After the whole ordeal in Octavinelle and making arrangements to go back to Atlantica Memorial Museum to return the photo tomorrow, y/n and Grim finally packed their stuff up in Savanaclaw and returned home.

The Dorm was in a bit of a rough shape, most likely Floyd's doing, but all in all nothing was broken or too out of place and just needs a little cleaning done.

After settling back in, Grim immediately fell asleep on the bed while y/n went outside for a little night stroll,"Ah~ It's good to be back home~" she sighs a smile as she sits on the stairs,"It's in a bit of rough state, but still it's good to be home." she says fondly as she stares back up at the house.

Then familiar green lights catches her attention along with a voice in front of her,"...Oh, I see you've returned." Tsunotaro says as he towers over y/n, who immediately stood up,"I'm surprised you were able to beat Ashengrotto." he admits before smiling,"You may look like an airhead, but even you can get your hands dirty." he comments and y/n raises a brow at the 'airhead' part.

Nonetheless, she smiles up at him,"It's all thanks to your advice, Tsunotaro! The gargoyles also made for a good hint." she says and Tsunotaro is surprised to hear this,"My advice?" he cups his chin in thought.

"...It was never my intention to provide pointers." he admits, but hums a smile,"Hh hmm. More than anything I am glad to have this garden back to the peaceful way it was before. I would have loved to watch Ashengrotto's smug face fall into despair." he says with last part with a smirk, making y/n sweatdrop a bit.

"It must have been a sight to see." he sighs with a content smile, making y/n chuckle awkwardly,"...Hm. I think it's about time for me to return to my own dorm. Good night." he greets,"Night, Tsunotaro." y/n waves him off with a smile as he disappears in a shimmer of lights.

Just then running footsteps catches her attention and y/n turns to see two males searching the area for something or someone,[Hey, haven't I seen them before?] she squints her eyes at them before perking up when she remembers them,[Oh yeah, they were sitting with Lilia at lunch time at that time and they helped with the whole Leona case.] she thought.

"...Is he here?" Silver asks as he looks around,"No, he's not anywhere around here either." Sebek says, though his voice is quite loud,"He might be over in the west building." Silver suggests the option.

"Uugh, Young Lord, why do you always leave without bringing anyone with you?" Sebek says dramatically before glaring at Silver,"It's cause you took your eyes off him, Silver!" he accuses.

"He's not a child. You worry about him far too much." Silver says sternly,"We'll be too late if we wait until something happens. Don't let your guard down for even a moment!! Do you have any respect for your distinguished role as the young lord's bodyguard!? I won't allow you to forget the great debt you owe to the Young Lord and Lilia for deigning to raise you!" Sebek rants angrily.

Silver just sighs at him," That doesn't have anything to do with this..." he says before they both ran off somewhere else,"Young Lord...? They looking for a child or something?" y/n thought out loud before shrugging and turns to go to bed.

She smiles at the sight of Grim sleeping on his back with a stupid smile on his little face,"Waah... Das a big fish... No way I'mma eat all this... Myah myah..." he snores with drool rolling down the side of his face.

She giggles quietly before sitting on her bed and sighs with bliss as she allows herself to fall backwards,"This bed is seriously the best~" she cooes with a smile before humming in confusion when the room is bathed in a white light.

She quickly sits up and sees the mirror above the mantel glowing very bright,"The mirror... It's glowing..." she rubs her eyes to make sure sees seeing this right,"Am I having another bogus dream?" she whispers to herself as she looks back at the mirror again.

She sighs, gets up and approaches it. As she peers into the mirror, she noticed that there is some fog swirling inside it, but it was only blurring the edges. She taps it and waits. She jumps with a startled gasp when a shadow appears in the mirror and knocks on it as well. It was small, had big round ears and that's what she could make out for now.

"...some...there? Is someone...there?" she hears a voice, but it was too muffled to make out the words,"Hello?" y/n calls out softly and hesitantly before the mirror goes dark.

"What just... happened...?" she whispers to herself before feeling a massive headache hit her straight on along with a dizzy spell,"Suddenly... I feel so... tired..." she slurs as she walks back to bed and straight up collapses on it, immediately falling asleep.

The next day, y/n was tying her tie while Grim was cleaning himself before a loud knock interrupts them and Floyd storming into the main hall,"Lil' Shrimp, Seally, g'morning!" he greets with biggest grin on his face as Jade follows behind him.

"Oh, morning guys." y/n greets back with a friendly smile as she finishes off her tie,"We. Ame to pick you up. Let's go." Floyd announces as Grim jumps onto y/n's shoulder,"Man, seeing you guys makes me scared that you're gonna try to take something again." he admits with a shiver down his spine.

"You wound me. We would never do anything unsightly to those who don't break contracts." Jade chirps before looking outside,"Today is bright and sunny, wonderful weather for a field trip... Which means."

"Let's get a move on to the Atlantica Memorial Museum!" Floyd finishes with a cheer,"I hear you, I hear you. How much madol should I bring for the entrance fee?" y/n asks, but Jade waves it off,"Azul was gracious enough to pay the entrance fee for everyone so don't worry." he informs her.

"Oh, that's nice of him. Is he waiting in the Mirror Chamber already?" y/n asks as she grabs her Ghost Camera,"He went on ahead and is going to be waiting for us there." Jade tells her and y/n furrows her brows.

"He didn't alter the photo, did he? Do you still have it?" she asks and Jade shakes his head,"Indeed, I have the picture with me got safe-keeping." he reassures her,"Come on, hurry~ Let's-a go~" Floyd whines as he tugs on y/n's sleeve.

With a sigh and a smile, y/n and Grim follows after them after locking up the Dorm and meeting up with the others outside the Mirror Chamber and then jumped through the Dark Mirror to Coral Sea.

As Jade had said, Azul stood there waiting for them so they all could enter the museum together,"Wow, it's so cool. The inside is amazing." Ace says with awe,"There's a statue of a legendary king..." Deuce points out as he swam closer to it,"The bottom of the sea has a lot of other great figures." he remarks as he stares at more statues and paintings.

"This king is pretty shredded." Jack nods with an impressed grin,"This place still takes my breath away." y/n chirps as she snaps some photos,"Hello everyone, and welcome to the Atlantica Memorial Museum." Azul greets everyone and y/n was disappointed to still see him in his human form.

"I made a reservation for us all under 'Mostro Lounge' so please enjoy everything the museum has to offer." Azul informs them,"There he is, octopus-man Azul... Oh wait, why are you still in your human form?" Grim asks with confusion.

"Octo-mers like me are exceedingly rare around here you see... I'd really like to avoid leaving in weird impressions after I return the photo." Azul says as he pushes his glasses up,"Understandable." y/n nods.

"There is no need to worry. Nobody would ever notice that the chubby octopus in the photo was you." Jade teases,"We came all the way out here so wouldn't it be more convenient to be in your real form?" Floyd questions as Jade hands Azul the photo.

"Hmm. Please leave me be. I will go get this photo returned... Please take a look around the museum." Azul waves them off,"They have the mermaid princess's dinglehopper on display over there." Floyd points to a fork on display.

"I saw it on the pamphlet, but thays totally a fork right? No matter how you look at it." Ace says with a raised brow,"Hehhehheh... It might look like that to those from land." Jade chuckles as he and Floyd lead the group further into the museum, leave Azul and y/n by themselves.

"...You're not going?" Azul asks the girl,"Nah, I think I'll stick with you until you've returned that." y/n chirps as she swam closer to him and over to the wall full of photos,"No need to doubt me, I will properly return it." Azul reassures her as he puts the photo back.

"... I thought that if I could erase all the photos from my past, my time spent being bullied as a 'dumb clumsy octopus' would vanish with them." he says sadly,"You can try, but the past can truly never be erased." y/n tells him softly as they both stare at the photo.

"The Sea Witch never hid her dark past, but faced it and worked to overwrite her reputation. I kept saying I wanted to be like her, but..." Azul sighs,"In the end, I couldn't accept who I was and tried to act like it never happened." he utters sadly.

"You know, you have a strength greater than any magic in my opinion. I think you're pretty great without having to steal from others." y/n tells him with a smile as they turn to each other,"Eh...?" Azul turns to her with wide confused eyes.

"It's harder to be better at working hard than at magic. Azul, your hard work was enough to even throw off a man like the headmaster. I say, you're pretty damn impressive." y/n tells him with honesty,"My... hard work?" Azul utter before huffing a smile with pink cheeks,"...Pfft. There is no need for you to flatter me." he waves her off.

"Hey, I just poured my honesty out to you! Take it you fool! Take it and love it!" y/n says as she playfully nudges him, making Azul laugh a bit,"I only wanted to get back at those who had made fun of me for so long." he sighs out,"But you don't have to anymore, because you already have." y/n tells him and Azul smiles warmly at her.

"Hey, you!" Grim shouts as he swam over to the two and clings onto y/n,"There's a giant dinosaur skeleton back there!" he exclaims as he points in the direction of said skeleton.

"That isn't a dinosaur, it's actually a monster called a sea dragon. The legend goes... The Sea Witch had a sea dragon's skeleton as the entrance to her cavern." Jade explains as the rest swam over to them,"There's even a replica of her cauldron." Floyd chirps.

"What? There's cauldrons in the ocean too?" Deuce asks with shock,"How the hell do they hear that down here?" Ace asks with a raised brow,"No idea. Azul, tell us." Floyd says and everyone turns to the Dorm Head,"Very well. But I warn you, I'm an expensive tour guide." Azul says jokingly.

Hours of Azul leading them around the museum and telling its history, they finally returned to school,"Paah. Man the air on land sure tastes good!" Grim says with a gasp of air while the others dry off with towels provided to them beforehand.

"That was so much fun!" y/n grins widely as Deuce nods in agreement,"Our museum adventure was pretty fun." he says wirh a smile,"I used to think it was super boring, but it's pretty good every once in a while." Floyd says with a shrug.

"It's interesting to see how merfolk of the past perceived the world on land. They were really off sometimes." Jade says with amusement,"The fork... I mean dinglehopper, was hilarious." Ace grins childishly,"Yeah!" y/n laughs.

"I'm pleased to hear that you all enjoyed your time. I'm sure you're all exhausted from our little sojourn. How would you like to have tea in Mostro Lounge? It is almost time to open." Azul offers and y/n nods at this.

"That sounds great." she says,"Yahoo! I'm totally ready for a snack." Grim cheers as he scurries into y/n's head. With that, they all left for Octavinelle which was bustling with life once more.

"Special drink for me!" a Heartslabyul resident waves his hand,"I'll have the limited meal combo." a Pomefiore resident orders as an Octavinelle student writes it down,"Coming right up!" he chirps before walking away.

"Eeh!? Why is it this crowded already?" Ace jumps in shock,"Oh my, it seems our" special advertisement' is already bearing fruit." Jade hums as the group are seated," Special advertisement?" Jack raises a brow.

"After Azul's overblot the headmaster got pissed and said we're not allowed to use the contracts to take people's abilities... So Azul made a point card." Floyd explains and y/n's brow twitches at this,[He should've done this way before all of this happened!] she thought with anger before getting a light bulb as she looks up at Floyd.

But, she'll talk to him later,"A point card... for Mostro Lounge?" Ace parrots with curiosity,"Yes. The 600 madol special drinks gets you one point. The 1500 madol combo meal gets you 3 points. If you were able to save up 50 points you are allowed one meeting with me to discuss any trouble you may be having." Azul explains as y/n looks through the menu,"That's cool." she says.

"Anything goes?" Grim asks carefully,"Even about... school work?" Deuce asks with hopeful eyes,"But of course." Azul nods with a smile,"And if you are able to save up three point cards you can get an even more desirable special service." Jade tells them.

"Special service?" y/n raises a brow at that,"If you would like more information please take a gander at this pamphlet or the restaurant's website." Azul tells her as he hands her a pamphlet.

"Ffgna! I'll have the special drink!" Grim orders,"Me too!" Ace raises his hand,"I'd like the meal combo..." Deuce says more calmly,"Thank you very much for your order." Azul smiles a pleased as he writes it down.

"You guys..." Jack sighs with a sweatdrop,"Guess this is what you call an entrepreneur spirit." y/n smiles awkwardly before lifting her hand up,"I would also like the meal combo please. I'm actually feeling really hungry right now." she admits and Azul writes it down with a smile.

"Come! Jade, Floyd, it's time for business." he announces,"Alright." the twins nod before getting to work.

"I think we'll be extra busy today with all these customers." Jade remarks as he serves a table,"It'd be great if we had some anemones..." Floyd says as he grins in Ace, Deuce and Grim's direction.

"Then I will help out as well. To figure out how to best serve everyone I need to observe them up close." Azul offers before taking a tray,"Now let's go make some..." he quickly composes himself,"I mean serve everyone to the best of our ability!" he says before getting work.

"We may be busy, but we can't let our standards fall as a result." Azul says encouragingly,"Understood." Jade nods before humming,"There's many customers I don't recognize today... This is a chance to reel in some new regulars. Floyd is watching over the residents so we don't lose a single catch." he informs Azul.

"Hehheh. There's no need for me to nag you." Azul chuckles with a pleased smile before stepping back,"Spectacular! Our sales were at least three times what they normally are!" he announces as the rush hour starts to calm down.

"Fufu. Our plan to reinvigorate business is going swimmingly." Jadw chuckles,"Yes, we'll have no problem with the bottom line like this. I will open a second Mostro Lounge, just you wait!" Azul declares,"He doesn't know when to quit!" Ace shouts with irritation while y/n just smiles at the whole situation.

Meanwhile, in the Scarabia dorm...

Kalim sat crossed legged on a cushion with his finger tapping against his leg in a fast rhythm while he sports a expression that held anger and frustration. A very unusual characteristic of him.

"First it was the Magift Tournament, then came the final exams, both saw Scarabia at the bottom..." he tells himself as his expression held disappointment,"This is alarming." he admits with stern eyes.

"Jamil! Jamil, where are you?" he calls out and Jamil emerges from behind him out of the shadows in favor of standing in front of him,"I'm here." he announces his presence,"Bring the residents here. There will be no such thing as a fun vacation for those sloths..." Kalim declares with a glare.

Jamil bows,"As you wish. Everything is decided by your will." he says before walking away with a cruel smirk,"...Hehehe." he chuckles darkly as the night illuminates his eyes.