Willem V Rembrandt

## Willem V Rembrandt(also: Strange Taffy)

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**Willem V. Rembrandt** is the third and last romanceable character from The Sword of the Queen (Season 8). He is a Dragonkin and the Headmaster of Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy in Season 6.

## Appearance

In Zeus' route his physical appearance was described as: "His skin was as pale as porcelain, his eyes glowed like rainbow, and his head grew two curled horns. His inhuman beauty left the MC staring in awe". He has long, black hair, pointy ears and black fingernails. He tends to have his long hair loose but with some braids tied with cuffs akin to the one Liz (MC) wears in season 6. He has long, red earrings and carries a staff topped with a large red jewel. He wears majestic black robes with an light bluish-purple inside that comes with a hoodie, and he also wears a cloak. He also wears a jeweled golden belt. He wears slippers as shoes along with a jeweled ankle chain.

In the event Lively Little Friends, it was disclosed that Rembrandt has a lizard-like tail. This is seen in his in-game full image.

In the After School Romance Story Event a new outfit was created for him: casual clothes. He wears a purple long sleeve shirt with a vest, black pants and a cloak. He also wears black gloves with an amethyst ring. In his CG it shows that some of his hair becomes, at some point, a greenish blue. Although his normal CG doesn't show this.

Disguise: A tiny stuffed animal with brown fur that resembles Taffy, save for the big ears, horn, and a lizard tail. He wears a purple bow and a dark blue waistcoat. From season 6 to the end of season 7 (Lucious' route) this form of his is called "Strange Taffy".

## Plot

### **Season 6**

Willem V. Rembrandt showed upon campus as the new Headmaster just after Headmaster Randolph's retirement. Willem wasted no time revealing the secret existence of the Night Class and that he was working for a new future for the academy. The first time Liz meets him officially (in Zeus' route), she is astonished by his inhuman beauty. Rembrandt announces to her that, on Klaus's request, she has been selected to take the trial to become a Prefect. Rembrandt smiles and he even comments: "I sense a strong will and a stout heart in you. [...]You were right, Klaus. I do like this one. She's every bit intriguing as you said she would be."

He gives Liz a brooch as a good-luck charm for her trial, which turns out to be an object that Zeus and Lucious want with the belief that it would help them destroy the labyrinth and free Lucious.

They meet again in the party held for Prefects and candidates, where he announces to Liz that Zeus was going to be his judge for her trials.

Rembrandt, like Randolph, was shown as a playful character and easygoing in some senses, such as the time when the Prefects wanted to convince Hiro to take the prefect trial (Hiro's route). They all made it look like it probably was going to take all night and Zeus pointed that Prefects don't have curfews if they don't feel like to. However, Rembrandt reminds them that said rule is not for personal motives but for when they're working, and convincing Hiro to become a prefect was not an academic issue. Then Rembrandt implied that he would turn a blind eye after Zeus was disappointed. In Hiro's route, Liz thinks Rembrandt is kind of creepy since he can smile while hiding something, a statement that she later reveals to him in his route.

Unlike Headmaster Randolph, Rembrandt didn't seem to teach any classes as headmaster; thus he was rarely seen outside his office or talking to other people other than the prefects or people from the Ministry. He even uses his personal purposes in professional things, such as the time when Liz took her second trial; he told her that her task was to open and make his music box play again. It turned out someone had enchanted his music box as a prank decades ago and he longed to hear his melody again. He also asked Hiro to retrieve a Ministry lady's hat who was suppose to visit the academy soon.

The MC character points out that whenever she takes a task by the Headmaster, she feels she is doing a personal errand for him. Hiro suggests that he probably uses the Prefect trials to do his personal things.

He has a spiral staircase storage room filled with many of his personal belongings where he tends to send the candidates to take one of the Prefect trials.

Despite using students to do his things, especially the Prefects, he tends to be genuinely concerned about or believe in them. Like when he tells Hiro that he personally believed he could be a Prefect, or when he accepted Liz (MC) as a judge. When Hiro declined at first the proposition of the trial he gets sad and also when Zeus is attacked and cursed he feels responsible for this and he promises Hiro he shall do anything to wake him up again. But his duties only go as far as to investigate some way to wake Zeus and uses the prefects to collect all the stuff needed. Also, noticing that Hiro feels bad about the whole situation he asks MC to calm and take care of Hiro.

Rembrandt first appearance in his disguise form was in Zeus' route when Zeus, to show off his summoning abilities, tried to do a dragon summon (the spell was "Invocatio Draco"). He introduced himself as Taffy, Randy's familiar, but Liz noticed that he was not really the Taffy she knew. However, when she asked him if Randy, who loved experiments, had done one on him, the strange Taffy responded that "it was something like that". From then on, everyone referred to him as Strange Taffy.

During Zeus' route, Liz seems to really be quite suspicious of him, because he seems to talk different from the Taffy she knew and when she asked Strange Taffy who was his master, instead of answering right away as the old Taffy would've done so, Strange Taffy looked troubled and ran away from her.

### **Season 7**

In Caesar's route he discloses more about the Dragonkins. When telling how the Dragonkins remained a few due to Wizard's fear of their power, Liz can tell that the Headmaster looked very sad. And there's still a remaining puzzle, when Rembrandt says: "And... if one day, my people return, I'll finally...", but he never finishes his sentence and even though he chuckles, Liz still thinks he was sad reminiscing about the Dragonkins. Rembrandt also accidentally kisses Caesar and turns him into a pig. Liz mentions that the Headmaster had a look of disgust that she'd never seen before and he even says: "To think that in my long life, the day would come that I would kiss a pupil."

In Lucious' route, Liz, Elias and Yukiya find him fighting Hugo, who had already severely injured the headmaster. When asked by Liz why he was attacking the headmaster, Hugo enigmatically answers that he's part of the plan to protect the flow of time, along with the Elixir Seed (Alfonse's route) and the Star Sapphire (Caesar's route). The trio protects the headmaster and Hugo disappears. The three friends take Rembrandt back to the infirmary where Professor Merkulova  and Alfonse are surprised to see how badly injured he is. Liz explains to the professor that she's already tried to heal him with a spell but it didn't work. Merkulova examines the wound and declares it's a cursed wound and that's why Liz's magic had no effect. They try to persuade the headmaster to rest so the professor can heal him but he tries to refuse, though he's weak. He articulates something about an important thing he must do: He must revive his comrades because they're all waiting. After that he collapses and Professor Merkulova says that now he has fainted it will be easier to take care of him. However, it remains a mystery for Liz as to why Hugo would do such a thing.

When Lucious and Liz follow Hugo into a portal, they try to hide in order to watch what Hugo was doing and decide to act based on what they saw. However, before they could do something, Hugo turns around and, confidently, he demands for someone to come out their hiding. At first, Liz and Lucious believe Hugo is calling to them, but they soon discover that the one hiding behind another pillar was Strange Taffy. Taking advantage of his form, Hugo sends Strange Taffy away and Liz tries to stop Hugo but Lucious stops her.

Later, it's discovered that Strange Taffy is actually the headmaster. After Randy finds him caught in a whirlpool (left there by Hugo), he takes it to the castle, where the other prefects are. There, Strange Taffy transforms into the headmaster. At the beginning he's confused and doesn't recognize his whereabouts but after seeing the Prefects, he realizes that he has been discovered. Klaus arrives at that moment and, no longer addressing formally to the headmaster, explains to the group that the headmaster has been conspiring all this time to revive the Dragonkins. This has lead to use the prefects to do certain things without them to truly know the meaning behind such actions. Hiro confesses to the prefects that he was indeed the person that stole the cameo of the Kingdom of Daylight's king in the Moonlight Butterfly case (Klaus II's route). And therefore, disclosing that it was the headmaster whom Hiro was talking to at the end of his route and he was the one who wanted to use BBW for his purposes (Hiro's route). Also, Klaus says that Rembrandt was the one controlling the Minotaur (Zeus' route) and he has been the one pulling the strings behind everything that had to do with the labyrinth, this is why he wanted a position of power such as the one as a headmaster. They all get upset for the betrayal and then Klaus arrests Willem for his actions. During this time, Willem doesn't deny any of his crimes nor he fights the arrest and he only seems to look at the floor always in complete silence.

In Lucious's normal ending, Liz is surprised to see Klaus in the academy. He tells her he's still investigating about what happened a few days ago and mentions that Willem's hearing is going to start soon. Liz asks him what's going to happen to him and Klaus says that "giving his circumstances, he should not get off too badly [because] he's a victim of a past conflict." Liz is relieved to hear it. Also, Klaus informs her that the academy will get a new headmaster soon and because of what happened with Rembrandt, the Ministry is going to be very careful and meticulous with the selection process.

### **Season 8**

He doesn't have a role in Hugo's route, but he's mentioned in some occasions, like when Liz recapitulates about some past events (from season 6 to season 8) and mentions that he was the headmaster that took over Randolph's post and revealed the secret of the Night Class. The next time he's mentioned is when Hugo and Liz travel through time (an especial part of the Magical Board Game tournament) and Liz finds herself in a futuristic building gazing at a lighted metropolis. They suddenly see dragons coming and setting everything on fire. Hugo mentions that those were "the Black Dragon Knights that Rembrandt revived", the strongest and worst enemies the wizards will have to deal in the future. And the third time he's mentioned is in Hugo's happy ending, when Vain tells Hugo that as long as Rembrandt and Felix are alive, the threat is still there.

In Hisoka's route, it's mentioned that he was freed from his prison with Felix's help. He and Felix are behind all the attacks over Hisoka. They used several creatures in order to take Hisoka's grandfather's pocket watch, such as Minidragons, a Kraken, and a wyvern. Until one day, after Hisoka and Liz make arrangements with some of her school friends and beastmen to put up together Hisoka's dream of a market. Willem and Felix show up on that market to demand the watch that, according to Felix belonged to them. Liz sees Willem and mentions: "Unlike during his time at the Academy, Willem wore a dark look and spoke in a low growl. He was an entirely different person without his warmth.".

Felix attacked them and sent Zeus and Lucious flying away easily. When Caesar tried to fight him when he saw Lucious unconscious, Willem stepped in and told Caesar that he was the one fighting him. Caesar asks him if he was serious, because he was their former headmaster after all. Willem retorts that it was all part of his plan and that they were just mere pawns. He sends a plasma ball that almost hits Caesar. He used a barrier on time, but still the spell had been so powerful that Caesar complained on not going easy on a former student. While Felix was dealing with Hiro, Alfonse stepped in to fight Willem. However, both Dragonkins sent flying away their respective opponents. Hisoka and Liz also tried to fight them, but they easily dodged everything thrown at them.

When Felix said to Willem to wrap things up, Willem's horns started to glow, preparing to attack Hisoka and Liz. However, Liz steps forward and asked Willem to remember his time at the academy, if this was the way he really wanted to do things, and that she believed that this was not the man he really was. Willem hesitated and even the glow in his horns flickered. At that moment, a lighting bolt was sent to him and, though he dodged it on time, still it made a rip on his clothes. Soon it was discovered that Hachi had been the responsible for that and he'd been taken hostage by Felix. The dragonkin demanded the watch in Exchange of Hachi's life. Hisoka didn't hesitate and gave the watch away. As soon as they had the watch, Felix released Hachi and both dragonkins disappeared.

His route starts where Hisoka's left. The future has already arrived but it's not what Rembrandt expected to be and he also mentions that "she" isn't there either, which makes him to wish for time turning back. Then, apparently, you (as reader/player) are taken back to the Castle in the Sky, where Felix and Rembrandt have already united the two stones Daydream and Nightmare (Hugo's route) along with Hisoka's grandfather's watch. Felix mentions that these items will help to restore the Dragonkins back and bring the Order of the Black Dragon Knights and, therefore, have the Dragonkins to rule the world. He even reprimands Rembrandt for his hesitation during the incident to retrieve the watch. Rembrandt apologizes for this and tries to show Felix that he's going to help him to make the Dragonkins rise again. Felix mentions Rembrandt that for now they just need to wait for the Goldsteins to create the magical seed they were producing in the Goldstein's Laboratory to make it complete. However, the Elixir Seed was still too weak and they were going to wait a little longer to accumulate more magic.

The next scene showed the Prefects and Klaus to be searching for something that, according with the Ministry's informants, is supposed to be something that gives a clue about the recent debris that were falling from the sky. Liz mentioned that, at the beginning, they were just small rocks and branches, but then started to become larger until a big one destroyed a house. Liz found a stone that seemed to carry the Dragonkin's emblem and they all realize that the debris came from the Castle in the Sky, which made them assume that it was Felix and Rembrandt's doing. They decided to ask Elias for his magical boards again to go over there. Elias summoned them to the academy and he showed them his latest invention, which was a ship that can float. Apparently he had used the same technology as the magical boards to create something bigger, so everybody could ride on it. They all go to the castle, where they met with Felix and Willem. Felix tried to start a fight with the prefects but he's stopped at the last moment by Rembrandt, which made Liz to wonder if this was truly Rembrandt's wish. Felix even tried to strike Liz, but Klaus interfered and casted a barrier to stop Felix's attack. Seeing this the prefects put themselves in front of Liz to protect her and Felix snickers at them mocking about them being Liz's knights. Then, before things got uglier, the ground seemed to crack and the prefects fell through the crack.

Felix is a little upset that they got away again, though he seemed happy that the castle is crumbling, which meant that he's in the right path to break Lacan's seal. Willem asked him, if this was the only way, because he didn't want to get any more casualties. Felix angrily asked him if he's going soft due to his time spent with humans and warned him about betraying his brethren. Rembrandt assured him he wants the Dragonkins to revive, which calmed Felix. He then told Willem that while they're waiting to the Elixir Seed to have enough magic, they should make the search of the Goddess Crystal their first priority because it had the power to seal the castle again, which made Felix to order Rembrandt to find and destroy it and to remember who he is. Rembrandt tugged his cloak over his shoulders, he turned into a purple mist and disappeared.

In the next scene, Liz was falling from the Castle in the Sky and, at the last second, she used a magic Mel had taught her so the trees could save her. While waiting for her friends to find her, she wonders why Rembrandt and Felix didn't seem to be bothered about the castle crumbling apart. At that moment, a pack of werewolves attack her and she does her best to fight them. However, when two werewolves try to attack her at the same time and she loses her wand, she finds herself in disadvantage. Before the pack could attack her, Rembrandt showed up and shielded her. After chasing the werewolves away, Liz asks him why he saved her. At first, Rembrandt only tells her that it was because he saw her falling, and he refuses to give more explanation. He offered his unconditional protection until her friends find her.

Though Liz doesn't really trust him completely, she accepts that he did help her with the werewolves and that she may as well stay with him for the time being. They start walking and, suddenly, it starts raining. Liz's body's temperature drops and she starts to shiver and to sneeze. At first, Rembrandt tries to help by covering her under his cloak, but when he realizes that his cloak won't be enough, he sets to find a refuge. They find a house that, according to Rembrandt's observation, must have belonged to a grave keeper, which according to Rembrandt, was a common job outside of Gedonelune. They enter the house and Liz is a little scared of it, though she tries to hide it the best she could. They started a fire and, though she felt a little awkward at the beginning, Liz starts a little conversation with him. Willem opens up a little to her and reveals her that his magic's element is called Twilight (an element that only Dragonkins can possess). He mentions that there are only three elements that Dragonkins can possess: Daylight, Nightmare and Twilight. And it happened that Lacan, Felix and him had inherited those elements respectively and, because of that, they were called the reciters. He also discloses to her that they infused their power within a tool, sealing a part of them in those items. Liz notices that the names are the same as the stones of destruction and prosperity and Willem mentions that, indeed, Lacan and Felix created the stones and he created the Twilight pocket watch (Hisoka's grandfather's watch). Liz understands now, why they were so keen to retrieve those objects: because they belonged to them in the first place.

Liz also mentions to Willem that she liked his magic because she considered it to be beautiful, gentle and warm. Willem smiles at her and he tells her that that means a lot to him because it'd been ages since someone had told him that kind of compliment. Liz is surprised to see him genuinely smile and she thinks (and confirms) again about how she had found him to be beautiful since the first day she met him. Soon, she started to doze off and Rembrandt encouraged her to rest. Feeling a little safe, she sleeps for a while. She dreams about a moment in her past when, apparently, she was helping/saving a wounded man, who seemed to find her innocence quite appealing. Next thing, she's awoken by Willem, who thinks is best to get going in order to find her friends. However, at that moment, Rembrandt feels that his magical power decreases and next thing he knows is that he transforms into Strange Taffy. At that moment, they're enveloped in a purple light. Afraid of what was happening, Liz grabs Strange Taffy and then they show up in front of the prefects.

Liz is happy to see them all as well as they're to see her safe and sound. Caesar even jokes about Lucious not being able to sleep all night due to his worriness for her safety. They mention that they would have summon her sooner if Zeus had remembered that he could do so. Rembrandt, who is being held tightly by Liz, asks her to let him go because he was choking. When they realised that Strange Taffy had been with Liz all the time, they try to start a fight, but Liz stops them, alleging that he even protected her. They question his motives for that action and Rembrandt confirms that indeed they're enemies, but his action of helping Liz was selfless. Before they could start into a fight, mainly because they don't believe him, Rembrandt leaves the scene.

They return to the Academy where they meet Klaus. He's glad that Liz is safe too and tells them that they need to find out why Felix wasn't the least concerned about Castle in the Sky falling apart and what is their next move. Liz mentions that she only knows that Lacan is the Dragonkin Felix and Willem are trying to awake next. Elias comes running to the prefect's office saying that a very large debris has fallen that has cause a mayhem in town. They go to town and the confirm Elias' report. Randy comes over and he tells them that, fortunately the largest debris, fell on the beach, which was lucky because it was big enough to destroy several buildings. Klaus asks Randy to help Elias and Yukiya to get everyone calmed and to restore peace among the citizens while they go to the beach to investigate. Randy accepts and he sets to help Elias and Yukiya.

The prefects and Klaus go to the beach and they find out that, indeed, the debris was from Castle in the Sky as it bore the Dragonkins' emblem. There, they also meet Vincent and Glenn who tell them that they found out that if they find the Goddess Crystal, they might be able to stop Castle in the Sky to keep falling apart. They mention that this cristal was used to seal the Dragonkins in the first place and that Castle in the Sky is the place where they were sealed, thus turning it into their prison. Klaus decides that in order to stop Castle in the Sky to keep crumbling, they will set to find the crystal. However. they don't know where to start to search or how to recognise it. At this point, Rembrandt, in Strange Taffy form, shows up to tell them he can help them to find it. When they see him, they try to start a fight again, and Hiro is even so prompt to it that he practically had his hand on his sword, but Liz stops them putting herself between her friends and Strange Taffy. Rembrandt mentions that they will never be able to recognise the item even if they find it, because only a Dragonkin can recognise the Goddess Crystal. Rembrandt proposes a truce between them because he doesn't stop to recognise that they're enemies, but they are looking for the same object, so he calls a truce.

Grudgingly, Klaus accepts the terms and they go back to the academy where Rembrandt regains his true form. Professor Schuyler isn't happy to see Rembrandt either. He claims he can't forgive Rembrandt for using and deceiving his dear students, but that if they had agreed to truce, he'll have to accept it. There, Rembrandt starts explaining that long ago, Dragonkins and humans lived in harmony. The Dragonkins gave humankind the Goddess Crystal as a token of their friendship so they could grow their civilisation and technology together. However, humans became greedy and they desired to have more. The war broke between them and they used the power of the Goddess Crystal to seal them away. They decide to accept his help and Klaus tells Willem he can stay at one of the Night Class empty rooms.

Later that night, Liz leaves the prefect office quite late and she sees Willem going somewhere and she decides to follow him. Willem goes to the roof and, while stargazing, Liz talks a little bit more with him. He thanks her about trusting him and she admits that somehow she can see that he's changed. She comments how, when he was the headmaster, Liz couldn't read his thoughts or emotions, like he was wearing a mask, but now she felt that he was being more honest and opened with his feelings and that she's trusting him more because of that. Rembrandt explains to her that it's not a matter of a change of heart but more like starting to feel tired of hiding his feelings and realising that he was doing was not the right way, something that, in order to revive his friends, hadn't thought of. He also mentions to Liz that years ago he had brief encounter with someone who helped him when he was hurt. He says: "I met someone several years ago. A kind person who tended to my wounds when I was hurt. To someone like me who has lived for thousands of years, our meeting was as brief as a shooting star. Though my memory is starting to fade, I remember it well.", and he adds that Liz reminds him of that person. He tells her that this person had a significant impact on his life and, therefore, he doesn't want to destroy the world she lives in. He also mentions that because everyone at the academy is important to him as well, he doesn't want to ruin the world.

The next day, the prefects and Rembrandt went to the library and they read a lot of books to find information about the crystal. Soon it became clear that the Academy's library didn't have the information they needed. They asked Alfonse if he could ask Klaus to have access to the Ministry's library. He answered that he's going to try, but he's visibly worried that Thanatos, Klaus' boss, might deny their request. However, Klaus informed them that Thanatos' agreed to it and they set off to the Ministry. Meanwhile, Hugo and Vain are shown to be admired by Willem's behaviour saying this is the first time line they had seen him act like this. However, they tend to keep an eye on him.

During the trip, Liz showed them she had baked her famous cookies, which had become a sort of tradition for her. Before she could finish her sentence, however, Zeus snatched the bag from her hands and Hiro and Lucious started to fight him over it. Caesar and Alfonse complained about how they always do that and that they never get to eat Liz's cookies because of them. Foreseeing this, Liz surprised them with another bag of cookies meant to share with Caesar, Alfonse and Rembrandt, who's amused by the Night Prefects' fighting. This made him laugh and, along with Liz's cookies compliments, made the Day Class Prefects to open up a little bit more to him, which made Liz a little bit happy.

When they arrived at the Ministry, Vincent and Klaus escorted them to the library, where they started to search for the Goddess Crystal's information. After searching in the books and eating lunch, they all fell sleep, except for Rembrandt and Liz. During their little break, Rembrandt talked to Liz and he shared his view of his friends: Felix and Lacan. To Liz's astonishment, Willem mentioned that Felix wasn't always cruel and stubborn, but rather kind. According to Rembrandt, of all three reciters, Felix used to be the closest to humans and, maybe, because of that, he took their betrayal the hardest, making him the enemy he's today. He also told her that Lacan was the closest to Willem and that he loved him as a brother and he always considered the funniest one. When sharing these memories, Liz noticed that Rembrandt must have felt so lonely, which explained why he would go so far to awake his friends. Willem says that's true, but now he's seen that he was wrong in his methods.

After a while searching in the books, Willem finds about the Goddess Crystal and they discover that the crystal had been passed from generation to generation and that it must be inside a woman's body that, apparently, had the be noble, kind and a peace seeker. They suggested to go to see Queen Zenobia, Queensblade's monarch, who seemed to have the requirements to be a Goddess Crystal's carrier. However, they found it difficult to talk to her at first due to Zeus' lack of class, which made the guards to doubt if he's really a noble's heir (something that all her friends think as well).

While they were wondering what to do, Hisoka shows up. Rembrandt takes the opportunity and apologizes to him for taking his grandfather's watch. Hisoka accepts his apologies and can tell he was truly sorry and that he hadn't need the watch in the end. Apparently he'd been doing so well in Gedonelune and the Gedonelune Times' article had praised his business so much that his past incident with Queenblade's upper men was forgotten and now they received him with opened arms. He offers to help them to meet the Queen since one of his clients now was an Imperial Knight, the Queen's private magical guards.

It turned out that Quistis was the client was the client Hisoka was going to see. She's glad that she could see Liz and her friends because she hadn't forgotten the incident with Felix's copies (Hugo's route). However, this memory led her to mistrust Rembrandt the moment she saw him. To make her trust him, Rembrandt offers Quistis to chain him up but, in the end, it's not necessary due to Liz spoke for him and Quistis trusted Liz so much that she decides not to do it and prepares an audience with Queensblade's ruler. Queen Zenobia is thrilled to see Liz again that she hugs her and asks her to keep calling her Sherezade (the name she gave to Liz when they met in Hugo's route). Willem also apologized to the queen for the conmotion caused by Felix, However, Zenobia neither blamed nor arrested him.

When they explained to her why they wanted to see her, she allowed Rembrandt to check if the crystal was inside her. His horns glow purple and he announces that the crystal wasn't inside Zenobia. Then, by the characteristics they gave her about the crystal's keeper, the queen offered them to go to see Hinomoto shrine maiden: Lady Hinoe, who seemed to also have the kind of character they described. Remrbandt felt relief they hadn't hit a dead end and comments he's happy how this has been turning into a long journey.

They arrived at Hinomo, but because they had to wait for the audience with the Hinomoto shrine maiden, they decided to go sightseeing. Zeus, Hiro and Lucious went to eat some Hinomotan food; Hisoka, Alfonse and Caesar wanted to visit touristic spots; Rembrandt and Liz went their own way to a peaceful-looking garden holding hands. There, Willen and her shared that they felt at peace with each other. Willem told Liz about how he had always been alone for thousands of years. He recalled how it was when his friends, Felix and Lacan, were sealed and how he became a prisoner for humankind. He mentioned that, because he had no friends nor family that would worry for him, he travelled to many countries to try to find a place he could call home. However, people either feared him or avoided him for his Dragonkin nature, except for Liz and the person who treated his wounds years ago.

Liz assures him that she thinks that whether he's a Dragonkin or something else, what matters it's that he's himself. Feeling attracted towards each other, they lean over each other. Alfonse, Caesar and Hisoka show up before their lips met and Liz, instinctively, separated from Willem. They decide to join the Day Class Prefects and Hisoka. Rembrandt started walking towards them and Liz kept staring at his hand feeling lonely for not holding it anymore.

Once they went to see Lady Hinoe, Hisoka instructed them on how they should address to her and about the usual customs when speaking to her. Caesar makes a comment about how he wouldn't be able to live in a place with so many rules, while Rembrandt says that there are people, like him, who marvel at the customs and the culture.

Lady Hinoe arrives but, as told earlier by Hisoka, she's behind a bamboo scroll curtain, which makes it impossible for Rembrandt to know id she's got the Goddess Crystal inside her. After explainin to her why they had asked for a meeting with her, Willem steps forward and talks to her. They share the mutual feelings of two prisoners caged to a past or job situation they neither asked nor sought for. That dares Willem to ask, though Hisoka tries to stop him, to see Lady Hinoe face to face. Lady Hinoe agrees, but when Willem used his powers, it turned out that she wasn't the crystal's keeper.

After that blow, they tried desperately to find another one with the characteristics of the Crystal's carrier. Liz spots another possibility in the songstress: Saella. Willem's surprised by these news because apparently though Randolph had mentioned about the Fairy Kingdom, he had failed to mention her. Liz mentions that maybe because she's not exactly a queen, but the Fairy Magic Academy's headmistress and she was relatively new in her post, due to being trapped in the Crystal Cave before. Therefore, they set off back to the Academy.

When they return to the Gedonelune, they ask Professor Schuyler for permission to visit the Fairy Kingdom. At the beginning, Professor Schuyler refuses believing that Liz and the others would put themselves in danger. However, the prefects and Willem assure him that they were going to protect Liz no matter what. When he sees Willem pledging his word for Liz's safety, Professor Schuyler remarks that about how Rembrandt has been influenced by the group. He decides to grant permission though he wasn't happy about it. He took out a golden key from his pocket, which Willem recognized as the key to the Kingdom of Fairies and the sign that demonstrated that Conrad Schuyler had become the headmaster.

The path to the Kingdom of Fairies opened for them and everyone walked into the light immersed in their own conversation, but Willem stayed behind asking Liz if it was really okay for her to go. With a smile, she assured him she's going to be fine, because they, including Willem, were there to protect her. Rembrandt held her hand until they crossed the path. Liz thought that maybe he had sensed her worrying deep down and his chivalrous attitude made her wonder if she liked him.

After entering the Fairies Kingdom, they are surrounded by a fog. This causes Rembrandt to get a headache because, as a Dragonkin, he's very sensitive to magic. Liz then remembers something about this fog and she shouts to everyone, before they disappeared that they had to follow the light. Rembrandt calls her but she seems to faint.

Liz wakes up in an unknown room and she's startled when she sees Willem sleeping beside her. When he opened his eyes, she explains to him that they probably got trapped together in the World of Illusions, a fairy trick to make people hallucinate. She instructs him that in order to get out of there, you had to follow the light or, else, you'll be swallowed by the darkness. Due to the World of Illusions features a trauma or past memories, she discovers that the room was Rembrandt's former prison, believing that they were in Rembrandt's dark past or memories. He explains to her that after they sealed away Felix and Lacan and erradicated all Dragonkins, he was kept in that room as a war prisoner. Liz sees a young version of Rembrandt and she's heartbroken at how he was falling into despair after learning of his comrades' destinies. Touching gently her cheek, Rembrandt comments her that thanks to her he's no longer in that dark place and he urges her to stay in that place forever with him and even tries to seduce her. Liz realizes this was the World of Illusions after all and, though she was seeing Willem's past, it was her heart the one being swallowed by darkness at the sight of his suffering. After this, a light shows up and she follows the light and after jumping into its brightness she felt someone grabbing her hand and the next thing she knew was that Willem was hugging her.

Willem seemed worried for her and everyone else because, as he explained, after everyone complained of the fog getting thicker he found himself alone. Liz deciphers that maybe the World Illusion didn't affect him because he's not human. A few moments later, everyone started to show up again complaining about the different hallucinations they suffered: Lucious mentioned that he dreamed about being trapped in the labyrinth again; Caesar mentions that his nightmare was about being poor again; and Alfonse dreamed about Klaus being angry at him again. All of them being their traumas. Then Rembrandt asked Liz about her illusion, because he was worried that she looked like she was in pain. Liz kind of avoids the question and only mentions that it involved him in a certain way, which makes him curious about it.

Then, the Fairy of Illusions shows up and mentions about letting them pass free of her magic if they solve a riddle. When she gives it to them, Zeus was about to answer the first things that came up to his mind, but Liz covers his mouth on time and Willem gives the fairy the right answer. When everyone is surprised by this, he mentions that he's good at solving riddles and puzzles. They praise him saying that probably because he's a pure guy. When they laugh at Hiro and Lucious' joke about Zeus being a different kind of pure guy (meaning he was stupid), Liz feels that Rembrandt had become part of the group.

They make it to the Fairy Palace, where they knew Saella was staying and they arrive at the throne room, which had become the Fairy Magic Academy's headmaster's office. They meet Saella, the headmistress, and Eress, who had become a prefect. Eress greets Liz with enthusiasm and, just like with Zenobia and Hinoe, they explain the reason why they were there. Saella agrees to help them and Willem uses his magic once again. Unfortunately, he doesn't find the crystal within her either. The group feels sad when they hear this.

They return to Gedonelune Academy. Downhearted by the dead end, they decide to rest a little before trying to come up with a new plan to find the Goddess Crystal or to avoid the Castle in the Sky crumbling. When everyone retreated to their rooms, Rembrandt asked Liz about her plans. She mentions that she wanted to cook, since that's what it helps her to relax and probably the guys would be hungry once they wake up from their naps, but she mentions she needs to buy the ingredients at the market in downtown. Willem offers her to go with her and to help her with carrying the supplies. She gladly accepts his proposal.

They go to Gedonelune downton and while they're there, Liz gets hungry and Willem suggests to get a snack. Liz, at first, felt a little guilty because she knew Rembrandt didn't need food and he could get bored. However, Rembrandt reminded her that, for him, eating was luxury and that he'd love to try something from the town. So Liz decides to take him to her favourite pie shop. She buys two pies and gives one to Willem so he could try it. However, this turned out to be not so good, because the pies she bought were spicy. When Willem gave a bite, he unexpectedly transformed into Strange Taffy and he started running in circles claiming the pie had been too spicy. Liz, at first, tells him off saying it wasn't that spicy, but he confesses that he can't stand anything spicy. Liz apologizes then, realizing that he must be in pain.

Some kids see Willem's transformed version and they try to catch him to play with him. Willem asks for help and Liz embraces him so the kids wouldn't hurt him. He mentions that because it's his weak point, he uses it accidentally when he needs it the least, especially when he panics. Also, he confesses to Liz that he's really bad at transformation magic and that he wanted to become a replica of Taffy, but he failed, thus turning into the version that the Prefects named Strange Taffy. Liz giggles at this and she says that the group would probably laugh at this as well. While he calms down, Liz suggests to walk together a little longer; Rembrandt mentions that it's a good idea since it felt very nice to be in her arms.

While walking, Liz arrives at the harbor with Willem still in her arms. Then Willem announces he's ready to transform back into himself. When his human form appears he mentions that it was very cozy in her arms. This statement makes Liz self conscious about carrying him in Strange Taffy form, which makes her embarrassed. Willem laughs at this because, as he mentions, she's carried Caesar the same way when he turned into a pig. However, he feels happy to hear this, because it means that (and he caresses her cheek) that she sees him as a man. Then he teasingly whispers in her ear that maybe she likes him, which made her blush. He chuckles realizing that maybe he was a little mean with her and apologizes for making her uncomfortable. He then suggests to go back to the academy.

The thought of wanting to spend more time with Willem was so overwhelming that Liz grabbed Willem's sleeve. He kindly asked her what was it, but she couldn't tell an answer as to why she had tugged his sleeve. Seeing this, Willem held her hand and decided to walk with her that way. He also proposes to help her with dinner. Liz's surprised by this and asks him if he could cook. He mentions that he never tried but he wanted to give it whirl.

Back in the academy, Liz made Rembrandt to change into clothes that were easy to move around (This is the second time, his "informal" clothing is shown). His clothing makes him look mature and handsome that Liz blushes when he sees him. He asks her what they were going to make and Liz comments that she was thinking of making beef stew, since Zeus loved meat, and also a salad and a baguette. He asks her what he could do and she suggests to start with chopping vegetables. Liz is amazed to see him chopping as a professional and asks him if that was really his first time cooking. He mentions that Dragonkins tend to do most things right, even on their first try, due to their brains developing twice faster than humans. Liz's awed by this information and she mentions that is no wonder that their civilization was so successful thanks to them being geniuses. He comments that although this is true, the drawback for them was that they never developed technology to wage a war, since they didn't like fighting. He mentions that they believed in solving conflict through dialogue and conversations. due to their beliefs, they fell so far behind weapons and armory that they lost the battle against humankind.

During this time, he had put aside his knife and stared off into space reminiscing of the past with a sad look, which pained Liz. She comments about how she had heard it all wrong about the Dragonkins. Rembrandt tells her that Felix and him were the only ones that remembered how the Dragonkins truly were, because humans only remembered what was useful to them, indicating that they only focused in the last part of the war, when Dragonkins developed their fighting technology: the Order of the Black Dragons, which was formed of dragons. However, because the Dragonkins created them very late, they still lost the war. Still the prototypes of the Knight were powerful enough to pass into the history books.

Liz comments she thought it was strange they had lost the war with all the power they had. Rembrandt curiously says that she talked like she had seen the Order of the Black Dragons with her own eyes. She responds that she did when she was transported temporarily to the future and she saw how he engulfed everything into a sea of flames. Rembrandt says that he actually never saw them in action but by her comments he imagines that they're really powerful. He feels sorry for trying to bring back something so terrible and apologizes. She tells him she understands he didn't know and he should stop blaming himself, especially since he's changed his mind about reviving the Order of the Black Dragons. He says he really has, especially since he started to hang out and travelling with her and that she has made him believe that the Dragonkins' long desire to achieve peace without fighting could be a reality. Liz also expresses her desire to revive his brethren and friends without violence. Hearing her saying these words, Willem feels attracted to her at the point of asking why she was so nice to him. Liz doesn't give him a straight answer and she feels her face turning beet red. Concerned, Willem asks her if she was having a fever and touches her face. This makes her cool off but, at the same time, Liz realizes that she's falling for Willem.

To hide her embarrassment, Liz asks him to keep chopping. Willem mentions to her that being human might be inconvenient, since they have to cook all their meals in order to ingest them. Liz remarks that although this may be true, she likes to cook to see how the people that taste her cooking enjoy it. Rembrandt sees she likes to cook in order to see people's smiles. After hearing this, he asks her why she was so beautiful.

He also confesses to her that he was dissapointed, yet quite glad when he found out that Saella wasn't the crystal's carrier, because it meant that he could spend more time with her. When Liz asked him to explain himself better, he hugged her. While hugging, Liz starts to feel overwhelmed by her own feelings towards Willem. At that moment, the sound of the boiling water made them to separate and return to their cooking. While they were at it, Liz started to wonder if the hug meant Willem's feelings were just the same as hers, but also she was aware that due to the circumstances, there wasn't a future where they could be together yet, which made her to ask herself if she should be pursuing a romance with Willem.

They finish the meal and are heading to the Night Class when Elias comes running towards her and Willem saying that the town is under attack by some magical beasts. He tells them that Zeus and the others were already on their way. Willem mentions to Liz that the attack is probably Felix's doing because creating magical beasts was part of his Nightmare abilities. Willem and Liz are about to head to town when a Ministry's familiar came down and informed them that there had been an explosion in the Goldstein's Lab and they needed help. Willem suspects Felix's doing as well, but he doesn't share this information with Liz.

They arrive at the Goldstein's Lab and, among the chaos, Liz spots Hugo, Vain and Mischa. Vain reprimands Liz for getting along with their enemy. Mischa and Hugo also comment about the possibility of Willem plotting against them this whole time. Liz defends Willem and Rembrandt confirms that he suspects Felix's the one behind the lab's attack, but he confesses that he didn't know he would move so fast or he would have stopped him otherwise. Liz tells him she trusts him and even Hugo admonishes her for trusting Willem. Though he's grateful, even Rembrandt advises her to stop trusting him but she refuses to do so.

An explosion occurs and Willem wraps Liz with his cloak in order to protect her. Felix comes out from the building holding the Elixir Seed in his hand. Mockingly, Felix greets Hugo, Vain, Mischa and Liz by their titles (messenger of the future and the Goddess of Time). He greets Willem rather upset due to the fact of spending time with Liz. Rembrandt is shocked that he knew he had been looking for the Goddess Crystal. However, Felix breaks into a smile and assumes Willem had done it so, as soon as they found the Crystal, Willem would destroy it like they had planned it at the beginning. Liz yells at Felix claiming that he was wrong, but Felix confidently exclaims that Willem, as a Dragonkin, cannot betray his brethren and, therefore, he was loyal only to him. Liz pleads Willem to deny Felix's words. At first, he's seen struggling, but at the last moment he pledges his loyalty to Liz, which infuriates Felix and admonishes Willem for his betrayal.

Felix tries to attack Willem, but he seems unaffected by Felix's attack. Willem tells Felix that he doesn't want to betray his brethren and he just wants to live in peace alongside humans. Felix calls him a fool for trusting humans after the betrayal they suffered in the past. Hugo and Vain are even surprised to see both Dragonkins fighting. Liz and them are unable to keep standing with all the miasma Felix was producing. They also make it clear that Felix can't leave with the Elixir Seed in his hands because he surely would make the Order of the Black Dragons reborn. Rembrandt comments that this was their original plan. On the other hand, Vain and Hugo are shocked that the Elixir Seed that Felix has is an almost full seed, which means that the House of Goldstein has managed to gather magic rather faster than in their timeline. Hugo calls this the point of convergence. He explains that no matter how many times they relive the past, each timeline converge at one point of destruction. In other words, it's clear for them when the world is going to be destroy and no matter how much they try, the future never changes.

After hearing their explanation Liz comments she doesn't want to give up and she will try to aim for a future where humans and Dragonkins can live together happily in peace. Felix retorts she lives in a fantasy world and that humans will always betray them, so he will make sure to destroy them before they get the chance. Liz counters back saying not all humans will aim for that. She starts fighting Felix, who mocks her confidently saying that she can't defeat him. However, she manages to scratch his face, which angers him further. He launches a dark sphere to her, but she's unable to lift a barrier due to her magic going weaker because of Felix's miasma.

Seeing this, Rembrandt puts himself as a human shield and Felix's attack hits him hard, which makes Felix hesitate to keep attacking and this weakened his miasma. Seizing the opportunity, Vain and Hugo attack Felix: with his right eye, Vain freezes Felix on the spot so he can't escape while Hugo creates a magic circle to attack Felix. When Rembrandt sees the messengers of the future attacking his brother, he casts a spell to protect Felix and, taking advantge of this, he leaves with the Elixir Seed.

Vain and Hugo angrily turn to Willem to attack him believing that he indeed was on Felix's side, but Liz stops them understanding Willem's reasons: he had pledged his loyalty to her, but he was still a Dragonkin and, therefore, he couldn't bare to see his friend/brother to be attacked and get hurt. She wraps her arms around him to protect him. Hugo insists on her to move away, but she doesn't budge claiming that, just like Willem, she'll try to find a way to a happy future in the best possible way. Vain explains to her that, although she believes Willem to be different, Felix wasn't. Mischa also points out that now Felix's got the Elixir Seed he will use it to revive the Order of the Black Dragons. Vain mentions he's going to stop him before he does and Hugo also remarks that killing Willem wouldn't change the future and, although Vain calls Hugo naïve, he understands Hugo's statement and decides to make Felix their top priority and they leave the pair behind.

Before leaving, Mischa asks Liz if she's in love with Willem and, with no hesitation on her part, she claims she is. Rembrandts is shocked to hear this revelation, but he tells her he's very happy hearing this. He apologizes again for defending Felix, but she tells him she understands he just wanted to protect his family and friend. She also mentions that she would do the same. Hearing this, Rembrandt, in lovingly way, caresses her cheek and thanks her mentioning that she's too kind.

Liz tries to cast a spell on him seeing that he was still injured and had trouble to breathe. However, Willem stops her, saying that healing spells don't work on him. Liz is about to go and fetch some help from Alfonse's clinic, but he embraces her from behind stopping her. He comments that as long as his horns don't break, he's going to heal. Liz asked him why he put himself in such a risk for her because, even if he heals very fast, his injuries must hurt. Rembrandt tells her he just wanted to save her and, before he realized it, his body moved on its own. He commented that he had previously done that for the girl he mentioned to her the other day at the academy's roof. Willem also mentioned that he had never wanted to protect that girl the way he did, which pained Liz to listen to him talking about another woman. She asked him again about if she reminded him of her. He replies that she does: her aura, warmth and kindness are just like hers (which was no comfort for her). Then she asked him about his feelings for her. He whispered into her ear: "I thought you knew, but I cannot tell you myself right now...". When she asked him why not, he only said that it was because he didn't have the right because he needed to do something first, but if everything went well, he would tell her how he truly feels. He also begs her to runaway as far as she can and when everything's over he will go to find her. Then, he disappeared, which stressed her out and tears started leaking from her eyes. Soon after that all her friends came running towards her and seeing them safe, she started to cry even harder, which made her friends: Hiro even crouched beside her and Lucious begged her no to cry.

After hearing about Felix had stolen the Elixir Seed, the prefects decide to return to Castle in the Sky. In the ship, Lucious comes closer to Liz and asks her abour her feelings for Rembrandt. She confides in him telling him that she loved him and her insecurities rising through her jealousy towards this unknown girl that Rembrandt seems to cherish. Lucious calms her down and advises her to wait for Willem's response. Liz feels better with Lucious' support.

They arrive at the Castle in the sky and they see how the castle has changed a lot and the castle was mostly in ruins, which made them realize they didn't have much time. Ghouls came out and started to attack them as part of Felix's defenses and the group separates. In the end, Liz, Zeus and Alfonse arrives where the Magical Clock Egg had already acquired an grand size. Willem is shocked to see Liz in the castle. Felix, on the other hand, seems angry at him, because he had thought Willem had come to apologize for his past behaviour at the lab and that he's even late for that because the egg was almost ready to hatch, which would wake Lacan anytime soon. However, Willem tries to tell him that he just wants to talk to him. Felix refuses and Liz even interferes begging him to listen. Felix shuts her up calling her outsider. Willem refutes she's not an outsider and that she understands him better than anyone. Felix snorts saying that he [Felix] understood Willem better than anyone. Felix tries "to reason" with Willem saying that Rembrandt will change his mind once he sees Lacan (still believing that Liz had brainwashed him). On the other hand, Willem claims that wouldn't be the case because he insist that Lacan was a cheerful and kind Dragonkin and he wouldn't be happy with the future Felix was trying to build. Felix explains to him that might not be the case. He mentions that when he was sealed away, he felt nothing but darkness and the only thing alive was his mind, this led to feelings of sadness and hatred and, therefore, revenge.

So Felix comes to the conclusion that Lacan must be like him as well, and he would like to revenge on humans too. Again, Willem repeats that he doesn't believe that. Felix lashes out that he wouldn't know that because he's barely a Dragonkin anymore and, since he's not human either, he compares him to a chimera beast that doesn't fit neither with humans nor with Dragonkins. He asks Willem if he believed to be in love with that girl (referring to Liz). Willem openly admits to Felix that, indeed, he loved Liz. The wizardess is shocked to hear this and Felix admonishes Willem saying he thought he was being a fool but he never expected things to had gone that far and that bad.

Then the Egg started to glow, which made Felix happy because he knew that meant the Egg was ready. Due to the immense power the egg emanated, Zeus, Alfonse and Liz found it difficult to stand. Felix mentions that soon the world will be engulfed in flammes, but that didn't mean that he would let the wizards there to leave the castle alive. Felix threatens Liz's life, and Willem begs him to stop but he's unable to come to her aid in time. Zeus and Alfonse also feel powerless due to the Egg Clock's magic. However, at that moment, Liz's arm starts to glow and the Magic Circle that allows her to control time appears and, some strings start to envelope around her, making a crystal-like dress appear and, also, she started to float. In addition, the Clock's powers disminished when her Magic Circle activated. But, the next moment, the Magic Circle dissappeared and she fell. Alfonse and Zeus make a last effort and catch her in time.

Upset, Felix strikes at Liz again when he realizes her magic weakened the Egg Clock's power. This time, Willem fights Felix to defend her. Felix shouts Willem to move but Willem states he will defend her with his life, which makes Felix hesitate and, even though Rembrandt taunts him, Felix is unable to attack him. When Liz sees this, she realizes that, despite their earlier argument and Felix's quarrel over Willem's betrayal, he deeply cared for Willem. Zeus and Alfonse take advantage of this and try to attack Felix. However, the Dragonkin is too fast and powerful for them and summons a row of Minidragons to keep them busy.

Felix, then, turns to Willem insisting that he needed his Twilight Magic to revive their brethren. Again, Willem tells him he's got his mind set and, therefore, won't help his friend. Felix refutes if Willem didn't care about the Dragonkins remain in the darkness. Willem tries to make Felix see he does care for their brethren but not at expenses on others. Felix scorns him asking him if he wanted to spend eternity alone again, since he wouldn't fix in the human world. Liz steps in the conversation and tells Felix that he will, and claims that Willem has become a friend for her and the other prefects. Felix sneers at this statement and he assures them that they will not think of him as a friend once the world ends, but Liz insists that they will. Rembrandt thanks Liz for her words and faces Felix saying that he doesn't want to fight him. Felix responds that neither does he, but he's given no other choice.

To Liz's despair, they start a fight between each other. Felix taunts him saying that Willem's not match for him, but Willem claims that he will defeat Felix because he has someone he has to protect, which makes Felix believes that if Liz is out of the picture, then maybe Rembrandt would be on his side again. Without their noticing, and to Willem and Liz's horror, Felix attacks Liz from behind and Willem uses his body as shield to protect her.

In her desperation, Liz activates her power as The Goddess of Time and, before Felix can stop her, she goes back to the moment when Willem shields her and the black sphere was just about to strike Willem. She tries to move him out of the way, but he didn't budge. Using again her power, she unfreezes Willem's time. When Willem "wakes up", he's amazed at her power. She, on the other hand, reprimands Willem for putting himself in danger to protect her. Though, Willem tries to explain himself, she also asks her to consider her feelings too. Realizing how she must have felt, he apologizes, but maintains his point that his goal is to protect the woman he loves. Then, Liz clothes change to what Willem recognizes as Dragonkin's clothes. She uses her power over time once again and asks Willem to take her hand. He obediently does so and they both go back in time.

They arrive at a town where Liz witnesses how people used to treat Willem after the war ended. She felt his pain and Rembrandt tells her that more than pain, he felt lonely and that made him bitter and angry at the world. However, he had seen his errors thanks to her. Her power activates again and they arrive at the exact moment when the Prefects were in Elias' ship and they were heading to Castle in the Sky to help Willem. Rembrandt uses a invisibility spell, so they wouldn't see the couple. Liz realizes that Willem was about to hear her talking with Lucious. She tries to stop Rembrandt from listening, but he chuckles and tells her he really wants to hear it. After listening to Liz's insecurities and jealousy, Rembrandt laughs and he tells Liz that the girl he had met and that reminded of her was actually a child. But he mentions that he found his jealousy very adorable. Her power activates once more and they arrive at Liz's hometown. They see Liz's past self as a child. Rembrandt recognizes her, but before he could say anything his pastself comes along and saves the little girl from a wolf that was about to attack her. Five-year-old Liz sees Past Rembrandt injured and, although he was cold and brusque towards her, she "heals" him and makes his pain go away in a cute way. Rembrandt and Liz discover that they were meant to find each other, since five-year-old Liz made him realize that not all people were bad.

They return to the present and Felix is amazed to see that they moved out of his attack at a fast speed. Felix and Rembrandt engage into a fight again. Rembrandt asks for Liz's light power, so he could fight the darkness in Felix's nightmare. The fight is so intense that Rembrandt's horns crack and in one of their final attacks his horns break completely. Liz screams in horror at the sight of Willem falling and she goes to him and puts his head on her lap and starts crying. With great effort Rembrandt tries to console her and mentions that the past months had been so enjoyable for him, being the headmaster and traveling with her. And the love he felt for her was so incredible that he had been happy in those days than he had been in all the thousands years he lived.

Just when he dies, Liz screams in agony and one of her tears emanates a light and it crystalizes. The rainbow-colored light crystal starts glowing and Willem's horns came back together before her eyes. Willem woke up and he was surprised to see that he was alive and his horns had fixed. Willem notices the crystal floating in the centre and with his horns, he recognizes it as the Goddess Crystal. To Rembrandt it made sense that the Goddess Crystal was inside her, since she was a kind and strong woman who strives for peace and she was the Goddess of Time. Liz asks how was it possible that he never realized the crystal was inside her, since he had used his detecting powers before with her in the room. Rembrandt mentions that maybe because the crystal was hidden way deeper than he thought and that until that moment that it materialized it was never meant to be found.

Willem stands up and tells her that the fight isn't over yet for they had to destroy the clock and in order to do that, they had to destroy the Elixir Seed. Liz mentions to Willem that she had seen the Elixir Seed being destroyed before and it made a huge explosion, big enough to destroy the castle. Willem then suggests to have Liz leave the castle with her friends so he could destroy the Elixir Seed, so with this act he could absolve himself from his sins. When she hears this, she gets so desperate at the thought of losing him again, that the crystal reacts to her emotions. A great light engulfes them and Willem embraces Liz in a protective manner.

**Season 9**

Nox's route: Willem has adopted a human lifestyle in the country going as far as trying to not use magic, if possible. It's mentioned by Willem that Mischa and Hugo keep him company from time to time, especially Misha, who enjoys talking to the Dragonkin. When he's praised about his apple tea, Rembrandt mentions that he's always wanted to live as a human, which might be the reason that out of the three reciters, Willem spent more time with the humans. He even eats three meals a day even though he doesn't need food to survive. He comments: "Sometimes I fool myself into thinking that I have become human." After that, Liz and Nox proceeded to ask him about the ancient beast guarding the entrance of theTower of Memories. After explaining it to Willem, he concludes that maybe it wasn't a magical beast but an ancient spell. To be more precise, a guardian. He explains that a guardian is a spell cast to protect something precious, and that maybe someone is pulling the strings behind it. He warns them to be careful since their spell would be null until they defeat the person behind the spell. After that Liz and Nox say good-by to him, but Liz promises to return with their friends for a non-work related visit. Willem tells her he'll be looking forward to it.

In Gray's route, he makes an appearance when he's asked by Liz to use a Dragonkin's ancient spell to make a ghost gain a physical body. Willem agrees to it if Liz and Gray are resolute about it. However, he tells them that the risks are high and, the most common risk was that instead of gaining a body, Gray would disappear forever. However, Gray decides to take a risk and trust Willem completely. In Gray's happy ending, Willem prepares the spell and he succesfully gives Gray a physical body.

**Season 11**

Willem makes an appearance in Florin's route. Florin mentions that he's known Willem for a very long time, but he doesn't know his whereabouts and the last thing he knew was that he was the former headmaster of Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy. Liz tells him where he is, and Florin and her go to see him. As soon as Willem sees Florin, they embrace as old friends meeting each other again. Florin is surprised of Willem's new lifestyle. He even asks him where was his pent-up rage and hatred towards humans, or how come he's adopted a lifestyle similar to human's. In more than one occasion, Willem must remind him that a lot has happened since the last time they met. Apparently, Willem keeps a homely life. This is seen when besides gardening, he's dedicating himself to baking, cooking and bee-keeping.

Even in Florin's diary, he says: "I saw Willem again for the first time in a while. He had competely changed and was much kinder than before. I wonder if she has to do with that. His eyes soften when she is around. There is something especial about her."

After exchanging some plesanties. Willem directs his attention to Shu, who apparently liked Willem. Liz asks Willem if he knows how to take care of a pure baby dragon. Willem tells her that although Dragons and Dragonkins do originate from the same dragon ancestor, they eventually became their own species, the dragons were very rare even in the time Dragonkins lived. He tells her that he's no expert on dragons, and actually Felix was the one who knew more about living creatures, but thankfully he taught him a couple of things, and passes this knowledge to Liz and Florin. He even feeds Shu after the explanation about his diet. He makes an appareance along with Leon in Florin's preview chapter, and he explains about Florin and Light's weapons and battle style.

## Personality

When he was a headmaster (season 6 and 7) his character is easygoing. It's a contrast with Professor Schuyler, who is depicted as a very strict and unapproachable person. He seems to like all the Prefects and tends to turn a blind eye to minor problems or deaf ears to insults, like when Zeus calls him "lizard" or "wily". He can be very protective of them- when Hiro was accused of infiltrating the Ministry and stealing some items by Klaus' boss, Rembrandt shows up and gives Hiro an alibi. Though, it is shown in Lucious' route that this was also to protect himself of being discovered, since he was using Hiro for his own purposes. However, this protectiveness can be also seen in his route. He protects those who are dear to them, like when he protects Liz from Felix's attack and, soon after that, he protects Felix from Vain and Hugo's attack.

In his route, Liz and the others mention that his previous attitude and behavior as headmaster was mysterious, which made them feel like they couldn't reach him easily. Liz also mentions that it was like he was wearing a mask. However, in the same route, they realize that he's quite easygoing and that he does enjoy the joy and happiness friends share together. Liz is happy to see him smile more and more. He has even mentioned that he finds it amusing to see Zeus, Hiro and Lucious arguing over trivial things.

He seems to enjoy chess. In Steaming Love spin-off, he's seen playing with Klaus, and although he apparently had lost three times in a row, he asks him to go for another round, showing that he is not a bad loser.

In The Trust 2 spin-off, it's mentioned that he felt attracted to investigate more about humans and their behavior, which meant that he used to spend a lot of time in the human world, while his friends/brothers Lacan and Felix had spent their entire lives among dragonkins. Maybe because of this, when Lacan and Felix both hit on Liz and ask her a lot of questions, Willem tries to refrain them.

It's also seen that he might be a practical man because, when he was asked for ideas for the shape of things that could carry a part of them, like the Goddess Crystal, Felix wanted to create a crystal flower, because he liked flowers; Lacan wanted to go for a much cooler shape, because he liked to bewilder people; however, Willem said he wanted to create something that had the shape of something that could be used as a daily-life object, such as a pen or a pocket watch, which is probably where it came his idea of the Twilight Pocket Watch.

He also mentioned that due to their constant hide-and-seek game, Willem developed a knack for finding people. Also, he's shown to have natural abilities to lead. This is shown when they decide to investigate the missing of the Goddess Crystal and, although Lacan had offered to lead, Willem's the one giving ideas and suggestions during the investigation/game.

In his ending, Willem confesses to Liz that he saw Lacan and Felix as their little brothers and although they give him a hard time with their playful behaviors, he has a lot of fun with them, showing his playful character too. In this ending, it turns out that a man had stolen the Goddess Crystal prototype. Willem recognizes him as one of the men who constantly enters into the Castle. With a good strategy, Liz recovers the crystal and hands it to Willem reminding him to put a barrier around it next time. When Liz returns to his time, Willem is concerned about her and she gets sad remembering the happiness he shared with his friend. She embraces him and apologizes for him, but he clarifies her that although he misses his friends dearly, he still is happy that all those things led him to where he was: right next to her.

In Felix and Lacan's ending, Liz asks the two Dragonkins what did they think about Willem. Both Lacan and Felix assure her that they saw him as a big brother. However, Felix mentions that although Willem wouldn't hesitate to help those in need, he doesn't let others to help him in return. They both feel like that he should rely on others sometimes.

## Magical Abilities

He is powerful in Light Magic, this is seen when he asked Zeus to invocate a fierga for Hiro's second trial. Just when everyone were having trouble concealing the creature, Rembrandt stepped up and used light magic to defeat the fierga. He alone accomplished what four Prefects could not.

He is also capable of using magic circles. In season 7 it's seen that he can use some sort of ancient magic that can be very powerful. His magical element is "Twilight", and his horns glow purple when using his magic.

As a Dragonkin, he's capable of creating objects that seal a part of his magic, like the Twilight Pocket Watch.

However, he's not good at Transformation Magic. He tells Liz, in his route, that one of his failures was that he was trying to turn himself into a replica of Randy's Taffy, but because Transformation Magic was his weak point, he turned into what the prefects later called Strange Taffy, a dragonish morphed version of Taffy. His transformation magic is also affected when he's summoned with a magic circle (mostly Zeus' doing) or when he eats spicy food.

It's been implied that out of the three reciters, Willem is the weakest one. This was mentioned the first time in Lucious' route when Hugo battled him in his Strange Taffy form. He said to Willem that he was strong but not as strong as Lacan or Felix. This was the first time the names of the other Dragonkins were revealed. Then, in Rembrandt's route, Felix warned Willem that his Twilight Power was no match to the Nightmare Power he owned. And eventually Felix proved it. Rembrandt even joked about it, saying, "Leave Felix to destroy my horns." stating that Felix was more powerful than him.

## Events List

In the following events he owned a side story and a main CG:

* After School Romance
* Sweet Providence
* Alluring Venom -Part 2-
* Stay with Me
* All Aboard The Mystery Express
* Off to Work
* The Trust 2
* The Greatest Gift
* Cheer and Joy 2
* Swapped 2
* My Only One 2020
* Sugar Slot
* Day of the Queen

He had a minor role or a CG in the following events:

* Joint Trip!
* Lively Little Friends
* The Night Class
* Day and Night, Students Fight

## Trivia

* He was introduced in Luca and Klaus' Event Stories of The Night Class.
* He was the first Dragonkin mentioned in-game.
* His first event CG was from Joint Trip! spin-off (despite not owning a story there). His chibi version was also released in this event announcement banner.
* His first event story was from the star collection After School Romance, before his route was released.
	+ His first event CG and story were saved in the Group Memories, due to him not owning a route back then.
	+ This event had a new outfit for him.
* In the Spin-off, "Boys Night", is revealed that his favorite food is Dried Black Lizard.
* On March 13, it was announced that he was going to be third romanceable character for "The Sword of The Queen". His route was officially released on March 17, 2019.
* In his route, it's mentioned he doesn't like spicy food and, when he eats it, his transformation magic is affected turning him instantly into Strange Taffy.
* In his route, he mentions that one of his skills is to be able to solve riddles and puzzles.
* In-game, in his route, it's mentioned that one of his hobbies is to take care of his hair. It seems he's a little vain in this aspect because, when Liz mentioned (as a little lie about why she was staring at him) that his hair got messy in the wind, he started to run his hands through his hair in order to straight it and when he couldn't see which parts were messy, he asked Liz to fix it for him. He felt relief when she "fixed" it.
* In The Trust 2 spin-off, part of Willem's past (back before the war between Dragonkins and humans started) is revealed. Liz (MC) learns how Willem, Lacan and Felix behaved and were all friendly not only towards each other, but to others. There were two endings and Willem owned one. The spin-off also had an individual CG that could be saved in his photo memories and a group CG.
* They released his birthday on November 13th. His Birthday Event was called "The Greatest Gift". This event was to be played with Gedonelune Medals.
* On December 2019 Solmare NTT launched two events for the game's Fifth Anniversary. The first event was called Cheer and Joy and it was a star collection event; however, the second event called Cheer and Joy II was a Gedonelune Medal spin event. Willem's group story catalogued in the Season 8 story along with his photo was in the Cheer and Joy II.
* In the Character's poll that Solmare released to see which characters were the most popular among the players, Willem was voted as the sixth most popular.