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One of us Has to be The Villain

Magic is an enigmatic force, bestowing upon humankind abilities beyond the ordinary, capable of reshaping the world for either better or worse. Within the revered Whitehaven Palace, the crucible where heroes are forged, the art of wielding magic takes precedence as their primary arsenal, with the noble intention of transforming the world into a utopia. However, despite these valiant efforts, the insidious nature of evil and villainy persists, an enduring dichotomy. It's an unyielding truth that in this realm, one must invariably assume the role of the antagonist, for the equilibrium between malevolence and benevolence is integral to the sustenance of this world. Hence, the perennial question arises: who shall bear the mantle of villainy this time? In this intricate tapestry of existence, a world devoid of villains paradoxically renders heroes ineffectual. For it is within the clash between hero and villain that the essence of heroism truly shines. Without the opposing force of villainy, the purpose of heroes dwindles into insignificance, underscoring the undeniable symbiosis between these antithetical entities. [Easy English version of the synopsis incase you did not understand the main one!] Magic is a mysterious power that gives people extraordinary abilities, letting them change the world in good or bad ways. In the Whitehaven Palace, where heroes are made, using magic is really important. The goal is to make the world a perfect place. But even with these good efforts, bad things still exist. This is a never-ending balance between good and evil. In this world, someone always has to be the bad guy because both good and bad are needed to keep things going. So, who will be the bad guy this time? In this complex world, if there were no bad guys, heroes wouldn't be able to do much. The clash between heroes and villains is what shows true heroism. Without bad guys, heroes don't really have a purpose, showing how they both need each other in a surprising way. [Side Note] updates are from Saturday to Wednesday, there will be no updates from Thursday to Friday---i might edit some draft chapters and updates them on Thursdays (sometimes though)

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Ch:2 Complete the team

"That dude of a dragon is kinda full of himself" luke said caressing his chin while rae was nodding in agreement,

come on guys at least we'll have a member don't you think so, Sebastian said, alright now guys, let's find new members we only have few minutes before the bedtime and we won't be able to find any new members by tomorrow" Sebastian and his friends went on and on looking for some new members to join them and they luckily found members and the team is complete.

"alright now we're complete" Sebastian said in a happy and proud tone, then a girl who's the newbie of the team raised her hand politely indicating that she wanted to say something "aren't we supposed to be 7 sir?, we're only 6" the girl Said which Luke replied to her "actually we're 7, we do have a 7th member, he just went to sleep" the new girl nodded in agreement, after some talk between the group members the creepy annoying piano started to play again which indicates that its the bedtime so everyone went their separate ways and straight to their dorms to sleep.

Eloise and Rae live in the same dorms while Freya lives in another section, Luke and Sebastian live in the same dorms while Theo lives in separate section and Dragon or rightfully Felix lives alone at the end of the hallway, and therefore everybody went to sleep. as it was everybody's 1st night in Whitehaven Palace.

"Rae, Rae" a voice was whispering while trying to wakeup Rae then slowly Rae started to wakeup and look at who was waking her up and it was Eloise, Rae whispered back in confusion "what, why did you wake me up Eloise?" then Eloise pointed at an area around the Large door that separates the room and hallway saying that she saw a silhouette of a man with a sword walking around there, confused and yet scared Rae tried nodded in denial telling Eloise that it's just maybe something that she saw because she was half asleep and half awake and it's nothing that scary but Eloise kept on insisting that she saw the man there, "a man with a sword?" Rae said and Eloise replied "yes, the man seemed a little taller than average and he had a sword on his hand" maybe he's one of guards who knows? said Rae after that girls went back to sleep trying to not think about anything since they'll have to wakeup super early tomorrow and they have a lot of works to do.

Felix did not sleep yet, as he was busy cleaning his room and after that he grabbed that book again and started to read the book as if that book is the last thing he'll ever read, then he came across a chapter of the book with the title being "Mary Whitehaven, the evilness in human form"

Felix marked that chapter so that he can continue reading it tomorrow and went directly to sleep.

[ next morning ]

the annoying piano sound as the usual now its time to wakeup, all the students gathered in the Large hall room of yesterday but this time all of them were in teams, "Here you're dragon, we've been looking for you a lot" Luke said to felix who wasn't bothered at all, "well, as you should" Felix said to luke and after that they both went to meet the rest of the team where Sebastian had to introduce the new members to felix

"alright guys, this is the member Luke told you about yesterday, his name is dragon, also dragon these are Freya, Eloise and Theo" Before the members could introduce themselves properly the headmaster suddenly appeared on the wooden circle in the middle of the hall, with super serious and cold expressions on his face

"alright, all of you are teams of 7 I see, and I want to congratulate you for doing your 1st task, which was separating into teams of 7" the students looked at each other confused after the headmaster said that, then he continued "now get ready for your 2nd task, which is the key to your 1st lesson and remember, remember the most important quote 'you either become a hero or YOU DIE'" after saying that the old man disappeared like the 1st time.

After that bunch of men with masks and swords divided themselves among the teams as every man stood infront of a team to lead or guide them to the 2nd task, each team followed their swordman, and then the sword men handed the teams paper which a number of each paper in, that left the students in confusion, Felix and his team got a paper with the number 187 in it, "so what does this mean?" Sebastian asked which Felix replied in a mocking tone "well, aren't you the leader supposed to be of the group, why don't you figure out what's that number for?" Sebastian looked at felix in disbelief with the other members confused as well then Sebastian said "well, it's called team work for a reason" after that Freya pointed at something saying "there, that's it" the rest of the team looked at Freya and at where she was pointing, and she was pointing at a large door with the number 153 written at the top of it, "See guys, that door has that number which means that the door is for a team with the paper of that number, so that means we have a door with our number and now we have to look for our door" Freya said and all of the team agreed with her as what she said made a lot of sense since they looked around the Large hallway to find more and more doors with numbers written on the top, after looking around they finally found a Door with 187 on the top of it "alright finally we're there" Rae said with an smile of excitement

as they approached the door, the door was locked and they couldn't even move the doorlock, "OK now, what are we supposed to do?" Theo asked the group in which the did not have an answer to, then Felix moved them aside paving a way for himself closer to the door trying to observe the door and slowly touching it until his hand touched something that felt like a paper, felix swiped the paper out of the lock hole, and the paper said "Only a True Villain can open this room" which left the members in a severe confusion, "only a Villain can open this door? what do they mean by that?" Luke said in a pissed tone not liking the situation then Felix suggested "alright team, this might sound impossible because they want us to be heroes but now they're asking for true villains, I believe that we have to solve some puzzle to get inside the room"

"so, how are we gonna do that? " Eloise said to felix in which felix replied "easy, we'll have to find the Villain and tell them to open the door" They looked at felix as if what he said wasn't really right, after that a sound came from the other side of the door saying "hello team 187, I'm your mistress, and I'll ask you only 3 questions, if you get any of them right and figured out the Villain within these 3 questions, you'll have the door opened and if you couldn't do that, then you probably will fail your 2nd task and with that you'll be the failed hero, understood?" the woman on the other side said to the team

After that the woman said "now I want you to send one of you to answer the 1st question and remember only 1" after that the team looked at each other trying to figure out who are they sending, then Theo raised his hand telling his team "I'll go 1st, I might get this right" alright then good luck, Sebastian said to him

After that Theo went closer to the door saying "I'm here, how ask the question, to the mistress" alright what's your name son? the woman said, which Theo replied, my name is Theo, alright Theo now move aside and signal your friends to send their 2nd member, the master said in which left theo shocked and dumbfounded as he didn't realise that he answered the question

his friends were far away from the door and couldn't hear the question nor Theo was able to tell them what happened as the swordman was there between them, Theo gestured to them that he failed the 1st question and now they have to send someone else, Eloise raised her hand saying that she's gonna try in which Luke and Rae disagreed saying that they have to pick the best this time then Sebastian looked at Freya and said "why don't you try this time? you were the one of solved the paper puzzle at the 1st right?now go and try this" Sebastian said in which the others agreed eventually, alright then I'll try to see my luck Freya said before heading closer to the door

"I'm here" Freya said in a shaking voice afraid to get this wrong and disappoint her friends,

"alright, who do you think is the true villain?" The woman asked Freya in which Freya replied in the same shaking voice "a true villain is someone who loves to do the evilness and never stops even if that's the last thing they'd ever do" the woman said "alright, your answer is quite reasonable but not what I asked" now move aside and signal your friends to send their 3rd and last member

Freya's face went pale all of a sudden when she heard that her answer isn't the right one and by her expressions her friends knew she got the answer wrong, this 3rd time and without any discussion Felix said that he'll go and see what they've got "are you sure you can do it dragon?" Sebastian said and Felix didn't even answer that as he went straight closer to the door saying "here" to the woman or the master behind the door, "alright, what's your name?" The woman said trying to fool felix the way she did with Theo but felix was smarter than that, Felix did not reply to her question and left her in silence and after that the woman said "alright, seems like you're the tough one I see, now tell me who do you think the true villain is" which felix replied "whoever behind this door is a true villain, because you're not letting the heroes in and that's something a villain would do" after felix gave his answer the door opened automatically out of nowhere which means his answer was the correct one.