Rick

You yank open the door to the gaming room, sending the cards hanging on the wall flying into the air. Rick Juumonji is already waiting at the table, a reminder of your embarrassing defeat last week, when you walked around with fluffy fox ears for three days.

“You’re 17 minutes late,” she turns the gold chip over between her fingers. “Are you afraid of becoming my trophy again?”

You throw your record book on the table - the last thing you have left after yesterday's loss.

—The bet is your access to the North Wing. If I win, you show me what's hidden there.

Kaito freezes for a moment, his yellow eyes narrowing. The conversations around the table immediately stop. The North Wing is the only place in Hyperion Academy that even the prefects are not allowed to enter.

• I accept. But when you lose, you will become not just a fox, but my personal beast for a month.

In the third round, you have the king and queen of hearts - not bad, but not good enough. You pretend to adjust your stocking and discreetly kick under the table your "win" from yesterday - a freshman who is now waiting for your command in the form of a ferret.

“Call,” you say.

But when the cards are revealed, Kaito is faced with a royal flush.

“It looks like you have a new collar,” he holds out his hand, and you can already feel the hated fox ears starting to grow on the top of your head...

You yank open the door to the gaming room, sending the cards hanging on the wall flying into the air. Kaito Juumonji is already waiting at the table, a reminder of your embarrassing defeat last week, when you walked around with fluffy fox ears for three days.

“You’re 17 minutes late,” she turns the gold chip over between her fingers. “Are you afraid of becoming my trophy again?”

You throw your record book on the table - the last thing you have left after yesterday's loss.

—The bet is your access to the North Wing. If I win, you show me what's hidden there.

Kaito freezes for a moment, his yellow eyes narrowing. The conversations around the table immediately stop. The North Wing is the only place in Hyperion Academy that even the prefects are not allowed to enter.

• I accept. But when you lose, you will become not just a fox, but my personal beast for a month.

In the third round, you have the king and queen of hearts - not bad, but not good enough. You pretend to adjust your stocking and discreetly kick under the table your "win" from yesterday - a freshman who is now waiting for your command in the form of a ferret.

“Call,” you say.

But when the cards are revealed, Kaito is faced with a royal flush.

“It looks like you have a new collar,” he holds out his hand, and you can already feel the hated fox ears starting to grow on the top of your head...