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Writing a short story to introduce my version of Yuu to NRC.
The ceremony should have ended. All the students had come up and been sorted. Or so Crowley thought.
Yet, when hundreds of students lined up according to their dorms, there was a single person left, sitting in the middle among rows of chairs, his face hidden underneath the shadows of the hood.
Crowley hadn't seen him before. He didn't even know there was someone left out because he was certain that's everyone. He counted the coffins and the number of students lining up, and they matched! There shouldn't be anyone left out.
And yet, there he was, waiting patiently.
However, it seemed Crowley wasn't alone in this. The house wardens thought the same when they spoke their minds.
But he was still a student, the ceremonial robes were proof of that. Crowley had no choice but to let him stand before the Mirror of Darkness even as doubts and unease nagged at the back of his mind.
"Yuu," that is the name of the student. Strange and uncommon.
And then the mirror spoke,
"I sensed not a spark of magic in it. The colors, the shape, all are nothing. Therefore, it is not suited for any dormitory."
'It'. The mirror had said 'it', but it was easy to dismiss because everyone's attention zeroed in on the fact that 'he' had no magic.
The room immediately burst out with murmurs. It was understandable, of course. This single student had no magic, and yet, the Black Carriage had carried 'him', and they never made mistakes.
Crowley attempted to send 'him' home, but the result was not what everyone expected. The mirror couldn't find 'his' home.
No magic, no home to return to. Crowley was at a loss in this situation.
Yuu merely smiled, soft and knowing, and 'his' pair of black eyes were strangely too dark, like an abyss itself had made its home there, devoid of light.
A few arguments here and there, and the next thing Crowley knew, he begrudgingly accepted this new student as his new responsibility. Since Yuu was unsuitable for every dorm, Crowley brought 'him' to the ramshackle dorm where 'he' can settle in.
When he left Yuu there, Crowley pretended he didn't feel watched all the way to his office.