you're going to do incredible things

a couple of super quickies whilst I contemplate all the new ~lore~! despite the lack of any mention of pretzel sticks whatsoever, for some reason I choose to believe that Malleus was just chomping down on pretzel sticks the entire time we were having that pajama party.

(also I wanted that Ambrose and Crowley scene to go on forever)

now, they didn't actually say firstie cuddle pile, HOWEVER

look, just because you're a military commander in the fantasy-1600s and your kingdom's ongoing war means you're regularly getting into violent, desperate skirmishes doesn't mean you can't be

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Malleus never expected to get attached to the prefect, but seeing their face light up like a child every time he does a simple light trick was rather amusing.

When they first met, they weren't even looking at him— but rather the lights that surrounded him when he appeared. It seemed like they were rather hesitant to talk to him at first, but of course they would be, he was the Malleus Draconia, most students cower in his presence.

"Can you do that again?"

"Pardon—?" his thought was cut short by their sudden request. "YAKNOWWHAT NEVERMIND!! SORRY IF THAT SOUNDED RUDE—" before sinking to the ground covering their face after realizing what they said.

"...its just that you sparkled.. and it looked pretty so i wanted to know if you could do that again..."

he lets out a hearty cackle, they dont seem to be afraid of him at all— it's likely that the prefect doesn't know who he is, but nonetheless he humors them, just this once..

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What was also amusing is how the prefect prefers to have him help them without using his magic, or in their words "that makes it less fun" even though the results will be the same as well as quicker if they just let him use magic.

"and done! see- doesn't that look great?" gesturing to the newly 'repaired' shutters the prefect just hammered in.

"It appears to be crooked."

"dont ruin this for me man"

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Instead, the things they ask him to use his magic for are rather childish, asking him to make apparitions of silly animals they draw  and making them do silly things.

No one would dare ask Malleus Draconia of all people to do things like those... and yet they do, and he complies, because there's just something about how much the prefect loves magic that makes him want to grant their wish no matter how silly

"okay! okay! now- now give him...a little hat! " and comes their laughter when he does just that

"y'know i dont get why people are scared of you tsunotaro"

"actually i dont get how people can be scared of magic as gentle as this... it feels so nice and warm.." he watches them pet the small pegasus made of light, wearing the little hat he gave it,

he may have been casting light magic, but right now, the prefect by far was the brightest thing in the room to him.

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i just made some BULLSHITT