Mother of Pearl: A Floyd Leech x OC Fanfiction

Chapter 26

"You all played against me, and you lost. According to the contract, you will all work as my servants until the day you graduate," Azul reiterated.

"Ace and them were fools," Yuu whispered.

"Wait a second! This is a scam!" Ace's familiar voice spoke up from the crowd.

"Speak of the devil," I groaned. I loosened my grip on Yuu's arm. Being surrounded by other students calmed my nerves slightly, but I still shook nervously.

"How rude of you to call this a scam," Azul sighed. "I gave you the perfect notes for the exam as stated in our contract. If you studied from them, well, you should have gotten at least 90 points."

"Yeah, I got a 92," Ace defiantly stated. "I didn't know you'd be giving everybody those notes." Deuce and Grim backed him up.

"Even if we got the notes, it's impossible for all of us to be in the top 50," Deuce pointed out.

Grim added, "If everyone got higher than 90, then you get an 85, your rank isn't going to be that high."

If they had used their brains like this to study on their own, they wouldn't be in this mess...

I sighed as Azul went on about confidentiality. "As you see here on page one hundred twenty-seven of the contract, there is a nondisclosure agreement clause. I am just upholding the contract."

"Then what will happen to my fire magic I gave you as a collateral for the notes?" Grim looked scared.

"He did what?!" Yuu's whisper was harsh. Other unfortunate students begged for their magic.

"Oh my, everyone~. Did you all forget the terms of our contract?" Azul recited the document from heart. "In exchange for giving you notes for ou to prepare for the exam, you must give me your most prized ability. If you are able to rank in the top 50, your magic abilities will be returned, and I will continue to give you notes for exams until you graduate. However, if you do not rank in the top 50, you will be under my complete and absolute submission as my servant. Isn't that correct?"

"This is unbelievable!" Ace yelled.

"They really are idiots to have signed such an obviously skewed contract," I rubbed the side of my nose to release some tension.

"How can you just give away your magic?" Yuu was almost pulling their hair out.

Jack growled, "I've been listening this while time, but I can't stand any of you!"

Our cover was blown as all eyes turned towards us. I leaned on Yuu as they hid their face in their hands. They muttered something, but I couldn't tell what it was.

"Jack? What are you doing here?!" Deuce asked.

"Trying to see what trouble you got yourselves into this time," Yuu tapped their foot.

"You don't have an anemone on your head," Azul noticed. "We are currently in a staff meeting. Can unauthorized personnel escort themselves out?"

Jack let out a deep growl, "You're going to kick me out? I won against all of you by studying hard on my own! But all that effort means nothing now, because of you! I am involved now!"

"This isn't going to end well," Yuu predicted.

"Yuu! Jack! Viv too! Did you guys come here to save us?!" Grim hopefully cheered.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I still hate everyone here," Jack said point blank.

"Honestly, if I had known you'd signed such a sketchy contract, I'd have never come here. Y'all need to face the consequences of your actions," I scolded.

Jack went on to say, "I am not picking sides between those who scam others and those who depend on others."

"Then why are you guys here?" Ace mumbled.

"Because of Jack I realized something," Grim got a determined expression. "We need to fight for ourselves! In other words, if we take the contract we signed with Azul and destroy it, then it will be null and void, right?!"

I face palmed while Yuu tried to stop them. "No! You guys!"

"Good grief, I honestly didn't want it to come down to this, but you leave me no choice," Azul waved his hand. The Leech twins stepped forward. "Jade, Floyd. Come play with them a little bit."

"Oh no," was my sigh of resignation.

"Understood," Jade looked all proper in his suit. The twins wore the same suit as Azul, but they had inverted colors of his bowtie and dress shirt, along with a lack of a trench coat.

Once again, Floyd's outfit was all over the place. He had a large, closed eye smile, "Does this mean I can strangle all these guys? Ah~. Yay!"

"He doesn't mean literally, does he?" Yuu pondered.

"I think he does," I say. We both turned tail and ran away from the twins while everyone else charged right at them. The army of peeved students were disposed of by the three Octavinelle members. Everyone was exhausted and the lounge looked like a battle zone.

Floyd pouted, "They're all so weak. I didn't even get to strangle any of them."

"They really are like a helpless school of fish aren't they," Azul brushed something off his sleeve.

"Azul can use all that magic?! That isn't fair!" Ace whined.

"You shouldn't have picked a fight with a con-artist!" I yelled at him.

"Damn it. I didn't realize I relied on my magic so much," Deuce hissed.

"And without his fire magic, Grim is just a normal racoon..." Ace sighed.

Grim was sprawled across my lap in a daze. "I am not a racoon..." he gurled before fainting. I petted his fur to comfort both him and me.

Azul rolled up the golden contract in his possession. "No matter how much magic you use, you won't be able to leave a scratch on this contract. Fufufu. The second those anemones sprouted from your heads; you have no other choice then to follow my orders."

"What is with this school?" I whispered.

"Shall I have you start cleaning the lounge first? Next, the food prep," Azul started to go down his to-do list. "Now then, get up and get to work!"

"Are you serious?!" Ace protested.

"This is why you don't sign contracts with guys like him!" Yuu slapped him on the shoulder.

"Jade. Floyd. Please train our new staff," Azul ordered.

"Yes," the twins said together.

"You are Jack Howl from Savanaclaw, and Yuu and Vivienne Abiba from Ramshackle dorm, correct?" Azul's attention went back to us. "Please escort yourselves out soon. Next time you are more than welcome to visit the lounge. I will kindly welcome you."

As Azul walked away Jack growled at him. "Hey, Yuu, Viv, let's leave for now."

"But Grim and the others," Yuu started to protest.

"You just saw how that battle went didn't you? There's nothing we can do right now," Jack started to lead us out of the lounge. I handed Grim over to Deuce. I trailed behind Yuu and Jack, not really wanting to go back to being surrounded by water.

Ilooked back at the sea of students in front of Azul and the twins. I metFloyd's eyes, who gave me a lazy smile and a wave. I glared. I grabbed ontoJack's blazer as we neared the exit of Mostro Lounge. Floyd's lazy smile turnedinto a dark pout. He turned his attention back at the see of students androlled his shoulder back. I turned by attention back in front of me and took adeep breath in. Jack looked at my hand, a bit confused, until he looked aheadof us and saw the watery tunnel that led out of the Octavinelle dormitory. Hesighed and slowed his pace for me.