Somewhere within the dormitory area, a successive loud thud can be heard in the barely lit hallway.
This thudding noise disturbed the serene silence of the third floor making every occupants frown in their wake.
Multiple doors of each room opened and small part of the students head can be seen. Each individuals noticed the bewildered expression on the peeking heads of their peers.
Soon after, some steel hearted individuals opened their door completely, ready to do an investigation.
"This must be part of the 7 mysteries! The thudding sound is coming from somewhere for sure!"
With this statement immediately aroused others to join in. From two person, it became six immediately and with the tacit understanding of equally sharing the rewards after their discovery.
As they slowly walked in the dark hallway, they soon heard another thudding sound. The hair in the back of their necks already feeling the cold shiver of the night, making their heart erratically beat.
Thud.... Thud.... Thud!'
The six group of people immediately stopped in their track as silence soon reverberated on the third floor.
It was like nothing happened to their floor as the serene and heavenly silence deafened their ears. This however is just the start as they soon heard a high pitch screech and later on a sobbing cry.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAH!" The girl in room 313 screamed hysterically while grasping albeit shakily her left arm.
"It hurts!" She cried in pain which soon turned into sobs.
The other student in room 314 immediately came to her aid as she saw the blood trickle down on the floor, making a small puddle.
"What happened!?"
The bewildered group of six who heard the scream finally appeared. One of them conjured small flying orbs that illuminated the area.
They soon saw the still bleeding slashes on the girl's left arm. It was like something with razor sharp claws attacked the girl.
The other thirdfloor occupants also came and one of them came prepared with a first aid kit. They immediately performed the basics and stopped the bleeding.
"We'll take care of this. You guys look for a professor or campus staff!"
Few moments after someone asked for assistance, Professor Albert whose still wearing his cute bear themed pajamas came over and took charge of the situation.
The whole floor also brightened up as Albert snapped his fingers, filling the hallway with his fiery red flame.
"Everyone, go back to your rooms and lock your doors. I'll handle this mess and you have nothing to worry now." His childish voice entered everyone's ears which lightened up the mood slightly.
Professor Albert is attuned with the demon baby of million soul called Chianak which gave him the curse to stay at this childish form for eternity.
Even his voice was affected by being attuned with the monstrous calamity. Soon after, the third floor came into silence, almost akin to the catchphrase 'the calm after the storm.'
Morning soon came and gossiping noise filled every nook and cranny of the academy grounds. Even the most prim and proper of the third floor joined in as he go from here to there to tell the tale.
Inside the meeting room, the Professors of Charm Academia gathered up with the initiative of the small Professor Albert.
"I'm pretty sure that you've heard it by now. One student was injured during the night of the incident. Reasons are unknown and culprit unfound." He stopped for a moment and took a sip in his glass of milk.
"I'm not accusing anyone here as we all agreed to proceed with phase 1. However, I would like to remind everyone here to not take drastic measures just so that you can increase the number of students we have."
The professors who are gathered inside the meeting room nodded their heads. Some scorned and scoffed but still agreed to the man child.
"This incident still yeild us a result still. The whole bunch of third floor occupants surprisingly attended the class."
Professor McCall smiled as if reminiscing the overfilled lecture hall just a while ago. She's also a professor teaching the Mystic Beast Arcana which made her class popular from the third floor dwellers.
"We will adjourn the meeting here and let's hope this never happen again in the future."
Everyone left the meeting room with small triumph in their expression. They are obviously elated with this incident and even thankful to the fellow who made this drastic plan.
Professor Albert though felt like this will not be the end of this incident. He sighed frustratedly and closed his eyes to ease the budding feeling he's having.
"Oi, how did you got there!?" Edzel stuck out half of his body outside the window of the castle.
Chris whose currently sitting at the roof of the castle gazed solemnly at the majestic sight of this realm.
Of course the persistent fellow Edzel was ignored automatically but the latter seems to have no plans in leaving him alone.
Edzel blipped out and appeared behind Chris. His shaky legs and tense movements was noticed immediately by Chris.
"Fuck this!" Edzel cursed and suddenly, his shadow as if gaining sentience raised its hands and grabbed his legs for support.
"..." Chris observed this sudden use of archaic magic and felt quite a tinge of amusement.
"Ehem!" Edzel cleared his throat as he steadily walked at the tiled roof. "Are you ready for the show?"
His mischievous smiled is back once again! This time, a hint of excitement and superiority can be seen in his eyes as he looked at the small figures of people walking at the school grounds.
"You know you'll be punished, right? It's against the campus rules." Chris wasn't worried though for he knows how tricky this fellow can be.
"Worry not! There's always a loophole in any rules and regulations."
Edzel smiled confidently as at this time, a dark and massive cloud of archaic magic exploded in the fountain.
Multiple bewildered students who were just resting in peace suddenly witnessed how the fountain's water turned into black fluid. Their interest was piqued of course, given the fact that a mission pertaining the discovery of mystery is currently on going.
However, this interest immediately vanished as thick black mist soon enveloped the fountain area.
"This is my curse domain and with this, I can give life to their fears and manifest its form." Edzel explained proudly while watching the trapped students cry in despair.
Others are fighting their manifested fears but most of them already lost their will as they got hysterical, crying and bawling like a stupid child.
"Quite a show indeed." Chris just casually watched the prepared performance and stared indifferently towards the panicking crowd.
Surprisingly enough, no one came to help the trapped students. There are some other students who are trying to find either a staff or professor but they seem to can't find one.
"Hahahaha!" Edzel laughed sonorously while holding his stomach. "They won't be able to find anyone for the next five minutes. After all, I'm already paid to do this."
This statement enlightened Chris very much while he quietly pulled out a bag of sweet and decadent chocolate chip cookies.
Edzel, thick faced as he is just casually snatched a piece but Chris did not say anything as he is currently relishing the chaos below them.