Y/n looked around to see Leona, looking at something. It was his memories.

"From the moment I was born, there's been a boulder on top of me that's too heavy to move" Leona started. It seems that they were in the castle that was in the Sunset Savanna.

"Crown prince Felena is such a bright and cheerful young man. I don't understand why his younger brother has to be so moody all the time" a servant said.

"And he possesses such terrifying power! Imagine being able to turn anything to sand!" another servant gossiped, shivering at the thought.

"But of you, cease this conversation right now! What if someone overhears you?! Especially the diplomats from the Fatui?!" the third servant scolded the other two servants who were gossiping.

Leona gritted his teeth, and turned away from Y/n. "I bet that if I were the crown prince, this is what they would have said:

Crown prince Leona is a judicious young man-

look how he controls such powerful magic!

I don't understand how Falena can be so carefree.

This is all because I was born second. They'd find fault in me no matter what- just so they could use it as pretext to praise my brother. No matter what I do, I can never be the best..."

"Leona..." Y/n frowned, angered. How dare such mere servants to speak in such a way towards a prince! The scene changed to that of Leona's room inside the Savanna castle.

"Leona! Why weren't you at today's ceremony?" a young Falena asked his brother.

"Ceremony?" questioned young Leona. "Ah, you mean the self-indulgent party where you show off your son to the people? Yeah, sorry I missed that. I fell asleep."

"Showing the people the face of their future king is an important affair." Falena tried to reason with the younger lion.

"Yeah, it's a happy day for sure- also known as the day the despised second son loses what little claim he had to the throne forever" the lion scoffed slumped over against a wall.

"Do not frame it in such terms!" Falena shouted.

"Must be nice to be the firstborn, huh? You can spend every day singing and napping and still become king."

Falena sighed. "Leona...you may never become king, but you are still wise There is much you could do for this country."

"And maybe if this country selected its kings on the basis of intelligence, I'd be motivated to do something with that wisdom" young Leona started walking away.

"Leona, wait! Leona!"

"Why do I have to spend my life feeling this way, just 'cause I was born a few years too late?

No matter how hard I study, no matter how powerful the magic I command...From the day I was born, til the day that I die, no one will ever acknowledge that I'm better than my brother.

I will never be king.

Why did I have to be born second? Why will I never, ever get to be the best?

Why? Why? Why?

Life truly is unfair."

Suddenly, Y/n hugged Leona from behind. "Leona. Life will never be fair, but did you ever think about the phoenix dragon soulmate mark on your back?" Y/n told him

"Y/n?"

"Leona...you are the third soulmate I've founded. Do you know what it means to be one of the Empress's husbands?" Y/n asked, moving in front of Leona.

Leona's eyes widen in realization. "I-I get to be...a king?" Leona asked, not wanting to believe such hopeful words.

Suddenly, a familiar light blue gem appeared in between them, hovering over Y/n hand. "You, Malleus, and Riddle are the soulmates that I've found, my lovers, my future husbands. Even though you will have to share, you are fated to be Permafrost's 3rd King"

"I..."

"Leona? Are you blushing?" Y/n teased.

"W-what?! No I'm not! I-I'm just surprised is al-" Leona was cut off and kissed him on the lips, grunting in pain as he felt something be put inside of his chest.

Leona gasped as the pain subsides. "What did you do to me...?"

"It's a mark that I've found you, my 3rd lover. Malleus and Riddle have the same, and they experience the same pain as you did" Y/n leaned her forehead on Leona's, patting his head.

Y/n then backed away from the lion, extended her hand. "Come to me, my dear kitten. Let me shower you will love. Once we have wed after I find all my soulmates, the frostians of Permafrost will cheer for you. 'Long live the kings' they say"

Leona gazed at Y/n hands, a bit hesitant. "Why? After my plot to hurt Malleus, why act all kind to me? Why forgive me?" he asked.

"Ara? Who said I forgive you?" Y/n questioned, summoning a clone of her, as it slapped Leona on the bum "OW!" he yelped.

"Hahaha. That's your punishment from me" Y/n laughed as Leona let out a growl, rubbing his butt to ease the damn pain.

"It's time to wake up now, Leona. We are others who care, waiting for us" Y/n offered her again, and this time, he grabbed her hand, mumbling a, "I love you" before everything turned white.

"Hey! Wake up!" a voice called out.

"Leona, wakey wakey!" a female voice called out.

"....huh?" Leona finally as awaken

Savanaclaw Dorm- Spelldrive Stadium

"I did it! He's awake! I was startin' to think you weren't ever gonna regain consciousness!" Grim shouted as Riddle was next to Y/n who was panting a little from the dryness. "ugh...I need to cool down" she panted, wiping away Riddle's tears. After all, he was very worried.

"Here, my rose" Riddle sniffled a bit, placing Y/n's heart of frost back in her chest, instantly cooling her down. "Haaaaaa...thank you my strawberry"

"Now, hurry up and confess!" Grim shouts, getting up in Leona's face and pointing a paw at him. "Wh...what?" Poor Leona was so confused about what happened, his mind was covered with the thoughts of Y/n kissing him again, plus, he felt a comforting cold on his chest. It was from the cryo gem that allowed Leona to control cryo without accumulating blot, and it is s symbol of Y/n and Leona's bond. All of her soulmates will have the cryo gem absorbed inside the center of their chest.

"Mr. Kingscholar," Crowley called out, walking in front of him. "Your negative energies accelerated your blot accumulation, including an overblot episode," He spoke, crossing his arms. "Do you not remember?"

"wait, ME...? I overblotted? No way..." Leona trailed off. "Indeed. Miss Chione was able to save you before anything worse happened" Crowley told him.

Grim seemed to not care about the situation Leona was in, he was more determined than ever. "And more importantly, the spelldrive tournament is about to begin. I'm gonna need you to confess that you're the culprit, so I'm allowed to enter!"

Leona and Y/n both glared at the raccoon. "Heh. If this is a joke, I ain't laughin'." Leona said.

"The headmaster got Grim's group to investigate the accidents in exchange for letting them compete in the tournament," Jack told them

"Whaaat? THAT'S what this has all been about?" Ruggie asked, completely shocked by Grim's reason. Yuuna scratched the back of her neck out of nervousness. "it's more like only GRIM wanted to" Yuuna corrected.

Y/n nodded. "Amaryllis is just helping the headmaster in bringing order back to the school"

Grim completely ignored the two girls. "You bet it has! And EXCUSE you?! You were the one pushin' people downstairs for the chance at a little fame and glory!" Grim shrieked, making Ruggie sweatdrop.

"urk...w-well...fair point, I suppose" Ruggie was at a lost for words.

Crowley turned to look down at Leona. "Is he correct? Were you responsible for the series of injuries sustained by competing players?" he asked, waiting for an answer.

"...Yeah. That was me" Leona pouted, snuggling his head on Y/n's shoulder, making Riddle look at him with an angry look.

"o-oi..! Get off!" Riddle whispered shouted, trying to push Leona off his soulmate.

Leona smirked. "Not a chance. Didn't lioness say that your gonna have to share with six others?" he whispered back, causing Riddle to have tic marks all over his face, while Y/n just sweatdropped.

"Very well." Crowley nodded. "Then, to begin with, Savanaclaw House will be disqualified from this year's tournament. The rest of your punishment will be decided after I discuss it with the victims. Are we clear?" he asked.

Leona was a bit hesitant at first since he had a little bit of pride but, he knew he was in the wrong for causing such a commotion. "...Understand," he said, pouting.

Jack and Ruggie were silent. They had solemn looks on their faces, quite disappointed that they won't play.

"Headmaster, wait" a familiar voice spoke, having everyone turn to the source of the voice.

"Mr. Clover? And I see you're with...ah." Crowley gasped in shock.

Riddle stood up, with Y/n and Leona. "Correct...They are the victims in his incident" Riddle said.

"Headmaster, speaking on behalf of the victims, I have a request for you" Trey spoke, as everyone looked at him for a response. "We would like you to permit Savanaclaw House to play in the tournament despite their crimes,"

Crowley, Leona, and Ruggie were stunned by the request.

"What...? Are you saying...you wish to forgive their crimes?" Crowley questioned, blinking a bit from surprise.

"You guys..." Ruggie's eyes teared up a bit, he was so touched.

Jamil, who was in the crowd, glared at the members of Savanaclaw. "No. That's the last thing we want," he commented.

"If Savanaclaw is disqualified from the tournament, we'll lose our chance at revenge" Trey let out a smirk.

"Wh-what?!" Ruggie's tears were gone as they were replaced with a shocked look.

Y/n shook her head in disappointment. "Never should have gotten your hopes up, Ruggie" she sighed,

Yuuna was surprised as well. She has never seen Trey this mischievous before.

"Revenge?!" Jack also gasped.

Riddle chuckled. "After all, fighting with magic is forbidden on campus," RIddle exclaimed.

It seems Trey had more cunning thoughts. "But during a Spelldrive game, it's all in the name of sport, right?" Trey asked before continuing. "It just happens to be a sport where players face off using the fullest extent of their magic,"

"Yeah. If we lose our chance at revenge, it'll gnaw at us all year!" A heartslabyul student shouts.

"We throw down the gauntlet! Duel us!" A pomefiore student shouts as well.

Jamil looked around the stadium, noticing some water magic purifying the burnt sand. "Plus, I dunno what happened here, but it looks like it left the Savanaclaw kids in even worse shape than we're in"

"What we're saying is: now that we know who did this, we have an opportunity to hash things out on the field instead of letting grudges fester," Trey said.

"You've said it yourself, Leona- fighting doesn't break school rules if it's part of a Spelldrive match!" Cater said, turning towards the lion who seemed irritated that everyone was using his own words against him.

"Normally, I would demand their heads," Riddle said, crossing his arms, quite irritated that Leona wouldn't listen to him about getting off of Y/n. "But if Trey and the others insist on settling their grudges on the field...I am willing to overlook their disregard for the rules this once"

Crowley nods. "I understand where you're coming from. However, the question is: Are these Savanaclaw students even capable of taking to the field? Mr. Kingscholar has only just regained consciousness!"

Leona burst out laughing. "Heheh...hahaha! Don't you underestimate me, Crowley. I wouldn't even need to be awake to handle this sorry pack of wounded herbivores"

Y/n rolled her eyes as Yuuna chuckled silently. "Wow. Now THAT is audacious." Jamil smirked.

"I got no intention of bowin' to anyone. If you want my apology, come and take it." Leona smirked, his hand on his hip.

"Do we have your blessing, Headmaster?" Trey asked, looking over to Crowley.

"Dear me. Aren't I the fool for thinking you all wanted to talk about your feelings?" Crowley let out a sigh. "Your petition is granted. Savanaclaw will be allowed to participate in the tournament, as originally planned. And as Headmaster, I very much appreciate that this will keep our little scandal under wraps as the whole world is watching."

Yuuna and Y/n looked at the headmaster would a dumbfounded expressions. "Wooow, nice example you're setting, Headmaster" Y/n said in a sarcastic tone.

"Yup, just sweep it under the carpet" Yuuna said as well.

Crowley cleared his throat. "Well, the spectators have surely grown weary of waiting for the players to appear. Do make haste"

"All right, let's- urk!" Leona yelped, nearly falling face first on the ground if it weren't for Y/n who caught him in her arms. "That hurt..." he whined a little.

"Wow, are you falling for me now?" Y/n smirked. "Shut up..." Leona growled, resisting the urge to blush.

"Don't think you've earned my forgiveness" Ruggie said, punching Leona in the arm, glaring at the larger lion.

"Right, and?" Leona grunted.

"Still...I couldn't tell you why, but...It still pains me to see that pathetic look on your face." Ruggie started. "Your usual smug, sneering grin- somehow, that suits you better. So come on, now! " Ruggie said, activating his unique magic on Leona.

Ruggie grinned ear-to-ear, as Leona was forced to do the same. "Owww! Ruggie, what are you doin'...?!" Leona growled, still grinning. He was clutching his stomach from his aching bones.

"Shihihihi! I can't tell you how long I've wanted to do this!" Ruggie laughed, having Leona do the same as well. "Knock it off! Now!"

Y/n was struggling to breathe from laughter. "Oh my...THIS IS SO DAMN FUNNY. I LOVE YOU RUGGIE!" Y/n laughed, rolling on the floor laughing as her tail slapped the ground.

"OI!" "HEY!" Leona and Riddle shout in unison while everyone chuckled a bit.

"You guys are a buncha idiots...heh" Jack chuckled slightly.

Yuuna gasped and looked at Jack in surprise. "You actually laughed!"

"I...I did not!" Jack shouts, blushing in embarrassment.

Jack huffed. "I owe you guys for this. Thanks to you, I'll be able to go out there and give 100%" Jack added.

"But on that field, we will be enemies. We will hold nothing back" Riddle let out a grin.

"I wouldn't have it any other way!" Jack announced.

"It seems the case is close" Y/n smiled kindly, calming down after her fit of laughter.