A Destained Young Master Villain



"What did you say? A friend?" Fiona was surprised; she had never heard Zen talk about this Crystal girl. "Sorry, mind explaining how you even met him?" She added, feeling suspicious of what Crystal said.

"Actually, he saved my life back then in the twilight zone, so I owe him one." Crystal explained.

"He saved you? So you were also present during the beasts outbreak."

"Well, not during the outbreak; this was before his birthday banquet."

Once her words fell, Daphne and Celestia both looked at Fiona and asked her to explain, as they had never heard Zen go to the Twilight Zone before from her.

Fiona then reluctantly explained what had occurred back then, starting with him sneaking out of the villa and so on. 'So... and so and that'.

"I came back to his villa after the dinner with our parents because I wanted to talk to him; that's how I caught him in the act."

"But hear this: he actually knocked me unconscious before leaving!" 

Crystal, Daphne, and Celestia were all surprised at his action, but this seems to align very much with Zen's personality as far as their understanding of him goes.

As Fiona was explaining what had happened back then, Celestia cut her off as she seemed to have realized something, and she raised her hands and pointed at Crystal. "Ah! You must be the girl that Zen secretly went to meet back then, right? That was about a week ago, she said with a smile on her face.

Fiona also became enlightened: "Hmm... Now that I think about it, the perfume you're using seems to be the same as the smell that Zen had on him when he came back to his villa."

Daphne was quite confused about what was happening because she was not present at that time, so she did not know what they were all talking about.

She discerns from the conversation that this girl called Eliza should have a relationship with Zen that's not as simple as being a friend. 

"Well, that's right. I did meet him a week ago, but it's not what you guys are thinking."

All three girls looked at her suspiciously, and they also sized her up and thought maybe this was the type of girl that Zen liked.

They all continued asking her all types of questions, and Crystal answered them all one by one.

Thinking that Crystal was really someone who Zen knew, the way they talked to her was no longer that of a stranger.

"Oh right! You said you had something to talk to me about, right? And you should hurry up; you might miss out on the academy test, so what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Fiona inquired.

Daphne and Celestia were also curious about what she had to say.

Crystal was hesitant to speak at first because Daphne and Celestia were also here, but thinking that she had become quite familiar with them, she decided to just tell Fiona,

"I actually came here because my brother, who is called Edward, did something unforgivable, so I'm here if it's possible for you to tell him that I want to talk to him to apologize and explain."

"Your brother Edward? What did he do?" Fiona frowned.

"It's like this..." Crystal proceeded to expound on what unfolded during the time she met with Zen a week ago.

"Your brother actually did what?!" Fiona blurted as she stood up from her seat; her tone was cold and filled with hostility. "Where is your brother?!"

With how loud she spoke, everyone present at the assembly hall looked towards them and wondered what was happening.

Celestia, who was beside Fiona, grabbed her hand and told her, "Fiona, calm down. Let her speak."

Fiona sat back down and asked, "Is it really as you said? It's really a misunderstanding, and you had nothing to do with it?"

"Yes, so I just came here to ask if you could tell him that I wanted to talk to him if it's possible. I really want to apologize to him."

Just as Fiona was about to speak again, Daphne intervened and questioned, "Shouldn't it be your brother apologizing? Why are you doing it instead of him?" 

Crystal looked at her and said, "Well, yes, I'll talk to him about it later. I'm just asking Fiona if it's possible."

"Sure, here, add my Twittogram. I'll message you on there if Zen is willing to meet you or not." Fiona took out her phone and showed her Twittogram to Crystal.

"Mhm." She nodded, and she then bid farewell to them as she still needed to go take the test to become an official student of the Pontiac Academy.

Daphne, Celestia, and Fiona all watched her as she exited the assembly hall. Once she was out of sight, they all withdrew their gazes.

After that ordeal, they went back to the topic of conversation they were all talking about earlier.

After ten minutes passed, the staff who were in charge of calculating how many points they would be getting finally arrived.

They all instructed all the students to transfer all the information about their experiences and such they acquired during the Twilight expedition. They were all also told to transfer all the beasts corpses to the storage rings they had given them.

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In the dean's office, Xue was currently sitting on a sofa, and on the opposite side of her was Hermione, the dean of the academy.

"You are Xue Shan, yes? You must be wondering why I have called upon you here." Hermione stated, looking at her seriously.

Hearing her speak, Xue nodded. She may look calm outside, but her heart was quite nervous because this was the Dean of the Pontiac Academy; most people do not even have the chance to lay their eyes upon her, and the pressure she exuded was simply too much for her.

"To be honest, I just wanted to ask you some questions since it seems like you have been staying beside Zenryx Raverdieu during the time he disappeared. But now that I am meeting you, I can feel that..."

"You are not from the Astre continent, are you? Your name and aura resemble those people from the Outlander continent, am I right?"

Xue simply nodded at her words. 

Seeing this, Hermione couldn't help but frown and say inwardly, 'Is this girl a mute?'