Love's Magical Allure

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**Love's Magical Allure** was the 17th story event in Court of Darkness. It started around November 11, 2021. Guy and Rio were available at the start of the event. Roy and Jasper added around November 15, 2021.

## Routes

### Guy Avari

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MC and Guy have been dating for a while. She goes to visit him in between classes. When she goes this time, she tells him she missed him. He responds by pushing her into the settee where they were sitting and doing sexy things to her. She was okay with this, but wanted some affection/romance. When she tries to kiss him, Guy pulls away. He says if they kissed he wouldn't be able to enjoy himself. MC's not sure how to take that, so he briefly kisses her lips. Right after he pulled away, Lou knocks on the door and enters Guy's room without waiting for a response. MC has no idea how Lou figured out what they were doing so far. It turns out Lou is only okay with their relationship as long as they're not physical with each other. He doesn't want Guy increasing his power since neither of them can say for certain what Guy will do afterwards. Lou warns them to keep some distance between them before leaving. Guy's feeling a bit irritated and MC notes she has to leave for a lecture. Before she goes, Guy calls in Jasper, who hands her a gift. It's an expensive looking necklace that Guy says will go nicely with the dress he had given her a few days ago. MC is initially happy, but is less so when she's told Jasper picked out both the dress and necklace. MC says she can't accept the necklace. Guy tells her if she doesn't like it, she can throw it away. MC says that she does like it (much to Guy and Jasper's relief) and will keep it. However, she asks that Guy doesn't give her any more gifts. Rather than respond, Guy tells her she's going to be late for her lecture. He has Jasper escort her out.

Later, MC asks Sherry if giving someone a gift every time they see each other is normal for royals. Sherry tells her that occasional gift giving is normal (Roy likes giving her presents), but every time they meet is a bit much. MC says she can't afford to give Guy anything expensive. Sherry tells MC to just let Guy spoil her and that it's possible that Guy gets some enjoyment out of giving her things.

After her next lecture, MC had to stay after. When she's allowed to leave, she skips dinner and heads straight to meet up with Guy. She runs into Fenn who get a little too close and a little too flirty for her liking. Fenn confirms that she's unable to be intimate with Guy and notes that he always does what he wants. He tells her his arms are always open to her. She declines and after a little more back and forth, threatens to tell Violet Fenn was hitting on her. Fenn backs off, and MC is able to make it to Guy's room.

MC asks after Jasper, hoping for something to eat, but Guy tells her he's out shopping. Not wanting to have shown up and leave immediately afterwards, MC tries to ignore how hungry she is. However, it's all she can think about. Guy notices she's distracted and asks what she's thinking about. MC lies and tell him she needs to prepare for her next lecture. She excuses herself to leave, but gives her flowers before she makes it out the door. She's very happy, and opts to go back to her room to put them in a vase rather than eat dinner.

Another class comes and goes, and MC meets with Guy in the S Rank lounge. Fenn gives her a piece of chocolate as an apology for angering her earlier and as a bribe to not tell Violet what he was doing. The chocolate is made in one shop in Colde and small batches since it only uses the finest Qelsan chocolate; Sherry hasn't gotten to try any yet. MC tells Fenn she'll keep her silence if he shares the chocolate with Sherry too. He agrees. Guy asks MC if she likes chocolate. She says she does and (because she's hungry) tells him a bunch of other sweets she likes; mostly made by the valets (Tino, Grayson, and Jasper). Guy seems to have lost interest in the topic of conversation, and MC lets it go.

Some time later, MC goes to Guy's room. He's doing sexy things to her again, and stops without kissing her (because of the thing with the headmaster). He calls Jasper in, who brings a cart of all the food MC mentioned the other day. MC isn't sure she can eat it all, but Guy says he'll have the leftovers sent to her room. She notes that she wishes it were like candy; that way she could take it to class with her. She leaves for class.

While on her way back to Guy's room, she runs into Fenn. She tells him about all the gifts Guy's been giving her and what Sherry said about it. Fenn's surprised and says he's never heard of gift giving like that being normal. He asks if the gifts were nonperishable or if she wanted them. When she says yes, Fenn suggests Guy's doing it because he wants her power. MC runs off upset with Fenn yelling after her that he was just joking.

Guy's surprised that MC's so early. He calls Jasper in, and he presents her with a vial of candy. She takes it. Noticing she looks close to tears, Jasper excuses himself and Guy asks her what's wrong. He initially thinks she's done poorly on a test. MC comes out and asks if he's doing all of this for her power. She apologizes if she's wrong but also notes that he's never told her that he loves her. Jasper returns and helps move the conversation along. From his questions, MC explains she doubts their relationship since Guy's never gold her he loves her and he never goes out with her (as if he didn't want people to know about them). Jasper agrees these are Guy's fault, but explains that all the the gifts were chosen by Guy; Jasper only picked them up since it would be weird for a prince to do these types of errands. Jasper also notes that Guy put a lot of thought into all of the gifts he got for MC because he wanted MC to be happy. Guy tells Jasper to be quite, and the valet leaves the two alone. Guy confirms that if all he wanted from MC was her power, he'd just take it or steal her; he wouldn't put on an act of being her paramour. He also asks if Fenn was the one who put the idea in her head. She confirms that's the case, but says she shouldn't have listened to him. Guy tells MC if she wants for something, she should ask for it. She says she wants to do something romantic; something that he'd only do with her. He asks for examples, and MC suggests going out for dinner or taking a walk. Guy says he'll fulfil her request sometime soon. He pulls her closer to him, puts a hand over her mouth, and pretends to kiss her (since the thing with Lou is preventing him from actually doing it).

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### Roy Invidia

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MC's having tea with Roy and he tells her about a party coming up. He asks if she'll go with him, and she says yes. She finds out soon after there's going to be dancing. Not knowing how to dance, one day at dinner, she asks Sherry to teach her. Sherry agrees and she notices Tino having trouble convincing Lynt to eat. MC starts talking about all the work that went into making the soup, and everyone is impressed she knows how to cook. To her, it's not that big of deal, but to Lynt and Sherry, who have all of their cooking done by a chef, it's impressive. MC is having tea with Roy later and they're talking about the scones. Roy mentions that he's tried making them before, and MC is surprised he's tried cooking in the past. Roy doesn't seem to want to talk about it, and changes the subject to some honey he's recently received.

A few days before the party, MC's practicing her dancing, but accidently steps on a sleeping Lynt. They talk for a while and MC tells him she wants to practice because Roy's perfect; she wants to do better for him. Lynt says she has it wrong, but before he can explain, Roy arrives. He tells Lynt that Tino is looking for him and invites MC for some tea on the garden rooftop later.

After their tea, Roy walks MC to her room. MC feels like Roy is being distant from her, but has nothing else to go on besides the feeling since he's still being affectionate.

The next day, a professor asks Roy to sort something out in the storage unit. MC offers to help, and refuses to take no for an answer since the work will go faster with two people. MC and Roy make quick work of the organizing. Before they can leave, MC sees a book. The title looks familiar, so she opens it. There's no words in it at first. However, there's a flash of blue light and text start to appear. It says something about testing their bond.

The door's locked and they soon realize they have to follow the book's instructions as the text shows up  if they want to leave. It asks them to say their lover's name and what they like about that person. MC and Roy clear these first two parts with no problems. Then the books asks them to tell their paramour a secret. MC tells Roy about practicing the other day and Lynt happened to be in the area. Roy's face clouds over for a second, and he thanks her for thinking so highly of him. He says in turn that he doesn't have any secrets. The book records this as a lie and emits a red light.

Roy tries a few other things, but the book recognizes these as not what it was looking for. Roy finally confesses that he isn't the perfect prince MC thinks he is. Invidia's a small, rustic country. He did stuff like cook and he feels close to his citizens. However, he also doesn't feel as refined as Guy or Lynt. So, he tried very hard to be perfect. He asked if that ruined the way she saw him. MC says no, and she loves him for who he is; she's actually impressed he's worked so hard. The book's next task was to show physical affection. They tried holding hands and hugging, but the book wasn't satisfied until they kissed.

The book stops glowing and the door unlocks. MC notes that the titled changed from "The Door to Truth" to "The Truth of Love" Roy asks if they should keep the book in case they have trouble in the future, but MC thinks they'll be able to work it out.

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### Jasper Lane

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MC's in Jasper's room. This is the first time she's been there since they started dating, and she's nervous. Jasper makes he a cup of tea he recently bought. He tells her it's similar to a berry teas, which she seems to enjoy. She's surprised he'd remember such a small detail. He leans in close to her. MC thinks he's going in for a kiss, but he removes an eyelash from her cheek. He later walks her back to her room. She feels like she's the only one who can't calm down and wishes she had more chill.

The next day, MC wanders around the hallway, hoping to bump into Jasper. She does, and notices he's carrying a lot of paperwork. She offers to help, but he declines. He takes the papers where they need to go and uses magic to file them. Not wanting MC to feel left out, he gives her some papers she can file manually. When they finish, the return to Guy's room for the rest. Guy tells them to stop being ridiculous. When Jasper asks what he means, Guy gives up.

Later, Lou calls MC to his office. Jasper goes with her, concerned. After their meeting, MC goes into the hallway to tell Jasper that Lou only wanted her to reorganize a part of the Library Tower. Jasper offers his help and also notes that the other valets will assist too if she asks. MC's disappointed because she thinks Jasper only offer to help because it was just part of what a valet does (since he said the others would help too).

As MC starts the reorganization process, Jasper arrives with the other valets offering to help her. She asks if they have other stuff going on, but is told their princes ordered them to assist her. Things move much faster with their help and with Jasper directing everyone. Knight points out a book that might be helpful in teaching them magic. MC's excited and as she and Knight are talking about it, Jasper encourages them to get back to work. They apologize and do so.

After the reorganizing is done, MC goes to her room to read the beginner's magic book. Her attempts are failing when Jasper comes to the door. He asks MC's cat to retrieve some coffee beans from his room so he can make a warm drink for MC. Her cat leaves, and Jasper joins her on the bed. When he says he wants to reward her for working so hard, she asks him to teach her magic. She points out a spell from the book and that's how they spend the evening.

The next day, MC excitedly shows Knight that she can now move a piece of paper. He's impressed and thinks he should read the book too, and maybe also ask Jasper for help. As the two talk, Jasper walks up and asks to talk to MC. There's something scary in his tone, but MC brushes it off.

She follows him back to his room. There, she helps him organize a large pile of documents. Jasper finds a way to keep her in his room whenever she finds a reason to leave. She wanted to give the magic book to Knight. Jasper offered to do it. She wanted to tell her familiar she'd be staying with Jasper for the night. Jasper told Robin after dropping off the book for Toa. MC was hungry. He had something ready for her to eat. They share his small bed, and in the morning, MC decides to check on her familiar since he was alone all night. Jasper tries to stop her, and then she realizes what he's been doing. She reassures him that he doesn't need to try keeping her there. She loves him and will voluntarily stay.

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