𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 | ᵂᵃⁿᵈᵉʳᵉʳ

▬ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱

"Kareena!" Paimon called as they arrived at the main venue. Kareena sighed in relief upon seeing their guest commentators.

"Where have you been? I looked everywhere for you... The third round's already started." Kareena says in worry and Paimon explained where they were and what they were doing while they were away.

"But that's not important right now! We think there might be something wrong with the Diadem of Knowledge, and we'd like to investigate it!" Paimon inquired.

"The diadem? That seems unlikely. The diadem of knowledge has been used in every Extravaganza over the last two decades, always without incident...why has it come up now?" Kareena asked.

"Some new information has come to light." Aether replied which made Kareena ponder the seriousness of their conversation.

Kareena informed the two that the diadem is currently in Mawtiyima Forest as they moved it there before the third round began. She says that the contestants have to go in the forest to find the diadem and bring it back to place it back on the stand and the first person to do this will gain 4 points.

Considering how close the scores are between the contestants, whoever wins this round is very likely to be the winner of the whole competition.

"I'll mark the diadem's location for you. Please head there immediately. Let's hope nothing happens..." Kareena said with worry for the contestant's well-being.

Looking at their locator, they noticed that it had stopped working so their new plan is to look for the diadem immediately.

Arriving at the location where the diadem was placed they find out that they were already too late as the contestants have already found it first so they headed where the other commentators are.

"Huh, looks like Layla has seized the diadem...But getting to the goal won't be easy." Alhaitham say as they saw Layla running with the diadem in her grasp.

Faruzan used her device to distract Layla in order to get the diadem but Hat guy flew by and snatched the crown from Layla.

"Hat Guy enters the fray." Nilou comments as Faruzan sent her device after the wanderer who easily parried it away.

" WE HAVE HOT GUY HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE GOAL BUT WAIT WHO'S THIS? IT'S TIGHNARI SENDING ARROWS BUT GOT EASILY DODGED BY HOT GUY!"  Y/n says suddenly as she was invited to be a very special commentator guest for the final round. Her enthusiasm added tension and excitement to the round.

Cyno then threw his spear toward the wanderer but also got parried by him.

"Faruzan's device has gone haywire..." Nilou says.

"The competition is heating up. Oh? And here's Kaveh, bringing up the rear." Alhaitham comments as Kaveh took hold of Faruzan's damaged device and used it as transportation to catch up to Cyno and Wanderer.

"WAKING UP IN A NEW BUGATTI WE HAVE KAVEH CATCHING UP TO HOT GUY AND CYNO, IS HE GOING TO BE THE ONE TO GET THE DIADEM?!" Y/n exclaimed as the audience cheered loudly for their favorite contestants.

As the clash between Cyno and the Wanderer continues, Kaveh flew from behind and distracted the wanderer that made way for Cyno to make Hat Guy let go of the diadem.

"It's Kaveh's toolbox! Throwing the diadem to its owner..." Nilou commented as Kaveh has finally taken the diadem while the stand was waiting for him to place the diadem back in its place.

Suddenly the diadem began to release black smoke and a sharp pain was felt in Kaveh's head.

"Uh oh, did her hit his head when he fell? Should we call the medic?" Y/n asked Alhaitham and Nilou as they watched Kaveh groan in pain.

"Who are you? I need you to get out of my head...!" Kaveh exclaimed.

"Oh no, he lost it." Y/n muttered quietly.

Kaveh stood up and slowly walked to the crown's stand and placed it back on the cushion. Suddenly a bright light emerged from the crown which blinded everyone near it for a moment. When the light died down, a ghost-like figure appeared.

"EEK A GHOST!" Y/n exclaimed as she hid behind Alhaitham and Nilou.

"At long last...Someone to inherit my estate...and with it, my research. Come Kaveh. Come to me, my child..." the ghost-like figure says.

"How do you know my name? Who are you?" Kaveh asked and the ghost-like figure says that he is a fragment of Sachin's mind.

As the ghost of Sachin and Kaveh continued to talk, Y/n peeked over and listened in to their conversation. Even Alhaitham was focused on their conversation that he didn't mind Y/n using him as a cover.

"As I thought, the contract you signed with the Akademiya was, in essence, your will. But if you'd given up hope on this world, why did you feel the need to do this?" Alhaitham asked.

"I mentioned that I had performed a great many experiments concerning human nature. You may regard this as the very last experiment of them all." Sachin replied.

Y/n slowly became unafraid and sat down in silence as she continued to listen. But as they were discussing something about their ideologies, Y/n began to slowly drift off to sleep.

*applause*

The loud applause from the crown awoke her from her peaceful slumber. She also clapped her hands without knowing why and stood up to wake herself up.

She looked around and saw the diadem smashed and shattered to the ground and the ghost of Sachin was nowhere to be found.

"What happened, why are we clapping?" Y/n whispered to Nilou.

"Kaveh wanted to give all of Sachin's wealth to the suffering people in the desert." Nilou replied.

"Oh, good for- HE WHAT?!" Y/n whisper-shouted in disbelief. She simply sighed and accepted Kaveh's decision but still couldn't help but question why he gave all his prize away when he could've left at least a third of the mora to pay his debts.

If it were me, I'd keep half of it and donate the other. Call me greedy but it's such a shame he donated it all. Guess he'll be staying in Alhaitham's house for a while longer.