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It was quite a normal day at Babyls Demon School. The headmaster Lord Sullivan was out for a 13 Crowns meeting and Opera was in charge of patrolling the school with him gone. Balam was organising his plants and concoctions and Kalego was teaching the Misfit Class as always.
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"Alright, you troublesome brats better finish all of your assigned homework, I don't want to see even ONE answer blank or else you'll all have double the homework tomorrow." Kalego slammed his book shut, "Class is over, leave."
Kalego watched as all of the Misfits filed out of Royal One.
"See you tomorrow, Eggy-sensei!" Clara cheered. Kalego ignored her.
When the classroom was empty Kalego sighed. "I didn't even get one wink of sleep last night again, those Misfits are such a terrible bunch."
Kalego turned to leave. Then he saw a notebook lying on one of the desks.
"Did one of those idiots forget something again?" he wondered. He grabbed the notebook and flipped to the first page. The page was almost entirely empty except for a name and a few crossed-out scribbles. Iruma Suzuki.
"That damn brat, he didn't even write down any notes, he'll be receiving a huge pile of homework tomorrow." Holding the notebook, he left the classroom and walked down the empty hallway.
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"Oh no! I forgot my notebook back at Royal One!" Iruma exclaimed, "I need to go get it!"
"I'll come with you, Iruma-sama." Bowed Asmodeus.
"Me too, me too! I'll come too, Iruma-chi!" Bounced Clara.
"Thanks guys, let's go." The trio walked back down the hallway to Royal One, where they would soon meet the Guard Dog yet again.
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"Ugh, my head is killing me." Mumbled Kalego as he navigated his way through Babyl's complex corridors. "I wonder when my wicked phase is going to come, it's almost time anyway. I should go to Balam for some sleeping aids soon."
Suddenly, Kalego fell to his knees as he felt his heart pound. His hair started to fall into his face as his usually slicked back hair unraveled. He felt feelings of anger and the urge to return to origins clouded his head. Feelings that were not his own. The air was charged with electricity as Cerberion began to appear. Kalego stared at his hands in shock as he recognized the undeniable symptoms; he was entering his wicked phase.
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Iruma was idly chatting with Asmodeus and Clara when they saw Kalego. He was holding a hand to his temple as if he had a headache.
"Kalego-sensei, are you alright?" Iruma asked as soon as they were within earshot.
Kalego never answered his question. He collapsed to the ground.
"KALEGO-SENSEI!" The trio ran towards him. However, as soon as they got close, Cerberion appeared, growling and ready to protect its master.
"A-azz-kun, Clara, what do we do?" Iruma asked, "We can't even get close to Kalego-sensei, let alone treat him."
"Iruma-sama, isn't Opera-san on patrol today? Could you ask him to come help?" Asmodeus answered.
"W-well, I don't know where Opera-san is..."
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"You called, Iruma-san?" Opera appeared from behind them.
"OPERA-SAN? WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?" The trio screamed in unison.
"Well, when you called for me, of course. I have quite the sensitive hearing."
"Well, now that you're here Opera-san, could you help treat Kalego? He suddenly collapsed." Iruma pointed at the still figure of his teacher, still protected by the snarling Cerberion.
Opera paused at the sight. "It looks like he's entered a wicked phase. We'll need Balam for this." Opera turned around, "I'll go fetch him."
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Balam was just putting away one of his beloved plants when Opera burst through the door.
"Opera-san? Is something wrong?"
"Kalego entered his wicked phase. He's unconscious for now but who knows what he'll do when he wakes up."
Balam listening to this reacted frantically. "A wicked phase?!? How in the Devi?!? And at school too?!? Opera, I need you to fetch the container at the back of the room. It's Kalego's sleeping aids for his wicked phase."
Opera hurried to get the container. However, there were two containers in the back of the room and none of them were labeled. One was Kalego's sleeping aids, and the other? It was Wicked Phase Pills.