Vil and Neige (pt2)

Neige appears for the first time during Book 5 and Rook says, “His smile is entirely unlike Vil’s. It is unaffected, like a tiny flower blooming in an open field.”

One of the first things Neige says to Vil is that he’s missed him, since they haven’t worked together much since their last movie. Neige describes Vil’s voice as “incredible”, saying that he is just happy to get to hear him sing.

Neige says that the first thing they ever co-starred in was a musical drama set in a school, where Neige was the star and Vil was a student who bullied him. 

When a television crew posts a promo video of NRC’s VDC group’s rehearsal dance to Magicam, Vil confirms that he is finally trending as “the most beautiful of all,” declaring, “Our flawless performance will crush you, completely and utterly.”

After seeing the comparatively low-quality performance by Neige’s group, however, Vil says, “We’ve been outplayed”. 

After confirming that Neige has dethroned him through mentions of the word “beautiful” online, Vil visits Neige to offer him Epel’s apple juice, but the plan is derailed by Rook.

When asked why he would do such a thing, Vil announces it is because he realized that he can never win and he will be handling Neige on his own. 

The spilled juice is transformed into a cursed mist that will immobilize all who breathe it in, according to Rook, but then he reflects, “would one glass of juice truly have such a drastic transformation, Ah…you didn’t!”.

Vil responds with “Don’t look at me with those eyes”, but it is not specified what exactly it is that Vil did (he may, however, have used his unique magic to curse the juice to kill instead of paralyze). 

Jamil evacuates the coliseum by pretending to be a fan of Neige’s looking for an autograph, then using his unique magic to order Neige to entertain fans outside.