"Anyway," Lotus changed the topic with a curious look, "Are the two of you going to check out the exhibition on the last day? I've heard from Heartslabyul students that a lot of artifacts of the Great Seven would be there."
"Oui. After someone presented the poison apple in the greenhouse, Monsieur Crabapple wanted to go and see the artifacts." Rook responded, "Many wanted to go, but it would seem that the majority of Heartslabyul freshmen will be looking in the exhibition this time."
"The freshmen?" Jamil raised a brow in confusion, "How many?"
"Apparently, almost all of the freshmen are going." Rook responded with a frown, "Roi de Roses set a condition for the students and they were allowed to go and see the exhibition."
"Really?" Lotus's eyes widen with a stunned expression, "Then, it would seem that our upperclassmen in that dorm would have their hands full."
"Kalim wanted to go." Jamil responded bluntly.
"Looks like you couldn't persuade him to stay again?" Lotus wore a dry smile, "Well, I believe you got this covered. Those three will be going too. There's no doubt that they would come across you two."
"The prefect and those two?" Jamil raised a brow before he sighed, "Well, things haven't been looking too well."
Lotus nodded and grumbled, "That's why I'm sending those three to the exhibition. I've already picked enough mushrooms in the dorms. I need a break."
"For Grim to be absent in Ramshackle Dorm is truly a tragedy..." Rook sighed in disappointment.
"He'll be all right for now, since he's in the headmaster's care." Lotus responded bluntly, "I've already put everything on hold till his return. There's just another thing that I'm worried about now..."
"Another thing?"
Lotus nodded, "Lately, I've been noticing that the mirror in Yuu's room would light up occasionally when it hits midnight."
"His mirror lights up?" Rook raised a brow.
Lotus nodded again, "It always had a peculiar timing as well. The first time it lit up was on the night after Ace was collared for the first time at the beginning of the school week. We had just came back from Dwarf's Mine and gone to sleep when I was on my way back from locking the front door. I noticed that the prefect didn't close his door properly and that it was lit from the inside. I took a peek and saw the prefect sitting up before the mirror and the mirror was showing a strange scene depicting a blond hair girl in a blue dress."
Seeing their shocked expression, Lotus sighed and continued, "Yuu was also just staring at it too, not making a sound. Over the course of the time and right before Dormleader Rosehearts overblotted, it depicted that the girl was related to an incident when the Queen of Hearts used rules to act for her own self-interest. The incident occurred over and over again but with different individuals of the great seven. Their image would then stop appearing the day before someone overblots and the cases were too similar or even identical to the person that overblotted. There was also one before Jamil-senpai overblotted. Grim told me that he saw Yuu stare at the wall before he fell back asleep."
"Did you contact the headmaster?" Rook raised a brow.
"Yuu did." She answered, "The night Grim went missing and retaliated, he told everything to the headmaster. Before the announcement of the cultural festival would be held, he had also shared the incident with Ace and Deuce."
"From what you've seen, what do you think was depicted from the mirror?"
"In my opinion..." Lotus frowned, "I would say it would be their greatest mistake in life or the time they were too short-sighted. After all, not all great people are perfect people. But, even if that is true, why did it happen to Yuu?"
"Did Grim say anything about it or the ghosts?" Jamil questioned with a raised brow.
Lotus shook her head, "No, he didn't. However, I know what I saw. Just the fact that he retold the story to Grim and the others only validated that we saw the same image. Queen of Hearts for Heartslabyul dorm, the King of Beasts for Savannaclaw, the Sea Witch for Octavinelle, the Sorceror of the Desert for Scarabia, and the Beautiful Queen for Pomefiore..."
"So, you're saying there might be another overblot soon?" Jamil concluded.
"Perhaps." Lotus frowned, "We would be in luck if I was wrong though... Another overblot is just what this school needs after having five in one semester..."
She sighed and continued, "The next image had also already revealed the next dorm."
"Who did it reveal this time?" Rook questioned curiously.
"The ruled of the underworld, Hades." Lotus responded.
"Ignihyde?" Jamil raised a brow in bewilderment, "But those people rarely interact with people outside."
Lotus nodded, "But, what if one of them were forced to?"
"Forced to?" Jamil raised a brow.
"Think about it." Lotus frowned, "It's about six months already and a total of five overblots have occurred already. Even if they weren't all made known to public, a total of four is none to all of the students here. When there is an overblot known to the world, there are consequences. Five overblots occurred meaning something would happen. Whatever happens next would be tied to these incidents and we can't say for sure that Jamil and Vil would not be involved since you both have overblotted and, this time, Grim, who has been consuming the crystals, have begun to act in a craze."
"Now that you mention it..." Jamil frowned, "There was suppose to have been a group of people that specifically studies overblot, but not much is known about them..."
"Can you guess who would overblot next?" Rook questioned as the topic drew his interest.
"Idia Shroud." Lotus responded bluntly.
"Dormleader Shroud?!" Jamil's eyes widen in surprise, "Why do you think it would be him? He hardly ever comes out of the dorms at all and nobody ever sees him outside of the dorms..."
"A theory." Lotus responded bluntly with a frown, " The queen of hearts and the King of Beasts are all rulers during their times. They were all leaders. Riddle and Leona are both dorm leaders and they draw great similarities to the great leaders during their times. The timing of the scenes to when they are about to overblot was too close to be called a coincidence. Riddle and the Queen of hearts utilized the rules to its fullest extent and follows them carefully down to the smallest details. Leona and the King of Beasts are second born princes of their kingdom and faced the same dilemma in life. Then, we have the sea witch who helps the people through deals. Azul just so happened to align with her methods pretty well, although his goals have always been business. Jamil, I've also seen that the sorceror had also attempted what you had just before you overblotted. Except, I don't know who it was that could've brought his senses back to him to recover his reputation and make up for mistakes enough that there was no record of it."
"Interesting..." Jamil muttered in deep thoughts as he recalled some words he had heard at some point in time, "The tactician attempted to overthrow the sultan?"
"Then, we have Vil and the Beautiful Queen, was it?" Rook muttered in deep thoughts, "With this time being Hades, how could it tie to Roi du Chambre?"
"I can't tell yet." Lotus shook her head, "However, I'm certain that he will leave his dorm room tomorrow temporarily, even if he doesn't want to. After all, his family is the one leading those involved with the overblot research."
"Eh?"
Jamil and Rook looked to him in disbelief once they heard her say this. The shut-in was actually the lead researchers of the research surrounding Overblot?!
"How did you know that?" Jamil questioned with a shocked expression.
"I have some friends in Ignihyde dorm, so I often drop by that dorm." She explained, "One of them was explaining coding and how it tied into machines doing what we want them to do. They knew the dorm leader and I got acquainted with him. He later showed me videogames and Ortho taught me the basics before I got to know the siblings better. One time, I noticed that Ortho was going through his emails when I saw one from his parents and found that they had delivered it from an organization."
"An organization?" Rook raised a brow.
Lotus nodded, "I remember one of the nobles in the Valley of Thorns pulled me aside to tell me that it was a secret organization that focuses their entire studies on overblot. The people I saw at the banquet just so happened to be showing a video compiled by Aidon Shroud and her son who are recorded as the family that is in charge of the organization by birth rights. The video is old and Idia has the family name while Aidon is said to have passed away."
"That would make Roi du Chambre, the heir to the organization." Rook concluded with a frown, "Then, if the organization comes for Vil and Jamil..."
Jamil frowned, "They would naturally want their son to return to the Isle of Lament too. Forcing Dorm Leader Shroud to leave the dorms temporarily."