It Burns Bright | Tokyo Debunker

❄️ CHAPTER 6

 "May I also introduce our first-ever Honor Student, Miss Mary, who will take on a special position while at Darkwick Academy. She will not be joining any particular Houses and starting this school year while we are doing our absolute best in finding a way to break her curse, she is going to help our Ghouls in their investigations!"

There was a loud hullabaloo after Chancellor Cornelius made this cheerful announcement to everyone inside the auditorium, everyone was taken aback and the murmurs didn't exactly put Mary at ease. She was never fond of being up the stage or talked about, it was only fueling her social anxiety up; if only Grim was with her, she would feel okay.

Some of the students were blatant on throwing looks of disdain, others eyeing her up and down then there were rude side-eye glances directed to her.

"Wasn't she the one on the wanted papers this morning?"

"Why is the school giving her so much special treatment? She looks ordinary"

"Meh as expected it has nothing to do with us students taking general courses"

All these together and the unseen expectations weighed Mary's shoulders.

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Sighs. The night's ceremony was fresh throbbing painfully in Mary's surface memories whilst she laid in the bed; it was already bright and lights were coursing through the draped curtains on the windows, the wind was blowing from her left, it actually felt cool and airy but gosh, the events echoed repetitively it was irksome.

Chancellor had her stay in this huge vacant cathedral, it wasn't that ruined though but there were floorboards obviously requiring some major fixings and thick dusts caking some pillars and displays; clearly, no one had occupied this place for a while until now. Grim was meant to be here too but the professors wanted him to undergo some series of tests and as they considered him an 'anomalous animal' he couldn't be left wandering with her.

Today is the start of her official year as Darkwick Academy's student.

Her father would look for them, she no longer had her old phone and other things, it had been destroyed so they wouldn't have any means of reaching her or Grim. A week of vacation turned into a school year, she wasn't sure whether she would cry or laugh at her demise.

"No good will do if I just skulk here, I promised Grim I would do my best for the both of us" Mary would think of her friend, she had to be composed for both of them. They only had each other for now. Getting up, she pushed the curtains to the side and found a cute cat in a worker garment, it was so adorable while fixing a part of the old window pane.

After bathing and putting on the prescribed uniform, Mary stared at the ring on her finger—it was such an elegant accessory yet it echoed being ancient, probably exposed to many things, and bore witness to scenes not known to mankind. Why would this object choose her? Huh.

"Good morning Mary!" There was the comical and adorable blonde Kaito Fuji, he waved at her while beaming.

Standing next to Kaito was Lucas whose composure was unyielding, always looking like the gentleman he was. His lips were curved into a small smile. Last night, Lucas was selected to be in the same House as Kaito which was Frostheim. "Good Morning, Mary, how did you sleep?"

"It's okay, I am not really sure what to feel about being here but there's no other way but forward" Mary declared, shrugging, her chest was like a loud drum due to nervousness.

They made their way to their first class, quickly finding some seats and it went on smoothly—Mary thought the subjects being taught at Darkwick Academy were slightly different from Night Raven College but it didn't them less bonkers. Both were different in their own way.