Callista sat beside Jackson who was staring at the garden with a smile "It's awesome how you could still smile like that if you can only see black and white" she said and he looked at her with surprise.

"H-How did you know that?" he asked making her chuckle "You told me last night, silly. Did you already forget?" she said "Oh" he exclaimed before looking down at his fingers

"My head must be in the clouds today" he said while shaking his said before smiling at her "I'm sorry, Callista. I didn't mean to forget but I sometimes forget things easily after I sleep" he apologetically smiled.

Callista stared at him deeply for a few seconds before smiling "I bet your Mother tells you how beautiful your eyes are when you were a child" she said.

Jackson seems to be taken aback by his question before smiling bittersweetly "Rather than saying my eyes are pretty, she often told me she liked watching me act childishly." he said.

"She must've loved you a lot then " she said and looked up at the sky when she saw someone' familiar figure approaching.

"It seems like your brother has a sensor or something" she said when she saw Jake running towards them "Oh? Jake, what are you doing here?" Jackson asked curiously.

"What's with that question!? Of course I'll be here! What is this woman doing here?" he said and glared while pointing at her "Don't be mean to Callista" Jackson frowned.

"What..!" Jake was cut off "Wow, your Mother must've told you how petty you are." she said "What did you say!? Don't talk to me!" he scowled making her chuckle as she stood up

"I'll be going now Jackson" she said and glanced at Jake who was waiting for her to leave "I'm sorry about my brother Callista" he said so she shook her head.

"It's okay. Let's talk later" she said and walked away as she can still feel the lingering glare from Jake. Geez, why does that man even hate her so much?

****

That night, a shadow crept inside the closed window and stared at Callista's sleeping figure.

He then later smiled as his body began to expand in the darkness and was getting ready to devour her when he felt like he was stabbed in the heart.

"So it was you who's been creeping on my window since I got into the Academy" he turned to see Callista was at his back as he made a weird noise.

He turned back to the woman in the bed as it transformed into a butterfly "Good job, Wendy" Callista smiled at the familiar as it fluttered its wings.

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"You stink of black magic" she said and looked at the Xayah in disgust who is currently being held by her.

"Yes, you don't know this because you just recently attended the Academy but students had been going missing since last month"

She then remembered Ignis's words two days ago and can't help but smirk "I see, so you're the one who's been devouring students who went missing huh?" she said before clicking her tongue when she realized something.

"It seems like I had become a target" she sighed "It makes sense. I have a big amount of mana in my body." she shrugged and looked back at the Xayah who was trying to get out of her grip making her smirk.

"It seems like you targeted the wrong person today. You should be aware that my familiar has been hunting you for a week now and lucky you, you just found someone who can also use gluttony." she said with a smirk.

"You're the reason why Ignis has been having a headache lately and can't even get out of the Student Council Office." she said in pure irritation and looked behind her shoulder.

"Wendy, I'm giving you your reward tonight" she said as numerous red butterflies flew over Callista's shoulder and swarm over the Xayah.

Before Callista could even blink, the Xayah had already disappeared and the butterflies had also vanished. "Now, what to do..." she said and looked out the window to see the tower bell from afar "It seems like I need help." she sighed.

****

It was a quiet night for the Amber Lodge, the moon was fully set in the sky as the moonlight peeked through the closer curtains by the window.

Anastasia's eyes widen when she felt someone sat beside her "Shhh" she quickly calmed down when she saw Callista and sat up.

"What the heck, Callista? What are you doing in my dorm in the middle of the night!?" she whisper-shouted as Callista smiled with sharp eyes.

"I need your help, Ana" she said "Help with what?" Anastasis confusedly asked "I need to get inside the Men's Dormitory" Callista said and before Anastasia could even decide she was already pulled away.

****

"This is Ivan's room? Geez, as expected of this asshole, it's like a pigsty" Callista said when they entered Ivan's room while Anastasia slowly shook Ivan to wake him up.

Ivan who was woken up answered in reflex and punched whoever was invading his space "Fuck you, dumbass. You would've hit Anastasia." he was now fully awake when he heard Anastasia's name being mentioned. He looked around in alert and saw Callista stopping his hand from landing on Anastasia.

"What... What the hell are you guys doing here?" he stuttered in surprise and put his fist away "I'll explain when the others are here" Callista said so Ivan glanced at Anastasia who shrugged her shoulders.

Little by little, the whole crew was now completed as Callista finally explained what she knows before they entered the final dormitory.

****

Through the quiet night, they slipped into the window one by one as they entered one of the empty room in the Men's Dormitory.

"You're right" Anastasia said while looking at the papers in the wall "It seems like they've been planning to stop the eldest son" Donovan gaped.

"But why aren't they here?" Ivan confusedly asked to see the empty room "They're most likely in the bell tower" Callista said and looked at the tower from the window.

"And how do you know that?" Anastasia asked in suspicion "Because Jake has been visiting that place for the past few days" Callista explained and rolled her eyes "I still don't understand one thing" everyone looked at Ignis when he spoke.

"What is it?" Callista asked, immediately beaming a smile "How do you know all of this?" he asked so Callista tilted her head "What do you mean? You don't know how observant I can get, my Ignis." she said with a villainous smile.