In the mirror chamber all the wardens from different dormitories were in a meeting with Crowley. "I call to order this meeting of housewardens. Our agenda today concerns the October Spelldrive tournament. Let us begin with the report from the head of the tournament planning committee: Mr. Ashengrotto of Octavinelle house."

Azul smile as he mixed his glasses. "Greetings. I am Azul Ashengrotto, and it is my honor to lead the planning committee. I am pleased to announce that we have fully booked the grounds surrounding the coliseum. All of the kiosk space allotted to both internal organizations and external businesses is now full."

Kalim smile happily. "Sweet! This tournament should be a real lively one, then." Azul agreed. "All invitations to various royalty have been sent, and public tickets are selling briskly. And, as in past years, we have received numerous requests to cover the event from both television stations and print media." He said.

Kalim smile happily still. "Sounds like the whole world will be watching. Before I was admitted here, I looked forward to receiving my VIP invitation every year." He said as he looked at Leona. "I imagine you got them too, Leona?
We might have run into each other at the tournament when we were kids!" He said cheerfully.

Leona have an annoying face. "Who knows? And, who cares?" He grumbled. Vil smiled. "This year, I'll have to work extra hard on my makeup to make sure I'm shining like a diamond on the new Ultravision displays. With all the exertion, I'll need to be touching it up constantly!" He said.

Riddle sigh quietly. "..... House Pomefiore is the only dorm that regularly calls timeouts to fix their makeup." He said. Ldia on the voice called said something as well. "How can you all be so excited to be on TV? Just the idea of it makes me wanna puke." He said.

Azul clears his throat as he adjusted his glass. "As I was saying." Kalim apologies Azul accepted his apology. "Now, as soon as your dorms' player rosters are settled, I'll need your registration documents. Any dorm that is even a single day late —" "Will be promptly disqualified, I trust." Riddle said.

Azul shakes his head no. "No. They will be charged a handling fee. Consider it remuneration for rush processing." He said. Riddle got surprised. "What? I don't approve of you changing the rules to allow for policy exceptions!" He said. Kalim agreed. "And I couldn't be more grateful for it!" He said as he laugh.

Crowley clear his throat. "Let's try to stay on topic. We need to discuss the tournament bracket. I had an idea l'd like to propose." He said. Riddle look at him. "And that is?" He asked. "It concerns the Diasomnia housewarden. I think we should induct Mr. Draconia into the hall of fame to keep him off the field entirely."

Kalim have a shock face. "Say what?!" He said surprise. "What are you on about?" Leona asked annoyed. Crowley looked at them both. "Ever since Mr. Draconia enrolled here, no dorm has scored even a single point against Diasomnia. Diasomnia regularly scores 100 points per game, with 90% of them being from Mr. Draconia himself." He said.

Kalim agreed with him. "Now that you mention it, when we had to face them last year, it did feel completely futile." He said. "Now that you mention it, when we had to face them last year, it did feel completely futile." Ldia said.

"Amusement is not the only goal of this tournament. Our hope is that spectators the world over will discover talented new mages. However..... Recent matches have been ending without anyone, save Mr. Draconia, casting even a single spell. And that includes his own teammates! And that is a less-than-optimal state of affairs." He explained his reasoning. Ldia agreed. "I'm all for it. Getting stomped isn't exactly fun for us either." He said.

Crowley tap his fingers on his chin. "I know many members of Savanaclaw House aspire to play in the Spelldrive pro league. Savanaclaw House had never landed in less than third place in the history of this school. And yet in both of the last two years, you've been eliminated in the first round after being matched against Diasomnia House. That's certainly not impressing any recruiters. Thus, this matter of disproportionate performance directly affects your players' future."

Leona have annoying face. "And you're sayin' you expect us to make fools of ourselves on the field again this year?" He asked annoyed. Crowley agreed. "It certainly brings me no pleasure to suggest it. Regardless, Mr. Draconia has already agreed to be inducted into the hall of fame. All we need now is this committee's approval." He said.

Leona still looking at him annoyed. "So you're sayin' we need a handicap. Listen and listen well, Teach..... Ain't nothin' I hate more than someone tellin' me "you can't win" before I even begin to fight." He said annoyed again.

Crowley eyes widened. "No, that is not my intention —" "Then what is?" He snapped at him. As he pointed to his head. "First of all, Spelldrive ain't a game about power.
It's all about what's up HERE, in your head!" He said.

Kalim looked at him. "I'm pretty sure my head can't beat Malleus's." He said. Leona looked at him unamused. "I don't doubt that. But mine can. Sure, in a battle of brute force, no one's beatin' him. But in a battle of wits — that's a different story." He said. As Azul joined in. "Intriguing....."

Leona cut azul off. "The King of Beasts from the Great Seven won his throne through cunning and persistence. You all should be wrackin' your brains, trying to come up with a way to beat that monster! Whichever team figures that out is gonna be sittin' REAL pretty on the world stage. Are you gonna let a once-in-a-lifetime chance like that get yanked out from under you?" He said proudly by his words.

Vil agreed with him. "For once, Leona is making perfect sense. I agree-this plan is utter nonsense. It reeks of some kind of unconscious bias on your part. And I despise that sort of thing." He said. Riddle agree. "I am in complete agreement with Housewarden Vil. As one of the foremost mages here, the last thing I want to do is give up without a fight."

Leona have a smirk look on his face. "Don't you wanna see that self-important, stuck-up jerk's crestfallen face get broadcast to the whole world? Doesn't the thought of it make you wanna roar?" He told them.

Azul agreed with him. "Heh heh. That would certainly boost the ratings!" Kalim agreed as well. "Well, I certainly don't want to be on the losing side of this." He said. "Seriously? I'm the only one who wants him in the hall of fame?" He asked.

Leona looked at Crowley. "I think we have our answer.
The hall of fame idea is officially shut down." He said. Crowley sighs. "Fine fine..... But if this year ends up being a repeat of the last two years, he's going in next year for sure." He said. Leona rolled his eyes. "That's your call." He said.

Azul got everyone attention. "Well, that was the last item on today's agenda. Everyone, remember to submit your registrations. Not that I would be upset if it were to slip your mind.....Heh heh heh." He said.

Vil look around. "Incidentally, where IS Malleus?
Did everyone forget to invite him again?" He asked. Everyone got surprised as they only said 'oops!'

~Stairway~

"The Spelldrive tournament rosters should be final any day now.." Heartslabyul Student A said. "Have you come up with any flashy new spells?"Heartslabyul Student B asked. Student A have smirk face. "You know it! I already showed one to Professor Crewel and he seemed pretty impressed.I can't wait to show it to Housewar—BWAAAAAH?! Gah! That hurt!" Heartslabyul Student A said.

Heartslabyul Student B followed him to the bottom of the stairs. "Hey! What just happened?!
Why'd you tumble down the stairs like that?!" He asked him. Heartslabyul Student A hiss in pain. "My ankle..... It hurts!" He said.

Heartslabyul Student B looked as he saw it buried and red. "Oh no! We gotta get you to the nurse!" He said panicking. Someone chuckled on what they did.

~Meanwhile with abby and grim.~

Abby eyes widened as she gasped quietly that she looked around her drom that she looked at her hands. 'The same black ink.....it like what ri ddle had,.....building up anger, someone is getting aggressive and the floor this time is yellow.....Savanaclaw House.....someone at Savanaclaw is building up their anger like riddle did.' She thought.