Trespassing Private Property

Once all the commotion have died down the next day, the woman in black duck out into the shadow of the trees and slipped into the evening. The wind was cool due to the coming of winter. After leaving the trees, she weaved around the bushes with her nose turned up the moment she noticed the other monkeys with a scowl, "How beastly... How could they throw me into this little realm just because those beastmen means nothing to me."

However, he recalled the master telling her not to attack the boys in the realm. She pouted, "With one flick I could've killed them all too and be done with. It's not like our target is a beastman anyway."

She smirked when she sniffed out the scent of something nice, "Oh? I wonder what this smell is?"

.....

In the room, Lotus had already began her research into the topic when Crystal flew in from her window.

"Master returned and is going to stick his nose into the books again?" Crystal responded.

Lotus nodded, "I can't slack off if I want to achieve my goals."

"Remember that your health is also of great importance." Crystal reminded her, "Your immortal body is not accustomed to the lifestyle of mortals who require food, water and sleep every day. You should be careful as to not make your body sluggish. Everyone knows Master is capable of taking care of himself, but I don't want to see Master hurt himself by adjusting to the lifestyle of mortals..."

Crystal was trying not to offend her new master as it was true that she was impressed by her diligence and abilities, but her life is also tied to her so she wanted to remind the master. Lotus smiled, "It's quite all right. Thank you for the reminder, Crystal. I'll be sure to be careful of own schedule. It'll only be for a short while."

"The Niersi Lilies also which to speak with Master." Crystal reminded her.

"Oh?" Lotus raised a brow, "Is she well?"

The butterfly flapped her wings, "She is. The cultivator has tried to come after her, however, they have been subdued."

"All right." Lotus nodded, "Let her know that I'll meet with her tonight, so help her with the luggage."

"Yes, Master." Crystal turned around and flew away.

"Not gooddd!!!!!!"

Lotus raised a brow and looked up as Xiao Li dashed into her room.

"Lotus! Some guys are trying to enter your dorm room!!!"

"What?" Lotus raised a brow before she recalled something, "I remember there was a saying about test of courage usually taking place in a haunted house. I bet some tourist has taken our dorm as a haunted house..."

She frowned and had Xiao Li strategically led her out. Shortly after arrival to the outside of her room, she could hear a lot of voices in the dorm. Lotus, in her uniform, came out into the halls that was left unfinished during it's renovation and thought for a bit before she sighed.

.....

She reached out and carried a ladder from under her arm and the row of green wall paper and glue before walking out to the lounge just in time to run into the group that crashed into her knocking the bucket of glue from her hand and onto her pant leg. She looked up in bewilderment, "What the? What was that for?!"

She furrowed her brows at the sight of the girls and guys and frowned, "Why are there visitors in the house? We haven't finished renovating the dorm!"

"Renovate? This haunted house?" The guy looked to her in disbelief, "Why are you renovating a haunted house?"

"It's because this is a home for our ghosts and prefect that we are renovating the house." She folded her arms with an angry scowl, "We can't have our ghosts have no where to live when they are the staff of the school! Did the ghost give you permission to let you in or did the headmaster give you permission? It's over open hours right now too. Ten-thirty. The school event closes at ten at night for seven days. We don't pull any exceptions because we still have class the next day or are you trying to say education isn't as important as it should be for everyone who puts in their all for their future by breaking into school ground? No respect for the staff ghosts either who work to help the school? How often does a school take in ghosts and give them a place to stay for their work?"

"Th-That's not it! W-We didn't know this place was being renovated!" The girl called out instantly.

"Then, did you know this place is also a private home? You can't tell me that you did not see the sign outside the doors either." Lotus scowled, "As much as the headmaster is a kind individual, continuing further is stepping on the school's respect for the people of the Isle. I didn't think that Rainbow Descent was someone who'd ignore the privacy of others. What more do you want to explore? Our rooms next? Our drawers?"

The woman froze when she heard her account name being called out. The guy scowled, "Are you trying to drive us out? We're visitors that came this far and took the time to come over and you're kicking us out?"

"Are you trying to kick the ghosts and the prefect out of their house? Are you trying to shame our school?" Lotus scowled, "You even knocked over my bucket of glue! If you really mean well, then take your pictures outside. The last we need is you to come in while someone living is changing, then who's in the real trouble here?"

"As if we'll do that!" Another woman yelled back.

"But, you're bold enough to trespass onto private property in the after hours?!" Lotus sneered, "I've always thought that Magicam was such an amazing thing, but such a thing can cause people to disobey the laws to the privacy of other people? If this goes on, we can only send a complaint to the company."

She sighed, "As much as the event is important to the school, it still has the responsibility of the safety of the students. He'll have to inform the Magicam when he was looking forward to such an event. I hope the company won't be charged with anything too major..."

"As if!" The boy shouted, "Magicam will never die!"

Lotus laughed, "That's what the last person said before a security camera was sent to the media and company of a certain someone breaking into the museum... Sound familiar? It just so happened that we already have set up the security camera first before we started construction."

"Guys!" A girl cried out, "Someone posted of us entering the dorm and even explicitly added the sign outside the door. Eek! They even got the students to admit that they tried to keep us out! Oh my god! It's received over five million views and one thousand comments! Even Magicam company is apologizing for this with an actual long message! Ah! My account! It's shut down!"

"Wh-what?!" The man yelled in horror, "Who is it? Who took a video without our permission?!"

"I-it's..." The girl stammered in tears now, "It's that mysterious magicam account that started over a month ago! The one that's trending so hard recently! With the hundred of drawings and clothing videos... And the school is already "

The guy looked up on his phone and gasped, "He's visiting the school right now with RydeenShoesCollector! Oh no! Oh no! Let's book it! Go go go!"

"Let's go see if we can find that mysterious magicammer instead!" Someone shouted.

Before she could add anything else, She heard a crash as they rushed out the door.

Lotus shook her head with a sigh and took up a rag to clean up the spilt glue after putting aside the row of paper and ladder. After cleaning up the glue, she stood up and called over to them, "You guys come out. The coast is clear now."

It was then that Grim and the ghost popped out of the janitor closet and cheered, "Lotus actually scared them away! Hooray!"

"Finally..." Grim sighed as he plopped down onto the ground in near tears, "They kept pulling on my ears and my tail... I thought they were going to pull me apart and almost took over our home!"

"Our privacy was going to be in danger too..." The smaller ghost said in near tears.

"You should thank that mysterious magicammer instead." Lotus responded with a sigh, "If he didn't post the video, it'll take longer to get them out of our house. However, this won't be the same during open hours. You guys will have to speak with the committee tomorrow as soon as you can. Anymore uploads about people breaking into the school grounds and it'll damage the school's reputation."

"What do you mean?" The chubbier ghost questioned in confusion.

"The school is responsible for the education of the students." Lotus explained, "If we keep posting of how much people are disrespecting the school, the guardians of the students would feel that the school is too weak to defend and protect their students dropping the school's reputation. What the magicammer did today was help us, but if they continue to see this again tomorrow and put it on Magicam?"

"Oh no..." The skinnier ghost gasped.

Lotus nodded with a sigh, "I've put in a few words for the headmaster, but I can't guarantee it'll go smoothly again next time. I also can't continue to use the school's fame or the headmaster's name around for us. For now, I've ensured our privacy for the night, but you guys will have to do something when opening hours start for the rest of the week or we'll disappoint the school and the headmaster."

"Y-Yes, sir..." The four nodded their head obediently.

"Thanks, Lotus..." Yuu said nervously in shame, "I... Couldn't do anything despite being the prefect..."

"You've taken the resident's well being into mind first." Lotus raised a brow, "How is that not doing anything? Isn't this your first time encountering this incident? You did pretty well despite the situation. A house can always be rebuilt, but a tail can't be grown back and a life can't be brought back. A supervisor needs to think of those around him first. I'd have taken everyone out of the dorm if it was me. You did pretty well fighting back when magic can't be used against visitors and you can't use magic yourself either. Pretty impressive if I must say so myself."

"That's right!" The lean ghost laughed, "I didn't think of hiding in the janitor's closet when we were all panicking!"

"See?!" Grim smirked and patted with reassurance, "You did really good finding a hiding spot, servant!"

"I-I see." Yuu blushed slightly whilst ignoring the last word of his sentence.

Lotus sighed, "I'm going to speak with the Headmaster. He won't be happy about me using his name without permission, but it's better than losing our home entirely."

"I'll come with you!" Yuu spoke up.

Lotus shook her head, "I have some private matters to speak with the headmaster later. You guys should first close all the windows and get ready to barricade the doors. We'll also have to finish the repairs as quickly as possible so less people would think that this is an abandoned home. Also, I'd have to ask the ghosts to stop posting pictures for the time being if that's all right?"

Yuu nodded, "I'll repair the locks as soon as possible too. But, will you really be okay?"

Lotus nodded back, "Lilia-senpai is still outside with the Diasomnia students. I'm sure Lilia-senpai will want to report this to the headmaster since they've also been reminding the visitors not to enter the dorm."