many people sat down, and Yu recognised some. “There are my friends.” she said as she ran to the table they all sat at. Next to her, Adeline blinked. “Where were you?” she asked. “You know.” Yu responded in a quiet tone, before looking off at the front of the room. “Now, what are they doing?” she asked Adeline. Adeline seemed not so aware of the situation to its fullest degree herself. “I really don’t know.” she responded to Yu - who focused on that sight.

Meishu leaned into Yu’s side. “Did you get that bandage?” he asked her, before she jumped like prior. “Oh, yeah!” she said, as she turned to face him. “About that… I kind of dropped it!” she then whined, with funny little tears running down her face. Meishu chuckled before sighing. “Boy are you weird.” he told her. “Now, why don’t you fetch it?” he then asked.

Agreeing, Yu stood up, and looked forwards. Though she still wondered what some men were talking about and preparing to announce - she knew that Meishu’s health was more important. So, she ran off, and tried to make it back to the Breakfast Hall. But, when she tried to leave the room, she was stopped. “Come to a stop!” cried a tall warrior, “For the other castle has attacked!” .

Yu gasped. “Other? Attack?” she asked, not understanding.

Now, the once hushed audience erupted - “We’re being attacked!” cried a man to his wife, who shouted the same back - before the crowd got louder.

Yu, herself, felt worried. “We’re being attacked!” her brain screamed at her.

All her thoughts were running away, and all she could hear was “Attack”, and soon after a young boy shouted it, ‘death’. But soon, another phrase entered her mind. Out of nowhere, the thought of Charlotte came back! Running back to Meishu, Yu looked at the group. “Forget about the bloody bandage, we need to find Charlotte - war has struck!” she cried, which made Castille shake.

Castille screamed -

“Death! Death has arrived!”