On the other side of the school, Benjamin laid down on the grass and closed his eyes.

“Master, Master!” A pair of squeaky voices cried out in unison.

Benjamin opened his eyes and glanced over to see Harry and Chi-Chi standing next to him.

“We were awesome, weren’t we?” Harry asked.

“Yeah!” Chi-Chi chimed in.

Benjamin smiled as he got up to dust himself off. Bridget and Sebastian walked over to congratulate him.

“I hate to admit,” Sebastian commented as he scratched the back of his head, “but, you were cool back there.”

“Really? Thanks.” Benjamin smiled softly, relaxed after the chaos. However, he realized who he talked to and changed his tone. “I mean- Of course, I am the great dark magician.”

Sebastian rolled his eyes. “Regardless, I still won’t lose to you.” He warned him.

“We’ll just have to see about that,” Benjamin said.

Bridget watched as sparks flew between the two. This time, though, it didn’t seem to be malicious, much more like they were having a friendly competition. She couldn’t help but smile to herself.

A clap soon interrupted the conversation. The three turned to see Glenda walk up to them.

“Bravo,” Glenda complimented them, “you all showed the powers of teamwork and magic wondrously.” She returned the notebook to Bridget before continuing. “I just wanted to tell you one thing: You all passed your assignment!”

“Hooray!” The students cheered.

“But, wait,” Benjamin said as he pulled out his wand from his pockets, “I still don’t have my wand fused with my crystal ball...“

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“No need to worry about that.” A voice assured him.

The others had joined in to congratulate each other, including the Principal.

“Headmistress, what are you—?” Glenda was about to ask when the Principal pulled out a crystal sphere and handed it to Benjamin.

“No way, you’re giving me another one?” Benjamin asked, his eyes widened.

“But, of course, you more than earned it.” The Principal replied.

Benjamin looked over and couldn’t help but smile again. “Hey, do you think you could teach me how to fuse the two and make it more powerful?” Everyone laughed. “I’m serious.”

“So, what do we do now?” Nicholas asked.

“Beats me.” Isabelle shrugged.

“Well, now you can continue onto the second step: Finding partners/teammates.” The Principal replied. She looked at Benjamin. “However, it feels as though groups got formed during this adventure.”

“Huh?” Benjamin and Isabelle questioned, tilting their heads in confusion.

“I hope you two get along well.”

“Huh!?”

“I’ve been watching you guys for a while now, even while stuck in the human world.”

No wonder her presence in that office room didn’t feel right. Benjamin thought as a shiver ran down his spine.

“Wait, are you saying that I can enroll here?” Isabelle asked.

“Yes.” The Principal nodded.

“Awesome!” Isabelle jumped up and down, squealing. “Wait until I tell my mom about this!”

“But what about our school back in...?” Nicholas mentioned.

“Don’t worry; I’ll take care of that.” The Principal replied.

“Guess we’ll need to find partners ourselves,” Bridget said to Sebastian.

“Well, about that...” Sebastian muttered.

“Hey, miss,” Midoricha said to the Principal, “I would like to stay here, just a little longer, if that’s ok with you.”

“But we were supposed to go back to our world, remember?” Akapin mentioned.

“Yeah, I know, but I want to protect Bridget and stay by her side. I mean, we made a Pilkon Pact.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Is that wrong, though, to think like that?”

“No, it’s not, the choice is yours, but ask Bridget and make sure it’s ok with her.”

“Is, is it ok with you, Bridget?” He turned to ask her.

“Yeah, I don’t mind.” Bridget chirped.

“I see.” Akapin said as she watched Midoricha cheer in joy, “Then, I guess it’s time we part ways.”

“Yeah, goodbye. I’ll see you soon.” Midoricha said.

A small portal opened up as everyone said goodbye. Akapin and Aoguro floated through it before it closed up and disappeared.

“So, what was it you were going to say?” Bridget turned to ask Sebastian.

“Nothing, just that, I think I’m better off going solo,” Sebastian replied with a smirk.

“Not to worry,” The Principal replied, “you still have plenty of time to decide on one if you change your mind.” She turned to Benjamin, Bridget, Isabelle, and Midoricha. “and as for you guys, we’ll get your assignments ready, so please be patient. For now, though, we need to fix the school and treat the wounded.”

“Affirmative.” Glenda and Clause responded, saluting.